Eldora Gridders Open May Beleden Call and Tryouts
Eldora High appoints Jim McLeran as athletic director and issues a football call to grid hopefuls. Players report at 9 a.m. for equipment and physicals, with two daily practices at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. McLeran targets an IT formation and highlights returning lettermen and linemen as the Tigers prep for Sept. 13 Cedar Falls jamboree and a Sept. 15 clash at Iowa Falls.
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Jim McLeran
New Eldora High School
Tiger Grid
Fairgrounds
Tigers
McLeran
Dale DeVault
Drake University
Dick Camp
Iowa Falls
Cadsets
Frederickson Sues Bachman Over $200 Promissory Note
A district court suit filed last week by Carroll and Delma Frederickson seeks judgment against Ray Bachman for $200 plus accrued interest. They allege Bachman received a $200 note on April 1 1948 payable in one year and that no payment has been made.
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Carroll
Delma Frederickson
Ray Bachman
Bachman
Wednesday Greenwood Electric Girls vs North South Old Men
A compact matchup list shows midweek action with Greenwood Electric girls facing North South Old Men, followed by Friday showdowns Central States versus Steamboat, and Leuthold's against Green Farm Feeds. Semi-pro notes preview Thursday games Marshalltown seven Radcliffe one.
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Greenwood Electric
North
South
Hubbard Clips Whitten To Seize Series Edge In 10-5 Win
Hubbard beats Whitten 10-5 to take a 2-1 lead in the three game set, with Wendell Hike pitching a nine hitter for the host. Harold Ridout tallied two home runs and a triple, while Dan Yordy and Don Stackhouse added triples for Whitten. The fourth game is set for tomorrow during the Whitten Fireman's celebration.
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Hubbard
Whitten
South Hardin
Wendell Hike
Harold
Ridout
W. Doering
Gail Dubberke
Dan Yordy
Don Stackhouse
Buck Weaver
Ray Calloway
Rhe Whitten
Weaver
Calloway
Stackhouse
Eike
Dubberke
Softball Chase Tonight in Eldora Headlines Final Week
The 1950 softball race heads into decisive night action with V. F. W. vs Marathon at 8 p.m. Both squads top a 10‑team league at 7‑1 as Whitten eyeing third place and Central States eyeing a five‑team tie. Tomorrow Greenwood Electric vs Eldora V. F. W. follows the traditional North vs South clash. Friday closes with Central States vs Steamboat Dairy and Leuthold's vs Green Farm Feeds.
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Softball Tonight
F. W
Marathon Whitten
Central States
Pet F. W
Rupo Rada Gaede
Owasa Ee
Leuthold
Green Farm
Perkins
Wally
Steamboat Dairy
Eldora
Marathon
Whitten
Leuthold’s
Green
Eldora Driver Crippen Wins Triple Harness Fairs Meet
Veteran driver Frank Crippen of Eldora captured a trio of wins on Friday at Hardin County Fair harness racing. He piloted Sun Spot to 2:22 and 2:18 pace wins and then drove The Dazzler to a 2:22 trot as Sun Spot posted 2:13 and 2:14 in his miles. Total purse for Crippen reached 245 dollars. Other victors were Ralph Cohee driving Dolly Mae in the 2:28 pace and Archie Clary steering Highlawn Sterling in the 2:28 trot.
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Frank Crippen
Eldora
Hardin County Fair
Sun Spot
J. Gould
Liscomb
Crippen
Dazzler
Ralph Cohee
Waterloo
Dolly Mae
Archie Clary
Waverly
Highlawn Sterling
Hubbard Is Victim of Whitten Run Spree
Hubbard suffers a lopsided defeat as Whitten unleashes a 24 run spree at the Hardin county fair. Don Stackhouse goes 5 for 5 with three triples and two singles for Whitten while pitchers Ridout Dole Doering and Callaway Espe combine for the win. Hubbard’s Harold Ridout relinches pitching duties to Glen Dole and Arvene Doering in later innings.
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Whitten
Hubbard
Harold Ridout
Glen Dole
Dole
Arvene Doering
Ray Callaway
Arnold Espe
Don Stackhouse
RH Whitten
Calloway
Espe
Stackhouse
Ridout
Doering
Dubberke
Brown Medalist and Eldora Tie For Rotary Golf Third
Bob Brown fired a five over par 77 to win individual honors at the Ft. Dodge Rotary golf tournament. Eldora’s four man team including R. R. Griffel Norman Kunath and Howard Caffee placed third with a 348 total behind Boone’s winning squad.
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Bob Brown
Ft. Dodge
Eldora
Brown
R. R. Griffel
Norman Kunath
Howard Caffee
Boone
Twin Loss for Radcliffe as Ansons Collect Semi-Pro Victories
Marshalltowns Ansons defeated Radcliffe in two games 7 to 1 and 3 to 0. Vern Seeger and Carl Neuman took the mound losses, while Lowell Rhoades and Joe Bell earned the wins. Bell pitched a shutout Friday, as Radcliffe managed 10 and 8 hits respectively in the two games.
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Radcliffe
Ansons
Marshalltown
Vern Seeger
Carl Neuman
Radcliffe Mound
Lowell “Tuck
Rhoades
Joe Bell
Seeger
Anson
Bell
Arnold Espe
Carl Nuemann
Neumann
Rhe Radcliffe
M'town
Espe
Topp
Owasa Collects 8-3 Win at Marshalltown VFW
Owasa semi pros defeated Marshalltown VFW 8-3 on Sunday to claim a 2-1 edge in the third frame. Five-run Owasa rally in the seventh sealed the win as Jamie Heslop and Smith each had three hits while Munson scattered seven Vet hits.
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Owasa
Marshalltown V.F.W
Marshalltown
Drive Right campaign urges safer driving nationwide
The Drive Right series highlights the temtations to speed drink and drive and to ignore railroad crossings. In the two weeks from Aug 22 to Sept 5 Iowa saw 1,657 traffic accidents yearly with 27 deaths and 795 injuries. Hardin county averaged 1.66 deaths and 6 injuries per period, costing $17,422 locally and $1,206,942 statewide.
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Iowa
Hardin County
Union By Mrs. Grellet Dillon
Mrs. Bertha Rash returned from a ten day visit with her niece in Davenport and with the J. E. Norman family at Creston. Fourteen Twin Bloc club members were entertained in Conrad with a pot luck supper and social time. The Ewing family arrived for a visit with Mrs. Ewing's mother in Hampton after a trip east to see his mother in Monongahela Pa. Rev Wayne Sawtell and others returned from a Bible conference in Winona Indiana. Mrs. J O Chaplin returned from Marshalltown visiting daughter Mrs Kenneth Stevens. Mrs. Ray Sheets entertained twenty one children for Susan's fourth birthday with Patty Dillon and Mrs Dale Johnson assisting. John Rogers family left after visiting Mrs Rogers' mother and sister en route from Illinois to Sacramento.
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Twin Bloc Club
Harold Whitney
Conrad
E. T. Ewing
Mrs. Ewing
Marie Kauffman
L. H. Davis
Hampton
Ewings
Captain Ewing
Mary Ewing
Monongahela
Ft. Benning
Wayne Sawtell
Mary
Joan
Shirley Beecher
Kathryn Packer
Winona
Indiana
J. O. Chaplin
Marshalltown
Kenneth Stevens
Sacramento
Calif
Berrier Plans Cafe Addition and Kitchen Remodel
Harry Berrier, proprietor of the White House Inn, is adding a 12 by 20 foot section at the southeast corner of his lake cafe to serve as a kitchen. His father in law Charles DeVere of Marshalltown handles the construction. The current kitchen space will be remodeled into two restrooms, and a 10 by 14 foot walk in cooler is planned. He will heat the remodeled building with a bottled gas forced air system. Earlier this year a 134 ft 5 in well was dug to supply a water system.
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Harry Berrier
White House Inn
Charles DeVere
Marshalltown
Berrier
Notable visits and local family ties in Eldora and beyond
Providence R. V. Adams of Denver visits cousins in Eldora and recalls family links to the Reece and Adams families including the 1892 RKV Adams carving. The piece also covers various social visits, weddings, church moves, Junior Youth club events, and a Moon reunion at Pine Lake with continued club leadership.
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New Providence
J. Paul Hadley
Alice Pool
Hadley
Pool
Esther Youngquist
James McKenzie
Jess Broer
Louise Murphy
Ames
Wilmer Cook
Cook
Viola Morris
Dean Morris
Northwood
Lennie Conrad
Joe
Sidney
Pine Lake
Lowell Waldo
John Bekemeier
Fire crews respond to chimney blaze at local home
Eldora fire department was called to the Junior Cockerham residence on North 11th Street around 8 45 a m Friday as the chimney burned out. Services of the firemen were not needed and they returned immediately.
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Eldora Fire Department
Cockerham
North 11Th Street
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