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Eldora Herald Ledger

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1953

Page

9

Tigers Fall In Overtime To Grundy Center Spartans

Eldora's Tigers trailed late as Grundy Center rallied from a nine point deficit to force a 54-47 loss in regular play. Jerry Balvant led with 15 points for Eldora, while Norman Bergman paced Grundy with 15 as the game extended into a double overtime, ending 37-35.

Eldora Grundy Fall Jerry Balvant Tiger Keon Collins Jim Saylor Yeach Jerry Foster Clyde ‘Callahan Kel Huehn Norman Bergman Tigers

Local High School Cage Roundup Leads With Tuesday Matches

Tuesday games feature Eldora and nearby towns. Whitten dominates Hubbard 61 30 in boys action while Whitten 60 Hubbard 39 leads girls contest. Alden edges New Providence 40 34. Radcliffe tops Union 42 26. Steamboat Rock defeats Owasa 43 37 in boys, girls show Steamboat Rock 59 Owasa 68.

Eldora Owasa Popejoy Whitten Union Radcliffe Randall Wellsburg New Providence Hubbard Dalt Calloway Goodman Olmstead Doering Faust Half—Whitten Koch Baker Relsting Reinert Aschitrat Steamboat Rocker Steamboat Rock L. Crosser B. Crosser R. Crosser Williams DeVries N. Luiken Gast van Hove Akers Ward Union Owasa Alden Hubbard We Steamboat Rock Boys Union Sou

Chelsea Routs Eldora Tigers 47 42 In Frisky Friday Tilt

Chelsea defeated Eldora 47 to 42 as Mary Coleman scored 33 for Chelsea while Eldora’s Sharon Arkland picked up four first quarter fouls. Eldora battled to lead early third but Chelsea pulled away, with 29 fouls called on Eldora and 19 on Chelsea. Beach led Eldora with 19 points. Crosley 15 before fouling out. Local six won the second game 52-31.

Chelsea Mary Coleman Eldora Tigerettes Tigerettes Sharon Arkland Tom Crosley Eldora Vns Arkland Mary Butler Hel Coleman Mary Beach Crosley Jon Bockes Pat McNertney

Bond Purchases Over $102,000 in Hardin County

Hardin County bought more than $102,000 in series E and H savings bonds during November, reaching 91.9 percent of its 1953 quota. County chairman Robert W. Barlow of Iowa Falls reported total Town sales of $10,099,440 for November, up 0.55 percent from November 1952, and noted that 40 counties had already surpassed their 1953 quotas as of November 30.

Hardin County Robert W. Barlow Iowa Falls Savings Bonds Division Barlow

Christmas Rocking Bed Helps Polio Boy in Ackley

In Ackley near the Sprains farm, 8 year old Douglas Oberman and 23 year old Orville Sprain both polio survivors use a night rocking bed at Iowa State University Hospital to aid breathing. During the day Douglas joins Orville in a rocking bed that gently moves to exercise his lungs. Nurses praise the progress as Douglas hopes to regain strength to open letters his father now writes for him to read.

Douglas Oberman Orville Sprain Ackley Douglas Orville Doug Tas Ron Tung

jOSRITAL IV Motes names list from several towns

A fragmented OCR listing many individuals across towns and families including Eldora Albion Union Garden City Hubbard New Providence Buckeye and others such as Mrs. Cleon Vieman Mrs. W. H. McDonald Miss Ardis Starr and Baby Dennis Leon Bergeson.

Eldora James Kapporos Guy Follett Theo. Schaa C. D. Knott Ace M.robinson Cleon Vieman W. H. McDonald Ardis Starr Albion Alta Tillotson Union Sam Lepley Garden City Linnie Vallem Ole Seglem Hubbard Nora Beaupain Susan Gogerty Charlotta Walters Rena Hank

Memory of Home Delayed by Illness Returns Homebound

A bedridden farmer named Douglas, now reliant on a respirator, can only sleep better at night and longs for home. Weekly parental visits comfort him while he plans to telegraph his grandmothers in Texas on Christmas Eve. He must postpone electric trains and B B guns until he can return home.

Ley Farmer Douglas Texas

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