Water as Friend or Foe During Soil Conservation Week
A June proclaimation marks Soil Conservation Week across the United States and Iowa highlighting watershed concepts such as Pine Lake in Hardin County. It explains how runoff, sediment, and flood risk affect farms, homes, and water supplies, and promotes practices like terracing and stripcropping to boost infiltration and safeguard streams and reservoirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Iowa
Tir Din
Sour Home
Hardin County
Pine Lake
Last Sunday marked Rev Clyde's final Eldora pastorate
Yesterday's events included Congregational Church pastor Rev Jno P Clyde's announced departure next Sunday to Muscatine for new duties. Local carpenters' strike ended with workers returning to the same contractors on Monday. A fatal fall from a scaffold killed George Peters near Ackley. J G McElroy renovated his city laundry building and secured a five year lease for McDonald. A burglary at Reinbeck reduced $150 from a safe. detectives traced the thieves toward a creamery and Rock Island line. 1913-1933 era notes and local business updates close with a roundup of nearby town happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jno. P. Clyde
Congregational Church
Muscatine
Herald
George Peters
Ackley
J. G. McElroy
Mr. McDonald
Johann H Jers
Reinbeck
Waterloo
Rock Island
Warrenburg
L. G. Ward
Eldora
Stella Bush
Ford Sales Company
Ford
H. H. Nazett
O. K. Graitage
South
Washington Street
Nazett
Clarion
Pine Lake Country Club
New Ball Park
Howden
Eldora News Roundup Highlights Local Events and Notables
The list covers a broad Eldora region update: religious service with Rev Ragsdale and soprano Mrs Herrald. W H Soper introduces. a two-cent gasoline price rise. current station prices 15.1 regular 17.8 ethyl 14.1 cheaper grades. Eagle Scout honor for Werner Soballe. 34 Hardin county youths enrolled in Roosevelt reforestation camps. Eldora township leads county in monies and credits. water tested in new cement reservoir near city hall. C and N W area oil station nearing opening. Also notes 1943 and 1953 items: war effort dehydrators, waves training, softball win, math instructor, and centennial baby cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
A. L. Ragsdale
W. H. Soper
Board of Review
F. H. Herrald
Winifred Fowler
Werner Soballe
Herbert Sobalte
Hardin County
Roosevelt
Eldora City
Frank Jackson
Samm Greenweig
Broad mix of family visits and weddings in Hubbard Eldora area
Local notices recount multiple family visits and dinners among the Broer, Hagen, Jeske, Bachman, Smith, Winters, Svendsen, and related families. Weddings noted include Jane Perkins and Dean Clingerman and Kathleen Wehrman and Gail Hackney. Several relatives travel between Lawn Hill Eldora State Center Hubbard Marshalltown and Hubbard for gatherings and celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Broer
Fred Broer
Linda
Henry Broer
Dora
Lewis Broer
Lewie Broer
Barbara Mathews
Wilmer Broer
New Hampton
Becky Mathews
Rena Dougan
Leonard Blair
Kenneth Blair
Eldora
Dean Clingerman
Lawn Hill
Tomas Hagen
Lloyd Dooley
Oscar Jeske
Kathleen Wehrman
Gail Hackney
Ant
Oscar Eke
Walter Jeske
Basil Bachman
Eith Bachman
Terry
Drain
Bachman
Hubbard
Marshalltown
Clint Barnes
Bob Ricks
Ewald Ricks
Fort Leonard
Fort Carson
Cole
Ricks
Germany
Maryland
Carlton Nassen
H. S. Twite
Lake Mills
Kay Ingenbrueson
Wayne Ganzie
Will Broer
Billl Broer
Bob Smith
Jackie Smith
Roberta Faust
Orvall Wolff
Henry Winters Sr
Martin Winters
Dale Kasische
Sand
Charles Svendsen
Bud Svendsen
Harry Svendsen
Buzz Prother
California
John Bogue
Adrian Bachman
Floyd Beasley
Ed Nassen
Jane Perkins
Dean’ Clingerman
Baptist Church
Thomas Hagen
Vacation Struggles in Newspaper Office Amid Absence
In a rural paper, staff reflect on a vacation without bookkeeper Mrs Piper. While she travels to Washington DC, colleagues manage tasks, answer questions, and track advertisers. Family visits and local events fill weekend notes, including storms that damaged a corn crib and crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piper
Washington, D. C
Birthday Celebrations and Community Notices from Eldora
Owasa families host potluck honoring Mrs Albert Barnhart as W S C S meets with speaker Mrs M K Knoblock. Families from Fairfield Noel and Eldora attend dinners and Bible School hosted by Rev Knoblock. Bert Daleske 81st birthday observed. Kay Hauser of Hampton bride elect honored at pre nuptial shower at Owasa Schoolhouse with local hosts and program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Barnhart
Martha Barnhart
Harold Ziesman
Eldora
Horace Nichols
W.S.C.S
Owasa
M. K. Knoblock
Noel
Knoblock
Meta Raska
Ella Smith
Dean Booth
Virginia
Herman Teske
Otto Barr
Ruby
Bert Daleske
Maxine Schultz
Charles Crosser
Richard Daleske
Frieda Daleske
Ordean Freese
Steamboat Rock
Max and
Harold
Hubbard
Charles Dobbs
Iowa Falls
Herb Balvant
Jeanne
Ernest Daleske
Kay Wauser
Hampton
Donald Trickey
Owasua
Dewey Lamprecht
Floyd Trickey
Paul Cross
Robert Fuller
Mildred Palmer
Ord Ridout
Kenneth Frisbie
Judy Hauser
Charlene Frisbie
Dean Johns
Larry Crosser
Larry
Attendees Honor Union-Whitten Alumni Banquet
About 240 people attended the Union-Whitten alumni banquet in the Union gymnasium marking the second reunion for the school. Officers were elected and attendees from multiple Iowa towns gathered for dinner, talks, and roving memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union-Whitten
Union Gymnasium
Celal
Paul Gleanes
Agnes Packer Barnes
Loyd Beecher
Beth Beecher
Andis Marshall Caster
Hubert Peckham
Baise
Idaho
Joma Mason
Velma Hauser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Jackson
Wilbur B. Feshay
Minneapolis
Tri-State Unties Company
R. M. Hunt
W. C. Mulford
New Providence
George T. Nelson
Eldora High School
Board of Education
William S. Naden
W. H. van Tiger
Boston
Medical School
Harvard University
Eldora Boy Scouts
Lois and
Muriel Miller
Norman Kunath
Lillie Schmitt
Hunter College
New York City
A.&+.G. drug store
Hardin County Savings Bank
Harold “Whitney
Union ‘High-School
Linda Sue Travis
Frank Crippen
Stan Qo
Fairgrounds
Tom Reed
Kate Starr
Hattie Cavana
Union
Ernest Kruper
Radcliffe
Marion Shore
Jim Reece
E. E. Reece
Elmer Mitterer
Minnie Hershey
Parkersburg
Fred Stepplemoor
Sheffield
Mike Vow
Lowell McCormick
Carol Gaunt
St. Anthony
Don Adams
Liscombe
Clemens Church
Frank Neubeaur
Mr. and
Mrs. Dean Smith
Mrs
Helen Curtis
E. E. Green
Fairfield
Se Nichols
FE. E. Green
Merle Lindsey
Green
Lake Okobuji
U-W
Whitten
J. D. Mabee
Don Hauser
Dale Martins
Ethel Hammer
Burma Morgan
Ruth Reese
Gail Hauser
Ora Moreland
Theresa Cox
Donna Barnard
Gail Jessup
Charlene Billingsley
Ray Calla- Wan
Don Renand
Grinnell
Robert Wright
Will Wright
Ames
Mushalltown
Spirit Lake
Gladbrook
Ray Campbell
Robert Hadewond
Lwve Story
Phillips 66
Eldora Oil Company
Phillips “66
L. W. Flickinger
Shore Construction CO
State Farm
Bob Hurst
12Th St
Towa
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Ilinois
Felcoy
Town State College
S Ee Petroleums
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