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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1966
Page
11
Located between the Upper and Lower Pine Lakes, Pine Lake Country Club offers a nine hole course in Iowa. Visitors may use the golf facilities, clubhouse, and pool with daily membership 2.50, individual weekly 7.50, and family weekly 12.50. Men’s par is 35 and women’s par 36.
Pine Lake and Iowa River hill sides show shadbush in bloom the state’s early flowering shrub. Clusters of petals unfold for a few days before fading. Bees swarm as blooms attract pollinators, while the plant’s eastern name reflects the shad fish run. Other names include juneberry sarvis and service berry.
Pine Lake area is noted for fishing but surrounding farms offer hunting with Hardin and Grundy county as prime pheasant ranges. Hunters can pursue squirrel rabbit raccoon quail deer geese and ducks. 1966 season opening dates listed include squirrel and rabbit September 10 raccoon October 15 quail October 22 and pheasant and Hungarian partridge November 12. Seasons set in August depend on summer population surveys.
A new traffic rule sets that all vehicles must follow posted speeds and not exceed 35 mph on unposted park and preserve roads, prohibiting higher speeds for safety.
Upper Pine Lake was built in the 1930s as an offshoot of Lower Pine Lake. Eldora residents issued $12,000 in bonds to purchase adjacent park land, enabling completion in 1935. Silting led to enlarging the lake from 75 to 101 acres, a project finished in 1963 after work began in 1959.
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