All County Sports Festival Attracts Rural Crowd
Farm folk from across Hardin County will attend the annual All County Sports Festival at Eldora fair grounds tomorrow. Events begin at 10 a.m. with archery, badminton, chair quoits, horse shoe pitching, clock golf, and more. Winners advance to the state festival in Ames September 8 to 10. A noon picnic includes free ice cream, per E I Rosenberger.
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Eldora Fairgrounds
Hardin County
Ames
E. I. Rosenberger
Eldora Library seeks 1949 50 budget of 8780 dollars
J L Cameron chair of the Eldora library board finance committee told the city council last week the library requests a 1949 50 budget of 8780 dollars with 6680 for maintenance 1100 for improvements. March 31 1949 fund balances show 269 55 in the red in maintenance and plus 180 in improvements. With estimated non tax income 1060 for maintenance none for improvements taxation raised would be 6620 for maintenance and 920 for improvements. Hospital expenditures 5611 for maintenance. Since the 3 mill maintenance levy will not cover the amount requested other arrangements are implied. Improvement funds include floor covering interior wall cleaning per Dr Steckler. Budget request signed by Mrs Seattle secretary.
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J. L. Cameron
Eldora Library Board
J. F. Steckler
Brary Board
Two Drivers Fined on OMVI Pleas in District Court
Two motorists pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated before District Judge G. RB Hill in Clarion. Each was fined 800 dollars with costs, their licenses suspended for 60 days, and state liquor books revoked. Archie Dale Leadley, 22, of Iowa Falls, waived arraignment and was given until Aug. 5 to plead. Other OMVI cases were pending.
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G. RB
Hill
Clarion
Don Barker
Kerner C. Helgeson
Radcliffe
Louie Vanderschaaf
Archie Dale
Leadley
Iowa Falls
MVI
OMVI
Herald-Ledger
Sibley Abbiss
Akers
Abbiss
Atty
Walter Riordan
Hubbard
Harald Wood
S. A. Clock
Eldora Chamber to Keep Office Open Daily
Eldora C of C offices in the bank building basement will stay open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Miss Dee Schrader is hired as office secretary while a permanent secretary is sought. Do F Barteau left for Harlan to become secretary of that chamber. Appreciation Day on the courthouse square was led by chamber members and will be held again this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Les Flickinger
Chamber
Dee Schrader
Do. F. Barteau
Harlan, Town
Harlan Chamber of Commerce
Courthouse Square
Clay Reunion Held At City Park Sees Fifty-Four Attendees
The Clay reunion took place Sunday at City park with 54 in attendance. The oldest member present was 78 and the youngest 8 months. Attendees hailed from Gilman Des Moines Zeaning Marshalltown Mason City Eldora Waterloo La Porte City and Leola.
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CLAY
City Park
Gilman
Des Moines
Zeaning
Marshalltown
Mason City
Eldora
Waterloo
la Porte ‘City
Leola
Householders To Make Own Arrangements In Fly Control
Eldora launches its annual fly control drive with city council and chamber of commerce cooperation. Downtown alleys are being sprayed with DDT. interior spraying of business houses to be completed Thursday night. Householders urged to arrange sprayers or hire firms, with no residential spraying planned unless requested. Mayor Nyquist emphasizes broad cooperation and that the city will clean alleys and fund downtown spraying. Crosley farm store handles equipment. Phone number for owners to call provided.
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Eldora
Chamber of Commerce
Les Flickinger
Flickinger
Crosley Farm
D. M. Nyquist
Nyquist
Mobile clinic offers specialized exams for crippled children
The State Services for Crippled Children announces a Wednesday one day mobile clinic in Webster City at the Masonic Temple serving Hamilton Hardin Webster and Wright counties. The Iowa program conducts 28 one day clinics across 73 counties offering diagnostic and consultation services to crippled children. Last year 1,692 children were helped, including 102 in Webster City.
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Hamilton
Hardin
Webster
Wright County
Iowa City
Masonic Temple
Webster City
Iowa
Eldora Township Farm Bureau Women Meet Friday
Eldora township Farm Bureau women will meet Friday afternoons at the Harvey Freed home. The program will be on flower arrangement.
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Eldora Township Farm Bureau
Harvey Freed
Mrs Harley Copeland Named Secretary of SSB Board
Mrs Harley Copeland is appointed secretary of the Hardin County selective service board succeeding Mrs Andrew Jackson who has resigned Copeland will assume duties on July 11 and take over the board role in the county government.
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Harley Copeland
Harding County Selective Service Board
Andrew Jackson
Copeland
Eldora Memorial Hospital Seeks Bids for Addition
The Eldora Memorial Hospital calls for bids by July 25 at 2 30 p m for a 25 000 six room addition. Bids will be opened at city hall. Hospital board chair Clarence Orgell notes construction could begin in August with completion targeted in three months. Revised plans add four bedrooms an accident room and a nurses station matching the brick exterior with a rear fire escape.
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Eldora Memorial Hospital
Clarence Orgell
State Board of Health
Hubbard Firm Formed Riordan and Wippman Attorneys at Hubbard
Walter E Riordan and Harold S Wippman of Hubbard announce a general practice partnership under Riordan and Wippman. Offices are in the Peet building. Wippman graduated from University of Minnesota law school in March 1949 and was admitted to Minnesota bar last June 30 and Iowa bar on June 18. Riordan has practiced law in Hubbard since June 1948 and is a former classmate of Wippman.
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Hubbard
Attys
Walter E. Riordan
Harold S. Wippman
Riordan and Wippman
Peet
Wippman
University of Minnesota Law School
Minnesota
Iowa
Riordan
Frank Bowman Kin Found at Hubbard
Officer Perry Wilden reported this week that relatives of Frank Bowman who died in Sioux City were located in Hardin County through a Hardin County Index article. Mrs Leo Dillon of Hubbard is Bowman's first cousin, with other relatives at Lake Park. Bowman was born near Lincoln Park school south of Owasa.
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Perry Wilden
Frank Bowman
Sioux City
Hardin County
Hardin County Index
Leo Dillon
Hubbard
Bowman
Lake Park
Wilson
Lincoln Park School
Owasa
Vest Sues Winter for 455.32 in Auto Crash Suit
John Vest Jr sues C C Winter in district court for 455.32 and seeks 194382 for vehicle damage plus repair time after an April 20 collision two miles south of Whitten when Winter allegedly turned left into a farmyard, blocking Vest's car.
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John Vest, Jr
C. C. Winter
Whitten
Vest
Findings From Hardin County Tuberculosis Conference
Chest x rays showed healthy lungs in 33 of 48 persons in Hardin County after the June 8 conference in Iowa Falls. Two TB cases were reported along with five bronchiectasis, one bone anomaly, and one heart condition needing further study. Evelyn Olson led 92 histories across 40 homes, 48 people were x rayed, and 15 skin tests were positive. The seventh annual program was funded by local Christmas Seal funds and supported by multiple health groups.
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Hardin County
Iowa Falls
Evelyn Olson
Eldora
Hardin County Medical Society
Hardin County Tuberculosis Association
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
Iowa State Department of Health
Two Papers Four Dollar Bargain Offer
Eldora newspapers offer a genuine subscription deal. The Herald Ledger and Hardin County Index combine for four dollars per year in Hardin and nearby counties, with cross-purchase options and separate rates for standalone subscriptions.
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Eldora
Herald-Ledger
Hardin County Index
Hardin
Child Hit by Auto Is Able to Return Home
Betty Prescott, 22 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clayton Prescott, who suffered fractured ribs and a crushed chest when run over by a car driven by her father last Tuesday, left Eldora Memorial hospital last Saturday convalescing nicely.
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Betty ‘Prescott
Clayton Prescott
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Betty
Four Hurt When Car Upsets on Curve Near Iowa Falls
Four occupants of a 1943 Pontiac were hospitalized at Ellsworth hospital Iowa Falls after the car overturned on a gravel road curve three miles southwest of Iowa Falls about midnight Saturday. Sheriff Hodgson investigated the crash. head cuts and bruises were suffered by Irvin Meinberg 24 Geneva Illinois driver Donald Meyers 18 Iowa Falls LaVerne Meinberg Geneva and Ebbel Gerzema Ackley. The car lay on its side in a ditch with occupants pinned until help arrived.
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Ellsworth Hospital
Iowa Falls
Sheriff Hodgson
Irvin Meinberg
Geneva
Donald Meyers
LaVerne Meinberg
Ebbel Gerzema
Ackley
Hodgson
Pine Room Opens Friday by Gene Stevens
Gene Stevens opens the Pine Room on Friday in remodeled quarters at the former Brown Shoe store on North Washington Street. The venue features a new bar, fixtures, seven booths, and will sell beer, sandwiches, coffee, milk, and cigarettes. Stevens, formerly of Marshalltown, now lives with his wife and two children, Sharon and Lynn.
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Steve’s Place
Hrown Shoe Store
Washington Street
Gene Stevens
Marshalltown
Stevens
Sharon
Lynn
VFW Meeting Set For Thursday Night
A brief VFW post meeting is planned for Thursday evening with a short business session and time to stay afterward for informal fellowship.
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VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Lekwa Named To Iowa State Banking Board
Harry Lekwa of Ackley, president of Citizens State Bank at Iowa Falls and vice president of Ackley State Bank, was named to the Iowa state banking board by Governor Beardsley for a four year term effective July 1. The advisory board to the state superintendent of banking meets monthly in Des Moines. Other appointees include E. R. Remain of Atlantic, Lee Huestan of Columbus Junction, and Mr. Gruenwald of Davenport.
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Harry Lekwa
Ackley
Citizens State Bank
Iowa Falls
Ackley State Bank
Iowa State Banking Board
Beardsley
State Banking Board
Des Moines
E. R. Remain
Atlantic
Lee Huestan
Columbus Junction
Mr. Gruenwald
Davenport
Court seeks driver license for Schmedika in Iowa suit
William Schmedika of Towa Falls has filed in District court to force the Iowa motor vehicle department to issue a driver's license. The action, filed by Lundy Butler and Lundy, says his license was suspended on June 6 for failing the exam and argues he is capable of driving and requests a mandator y order compelling issuance.
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William Schmedika
Towa Falls
Motor Vehicle Department
State of
Iowa
Lundy, Butler and Lundy
Sehmedika
Schmedhka
Pheasants Arrive for Release in Hardin County Farms
Five hundred week-old pheasants hatched at the State Game Farm Boone arrived in Eldora and go to Pine Lake Wildlife Club for eight weeks of care before release on Hardin county farms. Applications determine release numbers. farms are inspected for cover and water. farms must be posted against hunting. Cannibalism and disease noted as major risks. 53 Iowa sportsmen groups receive 18,000 pheasant chicks and 8,000 two-week quail chicks for 40 counties with banding and reporting requirements.
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Boone
Eldora
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Hardin County
Wildlife Club
Carroll Rubow
The
Kay Setchell
Setchell
Ein
Tad Rubow
Gary
Rubow
State
State Conservation Commission
State Conservation Commissio
Eldora Property Valuations Jump 127 Percent in 1949
Valuations in Eldora set by FE Wilkins Associates show 1949 totals about 127 percent higher than 1948 before a 30 percent building reduction. Agricultural lands rose to 185 400 from 106 768, with county totals pending. Public hearings in Hardin county continued as assessors project an overall county rise around 60 percent after reductions.
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Eldora
FE. T. Wilkins Associates
Walter Guenther
Guenther
Board of Review
Radcliffe
Hardin County
Polk County
Des Moines
Condition of North In Air Crash Remains Unchanged
Eldora Memorial hospital attendants yesterday reported the condition of Dale North, injured in an airplane crash on June 28, with little change and still considered extremely critical. North suffered multiple skull and leg fractures when the cropper plane hit raises questions about the crash near Teilles Emmevn in Iowa Falls. He has been conscious only at times since the accident.
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Eldora Memorial Hospital
Dale North
North
Teilles Emmevn
Lows Falls
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Eldora C of C
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New Providence
Fepvianne
Lake Bagel
Sean
Laverne
Hadi
Ua Larey
Mecarmick Simmy Hook
Marrunet
Mar Dick
Steamboat
Darlene DeVries
Steamboat Rock
Betty Luiken
Marjorie Daleske
Marjorie Primus
Donna Jean Cooper
Darlene
Marjorie Gast
Eldora Newspapers
T. B
Lekwa
Banking Board
Board IN
Hardin County Board of Review
H. M. Lutz
Orville Vigars
Henry Stebe
Town Falls
Buckeye
Union
Alden
Towa
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