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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1957
Page
9
The Hardin county Farm Bureau board announced the hiring of William F. Werning to replace Wayne Halstead. Werning, currently a Farm Bureau fieldman for Ida County, will begin in about a month after completing duties there. He is married with five children.
Berrier's White House Cafe in Eldora will close for about two weeks for a complete remodel. New walls ceiling and entrance to be added. Indirect fluorescent lighting new tables chairs and dining room equipment to be installed.
Iowa Falls police and Hard in county sheriff's office raided the Ron-Da-Voo tavern Friday night confiscating three bowling machines. State agents had observed patrons using the devices for beer. A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday in Iowa Falls police court. proprietor Donald Knavel faces possible gambling house charges. Sheriff Hodgson warned gambling machines will not be condoned in the county.
Superintendent H L Miles of the training school attended a quarterly conference at Des Moines last week for superintendents of state institutions.
Mrs. Maynard Cobb announced the town and township chairmen for the South Hardin Red Cross chapter fund drive. Town chairs include Mrs. Daryl Cobb Eldora Leota Hardy Mrs. Donald E. Jones Thomas Faris Lena Tungland Mrs. Harold Lloyd Gifford Harriet Blome Hubbard Mrs. Wayne Meier Radcliffe Mrs. Doris Ruppelt Steam Boat Rock Supt H L Miles Training School Mrs F S Schuler Union Linda Long Whitten Township chairs include Lena Tungland Concord Raymond Follett Eldora Arnold Penning Grant Irvin Kosanke Pleasant Dale Kasischke Providence Wayne Meier Sherman Elmer Faust Tipton F S Schuler Union Mrs Robert Walters Pine Lake. Campaign aims to raise 5073 dollars.
A winter storm in north central Iowa forced the highway post office bus to skip its Thursday night and Friday morning routes. Winds reached up to 75 mph in the region, delaying mail service and disrupting schedules.
Jurors were selected yesterday for the Robert D. Wellman versus Reisinger automobile motorcycle collision suit. The action seeks more than 156000 dollars for injuries from the June 28, 1956, accident.
Nominations for the March 27 Eldora VFW election were announced at a Wednesday post meeting. Nominated were Howard Mairs commander Richard Rosine Delmar Hayden senior commander Harold Knutson Ed Waldo junior commander Truman Ramsell quartermaster John Butler judge advocate Raymond Gilbert and O R Lamb chaplain Dr D M Nyquist surgeon and Clarence Struck three year trustee. The nominations remain open.
Three Hardin county men left for Des Moines to be inducted into the armed forces last week. They were Herschell E. Brown of Union Neil E. Helvig and Freddie Oelmann of Town Falls.
Four adults and one 17 year old girl were arrested in Hardin County for passing bad checks. Marie Ross, 17, of Russellville Kentucky, Clarence Shelton, 31, Tennessee, William Ross Reason, 29, Georgia, and Delmont Henry Leako, 22, an army deserter, were detained after checks drawn on Iowa Falls banks failed. They acknowledged passing multiple checks from Kentucky to Montana, including at Super Valu and Food Giant in Iowa Falls. The suspects are held in Eldora jail on charges of issuing false checks.
Eldora merchants launch Spring Value Days with over 350 prizes including 20 jackpot awards worth up to 49 dollars and 56 cents. Winners may claim prizes at participating stores by presenting license numbers posted in ads or stores, with prizes available to drivers and family members of driving age. Jackpot items range from a Sheaffer pen to a sewing machine and camera, distributed across multiple local businesses.
Poultry flock owners plan a meeting at the Eldora youth building tomorrow evening. Dick Pulse says two poultry specialists from Town State college will discuss feeding management and outlook for the poultry enterprise. Leonard Eggleton and Glenn Thacker of Iowa State College will present. The session seeks owners input on future meeting topics with local feed hatchery and produce firms aiding the event.
Two Missouri men from Joplin were jailed after hearings in Iowa Falls. Harry C. Cope was fined 11 and George Anders 11 for vehicle license and unauthorized driving. Anders faces extradition to Missouri on a felonious stealing charge.
Officers of the Hardin County Educational Council were elected at their final supper meeting at the Steamboat Rock school. Louidine Hill of Iowa Falls was elected vice president, Mrs Hilgid Skidmore of Iowa Falls secretary, and Emma Steffin of Owasa treasurer. All three held the same positions last year. Ted Smith of Eldora presided.
Harlin J L Hagman, dean of Drake University, spoke to 194 Hardin County teachers on the subject What is a school The dinner was prepared by the Band Boosters and served by high school girls The program included a high school boys quartet and a clarinet quartet.
Three social welfare workers will be honored Thursday in Eldora for long service. R Longe necker and Ruth Cousin of Alden, Helen M Jones of Iowa Falls, and R R Ibach of Eldora receive 5 to 18 year certificates from the state welfare board. Ibach began Jan 1 1938 and served until Dec 31 1955. Jones earned 10 years from 1938 to 1947. Cousin, still serving, earns a 5 year award though with eight plus years service. Longe necker will present the certificates. Members of the Hardin county welfare board are Rev Ralph B Imes Eldora chairman, Mrs Cousin secretary, and Earl C Marsh.
The Steamboat Rock senior class sponsors a pancake supper at 5 30 p m on March 29. Proceeds support class activities with venue and time listed for attendees.
Eldora school board met to set a date for a proposed bond election and discuss site options for an addition. Petitions with 715 signatures were filed. drawings for Burling property and old junior high site were requested. Attendee Whit Burling preferred keeping his home. condemnation remains a remote possibility.
Clifford Rinehart, Eldora high school English teacher for five years, announced plans to move with his wife and three children to Palo Alto, California. He will begin graduate work at Stanford University this summer after graduating from Coe College. He previously lived in Coon Rapids and attended Guthrie Center schools.
The Eldora Chamber of Commerce selection committee, chaired by Jim Hauser, is interviewing candidates this week for a secretary post. One candidate has been interviewed, two more are expected, with two from Nebraska and one from southern Iowa. Final choice likely late this week or early next week after all interviews.
Harold Marsh of Union was elected Hardin county soil commissioner at a county soil conservation district meeting in the Hardin county youth building. Janet Kielsmeier of Hubbard won first in the essay contest "Better tomorrow with soil and water conservation" and earned an identification bracelet. John Thompson and Delores Hendrickson won second and third. Jerome Beach, A. J. Albers, and Glenn Ball received Midwest Farm Handbook copies for notable conservation work. Prof I W Arthur spoke on Iowa water problems to about 40 attendees.
A tree planting demonstration will be held at the Arthur Nehring farm north of Hubbard at 1 30 p m March 29. County extension director Dick Pype and Extension forester Martin E Craine of Iowa State College will explain varieties and sparings. A tree planting machine will plant 1000 trees supplied by Nehring. An ASC representative will discuss trees in the conservation reserve of the soil bank. Dale Shadle of the Soil Conservation Service will explain the trees' role in a soil conserving program.
Eldora flying club president Troy Jones announced a July 7 dedication and drive in breakfast for the Eldora airstrip. He expects 900 planes, with prizes for first to land oldest plane oldest pilot and other categories. The Thunderbird Club and Eldora Chamber sponsor breakfast and tours. New night landing lights were installed, field measures 206 by 2,200 feet near the M and St. L viaduct. The strip now has lights hangars fuel wind sock and plans for radio homing gear and a staffed office in the future.
Fifteen Eldora high school music students will attend a workshop at the State University of Iowa on Saturday. Charles Mahaffey and Leona Froning announce eleven instrumentalists will receive instructor criticism, six vocalists also evaluated, with Jim Shadle and others listed as trip participants.
Word arrives that Clarence Orgell, a clerk, and Carl Orgell, a substitute clerk carrier, passed the postoffice department scheme examination with perfect marks. J B Tunny, regional director, writes they show diligent loyalty to demanding duties in their roles.
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