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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1949
Page
8
Sunday guests included the Be kemeiers relatives A B White E C White and other families across Humboldt Grundy Center Alden and Eldora. Mary Lou Heslop birthday celebrated. multiple visits to Ohio Iowa Falls Cedar Falls Waterloo and California noted along with relocations and travels of local residents.
Mrs W H McDonald leaves for San Diego to visit her daughter in law Mrs W J Soballe. Mr and Mrs Russ Morgan spend Saturday in Clarion on business. Mrs Nellie Kimmel hosts a birthday party for Mrs Mable Stemm. The Dicksons return from Minneapolis after attending the Hall Hardware Convention. The Willigs share Sunday dinner in Steamboat Rock with Grace Baker. The McVeetys plan a Farm Bureau program on March 1 with songs piano readings. Genevieve Janssen of Taos was called due to her mother’s illness. Mrs Janssen improving after an operation. Grace VanPatter and Betty Harms attend the Mid-Winter American Legion Auxiliary convention in Des Moines. Bill Blossy visits South Dakota and returns. Mrs Dornsbach leaves for Newton to care for Randy while parents vacation in Cuba. Mrs S H Walker from Rockford visits the Browns. she will return Friday. Wednesday guests of the Winds is Mr and Mrs M Clark. Mr and Mrs Richard Artland of New Providence plan to move to Mrs Isabelle Holden residence. Theodore Ingram moves to Kellogg from New Providence. Girl Scout News highlights International Month with emphasis on understanding other lands and the Clothes for Friendship drive extending to March 12 1949. Eldora troops ship clothing kits overseas. Myron and Mrs Arthur Klettke visit with Ed Frerichs in Steamboat Rock.
Mrs H H Nazett hosted a D A R meeting on February 21 with a business session selecting delegates for the state conference in Des Moines on March 29 to 31. First delegate was Mrs R E Gray with alternate Mrs Henry Wheeler. second delegate Mrs Robert Johnson with alternate Mrs Eastman Nuckolls. A program by Mrs Nazett and Mrs Lloyd Berg followed. The next meeting will be with Mrs Berg replacing Mrs Louis Darzes as planned.
Mr and Mrs Charles Speers have gone to Florida for a few weeks. Mr and Mrs J L Cameron accompanied by Mrs Cameron's brother and wife Mr and Mrs W Eggert of Burlington left last week for a vacation in Florida and Louisiana. Sunday Mr and Mrs Howard Clemons and Mr and Mrs Woodrow Clemons visited in the Henry Broer home.
An out of court settlement was reached in federal court suits filed by Rev BE C Lasswell Mrs Lasswell and their daughter Jerre Ann Limas against Peter Davzes of Illinois. Lundy Butler and Lundy of Eldora represented the Lasswells. The 1947 Tama County highway collision led to the suit with severe injuries.
Testimony in the Knott Berry case centers on Mrs Knott describing the night of the killing. Earl Knott and Arline Knott testified, with Berry threatening to shoot. Sheriff Hodgson presented bloodstained clothing. Mrs Knott described guests in the kitchen, a dance, and multiple gunshots as Ernest Knott died. Jury selection concludes with ten Hubbard Union region jurors and eight men, four women, amid opening statements.
Opening statements in a high profile homicide trial outlined the prosecution case that Perry Berry had threatened Knott, drank heavily, and authorized a deadly attack after buying a pistol and ammunition. The defense argued Berry was insane at the time, with a long history of seizures, mental illness, and abnormal behavior, dating back to childhood.
Local publisher urges readers to renew their subscription with a special 12 month offer priced at two dollars and fifty cents. The promotion emphasizes continuity of service and access to current news through the coming year.
Continued from Page 1 a local Red Cross drive lists volunteers from Dolph Pleasant township and Mrs Glen Walton New Providence along with El- sections.
LaVerne Warner files for divorce from Lee Warner on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. She asks custody of two minor children, control of the Warner furnishings in Iowa Falls, and funds for the children’s education. The couple married August 26, 1931, in Elk Point, South Dakota.
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