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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1955
Page
3
Eldora Midgets defeated Union 8-3 Wednesday night to claim the Midget baseball tournament title. Earl McQuiston earned the win, striking out 10 without issuing a walk. Mark Mettlin supplied the standout hit with a double.
Jay Cakerice defeated Phil Simpson to win the championship flight at Pine Lake Country Club Friday afternoon in the city recreation golf tournament. Jim Shadle took the consolation prize. First flight winner Pat Batten beat Denny DeVault 4 and 3. Kendell Huehn beat Larry McNertney in the third flight and Jimmie Brown won the third flight consolation.
The Pine Lake Country Club golf tournament concluded last week with Dr. J. B. Harris of Radcliffe taking the Championship flight. First place went to Paul Tschirgl of Reinbeck, with Harold Creps of Eldora second and John B. Wood of Eldora fourth. Prizes, including a trophy for Harris, will be awarded at the breakfast on August 21 to winners and runner-ups in each flight.
Radcliffe concert band directed by Herbert Mason will join 10 other ensembles for the 14th annual Town Band Day festival next Sunday at Riverview Park Des Moines.
The Ashville Blues will face the Radcliffe semi-pros tomorrow night at Radcliffe in a special contest. Game time is 8 p.m. Season tickets will admit entry.
Forty five men assisted in building a 120 by 26 foot livestock barn at the fairgrounds in Eldora. Dick Pulse notes the project will house about 78 cattle and credits 4-H leaders, instructors, and local FFA and livestock members with planning and help. Additional support came from Jeske Implement Co. and Rooks Implement Co. with tractors and mixers.
A recorded hospital list presents patient names by town including Eldora Iowa Falls Radcliffe Gifford New Providence Hubbard and Grundy Center. Entries show Mrs and Miss titles with several boys and dates in August.
Paul G. Neubauer 70, longtime resident of Hardin and Franklin counties, died recently and had lived in Town Falls since 1943. Final rites were held yesterday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Town Falls with burial in Union Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, nine daughters, four sons, 34 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. listed children reside in Iowa Falls Waterloo Alden Rantoul Hamilton Topeka and other towns.
Funeral services were held Friday in Avon Park Florida and yesterday in Marshalltown for Earl Johns 66 brother of Mrs Birney Jackson Eldora. Burial followed at Hazeldeen near Ackley. Johns died at his Avon Park home last Wednesday after a heart attack born February 25 1889 on a farm near Abbott. He lived in Hardin county and Marshalltown before moving to Florida and had resided in Avon Park the past two years. He is survived by his wife Ruby Gustafson of Marshalltown, his sister Mrs Jackson and four brothers Roy Ackley Robert Persia Ray and Walter Waterloo.
Visitors to the Bob Fuller farm northwest of Eldora help themselves to unusually large North Carolina peaches from a tree set out four years ago. Last year it yielded two peaches. this year the yield is so heavy the tree must be braced to prevent breaking. The Fullers accidentally obtained the tree in a mixed shipment and believed it was plums for two years.
Owasa announces the community school will open August 29 with session starting at 9 am and buses taking children home. Hot lunches and milk program begin Tuesday, no school on Labor Day. Faculty includes E E Green, Clell Busby, James Lee, Mrs Emma Steffen, Miss Carolyn Smith, and others. New staff: Miss Greenfield and Miss Inglebritsen. Bus drivers listed. Wayne Starr replaces Rose Reed after 25 years. Improvements include updated glass block windows, relocated ball diamond, new stage removed for typing room, enlarged science room, and new electric welder in shop. Instrumental music planned for fall. Also, Earl C. Dougherty of Eldora wins electric clothes dryer. four fryer-cookers go to Eldora residents and C M Vestal of Union.
Henry Hite aged 48 from Mason City has been named manager of Pine Lake Country Club effective September 7. He brings extensive restaurant and hotel experience. Mrs Hite will assist in dining room work. Kay Hudson remains in the dining room. The Hites will reside in the second cottage behind the White House Cafe at Pine Lake.
Two Eldora boys ages 10 and 1 were caught Thursday night by city officer Laurel Mossman for breaking into three Eldora businesses. They confessed to burglaries at DeBiaggio Cafe Bremmer Drug Store and Ben Franklin store, taking cigarettes caps and small items through rear windows. They were released to parents after sheriff officers were notified and the father reported the articles.
The Honey Creek United Women's Society met in the church social rooms for its August gathering with 26 adults and three young girls present. Hostesses were Mrs. Gerald Laughlin and Mrs. ...
The ad touts a "4x4" Life Cycle feeding plan claiming a pig can reach 220 pounds in under a year and a half. It assures buyers of market-ready hogs in about 14 to 16 weeks, and provides a contact phone for New Providence.
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