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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1958
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Gary William Stoehr were married May 25 at the Lutheran church here. They will be at home in Wellsburg after a wedding trip through the western states. Mrs Stoehr runs Joylyn's Beauty Shop in Wellsburg and Mr Stoehr works at the Creamery.
Miss Lillian Arlene Hickman and Dirk Eugene Wheat were married Saturday evening at the Ivester Church of the Brethren with 175 guests. Rev. Charles Albin officiated. The couple will reside in Eldora after a wedding trip to Clear Lake. Guests came from multiple Iowa towns including Eldora, Marshalltown, Charles City, and Waterloo.
Committees for the year were named Wednesday afternoon at Roll Harless Auxiliary to the VFW. Mrs. Clarence Struck was installed as treasurer and Mrs. Al Gillet as conductress. Memorial services were held for Mrs. Maude Green. Mrs. Gillet was transferred into membership. Qir s. Harold Lamasters and Mrs. Dale Bittner spoke of the third district meeting in Northwood. Lunch was served by several members.
Mrs. John Buller hosted the Mothers Club luncheon Tuesday at Blanche and Ethel's tea room. Bridge was played at Mrs. J. A. Bekemeier's home with prizes awarded to Mrs. BE. B. Crosley and Mrs. Lloyd Berg.
Mrs. Ernest Draper hosted neighbors Tuesday forenoon in a farewell courtesy for Mrs. Kenneth Harrington who moved that day to Sycamore Illinois.
June schedule lists many local groups with timings and places including Eldora Art Club at schoolhouse lawn, O E S Masonic Hall, Bridge Club, Christian Church Star Class, Catholic Mother-Daughter banquet youth building 6 30, Needlecraft Club cemetery society Breakfast Club, Thursday and Friday clubs, Girl Scout Executive Board Urban Club Friday June 6, Senior Citizens Saturday June 7 Crusaders Class picnic Sunday June 8, Jackson T N T Monday June 9 Sans Souci Club picnic, Tuesday Bridge Club Young Mothers Club N T T Club and Kountry Club picnic with Merienda Club members.
Members of the Sans Souci Club plan a picnic at 12:30 on June 10 at the city park south shelter house. Meeting Tuesday evening will be at Mrs. Adeline Miller’s home. Leota Hardy and Mrs. Howard Harris were appointed to arrange the outing. Mrs. Miller served a dessert luncheon assisted by Mrs. W. H. Vilmont. guest Mrs. W. L. Van Patter of Sterling, Illinois.
Fourteen Nut Club members met at Mrs. Carl Willig’s home on Tuesday afternoon. Prizes at cards went to Mrs. Henry Wheeler, Mrs. Ruth Lewis, Mrs. Theo Schan and Miss Alice Stebe. Mrs. Jack Piper helped serve refreshments. Pins were made for a breakfast June 3 at 8:30 am at the city park. Next meeting set for June 1 with Mrs. Actic Williams.
Church groups from the W S C L S of the Methodist church met Wednesday and elected officers to be installed June 11 at the general meeting. Group I chose L W Flickinger as chairman with Mrs. Robert Brown as work chairman. Group II re elected Mrs. Draper as chairman and renewed other posts. Group III elected Alice Cakerice as chairman with W H Wilmont as vice chair and D W Dicek inson as secretary treasurer. Group IV met with James Hauser leading a lesson from Together magazine. Memorial Day gatherings included visits by extended families and local residents, with multiple guests at the Perkins and Monteith homes.
Local families hosted post ceremony receptions for Eldora graduates Jerry Higga son and Stan Priske, with guests from Eldora and nearby towns. Sue Brown opened her home to high school students, while a Carl Granzow luncheon honored graduates David Grantow and Leon Teske with colors black orange and maroon gold.
Meredith Monteith daughter of Mr and Mrs T E Monteith will teach kindergarten in the Perry school this fall. She has completed two years at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Miss Monteith attended a recognition dinner at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls honoring students who held office and participated in campus activities. She is secretary of executive council house council and social regulation board for Lawtner Hall and a member of the social program council and chairman of all campus formal dances for the year.
Mr and Mrs Paul Lepper mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a June 8 open house from 2 to 5 at their Radcliffe home. Hosting are their daughter Mrs William Rahfeldt and her husband of Hubbard, Iowa.
Sherman Arnold, vocational director at the Iowa Training School for Boys in Eldora, will attend the remedial reading institute in Fort Worth, Texas June 2 to 6. Sponsored by Science Research Associates the event will cover helping juniors seniors and adults read better and discuss local reading programs. Edwin Stone of Tucson Arizona visited his uncle Those Swasanes and family before returning home after a Navy discharge.
A string of Memorial Day visits spans Des Moines Ames Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs with guests from Rockford Minneapolis and Denver. Notables include Dr. C J Peisen Dr. Robert Reed Bruce Froning and Mrs. Froning family members and longtime residents from Union Eldora Monticello and Reinbeck. Local travel includes Canon City Green Castle and State Center alumni ties surface in weekend gatherings and graduations.
Mrs Helen Curtis hosted a dinner for Governor Herschel C Loveless and guests including Mr and Mrs Eugene Hansen at the home of Mr and Mrs W W Trushenski Tuesday evening in Owasa Iowa Falls visitors arrived by plane and were greeted at the airport. The Lovelesses later attended a dessert luncheon after Owasa school commencement exercises with Mr and Mrs Donald Polley and families and the Owasa School faculty and families. Mr and Mrs Willard Hart were among the attendees.
Tuesday night ceremonies honored William Hartman of Owasa and Mike Crosser of Eldora among graduates. Families including Crosser, Hartman, Kremenek, and Curtis attended post commencement visits in Eldora Clutter and nearby towns. Sherry Curtis joined dance revues in Parkersburg and Toledo while Gary Trickey joined Ellsworth College's graduation services in Jana Falls.
Sunday visitors and suppers mark a busy week in Grundy Center and nearby towns. Residents welcomed visitors from Cedar Falls Ames Springville Iowa Falls and Des Moines while church groups and missionary circles met for devotions and guest speakers.
James M. Martin 20 of Concordia Kansas and Patricia Ann King 19 of Hubbard. Donald Lee Caslavke 21 of Town Falls and Shirley Kay Lewis 20 of Radcliffe were issued licenses in late May.
Jerry L. Crosser finished his duties as science instructor at Fellsburg Community Schools on May 26 and entered Deaconess Hospital in Marshalltown on Wednesday afternoon for scheduled surgery the next morning.
Golf stag winners at the Pine Like Country Club on Tuesday were Howard Caffee Dale Reece Conrad Walt Neubauer and Walt Lepner of Radcliffe. Another event will be held next week.
Mary Lou Holmes of Aldora is among 15 Towans set to graduate from Marquette University Milwaukee Wisconsin on Sunday She will earn a bachelor of science degree in business administration.
The regular meeting of the Hardin County National Farmers Union will be held at Cottage Community Hall on Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. The main discussion will be ASC committee men nominations and elections.
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