Eldora High School Clarinet Quartet Tops State Contest
Eldora High School musicians achieved a superior rating in district and state contests with multiple events noted. The issue lists prize wins, staff appointments, local civic notes, and community events from April to May including Scout duties, school honors, and local obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora High School
Eldora Hospital
E. 0. Koeneman
Lois Mason
Hardin County
BE. M. Wagen
State Commission
Eldora
Methodist Ministers
Cedar Rapids
Mona Jane van Duyn
Teachers College
Kramer & Sons Auctions Yard
Bob Burlingame
H. R. Gross
Hi-Lites
Max VanDerveer
Robert Schmidt
George Peisen
Jim Hauser
George Knight
Union
Elaine Wehrman
Mary Risse
Diamond Bros
Thomas Dool
Hubbard
Sheffield
O. S. von Krog
Iowa State D.A.R
Washington, D. C
Hardin County Year of Progress 1940 Highlights
A compact chronology from May to December details Hardin County events: local school and music activities. WPA projects. waterworks upgrades. farm programs and crop reports. business openings and closures. crime, court cases, and legal notices. flood of civic happenings including 4-H, 4-H health champions, and county fairs. Notable items include Keen murder case jury, Steamboat Rock water tank installation, WPA dinner at Pine Lake, and multiple road and infrastructure projects across Eldora, Union, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Hubbard
Richard Pfaltzgraff
Wayne Sage
Alden
Radcliffe
Jack Oatts
Steamboat Rock
Central States Electric Co
Piper News Store
Wyatt Johnson
Phillips
New Providence
Manning W. Howell
Postoffice Department
Tama
Gifford
Jewell
Hubbard Gymnasium
Edward R. Keen
Muscatine
Clarence Cottrell
Mississippi
Pine Lake Country Club
Barbara Bryan
Minneapolis
Town Hall
Concord
Pleasant
A. T. Idso
Wimpy
Junior Legion
Ackley
Wildlife Club
Charlene Wooten
Union
Delpha Graham
Art Persons
Gamble
E. H. Lundy
Iowa State Bar Association
Upper Lake
Winchester
Elmer Wagner
Berg Ice Cream Co
R. V. Adams
E. T. Collings
Marshalltown
Paul Hodgson
L. L. Rosson
Tama-Jewell Motor
Des Moines
Rotary Club
H. J Schmitz
Iowa County Officers Association
Leslie
Kamiah
Idaho
Mildred Vigors
Fowler
B. T. Oldham
Hardin County Rural Electric Co-operative
American Legion District
Pincake
Bell & Son
Sumner
Town River
Margie Ann Soper
L. F. Wolcott
Iowa Golf Association
Fair
John & Kenneth Holm
West Union
Kenneth
Hubbard Marshal
Floyd
Gordon Wisner
Russell Dougan
George Hilers
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Howard E. Wilson
Louisville
Ohio
Iowa Falls
Grant Gay Girls
Eldora Happy Hustlers
Richard H. Cordt
Myrle Engelson
Raymond Johnson
Gerald Lloyd
Sheridan
Wyo
Owasa Territory
Harrison
Shelby County
NYA
Blom
Lorena Wooten
Hardin County
Lois Whiting
Stinson
Owasa
Laird L. Jones
Waterloo
Henry Holthuis
A. L. Ragsdale
Eldora Township
Waterloo Congress
J. N. Martin Herd
Methodist
Cedar Rapids
Meeker Camp
M. C. Buckwalter
Moville Cons. Co
Walter Sayer
Sons of the American Legion
W. Harlan Smith
China Mission Field
White Institute Farm
W. K
PD. D. Camwell
Hampton
Citizens Savings Bank
Hardin County National Bank
Winchester Hotel Cafe
Eldora Memorial Hospital
A&p
Paul C. Long
The
Gospel Tabernacle
Sinclair Refining Company
Ralph Eller
State Farm Bureau
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Bert Pagel, Jr
J. H. Lyon
Whitten
Bert Calloway
O. W. Ryken
AAA
Dewey Eller
W. H. Brandt
R.R. VanPatter
Ross Spurlin
Colo
Central States Electric Company
Twelfth Avenue
E. F. Froning
Eldora Grain Co
Robert Thompson
Hardin
Tipton
Archbishop Beckman
St. Mary’s Church
C. R. Garland
Geneva
Istry
the Baptist Church
Wendell L. Willkie
Anna Roupe
Glenn E. Haggin
John K. Valentine
E. C. White Farm
Edward White
Grundy Center
Clarice Clough
Chestine Baker
Peggy Cole
L. E. Swanson
Gifford Methodist
Eldora School
Harvey Hoyt
Jim Burden
Veterans’ Hospital
Third Dairy Herd Improvement Association
B. D. Herron
Union Rural Carrier
A. IL. Ragsdale
Christian Church
Mothers’ Club
Albert Stole
Sinclair
Gamble, Skogmo Inc
Gamble Agency
Leo Schwehr
Donald Balvant
R. W. King
Conoco
Federated Study Club
von Krog
Congress
Cincinnati
Wilson
L. A. Luiken
Lucille Eilers
Mildred Vigars
Conservation Commission
D. G. Buck
Kenneth Winters
Herman Christensen
Betty Kelley
Fairgrounds
Irena Marshall
Union and
Liscombe
W. K. Bramwell
C. Q
Raymond E.lynk
Washington
Ralph ©. Beecher
Union Second
Frank D. Stewart
D. W. Dickinson
E. J. Knopf
Harold VanPatter
Sinclair Station
Farm Bureau
Elsie Smith
Wilson Hadley
J. E. Davidson
H. J. Schmitz
Harry C. Marks
Betty Wells
WOI
Eldora Federation of Club
Auestad
Roy W. Halleck
Owl Cafe
Ivan McKay
Herald Ledger
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Keifer
Wm. Eckel
W. A. Blankenship
Oldsmobile _agency
Warren Hutchins
Cedar Falls
W. H. Dreier
Carnation Milk Farms
Seattle
Wash
J. I. Norman
DeKalb
Stanley Dreier
WPA
Dr. Todd
Joseph Pearlman
Peoples Store
E. B. Johnston
Grill Cafe
Red Cross
Andrew Edward Rentz
John IL. Clarke
Conrad
Myron S. Lepley
E. C. White
J. N. Martin
Lois Mill
State Teachers College
National Thespian Dramatic Honor Society
Eldora High School
Phyllis. Ruppelt
Lorraine DeVries
Marjorie Eckhoff
Dan Schwitters
Wm. Schwebke
Pauline Jones
Iowa City
Henry J. Janssen
James Bales
C. T. Rierson
Fred Wehrman
Ed Lawler
Walter Hauser
C. W. Haase
J. F. Hardin
Max Heryford
Union Booster Club
Physicians Wives
Hardin County Auxiliary of Iowa Medical Society
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau and Extension Service
Central States
Clem Pierce
S. A. Hardy
Louis Davzes
Eureka
D. K. Hoopes
Charles Eggleston
Laurence EB. Shaver
Marine Corps
Kent Grantow
Kelly Field
Iowa Commercce Commission
M. B. Landon
Johns Livestock and Trucking Company
Shell Station
Dean W. Peisen
J. P. Connell
Roy Finster
Faye Willig
Jim Hauser
Jack Blankenship
Hardin County Farm Bureau
C. A. Bryson
Sidney
Wm. Schmedhka
Butterfat
J. E
Davidson
Maurice , Ruddick
Elva Welsh
American Legion
Edward Daggs
C. Hésse
Laverne Paul
Mrguerite Johnson
G. P. Nye
Iowa ‘Falls
Max van Derveer
Iowa River
CCC
Welden Bros
C. A. Norman
Wm. K. Carpenter
Ted ‘Broer
Walter Tatum
D. Leonard
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Herald-Ledger
Doris Jess
Eldora City
IR. R. Griffel
Elva
County Fair Board
St. Mary’s Ladies’ Society
National Council of Catholic Women
Iowa High School Press Association
J. L. Muilenberg
Frank Tusse
North Western
Tama- Jewell Motor
Highway Commission
Union-Eldora
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of
Franklin
Council
Myron Engelson
Edward Breen
Gus Nissen
N. A. Thomas
City
Frank Kephart
J. H. Schneider
Joyce Yvonne Sorenson
Gaede
Earl Dillavoy
Stebe
Legion
W. R. Foster
Chester Lynk
Rev. J. P. Connell
Canada
Alaska
Tom Foughty
Butler Barber Shop
Anamosa
General Fund
Training School
Electric Company
Boat Rock
Legion Juniors
Bancroft
W. H. Bowen
Lorena Wooten County Girls’ Health Champion
Forensic League of Iowa
B.P.W
Ray Cummins
Near Whitten
Dan Munson
State College
Iowa
Santa Claus
Frances Gast
National Club Congress
Amos Frette
South Hardin
South Fork
Ward Fowler
Harvard
Glenn S. Fairchild
Fonda
THC
Thomas Crippen
Robert Longenecker
E. D. Herron
Jens Underway
Becker
Andrew E. Rentz
Eagle Scout
Eagle
Central States Electric Company Building