Legion Auxiliary Hear Reports Thurs
The regular meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary was held Thursday evening in the Legion club rooms. Kenneth Brock reported on his trip to Boys State. Mrs. C A Van Potter and Mrs. Johnnie Davis, who attended the Auxiliary department convention in Des Moines, gave reports. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Clifford Rinehart and others. Donna Rooks, Eldora Girl Scout, received the Curved Bar and left with others for the Senior Girl Scout Round Up in Jefferson, Colorado, with 200 scouts attending. Donna will visit her grandfather in Grand Junction after the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Club
Kenneth Brock
Boys State
C. A. van Potter
Johnnie Davis
Auxiliary Department
Des Moines
Clifford Rinehart
R. W. King
Ana ER. Dale Bittner
Donna Rooks
Eldora
Marshalltown
Ames
Jefferson
Colo
Donna
H. L. Rooks
Grand Junction
Thursday Club Meets With Mrs Stauffer at Tea Room
Thursday group met with hostess Mrs. C. F. Stauffer for a 1 p.m. luncheon at Blanche and Ethel's Tea Room. Afterward the members visited in Mrs. Stauffer's home. Mrs. R. F. Blackmun will host the next meeting on September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Stauffer
Blanche and
Ethel
Stauffer
R. F. Blackmun
Star Class Meeting Hosted By Mrs McEvoy
Star Class of the Chetan cane Disciples met at Mrs T H McEvoy’s home on Thursday afternoon with Mrs Lillie Reece in charge. She traced the history of The Little Brown Church by Dr Wm Pitts and read Ephraim J Reece’s poem Being In a Pew. A discussion on Church Attendance followed, then a social with refreshments. The next gathering will be September 2 with Mrs Nora Mitchell hosting and Mrs Alice Palmer leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.H. McEvoy
Lillie Reece
Little Brown Church
the Vale
Wm. 8. Pitts
Ephraim J. Reece
Nora Mitchell
Alice Palmer Jeader
Mr and Mrs Al Miller Visit Eldora Friends
Mr and Mrs Al Miller of Oceanside California visited in the home of their son and family Mr and Mrs Jay Miller of Conrad and with friends in and near Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Miller
Oceanside
Calif
Jay Miller
Conrad
Eldora
Community group events fill the August calendar
The notice lists multiple local gatherings from Tuesday to Friday August 9 to August 12. Groups include N T T Club, Tuesday Bridge Club, Rebekah Lodge, St Marys Altar and Rosary, United Circle, Baptist Church, Young Homemakers Club, Country Club pool party, Cemetery Society, Breakfast Club, Blue Star Mothers, Royal Neighbors, Pleasant Chapel Cemetery Society, and WWCTU with several organizers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's
United Circle, Baptist Church
Young Homemakers Club
Don McAllister
Country Club
Cemetery Society
Ruth Lewis
Alice Stebe
Breakfast Club
W. Miller
Blue Star Mothers
George May
Maude Green
Royal Neighbors
Roxy Dunn
Pleasant Chapel Cemetery Society
Chapel
Chines Moore
Richard Air
Girl Scout Boards Plan Camp Program
The Girl Scout Executive Board met at the Eldora city park south shelter with scout leaders and camp committee to finalize plans for the camp session August 8 through 11. Mrs. Kermith Huehn arranged the meeting and lunch. Mrs. Harry Holmes hosted 12 guests for Mrs. Duane Burke of Hawthorne California and her children, guests in the Correll home, with a birthday cake for Mrs. Correll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout
Eldora City Park
Kermith Huehn
California
Harry Holmes
Duane Burke
Hawthorne
Calif
Ralph Correll
Pine Lake Club Pool Party and Dance
The Pine Lake Country Club hosts a pool party and dance Thursday evening in August. Organizers are the Jackson, Van Derveer, DeCook, Burke, and Rogers families with Eva Wisner providing organ music. Swimming is 7 to 9 pm lunch 9 to 10 pm Darrell Scott's Combo 10 pm to 1 am. Informal wear urged. date moved from August 18 to August 11 due to Hardin county fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Country Club
Robert Jackson
Max van Derveer
Clarence DeCook
E. W. Burke
R. C. Rogers
Eva Wisner
Darrell Scott
Hardin County
Lutheran Ladies Aid Seeks Clothing for Bethesda Home
The St Paul Lutheran Ladies Aid met in the church basement on Thursday August 4 with guests present. They opened with song scripture and prayer and Miss Zimmermann reported on new books. Members planned clean clothing donations for September and noted Camp Wapsie August 29 to 31. A sewing drive for foreign missions was distributed and lunch was served by hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Lutheran Ladies! Aid
John Zimmermann
Lutheran Woman's Quarterly
Bethesda
Camp Wapsie
Foreign Mission
Russell Balvanz
Clarence Steinfeldt
Otto Orgell
Wm. Goetz
Charles Walters
Oscar Jeske
Vern SwbrUps
Mrs Sam Estes Shower Honoree In Eldora
A Tuesday evening shower in Eldora honored Mrs. Sam Estes with 25 guests. Hosts Mrs. David Smitherman and Mrs. Bill West served the yellow and white themed refreshments. Visitors included several relatives and friends from Chelsea Michigan, Dubuque, Marshalltown, and Waterloo, with plans for continued visits and trips to St Louis and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Smitherman
Bill West
Sam Estes
Estes
Merle Barr
Joyce
Chelsea
Mich
Eldora
Chris Schan
Barr
Betty Whitney
Diana Eae
Campers, counselors, and visits across Iowa towns
Tamma Crossey and Julis Clingerman served as counselors at the Methodist junior high camp in Clear Lake. Freshman girls Julie Myera Polly Crosley and Betty Lee Whitney with Rev J K Moore will join the freshman camp at Okoboji. Families traveled between Ames Eldora Des Moines Estherville Guthrie Center and Chicago for visits and camp stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamma Crossey
Julis Clingerman
Clear Lake
Methodist
Julie Myera
Polly Crosley
Betty Lee Whitney
J. K. Moore
Okoboji Methodist
Eldora 1913 Class Reunion on August 14
Eldora high school class of 1913 plans a reunion on Sunday August 14 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schafer with a potluck dinner at 6 30 PM All members are invited In the prior week visitors included Mr and Mrs R R Ibach and friends at a picnic in Eldora with guests from Waterloo Hubbard and Santa Monica California Also noted were visits from Mrs Leslie Pieters and Mrs Bernice Brown in Marshalltown and Mr and Mrs James Thompson and children in Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora High School
Charles Schafer
Eldora
Schafer
R. R. Ibach
Wm. J. Ibach
Sant Monica
Calif
Harley Ibach
Waterloo
C. A. Miller
Hubbard
Ernest Coffee
Katherine Ibach
Fern Newell
Lee Ravender
Harold Clark
Clark
Mark Weaver
Bill Ibach
Western Union
Santa Monica
Leslie Pieters
Bernice Brown
Marshalltown
James Thompson
Carol, Jimmie
Marcia
Ft. Dodge
Thompson
C. W. Haase
Eldora Girl Scouts Camp Week Opens at Quaker Heights
The Eldora Girl Scouts begin a week long camp at Quaker Heights for intermediate and senior scouts. Fifty girls attend from Aug 6 to Aug 1 with first aid as the main study directed by Mis Joe Kramer and Mrs Juline Wilts. Daily study and recreation include a camp fire each evening and a guest program Thursday night at 7 p.m. The camp committee includes numerous volunteers led by Mrs R R Griffel and Mrs J Steckler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Heights
Mis
Joe Kramer
Juline Wilts
R. R. Griffel
J. ¥. Steckler
Glenn Kurtz
Kermith Huehn
W. H. Bailey
D. W. Dickinson
R. R. Bateson
Howard Frey
Paul Simons
Val Hilsabeck
R. D. Pulse
Leonard Mason
Robert Barr
W. L. Raymond
Robert Farmer
Marion Munsinger
Robert Longenecker
Curtis Harnton
Harry Harrison
Paul Maddy
B. F. Morris
Don Cobb
Lorenz Kusserow
Milo Myers
Miss Daleske Feted At Shower Friday
Ivadelle Daleske was feted at a miscellaneous shower Friday afternoon at 2 p m at St Pauls Lutheran church. Lavender and white decor, gifts displayed under a lavender and white umbrella, and hostesses served refreshments in the bride color scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivadelle Daleske
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Miss Daleske
Sarah Daleske
Elvin Daleske
Kenneth Barr
Marilyn, Green
Eugene Panthan
Blas Neva Doss
Erhest
Presbyterian leadership school visit notes and travels
Mrs John G Bleeker spends this week at Lake Forest College representing the Synodical of the West at a Presbyterian leadership school sponsored by the P W C national council. She will visit friends in Chicago en route. Mr and Mrs W C Vigars returned home Saturday from a 10 day fishing trip to Lake Moose and other Minnesota points. Mrs C G Bishop and daughter Mickey of Boulder Colo came Tuesday to visit Gene McDonald and family. Mr and Mrs Warren Clemons and Mr and Mrs John Bekemeier accompanied Fred J Sermitt on a vacation trip to Minnesota. Mrs Lois Gunn of Iowa Falls and Mrs Donald Arends of Ackley were Thursday guests of Mrs Florence Northrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Asher
Steamboat Rock
Eldora
Homer Burgess
Lois Gann
Florence Northrup
Wolken Acres Garden
Marshalltown
Roy Engel
Radcliffe
Mark Norman
Clemons
Engel
John G. Bleeker
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest
Synodical of the West
Presbyterian Leadership School
P. W. C. National Council
Bleeker
Chicago
W. C. Vigars
Lake Moose
Minnesota
C. G. Bishop
Mickey
Boulder, Colo
Gene McDonald
Warren Clemons
John Bekemeier J
Fred J. Sermitt
LaGrange, Ill
Lois Gunn
Iowa Falls
Donald Arends
Ackley
Eldora Chamber Office Closed for Centennial Pageant
The Eldora Chamber of Commerce office will be closed all day while secretary Bill Morse and another secretary attend in Parkersburg to judge a Miss Centennial contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Bill Morse
Town Fairy Chamber of Commerce
Parkersburg
Alden Dam Cover Feature in Iowa Farm Science
Alden Dam on the Iowa River will grace the cover of the September issue of Iowa Farm Science. Richard D. Pulse notes the magazine, published monthly by Iowa State College, is free to Iowa residents upon request. Hardin county residents can mail name and address to Morrill Hall, Ames, to be added to the mailing list. the September issue mails around September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa River
Alden
Iowa Farm Science Magazine
Richard D. Pulse
Hardin County Extension
Iowa Farm Science
The
Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Iowa
Hardin County
Morrill Hall
Ames
Divorce Granted in One-Day District Court Session
Judge Harvey Uhlenhopp of Hampton presided over a one-day district court term on Friday. Faith L. Stith of Eldora was granted a divorce from R. E. Smith after a property settlement. Hubbard man Henry Doering was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail for contempt of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Uhlenhopp
Hampton
Hubbard
Faith L. Stith
Eldora
R. E. Smith
Henry Doering
Understanding OWA Children and Individual Growth
The piece argues against comparing children to siblings or peers, urging recognition of each child as a unique individual. It notes how biology ensures differences and highlights modern insights into behavior, learning, and motivation to treat children fairly by evaluating them as distinct persons from infancy through adolescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivy College
Jim
Mary
John
Ivy
Western
Clarence Hinshaw Rites Held at Honey Creek Church
Funeral services for 68 year old Clarence Hinshaw were conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at Honey Creek church with Rev. Guilford Street officiating and the Honey Creek male quartet singing. Burial followed at New Providence cemetery. Attendees from many towns included Longenecker Funeral Home handling arrangements and a large turnout across Des Moines and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hinshaw
Honey Creek Church
Guilford Street
Honey Creek
Bernnard Reece
Frederick Marsh
Harry Clampitt
Earl Marsh
Chester Wieman
Vern Hobson
Melvin Laughlin
Arthur Clampitt
Ross Reece
R. A. Martin
Lawrence R. Reece
Wallace Martin
Gerald Laughlin
New Providence
Longenecker Funeral Home
John Hinshaw
Minot
North Dakota
Robert Terrell
New Vienna
Ohio
J. Paul Hadley
Edwin Hadley
Indianola
Orval H. Cox
Wade Dillavan
Wendell Farr
Oskaloosa
Roy Coffin
Roy Clampitt
Anna Meyers
Ed Beye
Forest Reynolds
Roy Nellis
Elva Rosberg
Ernest Zelliot
Des Moines
Marion
Earlham
Erwin C. Perisho
Wyandotte
Okla
Lawrence Hibbs
Albion
R. F. Macy
Town Falls
Charles Sheller
Ivester
Robert Nellis
Ashton, Ill
Floyd Hasley
Scarsboro
Guy Coulter
Conrad
Brad Smitherman
Merle King
Elida
Marion Rains
Drivers License Schedule By City And Day
A dated schedule lists driving license hours for various cities through the week. Allison and Waterloo open Monday in the jail building and courthouse respectively. Tuesday includes Hampton and Waverly. Wednesday covers Waterloo and Independence. Thursday lists Grundy Center and Eldora. Friday features Clarion and Waterloo. Saturday shows Town Falls and Cedar Falls with location notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Waterloo
Couthouse
Hampton
Waverly
Independence
Grundy Center
Eldora
Clarion—& A
Town Falls
Cedar Falls
City Hall
Hospital Patient List From Eldora and Nearby Towns
A partial hospital roster recalls patients from Eldora and surrounding areas including Mrs. H. F. Ziesman, Mrs. Addie McGill, Elvin J. Ryan, Mrs. Pleas Hobson, Mrs. William Broer, Mrs. Augusta Daleske, Paul David Row, Mrs. Pearl Wagner, John Grantow, Mrs. Tommie Rose, and other named residents from Steamboat Rock, Radcliffe, and Hubbard such as Thomas J. Ellers, Mrs. Vv. S. Wennersten, Andrew G. Heddle, Mrs. Charlotte Walters, Mrs. Lena Brandt, and Mrs. Take Faust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
H. F. Ziesman
Addie McGill
Elvin J. Ryan
Pleas Hobson
William Broer
Augusta Daleske
Paul David Row
Pearl Wagner
John Grantow
Gifford
Tommie Rose
Steamboat Rock
Thomas J. Ellers
Radcliffe
Vv. S. Wennersten
Andrew G. Heddle
Hubbard
Charlotte Walters
Lena Brandt
Take Faust
Petition Seeks Halt to Grundy City Office Building Plan
A Grundy Center petition asks the state Appeal Board to stop the city council from pursuing a new city office building. The board, composed of the treasurer auditor and comptroller, would schedule a Grundy Center hearing at the city's expense if it acts on the appeal. In other notes, Believed records show Beh’s Ranger’s Marlene a Brown Swiss cow owned by Ralph Bright Eldora completing a 305 day lactation of 1526.9 lbs milk 4.35 percent fat under herd test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
State Appeal Board
Grundy City
Grundy
Ranger
Ralph Bright
Eldora
Fred S. Idtse
Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association
Beloit
Wis
Lawn Hill Ladies' Aid to Meet Wednesday at Church
The Lawn Hill Ladies' Aid will gather at Lawn Hill church on Wednesday afternoon August 10. Hostesses will be Mrs. Bud Reagan and Mrs. Ray Flett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Hill Ladies’ Aid
Lawn Hill Church
Bud Reagan
Ray Flett
Ackley Couples Obtain Marriage Licenses
Rita M. Heitland aged 18 of Ackley and Harry L. Miller aged 24 of Ackley secure marriage licenses. Jay Dee Wickham aged 19 of Steamboat Rock and Mildred Wikert aged 19 of Ackley also obtain licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita M. Heitland
Ackley
Harry L. Miller
Jay Dee Wickham
Steamboat Rock
Mildred Wikert
Deeds filed for multiple Eldora and Iowa Falls parcels
Transfers recorded in July 1955 include G W Jones to C A Harvey Lot 2 Block 1 Hammond’s Add Eldora. B S Smith to F X Hosch Lots 5 and 6 Block 88 Ackrey. L J Brighton to G F Butt Lot 2 and adjacent parcels Block 29 Rocksylvania. Norman Kunath to G J Schuttinga Lots 3 and 4 and related parcels Moits Add Eldora. H Omelik to R M Cornwell Lot 1 Block 2 Estes Place Add Iowa Falls. J D Carpenter to Pearl E Warnecke Part of Lots 7 and 8 Block 2 Talbott’s Add Iowa Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Jones & Wf
C. A. Harvey & Wft
Hammond's
Eldora
B.S. Smith & Wf
F. X. Hosch
Ackrey
L. J. Brighton & Wf
G. F. Butt
Alley
Block
Rocksylvania
Norman Kunath
G. J. Schuttinga
Moit’s
H. Omelik
R. M._Cornwell
Estes Place
Iowa Falls
J.D. Carpenter & Wi
Pearl E. Warnecke
Talbott's Add
Sweet corn packing to start at Marshall Canning Co
The Marshall Canning Co at Ackley plans to begin packing sweet corn soon amid a bumper crop. A prolonged heat wave accelerated corn growth, signaling an earlier start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Canning Co
Ackley
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Legion Auxiliary
Star
Troy Studios
N. T. T. Club
City Park
D W. Peisen
Rebekah
Ww. Cc. T. U
George O'Bryan
Girl Scout Boards
Pine Lake Club
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
Jim Baldwin
Westfield
N. J
Mr. Baldwin
Chris Schaa
Mr. Schaa
Jane Slezak
Janesville
Wisc
R. C. Snyder
David
Dubuque
Snyder
W. C. Edson
Snyders
Nebraska
Don Shafer
Irene Shafer
Anna. Marie
R. A. Stewart
Oklahoma City
L. V. Meyers
Coopertown
Pearl Burns
Norma
Joyce Block
Diana Barr
Diate Koch
Mise Block
Miss Barr
Katherine Megan
Hennie
Kenneth Horrell
Megan
Nelle Kramer
Kathy Hilsabeck
Bonnie
Ives Albee
U. S
George Clymer
San Diego
Albee
Ralph Albee
John McGuire
Patrick Michael
John Thomas
Cedar Rapids
Harry Megan
Wm. Megan, Jr
John Binders
Cakerlce
Miles Albright
Bess Bowers
Clara Snovel
Debra
Chris Kurtz
Bob Kurta
Sandra
Chris
Don Jones
Johnnie
Mr. Jones
EB. M. Jones
Spring Brook
Federated Church of Des Moines
Guthrie Center
Bob Hall
Estherville
Wayne Wogen
Paul Kunath
Polly and
Drew
Ill
Mr. Kunath
Ned
Eldora Girl Scouts
Eldora Herald Ledger
Alden Dam
Fowa Chald Welfare Research Station
Mrs. Boss Reece
Aassheled
Enjo
Neil
Bowe Clin
Peter
John PA
Rod Cameron-Domergue
Santa Fe Passage
Donna Reed
Charlton Heston
Fred Macmurray
Barbara Hale
Falan
Alan Reed
Fouardo
Noreqa
Rudolph
Simpen Tor
Doris Day
Womans Prison
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