Farm Bureau Sports Festival Committees Set for Aug 8
Committees named for the Farm Bureau Sports Festival at the fairgrounds with Aug 8 as the tentative date. Ted Broer chairs the event, joined by Paul Glenney Noel Campbell Dick Pulse John Jaspers and Howard Sisam on the general committee. Event chairmen will organize or name assistants. winners advance to the state Ames contests in September. Archery Kenneth McDonnell badminton Neal Martin bait casting Lyle Tatum baseball Waldo Below Noa Reece baseball throw Herman Primus basketball free throw Frances Hoffman bowling Mrs. Wm. Moore Noel Campbell chair quosts Mrs. Ralph Hiller etc. Plus field events Dean Barnes football Bob Walters golf Dr and Mrs Griffin Walter Riordan horseshoe Waldo Lepper Ernest Daleske Otto Bahr Mrs. Ralph Eller Mrs. Ernest Houck nail driving Mrs. Dale Petty Mrs. Claude Sanders relay 4-H boys Robert Donaldson relay 4-H girls Harriet Lauterbach Delores Bright rifle Lloyd Roland Lewis Crosser softball managers Ord and Ted Ridout Farm Bureau members 35 and over Howard Sisam Howard McBride 4-H Boys Ludwig Wagner 4-H Girls Ed Michaelson Clarence Tysdahl Rural Youth Kenneth Cook Dick Williams table tennis Frank Cook Donnal Luglan tennis Fern Cook trapshoot Ernest Reed tug of war Ernie Weatherman volleyball Paul Schaa Wood chopping Wnm. Dreier wrestling Merle Hamilton Ralph Ricks Geo Mark checkers John Sailer Lloyd Bittle square dance Dick Betten miscellaneous 4-H band Mrs Willard Donaldson instrumental solo Robert Granner musical novelty and musical group Mrs Ray Lake Mrs Lester Kaufman vocal solo Joe Williams Phyllis Broer tractor rodeo Jim Speas
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Fairgrounds
Farm Bureau
Ted Broer
Paul Glenney
Noel Campbell
Dick Pulse
John Jaspers
Howard Sisam
Ames
Kenneth McDonnell
Neal Martin
Lyle Tatum
Waldo Below
Noa Reece
Herman Primus
Frances Hoffman
Wm. Moore
Marvin Jeske
Ralph Hiller
Will Dreier
Dean Barnes
Bob Walters
Griffel
Walter E. Riordan
Waldo Lepper
Ernest Daleske
Otto Bahr
Ralph Eller
Ernest Houck
Dale Petty
Claude Sanders
Robert Donaldson
Harriet Lauterbach
Delores Bright
Lloyd Roland
Lewis Crosser
Ord
Ted Ridout
Howard McBride
Ludwig Wagner
Ed Michaelson
Clarence Tysdahl
Kenneth Cook
Dick Williams
Frank Cook
Donnal Luglan
Fern Cook
Ernest Reed
Ernie Weatherman
Paul Schaa
Wnm
Dreier
Merle Hamilton
Ralph Ricks
Geo
Mark
John Sailer
Lloyd Bittle
Dick Betten
Willard Donaldson
Robert Granner
Ray Lake
Lester Kaufman
Joe Williams
Phyllis Broer
Jim Speas
Two Boys Missing From Training School Escape
Two Muscatine youths Clifford Byrd age 16 and Fred Job age 17 disappeared Sunday night from a training school in Des Moines area after a cut screen was found in a cottage. A 1944 dark green Ford sedan owned by Rev. Ralph B. Imes vanished from the parsonage garage, a dog barking at 2 am recalled. Investigators consider possible connection between the escape and the car theft.
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Des Moines
Clifford Byrd
Fred Job
Muscatine
Ralph B. Imes
Mother of Pastor Dies in Missouri
The Rev and Mrs W R Ehlert were called to Higginsville Missouri Friday by a message announcing the death of Mr Ehlerts mother Mrs Amanda Ehlert 76 Richard Lingaard secretary of Marshall town Y M C A gave the sermon at the Methodist church Sunday
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W. R. Ehlert
Higginsville
Ehlert
Amanda Ehlert
Richard Lingaard
Marshalltown Y. M. C. A
Training School Boys Take Trip to Des Moines Churches
A group of 164 training school boys with about 20 officers visited two Des Moines churches on a Sunday trip. They attended services and enjoyed dinners hosted by church ladies funded by the Des Moines Kiwanis club. The outing was organized by Grace Methodist and St John’s Catholic churches with Kiwanis and the state board of control, assisted by Hollis L. Miles.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Kiwanis Club
Grace Methodist Church Young Peoples Group
St. John’s Catholic Church
The
Kiwanis
State Board of Control
Hollis L. Miles
Eldora
Grace Church
Extension office fills in for ill Wallace Upton
Mary Sawtell of Union works in the county extension office during Mrs. Wallace Upton's absence due to mumps.
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Mary Sawtell
Union
Wallace Upton
Eldora Post Office Seeks Coal Hauling Bids
The Eldora post office is receiving bids until June 19 for hauling and storing 40 tons of coal.
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Eldora
June Dairy Month highlights Eldora creamery output increase
Farmers Cooperative Creamery of Eldora reports rising butter production during Dairy Month observance. In 1949 the plant made 298000 pounds of butter, 3000 more than 1948, with 40570 pounds sold locally in 1949, up from 35887. First four months of 1949 show 101700 pounds produced, 10200 more than the same period in 1948. Improvements to the plant include glass block windows, ventilation, new cement floor, oil burner, replastered walls, and interior painting. Production cost per pound fell by 0.58 cents last year, boosting farmer profits. Board governs the creamery with patron electors.
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Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Eldora
New York
Berg Co Features Ice Cream Novelties
Berg Ice Cream company highlights novelty bricks for holidays and National Dairy Month. It maintains four staff, adds a refrigeration truck, and remodeled offices to widen delivery in surrounding towns. The firm also produces bulk ice cream Sci-Frost twins Fugi-Frosts and butter.
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Berg Ice Cream Company
Berg
Berg Company
Annual meeting of the coup with creamery leaders
The coup’s annual meeting lists William H. Vigars as president and H. C. Roll as vice-president. Don Cobb is manager, Edward J. Wiesner secretary treasurer, and Ray Potthoff drives six company routes west and southwest of Eldora. Contract haulers include Wesley Willig and Delbert Schuller.
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William H. Vigars
H. C. Roll
Ellis Perry
Bernnard Reece
Raymond Clark
Vigars
Roll
Cobb
Don Cobb
Lawrence Wiesner
Edward J. Wiesner
Lawrence
Ray Potthoff
Eldora
Wesley Willig
Delbert Schuller
Here
Hardin County dairy quality program boosts butter purity
A Hardin County dairy improvement association led by fieldman Harley Riemenschneider conducts a quality program to improve butter and dairy product quality. Nine creameries including Eldora Hubbard Garden City Iowa Falls Alden Cleves Berg Ice Cream Hadley Ackley and Steamboat Rock participate. Farmers are urged to seek help from their creamery or Riemenschneider. June is Dairy Month and emphasis on cream quality.
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Hardin County
Hardin County Dairy Products Improvement Association
Harley Riemenschneider
Eldora
Riemenschneider
Hubbard
Garden City
Iowa Falls
Alden and Cleves
Berg Ice Cream Co
Hadley Creamery
Ackley
Steamboat Rock
Association
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Pulse Plans Schools in County On Corn Borer Egg Identification
County extension director Dick Pulse announced plans to hold egg mass recognition schools across the county as soon as corn borer eggs are found. Hardin SCS personnel and Dale Purcell will help conduct. farmers will be notified of schedules. ISU recommendations call for two timed DDT applications based on egg mass counts and corn height.
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Pulse
Dick Pulse
Hardin County Soil Conservation Service
Dale Purcell
Eldora
Iowa State College
Jackson TNT Girls 4-H Hold All Day Meeting
Jackson TNT 4-H girls met Friday at Joan Ward’s home for an all day session. Ten members prepared a chicken dinner and demonstrations covered angel food cake baking and salad making by Sanders Ward and Bright. Sanders elected historian. Granzow named Ames state convention candidate for June 2023. Demonstration teams chosen for the fair.
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Jackson T. N. T
Joan Ward
Mary Lou Sanders
Delores Bright
Mary Ward
Carla Granzow
Ames
Firemen's Event At Radcliffe June 9-10
RADCLIFFE The annual firemen celebration runs Friday and Saturday in Radcliffe with a flower show home talent show baseball game and two bowery dances. E A Nelson will MC the home talent show at 8 p m Saturday. Boone visits as Radcliffe semi pros play Friday at 8 p m. Bowery dances feature Happy Jake and his Cowboys with Merriam's Midway Shows and concessions along the streets.
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Radcliffe
Radcliffe Better Homes and Garden Club
Radcliffe Community Memorial
E. A. Nelson
M. C
Boone
Bowery
Happy Jake
Cowboys
Merriam
Warns Against Cemetery Vandalism
Sheriff Paul Hodgson warned against vandalism at Eldora cemetery after last week’s incidents. Two 11 year old boys and their parents will face juvenile court for air rifle target practice and breaking glass jars on tombstones, with staff bearing the cleanup burden and respect for the resting place emphasized.
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Sherrif Paul Hodgson
Eldora
Fursuce
June Busts Out In Marriage Flurry
The county clerk’s office issued six marriage licenses on the first two days of June. Recipients Thursday were James Clinton Caster and Ardis Marshall of Union, Donovan Klaaren and Marilyn Specht of Iowa Falls, James Rankin of Towa Falls and Kathryn Crabtree of Hubbard. Friday couples were Chester Lynk and Sara F. Rinnels of Ackley, Melvin Powers and Orpah Broer of New Providence, Jack W. Smith of Steamboat Rock and Donna L. Babcock of Eldora. If this pace continues, few free men remain by month’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Miller
Ruth Willig
James Clinton Caster
Ardis Marshall
Union
Donovan Klaaren
Marilyn Specht
Iowa Falls
James Rankin
Towa Falls
Kathryn Crabtree
Hubbard
Chester Lynk
Sara F. Rinnels
Ackley
Melvin Powers
Orpah Broer
New Providence
Jack W. Smith
Steamboat Rock
Donna L. Babcock
Eldora
P. S
Hospital Notes Births and Patients List by Towns
Hospital notes record multiple births including Radcliffe births of a girl to Mrs Ervin Hednefield and another girl to Mrs Don Brown Cleves. Ackley reports a boy for Mrs Ibling Harmes. Hubbard births include girls to Mrs Myir Cockerham and to Mrs John Wasson. Zearing records twins a boy and a girl for Mrs Wm Gray.
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Ervin Hednefield
Radcliffe
Don Brown
Cleves
Ibling Harmes
Ackley
Myir Cockerham
Hubbard
Myron Hill
McCallsburg
Roy Houck
Wm. Gray
Zearing
Rainfall Reading By Government Observer
H L Cleveland recorded .79 inch of rain at the official gauge on Friday morning, noting lighter showers earlier in the week.
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H. L. Cleveland
Reading
Fisher speaks on conservation at Ackley Farm Bureau
Wayne Fisher addressed a Farm Bureau gathering in Ackley on Thursday evening using slides to illustrate conservation efforts and practices.
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Ackley
Wayne Fisher
Farm Bureau
Falls Divorce Petitions Headline
Two divorce petitions were filed in district court. Marjorie E. Smith seeks a divorce from Charles A. Smith with custody of two children and support. Married in 1944. Maggie Petrie sues John Petrie for property settlement. married in 1930 with no children.
Driver Bound Over In Drunk Driving Case Near Collins
Henry Clay Chance a 36 year old farmer near Collins was bound over to the district court on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after waiving a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace C W House last Wednesday evening. He was arrested Wednesday afternoon when stopped at a light checking point at Hubbard conducted by highway patrolmen the sheriff and his deputy.
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Henry Clay Chance
Collins
District Court
Justice of the Peace
C. W. House
Chance
Hubbard
Form County Safety Division Elects Industry Reps
E F Sievert of Hubbard will represent Hardin county trucking interests at a county-wide safety meeting as L K Crowley of Des Moines, Iowa Motor Truck association executive secretary and state chair of the divisions, notes. Kingery will represent commercial vehicle operators at a forthcoming county meeting called by the district chairman. Delegates from civic trade and professional groups will elect a county safety chairman and plan a state-wide safety campaign. The county divisions are part of the Iowa Safety Congress formed after Governor Beardsley urged a statewide safety drive.
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E. F. Sievert
Hubbard
Hardin County
L. K E. Crowley
Des Moines
Iowa Motor Truck Association
Iowa Safety Congress
Kingery
William §&. Beardsley
Streamlined Fair Slated for August 16 19
The 1950 Hardin County fair planned by the Agricultural Society runs August 16 to 19, a four day event downsizing from five. Entry day is Wednesday, Thrill Day Thursday features Auto Racing Inc. racing, Friday hosts lone harness race and a musical revue, Saturday showcases stock car races and a horse show.
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Hardin County Fair
Hardin County Agricultural Society
Auto Racing Inc
Earl Dunn Joins Waterloo Music Store Partner
Earl Dunn former Eldora instrumental instructor and recent Denison staffer leaves teaching to become a junior partner in Russell and Goodwin Co. in Waterloo. The store opens in July and Dunn will assume a traveling position on September 1 serving schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Dunn
Eldora High
Denison
Russell and Goodwin Co
Waterloo
Dunn
Cob Fire Threatens Buildings on Farm
Quick discovery of a blaze at the Robert farm north of Highway 57 on the county line, aided by Eldora fire department and neighbors, saved the buildings. The fire started in a cob pile during corn shelling as the shelling machine was moved. Water was carried in barrels to fight the blaze, with Chief O. R. Lamb, Sherrill Smith, and Earl Dillavoy guiding the response against the west wind toward the crib and barns and residence.
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Robert. Quick
Highway 57
Eldora Fire Department
Eldora Department
O. R. Lamb
Sherrill Smith
Earl Dillavoy
Roof fire at Harold Shepard home on North 14th Street
A Saturday roof fire at Harold Shepard's residence on North 14th Street was sparked by chimney embers. Firefighters extinguished the blaze with estimated damages of about $25.
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Harold Shepard
North 14Th Street
Balloting Set for Radcliffe 4-H Rally Day Elections
County 4-H Rally Day at Radcliffe will include an election of county officers from eight candidates. Registration starts at 9 30 a m with speeches by club members and caucuses in the community memorial building. Four offices will be filled by four votes from each of 14 clubs. Incumbent Norma
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Radcliffe
4-H Girls to present 1950 Review and nutrition play
In the afternoon session 4-H Girls present the 1950 Review with Mary Lou Sanders as narrator. A three act play How New Is Nutrition directed by Mrs. Fred Mitchell features Rosemary Faris as Ruth Harding with Audrey Copeland and Barbara Yount in key roles. The show shifts from a modern living room to an 1850 quilting bee setting and includes a large cast.
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Thorsbakken
Alden Clever Climbers
Betty Wirth
Union Peppy Pals
Delores Bright
Jackson T. N. Ty
Arlene Stull
Clay County
Mary Lou Sanders
Eldora
Mitchell
Fred Mitchell
New Providence
Providence
Pearls Club
Rosemary Faris
Ruth Harding
Audrey Copeland
Ruth
Barbara Yount
Grandmother Brown
Arlene Martin
Carolyn Copeland
Freda Martin
Clara Lee Hadley
Lois Mitchell
Margaret Speas
Jean Mitchell
Sharon Rogers
Ann Wooten
Marilenn Hadley
Janet Bradley
Marilyn Williams
Roberta Faust
Beverly Beach
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Elmer Reifschneider
New Grand Theatre
Reifschneiders
Eldora Merchants
Hubbard Seed Association
Herald-Index
Missouri
Asi'n
SCS
Purcell
Jackson Tnt
Dala Mannetter
Mathilda Blome
Ralph A. Rodgers
Geraldine Hodgson
Jack Smith
Robert Brown
Alva Ragsdale
John Wasson
Jerry Vinton
Elidora
Lester Huisman
Wellsburg
Herman Reiks
New Proviance
Norman Weeks
Elora
Kiwanis Charter
R. A. Scott
Eldora Kiwanis Club
Ray L. Short
Iowa-Nebraska
Ned Fagg
County Exposition
Alma Jones
Alice Hadley
Providence Pearls
Marilyn Larson
Shirley Hoffman
Ellis Sunshine Sallies
Marilyn Tysdahl
Concord Cheerful Chums
Sharon Bowen
Union Peppy Peppers
Audrey Rudolph
Eldora Happy Hustlers
Margaret Jessup
Alice
Baptist Float
Grundy Center
Vacation Bible School
Protrers
Eldora Baptist Church
Eldora Streets
Baptist
HH. C. Short
Russell Barns
Cecil Eggleston
Young People
Ray Taylor
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