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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1958
Page
5
Steamboat Rock semi pros defeated Radcliffe 13 to 10 on a wet field after leading 9-6 then watching Radcliffe knot the game at 9 in the sixth. The key swing came in the eleventh as Radcliffe walked three times and Steamboat scored four runs. Don Finger pitched the full game for Steamboat Rock with Ted Tietz catching.
Wet grounds delay the scheduled baseball doubleheader at Steam Boat Park and the Laurel Central Iowa league game set for Sunday. The Dumont and Steam Boat Rock clubs will move or reschedule the Memorial Day afternoon contest.
John Douglas Clark of Grundy Center was fined last week for fishing without a license after an arrest by a state conservation officer. Dr Norman Kunath of Eldora was fined last week for improper passing and was arrested by the highway patrol.
Eldora Livestock Sales will begin with fat lambs at 10:30 A.M. followed by hogs and cattle in a planned sequence.
Eagle Grove plans the annual Eagle Grove Amateur golf tournament set for June 8 with a $1000 prize list for top golfers. Richard Notestine announces a diamond ring as first prize, a $125 silver service as second, plus four more prizes in the championship flight and seven other flights. Registration capped at 128 players, with reservations to Notestine or Eagle Grove Country Club.
About 75 Hardin County landlords and tenants received questionnaires in an Iowa State College study on farm lease practices amid modern trends such as shelter harvesting integrated farming and changing land price relations to product prices. County Extension Director Dick Pulse notes the aim to gather practical lease information from local landlords and tenants for broader answers. Individual responses will be kept confidential.
June 1 to 3 event in Madrid Iowa offers hands on activities at Hardin County 4-H Camp. Local youth, leaders and 4-H clubs participate in agricultural demonstrations crafts and outdoor programs across the three day event.
Bud Hamm of Whitten pitched a two hitter as Whitten defeated Le Grand 5-2 in a Central Iowa league game. Le Grand scored in the first and third but Whitten answered with three in the fifth and two in the next inning. Whitten totaled nine hits with two errors by each side. Don Stackhouse caught for Whitten, Mitchell started for Le Grand, Mossman caught. Whitten to host Le Grand in a non league game Thursday. next league game at Newton Sunday.
Hardin County plans soil bank reductions totaling 6,628 acres this year under 256 corn acreage reserve agreements. Conservation reserve contracts reduce 243.2 additional acres. No new CR contracts were signed before April 15. 1957 had 273 corn reserve agreements covering 5,625.8 acres. 1958 reserve plans may yield up to $348,186.30 in soil bank payments with annual CR payments of $3,162 if fully complied.
Mr and Mrs William Sharkey of Faribault Minnesota and Mr and Mrs Quentin Marsh and family of Cedar Rapids were weekend guests in the Richard Murphy home. Mrs Doyle Felton and Pamela Kay attended Newton High School commencement exercises with Felton's niece Della joining the class.
Sunday at the city playgrounds Eldora pitcher Batten hurled and hit the American Legion junior team to a 5-3 victory in eleven innings against Iowa Falls. Batten allowed four hits and scored Shore and Moon with two runs in the final frame. Dave Broer caught for the locals as Eldora prepares to face Steamboat Rock Friday.
Ted Doty of Lake City will be the featured speaker at the 1958 Hardin County 4-H Rally Day on June 7 at the county youth building. Doty, an International Farm Youth Exchange delegate to Nicaragua in 1957, is one of 42 Iowa youths in the program. IFYE exchanges began in 1948 and now span nearly 50 countries, with funding from local 4-H clubs and private sources. The program aims to foster world peace through cross cultural farm youth experiences.
Plans are submitted to the Iowa Highway Department to blacktop nine and a half miles of gravel farm to market roads between Buckeye and Radcliffe in 1959. The project costs about 285000 dollars, with 47000 dollars of federal anti-recession funds. The rest comes from state farm to market funds, with no county road funds used.
The annual Contact X ray program climaxes June 4 in Eldora and Iowa Falls when mobile units visit towns. Mrs Evelyn Lyon R N public health nurse has spent 11 weeks screening potential contacts of TB cases. Persons with positive tuberculin tests will receive chest X rays in the mobile unit. The program is sponsored by the Hardin County Tuberculosis and Health Association with support from Christmas Seals sales.
Hardin County Medical Society and State Health Division run a tuberculosis program with the Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association. Mrs. Lyon says nearly all contacted will cooperate and about 90 people will be x rayed when the mobile unit parks at Eldora court house and Iowa Falls City Hall. Only pre advised individuals may be admitted on June 5. the public is not eligible.
Mrs. R. R. presides over the local tuberculosis association praising supporters of a project described as moving toward the ultimate eradication of tuberculosis. X ray films will be interpreted by State Health Department physicians and reports sent to the family physician for the patient. Follow up will be conducted in the community by Mrs. Lyon, R. N., county public health nurse, in cooperation with local doctors.
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