Efficient Appointment of H. J. Schmitz as State Board Auditor
H. J. Schmitz of Eldora is appointed auditor for the state board of control to handle accounts of the fourteen state institutions with over 2,500 employees. Under a new law, these accounts move from the state comptroller to the board’s auditor, promising tighter scrutiny of bills and modern bookkeeping. The board oversees nearly $9,000,000 in annual expenditures, and Schmitz’s experience as Hardin county treasurer is expected to yield strong service as its auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Schmitz
Eldora
Hardin County
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Schmitz
F.C. Madsen
J. A. Landis
East Clay School
W. S. Wickham
Janssen
Edgington Ave
Porter
Wilcox
A. D. Davis
E. E. McFarland
N. S
Carpenter
National Bank
L. S. Roberts
Hubbard
France
Arthur Grantow
Albert Stubbings
Owasa
Gordon ‘Baldwin
New Providence
Pine Lake
Steve Moser
House
E. J. Ryan
E. J. Andrie
W. H. Wilmont
J. W. Hadley
Meekers
Numbered Houses and Missing Signs in Eldora
Postmaster J R Bahne notes many Eldora houses lack proper numbers and street signs are missing or gone. Half the homes lack numbers, causing mail delivery and visitor confusion. City and residents should fix numbers and signs for a neater, orderly town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Bahne
Eldora
Iowa tops U S corn crop records and output
Iowa grows more corn than any state or country with a 666,730,000 bushels total last year. The figure would fill a freight train about 3,000 miles long when shipped. The note references national farm safety week proclaimed by President Truman in May and recalls farm accident tolls and high costs.
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Iowa
Union
Clear Lake
Truman
Kansas City Weekly Star
Yesterday and Decades Ago Local News Snippets
Yesterday and decades past feature Tipton Post Office move talk, a Rev Howe resignation read at a Presbyterian church, and Tipton Grove post office concerns. Westward trip boys avoid likely robbers near St Paul Nebraska while Captain Benton Edgington arrives from Memphis to escape yellow fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Howe
Presbyterian Church
Tipton
Tipton Grove
P. P. Cady’s
G. R. Lohr
Nebraska
Kansas
St. Paul
Neb
Omaha
Benton Edgington
Memphis
Geo. Meir
E. F P. Gaines
Evergreen Lodge
Union
New German Baptist Church of
Steamboat Rock
Dogsman
Front to the store rebuilt with steel beams and glass
A new front is planned for the store now housing C EB Petty and Mrs Fagg with heavy steel beams to support a second story and a handsome plate glass facade. Miss Elva Greer and Miss Maude Near will depart Thursday for Yellowstone Park. The Methodist church organ arrives and is installed this week.
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Petty
Reunions, gardens, and a summer band note tangled in family life
Mrs Katharine Piper muses on family reunions from heat and crowd chaos to laughter and photos. She recalls ministers, kin gossip, and the predictably lively postmeal program, followed by sunlit group portraits and Jacob and Daniel descendants. A windstorm and a noisy home scene frame ordinary summer concerns and a fond, humorous tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Alice
Illinois
Jacob
Daniel
Readers urge house numbers on Pierce Place in Eldora
In a letter to The Herald Ledger the writer supports the postmaster idea to place readable house numbers. He notes Pierce Place residents lack numbers and street markers on sidewalks hinder mail delivery and directing visitors. The issue has been before the city council with little action, and homeowners await numbers when available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce Place
Eldora
LOCAL CHURCH SCHEDULES ACROSS TOWN
A compilation lists services and contact details for multiple churches. First Baptist on Washington at 4th Ave, with Sunday school at 10, worship at 11, youth fellowship, and evening prayers. Tavernacle at 6th Ave and 7th St, Methodist on 12th St and 4th Ave, St Marys Catholic on North Washington, Church of Christ on 12th St, and Wester Church of the Brethren west of Highway 14 with service times and parsonage numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Washington Street
4Th Avenue
Baptist Youth Fellowship Meeting
St, Pauls Lutheran Church
John Zimmerman
Lth Avenue
ST. Marys Catholic Yr. L. V. McDonough
Ivester Church OF the Brethren
Watter J. Helsey
Eldora
House Numbering Raises Interest in Eldora
Eldora residents showed strong interest in proper house numbering after several communications on the subject. The Herald-Ledger and the Index editors commented in editorials published last week, with one appearing in the Index and the other in a neighboring column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Everal
Herald-Ledger
Index
Old Settlers Picnic Date Set for August 14
NEW PROVIDENCE The committee organizing the annual Old Settlers picnic announces August 14 as the date and the Hardin County Fair Grounds as the location. A speaker and further details will be announced later.
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New Providence
Hardin County Fair Grounds
Deeds: Whitesell to Studer in Rocksylvania transfer
Lillian Whitesell and others convey deeds to Clair Studer and others dated June 9 1949 for Lots 2 and 3 in Block 21 of Rocksylvania, outlining property transfer and ownership change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deeds Lillian Whitesell
Clair Studer
Rocksylvania
Training School Boys Steal Truck Seized Near Iowa Falls
Two boys from the Iowa Training School for Boys, Robert Huston and Robert Jones, were captured by Sheriff Paul Hodgson about three miles south of Iowa Falls after stealing a truck and items from the Highway Lumber company. The truck broke down. both youths were returned to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Training School
Paul Hodgson
Iowa Falls
Robert Huston
Robert Jones
Highway Lumber Company
Coal Pile Ignites at Berg Ice Cream Plant
Fire at the Berg Ice Cream company sparked by stoker coal igniting near the hopper back of the Central States building. Firemen with oxygen masks entered a basement full of acrid smoke and quickly extinguished the small blaze with hand pumps. Damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berg Ice Cream Company
Central States
Uilding
Orville Lamb
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Eldora Herald-Ledger
Eldorn
Eldora Publishing A
Hardin & Adjoining Counttea
Rutein
Proms Asavelitions
Pleasant Township
Iowa Telephone Company
Union Township
Gorge Lockard
F. B. Wakeman
George Starr
Iper
Mrs
Katharine Piper
Mr. Dunn
Aktic
Fitts Congregational Chuncil Halph O. Imes
12Th Avenue
17Th Treet
Red
Thura- Jay's
Assembly OF God Tavernacle
W. L. Beasley
T6th Avenue
7Th Street
Phony
Ser
X Ladies Missiona Council
Church OF Christ
I. R. Schuler
Bible School
Point Plearant Community
F. McKinley
Tustall
Oil and Motor
Weed Auto Co
Old Settlers
Berg
Botile Gas
the Ideal Farm
UES
Skelly
Skelly Gasoline
Kewanee
Caswell
Toni
Harrisons
Robert Meader
Mgr
Cook
Riggert’s
Eildora
Buick
Buiceh
Durex Bearnves
Body OY Fame
Sstandard
Salgnal
Grecier Volo
Taylor
ASC
Eldora Motor Company
Washington St
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