Heslop to Vacate Eldora School Board Seat Next March
Eldora consolidated school district may have two vacancies in the upcoming March election. Director James Heslop plans not to seek reelection after a third term. D W Dickinson’s intentions are unclear but he previously indicated he would not run. In last March 10 election, Dr J J Shorts and Frank Sheldon won, with Dr E W Burke remaining on the board.
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Eldora Consolidated School District
James Heslop
D. W. Dickinson
J. J. Shorts
Frank Sheldon
E. W. Burke
Dates and Places Of X Ray Service To Be Set Tomorrow
County wide mass chest x rays will be scheduled at a Eldora courthouse meeting tomorrow afternoon. Town and township chairmen will attend at 2:00 PM to receive instructions for program setup in their communities. An educational film will accompany the session. Frederick W. Hering notes free x rays for all adults and youths seventh-grade and up. Mobile units may return for a second visit if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Frederick W. Hering
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
American Legion To Meet Thursday
The American Legion will meet Thursday evening to discuss plans for the Third District Conference in April. Refreshments and a dance will follow the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Truck Skids Into Pine Lake In Canton
A Holland Furnace Company pickup from Canton skidded off the road Monday at Pine Lake, tipping onto its side and injuring the driver with two shoulder injuries. He was treated by a physician.
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Holland Furnace Company
Canton
Herald-Ledger
Homemaking Dept Offers Class In Children's Clothing
Miss Patricia Auble heads the home economics division announcing a single vocational homemaking class at this year's adult evening school. The 10 week course on making children's clothing has no charge, requires at least ten enrollments, with final registration by January 19. Contact the school office or adult homemaking council members to enroll. Councillors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Auble
Adult Homemaking Council
J. J.W. Schlampn
Henrik Fauerby
Tom Monteith
Edgar VanPatter
Milton Badwingds
Wilson Hado
Five Hundred Weekly Polio Care Cost Highlighted
Wilson Hadley of the county March of Dimes cites a Ackley man with paralysis who has had over $3000 spent to date. He remains in an iron lung at University Hospital Town City and requires 500 more weekly for ongoing treatment. The funds come from the county chapter as the victim has no polio insurance.
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Hardin County
Wilson Hadley
Polio Foundation
Hadley
Ackley
Hes
University
Town City
Thepolio Foundation
96 4H Youths Participate In County Weigh-In Program
County extension office reports 98 4H youths weighed and tagged 215 calves at nine stations on December 29 and 30. Calves entered in junior cattle feeders project open until February 1. many already listed with Hereford Angus and Shorthorn classes.
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Hereford
Extension Service Receives $5000 County Aid in 1962
County Board of Supervisors allocated 5000 to the county extension service for 1962. Expenditures include salaries for the extension director and home economist plus travel, office, and project costs. Farm Bureau contributed 4459.46 to support the county’s educational program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
County Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Brilliant Union Student Dies By Own Hand Sunday
Joe Hadley 19 a Union High School valedictorian and ISU sophomore, died by a rifle in his Union home Sunday morning after months of migraine headaches. Funeral services set for 1:30 PM Tuesday at the Community Church. He is survived by his parents and two sisters Alyce and Linds. Interment in Union Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Iowa State College
Joe
Union ‘High School
Alyce
University of Town
Linds
Buford Hall
Ben Harris
Union Cemetery
F B Service Co to Hold Annual Dinner Meeting Eldora
Members of the Farm Bureau Service Company and spouses will meet at the I.O.O.F. hall in Eldora next Tuesday for a noon dinner served by Eldora township Farm Bureau ladies. A guest speaker will talk, and one new director will be elected to the five man board as Robert Lee Radcliffe's term ends. Holdovers include George Mark Yona Falls Harold Clark Art Nehring and Paul Glenney. Yearly reports and other business will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Service Company
1.0.C.F. Hall
Eldora
Eldora Township Farm Bureau
C. W. West
Robert Lee
Radcliffe
George Mark
Yona Falls
Harold Clark
Art Nehring
Hubbard
Paul Glenney
Union
Barnes Services At Union Tuesday
Graveside services for Elmer Barnes age 80 will be held at 3:00 Tuesday afternoon from Biersborn Funeral Home Union. Interment will be in Union Cemetery. Barnes was married to Retta Smith formerly of New Providence.
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Elmer Barnes
Biersborn Funeral Home
Union
Union Cemetery
Mr. Barnes
Retta Smith
New Providence
Mrs Clara Bolar dies after long illness
Clara Estella Bolar aged 81 died Sunday at her daughter Mrs. R U H Coons home after an extended illness following a stroke. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at Andrie and Greps funeral home with burial in Steamboat Rock Cemetery.
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Clara Estella Bolar
R. U H. Coons
Frank H Oldenburg Dies After Short Illness At 78
Frank H. Oldenburg, 78, died Monday at Eldora Memorial hospital after a brief illness. The remains are at the Andrie and Creps Funeral Home with arrangements pending as the Herald Ledger goes to press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Oldenburg
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Andrie and Creps
Herald-Ledger
Businessman dies of heart attack in Town Falls
LaVerne Wilson 34, manager of Highway Lumber Company Town Falls, collapsed Sunday afternoon after entering a sandwich shop. A Webster City native, he is survived by his wife three children his parents one brother and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVerne Wilson
Highway Lumber Company
Town Falls
Wilson
Webster City
Births and Divorces Rise in Hardin County 1952
Hardin County records released by county clerk Fred Miller show 1952 births totaling 641, up from 528 the prior year, while deaths declined to 177. Marriages fell to 126, a three year low, with 148 in 1951 and 185 in 1950. Divorces rose to 32, up four from 1951.
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Hardin County
Fred, Miller
Miller
Trainers to Lead Foreign Policy Session in Eldora
Township Farm Bureau leaders and county groups will attend a training school on U S Foreign Policy at the extension office January 22. Extension staff will present material to spark local group discussions led by attendees as part of the county extension program in public affairs. Two to three delegates may attend from other groups to join discussions in Eldora from 10 06 a m to 3 00 p m Thursday January 22.
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Township Farm Bureau
U. A
U.S
Eldora
Hardin Co Mutual elects new directors and officers
At the annual meeting in New Providence township hall Hardin County Mutual Insurance Assn elected E C White president John H Boeke vice president and S Dale Moon secretary. Directors re elected include E C White John H Boeke and Ray Johnson with six holdovers. Losses in 1952 totaled 18013.89 and the base assessment was set at 1.50. The policy was broadened to include fire protection on standing grain up to 20 percent of insurance in force at loss. Dinner was served by the Womens Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Mutual Insurance Ass’n
New Providence
S. Dale Moon
New Providence Township
E. ©. White
John H. Boeke
Hubbard
Ray Johnson
Union
Earl C. Marsh
Lee L. Lundy
Eldora
H. E. Dreier
Iowa Falls
Carl Kulaw
C. A. Norman
Irving Faust
Direc
Womens Society of the New
Providence Friends Church
Kickoff Meeting Opens 1953 Farm Bureau Campaign in Iowa Falls
A kickoff meeting in Iowa Falls today starts the 1953 Hardin County Farm Bureau membership drive. About 200 people expected, with Al Hagen of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federa- Hoh delivering the highlight. County quota set at 1653 member families. county had 1599 in 1962. Township and county quotas listed for Alden, Buckeye, Clay, Concord, Eldora, Ellis, Etna, Grant, Hardin, Jackson, Pleasant, New Providence, Sherman, Tipton, Union. State goal 136,045 members to set a historic high.
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Farm Bureau
Iowa Falls
Hardin County Farm Bureau
al Hagen
Iowa Farm Bureau Federa- Hoh
Christian Church
Gerald Modlin
Eldora
Modlin
Alden
Frank Dunning
Max Bartlett
Buckeye
Herbert Krause
Clay
Verl Manning
Concord
Kenneth Skartvedt
Eldhora
C.J. Weisner
Ellis
Fred J. Klein
Etna
Bob Schotanus
Grant
Arnold Boeke
Hardin
Clarence Lange
A. J. Harken
Jackson
Dale Lawless
Pleasant
Ed .Engel
New Providence
Dick Clemons
Sherman
Wayne Stuckenberg
Tipton
A. W. Hornung
Union
Sam B. Noe
Iowa
Janssen buys Hubbard warehouse near Hub bard home
Henry J. Janssen and son El dora John Deere dealers bought the Lyle Hubbard warehouse west of the Hubbard home last Thursday, per local realtor C. O. Bulbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Janssen
Eldora John Deere Dealers
Lyle Hubbard
Hubbard Home
C. O. Bulbow
Farm Sale Calendar Notable Listings by Date
Farm sale listings arranged by date include Gerald Shaver of Bangor on Jan 14, Marlin Smith of Eldora on Jan 15, Roland Newby aboard a steamboat Rock on Jan 20, Wayne Jones of Union on Jan 23, Jerry Restetter of Town Falls on Jan 27, T Entienga aboard Steamboat dan on Jan 27, Harold Mersman of Eldora on Jan 29, Irvin Stole and PReawpain Estate Hubbard on Feb 5, and Topp Bros of Buckeye on Feb 10.
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Gerald Shaver
Bangor
Marlin Smith
Eldora
Wayne Jones
Union
Jerry Restetter
Town Falls
T. Entienga
Steamboat Dan
Harold Mersman
Irvin Stole
Preawpain
Estate
Hubbard
Topp Bros
Buckeye
Seven Hardin County Men Leave For Induction Monday
Two Eldora men join a group that departed Monday morning for Des Moines to begin induction into the armed forces. Also leaving were Bruce Leland Johnson of Iowa Falls Donald Dean Hauser of Whitten Robert Bennett Bavender of Alden Richard John Rose of Steamboat Rock and Victor Donald Schulz of Radcliffe. The Hardin County Selective Service Board has received a physical call for 18 men on January 21.
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Eldora
Des Moines
David Roger Lorenzen
Edward Otto Ziesman
Bruce Leland Johnson
Iowa Falls
Donald Dean Hauser
Whitten
Robert Bennett Bavender
Alden
Richard John Rose
Steamboat Hock
Victor Donald Schulz
Radcliffe
Hardin County Selective Service Board
RETURN OF OUR BOYS IN UNIFORM TO PENDLETON
Cpl Lowell Kasischke left last week to return to Camp Pendleton California after spending a furlough with relatives and friends. The new address for Pylt Carroll Smith is Pyt Carroll Smith US 58216930 Co A Eni Sta Det 9578 AAU Fort Holabird Baltimore Maryland. Carroll has been injured in an automobile accident since arriving in Baltimore and was hospitalized with cuts and bruises.
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Pendleton
Lowell Kasischke
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Pyt
Rol Smith
Carroll 1
Smith
Co. A. Eni
Sta. Det
Fort Holabird
Baltimore
Maryland
Carroll
Richard E Stone Returns From Leave To Alexandria Base
A/3c Richard E Stone has returned to his base at Alexandria Louisiana after a two week leave in Eldora with his parents Bass P Stone and Mrs Stone. His address is A/8c Richard E Stone AF 17368681 Haq Sq 366 Fight Bomber Wing at Alexandria A P Base.
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Richard E. Stone
Alexandria
Eldora
Bass P. B. Stone
Return of Kessler Base soldier from furlough
Keneath E. Sapp, on furlough in Elfora with his mother Mrs Leona Sapp and relatives, will return Thursday to Kessler A F Base in Bilexi Mississippi.
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Keneath
E. Sapp
Elfora
Leona Sapp
Kessler A. F. Base
Bilexi
Miss
Beef Outlook To Be Discussed By Farmers' Class
Lou Thompson of Rath Packing Company Waterloo will be guest speaker at the adult farmers' evening class tomorrow evening starting at 8 00 o clock His topic will be Beef Cattle Grades and General Outlook An invitation has been extended by Richard Warren instructor of the class to the general public Harold Steinfeldt left Thursday for Iowa City where he entered the State University hospital for observation.
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Lou. Thompson
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Richard Warren
Harold Steinfeldt
Iowa City
State University Hospital
TV Series On Corn Production Farm Operator School Scheduled
Hardin County extension director Dick Pulse announces two February programs. The farm operator school February 12 13 aids young couples starting farms with topics on manage ment farm credit and home work. A four part TV series on corn production with WOI TV will supplement local extension work.
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Dick Pulse
Hardin County Extension
Woi-Tv
Pulse
Month-Old Infant Dies Following Brief Illness
Amber Jane Davis five months old, daughter of Sut and Mrs Johnny Davis, died January 8 at Eldora Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at Andrie and Creps Funeral Home with Rev Ralph Imes officiating. Burial was in Eldora Cemetery. Amber Jane was born August 16, 1952 at Camp Cook California and had recently returned to the home of her maternal grandparents while Sgt. Davis was stationed in Germany. Surviving are parents, two sisters Patricia Ann and Sherry Marie, two brothers Michael Lee and Davie LeRoy, maternal grandparents Earl and Mrs. Messer of Eldora, and paternal grandmother Goldie May of Ainsworth, Iowa.
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Amber Jane Davis
Sut
Johnny Davis
Eldora Hospital
Andrie and Creps Funeral
Ralph Imes
Eldora Cemetery
Amber Jane
Camp Cook
Lifornia
Eat] Messer
Sgt. Davis
Germany
Patricia Ann
Sherry Marie
Michael Lee
Davie LeRoy
Earl Messer
Eldora
Goldie May
Ainsworth
Owa
Lawn Hill Home Total Loss In Sunday's Fire
A Sunday night fire at Lawn Hill destroyed the Dick Dickerson family residence while they were away. Edward Fisher, passing by, spotted the blaze around 8 p.m. and alerted authorities. New Providence and Eldora fire departments responded. The house belonged to Rev. John A. Deedrick and had recently been sold. The Dickersons and their three young children had recently moved to the area from Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Hill
Dick Dickerson
Edward Fisher
New Providence
Eldora
John A. Deedrick
Forrmer Lawn Is
Cedar Falls
Dickerson
Conrad
ISTC Schedules Two American Operas at Ames College
Two American operas will be presented by music groups of Tossers college Ames this week with performances Thursday and Friday January 15 and 16 at 8 15 p m and a Saturday matinee at 2 30 p m Tickets are sold by the college department of music The operas are Down in the Valley and The Medium
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State
Tossers College
Ames
Department of Music
744 Passenger Cars and 160 Trucks Bought in County
Hardin County residents spent 2 319 119 for new cars and trucks in 1952, with 744 cars and 160 trucks registered. Chevrolet led car sales with 151 registrations, Ford 156, and various makes listed. May saw the peak with 88 registrations, while August was slowest at 36.
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Hardin County
W. H. Lepey
Chevrolet
Ford
Lepley
Luse
Walter outlines funding options for state institutions
Iowa state representative Paul M. Walter of Union expresses cautious optimism about securing new buildings for the Eldora training school and Marshall town soldiers home without tax hikes. He proposes using part of the $35 million state reserve for improvements, opposes sales and income tax increases, and discusses roads funding, school aid, and the potential appointive state superintendent amid political concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul M. Walter
Union
Eldora
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Iowa
Walter
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Pine Lake
March of Dimes Fund
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Gordon Reisinger
Glen Gran‘zow
Marvin Granzow
Donna Rooks
John Rooks
Brenda Bear
Ed Bear
Lynn Freed
Ronnie Radolph
Barbara Granzow
David Granzow
Dennis Granzow
Loren Jeske
Melvin Jeske
Lisle Cook
Phil Reece
Jake Coates
Russel Coates
Bill Hadley
Gary Hadley
Neil Hadley
Gary Warner
Jvnion
Merlin Eller
Arvin Haywood
Wd Bear
Brilliant Union
Joe Hadley
Bruce Hadey
F. B. Service Co
Barnes
Bulletin
Clara Bolar
I. F
Tors
E. C. White
Roland Newby
Steamboat Rock
Kessler Base
Extension Service
T.V
Wardin County
Blaze
ISTC
Plymouth
Pontiac
Dodge
Mercury
Buick
Oldsmobile
Studebaker
Nash
Chrysler
Cadillac
Kaiser
Packard
Lincoln
DeSoto
Hudgon
Willys
Frazer
Glen Carson
Leota Hardy
Brothers In State Legislature
55Th General Assembly
Paul Walter
W. Eldon Walter
Marshall County
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