Eldora High Graduation Set With Dr Ray as Speaker
Eldora high school will graduate 33 seniors in the gym tomorrow night at 8. Dr Robert F Ray of Iowa U will deliver the commencement address on the topic Commencing What. Valedictorian and salutatorian are Glendon Button and Manly Draper as the district marks its smallest graduating class since consolidation in 1923.
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Eldora High School
Robert F. Ray
Institute of Public Relations
State University of Iowa
Ray
Iowa U
Glendon Button
Manly Draper
Guy W. Jones
Eldora Consolidated School Board
Sylva
Steckler
Ralph Oames
Veronica McCar
Eldora
E.H.S
Carroll Vaughn
Barbara’ Ware
National Studio
Street Resurfacing Contract Signed by Eldora City
A $7,900 contract with Hargrave Construction Co of Cedar Rapids was approved at a city council meeting to resurface North Washington Street from Edgington to the Catholic church with pea gravel asphalt and to rebuild blocks on the south end of 15th Street from 18th to 24th Avenues toward the sale barn. Work runs June 15 to August 18. the project includes widening edges and a five year guaranteed blacktop, affecting the summer street widening plan.
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Hargrave Construction Co
Cedar ‘Rapids
Eldora City
Washington Street
Edginton Avenue
15Th Sstreet
24Th Avenues
Sale Barn
George Shafer
Sould
Tesphave Company
Nazett Garage
Plan Program to Honor Liberty Bell Replica Visit
A Liberty Bell replica will visit Eldora from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday June 20. The event honors the Savings Bond Independence Drive, led by county chairman Keith Strother with Doyle D Felton as program chairman. The Eldora Chamber of Commerce will assist with posters and organization by fraternal, service, civic and veteran groups. The replica is among 52 touring the nation for the bond campaign funded by six copper firms. Ford Motor Company provides transport trucks.
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Eldora
Keith” Strother
Doyle D. Felton
Chamber of Commerce
Felton
Ford Motor Company
Mrs Anna Butler Rites Wednesday in New Providence church
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Butler take place Wednesday at 2 PM at New Providence Friends Church. She died in California and was the widow of Lyle A. Butler who died in 1936. Survived by daughter Barbara Jean Truhan of Palos Verdes California and son Kent C Butler of Pasadena. Sister-in-law Viola Morris of New Providence.
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New Providence Friends Church
Anna Butler
California
Lyle A. Butler
Barbara Jean -Truhan
Palos Verdes
Calif
Kent C.butler
Pasadena
Viola Morris
New Providence
S. R. Graduation To Be Wednesday
Steamboat Rock consolidated school will hold commencement exercises Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the gym. Eight seniors will receive diplomas and 15 eighth graders will be awarded certificates of promotion. The speaker is Riz Hamilton, vice-president of the...
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Steamboat Rock
Steamboat Rock Consolidated School
Willit
Riz
Hamilton
Eighth Graders Promoted At E Dora High School
Thirty six eighth graders are promoted to high school with Rev Ralph B Imes giving the address and Warren Zimmerman presenting awards and certificates. Graduates include Sandra Bailey Betty Baker Jerry Balvant Rudy Barr and many others in a formal promotion ceremony at the Congregational church facilities.
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Eldora
Ralph B. Imes
Congregational Church
Warren Zimmerman
F. K. Schmidt
Sandra Bailey
Betty Baker
Jerry Balvant
Rudy Barr
Phillip Bauer
Leone Bowers
Viola Brock
Mary Lou Brown
Edward Butler
Sara Lou Chinburg
Bill Cleveland
Gloria Dean
Melvin Embree
Shirley Follett
Jerry Foster
Sherrill Frazer
Thomas Irwin
Norma Jeske
Lynn Jondahl
Betty Krominga
Rollin Lightfield
Dorothy May
Carol Mitchell
Marilyn Mitchell
Irvin Norman
Marilyn Pinske
Victor Reist
Robert Risse
Lorraine Schaa
Dick Smith
LaDonna Teckenberg
Jean van Tiger
Sharon Vaughn
Alice Vestal
Hamilton School of Commerce Graduation Ceremony Highlights
Invocation and benediction by Rev. Howard Johnson with Dick Rose and the girls' glee club performing. Supt. Lloyd Simester will present diplomas to Shirley Wiles, Donna Jean Cooper, Audrey Filbrandt, Jennie Doolard, Robert Finger, Maxine Hartley, Bernadine Van Hove, and Richard Rose, followed by eighth grade certificates to Joan Cervetti, Ted Chaney, Keith DeVries, Ralph Gast, Arnold Kruse, Norman Luiken, Gary Mennenga, Gail Primus, Leo Stull, Shirley Trout, Marjorie Uhleken, Clara Van Hove, Jay Wickham, Larry Williams, and Robert Wubben.
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Ralph Gast
Arnold Kruse
Norman Luiken
Gary Mennenga
Gail Primus
Leo Stull
Shirley Trout
Marjorie Uhleken
Clara van Hove
Jay Wickham
Larry Williams
Robert Wubben
Bank Not Open Wednesday Due to Bankers Meeting
Hardin County Savings bank will not operate tomorrow Wednesday because bankers hold a group meeting at Osage. Local customers are advised to plan around the short closure and resume normal service after the meeting.
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Hardin County Savings Bank
Bankers’ Group
Osage
4-H Boys of County To Camp June 19-21
Hardin county 4-H boys camp is scheduled for June 19 20 and 21. County extension director Dick Pulse says the Meeker site at Pine Lake will host the event. Camp activities will be completed in the coming weeks.
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Hardin County
Dick Pulse
Meeker
Pine Lake
Chicago Couple to Join Pine Lake Country Club Staff
Mr and Mrs Norman W Meeks of Chicago will begin work at Pine Lake Country club June 1 Meeks recently retired from the U S Marines He will replace Rudy Zeitner who resigned effective the first of next month and Mrs Meeks will assist with the dining room work.
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Norman W. Meeks
Chicago
Pine Lake Country Club
Meeks
U. S. Marines
Rudy” Zeitner
Rural Pupils To Get Diplomas Here Thursday
Forty four graduates from 23 Hardin county rural schools will receive diplomas Thursday at 2 p m in the Eldora gymnasium. County official Don Barker and Rev Ralph B Imes lead the program with a flag drill and patriotic songs by Ellis No 2 pupils. Diploma awards will be made by Ben Jaspers as classmates and teachers participate in a daylong ceremony.
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Hardin County
Eldora Gymnasium
Don Barker
Iowa Falls
America
Ralph B. Imes
Ellis No. 2
Neva Kasischke
M. Z. Albers
Ben Jaspers
Steamboat Rock
County Board of Education
Gifford Grammar
Florence Kinney
Imes
Alden
Patty Palo
Chester Haverstein
William Klemme
Marvin Pin
Speaks Here Tonight by Kermit Whitehead
Kermit Whitehead, recently back from Palestine where he represented the American Friends Service committee among the Arabs, will speak and show pictures at a Baptist Brotherhood meeting at the church Tuesday evening May 23 at eight o’clock. The Brotherhood invites all men of the community to attend.
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Kermit Whitehead
Eldora Chamber Recommends Stores Close on Memorial Day
The Eldora Chamber of Commerce urges all stores to close all day Tuesday May in observance of Memorial Day. The advisory encourages a day of reflection and gives local businesses a unified holiday pause.
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Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Three Honored at Ames Award Day
Ames ISU Honors Day cited hardin county students Wallace Orgell Eskridge and Richard Clampitt among 52 seniors honored for top scholastic rankings in agriculture and overall curricula. Orgell won highest scholarship in agronomy. Eskridge placed in upper three percent in agriculture. Clampitt received a George W. Catt memorial scholarship. Eight recipients gain $300 for the year. over $500 in awards noted.
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Ames
South Hardin County
Iowa State College
Wallace Orgell
R. C. Orgell
Hubbard
Charles E. Finley
Division of Agriculture
Robert L. Esridge
E. L. Eskridge
New Providence
Richard Clampitt
R. J. Clampitt
George W. Catt
Hudson Memorial Park to be created at Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Pine Lake Wildlife club completed the purchase of a 20 acre timber tract north of Pine Lake along the Eldora Steamboat Rock highway to establish Hudson Memorial park. The land joins the club grounds and will preserve native trees, create picnic areas, and move pheasant pens and some deer to the site. Donors help fund the project as directors consider a road to connect the clubhouse with the highway.
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Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Pine Lake
Eldora Steamboat Rock Blacktop
Hudson Memorial Park
Wildlife Club
Harold Creps
Creps
T. S. Hudson
W. S. Hudson
Black Top
Midwest Pony Sale to Draw 5000 at Eldora Pavilion
K E Reisinger and Sons sponsor the fourth annual Midwest Pony Sale at Eldora with 300 head, 100 hackney and harness ponies on Friday and 200 Shetlands on Saturday. Buyers from ten states expected as toll crowds of up to 5000 visit if weather cooperates. Dispersal of Elmwood Farm hackneys tops Friday, with Red Pepper and other noted ponies featured. Reisinger, Knowles, and Kramer manage the sale at the Eldora Sales Pavilion with viewing nights through Friday.
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American Legion Auxiliary
William Luick
Ward
Ona Brown
Theo Schan
Jurgen Tjaden
May B. Cobb
Julius Wilts
Ruth ~Gyufligs
Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
1Dora Livestock
Rosey Hunt
Eldora
K. E. Reisinger and Sons
Elmwood Farm
BE. C. Cooper
Cedar Rapids
Reisinger
Red Pepper
Kansas City
Arthur Knowles
Joe Kramer
F. R. Price
Fred A. Reed
R. F. Jackson
Midwest
Kenny
Gordon Reisinger
Eldora Blue Ribbon Days Kickoff And Pony Sale
Eldora hosts a four day celebration opening Wednesday at ten with a street program east of the courthouse. Bargains flood local shops while M. D. Suilley hosts the speaker’s stand and judges include J. L. Cameron and Senator R. R. Bateson. Fire Department demos, contests, and the Reisinger pony sale headline the jamboree with events tallied by Chamber of Commerce.
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Eldora
Reisinger & Sons
Eldora Business
M. D. Suilley
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Paul Glenney
Union
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Chet van Patter
van Patter
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Eldora Junior High
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Eskridge
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D. W. Dickinson
EB. H. Lundy
R. R. Bateson
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John L. Butler
Elvin J. Ryan
Lyman R. Lundy
Donald C. Wilson
Eldora Fire Department
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Kim McLeran
Ray Mohr
Harrison
J. E. Hanson
Commercial Savings Bank
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Carroll
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