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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1955
Page
4
Donovan Schuler aged 26 of Iown Falls and Marilyn R Reed aged 20 of Town Falls obtained a marriage license. The couple plan to wed in the near future per local records.
June 21-23 boys shortcourse in Ames at Logsdon Park starts 6 00 p m. June 22 extension family cookout for Grant Wawra at Logsdon Park 6 00 p m. June 23 extension family cookout meeting for Ellis township at Cottage Community Hall. June 28 extension budget committee at extension office 8 00 p m. Pleasant township Farm Bureau at Roughwoods Hall 8 00 p m. June 30 4 H judging livestock workout at John Kemp Farm Alden 8 30 a m.
A fragmented list of residents and businesses including Ackley Pontiacs and Ford trucks, Steamboat Rock, Radcliffe and Eldora names, Iowa Falls car makes and models, and associated individuals such as Henriette Miller Charles Surls Homer Hitchcock C H Telg Joe and Mrs Henry Arensmeier Duane Fritzel O J Irene Smith Paul Porter and others referenced in an obscure notice.
Jim Hanson of Eldora was arrested Saturday afternoon and charged with intoxication. He is being held pending a hearing.
Cars driven by Clair Ziemke of Hubbard and Walter Hartschen of Mason City collided at the intersection of highway 65 and Garden City road Monday morning causing $225 damage to the vehicles. No one was injured.
Ten Hardin county 4-H boys will attend the state 4-H Boys Short Course at Town State College June 21 to 28. Delegates from nine of the county's 14 clubs will take part, visiting agronomy and agricultural engineering farms and meeting animal husbandry staff to learn about new developments in agriculture and livestock breeding, pig testing, and milk production.
Dr Evelyn Duall from Chicago will address boys on Taking Off Into Todays World and The Girls in a Boys Life. Ray Cunningham of Ames will discuss The Kind of Person I Want To Be. Mrs Buena Mockmore and Dr Ray Bryan will counsel on happiness and jobs in a Mans life. Fire Magic demonstration by Dr Llewellyn Heard plus music and state officer elections.
George G. Fage of Eldora joins 29 Drake University Air Force ROTC cadets departing for four weeks of summer camp training at Ellsworth AFB Rapid City South Dakota. A Drake law major he will be a senior in business administration this fall.
Karla Klein, 15, of the Alden Clover Climbers, was elected to sing the Four Seat Clover song at the state 4-H officers installation in Ames. She was chosen from more than 100 contestants. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klein of Alden.
Sponsored by the Steamboat Rock Progress Club Miss Clelia Finster hosts a two day centennial open house at her Steamboat home with an antique display. Hours are 2 to 4 PM and 6 40 to 8 30 PM each day. The home sits on the corner northeast of the schoolhouse.
A sequence of June 1955 property transfers records deeds from multiple owners including D H Marks, Lydia Harmon, Silas Wierson as referee, and others to buyers such as R D Hurst, Walter Bennetts, and H B Shephard. Jurisdictions cover Eldora areas in blocks, parts of town plats, and NW SW 8-87-19 with several estates noted in 6-7 month periods.
A historical note records the pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock on December 21, 1620 marking an early chapter in American colonial history.
The Towa egg law taking effect July 4 aims to improve the quality of eggs reaching eastern markets. Economist Francis A. Kutish of Towa State College notes producers’ eggs must be candle tested and US graded, with Iowa poultry supplying 24 percent of shell eggs shipped to New York City last year, up from 22 percent by New York state poultry.
A list of individuals connected to the Hospital Dldora Valmar includes Mrs. Lloyd Crippen LeRoy Sticlow Mrs. Novella Creson Mrs. Leslie G. Pettigrew Whitten Montz James W. Crosser Mrs. Neris Cockerham Iowa Falls Mrs. Everett Doss Union Mrs. Lyman Sheets Hubbard Mrs. Rena Hankemeier Mrs. Fred Bunte Mrs. John Stover August Meier and Mrs. Charlotte Walters BINTHS Eldora Mrs. Joe Hubbard girl June 16 Mrs. Harvey Pence boy June 19 Radcliffe Mrs. John Ostrom boy June 18 The Great Plague of London in 1665 caused 68 686 deaths.
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