Eldora fair cooperation praised and Kiddies Day set
Community notes salute Eldora merchants for backing the Hardin County Fair and thank the cooperation received. Eldora’s Kiddies Day two day event kicks off Friday with a parade and bicycle safety emphasis. Football drills begin Aug 24 as coach Dale DeVault enters his seventh year. School district reorganization vote looms in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curbstone
Dale DeVault
DeVault
Eldora
Tigers
de Vault
Actions Filed in Clerk of Court Fight for Divorces and Debts
Two divorce petitions and four judgment suits were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Fred Miller, late last week. P M Egbert and John C Inglis seeking 1045.10 with seven percent interest from Aug 1 1853 from Harold and Ethel Mae Caruth on a promissory note. Ridout Oil Co. sues Arthur Slagle for 150 plus interest. Bank of Galt sues Douglas W Patton for 5644.59 plus interest on two notes. Big Chief Food Center and Lacker Service, Town Falls, sue Mildred Cowell for 265 balance on an account. Helen A Campbell sues S R Campbell for divorce and restoration of her maiden name Helen A Nowatny. Lois Marie Houck seeks divorce from Reginald O Houck with custody of three children, support, residence, and automobile, alleging cruel treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Miller
P.M. Egbert
John C. Inglis
Secured Finance Co
Harold and
Ethel Mae Caruth
Ridout Oil Co
Arthur Slagle
Defendent
Bank of Galt
Douglas W. Patton
Big Chief Food Center
Town Falls
Mildred Cowell
Helen A. Campbell
5. R. Campbell
Helen A. Nowatny
Town City
Lois Marie Houck
Reginald 0. Houck
Iowa Falls
Freshman Registration Set With Principal Huehn At 9:30
School officials outline the registration schedule for AH high school students. Freshmen report with Principal Kermith Huehn at 9 30 a m on Thursday, followed by sophomores on Friday and juniors next Tuesday. Seniors are slated for 1 30 p m the same day. All registrations occur in the high school assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AH High School
Kermith Huehn
Paul J. Simons
Old Settlers Meet At Hubbard Park In Hardin County
The annual Old Settlers gathering is set for Hubbard Park Sunday with events starting at 1 30 p m Judge Harvey Ablenhopp of Hampton will deliver the principal address A program includes a prayer by Rev R R Mc Cannon a song America a duet by Mr and Mrs Frederick Kix a marimba solo by Dr W J Mack and notes on pioneers Ira Nichols and Uhlenhopp Uhlenhopp born near Kesley in 1915 is Grinnell and Iowa U law grad and served 1942 46 Hoelscher Bruebaker Park was a gift from county pioneers W C Hoelscher and Dr Bruebaker
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoelscher-Hruebaker Park
Hubbard
Hardin County
Old Settlers Meeting
Harvey Ablenhopp
Hampton
R. R. McCannon
Hubbard Salem-Evangelical
A. B. Church
America
Frederick ‘Kix
Ira Nichols
Town
W.C. Hoelscher
Dr. Bruebaker
Wellsburg Men Win Traveling Award for July sales
Two Wellsburg men, Henry Brower and Herman Eckhoff, won Surge Milking Machine company's state traveling trophy for rate of replacement sales in July. Kenneth Harrington of Eldora announced the award. Brower and Eckhoff recently formed a partnership at Wellsburg serving Hardin and Grundy counties.
Ray Sheets Joins Brother In Business At Mt. Pleasant
Ray Sheets joins his brother Lyman W. Sheets in Sheets Motors at Mt. Pleasant to operate a ship interest. He previously worked with his father in a Ford dealership at Union and served on the town council the school board and the Hardin County Soldiers Relief Commission. He moved his family to Mt. Pleasant early this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Sheets
Brother
Lyman W. Sheate
Sheets Motors
Mt. Pleasant
Sheets
Ford
Union
Hardin County Soldiers Relief Commission
Seven Years At Ft Madison and Anamosa Sentences
A one day term of court extended across several cases. Calvin John Coombs of Oregon received seven years at Ft Madison for issuing false checks. Yor Young, a Training School inmate, got ten years at Anamosa for car theft after an escape, then paroled back to the Training School. Mason, another inmate, was jailed five years at Anamosa for going armed with intent, then paroled back to Young. Grant E Green of Iowa Falls faced a $300 fine for a first OMVI offense. Howard Otto of Eldora was sentenced to four months in county jail for desertion, with parole to the sheriff upon good behavior and family support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Madison
Anamosa Reformatory
Harvey Uhlenhopp
Hampton
Calvin John Coombs
Oregon
Iowa Falls
Yor Young
Young
Anamosa
Mason
Grant E. Green
Howard Otto
Eldora
Otto
Paul Hodgson
Union School To Open August 31
Union Consolidated school will open August 31 with a staff of 13 teachers including five new members Raymond Dunn Mrs Al Johnson Marlene Meyers Quanita Clerox and Marilyn Wimner An open house and teachers reception will be held at 8 00 p m Returning staff include Supt Wesley Baddeley coach Roy Kragel and others Custodians are Roy Caster and Philip Hamm The district plans a new addition for extended home economics instruction covering clothing construction furnishing food nutrition child development home nursing marriage and careers chores and purchasing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Consolidated School
Raymond Dunn
Brussels
Wisc
al Johnson
Iowa State College
Marlene Meyers
Dana
Quanita Clerox
Iowa State Teachers College
Marilyn
Final Dance Ends El Dora Chamber Sponsored Series
The final square dance in a series sponsored by the Eldora Chamber of Commerce was staged on the street east of the courthouse square Saturday night with good attendance. The dances are to be discontinued at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Courthouse Square
No Objections To Eldora Community School District Petition
Objections to the Hardin Grundy county plan for Eldora Community School District were due. A joint board planned to decide on the petition to create a district from Eldora Town Pleasant Township parts and other areas with election timing delayed until July 4 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Z. Albers
Hardin County Board of Education
Grundy County
Eldora Township
Pleasant Township
Jackson Township
Melrose Township
Vetera
Eldora
Eldora Community School
Kariier
Ate “Fend the Elders Community School
County Boards of Education
Pleasant Number
Pleasant Numbers
Iowa
Notable ages listed for four residents in Eldora and nearby towns
Eugene M. Lucas aged 21 of Grundy Center and Mary Lou Heslop aged 20 of Eldora are joined by Donald E. Eckoff aged 30 of Eldora and Avis Gross aged 32 of Eldora in a roster of local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene M. Lucas
Grundy Center
Mary Lou Heslop
Eldora
Donald E. Eckoff
Avis Gross
Eight Injured In Auto Crash North Of Iowa Falls
Eight people were injured in a two car head on crash about 1 30 p m Sunday three seriously at the north triangle of Highways 165 and 20 three miles north of Iowa Falls Franklin County Two Eldora couples D M Day an Oskaloosa doctor Vera Khomas a Mason City nurse aided at the scene Two ambulances from Iowa Falls and one from Hampton took the injured to the Iowa Falls hospital The seriously hurt were Fred Beck 68 of Aplington his wife Leona 48 and Patsy Campbell 8 Others hospitalized included Rozella Beck Betty Campbell Rhonda Campbell Pvt Lawrence Hanson and Miss Shirley Benda Hanson was on leave from the army and due back at Ft Leonard Wood Mo Sunday night Miss Benda is Ed Bendas daughter and works at Clifton Food Market Town Falls Driver of the cars were Beck and Hanson Patrolman Harry Lowan investigated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Franklin County
Mason City
Iowa
Falls
Hampton
Fred Beck
Aplington
Leona
Patsy Campbell
Rozella Beck
Betty Campbell
Rhonda Campbell
Lawrence Hanson
Shirley Benda
Hanson
Miss Benda
Ft. Leonard Wood
Miss Bends
Ed Benda
Clifton
Town Falls
Beck
Towa
Harry Lowan
Towa Falls
Lawn Hill Co op elects new directors and opens grain elevator
At a Saturday stockholders meeting Howard Dreier and Oren Dreier were reelected and Leo Dunn was named to replace Henry Clemons on the Lawn Hill Co op board. The event also marked the grand opening of a new 40,000 bushel grain elevator with 250 attendees, organ music by David Lloyd George, and construction by Todd and Ray of Ames using 150,000 square feet of lumber. The first elevator was erected in 1881 by L G Flint at $8,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Dreier
Hubbard
Leo Dunn
Clemons
Henry Howard
Lawn Hill Coop
Co-op
Lawn Hill
David Lloyd George
Eldora
Todd and Ray
Ames
L. G. Flint
Hardin County 4-H Girls To Appear On TV
Two Hardin County 4-H girls Miss Louise Cockerham and Miss Linda Hadley of Union will appear on County Close ups WOI TV this Wednesday night at 10 30 p m They will present a demonstration titled The Hamburger Story which won a blue ribbon at the county fair and will represent Hardin County at the State Fair in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Louise Cockerham
Linda Hadley
Union
WOITV
Special court case centers on the Rorem estate dispute
In district court Judge Harvey Uhlenhopp heard a case involving the Austin Rorem estate. Rorem’s widow Myria and children seek an accounting and removal of co executor Elmer Rorem while claiming $13 500 in expenses. Elmer counters for $2398 plus interest dating to around 1900 from a grandfather’s Illinois estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Rorem
Radcliffe
Harvey Uhlenhopp
Hampton
Lundy
Butler
Eldora
John Harry
LaJolla
Calif
Rorem
Myria
Spirit Lake
Dale Rorem
Oklahoma City
Okla
Lydia Smith
Mark Rorem
Elmer Rorem
Gaylord Rorem
Austin Horem
Phelan
Karr
Gerald Blake
Jewell
Dale
Elmer
Gaylord
Austin
Illinois
Gaylor
Record day at Ackley plant for sweet corn processing
The Ackley plant of the Marshall Canning Co. set an opening day record last week by processing 173 tons of sweet corn in eleven and three quarter hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
Marshall Canning Co
Farm and town growth tied to Hunt’s Providence holdings
The narrative describes Hunt’s 403 acre Providence township farm valued at $40 to $50 per acre and its shift alongside rail expansion creating Lawn Hill. Current Co op staff includes C. B. Reece as manager, Lloyd Dooley, E. W. Foster, Lillian Reece, T. P. Lawler, Earl Miller, Robert Ryerson, and Herold Flannigan in various roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Providence Township
Lawn Hill
Co-op
C. B. Reece
Lloyd Dooley
E. W. Foster
Lillian Reece
T. P. Lawler
Earl Miller
Robert Ryerson
Herold Flannigan
Janssen JD Demonstration Planned With Deere Dealers
H. J. Janssen and Son announces a field day with all John Deere dealers in Hardin county at the Arthur Helvig farm four miles south of Iowa Falls on Highway 65 on August 25. A rain date is set for August 26. The demonstration features the new four bottom John Deere 70 and other new equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
Hardin County
Arthur Helvig
Iowa Falls
Highway 65
H. J. Janssen
Eldora
Stay Filed Over Wellsburg School District Case
Lundy Butler and Lundy, attorneys for the plaintiffs, filed a stay with the Iowa Supreme Court to preserve current trial court proceedings in the Wellsburg school district legality dispute. If granted, the new district and related areas would halt major business and asset transfers until the Garwin case is decided, with possible extension if that ruling reverses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lundy, Butler and Lundy
Wellsburg
Friday
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
New Wellsburg
Garwin School
Garwin
Hardin Entries At Fair To Fifteen In Iowa State Pair
Hardin county entries across judging events at the Iowa State Fair total fifteen. Hardin rural schools one and two will compete for the Iowa Quiz team championship. Alden entrants include Elsie Anders and Helen Dreler in art exhibits. Livestock entries feature Clampitt Farms New Providence in Milking Short horn, Dean Clingerman New Providence and Carlton Nassen Eldora in Duroc, Lellow Bros Alden with 22 Hampshires, Ralph Bright Eldora in Brown Swiss, Ed Bear and Dwight Heltibridle Steamboat Rock in Shetland, and Dwight Heltibridle J V Strart and K Reisinger and Sons in show horse. Reisinger also entered three American Shetlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin Rural Schools
Iowa
Elsie Anders
Helen Dreler
Alden
Clampitt Farms
New Providence
Dean Clingerman
Carlton Nassen
Eldora
K. ©. Reisinger and Sons
Reisinger
Five Cent Rides In Operation Here Two Days
Eldora hosts Kiddies Days festival sponsored by the Eldora Chamber of Commerce over Friday and Saturday. Five cent rides, a bicycle safety lane, contests, and an outdoor program highlight the event with a parade, prizes, and a Kings and Queen ceremony. Boxing matches Friday night. safety tests and movies visit the New Grand Theatre. Coasted by community volunteers led by Marc Smith and Harrison Wolcott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Eldora Chamber of Commerce
New Grand Theatre
Eldora Volunteer Fire Department
Marc Smith
Harrison Wolcott
Stellman
Hampton
Courthouse Square
Greyhound
Paul Hodgson
Cuy
Walter Foster
Iowa Highway Patrol
Walter Sayer Post to hold August meeting and boxing program
The Walter Sayer Post American Legion will meet Thursday at 8:00 p.m. The regular business session will be followed by a special boxing program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Sayer
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Hardin County Fair Board
The
Herald-Ledger
Omer
Johnson
Des Moines
Washington Township
Hubbard Park
Uhlenhopp
Joe Kramer
George R. Brauffacher
Oskaloosa
D. M. Day
Vera Khomas
Mira. Kramer
Dreier
Howard On Lawn Hill
County
Janssen
Hardin
Fair Secretary’s Office
Five Cent
Merle Bookes
Ed Engstrom
Ing
Jim Shaw
Bob Lamb
Mike Langehough
Charles Frazer
Hockes
Ray Cito
Engetrom
Kendell
Dick Monteith
Dick Knott
Tom Monteith
Tom Cote
Paul Mar
Jerry Bockes
Don
Robbie Mairs
Testa
Kendell Huehn
Dean Otto
Steve B Sinions
Tom Mairs
Ken Roberts
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