Eldora Herald Ledger sale sets July 1 transfer
George R. Stauffacher, publisher of the Hardin County Index, becomes owner of the Eldora Herald-Ledger with possession on July 1. The two papers will operate separately on a Tuesday and Friday schedule, offering twice weekly news and lower combined rates while maintaining distinct news coverage.
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Eldora Herald-Ledger
George R. Stauffacher
Hardin County Index
John L. Sittner
Harvey R. Jewett
Herald- Ledger
Stauffacher
Eldora
Herald-Ledger
Index
E. L. Garner
A. J. Miller
Chas. A. Norris
Hardin County Ledger
R. H. McBride
Ale
Eldora Herald
Reform Herald
William A. Greer
J. R. Bahne
Sibley
The
Ledger
H. E. Moffett
John Moffett
Herald
Enterprise
Tribune
Bahne
Jewetts
Sittners
Rockford
Ill
People
K. C. Wells
Jewett and Sittner
Four divorce suits filed in district court this week
Four divorce cases were on file in the district court this week. Plaintiffs and defendants listed include W. A. Lancaster versus Ruth Lancaster of Alden, Jessie M. Mortvedt versus Lester E. Mortvedt, Bernice Glaza versus Walter Glaze of Iowa Falls, and Lulu Wright versus Sam C. Wright.
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The
District Court
W. A. Lancaster
Ruth Lancaster
Alden
Jessie M. Mortvedt
Lester E. Mortvedt
Bernice Glaza
Walter Glaze
Iowa Falls
Lulu Wright
Sam C. Wright
Mrs H C Conklin Dies in California
Word was received of the death of Mrs. H. C. Conklin at Los Mollinos California. She was the former Elsie Mossman sister of Sam Mossman and Mrs W. W. Beigel of Ridgore and Edith SoFerlende of tall Perk.
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California
H. C. Conklin
Los Mollinos
Calif
Conklin
Elsie Mossman
Sam Mossman
Mra W.W. EB Beigel
Ridore
Mossman
Edith SoFerlende
St Marys Parish Marks Golden Jubilee in Eldora
St Marys Catholic parish in Eldora celebrates its 50th anniversary of the present church building with a homecoming mass at 8 and 10 a m, a 2 30 pm Corpus Christi procession, and a 3 30 pm program honoring parish pioneers led by Rev Edward Riley and Rev J D Mahoney. the event recalls the 1899 cornerstone and parish history dating back to the 1860s with past pastors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.V. McDonough
St. . Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's
L. V. McDonough
McDonough
Ambrose Burke
Edward Riley
Dubuque
Holy Name Societies
J. D. Mahoney
Waverly
Eldora
Ackley
Peter O’doud
Eldora Catholic
Edward White
F. X. White
St. Mary's Parish
Fathers Smith
C. Sampson
W. J. Convery
Maurice E. Nolan
J. M. McNamara
Thomas
Red Cross Learn to Swim Draws 200 Plus Local Youths
More than 200 South Hardin county boys and girls have enrolled in the Red Cross Learn to Swim program at Pine Lake. The South Hardin chapter sponsors the effort with Dorothy Dickinson in charge and five assistants. About 188 students were tested and classes began. enrollment is expected to reach about 240. Classes are scheduled by town with varying session lengths through August 13, funded entirely by the South Hardin Red Cross chapter.
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South Hardin County
Red Cross
Pine Lake
South Hardin
The
Dorothy Dickinson
Union
Whitten
Eldora
New Providence
Steamboat Rock
Hubbard
Radcliffe Station
Rites Tuesday for Rollin P Hughes
Funeral service for Rollin Parker Hughes aged 98 was held at Longenecker funeral home. He died Sunday at Eldora Memorial hospital. Burial followed in Berlin cemetery with pallbearers L W Martin Carl Bales Charles Schafer George Schafer William Polley and Lee Hayden. Born December 28 1860 in Jackson township he married Ella A Doolittle October 3 1883. The couple farmed then lived in Steamboat Rock from 1907 to 1918 before moving to Eldora. Mrs Hughes died December 7 1941. He left many friends and distant relatives with no immediate survivors.
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Longenecker
Rollin Parker Hughes
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Ralph B. Imes
Congregational Church
Berlin
L. W. Martin
Carl Bales
Charles Schafer
George Schafer
William Polley
Lee Hayden
Parker
Jackson Township
Allen Hughes
Ella A. Doolittle
Parish history sketched in golden jubilee booklet
Dowling, John J. Murtagh, James D. Mahoney, J. P. Connell and Father Mc Donough are named. Only two former pastors, Father Mahoney and Father Connell, remain living. The history of the parish serving Hardin county’s southern half is outlined by Father McDonough in a golden jubilee booklet published this week.
Expanding Athletic and Recreation at Training School
James W. McLeran, new athletic director and head coach at Iowa State Training School for Boys, unveils a daily athletic and recreational program for all students. The plan includes swimming and baseball rotations, a two-cottage softball league, weekly Sunday softball games, and four weekly sports nights plus upgraded tennis, handball, and badminton facilities. Major fall and winter sports will feature football, basketball, and volleyball with games against outside schools. The program emphasizes hobbies and scouting, led by Dick Webb, with over 40 boys in Boy Scout troop and regular camping trips to state camps.
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Iowa State Training School
James W. McLeran
Hollis Miles
McLeran
Schoo
Dick’ Webb
Boy Scout
Webb
Official Rain Gauge Set Up in Eldor
An 8 inch standard rain gauge was installed at Hubert Cleveland’s home in Pierce Place by the U S Weather Bureau from Des Moines. The Eldor station is a supplementary site for Hardin County and will report daily rainfall and heavy amounts of rain to Des Moines for flood control and river stage forecasting.
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Hubert Cleveland
Pierce Place
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Hardin County
Cleveland
Funeral Held Sunday For Union Resident
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Christian church for Mrs. Harvey Bowen 88 of Union. She died Thursday at a Grundy Center convalescent home after years of invalid status from a fractured hip. Burial was in Union cemetery with pallbearers Guy Fitzgerald Avery Norman Oscar Lepley Sam Lepley L. A. Atterberry and Sam Sorenson. Born September 24 1861 on a farm near Union she married January 29 1882. Survivors include husband two sons Clyde Union and Ross Madison Wis a daughter Mrs Roy Wilson New Providence a sister Mrs Betty Bowen Union and two brothers Frank Reed Union and Will Reed Mason City.
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Christian Church
Harvey Bowen
Pioneer Union
Grundy Center
L. A. Putnam
Union Cemetery
Guy Fitzgerald
Avery Norman
Oscar Lepley
Sam Lepley
L. A. Atterberry
Sam Sorenson
Frank Reed
Union
Will Reed
Mason City
Lumber yards to close Saturday afternoons in summer
Moser and Lovell Denniston Lumber yards in Dora will close Saturday afternoons during June July and August as announced yesterday.
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Moser
Lovell- Denniston
Dora
Yesteray
Eldora High grads form new alumni group
Forty nine Eldora High School alumni attended the meeting to launch a permanent alumni association. An additional session is set for July 12 at 8 p.m. to sign up charter members. Officers elected include Roy Ryan president Jim Tull vice president Kenneth Blair secretary Betty Lou Hubbard treasurer Shirley Fiscus historian and Kermith Huehn chairman of the constitutional committee.
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Eldora High School
Eldora High School Alumni Association
Earl Harmon
Roy Ryan
Jim Tull
Kenneth Blair
Betty Lou Hubbard
Shirley Fiscus
Kermith Huehn
4 H Girls to Attend Convention in Ames
Four-H girls from Hardin County will attend the statewide 4-H convention in Ames June 21 to 24. One delegate from each of 15 clubs, plus the county better groomed girl and the county 4-H president, travel to ISU for campus tours and musical tryouts. Mary Lou Sanders will represent Hardin as better groomed girl. Norma Thorsbakken is county president. other delegates include Betty Wirth Lorraine Jaspers Marion Bessman Joan Hegland Julie Eckel and Barbara Yount. The event features a campaign for state officers and election participation plus a better groomed contest.
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Hardin County
4-H
Ames
Mary Lou Sanders
Norma Thorsbakken
Betty Wirth
Lorraine Jaspers
Marion Bessman
Joan Hegland
Julianne Eckel
Barbara Yount
Iowa State College
Rally Day Crowns 4-H Leader As Mary Lou Sanders Elected
More than 200 attend the 27th Hardin county 4-H Rally Day at Eldora fairgrounds. Norma Thornbakken elected county 4-H club president and Mary Lou Sanders named county better groomed girl finalist, with state conference in Ames and a Chicago trip for the winner. Lillia Pingel named alternate. Ceremony featured county officers and greetings from farm bureau and extension staff. Phyllia Smitherman and longstanding club leaders attended as honored guests.
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Hardin County
Eldora Fairgrounds
Norma Thornbakken
Alden Clover Climbers Club
Mary Lou Sanders
PNT
B. R. Bateson
Mary Lou
Ames
Chicago
Lillia Pingel
Alden Clover Climbers
Mary Frances Kelly
County Extension Home
Mias Kelly
Board Sets Hearing Dates for Taxpayers in Hardin County
Hardin County Board of Review met to set review hearing dates as protests against new real estate and personal property valuations are expected to rise. County Assessor Walter Guenther said protests must be filed in writing on special forms available at the courthouse assessor's office. Protests and valuation notes on Eldora Union Whitten New Providence Radcliffe Hubbard Grundy county being raised. The firm handling appraisals is out of state and aims to finish by July 1 and predicts about 800 protests this size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Board of Review
Walter Guenther
Guenther
Board of Review
Orville Vigars
Eldora
Henry Stebe
H. M. Lutz
Town Falls
Vigars
Iowa Falls
Whitten and Union
Union and Whitten
New Providence
Radcliffe
Hubbard
Wilson Hadley
County Board of Supervisors
Eldora Rotary Club
Grundy County
Hadley
Steamboat Rock Riflemen Fall to Waterloo in Outdoor Meet
In the Hawkeye conference outdoor summer tournament Steamboat Rock rifle team lost 1668 to 1586 to Waterloo. Waterloo featured John Moschkau Midwest regional champ who shot 399 and Ralph Travis Town State champ with 397. Waterloo teammates included Norman Welsh 399 and Cecil Reitzel 1 with 1? The Steamboat Rock roster shows Harold Luiken 896 Russell Van Dornum 398 Joe Cervetti 800 Leo Daleake 890.
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Steamboat Rock
Waterloo
John Moschkau
Ralph Travis
Town
Norman Welsh
Cecil Reitzel
Harold Luiken
Russell van Dornum
Joe Cervetti
Leo Daleake
Miss Gene Osman Receives United Airlines Wings
Eldora native Wins Wings as United Airlines stewardess after four weeks at Cheyenne training school. She visited her grandmother in May, is now stationed in New York with United Mainliners. Born Gary Indiana, she attended Briarcliff Junior College and Drake University where she was a member of Alpha Xi Delta.
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Gene Osman
I. O. Keeneman
Eldora
United Airlines
Cheyenne
Wyo
Osman
New York
United Mainliners
Gary
Ind
Briarcliff Junior College
Drake University
Alpha Xi Delta
Nine Harness Races to Head VFW Sunday Program
Eldora hosts a VFW celebration Sunday July 3 featuring nine harness races with two paces and one trot across three heats each, $300 added prize per race, and events including pony and stock horse races for Hardin county entrants. Also on the card are a baseball game, a horse show with over $500 in prize money, a 30 minute fireworks display, and kiddie rides at ten cents.
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Leo Megan
Speed
Megan
Eldora
Hardin County
Eldora Merchants
Liscomb
Middle West
Lucas Heat Unit Promising for Therapy and Heating
Tests in Mason City show the wireless heat element by Dr. Ralph Lucas may aid physiotherapy and house heating. Lab work at Minnesota and Illinois universities follows promising results including 17 inch tissue penetration, bacteria and fungus kill, and no harmful rays.
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Mason City
Ralph Lucas
Ackley
Lucas
University For Minnesota
University of Ilinois
Carrry
Eldora
Control corn borer clinics begin in Hardin County today
Hardin County extension director E I Rosenberger announces a series of corn borer clinics through June 20. With high egg cluster counts reported in Jasper Polk and Clay township, farmers will learn egg-count methods and whether spraying is warranted. The schedule lists June 16 to June 21 meetings across Alden Etn a Jackson Buckeye Sherman Grant Tipton Pleasant Eldora Concord Providence Union with local secures and times.
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Hardin County
E. I. Rosenberger
Jasper
Polk
Clay Township
Steamboat Rock
Rosenberger
Conrad
Story County
Gunderson
Iowa ‘State College
Alden
Richard Harms
Hamadin
H. Holbrook
Etna — Elwood Heitland
Clay P. G. Ruppelt
Jackson
Merle Costello
Ellis
Will Neuenfeldt
Buckeyeimsland Bros
Sherman
John Bossard
Grant
Gilbert Gelhaus
Tipton
R. JC. Rodgers
Pleasant Frank Kennedy
Eldora — Martin Skillen
Concord
Irwin Knutson
Providence
August Lehmeijer
UNION
Ethmer Cox
Damage action as result of crash
Damages total more than 2500 dollars have been filed in district court against Dale Fenner and Kenneth O White stemming from a December 17 1948 collision on a bridge west of Iowa Falls. Plaintiffs Leo Ulrich Alden Twanship guardian Emil Ulrich and Darrell Montgomery seek 1379 06 for Ulrichs injuries and car damage and 1142 80 for Montgomerys injuries.
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Dale Fenner
Omaha
Oper
Kenneth O. White
Iowa
Falls
Leowen Ulrich
Alden Twanship
Emil E. Ulrich
Darrell Montgomery
Montgomery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rollin P. Hughes
Eldor
E. H.S. Grads
Bruce Hadley
Copseman
John Gunn
Ray Lake
Phyllia Smitherman
Floyd Gaede
VFW
Hardin CO
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