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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1955
Page
4
Homemakers can choose from a wide range of lamp designs this spring, from simple to ornate, traditional to modern. Table lamps vary from 12 inch miniatures to 62 inch giants, with most between 28 and 34 inches. Traditional and Early American motifs reappear alongside sleek contemporary pieces, with turquoise pink and misty blues leading pastel trends and silvery finishes paired with brass for two tone gleam.
Registration for next year's kindergarten in Eldora will be April 1. Supt Paul J Simons said no regular classes that day. Registration occurs in the Hardin building from 9 to 1 and 1 to 3. Children must be five by November 15, 1955 to be eligible.
The annual Easter coloring contest sponsored by Eldora merchants and the Hardin County Index invites boys and girls 11 and under to submit full page colored pictures using crayons. Entries due to Eldora News office by April 2, with 14 best entries winning Easter baskets and three age group $2 prizes. Displayed in local store windows on Easter weekend. prizes claimed April 9. only one prize per contestant.
The Record lists patients and births across towns including Eldora Steamboat Rock Radcliffe Buron Williams New Providence Hubbard and birth announcements for a boy born March 25 to Mrs Kenneth Blair and a girl born March 26 to Mrs Peter J Laugenthal
A rundown of local auto offerings includes Wilbur Whitman and Johnson Motor Co listing Chevrolet models in Iowa Falls and Eldora offerings from Studebaker Ford and Chrysler. Ackley dealers Nolte Engel Hofmeister Comfort and Spindler advertise Chevrolet Ford DeSoto and Plymouth brands with several area buyers named.
A county wide brucellosis ring test for dairy herds in Hardin County will run the week of April 11, directed by county extension chief Dick Pulse. Creameries and milk handlers will gather herd samples for collection by extension workers, with tests performed by state and federal veterinarians at a central Eldora point. The prior October test included 1469 herds. 1106 were negative and 353 were positive. A detailed follow up survey on blood testing and results is planned.
Alvin W. Benson 28 of Dows and Patricia Ann Parland 29 of Iowa Falls as well as Martyn Lee Miller 23 of Bradford and Charlotte Rae Huse 18 of Alden obtained marriage licenses in a local filing list.
Holy Week services will be held at the Presbyterian Church in Steamboat Rock April ? through 10 with Dr. David I. Berger of Dubuque University Theological Seminary as guest speaker.
A teen mother on a bus struggles with a 14 month old who cannot sit still. He climbs to the window, is harshly corrected, and clings to her in tears. The piece argues better guidance comes from understanding a child's immature nervous system.
For sale a high producing Holstein milk cow listed by Alvin Lewis at 738 Black, Alden Iowa. Also notes a 1960 Pontiac 2 door single owner at 69 or 260 Red Eldora. A wanted farm work position is advertised by Dale Kellogg in Alden Iowa for year round job.
Hardin county rural women announce an annual Family Night on April 15 at 7 30 p m in Owasa gym with theme International Relations. A pageant of traditional customs will precede a foreign ISU student talk. Organizers include Mrs Emery Lake Iowa Falls chairwoman and county committee members from Alden Eldora Hubbard Radcliffe and Union communities.
March 28 4 H committee meeting at 1 30 pm Extension Office. March 29 30 family life conference in Ames. April 5 Eldora Township Farm Bureau meeting at 7 00 pm in Community Hall.
Plans developed over nearly 50 years to add storage reservoirs in Dinosaur National Monument. A dam at Pat Lynch Hole, now Eeho Park, would back water into lakes along the Green and Yampa canyons, enabling a controlled flow and new docking for tourism while preserving monument boundaries.
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