Hardin County Fair Program Schedule and Events
A detailed listing of 4-H judging and exhibits including 4-H boys and girls demonstrations, flowers textiles art and culinary, open cattle and beef judging, swine junior division, wild animal show, market litter, baby beef breeding heifers, sheep judging, junior cattle feeders, RYP tractor rodeo, stock car racing, and a public livestock auction with a new car prize for ticket holders. All persons must be on fairgrounds.
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Gene Holter
Hardin County
Aut Swenson
McMillian Rites Here Tomorrow Died Sunday
Benjamin Wesley McMillian 82 Eldora resident died Sunday morning at Benton Choate home. Services set 2 p m tomorrow at Andrle and Creps Funeral Home Eldora with Rev. Dewey Lamprecht officiating. Interment Eldora cemetery. Survived by three sisters five nephews three nieces. five brothers preceded him. Pallbearers listed. flowers coordinators named. Also update on Martin Lew Owings in Eldora injured in two car crash near Iowa Falls last week, hospitalized.
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Benjamin Wesley McMillian
Eldora
Andrle and Creps
Dewey Lamprecht
Eldora Cemetery
McMillian
Benton Choate
Flora
J. W
Alice MecMillian
Central States Electric Co
Jessie Williams
Guy McCall
Demna Cowell
A. J. Cordes
Henry Stebe
Ed Brown
George Shafer
Sam Rindel
A. A. Ayres
Rs. C. R. Johnson
Don LaVelle
Alice Stebe
Ruth Lewis
Martin
Lew) Owings
Iowa Falls
Owings
Escape Injury In Car Truck Accident Near Whitten
Two men escaped injury in a car truck crash at a country intersection about 1.5 miles north and 1 mile west of Whitten on Friday afternoon. Floyd Montz of Whitten drove the car and Melvin Rowe of Des Moines drove the gravel truck. Deputy Sheriff Bob Barr investigated the scene.
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Whitten
Floyd Montz
Melvin Rowe
Des Moines
Bob Barr
Schimmele Buys Cashway Market Effective Now
C T Schimmele manager of the Cashway Supermarket for four years bought the business effective yesterday. The sale includes inventory merchandise and fixtures and the store will keep its name for now. Martin Bucksbaum of Marshalltown is selling his three Cashway stores to focus on Cedar Rapids shopping center plans.
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C. T
Cap) Schimmele
Cashway
Martin Bucksbaum
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Schimmele
Property Sold In Eldora Sale Reported This Week
Eldora realtor C O Rubew reports the Amos Hively property at 1314 20th Avenue sold to Hazel Choate with possession set for August 15.
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C. O. Rubew
Eldora Realtor
Amos Hively
20Th Avenue
Hazel Choate
Graveside services for Dr Gertrude Ganfield set for Berlin cemetery
Graveside services for Dr Gertrude D Ganfield will be held at the Berlin cemetery this afternoon at 3 p m. The Rev Ralph B Imes will officiate.
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Gertrude D. Ganfield
Berlin
Ralph B. Imes
84th Annual Hardin County Fair Opens Here Today
The 84th Hardin county fair opened at 8 a.m. and runs through Friday with amphitheater shows each day except Friday afternoon. Judging began at 9 a.m. The highlight is Friday’s 10 p.m. drawing for a 1955 Ford Mainliner automobile. To win, the winner must be on the fair grounds. Tickets holders are urged to note first and last numbers to verify winning ranges.
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Wilson Hadley
Fair Board
Chamber Votes Not To Close For Fair Eldora Chamber Vote
The Eldora Chamber of Commerce business and promotion committee voted 5 to 3 not to recommend closing local businesses during any part of the county fair. Court house offices will close two afternoons this year, today and Thursday. The fair introduces lower admission prices with free entry for under 12 and 85 cents per session for others. Judging began at 9 a.m. today across 4-H and junior livestock divisions and related exhibits through Thursday.
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Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Eldora
Eldora Fair Events Highlight 4-H Youth Livestock Plans
A detailed schedule outlines 4-H boys and girls livestock demonstrations, cattle and swine judging, sheep shows, and junior dairy events at Eldora fair through Thursday. Incidents include a worker buried in a dirt cave at Vinton Heights, rescued by co-workers and a dragline. multiple tractor shows and harness racing planned. Eldora Rotary shifts funds to youth building project.
Bar-B-Que Dinner Set by Hardin County Livestock Assn
The Hardin County Livestock Association will serve a bar-b-que dinner Thursday noon. Planning committee members include Mrs. Carl Lettow, Mrs. Rufus Hoelscher, Mrs. Kenneth Reisinger, Mrs. Harold Snyder, Mrs. Howard Martin, Mrs. cen Granzow and Mrs. Ray Tese.
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Hardin County Livestock Association
Carl Lettow
Rufus Hoelscher
Kenneth Reisinger
Harold Snyder
Howard Martin
Cen Granzow
Ray Tese
Neighborhood families open Chuckwagon tent at fair
Three neighborhoods, the Marvin Walters, Roy Ryan, and Bud Lewis families, set up a tent on the fair grounds to serve meals during the fair. The tent is named the Chuckwagon.
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Marvin Walters
Roy Ryan
Bud Lewis
Maas Adds 30 by 40 Foot Station Addition
Maas owner of the Sinclair service station announces a 30 by 40 foot cement block addition. The project will house a wash rack tuneup equipment and wheel balancing gear with an estimated cost of about 3500 dollars.
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UNION
Hurley Maas
Sinclair
Heavy Duty For County Emergency Truck
Hardin county's emergency truck served extensively over a three day period from Wednesday to Friday last week. Three accident calls and a ditch cave-in were handled, with two accidents on Highway 65 south of Iowa Falls on Wednesday. An Eldora youth died and another was critically injured in those crashes. Friday morning the truck answered a ditch cave-in near Vinton Heights burying Marvin Krause of Eldora. The photo shows Krause being loaded into the emergency truck with deputy Bob Barr, Charles Shore, Dr. D H Glenn, Sheriff Paul Hodgson and Gene Farmer. Another accident near Whitten Friday afternoon produced no injuries.
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Marvin Krause
Eldora
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Krause
Vinton Heights
The
Shore Construction Co
Charles Shore
Shore
Ernie Draper
Glen Walton
Les Vinton
Maurice Schwarck
Frank Mitchell
Hardin County
Vinton
Iowa Falls
Bob Barr
D. H. Glenn
Paul Hodgson
Gene Farmer
Whitten
County Youth Building Rises At Fairgrounds In Fast Pace
Construction of the county youth building at the fairgrounds advances rapidly with six pre stressed concrete bents in place and more slated by Weldon Brothers of Iowa Falls. The auditorium uses 24 bents on a 12 foot spacing, brickwork fronts the section, and a $3,240 roofing contract with Iowa Falls Roofing Company includes a 15 year bonded guarantee. The wing expands to 51 by 48 feet and includes two to three meeting rooms plus a 23 by 30 kitchen, with basement dormitory and meeting spaces accessible from the wing.
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Fairgrounds
Weldon Brothers
Iowa Falls
Vinton Construction
Iowa Falls Roofing Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hardin County Fair
Electric Company
Sheriff's Office
Midwest
Hidora
Eldora Rotary Club
Maas
Charles Shore Construction Co
Vinton Built
Tower Right
Dan Smith
Smith
Ernest Draper
George Geth
Wray Furlong
Iowa
J. H. Beehinter, Jr
Fred Broer
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