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Newspaper

Eldora Herald Ledger

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1952

Page

5

Eagle Grove Man Dies Following Radcliffe Crash

John F. Hart 86 of Eagle Grove died at Iowa Falls hospital from injuries after a Monday crash on Highway 175 near Radcliffe. His son Patrick Hart 23, also of Eagle Grove, had minor injuries. Elder Hart was a passenger in the car driven by Patrick. another son witnessed the collision.

John F. Hart Eagle Grove Iowa Falls Hospital Radcliffe Hart Patrick Hart John Hart Iowa Falls

Last Rites Held for Mrs Hollingworth in Eldora

Funeral services for Ida Hollingworth born Ida Minear in Des Moines in 1885 were held at Andrie and Creps Funeral Home at 2:00 PM with Rev. Dmprecht officiating. Interment followed at Rough Woods Cemetery. Surviving are four children, Edward, William, Mrs. Herbert Neh ring, and Mrs. Edward Beat, all of Eldora.

Andrie and Creps Funeral Ida Hollingworth Dewey Mprecht Rough Woods Hollingworth Ida Minear Washington Minear Des Moines William Hollingworth Eldora Edward Hollingworth Herbert Nehring Edward Beat Harold Wehrman Allen McCullough A. R. Ziesman Arnie Gruelich Melvin Kosanke Ernest Kosanke Flowers George Teske Adrian Dickinson Henry Hotthins Clarence Johnson

Eldora Driver Training Highlighted in Farm ing Magazine

In the May issue of Successful Farming Magazine author Betty Camp profiles Eldora high school's driver training class. The piece notes 16 year olds have many more accidents than 43 to 50 year olds, but argues maturity and judgment can be taught. Eldora students share ideas on safety habits and driving techniques to reduce youth fatalities. Vincent Lampe leads the program and a Highway Safety Department loaned the driver testing machine.

Eldora High School Betty Camp Eldora Miss Camp Kempton Huehn Patty McNrerney Bonnie Larsen Audrey Rudolph Bob Bateson Gary Soli Mary Ellen Krause Highway Safety Department Vincent Lampe

Mrs Carrie Mills Rites Held at Honey Creek Church

Bulletin announces funeral services for Mrs Carrie Mills of New Providence who died Saturday from complications after a broken hip. Rev Guilford Street will officiate at the Honey Creek Church on Tuesday.

Carrie Mills Honey Creek Church Carrie 5S. Mills New Providence Guilford Street

109 House Plates Sold Saturday

Despite appeals by the Chamber of Commerce firemen post office workers and the Woman's Club only 109 new license plates were sold Saturday. Seventy were sold by Woman's Club volunteers at the Diamond Bros corner and the rest by City Hall workers.

Chamber of Commerce Woman’s Club Woman's Club Diamond Bros. Corner

Ohio Town Calls Boeke Former County Engineer

C A Boeke former Hardin County engineer before becoming city engineer in Fort Dodge Iowa has resigned to become city director of public service in Middletown Ohio. He and wife and daughter Cynthia lived in Eldora before moving to Fort Dodge eight years ago and will move to Middletown in June after Cynthia graduates high school. Boeke is past president of the public works division of the Iowa League of Municipalities and serves as state chairman of the American Public Works Association.

C. A. Boeke Hardin County Fort Dodge Iowa Middletown Ohio Boeke Cynthia Eldora Iowa League of Municipalities American Public Works Association

Forage Club Meet Reservations Due May 7

The Hardin County Forage Club dinner meeting will be hosted in the New Providence gymnasium on May 12. Extension director Dick Pulse notes the deadline for reservations is Wednesday May 7. Iowa State College's Herb Powell will speak on increasing farm production and profits, focusing on corn yields and their impact on net income for Hardin County farms.

Hardin County Forage Club New Providence Gymnasium Dick Pulse Herb Powell Iowa State College Ames Hardin County

Eldora High School Music Groups Earn Division II Ratings

Eldora High School music groups return home with Division II ratings from the state contest for large groups held in Hampton. Boys and girls Glee Clubs, mixed chorus, and band competed with central Iowa schools under instructors Donald Lomen and Varyn Flath. Eldora earned 12 total Division I and II ratings across the finals in Union. New Providence mixed chorus also placed in Division II at LeGrand.

Eldora High School Hampton

Graduating Radcliffe Class Has 21 Seniors

Twenty one seniors will receive diplomas at Radcliffe auditorium on Wednesday evening May 14 at 8.00. The list includes Evelyn Handeland Carole Mossman Barbara Wagner Norma Topp Janet Terry Mary Norris Carol Amundson Erma Rutland Zuella Trenda Alma Stoles June Hanson Marilyn Eller Caroline Teig John Peterson Loren Eller Kenneth Hansen Frank Beran Laverne Severseik Jean Bjerkestrand Roger Vekre and Vern Schwartz.

Radcliffe Auditorium Evelyn Joan Handeland Carole Ann Mossman Barbara Joan Wagner Norma Jean Topp Janet Kathryn Terry Mary Ellen Norris Carol Ann Amundson Erma Vadonna_ Rutland Zuella G. Trenda Alma Aline Stoles June Ann Hanson Marilyn L. Eller Caroline Julia Teig John N. Peterson Loren

Iowa expert urges crop shift to boost yields in state farms

An Iowa State expert presents reports from soils crops livestock and farm management specialists. The recommendation urges farmers to reduce inter till acreage and expand grass and legume areas to reach and sustain higher average crop yields.

Iowa State Iowa

Pulse Schedules Three Meetings In Hardin County Farm Offices

Pulse announces three Hardin County farm meetings this week at the extension office in Eldora. A TV panel review of WOI-TV program The Whole Towns Talking will include representatives from across the county and Williams area with Iowa State College staff present. 4-H and vocational agriculture groups plan May 8 and May 9 sessions focusing on camp, short course, and conservation education.

Hardin County Eldora Dick Pulse This County Williams Hamilton County Iowa State College

Schlampps Attend State Dental Meeting in Des Moines

Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Schlampp left Sunday for Des Moines to attend the State Dental meeting as delegates from the Waterloo district. Peggy Schlampp of Iowa City joined them as a weekend guest, accompanying them to Des Moines and returning Monday morning to Iowa City.

J. W. Schlampp Des Moines Schlampp Waterloo Peggy Schlampp Iowa City J. F. Steckler St. Louis P. P. Steckler California Washington Montana

Holder infant buried in Eldora Cemetery

The still-born infant of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wayne Holder, born last Friday at Still Osteopathic Hospital in Des Moines, was buried Sunday in Eldora Cemetery with Rev. John Moore officiating. Surviving are the parents two sisters Nancy and Barbara maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Howard Freed Eldora and paternal grandfather Earl Holder Marshalltown.

Bulletin Holder R. Wayne Holder Still Osteopathic Hospital Des Moines Eldora Cemetery John Moore Nancy Barbara Howard Freed Eldora Earl Holder Marshalltown

Hardin County Social Security Payments Reach $12,181 in December

Hardin County residents received $12,181 in Social Security checks for December 1951 covering 444 aged persons, children, and widowed mothers. Waterloo office manager Earl T. Johnson noted 360 people over 65 in Hardin county were receiving these payments and highlighted survivor benefits and child payments totaling $2,078 to 70 children and 14 widowed mothers.

Hardin County Earl T. Johnson Waterloo United States Johnson

Board of Review Starts Sessions With Taxpayers

County taxpayers may appear before the Board of Review in Eldora today at the Court House for review of 1952 assessments. Sessions continue May 9 Ackley town hall, May 12 Alden town hall, May 13 Iowa Falls city hall, and May 14 Eldora final session.

Board of Review County Board of Review Eldora Court House Ackley Alden Iowa Falls

Memorial Service Held Here Sunday For Mrs. King

Services for Mrs. O J King were held at the Congregational Church Eldora at 2 15 PM May 4 burial followed in Eldora Cemetery She was born Kate Walker in Eldora May 8 1860 daughter of William and Sarah Walker pioneer residents of Hardin County Surviving are daughter Nellie Grimes St Paul son John R King Faribault and granddaughter Mabel Hill St Paul Also a fifty year member of Ascension Order of the Eastern Star Mrs King had lived with her daughter in St Paul since 1938 after living in Eldora and Zearing Indiana until 1914

O. J. King Grand Ave. St. Paul Minn Congregational Church Eldora Eldora Cemetery Kate Walker William Sarah Walker Hardin County Oliver J. King Zearing Mr. King Mrs. King St. Paul Nellie Grimes John R. King Faribault, Minn Mabel) Hill

WITH OUR BOYS IN UNIFORM LISTS LOCAL SERVICE ADDRESSES

Stanley Granner, three weeks in service, stationed at Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri. Address: Pvt. Stanley E. Granner U S 55215768 Co B 832 FE A B Ft Leonard Wood. Pfc. Lowell E. Kasischke 1297960 Headquaters Battery 12th Marines 3rd Marine Division F M F Camp Pendleton Oceanside California. Pfc. Wallace D. Schwinger 17326540 1631st Air base Lad 1602nd Air trans Wing APO 1242 PM New York N Y.

Stanley Granner Ft. Leonard Wood Pvt Stanley E. Granner U. S FE. A. B Ft Leonard Wood Missouri U— . Pfc Lowell E. Kasischke Headquaters Battery 12Th Marines 3Rd Marine Division Camp Joseph H. Pendleton Oceanside Calif Wallace D. Schwinger Lad Air Trans P. M New York N.Y

New Grand Hosts Top Basketball Clubs This Weekend

With the annual Basketball Headliners 1952 release, post pre fens will see leading teams in action at the New Grand Theatre tonight and tomorrow. The feature attraction is the Bowery Boys new collegiate comedy Hold That Line.

Post Pre Fens Bowery Boys

Hospital Notes Patients List Read Like Roster

Hospital notes show patient names from Eldora and Steamboat Rock communities including Hartley Shives Broer Faint Jensen Juchems Dubberke Hadley and others. The mixed list reads like a census of recent admissions or transfers across several small towns.

Eldora William Hartley Ed Shives William Broer Mary Faint Steamboat Rock Karen Kay Jensen Juchem Juchems Hubbard Will Dubberke New Providence Jay Hadley Charles

Eldora Installs New Police Department Sign

A fresh 30 inch white sign reading Police Department was hung on the east side of Eldora City Hall near the police chief’s office. Chief W R Foster reports in April that six were cited for speeding, twelve for running stop signs, eight for illegal parking, and five for other traffic violations.

Police Department W. R. Foster

Township Sessions To Get Out The Vote

The Far Bureau launches a countywide Get-Out-The-Vote effort with township meetings in Eldora Alden Clay and Iowa Falls venues. Maurice Cook urges all residents to consider candidate merit and moral character for the upcoming primary. Meetings stress citizenship, farm concerns, and 100 percent participation.

Far Bureau Eldora Township Maurice Cook Hardin County Farm Bureau Kenneth Thompson Alden Township Steamboat Rock Clay Township K. P Iowa Falls Cook Farm Bureau

92 Degrees Here Sunday In Eldora Heat Record

Eldora saw a 92 degree high Sunday afternoon as temperatures remained hot after several days of mid summer warmth. An unofficial record kept by Charles Frank noted 90 degrees on the 28th and 88 on the 28th, contrasting with April’s prior cold spell reported by Des Moines weather bureau as the coldest since 1886.

Eldora Charles Frank Des Moines Weather Bureau

Last Rites For Joseph Dahl At Ellsworth

Funeral services for Joseph P. Dahl 77 were held at the Lutheran church Ellsworth with burial in Homewood cemetery. He died Sunday morning April 27 at his home four miles west of Radcliffe from coronary thrombosis after living in the Radcliffe Ellsworth area 43 years. He was born in Newark NL and married Alice Emilia Hill February 17 1898. Surviving are wife three children Arlen A Dahl Radcliffe Ona Thorson Ellsworth Vivian Trunnell Waterloo nine grandchildren one great grandchild. He was predeceased by two grandsons and by his parents three brothers and a sister.

Joseph P. Dahl Lutheran Church Ellsworth Homewood Cemetery Mr. Dahl Radcliffe - Ellsworth Radcliffe Newark Fox River Lutheran Church Alice Emilia Hill Pfc Arieth Dahl Korea

Big Dollar Day Sales Scheduled May 28 and 29

Community plans two big Spring Dollar Days on Wednesday and Thursday May 28 and 29 tied to weekly cash awards. Chamber of Commerce business promotion chair John Starr said merchants anticipate outstanding savings drawing county-wide interest.

John Starr Chamber of Commerce Eldoran

Special Bond Issue For County Home Addition Voted June

Hardin County voters will see a special ballot on June 2 proposing a 100000 bond for a county home addition. The plan, replacing the prior 70000 authorization, would fund a 42 by 59 foot brick veneer building with basement and ground floor including three hospital wards, two semi private rooms, a superintendent apartment, laundry, kitchen, rest rooms, and two staff bedrooms. An elevator is proposed to move patients and meals, addressing past design flaws from 1926.

Hardin County Board of Supervisors Hillis Wilson Ellis Township Wilson Megis

Burlin Hamer Flies Home From Moscow to Visit Father

Burlin Hamer former Eldora resident and agricultural attaché to the American Embassy in Russia flew from Moscow to visit his seriously ill father Orville Hamer in a Waterloo hospital. He and his wife Marie Lebert the daughter of Mrs. Cook and the late Rev. Fred Lebert once lived in New Providence. The Hamer family has a history with UNRRA and 4-H duties in Hardin County.

Burlin Hamer Eldora Hardin County Wilmer Cook New Providence Orville Hamer Waterloo Hamer Russia Moscow Cook Fred Lebert New Providnnce Eldora High School United Nations Chief and Rehabilitation Administration China

Bowman Plans Temporary Opening This Week

Charley Bowman, owner, says Bowman's Recreation parlor will reopen on a temporary basis this week after extensive remodeling to install a new floor. An official opening will follow after the new upholstered bar and booths are installed and the interior is redecorated.

Bowman Charley Bowman

Orchids at Marks Drug Celebrate Mother's Day Event

Marks Drug in Eldora will give orchids to customers this weekend in celebration of Mother's Day. The promotion also introduces a new product line. See the advertisement in this edition for full details.

Marks Drug Eldora

Also Mentioned on This Page

EHS LeGrand Pulse Martin Paul Glenney Olaf Harris Ralph Streyffeler Voc. Ag Julia Mulford Eldora Chamber of Commerce County Recorder Julia Crossan Harry Holmes Holmes J.A. Page Nelle Kramer Clyde Walton Craig Starr New Grand Eldora Police Joseph Dahl Eldora Merchants Coun Father Waterloo Hospital Shanghai Moscow Post Lois Hamer Burlin Mark
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