Aqua Antics Show Participants Named by Swim School Director
Lou Smith lists children from Eldora Hubbard Radcliffe New Providence Steamboat Rock Union Whitten and surrounding areas who attended the South Hardin Red Cross swimming school and took part in the Aqua Antics water carnival that closed the season Monday night. The roster includes Bernard Albright Gary Albright Paul Albright Jimmie Berg Donald Bockes Jan DeCook Tommy Emmert Charles Frazer Butch Hamm Murray Hubbard Sharon Kusserow Ann Langehough Jane Langehough David Martinson Brian Mueller Stan Priske Steven Priske Phillip Riemenschneider Rodney Riemenschneider James Schueller Dick Scott Janice Reed Phillip Simpson Connie Travis Pat Warren Barbara Carson Dixie DeVault Loren Doughty Greg Harrison Billy Imes David Imes Mary Butler John Essig Pat Brown Joan Bockes Jane Griffel Irene Hodgson Kay Griffel Steven Piper Rae Griffel Billy Smith Jim Follett David Vinton Tom Flickinger Denny Putnam Donna Kay Hadley Sharon Walton Gary Hadley Neil Hadley John Chance Meredith Chance Dick Moon Lynn Wooten Shirley Marie Allison Darold Frerichs Garry Frerichs Ivan Jaspars Alma Lyon Delores Luiken Judy Pierson Ronnie Pierson Sharon Pierson Jarry Knight George Luiken Joe Knight Karla Frerichs Tommy Brown La Vonne Chamness Judy Gordon Kathleen Norman Tommy Lawin Wayne Caster Dennis Joe Duffy Raymond Duffy Patricia Schafer Robbie Hathaway Claudette Hathaway Vernon Hathaway Shary Hilsabeck Gary Jay Shirley Lewis Diane Kay Long Lance Long Carolyn Long Arnold Shaver Shirley Shaver Karen Shaver Jerry Vinton Carolyn Long Connie Long Larry Mitchell Dennis Lee McKeenan Jean Waugh Richard Waugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Schueller
Dick Scott
Janice Reed
Phillip Simpson
Connie Travis
Pat Warren
Barbara Carson
Dixie DeVault
Loren Doughty
Greg Harrison
Billy Imes
David Imes
Mary Butler
John Essig
Pat Brown
Joan Bockes
Jane Griffel
Irene Hodgson
Kay Griffel
Steven Piper
Rae Griffel
Billy Smith
Jim Follett
David Vinton
Tom Flickinger
Denny Putnam
Wildlife Club July Meeting at Pine Lake
The Pine Lake Wildlife Club held a short July meeting on a warm evening with small attendance. President Floyd Gaede presided as Kay Setchell announced pheasant chicks would be released in about a week. The Lettow family reserved the clubhouse for Aug 19 picnics. secretary C O Rubew was away, so usual reports were not presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Floyd Gaede
Kay Setchell
Lettow
C. O. Rubew
Dairy Princess Entries Due Soon
Tomorrow is the deadline to file entries for the county Dairy Princess contest. Dairies creameries or groups must select representatives by August 15. Open to women 17 to 23, winner crowned County Dairy Princess at the county fair and receives a $100 savings bond. county queen advances to the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
County Safety Group To Meet Tonight
State safety leaders will speak and officers are to be elected at the annual meeting of the Hardin county safety congress tonight in the Princess banquet room at Iowa Falls at 7 30 o clock Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Safety Congress
Princess
Iowa Falls
Amburn Leaves Pine Lake for Traer Garage Job
Claire Amburn a partsman at Pine Lake Motor Co has left that firm to take a position with the Chevrolet and Buick garage in Traer Amburn will keep his family in Pine Lake for the present
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amburn
Traer Claire
Pine Lake Motor Co
Chevrolet
Buick
Traer
Governor Reports From Eldora Training School Visit
Governor William S. Beardsley spoke on WHO about his Eldora visit praising the school’s progress. He cited 85 percent of placed boys doing well and predicted further gains. He commended Supt. H. L. Miles and staff and urged two more dormitories and a new administration building in the future plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Beardsley
Iowa
Eldora
Supt
H. L. Miles
Two Die In Sunday Highway 14 Crash North Of Marshalltown
A Sunday morning head on collision on Highway 14 ten miles north of Marshalltown killed Garry Evans 13 and later Mrs. Ernest Hoffa 26 of Grundy Center. Alonzo Hills 43 of Des Moines driver of the gasoline truck suffered a head injury while Hoffa and Evans died from crash injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hoffa
Grundy Center
Garry Evans
Marshtown
Alonzo Hills
Des Moines
Marshall County
Hills
Hoffa
Evans
Marshalltown
James R. Stonebraker
4-H Stock Entry Deadlines Listed
Extension Director Dick Pulse notes two key dates for 4-H members. Aug. 23 is the last day to submit entries for the Town state fair 4-H departments. contact Pulse or Lee Vandewater at the extension office to process entries. Sept. 1 is the deadline for junior livestock show entries at the Hardin county fair. entry blanks available at the extension office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Pulse
Town State Fair
Pulse
Lee Vandewater
Hardin County Fair
PMA Workers Discuss Handling Of Sealed Corn
About 20 people gathered in the district court rooms Thursday evening for a meeting called by the Bounty PMA office to review procedures for receiving sealed grain turned over to the Commodity Credit Corp. Walter Hauser and Dewey Eller spoke briefly, Paul Benner outlined forms and steps, and mimeographed sheets were shared. Benner noted roughly half of government sealed steel bin corn is in Iowa and explained a shift allowing 1949 corn to be resealed if chosen. He added bins are arriving from other states with sufficient capacity, and most delivery instructions and questions were clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bounty Pma
Commodity Credit Corp. County
PMA
Walter Hauser
Dewey Eller
Paul Benner
State Center
Benner
Iowa
County Raises Office Salaries After State Law Change
Hardin board of supervisors boosts county courthouse staff pay under a new state law. Deputy sheriff will earn 85 percent of the principal’s salary while deputies in auditors clerks treasurer and recorder offices receive 75 percent. Raises take effect July 4 1951. Nine other staff members receive monthly increases ranging from 85 to 195 dollars for positions including engineer clerk custodian and fireman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin Board of Supervisors
Lucille Brown
Harry Pagel
Jackie Hootman
Mary Lou Holmes
Frank Crippen
Joan Nehring
Dale Rodgers
Edna Hoyt
Lottie Stage
Kiddies Plan Backyard Circus As Polio Benefit
Local children stage a Polio Benefit Backyard Circus led by Sharon Kusserow at the Kusserow home 1905 14th Ave on Thursday August 2 with a 1:30 parade a 2 pm matinee and 7 pm evening show Admission is 5 cents with side treats priced 2 cents each Money raised goes to Polio Fund and cast includes Jane Langehough Ann Langehough Larry Mathews and many others with secret performers to be announced by producers and managers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Sharon Kusserow
Lorenz Kusserow
Kusserow
14Th Ave
Sharon
Cal
Jane Langehough
Ann Langehough
Larry Mathews
Shirley Construction Clears Road Site Near Hughes Crossing
Shirley Construction company of Omaha began clearing operations Saturday for the new farm to market road near Hughes Crossing, marking the start of groundwork in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Construction Company
Omaha
Hughes Crossing
Watermelon Social At VFW Post
The VFW post will host an all you can eat watermelon social on Wednesday night August 1 at 7:30 p.m. The event takes place on the post home grounds at West Edgington Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.F.W
Post
West Edgington Avenue
Per Pupil Cost Rises in Eldora Consolidated School
Eldora consolidated school's per pupil operating cost jumped to 229.84 for the 1949-50 year from 217.93 in 1948-49, ranking eighth among 117 Iowa city districts with high schools. The total operating cost was 150,085 on 653 average daily attendance, while statewide operating expenditures rose 8.16 percent to 38,872,470 across the districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Consolidated School
Iowa Taxpayers Association of Des Moines
Iowa
Eldora
Eldora’s
Tipton
Vinton
Spirit Lake
Iowa Falls
Grundy Center
G. C
The
Taxpayers Association
State Department of Public Instruction
Eyre resigns as extension agent to join bank staff
Walter Eyre, longtime extension director for Des Moines County Farm Bureau, resigns after seven years to become farm representative for Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of Burlington. He previously served as Hardin county extension agent from September 1935 to June 1944 before moving to Des Moines county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Eyre
Des Moines
Memory Lane Item Recalled by "E. B."
E. B. Johnston of Eldora recalls a Mineral Point district Memory Lane item about a Mineral Point school teacher who shocked locals by wearing male attire. Details note the school’s location, consolidation with Steam boat Rock, and the teacher who boarded with the Johnstons and wore trousers for a school dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memory Lane
Friday's Index
Mineral Point
E. B. Johnston
Eldora
Johnston
Steamboat Rock
H. A. Eckhoff
Johnstons
Sherm Shaner
Officials Named to Run Orange Crate Derby Here Aug 17
Six entries plus five earlier contenders are listed for Eldora’s Kiddies day orange crate derby. New entrants include Kendall Huedin Michael Langehough Billy Bilders Roger Munson Larry McNertney Kenneth Roberts and others named earlier. Deadline extended to Aug 10 with event set for Aug 17 starting near the Baptist church on south Washington street. Judges and officials named with race rules, finish line crew, and prizes of 15 10 and 5 dollars or merchandise per class for ages 8 to 10 11 or 12 and 13 to 15 within 25 miles of Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lsted
Eldora Chamber Commerce
Kendall Huedin
Michael Langehough
Billy Bilders
Roger Munson
Larry McNertney
Jay Cakerice
Dick Scott
Wayne Eggleston
Ronald O'Bryon
Steven Piper
Kenneth Roberts
George O’bryon
Washington Street
Baptist Church
John A. Wood
Cecil F. Way
E. R. Protheroe
John B. Wood
Richard Leverin
Freeman Johnson
Eldara
Eldora Scouts Join Order of the Arrow
Four Eldora Scouts were initiated into the Order of the Arrow at Camp Mitigwa including Bruce Froning Jim Foster Jerry Foster Kempton Huehn and others Craig Froning Darrell Scott K Don Bekemeier Kelvin Huehn Arthur Berg Ronald Oldenburg and Scout master E J Foster. The honor requires 15 days of camping and election by the troop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Order of the Arrow
Organization of the Boy Scouts of America
Camp
Mitigwa
Bruce Froning
Jim
Jerry Foster
Kempton Huhhn
Craig Froning
Darrell Scott
K. Don Bekemeier
Kelvin Huehn
Arthur Berg
Ronald Oldenburg
E. J. Foster
Two From Crosley's Take Poultry Course
E. B. Crosley and Carl Clemons of the Crosley Farm Store in Eldora were among 43 hatcherymen druggists and feed dealers who finished a five day dealer training course in poultry diseases and management at Dr Salsbury's Laboratories in Charles City. They received certificates signaling satisfactory completion of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Crosley
Carl Clemons
Crosley
Eldora
Dr. Salsbury
Charles City
Stop Light Bases For Eldora Traffic Lights Found
City crew this week builds foundations for Eldora stop and go lights. Two bases placed at Washington Edgington intersection and two at Edgington 12th street corner. James G. Bales, council streets chairman, supervises the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Washington-Edgington
Edgington 12Th Street
James G. Bales
Council Streets
Upcoming Farm Events and Contests Calendar
The list highlights deadlines and events in August for Iowa farm activities including the Dairy Princess entry deadline on August 1 and the AYP Leadership Conference in Ames from August 5 to 8. Also noted are county 4-H judging workouts on August 8 and 9, a Ames judging session on August 11, a forage club tour to Ames and Ankeny on August 20, and the D.H.LA annual picnic at Logsdon Park on August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AYP
Ames
Ankeny
D.h.la
Logsdon Park
Commander Werner Soballe to command destroyer in Far East
Commander Werner Soballe of the United States Naval Academy staff is ordered to a change of duty and will command a destroyer in the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner Soballe
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Far East
Concert by Za-Ga-Zig Shrine band directed by Alonzo Leach
Alonzo Leach of Des Moines, former Eldora resident, directs the Za-Ga-Zig Shrine band from the capital city in a concert at the training school Sunday afternoon Aug 5 at 2 30. The public is invited. Leach, born in Hardin county, once played dances across central Iowa and owns a Des Moines music store. The Shrine band, well received in major cities, plans a Denver trip in September. Most band members arrive for dinner Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Leach
Des Moines
Eldora
Iowa
Shrine
Denver
Colo
Navy Yard Transfer Reported for Eugene Setchell
News from Arlington, Virginia indicates YN-3 Eugene L. Setchell has been transferred to Argentia Newfoundland naval air station. He served with the Bureau of Navy Personnel for three years prior to the move, and parents Mr and Mrs Kay Setchell confirm the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene L. Setchell
Kay Setchell
Argentia
Newfoundland
Naval Air Station
Eugene
Bureau of Navy Personnel
Arlington, Va
Order M SGT Jackson to Saudi Arabia Base
M Sgt Andrew Jackson, now in Eldora with his family, will be transferred soon to Dhahran Saudi Arabia for a year of budget and fiscal duty at an air base. He has 10 years in the Army Air Force, served as a B 24 bombardier and was MIA over Europe in 1944, captured by Germans, liberated by the Russians in 1945. He later joined the regular army, attaining master sergeant, and has been stationed recently at Matherfield California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
Eldora
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Jackson
Army Air Force
Europe
Matherfield
Calif
Gamble store grand opening draws over 1600 attendees
E. J. Matty Matheson said more than 1600 people attended the opening of Gamble's remodeled and refurnished store on Friday and Saturday, noting strong public reception and his favorable position with the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamble
E. J. “Matty” Matheson
Approve Plans by Hardin County Soil Commission
Hardin county soil commissioners met Friday at the post office building and approved farm conservation plans prepared for Otto Kasischke, Stanley Bourne, B. G. Crecelius, C. L. Wieman, Walter Neubauer, and John Lundy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Soil Commissioners
Otto Kasischke
Stanley Bourne
B. G. Crecelius
C. L. Wieman
Walter Neubauer
John Lundy
Eldora Sewer Extension Reaches South Washington Street
Steady progress reported on Eldora's sewer extension. A crew under foreman Rollin Nipper of Thomas N. Kruse Co. laid the outfall sewer across south Washington street and worked west on 9th avenue Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Rollin Nipper
Thomas N. Kruse Co
Spencer
Washington Street
9Th Avenue
Cow Conference at Ames Sept 5 for Dairymen
Dick Pulse announces a full day Cow Conference at Iowa State College on September 5 featuring open house at the dairy farm and Memorial Union program. Attendees will see aureomycin feeding trials, Holstein inbreeding, artificial insemination reviews, grass silage, preservatives, silage machinery, and calf development observations. Families invited with a lawn basket lunch noted on the dairy farm lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Pulse
Iowa State College
Dairy Farm
College Dairy Farm
Memorial Union
College Holstein
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Red Cross Swim School
Red Cross Swimming School
Pine Lake Beach
Lou Smith
Ken Norman
Janet Schmidt
Marjorie Willig
Swim
South Hardin
Richard Schwartz
Bobby Schwartz
Edwin Shealstall
Ronnie Stenberg
Mary Reisetter
Marlys Varnum
Nancy Whittington
Darlene Whittington
Rayetta Whittington
Sharon Gay Wykile
Dennis Kuhfus
Darlene
New Providence
Donna Kay Hadley
Sharon Walton
Gary Hadley
Neil Hadley
John Chance
Meredith Chance
Dick Moon
Lynn Wooten
Shirley Marie Allison
Darold Frerichs
Garry Frerichs
Ivan Jaspers
Alma Lyon
Elma Lyon
Delores Luiken
Judy Pierson
Ronnie Pierson
Sharon Pierson
Jarry Knight
George Luiken
Joe Knight
Karla Frerichs
UNION
Tommy Brown
la Vonne Chamness
Judy Gordon
Kathleen Norman
Tommy Lawin
Wayne Caster
Dennis Joe Duffy
Raymond Duffy
Patricia Schafer
Wildlife Club
Dairy Princess
Thur
Herald-Index
Mark Gulick
David Nehring
John Ramsell
Joyce Nuckolls
Jimmie Reed
Darla Travis
Bethel Dillavoy
Barbara Hurtt
Dianne
Judy
John Mossman
Verla Jean Dabbrunz
Marjorie Miller
Karen Maunett
Donna Wright
Caroline
Larry Morris
Karlin Saylor
Gayeeleas
Eyre
Burlington
E. B
Eldora Scouts
Crosley’s
Soballe
Eldoran
Setchell
Dohrmann and Crandall
Edgington Avenue
Kenneth Cable
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