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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1952
Page
5
Final plans for the Kiddies Nickel Days parade announce Carnival Days as the theme. Co chairs F K Schmidt and Lester Ose say the event opens August 29 and 30 with entries in pets floats and characters divisions. Parade forms at the high school at 1 00 p m and starts 1 30 p m. Prizes total 18 cash awards across divisions.
Iowa Falls PMA will buy at least 250000 tons of hay to ship to drought stricken Kentucky and Tennessee. Purchases extend to Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin with prices 18 to 24 per ton and delivery included. A 3 million dollar disaster fund subsidizes delivered prices up to 35 per ton in drouth areas.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Boeke Funeral Home in Hubbard for Mrs. W. C. Clancy age 65 who died August 13 at her Los Angeles home. Burial was in Hubbard Cemetery. She was born in Hubbard, daughter of the late Herman and Granner families. She married William C. Clancy and lived in Hubbard before moving to California about 30 years ago for health reasons. She had been an invalid for 25 years. Surviving are her husband, a daughter Mrs. Robert Tate Culver City Calif, two grandchildren, a sister Mrs. Will Coolidge Cranton N Dakota and a brother Fay Granner Wichita Kan.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lot tie Brees 64 of Marshalltown were held last Tuesday at the Church of Christ. She died August 7 after a three week hospital stay in Iowa City born May 5 1888 in Steamboat Rock daughter of W T S Moore and Martha Bell Rainsbarger Moore raised by grandparents after mother died. Survivors include her father four sons a sister eight grandchildren two half sisters and two half brothers.
Harry DeBaggio purchases the Kozy Inn from Bob Benning who ran the cafe for two and a half years. Benning plans to return to Cedar Rapids to enter construction. DeBaggio will take possession August 25 and the cafe will close a week for remodeling before reopening September 2 with weekday hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. He brings 18 years at Busy Bee Cafe and experience at Country Club dining room plus recent ties to Fidelity Abstract Company in real estate.
Two top Iowa political names, Robert L. Larson and Herschel Loveless, expected to draw a capacity crowd at Eldora fairgrounds for the 81st Hardin County Fair kickoff. Monday features livestock parade, Marion Marlo acts, 16 girl Rythmettes chorus, dancing by the Rythmaires, and acts by Donna Scott and William Donalson. Tuesday plans include livestock auction at 10:00, hot rod races at 1:30, 4-H Style Revue, and Society Horse Show with Hammond Organ accompaniment.
Thomas McCarty 28 died Sunday at Eldora hospital from basal skull fracture and internal injuries after an auto accident near Highway 57 two miles east of Eldora. Coroner's jury ruled death by injuries from automobile accident. He was found about 11 p.m. Thursday, near his car with headlights burning. believed thrown from vehicle after missing a curve. Funeral at St Marys Catholic Church Wednesday with burial in St Marys Cemetery. Born Browning Missouri July 26 1924 to Mr and Mrs Thomas McCarty Eldora. survived by three sisters Veronica Saylor Eldora Earl Miller Union and L P Dowda Memphis. one brother Edwin preceded him.
The Steamboat Rock band toured Des Moines after a Community Club invitation. Twenty five members visited the state capitol and historical building, had lunch at the airport, toured the control tower, watched airliners take off and land, then enjoyed recreation at Riverview park. Drivers providing transport were bandmaster Milo Meyers and Pete Luiken, Paul Primus, Carl Luiken, and Donald Luiken.
In cooperation with the Hardin County Fair all county offices in the courthouse will close at noon today and tomorrow Tuesday and Wednesday Eldora business places will close at noon tomorrow Wednesday so staff may attend the fair
Miss Aiken was employed last week by the Eldora school board to replace Mrs. Ethel Miller who recently resigned as kindergarten teacher.
Maltby Welding Shop, run by the Maltby family for 16 years, was sold last Thursday to Gene Farmer and his brother Robert B. Farmer of Marshalltown. Announcement by James D. Maltby notes the shop founded in 1936 and expanded in 1945, with possession set for September 1. James Maltby, a former Eldora High School graduate, plans to return to college after a military stint.
Lewis Broer Jr of Lawn Hill was hurt last week when a mowing machine struck an obstruction and partly overturned throwing him to the ground. He suffered a cracked shoulder blade.
The regular weekly Cash Awards are postponed to tomorrow in cooperation with the Hardin County Fair. Next week two awards are planned one on Wednesday and one on Friday August 29 to celebrate Kiddies Nickel Days.
Eward Mossman stricken last Wednesday with what appeared polio remains confined to Eldora hospital with improved condition after tests in Des Moines indicated influenza. Morgan Beck 11 of Iowa Falls released from Blank Memorial after polio treatment since August 1 with no paralysis. Alice Baker 10 of Whitten to University hospital Iowa City with mild polio. one leg still affected.
The entry notes a higher quota for the Bloodmobile visit on September 9 due to plasma shortages for the armed forces. Mrs. Don Marks announces 180 pints requested, up 40 from March, requiring 250 pledges in addition to standing. Various chairmen and volunteers are named, with Mrs. Victoria Gage expected to brief the team.
Lightning struck a 300 gallon gasoline tank on the Russell Boeke farm near Hubbard early Friday morning. About 200 gallons were in the tank, which was in a grove away from buildings. several nearby trees burned while the residence and other structures remained undamaged. Hubbard fire department arrived as flames were out of control.
Junior 4H and FFA entrants rushed to register for the Hardin County Fair livestock division. By Saturday noon, 108 beef projects plus 30 dairy stock and 24 swine pens and 8 sheep pens had been entered, with many more expected. Township totals show Concord 29 beef and 5 dairy, Union 12 beef, Sherman 9 beef 6 dairy 1 sheep pen, Jackson 18 beef 5 dairy 3 swine, Hardin 2 beef 13 dairy 11 swine 3 sheep, Pleasant 4 beef 4 swine, Providence 110 beef 2 swine pens, Clay 2 beef 1 sheep, Etna 4 beef, Alden 5 beef, Eldora 13 beef 6 dairy 2 swine 2 sheep, Tipton 1 sheep pen.
Eldora consolidated schools prepare for Labor Day opening with fourteen new teachers six in senior high two in junior high and six in elementary. Most are married with two men and ten women unmarried. Registrations set for kindergarten entrants and book distribution for junior and senior high students next week. New gym floor tennis courts improved lighting and updated desks and library shelving accompany ongoing modernization.
Lt. Robert C. Elliott, who completed 36 missions on the Korean front, received the Air Medal. Col. William Lindley presented the award as Elliott's wife Beatrice Upton watched. The Iowa Falls native, son of Floyd and Mrs. Elliott, now serves with the 34th Bomb Squadron in Korea and was recalled to active duty July 4, 1951. He previously served three and a half years in World War I Air Force. He is expected to return to the United States around November.
Community donations raised the ambulance fund to 1910.14 dollars, but about 1000 dollars remain needed to buy a basic unit costing 2400 dollars plus 600 more for tires repairs and equipment. Local groups including Kiwanis Rotary and church societies contributed. funds can be left at Hardin County Savings Bank.
At the Hardin County Fair the Public Health Booth spotlights cancer polio and tuberculosis with exhibits and literature. It also features displays on public health nurse services led by Mrs Evelyn Lyon health posters from rural schools and Red Cross community services.
Cpl. Lee Dole, 22, critically injured in an auto crash near Camp Pendleton California on a Friday night. He is bleeding internally with severe head injuries and has been unconscious since the wreck. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dole Hubbard and brother of Glen Dole Eldora. Dole returned here on leave after eleven months in Korea and has served twenty months in the Marine Corps.
Eldora will lose its only bus service linking Eldora Marshalltown and Waterloo on September 4 as Arrow Coach Lines of Ottumwa withdraws four busses. President Robert Galpin cited operating losses and a steel strike impact, with revenue averaging six cents per mile versus a required twenty cents. Service may resume next spring if a mail contract is secured. suspension granted by the Iowa State Commerce Commission remains in effect. Piper's Newsstand served as the depot.
A large number of Hardin County men attended the Holy Name Society rally at West High School stadium in Waterloo last Sunday evening. Father L. V. McDonough and several carloads from Eldora New Providence Hubbard Radcliffe and Union represented this Archbishop Leo J. Binz parish.
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