Eldora Summer Concert Series Opens Tomorrow
Under Wayne Aurand the Eldora High School band begins the summer series with a concert tomorrow night at 7 p.m. on the school grounds west of the building to improve seating. The opener features 11 pieces including a tenor sax solo by David Wilson and the Billboard March and American Patrol.
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Wayne Aurand
Eldora
Courthouse Square
Aurand
David Wilson
Klohr
Johnson
Frank Wilson
Meacham
Taylor-Holmes
the Goldman Band
King
Deep Purple
DeRose-Leidzen
Fred
Huff
Three Inch Rain Damages Crops
A heavy rain Thursday night caused crop damage in low-lying fields where tiling was lacking. The government rain gauge near Cleveland recorded 3.07 inches by Friday morning and there was soil erosion. The Iowa River rose above normal and Lower Pine Lake overflowed onto the bathing beach.
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H. L. Cleveland
Reading
Richard Pulse
Iowa
Pine Lake
Red Cross Selects Walter as Delegate to Detroit Convention
At a meeting of South Hardin chapter officers Paul M. Waller of Union was named to represent the unit at the Red Cross national convention in Detroit June 26 to 29. Mrs. F Schuler of Union was chosen as alternate. The group discussed a four week Learn to Swim school at Pine Lake Beach starting June 19.
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South Hardin
American Red Cross
Paul M. Waller
Union
Norganization
Detroit
F. §. Schuler
The
Red Cross
Pine Lake Beach
60 People to Be X-Rayed for TB in Hardin County
Hardin County will conclude its TB case finding by x-raying 60 contact persons at a Tuesday conference at the Eldora Courthouse. Evelyn Olson says skin tests preceded radiography, with films interpreted by the state health department and reports sent to treating physicians. The effort is sponsored by local medical groups and funded by Christmas Seal donations.
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Hardin County
Eldora
Evelyn Olson
State Health Department
Miss Olson
Hardin County Medical Society
Hardin County Tuberculosis Association
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
Iowa State Department of Health
Grobe Grobe Named New Manager at Eldora Diamond Brothers
Heine Grobe takes over as manager at Eldora Diamond Brothers grocery replacing Carlos Woodward who moves to the Diamond store in Clarion.
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Grobe Diamond Mgr
Heine Grobe
Eldora
Diamond Brothers
Carlos Woodward
Diamond
Clarion
Fire Zone Expanded by City Council in Eldora
Expansion of Eldora's business district doubles the fire zone from one to two blocks around the square. The area now spans north to 11th avenue, east to 10th street, south to 16th avenue, and west to 15th street. Existing buildings remain unaffected while new permits were granted for homes and garages and many cigarette licenses renewed for 20 local establishments. Beer licenses were removed from three venues including the American Legion club, Harmon's Station, and McDonald's billiard parlor.
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Aldora
11Th Avenue
10Th Street
16Th Avenue
15Th Street
Bill McCall
Ralph Dickson
Wm. Ziesman
Edgington Avenue
O, B
Kasischke
Carl Piper
North 11Th Street
Richard Arkland
North 17Th Avenue
Anna Brock
Eldora
American Legion Club
Cashway
McDonald's Billiard Parlor
Fred’s Cafe
V. F. W. Club
King's Service Station
Pine Room Tavern
Harrys’ Grocery
Anderson Drug
Eldora Sandwich Shop
Dunn’s Super Valu
United Food Market
South Side Marathon Station
Harmon's Service Station
Community Food Market
Marks’ Drug
Grill Cafe
Kory Inn
West End Grocery
Piper’s
Harmon's Station
McDonald’s
Billard Parlor
Providence Club Candidates Named For 1959 4-H Officers
Rally Day at Radcliffe Memorial Building featured officer elections initiation of an honorary member and a nutrition play by Providence Pearls. 221 attend with 15 girls from 14 clubs plus mothers and guests. Jean Mitchell led 1959 51 county officers with Alice Hadley Joan Ward and Marilyn Larson elected. Fred Edgar honored as honorary member. Play How New is Nutrition traced nutrition from 1850. Five clubs earned perfect Rally Day attendance: Providence Pearls Union Pep y Peppers Alden Clever Climbers Eldora Happy Hustlers Cord hostesses and volunteers listed. Normal county officers presided and caucuses set officer ballots.
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Radcliffe Memorial
Jeani Mitchell
Providence Pearls
Alice Hadley
Union Cppy Pals
Joan Ward
Jackson T. N. T
Marilyn Larson
Alden Clever Climbers
Miss Mitchell
Fred Edgar
Eldora Jeweler
Concord Cheerful Chums
Barbara Wegner
Fred Mitchell
New Providence
Union Peepy Peppers
Eldora Happy Hustlers
W- J. Larson
Ben Hake
Erwin Kuhlman
Tipton
M. A. Lauterbach
Alden
Carol Neuenfeldt
Roscoe Cain
Leon Bower
Norma Thorsbakken
WOLD
Bruce Hagley
Union Township
Wendell Clampitt
Claude Sanders
Ralph Etler
Mary Lou Sanders
Cain
R. RB. Bateson
Eldora
Betty Wirth
Hardin County 4-H
Radcliffe
Jackson T. N.U
Union Peppy Pals
Jean Mitchell
Herald- Index
Learn to Swim enrollment opens at Pine Lake beach
The June 18 start for the Learn to Swim program by the South Hardin Red Cross at Pine Lake beach is re printed in this issue page 6. Enrollees need a parent permit and a doctor certificate and must send blanks to Loy Smith Eldora. Deadline is this Saturday. Transportation to the peach will be arranged by communities in south Hardin. More details on class assignments coming Friday.
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South Hardin
American Red Cross
Pine
Lake Beach
Loy Smith
The
Lourse
Eldora
Mailing Deadline Set At Five Oclock For Post Office
The deadline for depositing mail at the Bidora post office for dispatch on the evening train is now five o'clock p m according to J R Banne post master.
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Bidora
Toibe
J. R. Banne
Hardin Tenth in Sale of Bonds Drive Progress
Hardin county ranks tenth in Iowa savings bond purchases as the Independence Drive totals rise to 6,667,982 dollars with a week’s gain of 2,531,975. State director Roger F. Warin notes Series EE and G sales reach 22.23 percent of a 30 million dollar quota. Hardin’s May 15 to date total is 94,483 dollars, 30 percent of its goal, while Marion leads Iowa with 60.84 percent of its quota.
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Toiwa
Roger F. Warin
Savings
Toay
Federal Reserve Bank
Hardin County
Marion County
Navy Recruiter to Visit Eldora on Wednesdays
U. S. Navy recruiter A. Haire, chief machinist's mate of the Waterloo office, will visit Eldora every other Wednesday starting June 21, staying at the post office from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. He announced that enlistments are now open and that physical standards are lower.
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U.S. Navy
A. Haire
Waterloo
Eldora
Hospital Notes and Birth Announcements Include Local Residents
Hospital notes list several patients and their towns including Mrs. Matilda Blome and Ruth Davis among others. Birth notices record Clyde Walton’s son born June 10 in New Providence, Loren Hartley’s daughter June 9 in Eldora, Emory Harris’s son June 6 in Iona Falls, Harold Hanson’s son June 10 in McCallsburg, and Walter Winters’s daughter June 11 in Hubbard as Kim Whitwood departs for Minneapolis to attend the college of medical technology.
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Matilda Blome
Arthur Rix
Rena Hankemeier
Arthur Tapp
Hubbard
Norman Meeks
Robert Brown
Eldora
J. D. Peters
Wellsburg
Floyd Wilson
Zearing
Marcia Shaver
St. Anthony
Ruth Davis
Hansell
Verle Lawler
Union
Jean Guard
Jane Guard
Radcliffe
Clyde Walton
New Providence
Loren Hartley
Emory Harris
Iona Falls
Harold Hanson
McCallsburg
Walter Winters
Providence Quiz Ends in a Tie at Town and Country
About 400 attendees watched Providence area teams tie in the Town and Country Quiz staged by the Friends church Ladies Auxiliary. Each team scored 30 points and failed to answer the grand-slam question. A rebroadcast is planned on WHO at 7:30 p.m. on July 21.
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New Providence
WHO
Friends Church Ladies Auxilary
Eldora Postal Routes Revised Under Budget Aims
Eldora city carrier routes were changed yesterday to cut costs as part of a nationwide economy program. Lea Chingburg now handles the north and part of the south residence routes on an eight hour schedule, while M M Babcock shifts to the business district and part of the south residence area on a three hour schedule. Parcel post is delivered after his route. If the morning train runs late, carriers start without waiting.
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Eldora City
Post Office Department
Lea Chinburg
M. M. Babcock
Babcock
South Side
Liberty Bell replica visit planned for June 20
A program and parade for the Liberty Bell replica's arrival June 20 is being organized by the Eldora Chamber of Commerce. The event includes a schoolhouse start at ten, floats from local groups, and transportation for seniors. Scouts will receive honors for Valley Forge plans, with a possible talk by a state patrolman. The bell, 2080 pounds, 12 feet in circumference, was made in France and donated by American copper industry. It will be rung here and then donated to Iowa for permanent display to promote U S savings bonds.
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Doyle D. Felton
Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts
Valley Forge
France
America
United States
U. S
Keith Strother
State of
Iowa
Property sold to William McGill in local sale
Co O Rubow reports the sale of the Karl Rosine property a block north of the elevator to William McGill. Jean Hutzel underwent a ton slectomy Wednesday morning at the local hospital.
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Jean Hutzel
Courthouse Offices To Close Thursday
Hardin county courthouse offices will close all day Thursday to allow officials to attend a county officers school of instruction in Des Moines. F. K. Schmidt of Eldora will address the joint meeting at 9:15 a.m. Wilson Hadley, county supervisor, serves as vice-president of the Iowa County Officers association.
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Hardin County
Des Moines
Sept
F. K. Schmidt
Eldora
Wilson Hadley
Iowa County Officers Association
Frazer Named Head By Odd Fellows
Eldora I O O F lodge held its semi annual officer election naming Harold Frazer as noble grand and Wayne Newby as vice grand. The financial and recording secretaries and the treasurer were retained. Installation is set for July.
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Eldora I. O. O. F. Lodge
Harold Frazer Noble
Wayne Newby
Nomination Set for American Legion Walter Sayer Post Officers
Nomination of officers of Walter Sayer post American Legion will occur at a regular meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. Elections are scheduled for the regular July meeting. The post commander and adjutant are John Bekemeier and George Janssen.
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Walter Sayer
American Legion
John Bekemeier
George Janssen
Will Confer Degree At Eldora Masonic Lodge Meeting
Eldora Masonic lodge will confer the Entered Apprentice at its regular meeting Wednesday evening. Jesse Braga will describe the degree on the mountain as witnessed by him, according to Worshipful Master Lee Lundy. Luncheon will be served. visiting Masons will be welcome.
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Eldora Masonic Lodge
Jesse Braga
Lee Lundy
Luneh
Broken-Legged Bambi Ailing But Still Hobbling
Eldora city park wildlife overseer Carl Cordes found a young deer with a broken leg after another fawn appeared to step on it. Dr. W G Tietz set the leg with splints, allowing the two week old fawn to hobble around.
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Bambi
Carl Cordes
Wildlife Club
Eldora City Park
W. G. Tietz
Sheriff Closes 15 of 24 Celebration Attractions Friday
Sheriff Hodgson and deputies halted 15 attractions at Radcliffe firemen’s celebration after guidance from County Attorney Barker. No arrests or charges followed. Objects deemed objectionable included a bingo like music memory game using a Hammond organ. Other booths with ring toss and baseball targets were shut, as enforcement of gambling laws intensifies countywide.
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Hardin
Paw Hodgson
Radcliffe
Don W. Barker
Hodgson
Howard Dempsey
Merriam Sros
Ogden
Contestanta
Carnival Company
Larson
Des Moines Killer Led '45 Riot Here
Harold Byron Christie 21 shot Victor Vernon Bergman 43 after a dispute over loot from a drug store burglary. Christie, paroled from Anamosa reformatory, had a long juvenile record and led a 178 day escape from the Training School in 1945.
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Des Moines
Harold Byron Christie
Rint
Christie
Anamosa Reformatory
Ward elected president of Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
Wilee Ward of Iowa Falls former vice president was elected president at the annual meeting held Thursday. R. A. Scott of Eldora steps down after years in the role. V. E. Peterson of Hampton becomes vice president with R. R. Van Patter of Hubbard as secretary. Otto Peglow of Alden re elected treasurer. Four directors chosen with several holdovers and one successor named from Alden.
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Wilee Ward
Iowa Falls
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Hardin
Franklin Counties
R. A. Scott
Eldora
V. E. Peterson
Hampton
R. R. van Patter
Hubbard
Otto Peglow
Alden
C. H. Peglow
C. H. Frisbie
Soil Tour Planned for Eldova Area on June 14
A Hardin soil conservation office sponsored tour will observe conservation practices and issues Thursday June 14 starting at 2 30 pm from the Eldova post office. Farmers landowners and professionals will visit several farms including John Lundy Chester Vigars Frank Petty Chester Brindle Mrs C L Cramer Ralph Beecher and George Brindle to study strip cropping grassed waterways terracing forage plots and land use.
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Hardin Soil Conservation Office
Eldova
John Lundy
Chester Vigars
Frank Petty
Chester Brind
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Radcliffe Games
Walter
Edgar
Dean Barnes
Marcus
Hardin County Extension
Iowa State College
Barnes
Harrison County
Ames
Providence Club
Navy
Rodney Riemen- Schneider
Warley Riemenschneider
Rodney
Henry Norman
Kim Whitwood
Minneapolis
College of Medical Technology
Providence
Mystery Farm
Herald Index
Liberty Bell
Frazer
Odd Fellows
Cordes and
Fawn
Ward
Insurance Company
Soil
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