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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1952
Page
6
A feature on George Fagg, senior class president, active in debate and Hi- club chaplain. He earned football letters for two years and baseball letters twice, plans to pursue college at Drake, and aims to try golf in spring. He is an all round popular senior with interests across civics physics bookkeeping music and sports.
Special congratulations to Eldora High School girls basketball for a successful season with marked improvement and strong prospects for next year. Coach Dick Camp is praised for his good work. Tonight is the big Eldoran dance from eight to eleven, inviting all students. Support the boys team as they head into sectional play.
In Iowa Falls the Tigers prepare for a big clash as fans rally behind the team. The message also mentions a comedy titled Great Big Doorstep and urges support for the March of Dimes.
Fattlin Till recaps a lively Friday at Eldora High. He spots Shirley V and Lloyd D together, mentions sophomores Jean V and Jerry B, and notes unions of Duane L with Ray R. He teases about senior couples at the dance, a missed seating with Jane W, and curiosities about Mr. Greene and his car at games.
A school event titled Dancing Tonight Fun for Everyone promotes an informal dance for underclassmen to raise funds for upperclassmen. The Flustered Four band, aka Dave and the Boys, will perform. It runs from eight to eleven PM with refreshments and music, admission 35e and 50 cents, couples encouraged.
Grade students organized for a busy week with world campaign work for the March of Dimes. Miss Newman’s class developed new spelling books while Miss Davis’s group studied Egypt and geography and read Greased Lightning. Mrs Maddy’s class visits the Jr High art room Fridays and Miss Bender’s group explores Texas and the southern states. Miss Kenyon’s P T classes featured tumbling and a movie, and SBarz’s students crafted snow decorations. They are learning about plant animal interactions and planning valentines.
A panel on teen driving, led by the Successful Farming assistant editor in Eldora, covered speeding as showy but avoidable and urged driver training as a high school requirement. Participants included Kempton Huehn, Audrey Rudolph, Mary Ellen Krause, Bonnie Larson, and others.
Editorial promotes the informal Eldoran Dance as the annual event with a swinging west Iowa River band. Tickets are 50 cents for couples and 35 cents for singles, running 8 to 11 PM, with a $2 annuals sale ending February 8 and limited copies left.
February events include a film Make Mine Free on Feb 5 and Eldoran dance. Basketball games feature Teachers High on Feb 5, Grundy Center on Feb 12, Jesup on Feb 15, and a Boys Sectional Tournament on Feb 18. Also Feb 22 hosts a Father and Son FFA Banquet and Feb 26 marks the Girls State Tournament start.
Music Appreciation is a new EHS class taught by Mr Loman and Mr Flath. It targets students with no background and focuses on listening to records, studying jazz, Stan Kenton, and the history and conductors of various music. Students share reports on noted musicians and conductors.
A school note honors students with February birthdays across four classes. Seniors Dolores Bright and Donna Laglan share February 4 and 11, with others including Jane Ives Allbee February 2 and Ives Allbee February 2. Juniors Marvyl Priske February 5 and Leon Doughty February 18 appear among the group. Sophomores Viola Brock February 5 and Shirley Follett February 27, plus Marilyn Priske February 26 and LaDonna Teckenberg February 19. Freshmen Donna Drier February 17 Sharon Shephard February 19 Jake Bilders February 8 Bob Lamb February 18 Jim Larson February 27 Richard Walde February 8 Gary Walters February 1. Happy birthday everyone.
F F A boys attended the North Central Future Farmers Livestock Program in Ames. Morning events featured judging four baby beeves and carcass and wholesale cuts. Afternoon, a stock feeding movie. visits by several boys to Dale Minteer in Marshalltown hospital. January 28 meeting discussed parent and son banquet, selling certified seed potatoes, F F A gifts. Hog troughs near completion to be sold later. Refreshments and basketball followed.
An 18 week course taught by Superintendent Schmidt covers affidavits wills and other legal documents. Spies in the class report it is among the most worthwhile courses. Open to juniors and seniors next year to learn how to read and avoid lawsuits.
Junior High honor roll lists sixth grade students Heido Asu Dick Blades Susan Brown Barbara Byrnes Verla Jean Dobbrunz Marlyn Marske Betty Meader Gary Mossman Judy Mossman David Nehring Gordon Reisinger John Rooks Ruth Schultz and Dick Scott SEVENTH GRADE Jim Berg Mary Ellen Dillavoy Loren Doughty Tom Flickinger Jane Griffel Jim Irwin Mary Ellen Mairs Frank Norris Joyce Nucollis John Ramsell Bob Stewart EIGHTH GRADE Bette Bastion Kenneth Brock Mary Butler Diane Dickenson Larry LaVelle Gary Lettow Barbara Mairs Meredith Monteith Barbara Putnam Donna Rooks Lola Schultz Lyle Steinfeldt Don Knott The Student Council elected officers President Diane Dicken son vice-president Jerry Cleveland secretary Mary Butler treasurer Mary Ellen Mairs Also elected a court and jurors to handle snowball trouble Judge Jerry Cleveland lawyer Don Knotz clerk Jane Griffel foreman Jim Irwin and other student council members as jurors
Ted Tietz favors the Oldsmobile and notes a popular view, while Dick Stone praises the Ford. Other respondents name the Chevy Buick Mercury Kaiser Chrysler Pontiac and more, each giving a reason from cold starts to affordability, speed, or reliability. The piece ends with a pragmatic point that any car serves to get you there.
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