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Eldora Herald Ledger

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1952

Page

4

Local visitors and funeral attendance noted

Mrs Daniel Dolph of Hingham Montana arrived Thursday for a two week visit with her daughter Miss Jacqueline Dolph. Mr and Mrs Harley Bjoralt and son David of Greeley Colorado were weekend guests in the home of Mrs Bjoralts mother Mrs Marie Garles. Mrs Bert Beecher and Mrs Harry Hutzel attended the funeral of Mrs Glen Riley at Iowa Falls on Wednesday.

Daniel Dolph Hingham, Montana Jacqueline Dolph Harley Bjoralt David Greeley, Colo Bert Beecher Harry Hutzel Glen Riley Iowa Falls Ernest Beecher

Weekend visits across Eldora and surrounding towns

Families from Sheffield, Iowa Falls, Radcliffe, Decorah, Denver, Tama, Winterset, Malta, Mont., Grundy Center, Waterloo and Marshalltown spent weekends visiting relatives in Eldora and nearby. many stayed with Esther Jackson and Wm. Bowman, with multiple parents and children noted.

John Miller Winterset Bowman Wm. H. Bowman

Barrow Show Honors Hardin County Entries in Cedar Rapids

Hardin County entries placed in multiple weight classes at the Barrow Show held in Cedar Rapids last Thursday through Saturday. Abraham Wilts of Steamboat Rock showed Chester White barrows earning 8rd and 2nd in light weight pen, plus 5th in heavy weight cross bred barrow. Melvin Oppold of Eldora entered Duroc light weight barrow for 3rd and light weight pen of three for 4th. Wilts, a veterans on the farm trainee, and Glenn Paul, class instructor, attended the event.

Hardin County Cedar Rapids Abraham Wilts Steamboat Rock Chester White Melvin Oppold Eldora Wilts Glenn Paul

Annual School of Instruction Held For C. E. S. 158

The Ascension Chapter 158 Order of Eastern Star held its annual school in the Masonic Temple on Friday March 7 with Mrs. Nell Bonnell of Ft. Dodge presiding as grand conductor and district instructor. Visitors from Plover Fort Dodge Iowa Falls Union and State Center attended. A dinner followed for officers husbands and special guests. Initiation and awards honored Nell Bonnell and other dignitaries as members enjoyed songs and refreshments attended by 75 members.

Ascension Order of Eastern Star Masonic Temple Nell Bonnell Ft. Dodge Plover Iowa Falls Union and State Center Blanche Ethel Cox John Essig Tilda Price Star Points Carol Tranbarger Conrad Mary Randolph H.,l. Cleveland Paul Hodgson M. D. Suilley R. C. Rogers Lyle Hubbard A. E. Anderson

Hubbard Students Rate Tops In Speech Contest

Hubbard High School students Mary Lou Bekemeier and Karen Nehring earned top ratings in the pre district contest at Mason City and will compete in the northeast salls contest in Oelwein March 17. Rosemary Weld also took part in the humorous division with Laugh Clown Laugh. All three had top ratings at the Iowa Falls preliminary on February 15.

Hubbard High School Mason City Oelwe Mary Lou Bekemeier Foley Karen Nehring Mary Stuart Schiller Rosemary Weld van Antwerp Iowa Falls Hubbard Hampton Robert Bergin Hubard

First donors lead as Bloodmobile visits South Hardin

Fifteen students and five staff members lined up to give blood while five others were rejected. Ives Allbez, the only other teen donor, quipped that the blood would help James Wallaces and Donnie Mays. A guest donor, Mrs. Ralph Doty of Hawarden, joined Charlene George’s class as a donor.

Ives Allbez James Wallaces Donnie Mays Ralph Doty Hawarden Charlene George Marvin Schwebke D. W. Dickinson Merle Froning Howard Frey Eldora Glen Calloway Steamboat Rock Milo Schwarck. Whiten John Dinnes Glen Gates Dinnes Gates South Hardin

Eldora volunteers thanked after blood drive at grill

Co chairmen Mrs Marks and Mrs Nuckolls express heartfelt appreciation to all who contributed blood and to volunteers, school officials, doctors including R E Gray and J Shorts, and to the Eldora School Board for facility use. Acknowledgment lists house operations committee members Verna Lloyd, Bill Clemons, Paul Schan, Dick Protheroe, John Bekemeier, George Janssen, Andy Kasemeier, Marion Munsinger, Orville Lamb, Harold Abbas, and Doyle Felton.

Eldra Grill Marks Nuckolls F. K. Schmidt Eldora School Bard R. E. Gray J. Shorts W. H. van Tiger D. M. Nyquist K. H. Weaver Union R. A. Eckberg Hubbard House Verna Lloyd Bill Clemons Paul Schan Dick Protheroe John Bekemeier George Janssen Andy Kasemeier Marion Munsinger Orville Lamb Harold Abbas Doyle Felton

Joylyn Winters Awarded by D A R Chapter

Joylyn Marie Winters daughter of Everett and Mrs Winters of Eldora received a certificate of award from Open Fire Chapter D A R in the Good Citizenship Pilgrimage contest sponsored annually by the chapter.

Joylyn Marie Winters Everett Winters Eldora Open Fire

Senior Jaylyn represents new El Dora School in district event

Mrs. Howell Boyd Jr chaired the event with Leota Hardy as co chair man. Jaylyn, a senior at El Dora High, won as district runner up while Sarah Jane Bruwn of Waterloo took first prize. Contenders were judged on character leadership and service. final screening required a composition on What the Constitution Means to Me. 16 participants entered the district contest amid keen competition. Jaylyn served as homeroom secretary freshman year secretary of sophomore and junior classes president of home ec council sophomore year, and editor of the school paper junior and senior years.

Jaylyn Eldora High School New School Sarah Jane Bruwn Waterloo Boyd Home Room Home Ec Council

Marshalltown couple welcomed a baby boy born March 6

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cordes of Marshalltown are the parents of a baby boy born Thursday March 6. The event leaves the Cordes with three sons in the family. Miss Marion Ziesman of Des Moines spent the weekend in Eldora with her mother Mrs. Mary Ziesman. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Dale Meeker and daughters Connie and Linda were her guests at a family dinner.

Stanley Cordes Marshalltown Marion Ziesman Des Moines Eldora Mary Ziesman Dale Meeker Connie Linda

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