Eldora Girls Lead In State's Largest Sectional Tournaments
Eldora Tigerettes dominated the state’s largest sectional and district tournaments. Owasa sectional drew 1,017 adults and 2,924 students with $1,401.20 receipts and $770.08 profit. District event in Waterloo netted $4,794.20 on 4,609 adults and 2,230 students, $2,791.33 profit. Royal won Spencer NW district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Wayne Cooley
Girls’ High School Athletic Union
Owasa
Prairie City
Farnhamville
Laurens
Ogden
Wall Lake
Latimers Coulter
Urbana
Adel, Stuart
Wlota
Ackley High School Building Targeted for Sept 1956
Ackley school officials expect the new high school to be ready by September 1956. Voters approved a bond issue ten days ago to finance construction. Karl Keffer Associates are the architects, with plans to be presented to the board in three to four months.
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Ackley
Karl Keffer
4H Enrollment Deadline May 15
Hardin county boys 4-H club members must enroll all livestock and crop projects by May 15. Enrollments must be submitted to the county extension office to be eligible for local and state shows. Pig club members should designate projects as purebred litters market litters or market pig projects. Earmarkings must be included and papers applied for at an early date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Pig Club
Top Thrift Buck Award To Be $100
The Thrift Buck top prize will be $100 tomorrow, though the usual top award is $560. Chamber secretary Bill Morse stated the number one prize rises to $100, with $25, $10, and $5 awards also planned for Wednesday. Mrs Ivan Frerichs was the sole winner last Thursday afternoon, receiving $50 in Thrift Bucks at Skartvedt Cafe during the 3 p.m. drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Morse
Ivan Frerichs
Skartvedt Csfe
Eldora Farm Bureau Meeting Tonight at Community Hall
Eldora Township Farm Bureau will meet today at 8:00 p m at Eldora Community Hall. The program titled How Our Population is Changing is by Kermith Huehn county superintendent. Committee Families include Harvey Freed Harvey Hinshaw Ray McAlister John Heilmich and Roger Peters.
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Eldora Township
Eldora Community Hall
Kermith Huehn
Harvey Freed
Harvey Hinshaw
Ray McAlister
John Heilmich
Roger Peters
Unanimous Vote Grants Franchise for Iowa Electric
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. received a standard 25 year electric franchise at Owasa in a 31 0 unanimous vote with 56 possible ballots and no spoiled votes. The franchise is a renewal per Town Electric manager Virgil Schmidt. The May term district court opening moved from May 8 to May 18 with Judge Harvey Uhrenhopp presiding. no jury will be drawn.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Owasa
Town Electric
Virgil Schmidt
Harvey Uhrenhopp
Hampton
Fred Miller
Closed Wednesday by Hardin County Selective Service Office
The Hardin County Selective Service Office will be closed all day tomorrow for the Spring Conference for all personnel of the Selective Service system of Iowa held at the Argonne Armor in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Selective Service Office
Selective Service System of
Iowa
Argonne Armortry
Des Moines
400 Ponies For Sale Here At K B Reisen? Sons Sale
The ninth annual K B Reisinger and Sons National All Pony Sale will be held May 27 28 with sale starts at 9 a m each day. Four hundred ponies are consigned including 160 registered and 250 grades. The event features registered breeding stock harness saddle commercial and children ponies over two days with related equipment also sold.
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K. B. Reisinger and Sons
Opens Agency At New Providence
BRUGE QEAMPIER, 44, has opened a general insurance agency in New Providence. Clampitt, a New Providence High School and Town State College graduate, brings 12 years of insurance sales experience. He taught vocational agriculture at Iowa State and was a county agent. he holds a 3. S. degree in agriculture. He is married with two children and will operate from his home north of Lawn Hill on highway 299. The Clampitts have returned to the community from Storm Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert .Tschopp
Fldora High
Paul J. Simons
Board of Education
Tschopp
Ames
Bruge Qeampier
New '“Dyovi
Clampitt
New Providence High School
Town State College
Hardin County
Iowa State
Plymouth County
Life Underwriter's Associaon
Bob
Joy
Lawn Hill
Highway 299
Clampitts
New Providence
Storm Lake
Who Filched Fred's $25 Ticket
Des Moines court records reveal a missing ticket from Fred Miller's three entries for the Republican dinner on May 11. Tickets numbered 1488 1489 and 1490 were issued. 1488 is absent amid accusations involving courthouse staff and Sheriff Hodgson, with Lucille Long praising the publicity value of the 25 cent plate dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Miller
Des Moines
Fred
Miller
Sherif Paul Hodgson
Lucille Long
Hardin County Finance
County Home Costs Rise in 1953 In Hardin County
Hardin county ranked fourth in Iowa for weekly cost per inmate in county homes in 1953 at 16.48 dollars. Humboldt, Washington and Crawford counties topped the list among 87 counties operating homes, with 1953 operating costs totaling 16,284 dollars for 19 inmates on average. The period 1950 to 1992 shows weekly per person cost at 13.89 dollars, and costs for caring for the poor outside the home rose to 2.18 dollars that year. Total outside-home care in 1953 reached 48,366 dollars, while 1983 spending on state institutions was 79,141 dollars. Recovered from estates and relatives was 14,824 dollars, with 18.73 percent of expenses repaid.
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Hardin County
Iowa Taxpayer's Association
Humboldt
Washington
Crawford
Enlarging Marshall Plant At Ackley
Extensive repairs are underway at the Ackley plant of the Marshall Canning Co. to provide more facilities for canning a greater number of items. Equipment for Spanish Rice and Macaroni Creole has been moved from Grundy Center and is being installed in the east side of the retort room. A new cement block building is being constructed east of the warehouses to house the machine shop and repair department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
Marshall Canning Co
Grundy Center
Longtime Owasa school bus driver to retire after 25 years
Mrs Will Reed, wife of Hardin county’s auditor, will make her final Owasa east-route trip this month ending a 25 plus year career with the Owasa school system. She began when her husband held the driving contract and has since driven every Owasa route, earning a Careful Driver’s Award yearly and memories of countless pupils including grandchildren of former riders.
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Fred. Reed
Owasa
Owara
Lower Pine Lake
Mr. Reed
Hardin County
Reeds
Fred
Reed
Eagle City
Fant
Owasa Board of Education
Neil Williams
Vern Fuller
Puller
Heed
Douglas Grantow
Iowa Falls
Granzow
Carl King
Ford
Fred Reed
Local Deals Listed For Area Auto Firms And Buyers
The Record lists area auto firms and buyers including Albert Collins Ackley Eldora Chevrolet New Holland Machine Co Eldora Ford Fred Vinton Eldora Mercury Kenneth Winter Ackley GMC Lavonne E Redman James M Redman Towa Falls Ford S & S Sales Iowa Falls Pontiac Hazel Silvest Radcliffe Ford Gerald L Eller Find bard Ford Avery Johnson Ackley Ford Wil J Scourick Ackley Pontiac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Leroy Collins
Ackley
Chevrolet
New Holland Machine Co
Eldora
Ford
Fred Vinton
Mercury
Kenneth Winter
GMC
Lavonne E. Or James M. Redman
Towa Falls
S. & S. Sales
Iowa Falls
Pontiac
Hazel Silvest
Radcliffe
Gerald L. Eller
Findbard
Avery E. Johnson
Wil J. Scourick
Debate over WIC-TV co op on upcoming Friday night
Eldora lists many residents including Mrs W R Foster and Mr Albert Klug along with names from New Providence Eldora and Hubbard. The item notes a debate on the co op and TV issue with George Potgeter of Steamboat Roeck and Don Edison of Des Moines participating on the program The Whole Towns Talking next Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
W. R. Foster
Annabelle Eckhoff
W. H. McDonald
Robert Walters
Rose Clark
Glen Miller
Casper Schimmele
Radcliffe
Maude Cornell
Albert J. B. Klug
Muriel Ferguson
Hubbard
Matilda Blome
Charlotte Walters
Vernon Dettham
John Ott
August Meier
Lizzie Mannetter
Gary Hornung
New Providence
Anna Hall
George Potgeter
Steamboat
Roeck
Don Edison
Des Moines
Wic-Tv
Take Advantage Of Newspaper Offer
Ninety one new subscribers to the Herald Index Eldora News were added during the Dollar Days offer Wednesday and Thursday. The two day sale offered savings for new subscribers in Hardin and adjoining counties. Subscriptions are 4 50 per year in Hardin and nearby counties and 5 50 elsewhere. Joe McNeill, Iowa Falls high school football and track coach, resigned last Thursday after two years in the post and plans to stay in coaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald-Index
Eldora
Hardin
Joe McNeill
Iowa Falls
Neill
Honor Roll Students Named from Eldora and Hubbard
Darrell Scott of Eldora and Frances Lennler of Hubbard were listed on the Iowa State Teachers College honor roll for the winter quarter. Both posted a grade point average of 3.25 or higher.
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Darrell Scott
Eldora
Frances Lennler
Hubbard
Iowa State Teachers College
Van Patter of Eldora Named Legion District Vice Commander
Van Patter of Eldora was named an American Legion district vice-commander at the Third District Spring conference in Marshalltown Thursday. Joe Dunlap of Tama was named district commander.
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van Patter
Eldora
American Legion
Marshalltown
Joe Dunlap
Tama
First and Second Graders Receive Polio Vaccine Clinic
Joyce Kiettke became Hardin County’s first child to get the Salk polio vaccine at the Eldora clinic, as 378 pupils total received their first inoculations. Five doctors and several volunteers donated time. second shots due in two to three weeks with limited vaccine supply.
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Hardin County
Joyce Kiettke
Arthur Kiettke
Enion
Joyce
Gifford School
Union
Eldora Clinic
George Blaha
Whitten
Ackley
Iowa Falls
Evelyn Lyon
D. M. Nyquist
W. H. van Tiger
Eldora
H. Borie
Hubbard
K. Weaver
Lay Plains For Driving Club At Eldora High
A teenage driving club was to be organized at Eldora high school with Goron R. Speers from the Iowa safety education division assisting. A 9 a.m. assembly was held. Mac Greene, the driving instructor, led efforts to form the club.
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Eldora High School
Goron R
Doc) Speers
Safety Education Division
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Mac Greene
Cook Named To State FFA Office
Lisle Cook, a New Providence high school senior, was named vice-president of the North Central District of the Iowa Future Farmers of America at the State FFA convention in Council Bluffs. He was among 188 boys earning Iowa Farmer Degrees and has held multiple FFA and school leadership roles while producing 30,440 pounds of beef and showing the grand county fair champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisle Cook
New Providence
Iowa Future Farmers of America
Council Bluffs
Lisle
FFA
Iowa State College
Danforth
Eldora Students Win Top Ratings At State Music Contest
Eldora high school vocal and instrumental groups and soloists earned 17 top ratings at the state music contest in Winton. Twelve instrumental awards and soloists and five vocal awards, with instructors Charlea Mahaffey and Leona Froning, led the tally. Top instrumental soloists included Gene Martin, Sharon Kusserow, Gary Lettow, Jim Irwin, Donn Modlin and Tamma Crosley, among others, with numerous ensembles also awarded Division I and II ratings. Vocal soloists Ruth Halasey Kay Grittel and Bob Lamb received top marks, along with multiple vocal and instrumental ensembles in Division I and II categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora High School
Winton
Charlea Mahaffey
Leona Froning
Gene Martin
Sharon Kusserow
Gary Lettow
Jim Irwin
Donn Modlin
Tamma Crosley
Bette Bateson
Julie Myers
Gary Letlow
Betty Meager
Nancy Heslop
Pat McNertney
Polly Crosley
Betty Whitney
Jim Shadle
Louis Ziesman
Fred Broer
Hoger Martin
Jim Shaw
Jim Follett
Sue Cate
Folly Crosley
Mary June Starn
Ruth Halasey
Kay Grittel
Bob Lamb
Joan Bockes
Jean Guenther
Bruce Froning
Gary Mitchell
Larry LaVelle
Hob
Travis
Verla Dobbrunz
Dick Scott
Sherry Axtell
Sheridan Simons
Lauren McCall
Mary Butler
Elinor Brown
Barbara Putnam
Carol Harrington
Kay Griffel
Meredith Monteith
Anderson Baseball Head Roscoe Anderson Leads Radcliffe Association
Roscoe Anderson will head the Radcliffe baseball association this summer. He was named at an annual meeting of the association. Other officers named were William Hoffman vice president Herman Hendrickson treasurer AO Reram secretary. Kenneth Hotles is booking the games and Fred Kuhfus is the ticket manager. Kuhfus Anderson and Hendrickson were named to the board for directors at a recent meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Anderson
Radcliffe Baseball
Association
William Hoffman
Herman Hendrickson
Ao, Reram
Kenneth Hotles
Fred Kuhfus
Kuhfus
Anderson
Hendrickson
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Eldora Girls
Sheriffs Office
Eldora Farm Bureau
EHS
Gifford
Ing
John Jaspers
Steamboat Rock
Eldora School
Parker Friest
Parker
Floyd Friest
Garden City
W. H. van ‘Tiger
Lester Qse
Les Flickinger
Marshall
Will
King
Wood Ante Co
Birtha
Harry Leiser
Richard Carter
Marvin Balyant
McNeill
Lay Plains
Cook
Pearl LaVelle
Harold
Alden
Harlin Faris
J. K. Moore
Eldora Cemetery
Beecher Crag-rey
Otis Waldo
Lloyd Dooley
Curt Clemons
Claire Clingerman
Everett Rogers
John Murdock
D. W. Dickinson
J. D. Leonard
Hh LaVelle
Langenecker Funeral Home
LUNDY
Iowa Senate
Russell F. Lundy
State Highway Commission
Leo. A. Hoegh
Lyman and
Lee Lundy
Elders
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