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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Marks Drug
Eldora
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Crossan
Harry Holmes
Holmes
J.A. Page
Nelle Kramer
Clyde Walton
Craig
Starr
New Grand
Eldora Police
Joseph Dahl
Eldora Merchants
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Waterloo Hospital
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Burlin
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