Owners of Two Iowa Falls Funeral Homes Involved in New Court Suit
Harlyn W. Roe sues H. J. Wood and Elizabeth Wood and their daughter Jane Wood Anderson with Arnold Anderson in district court alleging a July 1940s deal for a single Iowa Falls funeral business. Roe claims Wood and Anderson opened a competing Home for Funerals and that Wood took over Sanitary Dairy. Roe details disputed payment terms and seeks damages and an injunction restraining operation of the Home for Funerals in Iowa Falls.
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Iowa Falls
Harlyn W. Roe
H. J. Wood
Elizabeth Wood
Jane Wood Anderson
Arnold Anderson
Andersons
Wood
Roe
Anderson
Wood Funeral Home
Falls
Rae
Sanitary Dairy
Home For Funerals
Funeral Services Held Here Monday For Leo Leiser, 62
Leo Leiser 62 died Friday morning after a stroke in La Salle Illinois where he lived. Last rites were at Andrle and Creps Funeral Home Monday at 2 PM with Rev. H C Short officiating. Interment in Eldora Cemetery. Survived by three sons Harris Eldora Herbert Iowa Falls Jack Grundy Center daughter Mrs Harold Crauthamel Des Moines mother Mrs Frank Leiser Fort Dodge and four grandchildren.
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Andrle and Creps
Leo Leiser
la Salle
Ill
Rev
H. C. Short
Eldora Cemetery
Illinois
Frank Leiser
Eldora
Holgar
LaSalle
Harris Leiser
Herbert Leiser
Iowa Falls
Jack
Grundy Center
Harold Crauthamel
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
TV Program Showcases Eleven County Residents
A WOI-TV telecast tomorrow at 10 30 p m features eleven Hardin County residents. The program, organized by the county extension group, highlights local leadership development in the educational program with participants from Pleasant Tipton and Ellis townships and staff members Jacqueline Macy Dick Pulse and Herb Allen.
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Hardin County
Woi-Tv
Edwin Engle
Milton Schwinger
Pleasant Township
Howard McBride
Tipton Township
Lester Kaufman
Ellis Township
Jacqueline Macy
Dick Pulse
Herb Allen
County
Demonstration on Candle Making Planned at Edgewood Park
County home economist Mrs. Jacqueline Macy announced one candle making demonstration before the holidays at Edgewood Park Iowa Falls, next Thursday December 4 starting at 2 00 p m The Eldora Farm Bureau office session was canceled due to conflicting meetings Contact the county extension office after December 4 for information or candlemaking
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Jacqueline Macy
Edgewood Park
Iowa Falls
Farm Bureau
Eldora
Funeral Services For Lewis Infant Saturday Morning
Services were held Saturday morning at Andrle and Creps Funeral Home for Robert Lee Lewis infant son of Mr and Mrs Richard Lewis Eldora who lived only a short time after birth Thursday night at Eldora Hospital Rev Father George Mahoney officiated and interment followed in Eldora Cemetery Surviving are the parents one sister two brothers and grandparents Mr and Mrs Mike Priske and Mrs Ada Lewis all of Eldora
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Andrle
Creps
Robert Lee Lewis
Richard Lewis
Eldora
Eldora Hospital
George Mahoney
Eldora Cemetery
Mike Priske
Ada Lewis
Expect School Board to Take New Action
Bidora consolidated school board met in regular session to map a new course after the overwhelming vote against the proposed school site. Other possible locations include the Swasand property near Liberty Park and the Keeneman estate north of the Northwestern railway. The board may purchase a site without a public vote. petitions circulate asking for a bond election of 416000 dollars.
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Bidora
Home School Association to Host Open Forum on Taxes
The Home-School Association will hold a Monday open forum titled Schools and the Tax Dollar. Local panelists will discuss school problems with two legislators, Sen. R. R. Bateson and Rep. Paul Walter, who are expected to attend and bring issues to the upcoming General Assembly. A social hour follows as volunteers lead arrangements. The group reports 207 members with 26 new additions in November.
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Home-School Association
R. R. Bateson
Paul Walter
Union
Home Economics
John J. Shorts
Lyle Huboard
Vincent Lampe
George Janssen
Joyce Maddy
John Zimmermann
George O’bryan
Louise Lennier
Winifred Putnam
Paul Miller
J. C. Boyd
Harold Marske
Walter C. Jeske
Carlton Wiesner
Hardin County Man Enters Second Year Of Korean Fighting
Sgt. 1c Leslie E. Witmer of Iowa Falls serves with the 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion in Korea with I Corps. The unit has fired over 180000 rounds in two years and helped push Communists north of the 38th parallel. Witmer enlisted in 1951 and arrived in Korea in 1952 after graduating Alden High School in 1947. his parents live in Madison, Missouri.
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I Corps
Korea
Leslie E. Witmer
Phyllis Jane
Route 1
Iowa Falls
999Th Armored Field Artillery
898Th
Witmer
Alden High School
Leslie Witmer
Madison, Mo
Ose and Hodgson Attend State County Attorney Conventions
County attorney Lester E. Ose and Sheriff Paul Hodgson travel to Des Moines this week for the state conventions of Town County attorneys and sheriffs, respectively.
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Lester E. Ose
Paul Hodgson
Des Moines
Union Special Election Passes With Tax Levy for Fire Equipment
Voters in Union last Tuesday approved a new tax levy to fund fire equipment purchases. The measure passed without a dissenting vote and imposes an annual property tax increase not exceeding 1 mill on all taxable property in Union township.
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Union
Union Township
Pins Presented To 21 Nursing Course Graduates
Pins were given last week to twenty one individuals who completed a two week home nursing course run by Mrs. R C Rogers under the Red Cross. Official certificates from the nation were awarded along with the pins.
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R. C. Rogers
Red Cross
Civil defense course to expand in regional towns
The final session was held in the library club rooms with a lesson on all-out civil defense. Courses will be offered in Whitten, Steamboat Rock after year start. Mrs. Rogers will run a senior girl scout class in Eldora after basketball season. A Whitten meeting plans an opening date. Leo Knight of Steamboat Rock targets February start.
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Library Club
Whitten
Steamboat Rock
RB. C. Rogers
Jane Dickinson
Gifford
Albert Doss
Welby Morgan
Clyde Hixson
Eldora
Ella Holder
Lillian Putnam
Genevieve Elliott
Grundy Center
Zelpha Shearer
Union
Inez Wilson
Leota Mardy
Will Rainsbarger
Mary Taylor
Hazel Newby
E. L. Ruby
Hazel Choate
Roxy Dunn
Clelia Finster
Abe Jaspers
Colin Gould
Lloyd Palmitier
Aurelia Price
Herald-Index
Local Girl Injured Thanksgiving Day
Miss Joy Lee suffered a slight concussion and cuts when the car en route to Eldora skidded on an icy highway near Nevada. She was treated at a hospital and released. Kenneth Cook of New Providence also had cuts and bruises. Passengers Frank Cook and Rosemary Faris of New Providence rode in the vehicle.
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Joy Lee
Eldora
Nevada
Kenneth Cook
New Providence
Frank Cook
Rosemary Faris
Miss Lee
Ernest Lee
Pine Lake Lowered for New Sewer Line Project
Pine Lake will be lowered about four feet to install a sewer line serving the bath house under enlargement. Park custodian D. W. Hicks says the lake drops six inches daily to shield fish from washing away, and warns ice skating will be unsafe this winter. Work on the bathhouse expansion progressed after late fall, with concrete footings poured before a recent storm halted activity. The addition, started in October, will add two wings at each end with separate men and women bath areas.
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Pine Lake
D. W. Hicks
Hicks
Two Eldora Firms Begin Moving To New Quarters
Plans are under way for two Eldora businesses to relocate this week. Pine Lake Motor Company will move from its current site to the former Hubbard Implement building, with the 1953 Pontiac debuting in the new location next Saturday December 6. The service and parts department will operate at the old site through at least a confirms.
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Eldora
Pine Lake Motor Company
Hubbard Implement
Pontiac
Dick Leverin
Service
Wdld
Expect Largest Quota Ever For Bloodmobile Visit Jan 26
South Hardin Blood Bank drive readies for a record quota on January 26 as a 14 bed Bloodmobile unit arrives. Miss Leota Hardy chairs with Mrs. Stilley co chairing. Elizabeth Gernes from Des Moines will brief workers December 10 in the library club rooms. Local units from Radcliffe Hubbard New Providence Gifford Union Whitten participate along with Grundy County aides.
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Leota Hardy
Mr. Stilley
South Hardin
Library Club
Elizabeth Gernes
Red Cross
Des Moines
Miss Hardy
Joe Kramer
Radcliffe, Hubbard
New Providence
Gifford
Union
Whitten
Grundy County
Turkey Winners Dressed Turkeys Award Winners Named
Eight Eldora shoppers won dressed turkeys during last Wednesday's Cash Day Awards. Recipients include Mrs Bertha Neubauer Leo F Faris Nettie Reece and Sherrill Smith at Gamble's Sinclair Service Station Harry Stebe Pine Room Miss Blanche Hudson United Foods and Mrs Leo Freed at Tull and Probascos Hardware. Regular cash awards recur each Wednesday in December with additional evening awards starting December 10 on scheduled dates.
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Eldorans
Bertha Neubauer
Leo F. Faris
Nettie Reece
Gamble’s
Sherrill Smith
Sinclair
Harry Stebe
Pine Room
Blanche Hudson
United Foods
Leo Freed
Tull
Probasco’ Hardware
Moving Week Reshapes Local Shops in Town
The December changes shift the current motor company site to the El Dora school agricultural department after January. The Music Box also relocates from the Harrison building basement to the former Harry's Grocery site, marking a period of exchange in local storefronts.
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Motor Company
Agricultural Department of Eldora School
Music Box
Harrison
Harry's Grocery
Farm Sale Calendar Listing From Local Paper
Farm sale calendar lists sales by date and seller. Entries include Dec 4 Maynard Klemme Eldora Dec 9 Paul Lehmeier Iowa Dec 11 R A Scott Eldora Dec 12 Errol Johnson Union Dec 16 Floyd Bahr Iowa Falls Dec 18 Carlton Campbell Owasa.
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Maynard Klemme
Eldora
Paul Lehmeier
Iowa Falls
R. A. Scott
Errol Johnson
Union
Floyd Bahr
Carlton Campbell
Owasa
Training Meet for 4 H Officers at Buckeye
Hardin County 4 H officers will attend a training meeting at the Buckeye community hall next Saturday December 6 at 1 00 p m Officers led by Arvin Haywood and Rosemary Lyon will outline duties of each office Harriet Lauterbach David Smitherman Marilyn Tysdahl Allen Schafer Audrey Rudolph Elvin Clark and Allen Everman will discuss officer responsibilities Group sessions under extension personnel and 4 H leaders will precede a short recreational period.
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Hardin County
Buckeye
Arvin Haywood
Rosemary Lyon
Harriet Lauterbach
David Smitherman
Marilyn Tysdahl
Allen Schafer
Audrey Rudolph
Elvin Clark
Allen Everman
Power Company Not Negligent In Death of Youth
An Iowa district court opinion favored Central States and Iowa Electric and Power Company in a suit by Omer Amundson, administrator of Claude Amundson’s estate, seeking 60 000 damages after the 17 year old died July 8 1950 at Estes Park Town Falls from an electric shock. The company argued the youth climbed to reach the wire. the court found no evidence of negligence. Legal representation included Lundy Bukter and Lundy for the company and Lloyd Carr plus Frederick Miller for Amundson.
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Hamilton County
Central States
Iowa Electric and Power Company
Iowa Falls
Omer Amundson
Claude Amundson
Estes Park
Town Falls
Amundson
Lundy
Bukter
Lloyd Carr
Webster City
Frederick Miller
Des Moines
New License Plates On Sale in County
County treasurer W. H. Lepley announced the sale of 1953 automobile license plates. The plates feature black numerals on a white background and go on sale yesterday.
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W. H. Lepley
Final Rites Held for Judge Sherwood Clock in Hampton
Judge Sherwood A. Clock 73 of Hampton died Saturday in Rochester Minnesota after Mayo Clinic surgery. Funeral services set for 2:00 PM Tuesday at Hampton Methodist Church with interment there. The longtime district judge, born Geneva August 2 1879, served Hardin Story Webster Wright Franklin Boone Hamilton counties and presided on Polk county matters. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Robert A Coonley Wheaton Illinois and Mrs Richard Moore Boise Idaho and four grandchildren.
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Sherwood A. Clock
Hampton
Mayo Clinic
Methodist
Eldora
Clock
Geneva
Bloomington
University of Ilinois
Franklin County
Eleventh
Iowa Judicial District
Hardin, Story, Webster
Wright
Franklin
Boone
Hamilton Counties
Judge Clock
Robert A. Coonley
Wheaton, Ill
Richard Moore
Boise, Idaho
Radcliffe Businessman Martin Sevold Dies in Boone
Martin G. Sevold, 719, a Radcliffe business partner in Reisetter Company store, died Monday morning at his daughter's Boone home. Funeral services are pending at Bergeson Funeral Home in Radcliffe. Survived by his daughter Mrs. Irene Erickson of Boone, three sons serving in the armed forces Arnold in Wichita Kane in California Walter in the Navy at sea Milton in Naval service, five grandchildren, one brother and one sister. His wife Anna Bessetter preceded him in death years ago.
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Bergeson
Radcliffe
Martin G. Sevold
Boone
Irene Erickson
Arnold
Wichita
Kane
Walter
U. S. Navy
California
Milton
Sevold
Anna Bessetter
Adult Course On Farm Problems Starts Tomorrow
Eldora High School vocational agriculture department announces two evening courses for farmers starting tomorrow at 8:00 in the agriculture room. Ten lessons cover current farm problems with additional sessions for swine men featuring Bernard Ebbing of Rath Packing Co. The plan includes a second course for young men 14 to 26 who aim to farm, with at least ten members required and a preliminary meeting held Monday.
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Vocational Agriculture Department
Eldora High School
G. I
Operaion
Bernard Ebbing
Bath Packing Company
Richard D. Warren
Warren
Ism
Veterans of Foreign Wars Sponsor Public Coon Feed
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will sponsor a public coon feed Wednesday evening at the post home serving from 5 30 to 8 00 o clock. The group also planned a scrap drive urging old license plates donations with garages and service stations as collection centers. Proceeds go to the post encimoment community service and funds to purchase new flags for Eldora churches. Next meeting scheduled for December 10.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Eldora
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