Social notes from Eldora and surrounding towns
Sunday visits dot the region as residents from Waterloo Buckeye Webster City and Marshalltown recount gatherings with family friends and neighbors. Elation over illness relief announces Frank Yashke’s improvement while various travels and summer plans unfold including trips to Indianapolis and Kentucky and a Mayo Clinic update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Harrison
Waterloo
John Clary
John Dass
Buckeye
Frank Snyder
Webster City
Parker Davis
Snyder
Washington, D. C
C. A. Boeke
R. R. Griffel
Marshalltown
Albert Steinberg
Richard
Alberta
R. Bray
B. R. Pelz
Howard
Lois
Dorothy
Redwood Falls
Minn
L.J. Novak
B. Relz
Ned Osborn
Renwick
I. H. Geesaman
B. W. Jones
Frank Yashke
Edinburgh
Tex
Angelen Davies
Muskegon
Mich
Muskegan
Laurel Mossman
David
Sam Mossman
Bessie Pierce
Town Falls
Melvin Draeger
Evelyn Snyder
Story City
Draeger
Earl Hadley
R. R. Bateson
Kappa Delta Sorority
Iowa State College
Ames
J. Bahne
Glen I. Carson
Henry J. Janssen
W. H. Milroy
Paul M. Hatfield
Sioux City
Spirit Lake
Fred Schmitt
Oak Park
Ill
Louisville
New York
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Washington
James L. Cameron, Jr
E. P. Davis
Charles Hoover
Buckner
Lewis Perry
LaPlata
A. B. Chadwick
John Frisbie
Lucille Mitchell
Clarence Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Olds
Gladys Ward
Portland
Ore
J. H. Bremmer
James Heslop
Alden
Henrik Fauerby
Iowa Falls woman wins regional mezzo solo prize at St Paul
Mrs. L E Thorpe of Iowa Falls and Mrs J R Collins attended a national high school music festival in St Paul Minn where Janet McCulloch granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Reed Eldora won first prize in the mezzo soprano solo division amid competitors from Iowa North and South Dakota Wisconsin and Minnesota The regional festival was the final step in the national competition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Thorpe
Iowa Falls
J. R. Collins
Janet. McCulloch
Hawes
McCulloch
Waterloo
Rs. Lee Reed
Eldora
Dewey Lamprecht
St. Paul
Minn
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mary Yocum
Anna B. Caellen
Milo Myers
Mildred Luce
Evelyn Bachman
Lucy Neasham
Pine Lake
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Hubbard
M. W. Cockerham
McCallsburg
W. H. Bowman
Harold Mathews
W.T. Stewart
George Marks
Louise Luiken
Steamboat Rock
August Schleuter
Susan Fae McStockard
Fanny Morse
Myer
Bidora
Hugh W. Kennedy
New Ulm
H. W. Kennedy
Robert
C. O. Fellows
Lorraine
Des Moines
John Faust
John Sime
Radcliffe
L. H. Spurs
Kenneth Glenney
Union
E. Herron
Chrysler
Jerry Fitzpatrick
Ford Tudor
Clarence Meyer
Ackley
Harry Fe Pearce
Giffords-D
Eldora Seniors Take Boat Trip on Mississippi
A party of 63 Eldora high school seniors and faculty members toured McGregor and rode a boat up the Mississippi River on Tuesday. They traveled in two school buses and two cars, stopped in Oelwein, lunched in McGregor, visited Villa Louis in La Crosse, WI, and viewed an old fort before Lyndxville locks. They ate dinner on board and returned to McGregor by 7 PM, with a late arrival home around 11:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Atzbaugh
Hampton
M. H. Smith
Pella
Fairfield
Eldora
O. A. Huffman
John Cronk
Iowa Falls
H. O. Torkelson
Sanford Torkelson
Story City
Andre
A. Collins
Helen Neessen
Wellsburg
Charles Mitchell
Kenneth Reisinger
Morris Modlin
J. L. Larson
Ames
Helen Larson
Dunkerton
Larson
Regina
Wetrich
Whit‘tier
Calif
Howard Calfee
Miss Wetrich
O. E. Lindquist
Edna Sauer
Norman
Oklo
Lindquist
Grant Tyler
David Davids
A. M. Martin
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Davids
Martin
Hesse
Lutheran Church
Fredericksburg
Dewnts
Norman Kunath
Forest Kunath
Bryan Adams
Sac City
R. Adams
Ray Adams
Ll. N. Snyder
Long Beach
C. M. Haas
Snyder
Eldora High School
McGregor
Mississippi River
Oelwein
LaCrosse
Wis
Villa Louis
Lynxville
Eldora and Iowa Falls Partition Petitions Filed in District Clerk
Lydia I Martin and co defendants seek judgment confirming shares and partition of a tract in Eldora township Section 23 naming Alice Kamphoefner and others. Bateson and Ryan represent. Herman Meyer seeks $1739.50 judgment and mortgage foreclosure on a lot in Iowa Falls with Fred Kappen and others as defendants. B H Mallory represents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia I. Martin Et al
Eldora Township
Alice Kamphoefner
Bateson & Ryan
Herman Meyer
Iowa Falls
Fred Kappen Et
B. H. Mallory
New Walk Planned on East Side of Sinclair Station
R. W. King, local Sinclair dealer, reports a new pedestrian walkway will be built on the east side of the Sinclair service station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair
R. W. King
North Hardin DHIA Picnic Scheduled for Monday June 3
The North Hardin DHIA picnic date is set for Monday June 3 with activities including judging in the forenoon, potluck dinners, and an afternoon program of short events and athletics. The South Association plans a meeting on June 7 with programs and venues to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DHIA
North Hardin Dhia
South Association
Town 4-H enrollment climbs to new peak in crops and sack work
The Town 4-H club reported last year a total enrollment of 15,073 boys in crops and five sack work, the highest in its history and up 1,889 from 1938. This marks a record level of participation across the organization.
Soybean seeding rate depends on seed viability
The rule from Iowa State College states that normal soybean viability is about 95 percent. To compute the needed seeding rate, divide 95 by the actual viability and multiply by the standard rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa State College
Lumber Dealers Meet at Winchester Hotel Dinner
Hardin county lumber dealers gathered at the Winchester hotel Tuesday evening for a dinner program featuring motion pictures on the manufacture of glass. The Libby Owens Ford company presented the films. About twenty people attended led by county president Jack Locke of Iowa Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Winchester Hotel
Libby-Owen-Ford Glass Company
Jack Locke
Iowa Falls
Sermon Outlines Four Traits Of Great People
The Rev. avid Davids of Eldora Congregational preached at Eldora High’s Sunday baccalaureate. He outlined four traits of great people: self denial, intelligent usefulness, harmonious relations with others, and faith in God through Jesus Christ. Musical numbers by the high school orchestra, mixed chorus, and a violin solo accompanied the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avid Davids
Eldora Congregational Church
Eldora High
University of Life
Mr. Davids
Jesus Christ
Milo Myers
Mildred Luce
Bonnie Burgess
Father J. P. Connell
St. Mary’s Church
Muskrat trapped in Corwith school furnace room incident
Around Iowa reports a Corwith school janitor trapping a muskrat in the furnace room overnight, the animal gnawed the door, and students released it to a swamp east of Corwith. A separate Avoca trip to see Gone With the Wind led to a long evening window shopping and soda, with dates misrecorded and no film event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Erickson
Corwith
Harlan
Ambition Costly Fire Destroys Brooder House and Chickens
In Waverly Ambition Hudson Case planned to raise chickens but a fire swept his brooder house and all stock, gutting his trailer home. Only his night clothes reportedly survived. Nearby, Mrs. Russell Roberts found two dead hens and a raccoon in three nests. The raccoon had been released by the game reserve board. Meanwhile, the Hirscher family near Donnellson notes longevity with ten surviving children averaging 76 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Roberts
Game Reserve Board
Hudson Case
Waverly
Local farmer Ehrp Emerges as Makeshift Matador
Ferdinand Claus Ehrp of Plymouth County gained local fame for halting a fire bull during a pen breach. Armed with a hay fork, he faced the charging animal twice and redirected it back into its enclosure, earning praise for his daring intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Claus Ehrp
Plymouth County
Stolen Photo from Grinnell Studio Display
A thief broke a window at the Seligman studio in Grinnell and stole a picture of Mildred Brown. Nothing else was taken. The name of Miss Brown’s nocturnal admirer remains undiscovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seligman
Grinnell
Mildred Brown
Miss Brown
Eye Injured in Tractor Backfire Near Forest City
Jens Michaelson of near Forest City lost his left eye in a tractor accident while cranking the machine. The backfire caused the handle to strike him as he attempted starting it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jens Michaelson
Near Forest City
Telegraph Loan Approved for Postal Telegraph Company
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized a 5 million dollar loan to the Postal Telegraph company to finance repairs and maintain employment, announced by Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones. The work loan aims to support property repairs and preserve jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Postal Telegraph Company
Jesse Jones
Jones
Junior High Diplomas Presented At Eldora Program
Forty two Eldora junior high eighth graders will receive promotion certificates Friday at 10 am in the high school auditorium. Rev Father J P Connell will give the principal address. Principal Mamminga will present diplomas to Anna Capellen as high school principal and to Superintendent Schmidt. The program includes invocation, class prophecy, musical selections, presentations of keys and diplomas, and a benediction by Rev A L Ragsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
J. P. Connell
St. Mary’s Church
Arthur Maménings
Anna B. Capellen
Father Connellent
I. K. Schmidt
Eseeenceeens
Robert Johns
Doris Roll
Mamminga
F. K. Schmidt
A. L. Ragsdale
Mildred Luce
Jack Blankenship
Daymond Bradford
Darrell Joe Brown
Billy Denning
Warren Davison
Robert Davis
Helen Elzig
Billy Eike
Arlene Gibbon
Glenn Gilbert
Robert Goodall
Harriet Hauser
Lois Lee Heslop
Donald
Mary Ann Wood
Wanda Wiese
Harrison Wolcott
Billy Wehrman
Letters Presented To Eldora High Track Winners
Letters earned in track work were presented to Eldora high school students at an assembly Friday by Coach Kenneth Clatterbaugh. Dale Willig elected captain, Max VanDerveer and Frank Fibrandt earned letters last year and received chev Ron letters. Other recipients included Edward Clay Wilbur Jackson Faye Willig Don Olson Kenneth Lam er John Robertson Dale May Ora Adams Winfred Juncker and Darwin Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora High School
Kenneth Clatterbaugh
Dale Willig
Max VanDerveer
Frank Filbrandt
Edward Clay
Wilbur Jackson
Faye Willig
Don Olson
Kenneth Lamer
John Robertson
Dale May
Ora Adams
Winfred Juncker
Darwin Davis
Herald-Ledger
Butler Named Land Appraiser for Farm to Market Route
The county board named P. L. Butler of New Providence as appraiser to fix values for six land parcels needed for the farm to market road project. Each tract will have its owner choose an appraiser, then two appraisers select a third, and the trio sets the value. Parcels lie in Uniort, Hardin, and Etna townships along the former Highway No. 20 route east of Iowa Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Butler
New Providence
Uniort Township
Hardin
Etna
Iowa Falls
Ballots Available For Absent Voters
Absent voters may secure ballots by applying at the county auditor's office. Eligible voters may visit, fill out the form, obtain and mark a ballot, and leave it with the auditor or mail the completed ballot with the provided envelopes. Ballots must be filed before election day to be counted.
Agriculture Boys To Play Kittenball
The Eldora vocational agriculture class and instructor Loyd G Beecher plan kittenball games at the fairgrounds every Friday night in summer. Teams will be formed from the class and may include CCC camp or neighboring town teams on occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Vocational Agriculture Department
Loyd G. Beecher
Fairgrounds
CCC
Gilbert Undergoes Operation in Iowa City
A. R. Gilbert of Town Falls, noted Hardin county farmer, chess expert and Democratic party worker, had cataract removal surgery on his right eye in Iowa City Thursday. His doctors report the condition satisfactory and the patient resting well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
A. R. Gilbert
Town Falls
Hardin County
Iowa City
Eldora Band Visits Tallcorn Monday
The Eldora high school band directed by Milo Myers visited the Tallcorn exposition in Marsh alltown Monday and participated in the parade. Eldora placed second in line behind Marshalltown, with flag swingers Jean Chumacher and Neva Mae Nehring. Drum majorette Betty Kelly received gifts from Majorette, including coffee and perfume. The band plans to travel to Waterloo on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora High School
Milo Myers
Marshalltown
Eldora
Jean Chumacher
Neva Mae Nehring
Betty Kelly
Majorette
Waterloo
Methodists Plan Vacation School
The Vacation Bible School at the Methodist church is postponed one week due to measles. It will now start Monday, June 3 at 9 o clock. The list of superintendents and helpers includes Rev. F. O. Hillman general superintendent Meta Faller by secretary and treasurer Mrs. FR rice hymn teacher Mrs. Paul Clark primary superintendent Carole Marks cradle roll Verla Van Patter kindergarten Darlene Wilcox first grade Mrs. H. W. Stonebrook second grade Frances Adams third grade Bernice Johnson hand work assistant Josephine Hutchinson junior superintendent Patty Prim fifth grade Eileene Johnson sixth grade Ellen Van Tiger fourth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
F. O. Hillman
Meta Fallerby
Fr, Rice
Paul Clark
Carole Marks
Verla van Patter
Darlene Wilcox
H. W
School staff list notes names and roles
Mrs F O Hillman intermediate superintendent Mrs Carl Krause seventh grade Mrs Morris Mod lin eighth grade Jane Schraidt and Marjorie Dickson hand work assistants
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. O. Hillman
Carl Krause
Morris Modlin
Jane Schraidt
Marjorie Dickson
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People’s Store
Gertrude McGrady
Francis Smith
Mitchell
Florence Landau
Everett Landau
A. C. Dickenson
J. A. Luxford
F. E. Hert
Charlotte Sue
Oakland
A. G. Dickenson
Hazel Dawson
Delmer Swasand
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Beth Hauser
J. W. Phelps
Lowell Olson
von Krog
J. E. Thackrey
M. R. Newell
Sheffield
James Engeldue
Margaret Ann
Mason City
F. W. Horton
August Tresemer
Edith Holmes
C. L. Lamb
Orville Lamb
Cloyd Lamb
Ben Fuller
Bradford
Beverly Knowles
Mantley
A. E. Kimmel
Knowles
Manley
C. A. Reaver
Los Angeles
Reaver
Eldora Brick and Tile Company
A. A. Anderson
Ruth Cameron
Dubuque
Elizabeth Esslinger
C. L. Gates
Larry
Carpenter
Paul Davison
R. G. Blome
Vernon
W. R. Foster
Carl Foster
Harold Foster
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Foster
Marjorie Bender
Keswick
Anna Bender
F. H. Herrald
Coe College
F. H. Herraild
Caleb Hiles
Ralph Eller
C. O. Griffith
Chicago
Ind
Stanley Oaks
Zearing
Albers
Meeker
Ellis No. 5
Logsdon Park
Eldora Record Company
Vergne Culter
Mary Jane Jenson
Roland
W. G. Leslie
Iowa B. P. W
Davenport
H. C. Weaver
Ellsworth
K. H. Weaver
J. A. Madole
Mr. Madole
O. Griffith
Minneapolis
Hutchinson
Griffith
C. E. Greer
Anna Persen
Lindsborg
Kans
Beckmans
Kansas
Louis Lynk
Algona
George Lynk
Grand Theatre
Reviens
Talaamra
Marjorie Weaver
Frank M. Thomas
Robert Lowery
Katharine Aldridge
SE Hobart Cavanaugh
Jack Carson
March OF Time
Sun
Mon
Merle Oberon
OVER
Tyrone Power
Dorothy Lamour
Johnny
Rebecca
the People’s Store No
Mississippi
Winchester
Rev
David Hirscher
Donnellson
Father Council
Star
Eldora Band
Tallcorn
Methodists
Wing
Moser Lumber Co. Hubbard - Owasa - Eldora
I. C. White
Chiropractor
Edgington Ave
Kleen
Kloz
Ile
Bremmer Drug
Eldora and Community
Howell’s ‘Harmony
Howell
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