Parity payments for 1940 reach Hardin County farms
The first parity payment checks for 1940, totaling about 24,888.96, arrived at the Hardin County office in Town Falls. About 1,750 farms participate, with 2,500 to 2,800 checks expected statewide totaling 150,000 to 200,000 dollars. Cardholders may pick up checks at the county office or Chevrolet garage in Eldora this week, with eligibility based on corn yields and farm compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Falls
Town Falls
Chevrolet
Eldora
Sumner firm lands graveling and resurfacing contract
Sumner firm awarded a county contract for graveling 40.81 miles and resurfacing 44.76 miles. Bid of 23023.84 dollars was the lowest of five. Work to start July 20 and run about six weeks. Firm previously completed a graveling and resurfacing contract in 1938 in the county.
Iowa River Dam Being Repaired
The state conservation commission allocates 100 to repair the Iowa river dam south of the high bridge under L F Reed supervisor at Pine Lake state park. Reed hires men to plank the approach and buys clay to fill the dam. Eldora city donates concrete from street widening projects. Pine Lake Wildlife club members plan to assist repairs Friday and Saturday mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
Iowa River
High Bridge
L. F. Reed
Pine Lake State Park
Nuckolls Named Convention Officer At Republican Meet
Mrs Lavena Nuckolls of Eldora is appointed one of the secretaries at the state Republican convention in Des Moines on Friday Delegates from the county include Mrs C E Barnes C A Bryson George Stauffacher Mrs B T Oldham L W Schalk C C Sheaffer Ernest Lettow W T B Rath F B Trainer H W Stonebrook J W Hanson B C Ellsworth E C Cassill C A Noxman Vera Schwendemann Dr R R Williams H E Long C Hi Peglow Hazel Kingdon H 4 H Nelson and W B Gillham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavena Nuckolls
Eldora
Des Moines
C. EB. Barnes
C. A. Bryson
George Stauffacher
B. T. Oldham
L. W. Schalk
C. C. Sheaffer
Ernest Lettow
W.t
Rath
F. B. Trainer
H.W. Stonebrook
J. W. Hanson
B. C. Ellsworth
E. C. Cassill
C. A. Noxman
Vera Schwendemann
Dr. R. R. Williams
H. E. Long
C. Hi. Peglow
Hazel Kingdon
H. Nelson
W. B. Gillham
Three Admitted to Camp at Bancroft
Mrs Leota Hardy certifying officer received applications for admission to CCC camps for Kenneth Clevenger Merle Woelch Tinion and Wugene Hutzel in Town Falls and these were admitted to the camp at Bancroft Friday Miss Hardy can receive two more applications for enrollment not later than Friday July 12 Persons interested in entering camp should see her promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leota Hardy
CCC
Kenneth Clevenger
Merle Woelch
Tinion
Wugene Hutzel
Town Falls
Bancroft
Miss Hardy
State Golf Group Elects Wolcott L. BF Eldora Director
Wolcott L. BF of Eldora was elected as a director of the Iowa Golf Association at a Cedar Rapids meeting. John S. Vavra of Cedar Rapids was re elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Bf, Wolcott
Eldora
Iowa Golf Association
Cedar Rapids
John S. Vavra
Will Lay Heavier Steel On North Western Rails
The North Western railroad will ship in material to lay about two miles of 72 pound steel rails near Hughes, replacing the existing 50 pound rails with heavier stock to improve track strength and durability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Western Railroad
Hughes
Concrete Work on Courts Progress in City Tennis Facility
The second municipal tennis court has completed concrete work on Tuesday after the first court finished last week. Nets were oversized and returned, forcing use of a borrowed net. Backstops are being erected and sowing of seed in the narrow strip between the courts is planned.
Bateson Block Salon Opened by Margie Ann Soper
Mrs Margie Ann Soper opens a modern beauty salon in the Bateson building. She is an experienced graduate beautician from Des Moines, aided by redecorated rooms with two private alcoves and a main wash area. The firm will be known as the Margie Ann Beauty Salon with new Helen Curtis equipment and high quality cosmetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie
Ann Soper
Bateson
E. W. Burke
Maude
Margie Ann
Helen Curtis Salon
Eldora Sons of the American Legion Squadron Formed
Jim Hauser was chosen president of the Eldora squadron of the Sons of the American Legion at a Tuesday meeting. Fifteen charter members attended on the H L Hauser lawn with J D Leonard presiding. Other officers elected included George Peisen and Darwin Rapp, with several future members anticipated from Hubbard and Union towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim. Hauser
Eldora
Sons of the American Legion
H. L. Hauser
West Fourteenth Avenue
J. D. Leonard
American Legion
Henrik Fauerby
Walter Wehrman
Robert Wehrman
Frederick Leonard
Wayne Blankenship
John Wood
Ita
Joan Rapp
Dick Whorrall
Dick Wehrman
Howard Fallerby
Jack Blankenship
Parker Schmitz
Eldora Population Shows Increase Amid Census Report
A preliminary Eldora census release notes the 1940 population at 8,550, with 687 residents linked to the Training School. The overall figure marks a 352 rise from 1930, and the city excluding the school is up 250 from 1880 census levels, pending corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Pign
Jel
Beauticians Offer Personal Permanents and Style
Mrs. Soper states they are specialists in their chosen profession and tailor waving to hair type and personality. A graduate cosmetologist will be employed as assistant to ensure quality service.
Lutheran Pastor Completes Ten Years At St Pauls Eldora
Rev C Hesse marked ten years as pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church Eldora coming from Clinton. He is the longest serving minister in Eldora and led growth in membership from 497 to 604, communicants 325 to 454, plus active societies and a German English bilingual service. The congregation celebrated milestones from parsonage 1930s to a 1982 fiftieth founding anniversary and 1933 Town District convention. He served Eldora circuit, Iowa District East offices, and since 1988 as president overseeing the eastern Town area. He noted, I enjoy my work and Eldora people appreciate us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Hesse
Eldora
Clinton
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Astor
Ladies
Hesse
Eldoral
Iowa District
Waterloo
Mr. Hesse
Eyes That See and Ears That Hear in Rural America
A collage of vignettes from July morning including a turtledove on a machine gun at a courthouse lawn, an old man reading a soldiers monument, locals at Pine Lake park, a dog at a fountain, children in a parked car with popcorn, a stout man eyeing bathing trunks, two boys smoking, a husband and wife shoe shopping, hungry youths by a bakery, a gray haired lady haggle in a used furniture shop, a youthful couple in distress, a motorist involved in a fender bender, and a pajama clad family scene. C W Herrald delivers a cherry twig with 97 cherries from his yard to the Herald-Ledger office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E
America
11Th St
Herald-Ledger
Eldora Legion Celebration Comments Spark Grand Jury Action
The Hardin County case involves Henry Doering aged 37 and R F Barber aged 48 held to the grand jury on an illegal possession of intoxicating liquor charge. Patrolmen Kemler and Sova stopped them on Highway 65 after witnesses say a bottle was discarded from their car. Bond set at 500 dollars. Local reactions described the Legion event as well behaved and orderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Eldora
Hardin County
Hardin County Fair Grounds
Henry Doering
R. F. Barber
Perce
Hubbard
Grant Tyler
John Kemler
Rudolph Sova
Training School Blackout Blamed On Steam Engine Blowout
Saturday evening July 7 the Training School was briefly blacked out by a steam engine dynamo failure. A connecting rod fractured causing the piston to fly free and strike the cylinder head, hurling bricks but injuring no one. Night Engineer W A Cowell had just oiled the machine and stood nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A .Cowell
Charles Marks Dies After Stroke In Eldora
Charles I Marks a longtime Eldora druggist and former Hardin County supervisor died Saturday afternoon after a stroke suffered the prior Tuesday. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Andrle Creps funeral home with Rev David Davids officiating. Burial followed in Eldora Cemetery. He was born April 18 1862 in Sabula Iowa and married Eva B Reed in 1884. He lived on a Steamboat Rock farm, moved to Eldora in 1912, started his drug business in 1920 and served in local clubs and the Masonic order. Survived by widow Ralph Marks two grandsons and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I. Marks
Eldora
Hardin County Fair
Andrle- Creps Funeral Home
David Davids
Congregational Church
Jd. D. Leonard
J. E. Hall
Robert E. Smith
J. &. Hall
Walter Roblin
J. E. Davidson
James Nuckolls
Frank Jackson
Charles Frank
Eldora Cemetery
Charles Luen_ Marks
Jabez
Elizabeth Marks
Sabula
Jackson County
Iowa
Buchanan County
Hardin County
Eva B. Reed
Steamboat Rock
Marks
Ralph Marks
Bess Marks
Donald
Charles Marks
George B. Marks
Leo B
Town Falls
David Hardin
Chicago
Jacob Quiggle
Milo
Two Grading Crews Begin Work on New County Roads
County Engineer C. A. Boeke reports two crews started work on new stretches. One crew began in Section 33 in the east part of Alden township on Tuesday morning, the other in Grant township southeast of Hubbard on Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldens Township
Grant Township
Hubbard
C. A. Boeke
City Repairs Pavement by Ross Construction in Des Moines
Ross Construction of Des Moines completes this week a city contract resurfacing five blocks and filling cracks in three more blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Repairs
Ross Construction Company of
Des Moines
City
Rural Chorus to Broadcast Friday in Hardin County
Announcement from Farm Bureau office states the Hardin county rural chorus will broadcast for 30 minutes starting at 2 05 p m Friday July 12 over WOI Ames. Ten selections will be performed directed by A I Bullock with Mrs C R Johnson on piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Hardin County Rural Chorus
WOI
Ames
A. I. Bullock
C. R. Jonhson
T S. Noe
Tyivaini
Green Cathedral
Carl Hahn
Gluck Ambers
J. B. Fox
Allitson
County Seals Drive Hardin County Christmas SaleQuota
Hardin county joined 39 counties reaching its Christmas Seal quota in the Iowa Tuberculosis Association drive. The 1989 sale raised $1,054.17 with a per capita purchase of 4.1 cents. Mrs. O K Dick of Iowa Falls served as county chairman in the 1939 sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
O. K. Dick
Iowa Falls
Food project clubs study adapting meals for all ages
Hardin County Farm Bureau women’s project clubs will study the second division of Foods and Nutritions, Adapting the Food Plan to Different Ages and Occasions. The county committee met with Ada Ranke Gaede and N May Larson guiding, with members including Wendell Clampitt and others. Sub-projects cover music, health, freezing preserves, and newcomer preparation for a fall meeting with a child development specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
County Farm Bureau
Foods and Nutritions
Ada Ranke Gaede
Apert
N. May Larson
Ames
Wendells. Clampitt
Frank Wall
Lloyd W. Bittle
Harvey Ferguson
Walter Tatum
Clarence Hinshaw
Ross G. Reece
Claus Primus
H. ©. Boeke
Willard Hartman
George Mark
Chinch bugs cause damage first time in 40 years
Hardin county residents report chinch bug depredations in spring wheat across multiple farms including Rutland near Garden City and Engelking Moesch west of Hubbard. County Agent Eyre travels to Des Moines for creosote barriers while entomologist Dr. Drake notes creosote-treated paper barriers as standard control. observers recall a half century without such infestation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Hardin County
Walter B. Eyre
Des Moines
Joe
Ernest Rutland
Garden City
Hubbard Will Engelking
Paul Moesch
Eyre
Ridout
Owasa
Heitland
Cleves
Des Moines Register
Carl J. Drake
Iowa
Audubon
Atlantic
Board Re-elects School Workers
The Eldora school board Friday evening re elected Mrs. Ed. A. Ellsworth secretary. All bus drivers and janitors were continued for the next year at their present salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Ed. A. Ellsworth
Fire damages farm buildings near Conrad Iowa
A Saturday morning blaze at the Calvin Crouse place near Conrad destroyed a barn, hog house, double corn crib, and a haystack. About thirty tons of hay and 2,500 bushels of corn burned, with total loss around $6,000, mostly insured. Fire departments from Grundy Center and Conrad helped save other structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Crouse
Conrad
Charles Stepp
Grundy Center
Conrad Fire Departments
Tax Commission Checks Homestead Exemptions in County
Henry L Davis and Ora Husted of the Iowa tax commission are examining county homestead exemptions dating from 1936 to present. Officials estimate the review will take two weeks or more to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L
Davis
Ora
Husted
Iowa Tax Commission
Respirator Fund Reaches $303.35 With Donations
Friends contribute $3.85 to the Eldora memorial hospital respirator fund, bringing the total to $303.35 and reflecting ongoing community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Two Hubbard Robbery Suspects Shot By Marshal
John Holm 17 and Kenneth Holm 15 of West Union were arrested after attempting a robbery at B and B drug store Hubbard. Marshal Rogers fired hitting Kenneth in the ankle as they fled. Both boys, ex-training school inmates, were later taken to Eldora for custody. Cash, clothing, three rifles and $136.76 were found in their car, a Minnesota-plate vehicle likely stolen in Waseca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
John
Kenneth Holm
West Union
Eldora
Kenneth
Eldora Memorial Hospital
C. D. Rogers
Detje
Ernest Detje
Lars Auestad
Allestad Helts
Peters
JB. Davidesaid
Eso Sison
Liebenstein
Thomas General
Minnesota
Waseca
Nissen
Werein State School
Davidson
Williams
Jewell
Story City
Roland
Radcliffe
John Holm
Chester Alsager
Gaede and Dillavou Lease Stebe Room
Floyd Gaede and Earl Dillavou lease the lower floor of the Stebe building east of the city hall and will take possession Monday. Gaede will continue his woodworking trade including furniture repair and will sell used furniture and other articles. Dillavou will operate a radio business including radio repairing and servicing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Gaede
Earl Dillavou
Stebe
City Hall
Mr. Gaede
Dillavoy
Schaa Produce Co Builds Addition on South Fourteenth Street
Schaa Produce Co constructs a 10 by 30 foot front addition to its building on South Fourteenth Street to handle growing patronage. The office relocates to the new addition while the old office becomes storage. A basement is built for additional storage, with Wilbur Tower as contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schaa Produce Company
South Fourteenth Street
Wilbur Tower
Veterans Picnic Set at Siloam Springs July 21
The second annual picnic for families of veterans who left from Marcia and Franklin counties will be held at Siloam Springs near Jens Falls starting at noon on July 21. Committee head Elmer Engelson with Hubbard Harry Lind vice chair Hampton and Ralph Harmon secretary handle arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia
Franklin
Siloam Springs
Jens, Falls
Elmer Engelson
Hubbard
Harry Lind
Hampton
Ralph Harmon
Towa Falls
Also Mentioned on This Page
AAA
Sumner
Mrs. Nuckolls
Wolcott
Margie Ann Soper
Sons OF Legion Squadron
Rev. C. Hesse
Sheldon
Pine Lake Park
Edgington
Eldora Hospital
Marshall C.D. Rodgers
Marshalltown
Gaede and
Dillavou
Schaa Produce Co
Siloam
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