School Reorganization Plan To Be Filed With State Friday
Hardin county Board of Education finalizes changes to the proposed plan and will present the map to Des Moines on Friday March 21. The state department will not approve the plan, but a copy is filed for information. Areas may petition for inclusion or exclusion and several boundary adjustments were made to Eldora and surrounding districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Board of Education
Es Moines
Des Moines
M. Z. Albers
State Department
Ben Jaspers
Hardin County Board
Jaspers
Sete
Board of Education
County Board
Hubbard
Ellis Township
Owasa
Concord
Radcliffe
Grant Township
Eldora
Pleasant Two
Eldora Township
North
Hardin County
Robertson
Iowa Falls
Cleves
Ackley
Steamboat Rock
Etna
Steamboat Area
Alden
Merle Johns Announces Run for Hardin County Supervisors
Merle Johns a Democrat and director of the REA announces his 1953 bid for the Hardin County Board of Supervisors. A farm bureau and former school board director, Johns was born near Cleves, is married with two sons, Dean and Leland, and will face incumbent Republican Martin J. Ryken of Ackley in the race.
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Merle Johns
Hardin County Board of Supervisors
Farm Bureau
Cleves
Wellsburg High School
Dean and
Leland
Rural Carrier Position to be Filled at Union
The U S Civil Service Commission will accept applications for a rural mail carrier at Union through April 3 1951. The exam will be held in Eldora date to be announced later. The post is vacated by Charles Schryder who retired December 1 after 31 years. George Sorensen is acting. Applicants must be US citizens residing in the Union area for one year prior to April 3 and meet form requirements. Both sexes eligible but sex may be specified. Applications blanks available at Union post office or Washington office. files must be in Washington by close of business April 3.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Union
Eldora
Charles Schryder
Union Post Office
George Sorensen
United States
U. S. Civil Service
Soyniaeee
Washington
Date Set For Annual Odd Fellows Meeting
Representatives from I O F groups in Eldora Iowa Falls Grundy Center Union and Reinbeck met to set a date for the annual Odd Fellows gathering. The meeting approved April 30 at 8:00 p m at Iowa Falls with Hardin and Grundy counties lodges invited to participate. Members with 25 or 50 years of service will receive buttons and dancing and refreshments will follow. Complete program details will be released later.
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I, 0
O F
Eldora
Iowa Falls
Grundy Center
Union and
Reinbeck
Odd Fellows Club
Iowa Kalls
Odd Fellow
Hardin
Grundy Counties
Annual Demonstration at New Providence Home Freezer Event
Burt McGown IAHA hardware dealer stages his annual home freezer demonstration in the New Providence high school gymnasium community room starting at 7 p.m. The event on March 26 will include awards after the demonstration.
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New Providence
Burt McGown
IAHA
Legionnaires Name New County Officers at Joint Meeting Here
About eighty Legionnaires and Auxiliary members gathered at the I. O. O. F. club rooms in Eldora last Thursday for a joint county units meeting. Legion officers elected for the coming year included Vern Arends of Ackley as county commander Glenn Whorrell of Eldora as county chaplain Clinton Mitchell of Eldora and Gus Lehmeier of Hubbard as sergeants-at-arms. Auxiliary president Mrs Bert Larson of Radcliffe oversaw a $50 donation to the U S O drive and announced the April 15 spring conference at Steamboat Rock with a joint district meeting set for April 25 in Waterloo. J A Mattheson of Waterloo spoke as third district commander and Mrs H O Gilley discussed her trip to the Florida national convention. A L A singers entertained with Norma Speers on piano as jonquils lilies and green carnations brightened the lace table. Committee members included Louis Cochran Frank Kennedy Frank Petty Glen Sheldon Doyle Felton and Chet VanPatter. Rhythm Trio provided dance music.
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Eldora
al Jaspers
Steamboat Rock
Vern Arends
Ackley
Glenn Whorrell
Clinton Mitchell
Gus Lehmeier
Hubbard
Bert Larson
Radcliffe
Waterloo
J. A. Mattheson
H. O. Gilley
Florida
Norma Speers
St. Patrick
Louis Cochran
Frank Kennedy
Frank Petty
Glen Sheldon
Doyle Felton
Chet VanPatter
Brown named Hardin County Conservation Chief
Ross K Brown is appointed conservation chief for Hardin County moving from Guthrie County to Eldora. He replaces Wayne Fisher who resigned to farm near Radcliffe. Mr Brown is married with two children and his family will join him March 29.
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Ross K. Brown
Hardin County
Guthrie County
Eldora
Wayne Fisher
Radclif
Mr. Jowe
Semi Finals On Cribbage Agenda In El Dora Tourney
Semi finals set for the El Dora city cribbage tournament with Ray Teske facing Don Marks and C. Q. Short meeting Harold Creps. Finals and a consolation match will be held at 7 30 p m on Wednesday March 26 at the American Legion club rooms. Five out of seven games decide each contest with four prizes including a cup for the winner.
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Legion Club Rooms
Ray Teske
Don Marks
C. Q. Short
Harold Creps
Eldora City
American Legion Club
Teske
Wilbur Davis
Marks
Don Wilkinson
Short
Paul Zeitner
Creps
Bill Tietz
Hardin County Extension Plans Meetings and Elections
Hardin County Extension department schedules a busy week with officer elections and program planning. A March 21 joint session at Eldora will unite nine subcommittees including 4-H and livestock to shape the county extension program. Elections precede the talks with a nomin ating committee led by Ralph Streyffeler and others. A Brucellosis discussion at Ellis Township meets March 20 at 6:00 p.m. with Dr. Peglow and Dick Pulse. The Fair Premium Committee meets March 19 at 8:00 p.m. to review livestock class revisions for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Pulse
Harding
Congregational Church
Eldora
Ralph Streyffeler
Oswell’ Fisher
Kermit’ Whitehead
Lloyd Beecher
Ray ‘Lake
Lloyd
Roland
Elmer. Fiessner
Bud Svendsen
Alfred Janssen
Ellis Township
Ter
Peglow
Iowa Falls
Lester Kaufman
Ellis Township Farm Bureau
Edgewood Place
Town Falls
Hardin County Fair Premium Committee
Pulse
Eldora group heads plan for all ages recreation program
Representatives from civic, service, and social groups met at the Rooks home to push a long term town wide recreation program for all ages. They aim to form a committee at a second meeting tomorrow night to study local facilities and draft a plan, following a WOI TV discussion on Eldora’s needs.
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Eldora
Cecil Rooks
Woi-Tv
Ames
Toledo
Iowa
Glenn Kurtz
4-H Camp Center Group Is Named
The Hardin county 4-H camping center committee met at Eldora to plan a county drive for a Boone Iowa camp site. Cecil Rooks chairs a central committee including Merl Hunt Ralph Bright Maurice Cook and others. The Des Moines River site near Boone covers 557 acres. Cost 24 000. total project 500 000. The county drive likely in September with a second meeting on March 26 at the extension office.
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Hardin County
Eldora
Boone
Cecil Rooks
Merl Hunt
Ralph Bright
Maurice Cook
Daisy Long
Murry Landon
Earling Hanson
Wendell Clampitt
George Mark
Lester Kauffman
Carl Hamilton
George Stauffacher
Jacqueline Dolph
Dick Pulse
Extension Department
Des Moines
New Airmail Package Limits Set by Post Office
Eldora post office announces a new postal regulation effective March 15 restricting air mail packages to 2 pounds maximum weight and no more than 30 inches in length plus girth. Applies to overseas parcels sent to service members.
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Eldora Post Office
Dress Rehearsals for EHS Comedy The Great Doorstep
EHS stage crew and about fifty students prepare for The Great Doorstep a comedy by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett to be staged March 28 and 29 in the high school auditorium under Miss Ellen Stock. Cast to be announced Friday in the Index.
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Ellen Stock
Frances Goodrich
Albert Hacket
EHS
Donna Saylor
Marilyn Miller
Jean van Tiger
Marion Stewart
Gayle Ruby
Chuck Crandall
Bonnaie Larson
Jerry Hodgson
Herald-Index
Local theatre crew and cast list for production
The article lists the production team and cast members including Phyllis Lyman Toomson Bonnie Larson Mary Krejeci Mary Brock Mary Ann Schultz Verlee Reist Barb Langland Marilyn Mitchell Doris Lamasters Dave Wilson George Fagg Jim Foster Gary Button Chick Breadall Jerry Hodgson K Don Bekemeier Jim Shor with sound Tom Irwin Gordon Lamb publicity Jane Wood Donna Laglan Bill Krause Dolores Bright Dolores Dixon Carol Armstrong costumes Doris Lamasters Ruby Barr Shirley Follett Barb Row Norma Jeske lighting Leon Doughty Bob Bateson Ed Butler make up Mary Brock Janice Persons K Don Bekemeier property crew Jerry Crosser Sherry Burnett Chuck Crandall Garry Button Glen Gaede Mark Krejci.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Lyman Toomson
Bonnie Larson
Mary Krejeci
Mary Brock
Mary Ann Schultz
Verlee Reist
Barb Langland
Marilyn Mitchell
Doris Lamasters
Dave Wilson
George Fagg
Jim Foster
Gary Button
Chick Breadall
Jerry Hodgson
K. Don Bekemeier
Jim Shor
Tom Irwin
Gordon Lamb
Jane Wood
Donna Laglan
Bill Krause
Dolores Bright
Dolores Dixon
Carol Armstrong
Ruby Barr
Shirley Follett
Barb Row
Norma Jeske
Leon Doughty
Bob Bateson
Ed Butler
Janice Persons
Jerry Crosser
Sherry Burnett
Chuck Crandall
Garry Button
Glen Gaede
Mark Krejci
FIRST ROBIN Heralds Real Spring Amid March Surprises
Gordon Clemens reports spotting a fat red robin on Saturday morning while commuting, the first visual sign of spring after sleet and snow. Several others heard robins, signaling renewed spirits as thousands brace for lingering winter.
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Gordon Clemens
H-L Linotype
Robins
Willard Riekena Named Head of Har din County Education Assoc
Willard Riekena of Iowa Falls was chosen president of the Hardin County Education Association at the annual dinner meeting held at the old Ackley School. For the first time members voted directly under a recent ISEA constitutional amendment. New officers include Mrs. Blanche Taylor secretary and Robert Wagstaff treasurer. Jack Lown becomes vice president. Dr. M. L. Cushman of Iowa State College was guest speaker.
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Willard Riekena
Iowa Falls
Hardin County Education Association
Ackley
ISEA
Blanche Taylor
Robert Wagstaff
Radcliffe
Jack Lown
M. L. Cushman
Iowa State College
Kasischke to Stage Auction Tomorrow
L. E. Kasischke will discontinue his Minneapolis and Moline dealership and stage one of the season’s largest auctions west of New Providence tomorrow. A large quantity of new machinery and some used equipment will be offered. Sale time is 10 30 am with lunch on the grounds. Eldora Auction Co. will conduct the sale.
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Minneapolis
Moline
L. E. Kasischke
New Providence
Eldora Auction Co
Mr and Mrs Leslie visit Des Moines aunt recovering
Mr and Mrs W G Leslie spent Sunday in Des Moines visiting Mrs Leslie's aunt Mrs Mark Furman. The aunt remains in her son John Furman's home recovering from a broken hip but progress is slow.
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W. G. Leslie
Des Moines
Mrs. Leslie
Mark Furman
Wet Corn Movement Dwindles On Muddy Roads
Eldora grain trade stalls as muddy roads hinder farmers from delivering wet corn. Hadley Grain Company notes previous shipments of one to three carloads daily to Cedar Rapids Chicago Milwaukee and Peoria processors. Moisture ranges 20 to 30 percent with prices from 1.05 to 1.40 dollars per bushel.
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Eldora
Hadley Grain Company
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Milwaukee
Peoria
Berg and Ferguson couples attend South Pacific in Des Moines
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Berg and Mr and Mrs Bob Ferguson were in Des Moines on Wednesday to attend the South Pacific performance, enjoying the show and the afternoon outing together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Berg
Bob Ferguson
Des Moines
South Pacific
Nutting Rites Set for Wednesday Afternoon
Mrs Belle Protheroe Nutting 76 died Monday at home after months of ill health. Funeral services will be Wednesday afternoon at Andrle and Creps Funeral Home. Survived by one daughter Mrs George Gethman of Eldora.
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Belle Protheroe-Nutting
Andrle and Creps Funeral Home
George Gethman
Eldora
Grundy School Board Files Plan of Its Own
Grundy County school board, not joining the Eldora plan, files a reorganization plan with the state board of education in Des Moines. The proposal would shift Eldora area pupils to Melrose routes 3 and 4, with buses currently serving Melrose 1 through 6. Residents in affected zones may protest the plan.
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Grundy School Board
Grundy County
Eldora
State Board of Education
Des Mines
Melrose
C of C to Plan Spring Opening Coffee Meeting
The chamber of commerce will hold a coffee meeting at 9 30 this morning in the C of C office to finalize preparations for the annual Spring Opening and set a date.
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Chamber of Commerce
C. of C
GOP Resolutions Favor Turnpike Roads and Local School Control
Hardin County GOP resolutions advocate continuing road improvements with a potential statewide turnpike system, while leaving school matters to local district will. They urge promoting young Republican leadership, supporting private enterprise, and criticizing New Deal policies. The statement defends Republicans and attacks current administration policies, calling for a militant campaign to gain power.
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GOP
Hardin County
Towa
Republican Party
Hardin County Republicans split Ike Taft unofficial vote
In Hardin County the unofficial Republican straw poll taken after the Friday convention showed Dwight D. Eisenhower with 68 votes and Bob Taft with 63. Over 200 delegates attended the Eldora gathering which chose 28 delegates for Des Moines next April.
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Ike
Taft
Hardin County
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bob Taft
Eisenhower
Eldora
Des Moines
Meeting to Explain PMA Payment Requirements in Hardin County
Ross K Brown soil conservationist in Hardin County announces a meeting tomorrow Wednesday at the conservation office in Eldora basement for explaining earth moving specifications contractors must meet to conform to PMA payment rules. Copies of specifications will be available and the certification procedure will be explained. attendance urged for all PMA related projects in Hardin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross K. Brown
Hardin County
Eldora
Mr. Brown
Secretary of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
PMA
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L. L. Welden
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William Leverton
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Tipton Twp
Lucille Long
Whitten
Jackie VanDerveer
Don Wilson
Helen Hunt
Leo Daleske
Fred Doering
Daisy V. Long
Hardin County Central Committee
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