Opening Day Set for Hubbard School Year 1950 51
Hubbard independent school opens next Monday with 9 to 11 a m registration. Supt A H Brauer enters third year, H L Thompson to teach industrial arts and science, and E Shepherd begins his second year as instrumental music instructor. Dale Langmann will teach high school mathematics and coach athletics. Several faculty assignments include Mrs Glen Robinson, Mrs Velma Mannetter, Donna Hilgenfeld, Margaret Jass, Mrs Helen Christopher, Lavonne Hurd, Wilma Schultz, Ann Harestad, Marcia Schoeneman, and Grace Tjarks. Glen Whitney Jr. is custodian. lunch cooks are Mrs Emma Thornton and Mrs Rose Kuhlman. bus drivers listed with substitutes Peters Boeke and Arnold Reifschneider.
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Hubbard
Hubbard Independent School
A. H. Brauer
Hubbard School
H. L. Thompson
E. —. Shepherd
Langmann
Dale Langmann
Hansell
Glen Robinson
Alden
Velma Mannetter
Donna Hilgenfeld
Fall City
Nebr
Westmar College
Margaret Jass
Zearing
Helen Christopher
Lauvonne Hurd
Wilma Schultz
Ann Harestad
Waldorf College
Marcia Schoeneman
Central College
Grace Tjarks
Glen Whitney, Jr
Emma Thornton
Rose Kuhlman
Quentin Christopher
Bill Otto
Robert Klemme
Junior Schwinger
Dale Cox
Peter Boeke
Arnold Reifschneider
Steamboat Rock Woman, 90, Burns in Home Fire
Steamboat Rock Mrs. Bertha Van Dornum, 90, suffered extensive burns about 6:30 a m Monday when her clothing caught fire while lighting a kerosene range. She was alone and later taken to Eldora hospital. condition described as serious. Her daughter Mrs. Harry Hall was away in Des Moines. Doctors weighed transfer to Iowa City hospital.
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Steamboat Rock
Bertha van Dornum
van Dornum
Harry Hall
Des Moines
Radcliffe Adds Auto Course with School Opening
Radcliffe high school will open next Monday with a new driver training course. Registration for high school students is this week, building hours 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday. grade students register at start of term on August 28. Hupert Moeller returns as superintendent. Faculty includes Amidon, Bruns, Espe, Ullestad, Moeller, Neumann, Paul, Queensland, Stewart, Hanson, Snively, Bailey, Ziesman, Ose, Wierson, and Whitmer.
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Radcliffe
Hupert Moeller
Russell C. Amidon
Herman R. Bruns
Olive Espe
Gene Ullestad
Velma Moeller
Carol Neumann
Kenneth E. Paul
Kenneth Queensland
Joyce Stewart
Lucille Hanson
Leta Snively
Fern Bailey
Phyllis Ziesman
Joann Ose
Christine Wierson
Patricia Whitmer
Pine Lake Motor Installs Four New Equipment
Pine Lake Motor company installs four new items including a Pressure Purger that cleans radiators without removal, a motor diagnosis machine, a distributor tester, and a Hunter wheel balancer.
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Pine Lake Motor Company
Hunter
Kiddies Nickel Days Closes With Contests Gifts And Movie
Kiddies events continue today at the Chamber of Commerce fun festival closing session Kiddies Nickel Days. Rides run 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the school grounds nickel admission. Contests start at 1 p.m. with free throw soft pie eating hoop rolling and cash prizes for top finishers. From 2:30 to 3:36 p.m. merchants award gifts. Five cent admissions for a 3:30 p.m. New Grand theatre movie for kids.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Doyle Felton
Dick, Leverin
Miles Albright
George O’bryan
Eldora Merchants
Grand Theatre
4-H Dairy Heifer Awards Listed at County Fair
Judging of 4-H dairy heifers and breeding beef heifers at the county fair produced ribbons across breeds. Holstein and Brown Swiss calves and yearling categories saw multiple Blue and Red awards earned by youths from Iowa Falls Eldora and surrounding towns, with a Champion Brown Swiss Cow named by the Iowa Brown Swiss association. Breeding beef heifers include Shorthorn and Angus entries with Blue and Red ribbons awarded to 4-H participants from Iowa Falls Eldora and New Providence.
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Jerry Mark
Iowa Falls
Jim Mark
Red
Dick Wakefield
Alden
John Grantow
Jerry Jones
Ayrshire
Larry Rudolph
Eldora
Russell Spring
Don Shaver
New Providence
Dolores Bright
Roland Martin
Laurice Streyffeler
Hubbard
Barbara Wegner
Radcliffe
Holstein
Ben Bullis
Bob Wakefield
Karen Beach
Martin
Streyffeler
Jowa Brown Swiss Association
John Gunn
Arthur Sanders
White—Gunn
Byron Harris
Marlin Sanders
Rudolph
Sanders
Robert Granner
George Butler
Wildlife Meeting for Pine Lake Club This Thursday
The Pine Lake Wildlife club holds its regular meeting this Thursday the 24th at 8 p m in the club building.
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Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Alden Eldora Girls Top 4-H Demonstrations at County Fair
Alden Clover Climbers Norma Thorsbakken and Harriett Lauterbach won first in the county 4-H club demonstration with Golden Gems bread making. Eldora Happy Hustlers Aud rey Rudolph and Beverly Cordes placed second for Bread Basket Beauties. Winners advance to the state fair. runner-up to Waterloo Cattle Congress. Six other blue ribbon teams. red ribbons also awarded. Judge was Mrs Gisley Knickerbocker of Radcliffe.
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Alden Clover Climbers
Norma Thorsbakken
Harriett Lauterbach
Audrey Rudolph
Beverly Cordes
Eldora Happy Hustlers
Waterloo Cattle Congress
Brunhild Wegner
Barbara Wegner
Concord Cheerful Chums
Alice Hadley
Phyllis Bryant
Union Peppy Pals
Barbara Yount
Jean Mitchell
Providence Pearls
Lois Mitchell
Marilyn Speas
Providence
Patty Pale
Marilyn Larson
Alden
Rosemary Lyn
Betty Wirth
Janet Terry
Kay Eller
Sherman
Betty Harless
Janice Brown
Happy Hardin Homemakers
Louise Cockerham
Ruth Bryant
Union Peppy Peppers
Beverly Chaplin
Linda Wood
Hardin
Sandra Jeske
Patty Bogue
Judy Hitchcock
Georgian Ballard
Drive Right Campaign Opens Statewide Safety Drive
The Iowa safety congress launched the Drive Right campaign to save 14 lives on highways, running until Sept 5. Stop signs with safety posters appeared statewide with Eldora joining. five state highway patrolmen held a safety light check, issuing 64 tickets for 121 violations and summoning eight drivers. Safety congress stickers were given to motorists as posters began to appear in stop signs. Continued on Page Five.
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Iowa Safety Congress
Hardin County
Eldora
Judge and Safety Congress
Safety Congress
County Fair Notebook Highlights 4-H Star Alice Hadley
County Fair notebook profiles Alice Hadley a Union township 4-H standout. The 15 year old Union High School junior won grand champion baby beef and blue ribbons in shorthorn shows. She joined two 4-H clubs and co starred with Phyllis Bryant in a nutrition demonstration titled Slick Chick.
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Alice Hadley
Phyllis Bryant
Alice
Bruce Hadley
Union High School
Union Township
Happy Hustlers
Peppy Pals
Gyme
Air
Mrs Burdette Randall Dominates County Fair Exhibits
Mrs Burdette Randall of Eldora topped 162 entries across culinary texture grains seeds vegetables and floral divisions. A consistent winner she captured numerous first place premiums. Her success underscores the county fair as major local business.
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Burdette Randall
Eldora
Randall
Wreck Em Rodeo Driver Injured During Thursday Show
Fair officials report Larry Roy al was hurt when his lifebelt failed as his car overturned leaving him with a leg injury and breathless condition. An exhibit in the dairy barn by Ralph Bright highlights Luella the Bonnie La Belle cow with 19,882 pounds milk from twice daily milking and 84.35 pounds fat at 4.23 percent, plus a chart comparing yearly production to farm income benchmarks.
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Fair
Ralph Bright
Eldora
Luella
Bonnie la Belle
Iowa
Refreshment Stands Operated by Local Organizations
In the area, refreshment stands were operated by the Steamboat Rock Legion and Auxiliary, Hardin County Rural Youth, and Eldora Explorer Scouts. The event highlighted community groups running concessions.
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Steamboat Rock Legion and Auxiliary
Hardin County Rural Youth
Eldora Explorer Scouts
Five Girls 4-H Booths Win Top Rating at County Fair
Five 4-H clubs earned blue ribbons for foods and nutrition booths at the county fair. Alden Clover Climbers, Concord Cheerful Chums, Providence Pearls, Union Peppy Pals, and Union Peppy Peppers led the awards. A red ribbon group included Buckeye Boosters Eldora Happy Hustlers Jackson T.N.T. Pleasant Peppy Teens Ellis Sunshine Sallies Happy Hardin Homemakers Tipton Teammates Union Band Wellsburg Amvets. The event showcased about 650 food products and varied exhibits in crafts and education, highlighting rural schools alongside town institutions.
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Alden Clover Climbers
Concord Cheerful Chums
Providence Pearls
Union
Buckeye
Eldora Happy Hustlers
Jackson T.N.T
Pleasant
Ellis Sunshine Sallies
Happy Hardin Homemakers
Tipton
Topcoats Blankets 1950 remembered on page eight
A brief note signals continued coverage on page eight about topcoats and blankets from 1950, highlighting fashion and textile trends of the era.
68 Baby Beeves Placed In Three Ribbon Groups
In the county fair junior livestock show 68 baby beeves were judged with placings in blue red and white ribbon groups. Alice Hadley Union earned the grand champion during judging while Marlin Sanders Eldora took reserve. The tabulated results list exhibitors from Iowa Falls Eldora and Radcliffe with multiple entries across five classes in blue red and white ribbons.
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Alice Hadley
Union
Angus
W. F. LaGrange
Iowa State College
Herald-Index
Dean Barnes
Extension
Marlin Sanders
Eldora
Blue
Leonard Sanders
Iowa Falls
George Butler
Larry Rudolph
Red
Orlen Stolee
Radcliffe
Neil Helvig
Charles Wood
White
Charles Woods
Hardin County farms show 2600 tractors on Jan 1 1950
County assessor figures show 2600 tractors on about 2100 farms in Hardin County as of January 1 1950 with 1015 corn pickers 579 combines and 159 hay balers. Alden township leads with 279 tractors and 101 corn pickers. Concord tops feeder cattle while Pleasant has most cows. Swine rise to 4261. sheep drop to 3071. horses decline from 5590 in 1940 to 1753 in 1950. County Farm Bureau women meet to discuss budgets and health survey initiatives.
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Hardin County
Alden Township
Ellis
Grant Township
Pleasant
Concord Township
Providence Township
Ellis Township
Etna
Sanders Bright Are Top 4 H Showmen
The county fair crowned Marlin Sanders of Eldora as the top baby beef showman, with Lisle Cook of New Providence and John Grantow of Eldora finishing second and third. In dairy heifer showmanship Delores Bright of Eldora placed first, followed by Roland Martin and Jerry Mark of Iowa Falls.
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Marlin Sanders
Eldora
Lisle Cook
New Providence
John Grantow
Delores Bright
Roland Martin
Jerry Mark
Iowa Falls
Marriage License for Wolcott Crosser and Crabtree
Harrison D. Wolcott aged 23 and Jaylyn L. Crosser aged 20, both of Eldora, obtain marriage license. Lloyd R. Knott 20 of Iowa Falls and Marjory Crabtree 18 of Hubbard listed in the record.
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Harrison D. Wolcott
Jaylyn L. Crosser
Eldora
Lloyd R. Knott
Iowa Falls
Ang
Marjory Crabtree
Hubard
Baby Beeves Bring Average of $31.75
Rath Packing Co. paid $38.50 per hundred for Alice Hadley s grand champion Angus in the auction of 4 H baby beeves Saturday. Marlin Sanders reserve champion Angus sold for $35.50 to Rath Packing. Sixty head averaged $31.75, about a dollar above Chicago’s top for the day and higher than most state baby beef sales. Buyers included Franzenberg Clifton Piggly Wiggley Eldora firms. Auctioneering was by the Eldora Auction Co.
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Rath Packing Co
Alice Hadley
Angus
Marlin Sanders
Rath Packing
Chicago
Franzenberg
Conrad, Clifton and Piggly-Wigeley
Iowa Falls
Gibbs-Cook Equipment Co
Cashway
Books Implement
Eldora
Eldora Cold Storage
Eldora Auction Co
Senior and junior Hereford show lineup with names
The list presents Senior Hereford 970 pounds or more and Junior Hereford 970 pounds or less exhibitors. Names include Union Billy Hadley New Providence White Byron Harris Iowa Falls Robert Granner Eldora Marilyn Tysdahl Radcliffe James Knutson Radcliffe Charles Butler Iowa Falls John Moats Iowa Falls Jerome Hednefield Radcliffe Merrill Cobb Eldora Lisle Cook New Providence Keith Helvig Iowa Falls Jack Warner Iowa Falls Robert Warner Iowa Falls Merlin Eller Hubbard Gary Hadley New Providence Lynn Freed Eldora John Grantow Iowa Falls Jim Bergeson Radcliffe Jerry Bergeson Radcliffe Sherman Cleveland Alden Gordon Reisinger Eldora Richard Anderson Iowa Falls Duane Fritzel Iowa Falls Ronald Nevenhower Ack
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Union
Billy Hadley
New Proviidence
Byron Harris
Iowa Falls
Robert Granner
Eldora
Hereford
Marilyn Tysdahl
Radcliffe
James Knutson
Charles Butler
John Moats
Red
Jerome Hednefield
Merrill Cobb
Lisle Cook
New Providence
Keith Helvig
Jack Warner
Robert Warner
Merlin Eller
Hubbard
White
Gary Hadley
Lynn Freed
Junior Hereford
Blue
John Grantow
Jim Bergeson
Jerry Bergeson
Sherman Cleveland
Alden
Gordon Reisinger
Richard Anderson
Alen
New Luverne Fire Truck Arrives for Steamboat City
A group including Harry Blosh Ed Frerichs Raymond Karstens and Harold Luiken returned Friday from Luverne Minnesota with the new $8100 Luverne fire truck. Mounted on a 1950 Chevrolet heavy duty two ton chassis it has a 200 gallon per minute pump and can carry 450 gallons of water plus portable extinguishing gear and a 100 GPM auxiliary pump. It will be housed at the new city hall after temporary storage at Luiken Chevrolet. Herman M Brown Co of Des Moines sent a representative to instruct local firemen in operation.
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Steamboat Rock
Harry Blosh
Ed Frerichs
Raymond Karstens
Harold Luiken
Luverne
Minn
Luiken Chevrolet
New City Hall
Herman M. Brown Company
Des Moines
Fireman's Day at Whitten Tomorrow Highlights Parade and Diamond Duel
Whitten hosts annual fireman day celebration tomorrow starting at 1 p m with a children’s parade for ages up to 42. The afternoon features a diamond encounter between the host club and Hubbard, followed by children’s races and an auction at 7 p m benefiting the Whit ten volunteer fire department. Buck Rash and his band play for a 9 to 12 p m dance, with wives of firemen serving a fried chicken supper at 5:30 p m.
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Whitten
Hubbard
Whitten Volunteer Fire Department
Buck Rash
Fire Department
N P Consolidated Readies School Start Monday
NEW PROVIDENCE The consolidated school opens Monday August 28 with a morning session and regular classes plus lunch program starting Tuesday. A Saturday faculty meeting at 2 PM lists new superintendent D Murray and a full teaching staff across grades and subjects. Custodians Arthur Church and Lloyd Dooley are set to manage refreshed facilities after extensive redecorating and rewiring.
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New Providence
D Murray
Shell Rock
Derryl Dumermuth
John Bartholow
Elmer Panknen
Marengo
Amy Mae Bobst
Dows
Errol Haines
Waynesville
Ohio
Donald Stewart
Prole
Melvin Powers
Durwood Busse
Aplington
Martha Bartholow
Alice Michaelson
Orpha Powers
Janet Wierson
Florence McCown
Esther Youngquist
Dumermuth
Drake Drill Camp Welcomes Former EHS Gridders
Kenneth Norman and Jamie Heslop, ex EHS football players, will report for drills at Drake University on August 29. They join Drake’s preseason program as prospects for the team’s forthcoming season.
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DRAKE
Kenneth Norman
Jamie Heslop
EHS
Drake University
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Brauer
S. Rock Woman
Corwin Hadley
Hardin County Fair
Billy
Kenneth Cook
Union Band Club
Wellsburg Amvets
Oren Stolee
Allyn Schafer
Keresinger & Sons Alcorat
Jackson
County Fair
Luverne, Minn
N. P. Consolidated
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