Eldora Debaters Sweep Three Rounds in District Tourney
Eldora High School debaters swept all three rounds in the district debate tournament for Class B schools of the northeast district. Team members Dave Piper Bob Bateson Ives Allbee and George Fagg led Eldora, with Fagg Allbee and Bateson noted as prior winners in the forensic tournament, advancing toward the state finals in April.
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Eldora
Eldora High School
Dave Piper
Bob Bateson
Ives Allbee
George Fagg
Debaters from Thompson Place Second in Tourney at McKinley High
At McKinley High School Cedar Rapid February 19 Thompson team finished second in the tournament with Dike third. Ellen Stock district debate director praised judges local residents and Chamber of Commerce for support and welcome flags on Eldora streets. Judges included Lundy Wilson pace and others. Huehn moderated chief tournament. Welcome address delivered by Schmidt Ernwine Turkington. Timekeeping and registration aided by Brown Burnett We ti Saylor Ruby Toomsen Larson Brock Krejel Lamasters Ware. Teams were hosted to lunch at Eldora Grill and a cake party in the cafeteria.
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McKinley High School
Cedar ‘Rapid
Thompson
Dike
Ellen Stock
Chamber of Commerce
Eldora Streets
Ed Brown
Sherry
Burnett -Verlee
Donna Saylor
Gayle Ruby
Phyllis Toomsen
Bonnie Larson
Mary Brock
Mary Krejel
Doris Lamasters
Ramora"s Ware
Nurses Needed for Blood Mobile Visit in El Dora
Urgent call for registered or practical nurses to assist March 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the Blood mobile visit in El Dora. Call Mrs. Don Marks or Mrs. Joe Kramer immediately for details and participation.
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Bloodmobile
Eldora
Don Marks
Joe Kramer
Final Rites Held for Eva Himmel in Radcliffe
Mrs Eva Himmel 82 died Tuesday in Eldora Memorial hospital after a Saturday admission. Final rites were at Bergerson Funeral Home and St John Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev D D Clapper officiating. Burial in Radcliffe Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs George M Bergeson and sons Earl Paul Joe of Radcliffe and Carl B of Cedar Rapids.
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Bergerson Funeral Home
St. John’s Evangelical
Wildlife club hosts Friday wall eyed pike fish fry
A special shipment of wall eyed pike has been ordered for the Wildlife Club Family Night fish fry. Serving begins at 5 p.m. and ends at 8 p.m. at the Wildlife Club house northeast of the lake.
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Wildlife Club
Jury verdict establishes paternity in Bergeson case
In a paternity matter for Donna Bergeson, a grand jury found Ervin J. Sieflaff to be the father of the child born June 28, 1950. The panel included 12 jurors and the case dominated court attention all week. Earlier, Judge Sherwood Clock sentenced R H Haggard to four months in county jail with credit for pretrial time. other cases were dismissed.
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Donna Rae Bergeson
Otto L. Bergeson
Ervin J. Sieflaff
Donna Bergeson
Robert Meader
Patrick Gogerty
Eleanor Glaza
Walter Harmon
Lucille Wilke
Thelma Harrington
Banquet For Cub Scouts Next Thursday
The Eldora Cub Scout Blue and Gold potluck banquet will be held in the I O O F hall next Thursday Feb 28 at 7 p m This will be the last regular Pack meeting All parents are urged to come The long range of Scout program will be planned.
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Eldora Cub Scout
Eldora Kiwanis Horse Show Set for June 29
The Eldora Kiwanis Club Horse Show will take place June 29 at the fairgrounds starting 7:30 p.m. Ten classes return with a parade class added. Ring master Lyrd Hubbard. announcer Cecil Rogks. judge Russell F. Lundy of Des Moines. Music by Dod Lawson. Entry blanks from Kenneth Anway, Eldora.
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Eldora Kiwanis Club
Fairgrounds
Lyrd Hubbard
Cecil Rogks
Russell F. Lundy
Des Moines
Dod Lawson
Kenneth Anway
Eidora
World Day of Prayer Brings Women Together
Congregational and Methodist church women unite for World Day of Prayer on a February 29 Friday at 2 30 p m in the Congregational Church. Mrs A L Davison leads with the theme Christ Our Hope in a program featuring Mrs Wayne Halstead a vocal soloists and a trio. The program includes a dramatization Mother Liberty's Children and ends with a candle lighting service. Ushers assist and a nursery is provided for children. The observance supports interdenominational missions and migrant workers and Indians in the United States and nearby areas.
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Congregational
Methodist Church
Congregational Church
Kermith Huehn
A. L. Davison
Mesdames Dale Shadle
J. C. Boyd
Ralph Imes
John K
United States
OUR BOYS IN UNIFORM UPDATE HOMEBOUND SOLDIERS
Pfc Russell Van Dornum near home from Camp Drake Japan after a brief call to his parents. Sgt Lloyd Mitchell to depart Korea Feb 20 for a 30 day US leave in Eldora. Arvid Lauritzen in Jacksonville Fla for radar radio electronics training with schooling to complete high school. Pvt Marvin Smith address change to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
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Japan
Albert van Dornum
Pfc
Russell van Dornum
Camp Drake
Korea
Lloyd R. Mitchell
Armed Forces
United States
Eldora
C. D. Mitchell
Jacksonville
Arvid
Bud) Lauritzen
Fla
Memphis
Tenn
Arvid Lauritzen
A. A
D. An
N. A
Marvin Smith
U.S
T. H. Repl
Fort Leonard’ Wood
Missouri
In Hospital Saylor Family Receives Word From Son
Mr and Mrs Glen Saylor report their son Joe is in the Yokosuka camp hospital Japan with recurring severe headaches tied to a high school athletic injury Address for Harold D Saylor San Francisco Calif Navy Far East Communication Center Postmaster Cpl Fred Feikes 5S 56094325 Ist Ca Student Regt Ft Knox Ky
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Glen Saylor
Joe
Yokosuka
Japan
Harold D. Saylor
S. A. Com
Far East Communication Center
San Frantisco
Calif
Fred Feikes
Ft. Knox, Ky
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Youth Groups Meet at Whitten Rally of Six Churches
Youth groups from El dora Union Liscomb Bethel Grove Whitten and Marshall Town gathered at Whitten Christian church Sunday afternoon. Rev. Paul L. Stacy of Liscomb spoke on "A Million Dollars." Sharon Ridout presided, Patricia Howard directed the song service, and Lee Olmstead Bob Norman led recreation. Refreshments were provided by a committee led by Mrs. Lyle Olmstead and Evelyn Norman.
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Whitten
Eldora
Union
Liscomb
Bethel Grove
Marshalltown
Paul L. Stacy
Sharon Ridout
Patricia Howard
Lee Olmstead
Bob Norman
Lyle Olmstead
Evelyn Norman
Young Republicans Set Meeting For March 3 in El Dora
Alvin Jaspers of Steamboat Rock calls a Hardin county Young Republicans meeting for Monday March 3 at 8 p.m. in the El Dora courthouse supervisors room. All voters and prospective voters aged 18 to 36 are invited.
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Alvin Jaspers
Steamboat Rock
Hardin County
Eldora
Missionary Will Address Congs Church Women
Rev. Elton Winslow Brown, Congregational Christian missionary in the Philippines, will speak at the Eldora Fellowship of Congregational Christian Women luncheon tomorrow at 1:00 PM in the dining room. Brown has overseen church reconstructions, traveled 25,000 miles, and managed $42,000 for war-damaged churches in Mindanao. He was born in Massachusetts and educated at Gordon College and Harvard Divinity, now residing in Davao Mindanao.
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Elton Winslow Brown
Philippines
Eldora Fellowship of Congregational Christian Women
Southern Mindanao
Brown
Moun
Massachusetts
Mr. Brown
Gordon College
Harvard Divinity School
Davao
Mindanao
Indiana
Luther Reece Dies at Eldora Hospital at 74
Luther Reece a prominent Hardin County stock man and farmer from New Providence died at Eldora Memorial Hospital about 5 10 a m Friday. He was 74. Funeral services were held Monday at the New Providence church with Dr Worthy A Spring officiating. He was born in Yadkinville North Carolina and moved to Iowa as a young man. He married Sarah Gough in 1907 at Conrad. Surviving are his widow three children Paul of Conrad Imogene Chamness Union and Everette at home five grandchildren.
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Luther Reece
New Providence
Hardin County
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Worthy A. Spring
Peat. Jvas
Chester Ceme- Ty. Ae
Aoa
Sarah Gough
Conrad
Grundy County
Paul
Imogene Chamness
Union
Everette
46 Volunteers To Assist In Blood Program
South Hardin residents have two days to pledge blood for the armed forces. The Bloodmobile returns March 6 at Eldora High School from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. A 162 pint quota is set, with coordinators and nurses needed. dozens of chairmen and volunteers from Eldora and nearby towns are listed to organize registration, canteen service, motor transport, and medical supervision.
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South Hardin
Shelby Clemons
Eldora
Steamboat Rock
Helga Pierson
Hubbard
Walter Riordan
William H. Dreier
Union
Paul Carter
Radcliffe
Dean Whitney
Whitten
Howard Hauser
Owasa
Cecil Kinney
New Providence
Harold Ridout
Don Marks
Eastman Nuckolls
Marks
Joe Kramer
J. F. Hardin
Henry Janssen
Lester Ose
Harold Creps
Keith Strothers
George Gethman
Hollis Miles
Leota Hardy
Mesdames
Lois Maltby
Ned Fagg
Dale Clark
Don Cobb
Merle Sherbon
Dale Shadle
Beecher Crosley
Duane Borke
Dewey Estes
Henrik Fauerby
J. F. Steckler
George Janssen
Annette Brown
Geo. Stauffacher
J. J. Shurts
Robi. T. Johnson
R. Gray
D. M. Nyquist
W. H. van Tiger
R. C. Rogers
Wyatt Johnson
Dick Clemon
Barber shop passes to new Steamboat Rock owner
Claude E. Heard, formerly from Owasa and then Illinois, has purchased the W. T. Field barber shop in Steamboat Rock and took possession last Thursday morning. He and his wife with three children are staying temporarily at the Glen Taylor residence while seeking a home.
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Claude E. Heard
Owasa
Illinois
W. T. Field
Steamboat Rock
Mr. Heard
Glen Taylor
Public Meeting Emphasizes Hardin County Conservation
A county wide public meeting on March 3 at 8:00 p.m. in Eldora aims to educate on soil fertility decline erosion and neglect of timber and wildlife areas. Sponsored by the Resources Conservation Committee led by Walter Hauser the session invites civic groups and leaders to discuss conservation in Hardin County.
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Court Room
Eldora
County Resources Conservation Committee
Hardin County
Resources Committee
Walter Hauser
Whitten
Services For Anna M. Chance Held at Union
Funeral services were held at Biersborn Funeral Home Union for Anna M. Chance who died February 20 at age 78. Burial was in Nevada Cemetery with pallbearers John Kirk Ralph Beecher Lloyd Beecher Paul Williams Francis Pevehouse and L. J. Halveck. Surviving are four children nine grandchildren five great grandchildren two half sisters and three half brothers.
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Biersborn
Union
Anna M. Chance
Nevada
Lloyd Beecher
John Kirk
Ralph Beecher
Paul Williams
Francis Pevehouse
L. J. Halveck
Garrett Biersborn
Eldora Churches Plan Special Lenten Services
Eldora observes Ash Wednesday with 7 30 am Mass at St Marys and 7 30 pm devotions on Ash Wednesday Fr McDonough leads Stations of the Cross at 7 30 The St Pauls Lutheran series on The Cross is Urgent runs Wednesdays with pastors Zimmermann Pape and Kirchman All three congregations plan further Sunday and midweek services with choir music and joint preaching sessions through Lent Details of Congregational and First Methodist Sunday services appear in next Tuesday’s edition
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Eldora
L. V. McDonough
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Oskaloosa Award Earned By Local Chamber Leader
Eldora residents note that the Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce won the Freedoms Foundation top award for its Americanization program during the week of Sept 16 last year. Jack Delveau, secretary and program originator, formerly led Eldora Chamber and traveled to Valley Forge on Washington's Birthday to receive a gold medal and a $1,500 check.
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Eldora
Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce
Freedoms Foundation
Damage Caused By Roving Swine Basis of Suit
H F Ziesman of Eldora sues Henry Juchems in district court seeking 1075.70 plus legal costs on three counts. First count claims 125.70 unpaid under a farm lease ending March 1. Second accuses hogs and neglect of harvest care damaging 750 by preharvest entry and loss of 10 acres of corn. Third alleges hog rooting damaged blue grass sod on pasture, demanding 200 for reestablishment.
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District Court
H. F. Ziesman
Eldora
Henry Juchems
County Engineer’s Contract Renewed
The county board renewed County Engineer Robert Johnson’s contract for the coming year. The board will hold a drainage hearing on No. 143 Radcliffe today Tuesday at 1 30 p m.
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Robert Johnson
County Board of Supervisors
Radcliffe
Eldora safety talk urges bicycle riders caution
Harry Lown spoke to Eldora school students Thursday about safety precautions for bicycle riders. Chief of Police E J Foster attended the assembly.
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Harry Lown
Eldora School
E. J. Foster
Richard Loverin Installed As Eldora Chamber President
Richard Loverin was named the new president of the Eldora Chamber of Commerce at the annual banquet Monday evening in the high school gym. He was chosen by the board of directors and has led Pine Lake Motor Company for two years. Married to Mildred Doak, he has one son Dennis, and lives in Scott Apartments. He is a Conrad High School graduate, 1941, who served 45 months in the Marines and belongs to the American Legion and VFW.
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Richard Loverin
Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Loverin
Pine Lake Motor Company
Chamber of Commerce
Eldora
Mildred Doak
Grundy Center
Dennis
Scott Apartments
Conrad High School
Leverin
Marines
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congregational Church
Hampshire Red Hen Lays Record Double Yolker
A Hampshire Red on the Ben Nugent farm near Whitten laid a remarkable double yolk egg on a stormy Wednesday. The egg measured 8 inches around the middle and 9 inches end to end, weighing 6% ounces and described as large enough to feed a whole family. The hen has been producing double yolk eggs all winter.
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Hampshire
Ben Nugent
Whitten
Cribbage Moves Into Third Round at Eldora Tourney
Eldora's ninth annual city cribbage tournament moves to third round with matches due by Friday night. Last weekend saw first and second round results as Don Wilkinson beat George Stauffer 3-0 and moved on, Harry Pagel topped Ray Setchell 3-0, Wallace Cardess won 3-2 over Charles Bowman, and Bill Tietz defeated Frank Pearson 3-0. In second round pegging Art Luglan beat O R Lamb 3-2, Norman Kunuth triumphed over Roy Lightfield 3-1, Wilkinson again won 3-0 against Willard Trout, and Max VanDerveer topped Art Orgel 3-1. Paul Zeitner then beat Ogal Sapp 3-2 in a third-round berth.
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Eldora
Don Wilkinson
George Stauffacher
Harry Pagel
Ray Setchell
Wallace Cardess
Charles Bowman
Bill Tietz
Frank Pearson
Art Luglan
O. R. Lamb
Norman Kunuth
Roy Lightfield
Willard Trout
Max VanDerveer
Art Orgel
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Eldora Hospital
SR Barber Shop
Eldora Churches
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Harold Dettbarn
Bob Dornsbach
Claude Pfander
Clarence de Cook
Bob Ferguson
George Rubew
Paul Zeitner
Ogal Sapp
Armed’ Forces
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Lloyd Eugene Crippen
Bernard ‘J. Priske
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Alden
Hubert Charles
Guard
William Charles Otto
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Harold Deane Blome
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Delbert Eugene Drew
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Glen Whorrall
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