28 Mar 1950
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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1950
Page
1
The Eldara school board seeks a thorough survey of needs within bonded indebtedness. Expert guidance and public forums will help shape a voter presentation. Progress requires time and public patience as plans to address the building problem move forward. The piece also lauds the FDIC’s record and debates over potential insurance changes.
A newspaper note extols the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for complete depositor protection. It cites Melvin Price of Illinois in the Congressional Record praising no losses to insured bank depositors in six years and lauding national stability and safety of insured banks in Hardin County.
Yesterday reports note W E and Butler of Eagle City move their machine to Union while Albert Harris leases land for a cheese factory at Point Pleasant. Grant Modres opens a new cheese factory at Union, and Grant Tyler is mentioned among elected officials. Local incidents include a fatal buggy accident near a railroad crossing, a house fire northwest of Union, and robberies at several local stores.
The Rev. Glen Weimer of First Church of the Brethren South Bend Ind will conduct a preaching mission at Ivester Church of the Brethren April 20 with the theme Our Lord s Passion and Human Living Services include Sunday 11 00 a m Jesus and Human Selfishness and 7 30 p m Jesus and Human Ambition Monday 7 30 p m Jesus and Human Hate Tuesday 7 30 p m Jesus and the Order of Civilization Wednesday 7 30 p m Jesus and Human Resistance to the Cross Thursday 7 00 p m Holy Communion Friday 7 30 p m Jesus and Human Redemption The public is invited to attend.
Ralph Tonal Imes pastor at Corner 12th avenue and 12th street shares contact 448-Red and parsonage 184. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Morning worship follows. Pilgrim Fellowship and related services listed. Short Pastor Corner Washington street and 11th avenue with parsonage 226 hosts Sunday school 10 p.m. Morning Worship and Baptist Youth programs noted. Evening services 7 p.m. prayer 8 p.m. Thursday.
Finst Methodist Church on West Railroad Street led by Pastor Ehlert offers Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. John Zimmermann is listed as pastor with a separate 11th Avenue parsonage and contact numbers.
A humorous column recounts Mrs Katharine Piper commenting on a shopper Mr Scholey who bought a cookbook not for his wife but for himself. He loves cooking, dreams of a steak house, and recalls Minneapolitan club kitchen gigs. The piece weaves fashion and aging worries with local gossip and humorous asides about proofs and a crowded street corner.
Church notices list service times for Ivester Church of the Brethren with pastor Walter J. Helacy and location details two miles west of Highway 14. It also lists the Point Pleasant Community Church schedule with McKinley as pastor, including Bible School and morning worship times and various youth and women's activities.
In a historic note Central States Electric Co. now owns the building once displaying the Es tora Creamery sign. An old scene shows horse and buggy, bicycle, and an early automobile likely taken around 1910. The front reads Jensen. the creamery passed to Herb Sobabe, then Lloyd Berg became owner.
The Hardin county Christmas health seal drive raised 4598.35 dollars, per Mrs. Irwin Christiansen Iowa Falls seal sale chair. Town contributions include Ackley 270.77 Alden 166.26 Buckeye 60.26 Eldora 709.00 Gifford 25 Hubbard 134.90 Town Falls 2.78 New Providence 02.85 Dwasa 17 Radcliffe 221.785 Steamboat Rock 101.55 Union 230.45 Whitten 32. Township gifts list Alden 135.85 Buckeye 105.25 Concord 163.55 Clay 55 Eldora 88.50 Ellis 113.75 Etna 121.15 Grant Hardin 147.25 Jackson 76.99 Pleasant 98.76 Providence 148.48 Sherman 93.25 Tipton 108.54. At a business session of the
Eldora residents elected to leadership roles with Mrs May B Cobb re elected president. Robert Longenecker named vice president and Mrs Carroll Miller named treasurer. Dr F N Cole serves as medical advisor and M Z Albers as education chair. Other officers include Mrs Christiansen chair and Mrs O K Dick as representative delegate. Pine Lake basketball conference history featured in Herald Index sports.
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