Society Staff and Editorial Leadership Toast
George R St News Editor Clarence Sallee Business Promotion Manager Doyle Felton Bookkeeper Katharine Piper Mechanical Staff Foreman Paul Mason Ad Manager Don McMillen Society Editor Grace Protheroe Proof Reader Marcella Parker document lists staff roles and names for the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. St
Clarence Sallee
Mgr
Doyle Felton
Katharine Piper
Paul Mason
Don McMillen Society
Grace Protheroe
Marcella Parker
Are We Going To Send Them Out of Town
A town debate urges residents and merchants to keep shoppers local by expanding recreational facilities and promoting Pine Lake and nearby waterways. Eldora faces a choice as residents consider whether to export spending to Iowa Falls Grundy Center or Conrad for swimming and boating. The piece argues growth hinges on attracting and retaining people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Falls
Grundy Center
Conrad
Pine Lake
Eldora
Iowa River
Pine Lake State Park
Publishing juvenile crime news in Anamosa Journal
The Anamosa Journal shares a long reflection on its evolving policy toward publishing juvenile crime names. The editor, citing family influence and legal caution, explains publishing certain serious offenses while omitting minor thefts. The paper frames reporting as mirroring community values and public interest while avoiding sensationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Iowa
Anamosa
Superior Court
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Anamosa Journal
Lightning Hits House Near Central Depot In Eldora
Report from Eldora notes a Friday night lightning strike near the Central depot damaging a house shared by two families. Mrs. Jess avoided injury, though a slipper was torn off and several residents were stunned. Nearby events include a grand sarcophagus project, a water well strike in Ellis township, storm damage to barns and stalls, and local civic and business activities in Eldora and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Depot
Jess
T. G. Copp
Copp
Eldora Cemetery
E. S. Burnham
Ellis Township
Spectacular pink petunia display lights up garden
A narrator celebrates a thriving pink petunia garden, recalling how a few bought plants multiplied into millions. They envy Alberta Wood, once a flower giver, and describe daily summer scenes of youth, food, and simple pleasures on a hot day. The piece shifts to memories of meals, canaries, and changing social habits amid heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Wood
Alberta
Marks
Katherine Grulich
Television Aids Peace Effort Through Shared Life Scenes
Grinnell Herald-Register reports officials discussing uncensored TV exchanges between the United States and Soviet Union. Proposals include family interviews, shopping trips, farm life, factory tours, classroom visits, and a baseball game swap to soften tensions, though program types and funding remain undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Grinnell Herald-Register
Eldora civic actions and local happenings summarized
Eldora city council authorized up to 100 dollars for preliminary hospital plans and grant application. Oscar Ryan farm barley yields 60 bushels per acre on 54 acres. Pine Lake Country Club hosts a surplus stag tournament. Eldora Aeronautics Commission tests Eldora sign with coordinates and airport directions. A. L. Luglan buys Grill Cafe equipment and takes over Friday. Shelter house at gun club near completion after volunteer work. First shoot planned for Aug 10. Sheriff orders six grappling hooks and prepares emergency river rescue gear including boat and five horsepower motor.
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Eldora Municipal Hospital
A. L. Luglan
Chicago
Grill Cafe
Merle Sherbon
Gun Club
This Is What a Geese Is essay printed by Outdoor California
A United Press dispatch notes Outdoor California published by the California Department of Fish and Game reprinted an essay by a young naturalist titled This Is What a Geese Is. The piece humorously defines geese as heavy meat birds with odd heads, damp voices, and a balloon in the stomach, also distinguishing geese and ganders and ending with a playful line about preferring to be a gander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
California
California Department of Fish and Game
Bloomfield Democrat
At Least We Don’t Have This Tax in Iowa
The Northwood Anchor notes Iowans complain about taxes yet enjoy no state property tax aside from a temporary soldiers bonus levy. It contrasts with Minnesota where the 1956 rate of 9.15 mills would rise to 11.26 in 1957 and likely 11.40 in 1958, the highest in over two decades. The piece hopes the governor’s veto of a 24 percent sales tax won’t trigger a state property tax in Iowa.
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Northwood
Federal aid to education and the public mind
A 1950s editorial argues five million more public school students in five years strain classrooms and teachers. It notes Eisenhower’s push for a 2 billion four year federal aid program, questions federal involvement, debt levels near 300 billion, and warns against indoctrination and misinformed public opinion while stressing education’s moral and spiritual priorities.
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Walter Sayer
American Legion of
Eldora
Eldora Consolidated School
Congress
United States
Eisenhower
Chris
Tanity
Iowa Highway 65 Among State's Busiest North South Routes
A Des Moines Register article notes Highway 65 from Northwood through Mason City to Des Moines is among Iowa's busiest north-south routes with a daily average mileage of 700,918. It trails Highway 69 at 923,386 and is ahead of highways 61 and 75, while east-west roads lead in total traffic due to length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Iowa Falls
Iowa Highway Commission
Northwood
Mason City
Des Moines
Iowa Line
Voters and the Mess in Iowa and Washington
A Reinbeck Courier opinion argues voters who cast ballots for individuals over party cause state and national gridlock. It condemns mixing Republican and Democrat control, saying such choices create poor governance and harmful policy outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinbeck Courier
Fighting The Grim Reaper and Modern Medical Drives
A Reinbeck column argues that despite vaccines and health laws extending lifespans, death remains inevitable. It criticizes frequent fund drives for disease research as overlapping and warns against overreliance on science, stressing that humans are created to die and that new diseases continually emerge.
Iowa Farm Machinery Industry Leads In State Output
Iowa ranks second nationally in farm machinery shipped by Iowa manufacturers worth over 101 million dollars in 1955. The Northwood Anchor notes that proximity to farming, local manufacture, and low delivery costs support a large farm machinery industry tied to farmers’ needs.
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Iowa Development Commission
Iowa
Northwood
Numerous Local Visits Across Iowa and Nearby States
Steamboat Rock MRS, RENA FRERICHS and several families from Garden City Wellsburg Yankton and Carroll areas visited in multiple homes including the Williams Bremner Luiken and Ruppelt households. A Dorcas Society meeting at the Baptist church and social visits in Marshalltown Hampton Grundy Center and Worthington are noted along with relatives and guests from Hubbard Hubbard area and Apling ton.
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Anna Lee
Truman Nedson
Hugh Cox
Michael
Christine
Danny
Garden City
Harry Williams
Herman Eckhoff
Wellsburg
Will Primus
Tom Ruppelt
Loretta
Yankton
S. C
Hull
Rock Rapids
George
Ft. Dodge
Harrie
Cedar Falls
Martin Kruse
Beverly
Marshalltown
M. ¥. Baker
A. J. Marken
Hampton
Ella Daleske
Sarah Jo
George Potgeter
Cathryn Cramer
Carl Ruppelt
Paul
David
Eldon Frank
Henry Wabben
Bertha Engelking
James Johnson
Hubbard
Erio Hoffman
George Tharen
Grundy Center
Sandra Williams
Tharen
Beverly Luiken
Peggy McDonald
James McDonald
Dorcas Society
Baptist Church
Lucille Pierson
Ruth Geerdes
Deane Luiken
Leota de Vries
Nellie Finger
Alma Lyons
John Cramer
Cathryn
Aplington
Judy Keeppel
LaVera
Ike Clabaugh
Marlys
Marily
Marjorie
Worthington
Clabaugh
Mrs. Ruppelt
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LD - Ledger
R. Hardin
Herald-Ledger
Hardin County Index
Iowa Press
Linotypes
Dale Peshia
Charles Davis
Jim Ruby
Gene Peshia
Buckeye
Pierce Place
R. T. Skinner
M. E
Gifford
Fair Grounds
Robert
Fred Smith
Joseph Wallace
Fred J. Edgar
Eldora Lecture Course Association
John C. Crockett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Dick Blom
R. R. Clampitt
New Providence
H. J. Jansen
Buckner Cemetery
Henry
L. F. Walcott
Newton
Chautauqua
C. D. Martin
Grant Tyler
Hagkenback-Wallace
Leslie’s
Leuthold
Oscar Ryan
Pine Lake Country Club
Cynthia Gray
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
Emmert
Hodgson
Keller
Eldora, Iowa
Washington
Ike
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Grim Reaper
Reinbeck
Rena Frerichs
Star
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