Eldora Clock Freezes At 4 23 In Centennial Year
Eldora faces a public clock crisis as the courthouse timepiece stuck at 4 23 for weeks. The basswood hands warp from moisture, an electric motor replacement failed, and repairs stall after letters to contractor Wallace Jaka went unanswered. The board of supervisors must act in Eldora’s centennial year to hire a reliable clock custodian.
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Eldora
Eldorans
Fred Edgar
Hubert Cleveland
Wallace Jaka
Lester E
Ose
Jake
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Supervisore
John Butler
Christmas Seals Sale in Hardin County Totals 4629.58
Mrs. Irwin Christianson of Low Falls reports Hardin County raised 4629.58 from selling 1952 Christmas Seals, up about 100 from last year. Towns contributed 3048.95 and townships 1580.83 to support Hardin County Tuberculosis and Health Association services, with about 85 percent of residents receiving free chest X rays in the county program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Irwin Christianson
Low Falls
Seal Sale
Hardin County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Ackley
Alden
Buckeye
Hidera
Gifford
Hubbard
Town Falls
New Provi
Owasa
Radcliffe
Steamboat Rock
Union 3
Whitten
Alden Wu
Neord
Ellis Vo
Grant
Hardin
Supervisors Debate Five Member Board In 1900s Hardin County
Eldora Enterprise issue from February 11 recalls petitions demanding a five member board for Hardin county. Law requires signatures from one fourth of legal voters to force a county vote. Supervisors recently agreed to submit the proposal to the next general election following a grand jury recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Hardin County
Eldora Enterprise
Montezuma Rites For 9 Year Old Ollie Duncan
Ollie Jean Duncan aged 9 died Friday night after a short illness that began with measles. Funeral services are set for today at Steffy Funeral Home in Montezuma with burial in the local cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Roliie Duncan and four sisters Ruth Faye Lucille and Deborah and one brother Robert. The family moved from Montezuma to a farm near Eldora January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Jean Duncan
Steffy
Montezuma
Longenecker
Roliie Duncan
Deep River
Ruth
Faye
Lucille
Deborah
Robert
Eldora Januay 1
Clay Township Farm Bureau Meeting Tomorrow
Clay Township Farm Bureau will meet at the Steamboat Rock schoolhouse tomorrow evening, March 11. Highway safety talks will be given by two highway patrolmen, and Harold Luiken will speak on fire prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Township Farm Bureau
Steamboat Rock
Harold “Luiken
Band Mothers To Stage Showboat Varieties in Hubbard
Hubbard will host a three act musical by Band Mothers Friday and Saturday at 7 30 pm in the new gym. The show titled Showboat Varieties features songs and dances with Stanley Dreier as master of ceremonies and Mrs Ginette Meier as accompanist. Proceeds fund folding chairs for a recently purchased set. The cast includes dozens of local residents such as Mrs Pat Witmer Mrs Lois Elson Miss Ann Gerlach Carl Below Mrs Arlys Hemping Homer Eller Mrs Juanitta Faust and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gee
Pat Witmer
Mre
Lois Elson
Ann Gerlach
Carl Below
Arlys
Hemping
Homer Eller
Juanitta Faust
Branley Dreier
Dick Robertson
Anneth Engelking
W. J. Mack
Wade Below
Walter Bradt
Norman Maland
Harold Boeke
Homer Eléry
Henry Barger
Lois Below
Bernice Weld
Nancy Jo Freese
Charles Lehmeier
Derald Case
Peggy Holcomb
Steven Meier
Karen Nehring
Jim Grantow
Grace Dubberke
Rosemary Weld
Quentin Christopher
Cecil Tesdah
Charles Wallace
Francis Lennier
George Faust
Mary Engelking
Dale Hendricks
Jane Relfschneider
Bertice Fisher
Ortaine Penning
Shirley
Beaupain
Tom Beaupain
George Case
Jim Ganzow
Northwestern students bring film to Berlin Church event
Berlin Community Church will host a group of Northwestern Schools Minneapolis youths on Sunday evening March 15. The school film Design for Tomorrow will start at 7 30. Miss Dolores Bright, Northwestern student and daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Bright, will introduce the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin Community Church
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Design
Dolores Bright
Ralph Bright
Runaway Olds Henry Grobe Crashes Into Lumber Yard
Henry Grobe’s Oldsmobile refused to start, rolled down a grade and jumped the curb. It struck the Lovell-Denniston Lumber Co building causing damage to the front of the car and the lumber company’s wall. Grobe estimated repair costs at several hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Grobe
Grobe
Eldora Mot Company
Buick
Lovell-Denniston Lumber Co
Ned Fagg
Eldora
Lumber Company
Judge Schaupp Opens March Term In District Court
Judge John M. Schaupp presided the opening session of the March term as petit jurors were ordered to report Monday March 16. The docket includes 27 new cases with state charges against several defendants for larceny of a motor vehicle and other offenses, plus seven tax appeal civil actions against the Board of Supervisors and additional civil suits between various individuals and entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Schaupp
District Court
Harl Bonjour
Ronald Bruce
James McCandless
George Meyer
Harvey Smith
Marlin Smith
H. W
Ed A. Lindebak
Howard Maidel
H. L. Cleveland
Lorsine Smith
C. Wright
M. & St. L. Railway Co
Lola M. Greiman
Reuben M. Greiman
Erma J. Rastetter
Jerald Wi Rastetter
Iowa Savings Bank
Dan A. Callahan
Edna R. Engelby
Bennie Engelby
Hugo Carl Klatt Rites To Be At Methodist Church
Funeral services for Hugo Carl Klatt will be held at Eldora Methodist Church on Tuesday at 2 PM with Rev. Baker Wolfe and Moore officiating. Burial in Steamboat Rock cemetery. Survived by five sisters two brothers and many nieces nephews. service in Eldora with Nowets in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Carl Klatt
Methodist Church
Hug Carl
Klatt
Eldora Methodist Church
Tugg
Robert Baker
George Wolfe
John Moore
Steamboat Rock
Earl Shaver
Fred Doering
Siena Donner
Jurn Frerichs
Fred Baker
Gerald Ellison
Nowets
Florence Northrup
Dean Eggleston
Hermann Last
Huo
Carl Klatt
Carl and
Wilhelmina Klatt
Germany
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Hardin County
Hardin City
Hickory Grove
Berlin
1.0.C.F. No
Eldora
Anna Livings
Ton
Alberta
Canada
Min ‘jte-Sielaff
Buckeye
Clara Frerichs
Gertie Crippen
Freda Frerichs
Max
Frank Klatt
Enlistments Reported For Air Force recruits
Robert McDanel age 20 and Paul Bruns age 19, both of Radcliffe, enlisted in the Air Force on March 6. They will undergo nine weeks of basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, with a four year period of enlistment. One recruit will report to Fort Lewis, Washington for overseas assignment.
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Haima Age Bos
Miers
Hathaway
Whitten
Fort Lewis
Washington
AF Robert. McDanel
Paul Bruns
Radcliffe
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Navy Beale Sails Caribbean for Operation Springboard
Seaman Robert C. Way of Eldora aboard the destroyer escort USS Beale participates in Operation Springboard, part of the Atlantic Fleet winter maneuvers in the Caribbean near San Juan and Guantanamo Bay. The Beale plans to return to Newport, Rhode Island by mid March, with liberty in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Rumored courthouse yard fence sought for centennial issue
Readers are invited to provide a photo proving a past fence surrounding the courthouse yard. The request extends to images of historic Elm county items including the 1932 33 Eldora boys basketball state tournament team, the first Ekiora High School graduating class, and the Dedlostion of the high bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Ekiora High School
Dedlostion
High Bridge
Strickler Buys Root Beer Stand From Lloyd Berg
Guy Strickler announced he has purchased the drive in root beer stand on West Edgington Avenue from Lloyd Berg. The deal was handled through C Rubow, local realtor. The stand will open in May after remodeling and will feature a soft cream concept. Strickler formerly worked at Books Implement Company and previously operated the Firestone store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Strickler
Priday
West Edgington Avenue
Lloyd Berg
C. ©. Rubow
Strickler
Books Implement Company
Firestone
Services At Union This Afternoon For Miss Carter
Funeral services for Miss Pearl Carter will be held at the Community Church in Union this afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Bueford Hall officiating. Miss Carter died Saturday morning at University Hospital in Iowa City after a two week stay as a patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pearl Carter
First of 3 Meetings Tonight At Radcliffe To Study School Plans
M. Hassman named station agent for the M and St. L Railway at Radcliffe, succeeding J A Page. Associated with the railroad 14 years, he previously served as operator at Marshalltown Oskaloosa and Albia, with a brief Eldora posting in 1939. He is married with two daughters aged seven months and two years, living on Lith Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T.hassman
M. and St. L
J. A. Page
Hassman
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Albia
Eldora
Lith Avenue
Reorganization talks for Radcliffe rural residents begin at high school
Over 600 rural residents in the Radcliffe district invitees attend a first meeting at Radcliffe High School tonight at 1:00 PM to discuss reorganization. Meetings continue Wednesday and Thursday with attendees from Hamilton county and Concord Sherman Buckeye Townships. Officials note joint county board action would be needed for cross county consolidation, with current district spanning two square miles and four sections including Radcliffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliffe
Radcliffe High School
Hardin
Hamilton County Boards of Education
Radcliffe Independent
Alden to Name New School Board March 24
Alden will hold a special school election March 24 to form a new Alden consolidated district board. Five directors and a treasurer will be elected. Petitions due 10 days before the election with ten valid voters’ signatures. Voting at Alden town hall from noon to 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden
M. Z. Albers
Alden Town Hall
Training School to Be Featured On WHO Radio Series
Eldora Boys Training School will be featured in a three part radio series on WHO Des Moines airing Sundays in March at 9 30 p m The programs titled Your Two Cents Worth will cover training progress discipline and vocational opportunities with staff including Supt Hollis Miles asst supt M I Puckatte and others, and three boys will be interviewed with names given as first names only.
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Eldora
WHO
Des Moines
Hollis Miles
M. I. Puckatte
W. W. Shaffer
Howard Blandauncipal Thomas Irwin
Herbert Leeper
David George
Miles
Ford Mechanics
Local Students to Perform at Luther College Musical Festival
Five local youths Donn Modlin Eugene Martin Tamma Jo Crossey Ronald Oldenburg and Derell Scott will take part in the Dorian Band Festival at Luther College on March 19 and 20. About 210 students from Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and South Dakota join them for the two day event with Percy Grainger as guest soloist on March 20.
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Luther College
Donn Modlin
Eugene Martin
Tamma Jo Crossey
Ronald Oldenburg
der “Ell Scott
Eldora
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Percy Grainger
Auxiliary Names Committees For District Meeting
Plans for the Third District convention on April 23 are led by committees formed at the American Legion Auxiliary meeting. Events include sessions at the New Grand Theatre luncheon at churches and a banquet with Legion members at the high school. Mrs. Henrik Fauerby chairs with a long list of subchairmen for pages publicity registrations memorials decorations and more.
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American Legion Auxiliary
New Grand Theatre
Adon
Legion
Henrik Fauerby
Ros
Hunt
Wm. Lu
R. W. King, Jr
Dhr
Glen Archer
Joe Kramer, Jr
R. Ry Brown
J. J. Shorts
T. H. Schau
Henrik Sauerby
C. A. VanPatter
Glen Whorrall
Ed Stebe
Jack Leonard
Lowell McCormick
Kenneth An- Dick" Jewell
County Shops
Helen Blum
Ernest Balyant
J. B. Sout
Eidera
Herali-Index
Smith
Uhlenhopp to preside over May Hardin County court term
Judge Harvey Uhlenhopp, appointed to fill the late Sherwood A. Clock's unexpired term, will preside at the May session of Hardin County district court. Born June 23, 1915, on a farm near Geneva Iowa, he studied at Ackley Hampton Grinnell College and the University of Iowa Law School. He practiced law in Hampton from 1939 to 1953, served in WWII, worked with Brody Charlton Parner and Roberts, was Franklin County attorney 1947 1951, and a state representative 1951 1952. He is Republican, a Mason and Caif member, married Elizabeth Elliott in 1940. they have two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Uhlenhopp
Sherwood A. Clock
Hardin County District Court
Uhlenhopp
Geneva
Iowa
Ackley
Hampton
Grinnell College
University of Iowa Law School
Des Moines
Brody, Charlton, Parner and Roberts
Franklin County
Masonic Lodge
Order of Caif
Elizabeth C. Elliott
Elliott
John
Hubbard Church Auction Of Used Building Material
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church Hubbard offers a large sale of chamber material lumber desks pipe storage cupboards wiring and more starting Saturday at 12 30 o clock following razing of the church for a new sanctuary and education building
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hubbard, Wll
Car Hits 200-Pound Buck North of Hubbard
A buck deer weighing about 200 pounds was struck and killed by a car driven by Mrs. Ramah Cowell on Highway 65 a mile north of Hubbard Saturday afternoon. The deer was taken to Emmett's Locker in Eldora for meat to be distributed among county institutions.
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Ramah Cowell
Hubbard
Highway 65
Emmett
Eldora
Seek To Raise 3000 To Finance Lighting Project
K and Reisinger chair the Hardin county fair association committee seeking 3000 to light the half mile track at the fairgrounds. About 1000 has been raised. more contributors are urged. Megan reports progress. board notes livestock growth raises premium money needs. Contacts: Inger, Megan, and committee members Jerri Allen, Francis Macy, Walter Mauser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. &. Reisinger
Hardin County Fair Association
Rairgrounds
Sauuday
Fair Board
Lea Megan
Hardin County
Megan
Cecil Rooks
Reisinger
Inger
Jerri Allen
Eldora
Francis Macy
Iowa Falls
Walter Mauser
Union
Kiwanis Members and Wives Plan Cedar Falls Night
Kiwanis Club members and their wives will join Cedar Falls for an inter club ladies night program Thursday at 6 45 PM at the Cedar Falls Woman's Club. M L Puckette assistant superintendent at the state training school spoke on treatment of a juvenile delinquent noting fewer than 40 percent of trouble youths come from broken homes and stressing home supervision. He outlined tests and medical exams for admitted boys and described education and vocational opportunities during their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Cedar Falls
Puckette
Durign
Durin
County Nurse Evelyn Lyon Publishes Health Services Report
The annual report shows 696 residents sought advice and 626 field visits by county nurse Evelyn Lyon. She led 113 physician calls, 15 health conferences, 28 meetings, and 51 school visits with 192 teacher conferences. Five pre school clinics examined children and educated mothers. programs include orthopedic referrals, tuberculosis support, venereal disease prevention, and maternity guidance. Plans for the coming year include expectant mother classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
Evelyn Lyon
Lyon
State Department of Health
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Clay Farm Bureau
Band Mothers
Schaupp
G. Strickler
Miss Carter
St. L
Board For
New Alden
Judge Unlenhopp
Hubbard Church
Kiwanis
Cedar Falls Club
M. L. Puckette
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