Boyers and Smiths Reunion Draws 80 People at Ivester Hall
More than 80 attendees joined the Boyer Smith family reunion at Ivester Community hall last Sunday with a picnic, a business meeting led by retiring president Harvey Pence, and activities for children including ball games and kite flying. New officers elected include Victor Schwarck president Milo Schwarck vice president Lucille Strauss secretary treasurer. An entertainment committee lists Martin Schwarck Lorain Smith Carl Strauss and Harvey Smith while a dinner committee includes Mitze Pence Georgia Hickman Ida Marie Schwarck Lorraine Schwarck and Lawrence Pence. The reunion, among the area’s long running events, drew many from Anderson Indiana Ellwood Indiana and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyers Smith
Ivester
Harvey Pence
Association
Victor Schwarck
Milo Schwarck
Lucille Strauss
Martin Schwarck
Lorraine Smith
Carl Strauss
Harvey Smith
Edgar Moats
Glen Button
Ada Schwarck
Dale Schwarck
Nora Pence
Lawrence Pence
Georgia Hickman
Howard Pence
Melvin Pence
More Farm Storage Space Urged by CCC
The Commodity Credit Corporation promotes farmer storage Capacity loans by guaranteeing local bank loans for on farm facilities. Loans cover up to 45 cents per bushel capacity or 85 percent of cost, whichever is smaller, for about five years at four percent interest. Eligible borrowers include tenants landlords and owner operators with production interest in the commodity in question.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Walter E. Hauser
County Aaa
AAA
Superintendent Martin Albers attends Iowa county schools meeting
Hardin County schools chief Martin Z. Albers is at the state meeting of county school superintendents in Spirit Lake this week. The sessions run from Monday through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Z. Albers
Hardin County
Iowa
Spirit Lake
State program details to be edited for county rollout
Complete program details have been received at the state office and are being edited. They will be applicable to program operation in the state and forwarded to all counties in the very near future. Additional information will be provided as soon as it is available.
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Mittee
Circus Comes to Eldora Next Sunday Afternoon Show
The Kelly-Miller Bros circus arrives at Eldora for a single matinee at 2 p m on Sunday, traveling in over 60 tractor-trailers. A large animal menagerie includes 12 elephant herds, 41 dens of lions and tigers, 87 horses, camels, zebras, giraffes, hippopotamuses, plus Miss Oklahoma the 2 ton hippo. The event, second largest wild animals circus in America, unfolds at the fairgrounds with morning unloading and animal care.
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Oklahoma
Eldora Fairgrounds
al G. Kelly-Miller
Eldora
Kelly-Miller Bros
Fairgrounds
Kelly-Miller Bros. Circus
America
Webster City
Two Seriously Hurt In Route 65 Crash Near Iowa Falls
Don Eckhoff and his sister Miss Beulah Eckhoff of Eldora were critically injured in a head on collision on Route 65 south of Iowa Falls. Five others were injured, including Don Brown and his wife. Keith Lenning and wife and their 19 month old daughter Peggy Lou. Officers investigated as victims were taken to Ellsworth hospital.
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Don Eckhoff
Beulah Eckhoff
Eldora
Iowa Falls
Eckhoff
Miss Eckhoff
Don Brown
Keith Lenning
Radcliffe
Peggy Lou
Suit Dismissed in Mortvedt Divorce Petition
The divorce petition of Jessie M. Mortvedt against Lester E. Mortvedt was dismissed at the request of the plaintiff in District court this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie M. Mortvedt
Lester E. Mortvedt
Golden Jubilee at St Marys Church Celebrated Attendees
About 400 people gathered at St Marys Catholic church for the fifty year observance marking the 1899 building. An 8 oclock Mass included First Holy Communion for eight children. Rt Rev Ambrose Burke preached at 10 oclock Mass. The dedication of a Wurlitzer electric organ and a 250 dinner under a tent highlighted the morning. Corpus Christi procession moved to two outdoor altars then returned for benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s ‘Catholic
Ambrose Burke
St. Ambrose College
Magr. Burke
Emma Burke
Frances ‘Watters
Eldora
Edward Riley
Du‘puque
Ceremonia
Lettow Appointed to Hardin Soldier Relief Commission
Leonard Lettow an Iowa Falls post office worker was named a member of the Hardin county soldier relief commission by the county board. The board accepted the resignation of Floyd Klippel as a member and approved a $22,000 budget for the coming year, up $5,000 from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Lettow
Iowa Falls
Hardin County Soldier Relief Commission
County Board of Supervisors
Floyd Klippel
Lettow
Soldier Relief Commission
Hardin County
Henry Boyenga
Alden
J. N. Martin
New Providence
Otis Rule
Ackley
Sam Sorensen
Union
Town Falls
D. K. Justice
Hubbard
Ben Topp
Ben Jaspers
Steamboat Rock
William Hoffman
Radcliffe
Martin Ryken
Wilson Hadley
Frank Bevan
Garden City
Legion Officers for Next Year Nominated
Walter Sayer Post No 182 of the American Legion nominated officers at a regular meeting. Nominations remain open until the election at the next meeting on July 21. Incoming commander may appoint the adjutant. Nominations listed: Commander John Bekemeier First vice commander Robert Brown Second vice commander C A Van Patter Finance officer Keith Strother Chaplain Clark Akers Historian Ralph Speers Sergeant at Arms Tom Megan and Robert Ziesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Sayer
American Legion
John Bekemeier
Robert Brown
C. A. van Patter
Keith Strother
Clark Ak
Union Plumber Attack Leads to Hospitalization
Marshalltown man Sanderson faces assault charges after an evening dispute over credit for plumbing merchandise. He allegedly struck Fred Peirce and a helper with a tire iron near Union Town, then, wounded in a shed, attempted suicide with a shotgun. Sanderson was hospitalized. injuries described as not serious. A Conrad justice of the peace handled the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ra Sanderson
Beaman
Evangelicial Hospital
Marshalltown
Fred Peirce
Union
Credit Sanderson
Peirce
Sanderson
Conrad
Accidents Prompt $26,000 in Damage Suits Filed
Damage suits totaling more than twenty six thousand dollars are on file in District court this week. Mrs. Ella McCloud seeks twenty five thousand six hundred eighty eight dollars from Carroll Doud and Robert J. Pierce for injuries after a collision near Eldora on May 18, 1948. B A Stokely seeks about four hundred twenty one dollars from Cletus Schoberg for an accident near Whitten on June 8, 1947. Both suit the defendants with negligent operation of their cars.
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Ella McCloud
Carroll Doud
Robert J. Pierce
Doud
Pierce
Eldora
B. A. Stokely
Cletus Schoberg
Whitten
Stokely
Eldora and Radcliffe Horse Shoe Match Tonight at Local Courts
Members of the Eldora horse shoe pitching club meet a Radcliffe team at the local courts tonight at 7 30. Cedar Falls will oppose the local team here Saturday evening in a follow up match.
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Eldora Horseshoe
Cedar Falls
Jones named new Board Member for Iowa on July 1
Robert L. Jones a Democrat from Chariton Iowa will take over duties July 1 as a new member of the state board of control succeeding P F Hopkins of Mason City who retires after twelve years service Hopkins will remain in an advisory role for up to two years Jones long history as a Chariton drugstore operator and local business leader includes interests in Knoxville Leon Corydon and Fairfield He chaired Lucas County draft board in WWII and coordinated for Johnson Machine Works in Chariton during the war Hopkins a civil engineer will complete two twelve year terms June 30 and the board plans to keep him as an advisor further low key duties
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Robert L. Jones
Chariton
P. F. Hopkins
Mason City
State Board of Control
Iowa Training School For
Jones
Beardsley
Charton
Knoxville
Leon
Corydon
Fairfield
Lucas Co
Johnson Machine Works
Board of Control
Des Moines
Hopkins
Iowa
Wide Interest in VFW Horse Show
The VFW horse show draws growing interest with many inquiries from Nebraska Illinois Iowa and beyond. Breeders plan to display Sunday night July 3 before Fort Dodge on July 4. The event aims for a two hour program with fireworks plus harness races a baseball game Eldora Merchants vs Liscomb, kiddie rides, and mixed admission prices for afternoon and evening sessions.
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VFW
Nebraska
Illinois
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Eldora Merchants
Liscomb
Plane crash injures Iowa spray pilot near Hughes Crossing
Dale North 28, of Eldora, a former army pilot, suffered severe skull fracture and crushed legs when his Aeronca Champion crashed into a lone tree at Ray Campbell farm north of Hughes Crossing. He remains in very critical condition at Eldora Memorial hospital. The accident occurred during a spraying run with 40 gallons of corn borer spray after takeoff from the Iowa Falls airport shortly before 6 am. North, married with a young son, had only begun spraying duties for Leslie Emmett. A field ground guide estimated he veered too close to the tree on the second pass. The plane was nearly demolished, engine shoved into cockpit. He was strapped in and removed unconscious. CAA officials conducted an investigation later that day. Ownership of the farm is by Mrs. Ora Gast, mother of Mrs. Emmett. Ray Campbell had tenants there for years. the crash site lies about a mile north and east of Hughes Crossing.
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Eckhoff
Iowa Falls
Lenning
Lynn Evans
Bob Nelson
Hardin County
Jack Dempsey
Dale North
Eldora
Ray Campbell
Hughes Crossing
North
Eldora Memorial Hospital
D. M. Nyquist
Leslie Emmett
Aeronca
Carroll Frederickson
Fredrickson
CAA
Ora Gast
Hospital Room Fund Reaches $715 in Eldora Memorial Drive
The Eldora Woman's club fund to furnish two rooms in the new Eldora Memorial hospital annex sits at 715 dollars, nearing its 1,000 dollar goal. Latest contributors include Mrs. Dean Laing, Mrs. Jurgen Tjaden, Mrs. C. W. Haase, Mrs. Donald LaVelle, Mrs. William Luick, Mrs. James G. Bales, Mrs. Lyman Lundy, Mrs. John L. Butler, Mrs. Claude Hauser, Mrs. O. L. Geery, Mrs. Ives Boyd, and Mrs. Eldon McVeety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Woman's Club
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Dean
Laing
Jurgen Tjaden
C. W. Haase
Donald LaVelle
William Luick
James G. Bales
Lyman Lundy
John L. Butler
Claude Hauser
O. L. Geery
Ives Boyd
Eldon McVeety
Corn Borer Perils Hardin County Crop
County extension director E I Rosenberger reports initial corn borer damage after 15 township meetings. Egg counts range 220 to 330 per 100 plants with some hatch. spraying or dusting advised within one to two weeks for fields 85 inches high or more to protect the 1949 corn crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
E. I. Rosenberger
Rosenberger
D.D.T
R. C. Rogers
Death notices Mrs Williamson near Ackley
Mrs Carl Cordes of Eldora was notified of the death of her aunt Mrs Allen Williamson near Ackley. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at Iowa Falls.
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Carl Cordes
Eldora
Allen Williamson
Ackley
Iowa Falls
Hubbard Couple Marks 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bucy celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a family dinner at Shady Rest near Iowa Falls last Sunday. Guests included children Dr. Paul Bucy of Chicago and wife, Enlon Bailey and daughters of Marathon, W. C. Clancy of Los Angeles, Mrs. Laura Allen of Akron, Mrs. Margaret Gettis, Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson of Leland, and Mrs. Frank Bucy Reid of Spirit Lake. Married in Hubbard on June 19, 1899, the couple has two grandsons Craig and James Bucy and two granddaughters Diane and Marcia Bailey.
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Spirit Lake
Bucy
Lillian Clancy
Hubbard
Craig
James Bucy
Diane
Marcia Bailey
Marathon
Guenther and Vigars Named to 4 Year Terms
County Assessor Walter Guenther was named to a new four year term starting January 1, 1950. Orville Vigars of Eldora was appointed to a new four year term at a county conference of mayors, supervisors, and education officials at the courthouse. The conference approved an assessor budget of 13,070 dollars and reappointed seven field assessors. Salaries were kept at current levels with per hour and mileage rates.
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Walter Guenther
Hardin County
Board of Supervisors
County Board of Education
Eldora Court House
Orville Vigars
Eldora
County Board of Review
Guenther
J. Wade Creson
S. R. Bruce
Iowa Falls
Clarence Whitehead
New Providence
Wayne Bartholomew
George Berges
Ellis Township
Vern Dubberke
Hubbard
I. G. Whitney
Alden
Vigars
Henry Lutz
Henry Stebe
Milking Shorthorns to Be Shown Here July 2
Milking Shorthorn cattle from central and northern Iowa parishes will be shown at the fair grounds Saturday July 3. Dr Cannon of Iowa State College at Ames will judge the show.
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Iowa
Cannon
Lewa State College
Ames
Iy Snow
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Boyers, Smiths
Reunion
CCC
Evelyn Olsen
Miss Olsen
Th Pta
Hardin County Medical and Dental Societies
Riggert
Chris Riggert
Central States
Utility Company
14Th Avenue
St. Mary's Church
Legion
Iowa Traiing School
Emmett
MR. and Mrs. Bucy
W. C. Guenther
Ryken
Otis Rash
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