Weeds, Soil Erosion Hit Hard by Hardin County Farmer Losses
Joe Mann Ackley Hardin County Weed Commissioner says next to soil erosion noxious weeds cost farmers more in Hardin County. He titled a meeting with four weed deputies in El Dora to plan control methods and field assignments across multiple townships. The effort targets Canada thistle wild mustard green thistle and cocklebur with a county total of 10,000 acres of Canada thistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Mann
Hardin County
Ackley
Mann
Farm Bureau
Eldora
Wayne Caster
Union
Concord
Grant
Providence
Albert Earnhardt
Iowa Falls
Sherman
Tipton
Pleasant
Ray Karstens
Steamboat Rock
Buckeye
Ellis
Jackson
Etna Joynehin
Ge Ben
Stubbe
Alden
Hardin
Clay
Highway Commission
County Board of Supervisors
Two Hardin County youths killed in head on crash
Two Hardin County high school students died and two others were in critical condition after a head on collision near Hampton Friday night. Victims named include Robert Havens Jr and Gary Braga from Iowa Falls plus Marvin Hansen and Phyllis Morehouse of Alden. Investigators cited possible liquor involvement with Hansen car, while no drinking evidence found in Braga car. Funerals set for Havens and another victim in Iowa Falls.
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Hardin County
Iowa Falls
Vna
Hampton
Robert Havens, Jr
Gary Braga
Marvin Hansen
Aredale
Phyllis Morehouse
Hansen
Marlys Doss
Alden
Margaret Cole
Iowa State College
Gene Richards
Shirley Hansen
Young Havens
Marlys
Braga
Ose
Havens
First Congregational Church
Three Hardin County Boys Leave for Induction Center
Three Hardin county boys left Eldora by bus for the Kant induction center in Des Moines for the May draft physicals. They are Gerald G. Risius Ackley Dale M. Stull Iowa Falls and Orville J. Stone Steamboat Rock. Sixteen Hardin county youths are to report for physicals in Des Moines May 19. The Hardin county board notes a June draft call for two more inductees.
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Hardin County
Eldora
Armed Forces
KANT
Des Moines
Gerald G. Risius
Ackley
Dale M. Stull
Iowa Falls
Orville J. Stone
Steamboat Rock
Hardin County Board
Hubbard Wins Top Awards In Music Finals
The Hubbard band girls Glee Club and mixed chorus earned Division I ratings in the state music finals for large groups at Sheffield on May 3. The boys Glee Club finished in Division IT. Earlier finals in Vinton awarded top honors to Patsy McCrabb, the bari tone sax and alto sax, the girls quartet and girls trio in Division II. Mildred Engelking and Joyce Snider earned vocal solos along with the sax sextet and clarinet quartet.
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Hubbard
Sheffield
Vinton
Patsy McCrabb
Mildred Engelking
Joyce Snider
Stonebrook named president elect of Iowa State Dental Society
Dr. W H Stonebrook was named president elect at the society's Des Moines convention last week, not president as Friday's Index reported. He has served as vice president during the past year.
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W. H. Stonebrook
Iowa State Dental Society
Des Moines
Stonebrook
Last rites for Gary set at 4 in Evangelical Lutheran Church
Obituary note lists Gary Havens and Devere Braga families with surviving relatives. Parents Mr and Mrs Robert W Havens and Mr and Mrs Devere Braga named. Brothers James Gary Jim Ronnie Steven and sisters Joan Sherri Anne Frances are listed among survivors. Service time and church provided.
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Gary
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Havens
Robert’ W. Havens
James
Joan
Devere Braga
Jim
Ronnie
Steven
Keith Schweke
Iowa Falls
Sherri Anne
Frances
Eldora Plans New Humboldt Grade School Building
Eldora newspapers begin a series on modern school designs with an architect’s drawing of a proposed Humboldt Town grade school. The 264 by 129 foot building would include up to four primary grades per level, a 40 by 60 foot multi purpose room, dedicated restrooms, lavatories, and specialized spaces. Architects Smith and Doorhees of Des Moines design for strong lighting and up-to-date equipment. The Eldora board of education also seeks decisions from neighboring districts on joining Eldora consolidated school district before 1953 to guide the building program size.
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Eldora
Humboldt Town
Eldora Gift Day Adds 200 in Prizes for Shoppers
Eldora Gift Day on Wednesday May 14 will award 200 in prizes. A previous 100 dollar gift was not claimed. The new 100 is split into one 50 dollar prize and two 25 dollar prizes. First listed winner at participating stores secures the 100. No purchase required to be eligible.
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Eldora
One of County's Largest Rural Schools to Close
Elk Run school in Hardin County near Iowa Falls will shut next year with 25 pupils and 3 eighth graders already at Iowa City schools. The Hardin Township School board voted 6 to 5 to uphold director Douglas Grantow's decision not to rehire teacher Mabel Wirds after her contract was not renewed for 1952 53. A hearing followed with Lyman Lundy defending Wirds as parents testified. Residents split about 50 50 on rehiring and closing. a Grantow backed petition showed 56 percent in favor. Legal questions on extra costs for sending pupils to Iowa Falls remained unresolved after reviews by county attorney and state officials.
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Elk Run
Hardin County
Iowa Falls
Iowa City
Town Falls
Hardin Township
Douglas Grantow
Mabel Wirds
Grantow
Lester E. Ose
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
EHS Music Groups To Be Guests Of Band Boosters
Eldora High School band members and their parents will be guests of honor at a Band Boosters Club event tonight in the school gym at 6 30. A cooperative dinner precedes a theatre party, with Mrs Vern Dobbrunz serving as general chairman.
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EHS
Eldora’s High
Vern Dobbrunz
Concerts Planned By School Groups
Two forthcoming concerts are planned by grade school groups under instructors Donald Lomen and Warren Flath. Tomorrow evening, Wednesday the 7th, 6th and 7th grades give an instrumental concert in the high school auditorium at 7 30. Next Tuesday, May 20, a program of musical entertainment will be presented by the 4th grade song flutes and the 5th 6th and 7th grade bands. A group of vocal numbers will also be performed by 5th and 7th graders. The public is invited to attend both events.
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Donald Lomen
Warren Flath
Farm Bureau Memberships Reach 1566 in Hardin County
Hardin County Farm Bureau membership stood at 1566 as of Saturday, 44 short of the 1952 goal announced by fieldman Wayne Halstead. Across Iowa, state memberships rose to 131000 with Montgomery Crawford Appanoose and Hamilton counties meeting quotas, 57 counties reaching their goals.
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Hardin County
Farm Bureau
Bureau
Fieldman Wayne
Halstead
Montgomery
Crawford
Appanoose
Hamilton
Ellsworth and Iowa Falls Students Face Liquor Charges
Two Ellsworth College students Clarence Padget 22 and Larry Hackbarth 18 and two Iowa Falls high school seniors were charged after a Friday night party linked to the Junior-Senior banquet. Padget allegedly bought and sold liquor to Hackbarth who supplied three minors who drove to Hampton. one driver Jerry Harmon 17 faces OMVI and Eugene Frysie 18 intoxication charges. A third youth will go to Juvenile Court. Authorities say this case is unrelated to a fatal Hampton accident that same night.
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Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls
Clarence Padget
Larry Hackbarth
Ellswoth
Lester E. Ose
Padget
Hackbarth
Iowa Falls High School
Hampton
Jerry Harmon
OMVI
Eugene Frysie
Radcliffe High to Diploma 21 Students May 14
Commencement at Radcliffe High School set for Wednesday evening May 14 in the auditorium. Edward N Himmel of North Central College will deliver the address on Human Worth. Principal Wagstaff will present awards and Supt Moeller will award diplomas to the 21 seniors including Severseike, Beran, Schwartz, Teig, Trende, Eller, Mossman, Peterson, Vekre, Ritland, Hansen, Bjerkestrand, Stolee, Topp, Terry, Handeland, Wegner, Hansen, Norris, and Amundson.
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Radcliffe High School
Edward N. Himmel
North Central College
Himmel
Radcliffe School
Robert Wagstaff
Hubert L. Moeller
L. W. Pfeil
Board of Education
Laverne Severseike
Frank Beran, Jr
Vern Schwartz
Caroline Teig
Zuella Trende
Marilyn Eller
Carol Mossman
John Peterson
Roger Vekre
Erma Ritland
Kenneth Hansen
Loren Eller
Joan Bjerkestrand
Alma Stolee
Norma Topp
Janet Terry
Evelyn Handeland
Barbara Wegner
June Hansen
Mary Norris
Carol Amundson
World Traveler to Address Owasa Graduates
Al Bell of Ames, world traveler and lecturer, will speak at Owasa's graduation exercises. Diplomas will be presented by Fred Fuller, president of the school board, in the school auditorium tomorrow at 8:00 PM.
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al Bell
Ames
Owasa
Fred Fuller
Eldora to Host State College Practice Teaching Center
Eldora Public Schools will become a practice teaching center for home economics under a plan approved by Miss Florence Fallgetter of Town State College Ames. Three senior Ames students will teach and live in Eldora for six weeks each while supervised by local staff and Ames supervisors. The program aims to raise curriculum standards, add a home and family relations course, and install new blond maple tables and chairs in the kitchen and sewing room.
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Eldora Board of Education
Florence Fallgetter
Town State College
Ames
Eldora
F. K. Schmidt
State College
Supt
Schmidt
Duan
Seniors Plan Des Moines Trip For Annual Skip Day
Eldora High School seniors will head to Des Moines on May 14 for Skip Day. They will tour the State Capitol and Des Moines Register and Tribune building, dine at the airport, and attend a movie, traveling by car at 9 o clock with sponsors Kermith Huehn Ellen Stock Mary Kenyon and Supt F K Schmidt.
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Des Moines
Eldora High School
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Kermith Huehn
Ellen Stock
Mary Kenyon
Supt. F. K. Schmidt
Supervisors Let Contract For County Road Work
Hardin County supervisors awarded contracts Wednesday to Vanden Brink Bros. of Dallas Center Iowa for 80 000 tons of gravel on 300 miles of roads at 67 948 dollars and Weaver Construction Company of Iowa Falls for 1200 tons of crushed stone on the trunk road from Alden to the Franklin County line Work to start immediately and run to November 10 with finish on the farm to market stretch two miles east of Iowa Falls and four and a half miles southwest of Ackley Blacktopping began on the Eldora to Lone Tree farm to market road to be completed by the end of June Bell and Sons Grundy Center moved into the gravel pit last week and will finish the project this summer ending the three year program adopted in 1950 for secondary and farm to market roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Board of Supervisors
Vanden Brink Bros
Dallas Center
Iowa
Weaver Construction Company
Iowa Falls
Alden
Franklin County
Bob Johnson
Ackley
Bell and Sons, Grundy Center
Eldora
Lone Tree
Board of Supervisors
Will Be Host to 300 Next Thursday
About 300 persons are expected to gather at the Iowa State Training School next Thursday May 15 for the spring conference of the Northeast Iowa Welfare Association and the Iowa Scociation and Parole Association. Presiding will be M L Puckette and Hollis L Miles will welcome guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Training School
Northeast Iowa Welfare Association
Iowa Scohation and Parole Association
M. L. Puckette
N. E. Iowa Welfare Association
Supt
Hollis L. Miles
David L. George
Corn Plantings Set Early Record Despite Rain Delays
Hardin County farmers began corn planting ahead of normal and are poised to finish well before prior years data. Dick Pulse notes many fields started before May, with training school farm and growers like Kermit Whitehead Bernard Reece George Adams and Cliff Simpson among early planters. PMA forecasts show 138,467 acres planted vs 138,313 goal, oats to exceed by 18 percent, soybean plantings 3,500 acres short of 21,482 goal with 17,938 planned.
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Kermit Whitehead
Bernard Reece
New Providence
George Adams
Cliff Simpson
Iowa Falls
Pulse
Iowa
Production and Marketing Administration
PMA
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ben ‘Stubbeckley
State Department of Agriculture
Aredale Man
Eldora Newspapers
Smith and Doorhees of
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TION
Thau
Weng
E.H.S
F. B
Bulletin
Radcliffe
T. S
Henry W
Burma
State Board of Control
Carl W. Parks
Polk County
John Holmes
R. W. Wilbur
State Department of Social Welfare
Iowa Welfare Association
Dick Pulse
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