First Traffic Fatality of Year Claims Life of Former Eldoran
Hardin county records the first traffic death of 1952 as Mrs. Rachel Goebel, 33, died after a single car crash near Eldora. Her husband Gay was critically injured. both former Eldorans had lived in Fort Dodge. The couple’s 1947 Ford left Highway 57 six miles west of Eldora about 1:15 a m Sunday. Mrs. Goebel, a former Ames girl and Eldora High School graduate, died of a broken neck. her husband suffered a fractured skull and may be moved to Des Moines Veterans hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Longenecker funeral home.
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Hardin County
Rachel Goebel
Eldora Memorial ‘Hospital
Gay
Goebel
Veterans ‘Hospital
Des Moines
Rachel Ames
Ernest Ames
Eldora
Eldora High School
Longenecker Funeral Home
Henry Goebel, Sr
Bank Holiday Closes Hardin County Savings Bank
The Hardin County Savings Bank will close all day Tuesday February 12 to observe Lincoln’s birthday holiday.
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Hardin County Savings Bank
Lincoln
Eldora Minstrels At Whitten Wednesday Night
Whitten high school gym hosts a repeat Eldora Minstrel show sponsored by Whitten Band Boosters to support the equipment fund. Directors include Hubert Cleveland and Mrs. L. F. Oldenburg with Beecher Crosley as interlactor. Cast features Kermith Huehn, Mrs Doyle, Felton Harley Reimengchneider, Gerald Stanbrough, and others. C. L. Den Ouden to announce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Band
Whitten High School
Whitten Band Boosters
Eldora
New Providence
Hubert Cleveland
L. F. Oldenburg
Beecher Crosley
E. J. Matheson
Donald LaVelle
C. L. den Ouden
Whitten
Kermith Huehn
Doyle
Felton
Harley Reimengchneider
Gerald Stanbrough
H. L. Cleveland
Clifford Hauser
Robert Meader
Veronica Saylor
Beverly Petty
Harvey King
K. E. Reisinger
Owen Young
Jimmy Follest
M. D. Stilley
George O'Brien
Glen Gaede
Stilley
Truman Ramsell
Eastman Nuckolls
Floyd Hurtt
Second Editorial on School Expansion by Schmidt
The second guest editorial in the series on school expansion or reorganization appears on the editorial page. Superintendent F K Schmidt of Eldora is the author, providing perspective on district changes and future plans.
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Supt
F. K. Schmidt
Eldora
Farmers Coop Elects Directors at Annual Meeting
Noble DeNeuf and Simon N. Snittjer were reelected to the board for a three year term at Farmers Cooperative Association in Cleves during the February 6 annual meeting. Other directors include Richard Cobie James Ritter Roy Butt Gerald Bakker and Arend Fisher. Members voted to join Consumers Cooperative of Kansas City. Harley Reimenschneider spoke on dairy product improvement. 1951 butter output reached 247,910 pounds with farmers paid 155,714.57 for butter fat. gross business totaled 184,395.16. Lunch followed the session with Mrs Kate Kolthoff Miss Grace Hemmen and Miss Grace Ertmoed assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble DeNeuf
Simon N. Snittjer
Farmers Cooperative Association, Cleves
Richard Cobie
James Ritter
Roy Butt
Gerald Bakker
Arend Fisher
Consumers Cooperative of Kansas City
Harley Reimenschneider
Hardin County Dairy Products Improvement Association
Kate Kolthoff
Grace Hemmen
Grace Ertmoed
1200 attend International Harvest Family Party show
A capacity crowd of 1200 attended the International Harvest Family Party show held at Eldora High School gym Saturday night. The event was brought by Hubbard Implement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora High School
Five Farm Sales Slated This Week In Hardin County
Five farm sales are listed for the Hardin county area this week. The Carl Schwebke sale in the Iowa Falls region begins the run and is scheduled for today. Tomorrow brings the Martin Lettow estate sale at Radcliffe. Thursday includes two sales in the vicinity, with the Clayton Prescott sale on the Fred Struck farm west of Elders in the afternoon and Fred Fuller’s purebred Spotted Poland China sale at Eldora Livestock Sales at 7:30 p.m. Friday features the Races Anderson sale at Garden.
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Hardin County
Iowa Falls
Martin Lettow
Radcliffe
Clayton Prescott
Fred Struck
Elders
Fred Fuller
Eldora
Anderson
Garden
Not Too Old for Fires in Hardin County
An 82 year old Hardin County citizen faced jury duty and asked for release not due to age but for serving as a volunteer firefighter since age 17. The court learned he has served the community continuously in this role for decades.
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Dre
Hardin ‘County
Aunt Jemima to Visit Eldora Next Saturday
Plans are set for Aunt Jemima to appear in Eldora next Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the city fire station offering free pancakes to visitors. The Wood Auto Company will house the fire trucks during the event and a pancake eating contest for adults and children may be held if enough entries apply. The event is organized with the cooperation of local merchants and dairy firms including Penick and Ford Tone's Bros Community Dairy Carnation Dairy Berg's Ice Cream Farmers Cooperative Creamery and Winters Dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jemima
Eldora
Wood Auto Company
Chamber of Commerce
Penick and Ford
Tone’s Bros
Community Dairy
Carnation Dairy
Berg’s Ice Cream
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Winters Dairy
New Scout Troop Committee Named
Rev. John K. Moore announced Saturday that the committee leadership of the new Boy Scout Troop under the First Methodist Church youth activities program has been named: John Wood Jr, Dick Protheroe, Robert Jackson, Jack Piper and William McCall. A Scoutmaster and assistant will be secured by the committee within the next few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Moore
First Methodist Church
John Wood
Dick Protheroe
Robert Jackson
Jack Piper
William McCall
Hospital confinement of Hawkeye sailor in California
Des Moines native Donald Stan of the Hawkeye Company Navy Air Corps left January 18 for San Diego Calif. He arrived at camp then was confined to Naval Hospital with a stomach ailment losing 30 pounds. A phone update from him said he was moved to Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego from Camp Elliott.
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Schaazin
Donald’ Stan
Des Moinés
Hawkeye Company
Navy Air Corps
San Diego
Calif
Naval Hospital
Balboa Naval Hospital
Camp Elliott
Eldora High School Madcats Jazz Offbeat Showmakers
Eldora High School’s new Madcats juggle pep rallies and games with wild costumes and improvised routines. Dave Wilson leads the group with Darrell and Glen, while Frank Nowasel and Bill Cleveland join in. They gained fame after performing at Radcliffe and Dows charity events, with plans to pursue Drake University and service academy careers after graduation.
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EHS
Dave Wilson
Glen Gaede
Darrell Scott
Bill Cleveland
Frank Nowasél
Herald-Index
Eldora High School
F. K. Schmidt
Dave
Darrell
Frank
Drake University
Coast Guard Academy
New London
Frank Nowasell
Sixth Grade Teacher Wanted at EHS by March 1
Sept F K Schmidt seeks a sixth grade teacher to replace Mrs Dean Davison whose resignation takes effect March 1. An elementary certificate is required. Two or three applicants have contacted him but lack qualifications. Interested parties should contact the school office at once.
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F. K. Schmidt
Dean Davison
Schmidt
Two Red Cross First Aid Classes Start This Week
The South Hardin chapter of the American Red Cross opens two first aid courses this week. Dr. Richard A. Eckberg will lead the 7:30 p.m. session Tuesday at Hubbard school, while Dr. John J. Shorts teaches Friday at Eldora school. Union area students are urged to join Eldora classes. Future dates depend on physician schedules. The civil defense course aims to help in national emergencies and common accidents.
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South Hardin
Eldora
Eldora Pupils Lead Polio Drive With Small Gifts
Eldora students across grades donated to the March of Dimes drive finishing in Eldora. Kindergarten through second grade gave more per group, while high school classes trailed, totaling 138 dollars handed to George Janssen, campaign chairman.
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Eldora
George Janssen
Rev Ehlert Admitted To St Lukes Hospital
Rev W R Ehlert pastor of Kenwood Park Methodist Church Cedar Rapids hospitalized in Cedar Rapids on Friday for surgery. Home address listed as 310 33rd St N EB Cedar Rapids.
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W. R. Ehlert
Kenwood Park Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Eldora
St. Lukes Hospital
County R E A Elects Three Directors at Annual Meeting
Hardin County rural electric cooperative will elect three directors at its annual meeting tomorrow at Metropolitan Theatre Iowa Falls. Free lunch at Legion Hall at 11:00 prior to the meeting with registration at noon. Ted and Avery Miller perform. 10 door prizes including a radio and mixer. District 1 nominees Fred Ward and Merle Johns. District 3 E L Pettenger and Robert Hoffman. District 4 Wendel Wykle and Howard Sisam. Willard Wood not seeking re election. A voting delegate for the Corn Belt rural cooperative meeting at Humboldt will also be chosen. Corn Belt board chair Ben Jaspers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Rural Electric Cooperative
Metropolitan Theatre
Iowa Falls
Legion Hall
Ted
Avery Miller
Fred Ward
Merle Johns
Ackley
E. L. Pettenger
Robert Hoffman
Alden
Wendel Wykle
Radcliffe
Howard Sisam
Hubbard
Willard Wood
Claude Sanders
Eldora
Missouri
Corn Belt Rural Cooperative
Humboldt
Corn Belt Board
Ben Jaspers
Steamboat, Rock
Corn Belt Rea Board
Comdr. Soballe Featured in Time Story of Weird Action
Commander Werner J. Soballe of Eldora is hailed in Time for an odd wartime episode in Formosa Strait on December 27, 1951. His ship Higbee tracked sonar contacts, fired depth charges, and searched for wreckage after declaring attack, amid oily slime and vague sub contact. Navy later noted a possible link to the Tang sinking, while Soballe’s wife learned of the incident from Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comdr. Soballe
Formosa Strait
Werner J. Soballe
Eldora
Time Magazine
Soballe
Higbee
Comdr
Pearl Harbor
Pentagon
White House
Navy
Vivian
Services Held Here Monday For Former Businessman
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Longenecker Funeral Home for Arthur 5 Howell 87 a former Eldora businessman who died Thursday at the home of his son Durwood in Eau Claire Wisconsin Burial was in Eldora Cemetery He is survived by Durwood a daughter Mrs George Nash and another son Donald His life spanned McLean County Illinois Grundy County Iowa and Eldora where he helped form the Johnston Howell Implement Company and engaged in ice coal and rural telephone ventures He helped found a Carnegie library and a rural telephone system and served 25 years on the Eldora volunteer fire department His wife Edith Belle Rockwell died in 1920.
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Longenecker
Arthur
Howell
Eldora
Durwood
Eau Claire
Wis
Eldora Cemetery
George Nash
Wisconsin Rapids
Donald
el Paso
Texas
Arthur Scott Howell
McLean County
Iowa
Grundy County
Edith Belle Rockwell
Steamboat Rock
Johnston - Howell Implement Company
Harold Hymans To Speak at Radcliffe
Radcliffe P T A has secured Harold Hymans executive director of Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults as guest speaker Monday evening February 18 at 8 o clock. Hardin county citizens are invited to attend this worthwhile program. Mr Hymans will show films depicting a handicapped child's attitude toward his problem and the public s attitude toward him and will also give an informative talk.
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Radcliffe P. T. A
Harold Hymans
Iowa Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Hardin County
Mr.Hymans
School admins discuss salaries and teacher supply in Des Moines
Supt. F K Schmidt James Heslop and D W Dickinson attended the annual all day conference of state school administrators in Des Moines Saturday. Teachers salaries and the problem of teacher supply were two of the principal matters brought before the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
F. K. Schmidt
James Heslop
D. W. Dickinson
Critical Period In the Soft Corn Situation
February will decide profits for Bardin County farmers in 1952 says Dick Pulse Extension Director. With limited drying facilities, plan to dry only very high moisture corn and ventilate cribs. Move corn under 28 percent into ventilated storage or convert to ear or shelled silage in February. Obtain Iowa State College pamphlet 174 for details. list of local corn dryer owners provided.
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Bardin
Dick Pulse
Pulse
Iowa State College
Herald-Index
George Nelson
Guy Baker
Alden Township
Dave Reese
New Providence
George Clapsaddie
John Coch
Whitten
George Potgeter
Steamboat Hock
Lawn Hill
Bake Sale Saturday at Riggert's
The Wesleyan Service Guild will hold a bake sale Saturday February 16 starting at 10 00 a m in Riggerts.
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Wesleyan Service Guild
Riggert’s
Dates Set For Speech and Hearing Tests in Hardin County
Public health nurse Mrs. Evelyn Olson Lyon announced that Miss Robinson from the division of special education will visit Hardin county on February 19 20 and 21 to test public school pupils referred by teachers. February 19 sightings include Steamboat Rock Whitten Gifford New Providence and Radcliffe. February 20 she will be in Iowa Falls at the Central School gymnasium with Iowa Falls Alden Buckeye Owasa and Hardin township. February 21 she will visit Ackley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Olson Lyon
Miss Robinson
Division of Special Education
Hardin County
Steamboat Rock
Whitten
Gifford
New Providence
Radcliffe
Iowa Falls
Central School
Alden
Buckeye
Owasa
Hardin Township
Ackley
Three From Here To Attend Baptist Conference in May
Plans completed for the Annual Conference of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches to be held in Des Moines Iowa May 19 through 22. The KRNT theatre will host the conference crowds. Dr. R T Ketcham National Representative expects the largest enrollment of delegates in the association's history. Rev Henry C Short pastor of Eldora First Baptist Church and two lay delegates will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
Des Moines
Iowa
KRNT
R. T. Ketcham
Henry C. Short
Eldora First Baptist Church
Services Held For Aged Hubbard Man
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Boeke Funeral Home in Hubbard for Elmer Manning age 84 who died Friday morning at the Iowa Falls hospital. Rev. G H Bamford led the service and burial followed in Hubbard cemetery. Surviving are one daughter Mrs F W Bond of Lethbridge Alberta Canada four brothers Asa of Hubbard L P Manning of Brookings SD Del and Clair of Lewiston MT one sister Mrs Nellie Ellsworth of Hubbard. Manning was the son of the late Mrs Matilda Manning of Hubbard who died last fall at age 103.
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Boeke
Hubbard
Elmer Manning
Iowa Falls Hospital
G. H. Bamford
Hubbard Cemetery
F. ‘W. Bond
Lethridge
Alberta
Canada
Asa
L. P. Manning
Brookings
S. D
del and
Clair
Lewiston
Mont
Nellie
Eldora Cribbage Tournament Opens With Past Champions
The ninth Eldora cribbage event begins today with four former champions and the defending champion Dr J J Shorts in the field. Thirty two first round matches proceed without byes with finals to be later. four prizes awarded.
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Eldora
Ruben
J. J. Shorts
Art Luglan
T. A. Rubow
Gene Foster
Everett Rogers
Rubow
Roy Lightfield
Foster
Lloyd Berg
Rogers
Russ Morgan
Bob Carson
Wm. J. Harms
Floyd Gaede
Wilbur Davis
O. R. Lamb
Wade Creson
Chet van Patter
Norman Kunath
Haymond Teske
Glenn Paul
George Rubow
Ernest Daleske
Paul Hodgson
Warren Clemons
Glenn Kurtz
Howard Schaa
Ernest Reed
Willard Trout
Don Wilkinson
George Stauf Facher
Walt Wehrman
Don Marks
H. J. Schmitz
Guy Reid
Lee Lundy
Viggo Lauritzen
Cc. O. Rubow
Glen Carson
C. Q. Short
Dick Rubow
Dr. H. W. Stonebrook
E. W. Burke
Harold Balvant
Claude Goodson
Paul Zeitner
Charles Marks
John Bekemeier
Dick Protheroe
Ogal Sapp
Bill Megan
Harry Pagel
Kay Setchel
W. J. Luiken
Jim Watts
Wallace Cordes
Charles Bowmah
Harold Creps
Eldora School Board Election set for March 10
Eldora residents will vote March 10 at the Eldora courthouse in a school board race with two seats open. Three candidates Don LaVelle Frank Sheldon and Dr J J Shorts have declared, filings open Saturday and close February 29 at noon with nominating petitions signed by ten voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora School Board
Herald-Index
Don LaVelle
Lauren Maltby
Frank Sheldon
J. J. Shorts
Eldora
KFJB To Air LeGrand District Tourney Games
KFJB radio at Marshalltown will cover LeGrand district tournament action Thursday and Saturday. Thursday features Union vs Garrison in the opener at 7:30 p.m. followed by Radcliffe against Reinbeck in the nightcap.
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KFJB
Marshalltown
LeGrand
Union
Garrison
Radcliffe
Reinbeck
Kuyrkendall Rites Held Here Sunday
Final rites for Theodore Kuyrkendall 39 were held Sunday at Andriew and Creps funeral home. Rev. Dewey Lamprecht officiated and burial was at Union Cemetery. Surviving are his widow Jannette, a daughter Thelma, his parents of Eldora, three sisters Hazel Huber Marshalltown Edith Langhoff Urbanna IA and Wanda Langlan Des Moines, three brothers Easton Jesup Edgar Newton IA and John Jr Marshalltown, and many nieces and nephews. Theodore Kuyrkendall born March 12 1912 Story county Iowa married March 10 1934 near Eldora lived on a farm near Jesup IA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andriew and Creps
Theodore
Kuyrkendal
Waterloo
Dewey Lamprecht
Union
Thelma
Eldora
Hazel Huber
Marshalltown
Edith Langhoff
Urbanna
IIL
Wanda Langlan
Des Moines
Easton
Jesup
Edgar
Newton
Local boxing card pits notable matchups summaries
Ed Huff battles Ed Hodge while Art Orgel faces Don Brown in a stacked lineup. Howard Dempsy meets Wen dell Willcox and Frank Pearson takes on Dr Wm Tietz, promising a tense program of rivalries.
New Reason For Quitting A City Dump Rule
Roy Creson a veteran Eldora garbage hauler and trucker has quit citing wind and new city dump regulations. The city rule urges paper be kept in containers or bailed on windy days and allows burning if not contained. Councilman Dr. R E Gray oversees the dump improvement efforts including a new road fence and a plant plan to beautify the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Roy Creson
Roy
R. E. Gray
Public Welfare Department
Eldora Woman’s Club
Charles Stage
Gray
Stage
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Eldoran
Gay Goebel
Eldora Minstrels
Farmers Coop
Madcats
Spike Jones
Eldora “Madcats
Mac Greene
Traer
Dows
Tigers
Hevs
Eldora and Hubbard
Ehlert
R.E. A
Shorts
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