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Eldora Herald Ledger

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1940

Page

7

Personal Mention Notes and Social Visits

Mr and Mrs R H Johns and son Marvin and Rev and Mrs C S Lang of Ackley returned Friday from Maple Park Illinois after attending funeral services Tuesday for a brother of Mrs Lang. Noble Stratton of Green Mountain spent Sunday with Mrs Stratton's sister Mrs Elmer Ford. Willard Cobb of Rockwell weekended with Mrs Frank Cobb and Mr and Mrs Don Cobb. Guests at Guy Brown home include Mrs Brown's parents Mr and Mrs J O Berry and Grace Ann of Atlantic. Mrs M B Day of Whitten was a guest of Mrs Margaret Nelson Wednesday. Donald A Macrae, student at Iowa State Teachers College, pledged Alpha Phi Omega. Mr and Mrs Beecher Crosley and Dixie Lee were in Sioux City on business. Charles Mitchell returned from Armstrong where he spent two weeks with relatives. Helen Byrne missed work at the junior high last week due to illness. Mrs J K Hall has served as substitute teacher. Mr and Mrs O B Clemons and Ardis Jane spent Sunday with Mrs Clemons' parents in New Providence.

R. H. Johns Marvin C. S. Lang Ackley Maple Park Ill Lang Noble Stratton Green, Mountain C. C. Gethman Faribault Minn Beecher Crosley Dixie Lee Sioux City Charles ‘Mitchell Armstrong Helen Byrne J. K. Hall B. Clemons Ardis Jane Floyd Crosley Hubbard Eva Crosley Carl Cordes Ison George Merle Knight Union Knight C. C. Corlett Osage Ralph Dickson Gus Merklin Town Falls Thomas Crippen Margaret Clarence Emmert Clear Lake Co. T. Emmert James G. Heslop Mary Lou Heslop Mary Heslop Alden Hillis Gould Cedar Rapids C. A. Reisinger Reisinger Ralph Slifer Kingford Helen South Melrose Richard Boyd David Michael Waterloo Ae D. Kennedy Jay Oyd A. Earl Smith Woodbine Red Oak Council Bluffs Harry Hutzel Wayne Perkins Des Moines Blair Dobbins Shenandoah Kenneth Clatterbaugh Dobbins Clatterbaugh Eldora Hardin County Institute of Christian Education Evergreen Evangelical Church David Davids M. Z. Albers Rachgel Anderson Elsie Rapp Esther Jackson Louis Davies George Schafer F. O. Hillman Bert Beecher Ernest G. W. Kurtz Cedar Falls Bob Iowa State Teachers’ College L. R. Soli M. O. Brye Waverly Paul Albright Harm Muhring Grundy Center Eugene Lamer Earl Thomas Thomas Hugh Main Newton Eldora Memorial Hospital C. L. Lamb Iowa Falls Arlene Johnson Noble Co. L. Lamb Mary Yocum Independence Vivian Erickson W. H. McDonald M. W. Anderson C. E. Nichols Lawn Hill Peter Gaubatz Steamboat Rock Eldora Hospital J. R. Winnett Helen Dick Adair Florida Dean Wartchow C. J Rose Riley Spen H. H. Turner Miami

Community Notes Mixed Visits and Travel in Eldora Area

Eldora residents and visitors share weekend visits and short trips to Des Moines Chicago and Florida. Local families welcome guests from Marshalltown Humboldt Cedar Falls Newton and Steamboat Rock while several members travel for business and conferences. Hospital patients include Richard Bozarth Orville Lamb and others with multiple ongoing treatments.

Railroad to relay two miles of steel in Eldora

The M and St L railroad plans to relay two miles of steel in Eldora territory this season, starting at the depot and running south. Existing 85 pound rails will be replaced with 100 pound material. Last year about nine miles of track were relaid from the viaduct north of town through Steamboat Rock.

M. & St. L. Railroad Eldora Territory Steamboatock

Board Visits Des Moines County Supervisors

R. A. Scott Wilson Hadley and F. W. Bevan and County Engineer C. A. Boeke made a business trip to Des Moines yesterday.

Des Moines R. A. Scott Wilson Hadley F. W. Bevan C. A. Boeke

Farm program talks held in twelve townships

Twelve township meetings have covered farm program topics from soil building and tree planting to effects of corn prices on hog production. Union township hosts a meeting at J O O F hall this Thursday. Dates in Clay and Buckeye are tentative for early next week. Discussions clarified allotment methods and aerial photography use in Hardin county with film strips The Farmers Trail Leads On.

Union Clay Buckeye O. W. Ryken County Aaa Hardin County

Thompson Arrives to Take Position as 4-H Agent

Robert A. Thompson of Washington Iowa begins duties as Hardin county 4-H club agent Monday, filling a vacancy since Richard A Hyde left February 1. Thompson, a Iowa State graduate with Chicago marketing training, previously worked a summer on a Hereford ranch in Colorado and has broader farm experience. Hyde reportedly has accepted a position in Minneapolis.

Robert A. Thompson Washington Iowa Hardin County 4-H Richard A. Hyde Mr. Thompson Iowa State Thompson Chicago Colorado Hyde Minneapolis

Ryken Speaks to Providence School

O W Ryken chairman of the Hardin county agricultural conservation committee spoke at New Providence High School before about thirty future farmers. He described aerial photography and planimeter use in measuring fields and the display captured the students interest enough to shorten their lunch period by ten minutes. Morris Christy is the agricultural instructor at New Providence schools.

O. W. Ryken Hardin County Agricultural Conservation Committee New Providenos High School Morris Christy New Providence

Debt Committee Will Meet

The Hardin County Farm Debt Advisory committee will meet on Tuesday March 5 at 1 30 PM at the Cena?eor location.

Hardin County Farm Te Cena Eor

Seventy seven youths work on NYA projects in Hardin county

Figures released by district supervisor Glen I Liven good show seventy seven young people employed on NYA programs in Hardin county yesterday. Thirty eight in Pine Lake state park repairs and improvements, six in Eldora, thirty one in Iowa Falls including eleven on the new school building, one at Hubbard and one at Owasa.

NYA Hardin County Glen I. Livengood Yesteray Pine Lake State Park Eldora Iowa Falls Hubbard Owasa

Concord 4-H Club Meeting Highlights Grain Judging Scores

Concord 4-H members gathered at C. M. Pearson home last Wednesday for a grain identification judging event. Leslie Pearson Carroll Espe and Dennis Brinkmeyer ranked high while Ralph Lee Chas Lee Werner Skartvedt Carroll Pearson Thelbert Skeie George and David Larsen also attended.

Leslie Pearson Carroll Tespe Dennis Brinkmeyer Concord C. M. Pearson Ralph Chas. Lee Werner Skartvedt Carroll Pearson Thelbert Skeie George David Larsen

Clinton Morris Talks To Owasa School On Suez Canal

Clinton Morris of New Providence spoke to Owasa high and junior high students last Friday. He described the Suez as a sea level canal with no rocks, likening it to a lazy river after his two prior voyages through the canal. Mrs Morris accompanied him, and the girls sextette sang two numbers led by instructor Mrs DeGood.

Owasa Clinton Morris New Providence Suez Canal Morris Norris Suez Mr. Carr H. B. Moser Eldora Fred Reed Hazle Chandler Eugene Cross Glenn Fuller Donald Polley Wilce Ward Dallas Jackson Fred Ward Fred Cross Ilo Grantow Iowa Falls Emery Nehring Coolene Towa Falls Fred Gross

Waterloo Firm Wins Low Bid For Post Office Landscape

Five bids for landscaping the post office grounds were opened by Postmaster John J. Fowler. Meyers Nursery of Waterloo filed the low bid at 225 dollars. Other bids ranged from 285 to 840 dollars, and the schedule has been sent to Washington for final action. The work calls for two American elms, two Pfitzer junipers, five Cockspur thorn plants, 153 Morrow honeysuckles, and 64 Glossy buckthorns.

John J. Fowler Meyers Nursery Company of Waterloo Wilsters Nursery Gedar Falls Perry H. Lambert Pfitzer Morrow

Mixed local sale notices and thank you card items

Salome Ginod barn, 24x40. Vv. G. Brownell. For Sale Timothy hay call 42. For Sale one Guernsey cow and two heifers. Close out at cost stove and two enamel stoves. Wanted egg candlers for part time. Lease on 176 acre farm. Card of Thanks express hospital visit gratitude. Thanks for wedding anniversary gifts and calls from Mr. and Mrs. Tower.

Cole Enamel Stauffer-Van Avery D. W. Tower

Farmers' Creamery Officers Elected in Eldora Meeting

Directors of the Farmers' Co operative creamery of Eldora elected Ebert Follett president Frank Petty vice president and L C Wiesner secretary and manager at a Thursday meeting Don Cobb was reengaged as buttermaker and Roscoe Cochran as assistant.

Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery Eldora Ebert Follett Frank Petty L. C. Wiesner Don Cobb Roscoe Cochran

Remember the Night and The Light That Failed at Local Theatre

Local listings announce Remember the Night starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray with a large cast, plus The Light That Failed with Ronald Colman and Ida Lupino. The triple Saturday feature includes Marines Fly High, The Man Who Wouldn t Talk, and Convicted Woman. Also showing next week are The Jones Family in Young As You Feel and Congo Maisie with Ann Southern and John Carroll.

A-1 Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Euelah Bondi Elizaeth Patterson Sterling Holloway New York Indiana Walt Disney Late News Monay Ronald Colman Walter Huston Ida Lupino Rudyard Kipling Richard Dix Chester Morris Lucille Ball Jones Family Ann Sothern John Carroll Congo Maisie

Hubbard residents visit families. Dubberkes and Espe noted

Mrs. Herman Dubberke of Hubbard spent Wednesday in the George Dubberke home. George and Robert Espe were pipes callers in Story City Friday. Mrs. George Dubberke spent Thursday in the Will Below home in Hubbard. Inger Nessa took her sister.

Herman Dubberke Hubbard George Dubberke George Robert Espe Story City Friay Will Inger Nessa

Birthday club meets at Helen Waldee home Friday

Bertha travels to Nevada Friday then boards train to Chicago to resume nursing duties. The Birthday club gathered at the Helen Waldee home Friday evening with hostesses Judith and Lenora Waldee, and attendees Jeanette Musland Avis Ora Olson Arlene Berven Arlene Galbreath Leah Pearson Goldie Weaver and Marjorie Espe.

Bertha Nevada Chicago Birthday Club Helen Waldee Ent Judith Lenora Waldee Jeanette Musland Avis Ora Olson Arlene Berven Arlene Galbreath Leah Pearson Goldie Weaver Marjorie Espe

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C. A. ‘VanPatter Verla Otto Grobe Henry C. B. Hayes Marshalltown C. O. Griffith C. T. Anderson Myra Haase Fort Dodge C. W. Haase Robert Todd California GC. C. Griffith Paul Davison Dean Davison Kenneth Janssen Humboldt Miles Miller Adelbert Davison Chris Madsen New Grand Theatre All Colman Dudley Digges Beet Angelus Ernest Cossart Paramount Anne Ames March OF Time Sun 20Th Century-Fox Love Brothers Mellotone Lowe Brothers Ryken Providence School Concord 4-H A. & G. Drug CO Waterloo Firm Law Salome Ginod G. Brownell Guernsey Russell Cobb Chas. Pieters N. Eidora M. A. Wilson H. E. Drury Fred Edgar Down TO Earth Garden City Miss Marjorie Esph Austria Owa Community Hatcheries, Inc Yours Truly Mrs. A. V. Hobson Radcliffe Nels Teig Nga Bay Atlas Largo Eldora, Iowa
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