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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1946
Page
7
The annual Red Cross drive urges residents to donate and help keep more funds in Hardin county for local relief. Letters suggest mailing contributions to Henry J. Janssen or Eldora branch chair J. E. Tull. It lauds selective service officials for wartime service and thanks local boards for their sacrifice and dedication.
Yesterday’s Eldora items include a Dickens sociable at Mrs C C Gilman hosted by the Congregational society, postmaster Reynolds vacating for J B Myers, Q O H Chapin re elected Citizens Bank president with J A Boyer cashier, Hardin County Telephone Co incorporators listed, stock set at 1000 dollars, Newcomer Miles Miller and others attending the Des Moines Republican convention, meat market closure by H M St John and new market by his son, Allen Meader and George Ryan elected school trustees, National Holiness convention opening three day session, James Williams planning a new west Eldora residence, Ludema Williams to represent Eldora High in sub district declamatory contest at Ackley, engagement of Lois Wisner to Earl Bloomquist of Minneapolis announced, v E Ball arriving to take over the Eldora express office, Adam Frederick former rural carrier moving to Shamokin, Pa, and W J Murray offering to be alternate Republican national convention delegate.
Cynthia Gray recounts a father's pride and tears as his son, recently discharged and re enlisted, buys a house for his aging parents. The piece evokes homeward longing, the refrain I'll know where you are across, and the quiet resilience of rural family life in wartime.
Elections on the school board saw A. D. Davis and George A. Starr win reelection. Dr J Willard Caldwell spoke to the Rotary about Hardin county relics, collecting thousands of pieces. Erio Cobb suffered a broken knee after being thrown by a mule. Eldora band seeks tax support, Baptist church held a 40-person reception. Dr J R Winnett moved to the Hardin County National Bank building. Margaret Hall and Arthur Ruben wed and plan to live in Aurora Illinois. Red Cross leaders named with W H Van Tiger as chair and L K Welsh as secretary-treasurer. February was record cold, average 19 degrees below normal. Lloyd Sword won the 115-pound Iowa high school wrestling title.
The Veteran's Letter Box in the Herald Ledger serves Hardin county veterans with Q and A. Questions cover GI bill use during terminal leave, civil service point preferences, applying for preference forms, flight training eligibility under the GI bill, and unemployment reemployment compensation. A U S Employment Service representative is at Eldora courthouse each Monday morning to assist veterans.
Lawrence Tatum reports February saw four dairy herds set merit records. Raymond Rudolph Eldora had a Brown Swiss yield 419.6 pounds butterfat, Howard Martin Whitten a grade Brown Swiss total 3048 pounds yearly, and Spurlin Dairy Union two grade Jerseys at 8378.9 and 837.0 pounds. The 12 herds average butterfat for 143 cows was 24.7 pounds. Iowa Training School for Boys Eldora bought ten cows from State Juvenile Home Toledo by authority of the Iowa Board of Control, Holstein-Friesian Association of America recording ownership change.
A reader Q and A covers weed seed longevity up to 28 to 40 years and need for ongoing weed control. It explains crop pendulousness in turkeys can stem from heredity or climate, and lists pig death costs from birth to eight weeks with labor overhead. It notes sanitation reduces diseases and cites Purina Mills and Cornell research on dairy cow fertility and milk vein anatomy.
At the New Grand Theater this week and next, crowd-pleasing offerings include Throw a Saddle on a Star a western musical starring radio and screen veterans, The Man From Cheyenne, and Girls of the Big House. Sunday to Monday features Leave Her The Heaven with Gene Tierney Cornel Wilde Jeanne Crain Vincent Price. Tuesday to Wednesday offers The Gentleman Misbehaves with Robert Stanton Osa Massen Hillary Brooke and others.
A Providence missionary family led by Rev Eli Wheeler writes from Port Said en route to the Belgian Congo describing customs, taxi mix ups, hotel misadventures, and impressions of Egyptian life. The party, including Rev Paul Barnett, sailed Dec 6 1945 from New York aboard a mission caravan. The letter notes travel woes and a Christmas service with American University friends in Cairo.
An extension education program will hold contour layout demonstrations in 16 Hardin County townships to aid farmers in contouring fields for raw crops. Demonstrations, run by soil conservation technicians under the soil conservation district commissioners, require interested farmers to contact county extension director Er. I. Roseberger at the Eldora post office building.
Meeting called to order by Mayor Nyquist with council members Brown Caffee Fagg Janssen Protheroe Schlampp and Lundy present. Bills allowed include Geo Dickenson Labor 19.20 Hardin County Law Interest Louis Darne fund Crosley Jn jiles Central States Electric Co Globe Machinery Supply Pittsburgh Steepe Supplies Hooker Supply Co Gaskets 3.79 and 30.00 for paint 55.00 total.
A partial record of Hardin County expenditures shows allocations for toilet tissue, stoker coal, electrical supplies, repairs, and salaries. Items include work by Lovell Denniston, Central Iowa Telephone, Matt Parrott & Sons, Eldara Publishing, Standard Oil, and others with various small charges. The City Clerk notes G. M. Shafdr.
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