26 Jul 1949
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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1949
Page
1
A six month study shows rail crossing crashes tripled from last year and speeds of 60 to 70 mph caused 75 percent more deaths. County and rural road deaths rose 16 percent. The piece calls for stronger legislation and license enforcement, plus broader safety campaigns by groups like the Red Cross to curb the rising highway toll.
A Hardin County group met to organize a relief project helping displaced persons find homes and contribute to the community. The effort, welcomed by prosperous Iowa residents, aims to expand as inquiries rise about fostering homes on local farms and supporting war-affected families.
The article discusses the farm price support program facing tests in Igawa over the next two months. It notes the need for farmer cooperation and sacrifice, the government’s storage issues with corn, and the expectation that farmers will support maintaining the program despite hardships.
In a Sibley Gazette Tribune excerpt editors question federal aid to education. They note President Eisenhower’s opposition and Hoover’s view that aid should go only to regions in absolute need, excluding Iowa. Millikan praises local self government as essential to freedom and criticizes expansive federal funding.
Yesterday’s items report Patterson’s three piece orchestra ready for engagements at fairs dances concerts and picnics. Other notes include Patterson moving grain trade operations to Liscomb unable to lease the elevator and President Hayes slated to speak at the Des Moines state fair. A new 800 pound bell for Steamboat Rock Presbyterian Church is to be shipped from Baltimore. A Wilbur is recommended for Union postmaster by Congressman Henderson. About $7,600 has been raised toward a new hotel with ground given on condition the hotel costs at least paying.
A wide Eldora area update covers the Presbyterian church opening, Royal Highlanders events, and civic happenings. Highlights include nearly 1600 attendees at a Brigada band event, a special train run from Aldens and Iowa Falls, new businesses like The Owl restaurant, and plans for street signs and improved fairgrounds. Local officials list elected officers for a fraternal order, plus new medical and professional moves, hotel dining room opening, and a bridge over highway 299 ready for travel.
Mrs Katharine Piper urges readers that vacations need not be away from home. Explore Hardin and Pocahontas county river roads and Pine Lake for simple pleasures. The piece notes local parks, lake reports, dog travel, and a poignant reflection on a lost dog and a child’s kite memory.
Mrs Ross Reece and Mr and Mrs Wilford Rogers plan three weeks away visiting relatives in Washington including Spokane and Kelso. Sharon Rogers stays with grandmother Mrs Fannie Rogers as family connections visit Mt Pleasant, Des Moines, and Eldora areas. Multiple local residents attend gatherings, travel for business, and celebrate a birth while others move jobs and remodel homes.
Mr and Mrs Guy Coulter establish their headquarters in Arizona after moving from the Honey Creek community near the start of the year.
A parish directory listing Farst Baptist Church St Paul Lutheran Church Gods tentacle and other congregations with pastors and contact numbers shows Sunday schools morning worship evenings and prayer services along with masses and confessional hours across multiple avenues and streets including Washington Street North Washington Street 13th Street and 14th Avenue.
The Hapail county board of review stated last weekend that the halfway mark had been passed in deciding protests over 1949 appraisals. Early in the week the county seat announced a subscription drive for the Eldora Herald Ledger.
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