Woman's Club Nearing Goal for Hospital Furnishings
Eldora society notes 122 donors have contributed to a $1,000 appeal by the Eldora Woman's Club and allied groups to furnish two rooms in a new hospital addition. Donations are being invited by mail to Mrs Louis Darzes as the drive aims to exceed the goal next week. Also mentioned is 61st birthday observance of Eldora resident John Roupe in isolation at University Hospital Iowa City.
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Eldora
John Roupe
University Hospital
Iowa City
John
N T T Club Hosts Birthday Party at Ruth Lewis Home
The N T T club held a birthday afternoon Thursday at Ruth Lewis's home with Martha Rigel and Emma Kewatt assisting. The event featured various entertainment and refreshments.
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N. T. T. Club
Ruth Lewis
Martha Rigel
Emma Kewatt
Birthday party honors Sharon Gibson at city park
A party celebrated Sharon Kay Gibson turning six at the city park Sunday. Attendees included Mrs. Edwin Waldo and many relatives such as Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Myers and their sons, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Myers, Donald Myers, Melvin Lewis and son, Mrs. William Lewis, Janet Mathews, Roscoe Myers, and Edwin Waldo. Sharon is the great granddaughter of Herman Lenz, sr, who could not attend.
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Sharon Kay Gibson
City Park
Sharon
Edwin Waldo
J. F. Myers
Irvin Myers
Donald Myers
Melvin Lewis
William Lewis
Janet Mathews
Roscoe Myers
Herman Lenz
Supper Dance Planned at Pine Lake Club Thursday
Pine Lake Country club members host a buffet supper dance on Thursday evening July 28 with out of town guests welcome. Committee includes Dr. and Mrs. R C Rogers Mr and Mrs Leland Miller Mr and Mrs Wayne Janssen Dr and Mrs Charles Hall and Mr and Mrs Kermit Wiechmann. Joe Doakes and his orchestra provide music.
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Pine Lake Country Club
R. C. Rogers
Leland Miller
Wayne Janssen
Charles Hall
Kermit Wiechmann
Joe
Doakes
Guenther Presents Two Organ Recitals in Iowa
Mrs Walter Guenther served as guest organist, giving two concert recitals last week at Lutheran churches in Buckeye and Dillon Iowa. The Dillon organ was dedicated Sunday during regular services. It is a Reuter instrument with five 54 ranks of pipes open diapason dulciana salicional gedeckt oboe bourdon totaling 389 pipes.
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Walter Guenther
Buckeye
Dillon
Iowa
Eight Children and Grandchildren Gather at Ball Home
Mr and Mrs Alfred Ball hosted Sunday guests including eight children and all their grandchildren. Attendees listed Dr Ed win L Ball of Pearl River New York Mrs Richard Carlson and five children of Kirkhaven Minnesota Dr Dale Ball and daughter of Dewitt Mr and Mrs Frank Binkard of Webb Mrs George Christians and daughter of Roland Mr and Mrs John Ball and two children Mr and Mrs Glenn Ball and two daughters and Roger Ball of Eldora.
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Alfred Ball
Edwin L. Ball
Pearl River
N. Y
Richard Carlson
Kirkhaven
Minn
Dale Ball
Dewitt
Frank Binkard
Webb
George Christians
Roland
John Ball
Glenn Ball
Roger Ball
Eldora
Honoring Charles Cordes on 83rd Birthday Picnic
Charles Cordes of Monroe was feted Sunday on his 83rd birthday with a picnic at the city park. Attending were Mrs and Mrs Stanley Cordes and son from Marshalltown, Mr and Mrs Wesley Cordes and sons from Fort Dodge, Mrs Bertha Hutzel of Albion, Mr and Mrs Gerald Hess of Cedar Rapids, Mr and Mrs Wallace Cordes, Mr and Mrs Carl Cordes, and Mr and Mrs William Dowd and family, all of Eldora.
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Charles Cordes
Monroe
Stanley Cordes
Marshalltown
Wesley Cordes
Fort, Dodge
Bertha Hutzel
Albion
Gerald Hess
Cedar Rapids
Wallace Cordes
Carl Cordes
William. Dowd
Eldora
Figure of 83 Years Waits for Love in Duarte Life
Grant Fop Tyler of Duarte endured 72 years to wed his childhood sweetheart Anna who died before him. A former Eldora mayor nicknamed Thirty Days, he was a reporter and typesetter who worked for the New York Sun and Chicago Tribune and met Presidents Taft and McKinley. He never drank, still visits Library Park.
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Dick Hudson
Monrovia
Calif
News-Post
Eldoran
Grant “Fop” Tyler
S. Oak Ave
Duarte
Anna
Pop
Havin County
Iowa
New York Sun
Chicago Tribune
Taft
McKinley
Grover Cleve
Eldora
Toastmaster Help From Prochnow Book Arrives at Library
The public library has acquired The Toast master’s Handbook by Herbert V. Prochnow to aid speakers. It offers practical tips to ease stage fright, sample introductions, responses to introductions, epigrams, quotes, and humorous stories for toastmasters, ministers, teachers, and salespeople.
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The
Public Library
Herbert V. Prochnow
Prochnan
Johanes Skogland Rites Here Friday
Funeral services for Johanes Skogland 55 were held Friday at iLongenecker funeral home led by Rev. A J Ragsdale. Mrs J L Starr and Mrs Will Zeltman sang with piano accompaniment. Flowers were arranged by Mrs Otis Lutsch-Wager Mrs Gomery Canada and Mrs Marion Schwartz. Casket bearers included Dave Steel Albert Radohl George Kennedy Carl Bunte Don Madole and Grover Kinney. Burial followed in Buckeye cemetery. Skogland was born in Skogland Hangesund Norway July 21 1893 and came to America at 18. He worked with Tom Nelson in his early years in the United States.
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Johanes Skogland
iLongenecker
A. J. Ragsdale
J. L. Starr
Will Zeltman ‘ Sang
Earl Dillavoy
Otis Luttsch- Wager
Gomery Canada
Marion Schwartz
Dave Steel
Albert Radohl
George Kennedy
Carl Bunte
Don Madole
Grover Kinney
Buckeye Cemetery
Skogland Hangesund
Norway
America
Tom Nelson
Eldora School Board Opens Bids For New Football Field Equipment
Eldora school board planned to open last evening bids for a new football field lighting system and to award a contract if possible. Action announced after the Herald-Ledger went to press will be reported in Friday's Index.
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Eldora School
The
Herald-Ledger
News Notes From Friday
Friday notes report openings for Sam Greenswerg and Mathew at Star Clothing in Town Falls. Local business leases include Mr and Mrs Ralph Wolf taking the White House Inn. County supervisors plan Eldora Ackley road reroute while Eldora fights a blackbird issue. 4-H youth in the county focus on baby beef. Eldora school board approves a budget with a 15250 increase, 2500 from taxes. Temple dramas planned for Sunday at 10. Displaced Persons committee organized. meets in county amid DP opportunities. Farmers urged to reseal corn due to storage limits. Marriages include Joyce Marie Larson to Charles Lee Huisman and Norma Merrick to Earl R Spencer. Blacktop work on Jewell to Hubbard. A car fire near a straw stack follows an exhaust spark. Reverend Donald Forbes takes Whitten Christian church post. Virginia Ann DeLay plans Dubuque marriage to Lyman Wood Sheets. Hustlers host farm tour. Mrs Musgrave mourns. Mark Musgrave, 60, dies in Springfield, Ohio.
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Sam Greenswerg
Mathew
Star Clothing Co
Town Falls
Ralph Wolf
White House Inn
Steamboat Rock
Eldora City
Blackbird Post
Eldora School Board
Herald-Ledger
Methodist Sunday School
John L. Butler
Wilson H. Hadley
Ralph B. Imes
New Displaced Persons Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Joyce Marie Larson
Chris B. Larson
Little Brown Church
Charles Lee Huisman
Frank Huisman
Wellsburg
Norma Merrick
Ames
Earl R. Spencer
Waterloo
Jewelly
Hubbard
Gene Howard West Whitten
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Woman’s Club
G. R. Stauffacher
Nellie Hudson
Geo. Shafer
Bess McNaught
E. F. Follett
J. D. Leonard
H. H. Turner
F. K. Schmidt
John Phillips
Chris Schaa
William Soper
W. H. Longenecker
E. B. Crosley
Cecil Rooks
Sharon Gibson
Grand Theatre
Robert Lowery
Ity Kinstey
Margia Bean
Am Flame
the Wonder-Dog
MGM
Judy Garland
Amar Morgan Ray Bulger
Caum Jagaley Gulrae
Margaret Hamilten
Curwood
Ernest Tubb
Son
Mon
Randolph Scott
Doolins
Daltons
Youngers
James
Quantrell
Ogesanona
Ace Ughter
Tera
the Stratton
George Raft
P. L. Club
Ball Family Home
California
Tyler
Supper Gifford Church
Clarion
Hardin County
Odd Fellows
Hilda Rehtan
Eli Skogland
Brooklyn
New York
Haugesund
Augusta Kluck
Harry Policy
Retta Sheldon
Agnes Trotter
Blairsburg
Andrew Henricks
Cleves
Harold Rash
New Providence
LeMont Wilson
Everett. Lawler
Forrest Rasmussen
Elmer Crosser
Jesse Perkins
Harold Dean Barnard
Dale North
Everett Trarks
Helen Larson
Jean Whinery
John Erbes
Fred Dobbrunz
A. D. Roberts
Fannie Goodson
J. B. Faris
Harold Reiks
Warren Clemons
George Balvant
Robert Brown
Val Hilsabeck
James Wooten
Loo.Raska
Radcliffe
Eldora Bakery
Norman Kunath
Donald Forbes
Ottumwa
Whitten
Tinton Hustlers
Ariday
P. 97
Mark Musgrave
Grundy County
John Callaway
D. L. Barton
Springfield
Ohio
Hardin Géunty
I. H.C
Lyle Hubbard
International Harvester
Hubbard Impl. Co
Eldora, Iowa
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