Christmas Night Memories and Noisy Toys Past
A nostalgic reminiscence of Christmases with a noisy mix of toys, phonographs, and television. The author notes how entertainment shifted from horns and drums to TV, the habit of leaving items in the stove, and a humorous aside about hats found and claimed, ending with a joke about sheriff Paul Hodgson and Gypsy Joe wrestling popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Maltby
Gypsy Joe
Paul Hodgson
Paul
Joe
Oyster soup dispute at DeBaggios ends with quip
A man complained there were no oysters in his soup and the waitress replied that you do not find horses in horseradish. The item also notes an 11th birthday coming for a local youngster and a Mary Kay Kidder remark about a remarkable 11 year old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeBaggio’s
Eldora Market Sold. Welch to Run Market
Yesterday H E Bemis sold his interest in Eldora Meat Market to C E Welch Race Gardner will manage. Also note spillage of two cans of cream at Whitten creamery and a distant accident involving Dr Morse near Jacob Miller's ditch. Church street hosts all Eldora churches with seven on record and hitching posts in short supply on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Bemis
Eldora
C. E. Welch
Race Gardner
Dr. Morse
Jacob Miller
Whitten
Hubbard
Church Street
Steve Polley
William Polley
Charles Polley
George Moser
Eldoravn
Klondyke
Hubbard News Items Holiday Gatherings and Travels
Hubbard residents report social gatherings for weddings and Christmas, visits from family across Iowa and Minnesota, and service member departures and returns. Notable notes include Walter Dannenberg’s 30 day leave before resuming Navy duties in Seattle, and families hosting dinners, card parties, and birthday celebrations in Hubbard and nearby towns. Several relatives traveled or hosted events across Radcliffe, Eldora, Dysart, Nevada, and Des Moines as winter visits continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Bachman
St. Ansgar
John Greiner
Nevada
Walter Dannenberg
Seattle
Wash
U. S. Navy
Leon Trarks
Skrovig
A. O. Skrovig
Radcliffe
Paul Sievert
Will Dreier
Herman Dreier
Iowa Falls
Fred Dreier
Eldora
Adrian Bachman
Leo Hutchens
Marshalltown
Ray Siever
Melborne
Walter Below
Ray Olson
Phillip Thineson
John Dork
Sandstone
Minn
Ira Larson
Waldo Below
Walter Dreier
Camp Gordon
Pete Boeke
Ted Schnormeier
Joyce Snider
Patsy McCrabb
Zola Zugmeier
Joyce Janssen
Helen Fisher
Marcia Christopher
Wayne Sage
Mary Lou Bekemeier
Allen Thomas
Diana Schnormeier
Robert Fisher
Joan Janssen
Des Moines
Gene Miller
Rena Hoelscher
Rufus Hoelscher
Jean Oberhecamp
Wilma Shultz
Anne Jensen
Hoelscher
Carl Larson
Ruth Dubberke
Ray Olson, Jr
Bill Halfpap
Lee Reid
B. J. Lachner
Ervin Ziebell
Robert
Ernest Ziebell
Arlo Ziebell
Don Balvant
Wayne Dubberke
Representative speaks at Women’s club program Tuesday
The ty representative was the speaker on the Business and Professional Women's club program Tuesday evening at the Winchester hotel. Fire loss registered a new law in 1937 according to figures submitted to the city council Monday night by Fire Chief H A Kielsmeier. The total loss was $670.50. Russell Krause, Marjorie Edd and Elvera Berve of Radcliffe were injured in a car collision southwest of Radcliffe early Saturday morning. At the Eldora Rotary club meeting Tuesday J R Bahne described plans for the territorial centennial celebration. Judges have been named for the American Legion community service trophy award project. A meeting is announced for Friday January 14 to name the person who, in the judges' opinion, provided the greatest community service during 1937. 5 Years Ago (1947) Eldora voters will ballot Monday Feb 2 on whether to grant Central States Electric a 15 year franchise in Eldora for a 4% base rate, new plant, and street lighting system. Louis F Crosser will participate in a radio program heard over 16 stations. Farm auctions and household auctions boom in Hardin and nearby counties. The Christian European relief fund had grown to $4686.50 with five townships still to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
H. A. Kielsmeier
Russell Krause
Marjorie Edd
Elvera Berve
Radcliffe
Eldora Rotary Club
J. R. Bahne
Eldora
Louis F. Crosser
Keystone Steel & Wire Co
Peoria
Ill
Crosser
Med Maxwell
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Eldora Herald-Edger
Hardin
Iowa
Herald-Ledger
Hardin County Index
Iowa Press and
Matrapine
Bugs Bunny
Spike Jones
Tom Irwin
Mary Kay Kidder
The
Jefferson Bee
Eagle City
Enoe Pemberton
W. J. Altman
Baptist Church
J. W. McMillen
Electric Light Plant
County State Bank
R. R. Swallum
County Board of Supervisors
N. S. Carpenter
C. G. Wiemer
E. F. Morris
Hardin County Farm Bureau
C. R. Wallis
Women's Department
Town Council of
National Defense
Eldora School Board
EH. F. Froning
Hughes
George Lynk
O. T. Tungland
Board of Supervisors
C. A. Norman
C. Engelking
George Fuller
Owasa
Dean W. Peisen
Hardin Coun
Florida
Norman Kunath
Optometrist
Vern Dubberke
Russell Freese
H. W. Snider
Walter Balvanz
Balvanz
Walter Mannetter
John Boeke
H. E. Kasischke
Will Schwartze
Kermit Weichmann
Gene Roberts
Ervin Kuhlman
John McDonald
Dysart
E. F. Sievert
Theodore Sievert
Laverne Hinderaker
Curtis Bower
Zearing
Lena Brandt
August Ploeger
Henry Bunte
Henry Brandt
Supt
A. H. Brauer
Hubbard Public School
Edwin Biersborn
Union
Wilbur McDonald
Albert Lea
Floyd Beasley
Lawn Hill
Irvin Stole
Stole
Wilbur Boeke
W. C. Boeke
Max Butler
Jerry
Ervin Boeke
Melvin Boeke
Tillie Blome
Minnie Boeke
Vernon Dettbarn
F. C. Dettbarn
W._H. Engelking
Joyce
Floyd Dettbarn
Bill Montzana
Ervin Dettbarn
Jimmy
Martin Dettbarn
F. W. Doering
Wilber Doering
Walter Schroeder
Riceville
Margaret Hartwig
Louis Broer
James Dougan
Sun
Wilmer Broer
Garden City
Pat Matthews
New Providence
Martin E. Pape
Raymond Dubberke
Gerald Dubberke
Clara Dubberke
Gilbert Gelhaus
Elmer Bunte
Tom Langeman
Ocean Side
Calif
Pvt
Gene Bunte
Cpl
Camp Campbell
Germany
L. E. Meier
Esther Tobin
Kenneth Meijer
Floyd Meier
Charles Meier
Ralph Freese
Wilmer
Alice Bekemeier
Santa Monica
Minnie Bekemeier
Tom Hoskins
Evangelical Hospital
F. O. Bekemeier
Wilmer and
Charles Mulford
Air Cadlet Air Base
Huston
Texas
Mary U Witermarkt
Floyd Uftermarkt
LaVern Anderson
Lowell, Ind
Anderson
Adolph Blome
Goodsyear Service Stores
Square
Tigerettes
Dows
Tigers
Culomdlis
TUL
C. C. Rubow
Aig
Correll & Stielow, Eldora
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