Pleasant No 6 District seeks to join Eldora district
Pleasant No 6 Rural School District presents a petition signed by 18 voters to join Eldora Consolidated School. Raymond Clark and directors Harold and Marvin Marske lead the effort. If approved, six elementary students would transfer next fall. Voters in Eldora Pleasant No 6 Pleasant No 7 and New Providence face the March 9 election.
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Roe
Pleasant No
Eldora
New Providence
Eldora Consolidated School
Pleasant No. 6
Raymond Clark
No. 6
Harold Marske
Marvin Marske
Providence
Irbetore
Dististrict No
Eldora Woman
Kiwanis Members Hear Reports On Show Date Change
Kiwanis members heard reports from National Institute figures at Des Moines. Willis Wilson chaired the agriculture and conservation committee with Ezra Taft Benson, agriculture secretary, as principal speaker. The Kiwanis Horse Show date shifted to June 71 and exhibitor age limit raised to 18 from 14.
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Kiwanis Club
National and Institute
Theld Fin Des’ Moines
Willis ‘Wilson
Agriculture’ and
Ezra Taft Benson
Dex
Anneh Aoe
Tve
Soldiers and relatives listed in World War II update
Pvt Don C Hilsabeck arrives in Germany with the 85th Infantry while Pfc Dean A Groeneveld reaches Mannheim. A sailor, Aelynn L Mitchell, serves aboard USS Rankin as part of Sixth Fleet amphibious forces. Bil Stowe and Lewis Davis return to San Diego after two weeks leave.
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Aelynn L. Mitchell
Seaman
USN
Virgil O. Mitchell
Whitten
Rankin
Mitchell
Sixth Fleet
San Diego
Bil Stowe
Lewis Davis
Lawn Hill
Calif
Third of Pupils Tested Show Speech Defects
In Hardin County a speech and hearing screening of 366 students found 127 with speech defects. A temporary program offers parental help now, with plans to add a speech correctionist for 1000 hearing-tested students. Follow-up tests include 29 this year and others next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Richard J. Jordan
Jordan
ATI
Carroll Hobson Enters Race For School Board
Carroll Hobson, a farmer and Eldora township tax assessor, filed nomination papers just before Friday noon to run in the Eldora school board race. He will oppose R. R. Brown and John Starr for one of the two vacancies in the March 9 election. papers for Brown and Starr had already been filed. Pleas Hobson, his father, once served on the local board.
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Carroll Hobson
Eldora School Board
Hobson
T. E. Monteith
R. R. Brown
John Starr
Eldora Township
Pleas Hobson
Defending Champ Out As Other Peggers Advance
There will be a new city bagel champion in 1953. C Q Short, the defending champ in the 10th annual tourney, fell in the second round. Bill Megan won 3-2. Second round action continued as several players advanced and more matches were set before the March 1 deadline.
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Bill Megan
Cmb
C. Q. Short
Herald-Index Publishing Co
John Bekemeier
Chris Riggert
Willard Trout
Mac Greene
Charles Marks
H. J. Schmitz
Harold Creps
Paul Zietner
H. W. Stonebrook
Ogal Sapp
A. I. Langehough
ant,Wehrman
Lee Lindy
Lee Lundy
Herb Rebschull
Q. Short
Dick Dickensom
Ernest Daleske
Paul Schaa
Frank Petty
Dick Dickinson
SS Representative Here Next Thursday Eldora Court House
A Water loo Social Security Office representative will be at the Eldora courthouse next Thursday from 10:00 p m to 12:00 p m to assist claimants with Social Security matters.
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Waterloo
Carrie Simpson mother of Eldora woman dies in Des Moines
Mrs. Carrie Simpson 71 of Des Moines, mother of Mrs. A. E. Anderson of Eldora, died Friday morning after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from Hamilton Funeral Home with burial in Woodland Cemetery. Surviving daughters include Mrs. A. E. Anderson Eldora and Mrs. Elizabeth Harms Cedar Rapids, among four daughters and three sons. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive.
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Carrie Simpson
Des Moines
A. E. Anderson
Eldora
Hamilton Funeral Home
Woodland Cemetery
E. Simpson
Willard O
Air Corps
Elizabeth Harms
Cedar Rapids
C. J. Heggen
Marvin Randleman
Cannon City
Colo
Glenn
Simpson
Lee Simpson
Davenport
Wildlife Club entertains with music and cribbage score drive
David Lloyd George and eight training school boys provided entertainment for 42 Wildlife Club members last Thursday. The 1953 drive reports 625 signups toward a 600 member goal. Cribbage followed with Harold Frazer high at 726, Wilfred Macheak second at 709 after a three way tie.
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David Lloyd George
Wildlife Club
Harold Frazer
Wilfred Macheak
Fair board votes to light half mile track at Pine Lake
Hardin County Fair Association members vote unanimously to light the half mile track at the county fairgrounds and stage evening shows. Directors name Geoil Rooks as president and appoint R E as chairman with Francis Macy Walt Hauser Lee Megan and Herb Ahem on the committee. The board notes plans for year round events and a larger cattle and hog show for the 1953 fair with about 930 head of beef cattle expected.
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Pine Lake Cafe
Hardin County Fair Association
County Fairgrounds
Francis Macy
Iowa Falls
Walt Hauser
Union
Lee Megan
Eldora
Herb Ahem
Fair Board
Rev Moore heads ministerial union at Eldora meeting
Rev John K Moore was elected president of the Eldora Ministerial Association at the annual gathering last week. He is pastor of the First Methodist Church and succeeds Rev W L Beasley. Moore previously served as associate pastor at E St Pauls Methodist Cedar Rapids before transferring to Eldora about two years ago.
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John K. Moore
Eldora Ministerial Association
First Methodist Church
W. Il. Beasley
Rev. Moore
Mother And Son Indicted On Animal Neglect
Hardin County grand jury indicts Mar litt Smith and his mother Mrs Harvey L Smith on charges of impounding and confining hogs and a dog without sufficient food or water. They were bound over after animals found in near starving condition and a large barn burned on their vacated property. Sheriff Hodgson reported cattle also showed evidence of inadequate feeding but not charged. Both defendants posted $500 bonds and released before arraignment.
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Hardin County Grand Jury
Marlitt Smith
Harvey L
Loraine) Smith
Paul Hodgson
Hodgson
Smiths
Lindenwood Freshman Donna Luglen Joins Basketball Schedule
Donna Luglen, a Lindenwood College freshman from Eldora, is a member of the Lindenwood basketball team in a 10 game schedule against colleges in the St. Louis area. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Luglen.
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Donna Luglen
Lindenwood College
St. Louis
Lindenwood
Donna
Arthur L. Luglan
Eldora
Hubbard guard named for annual Amsberry trophy
Lois Kuhlman, Hubbard guard, is named the 1953 K E Amsberry Memorial trophy winner by Pine Lake coaches. This fifth annual honor honors sportsmanship and ability in the Pine Lake conference, with Kuhlman as the first Hubbard girl to win. She will receive a non traveling trophy at a later date. Other contenders from Hubbard include Pat Howard and six others across nearby towns.
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Hubbard Guard
Lois Kuhlman
Amsberry
Pine Lake
Snch
Hubbard
K. E. Amsberry
Herald-Index Publishing Co
Steamboat Rock
Lois
Eldora
Ervin Kuhlman
Audrey Filbrandt
Eusrd
Ed Streeter
Dala Langeman
Hawkette Club
Craig Downing
Downing
A. H. Brauer
Donna Hanson
Rosemary Weld
Jane Reif Schneider
Shirley Beaupain
Short Shoe Shop Sells to Iowa Falls Man
Sale of Short's Shoe Shop last week to Harley Hoelscher of Iowa Falls is announced. Hoelscher, tied to Huffman Shoe Repair in Iowa Falls, is Hubbard native, married with one son, and plans to move his family to Eldora when housing is ready. Q. Short, owner for about years, plans to leave for Dallas to become a Wolverine representative.
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Short
Harley Hoelscher
Iowa Falls
Hoelscher
Huffman
Hubbard
Eldora
Q. Short
Pet
Expec
Dallas
Texas
The
Petit Jury Drawn For March Term Of District Court
The clerk of court Fred L. Miller released a list of 24 Eldora area residents drawn for the March term petit jurors. Jurors must appear March 16 at 10 00 am. Names include Eldora Anne tta Snovel Wendell Clark Kathleen Bahr Hazel Bowers Roscoe Cain and others from Eldora Garden City Ta Falls New Providence Radcliffe Steamboat Rock Union Whitten and surrounding towns.
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Hubbard
Pat Howard
Whitten
Shirley Hoyt
June Shaver
Peg Bogue
New Providence
Lorraine Latch
Bonnie Reed
Owasa
Marjorie Deleske
Gladys Primus
Pat Jaspers
Steamboat Rock
Betty Ites
Shirley Swift
Lorraine Heinzeroth
Evelyn Grape
Marilyn Ellingson
Betty Clark
Alden
Shirley Beecher
Margaret Jessup
Union
Kay Eller
Leo Christenson
Ruth Christianson
Ann Bruns
Brunhil
Eldorans
Fred L. Miller
Eldora
Marie Matheson
Annetta Snovel
Wendell Clark
Kathleen Bahr
Hazel Bowers
Roscoe Cain
C. H. Speers
Opal Campbell
Patricia VanPatter
J. Y. Hardin
Iola Bright
Ed Stebo
Donald Bremmer
Ruth Hough
Lois Maltby
Dean McDowell
Carl Clemons
Harold Lott
Mildred Perkins
John Troy
Russell Roupe
W. A. Chaney
Jr. Guyeid
Grand Jury Recommends Five-Man County Board
The Hardin County grand jury urged a five-man county board to manage affairs more like a business and asked voters to decide this change in the next regular election. Board members Hillis Wilson Martin Ryken and Frank Bevan anticipated favorable action, noting a drop in the practice of buying supplies from board members since 1951. The report, prepared after secret sessions, forms part of a larger set of county office recommendations for the district court.
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Hardin County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Hillis Wilson
Martin J. Ryken
Frank Bevan
Wilson
District Court
Thursda
G. R. Hill
Clarion
Rev H C Short Elected VP of Iowa ECC Group
Rev H C Short of Eldora was elected vice-president of the Iowa Fellowship of the American Council of Christian Churches at the annual Waterloo meeting. He was named to a special committee for service to Iowa institutions.
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H. C. Short
Eldora
Lowa Fellowship
American Council of Christian Churches
Waterloo
Short
Iowa
Parents Mass Meeting On Junior Senior Party Plans
A 3:00 PM parents mass meeting at the high school gym will study May junior-senior party plans in Eldora. Students propose a progressive event with banquet, dancing, movie, square dance, and gym breakfast to keep youths off highways. A junior committee led by Sherrill Frazer with members Frazer Bailey Brown Irwin Many Krause Reist and Bowers will present the plan to adults and study details with organizations.
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Eldora
New Grand Theatre
Eliic
Sherri
Frazer
Sandra Bailey
Edward Brown
Tom Irwin
Ellen Krause
Victor Reist
Leone Bowers
Varous
Maryen Krause
Norma Jeske
Jean van Tiger
Sandra Balley
Firemen to Name Committees For State Convention
Firemen will appoint committees for the state convention at a meeting of the Elders firemen Thursday evening. The event will prepare for the upcoming September gathering. In cribbage, Town Falls leads Bore gure by 278 points with Clyde Davison high for Fl dora at 707 last week. The next game is set for tomorrow night here.
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Eldera
Orville
Town Falls
Clyde Davison
Fldora
We Have Hank Picture Acquisition Plus Urgent Photo Request
The paper thanks Mrs. J. C. Boyd and W. H. McDonald for delivering Hank Shafer photos after Friday’s edition. It seeks historic images of people and events tied to Eliora’s development, asking for newspaper clipings with photos. The first June 16 convent issue is in press, with more issues to follow as prepared.
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Hank Shafer
J. C. Boyd
W. H. McDonald
Hank
Peo le
Eliora
Ayer
Conventr
Advisory Group Proposes New Eldora Elementary Bond
Members of the School Advisory Committee told the Eldora school board of findings from their study of current conditions and recommendations for a new elementary building. They urge selecting a site, defining building type, and placing a bond measure under $400000, ideally $300000 or less, with voters in the district to decide. The report cites overcrowding, inadequate toilets, poor ventilation, and limited play space, plus polling showing most residents favor the Bateson site.
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Eldora School Board
Eldora
R. R. Brown
Don Wilson
City Council
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Farm Bureau
Ministerial Association
Eldora Firemen
Rotary Club
Home School Association
Kiwayis Club
Bateson
Hardin
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