Editorial Shows Interest In New Athletic Conference Here
Eldora school officials have been approached by area administrators about joining a new athletic conference. They want fewer travel trips and bigger gates, and consider adding girls basketball. Ackley’s interest is unclear, and the NICL would require six schools to switch.
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NICOL
Admini
Siistors
Nevada
State Center
Story City
Ogden
Eldora
Ackley
NICL
Hardin County
Iowa
Union
Whitten
Pine Lake
Iowa Falls
Hampton
Grundy Center
Hardin
Radcliffe
W. Hubert Johnson
Reinbeck
Fidora
Mrs Ridout Wins Weekly Herald-Index Football Contest
Eldora resident Mrs Ted Ridout repeated as winner of the Herald-Index football dopester contest last week. Ogal Sapp tied for second on points with 58. Jay Cakerice and Lance Long tied for third after missing four games by one point. Another contest noted in today's Herald-Ledger.
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Ted Ridout
Eldora
Herald-Index
Ridout
Ogal Sapp
Mes
Gapp
Ted
Jay Cakerice
Lance Long
Whitten
Hierald- Ledger
Flickinger Home Out Of Action In Eldora Football
Eldora fullback Jim Flickinger was carried home after Friday nights Eldora Ackley game with a reported kidney injury torn rib separation later clarified. He is out of the lineup with a shift in Eldora backfield likely for Saturday's clash with State Center. Sam Estes may not be ready.
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Eldora
Jim Flickinger
Eldora Hospital
Flickinger
Sam Estes
Uitcd
Dale DeVault
State Center
DeVault
Plickinger
Estes
Ken Brack
Loren Tough
Dale Mitchell
Mike Crosser
Eldora Ie
Hospital Births and Patient List by Town Names
In The Hospital patients include Eldora Mrs Darrell Fensen Mrs Alice Parker Davis Mrs Cleon Wieman Miss Patricia Neubaurer Charley Herrald Union Mrs Hattie Cavana Gifford Ernest Balvant Garden City Mike Michaelson Wellsburg Mrs H C Neesen New Providence Mrs Sarah Reece Steamboat Rock Mrs Tjark Enpenga Mrs Waalter Heffelmeier Rad Cliffe Phillip Bolles Hubbard Mrs Charlotte Walters Mrs Charles Meier Pasadena Calif Mrs Marie Stallbohm Births Eldora Mrs Herold Balvant a boy Oct 29 New Providence Mrs Don Hayes a girl Oct 25
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Eldora
Darrell Fensen
Alice (Parker) Davis
Cleon ‘Wieman
Patricia Neubaurer
Charley Herrald
Union
Hattie Cavana
Gifford
Ernest Balvant
Garden City
Mike Michaelson
Wellsburg
H. C. Neesen
New Providence
Sarah Reece
Rock
Tjark Enpenga
Waalter Heffelmeier
Rad
Cliffe
Cliffe--Phillip Bolles
Hubbard
Charlotte Walters
Charles Meier
Pasadena
Calif
Marie Stallbohm
Herold’ Balvant
Don Hayes
First Snow Dusts Town With Trace Melting Saturday
The first snow of the winter fell here Saturday morning. It was just a trace melting as it hit the ground.
Will Make Effort to Revive Boy Scouts Here
An effort to rejuvenate Eldora's lagging Boy Scout program will be made this week. Scout fieldman Harry Porter of Marshalltown will meet Friday with interested adults to revive the program. The town has over 80 registered scouts but only a Cub Scout unit remains active under Rev. Ralph B. Imes. A five-man committee will be formed to supervise adult leadership and training.
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Eldora
Harry Porter
Marshalltown
Cub Scout
Ralph B. Imes
Porter
Boy Scouts
Elders Chamber of Commerce
All At We
Tallcorn Council
Eldora Wh
Farm auctions listed for early November near El Dora and Whit Ten
Listings advertise multiple farm sales with dates in November. Heirs of Cora M and Joseph Newell hold an 161 acre farm 9 miles east and north of El Dora Louis Janssen is auctioneer. Other sales include Walt Hauser estate near Whit Ten, Jake Buskoh Dairy Sale at El Dora Livestock Sales Pavilion, Harold Gibbon farm sale near Rei singer and Heltibridle, and Martin Schaper complete closing out sale near State Center presented by Clair Mason Son and Francis Haing auctioneers.
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Cora M
Joseph Newell
Eldora. Louis
Janssen
Walt Hauser
Whitten, Reisinger & Heltibridle
Jake Buskoh
Eldora Livestock Sales
Reisinger & Heltibridle
Auct
Martin Schaper
State Canter
Clair Mason Son
Francis Haing
Kuctioneers
Ackley Principal to Leave Teaching for State Farm Post
Bill Kearney, longtime Ackley high school principal since September and former Alden principal for six years, is named to the Town Falls agency of the State Farm Insurance companies, effective November 1. He has asked the Ackley school board to release him from his contract as soon as possible.
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Bill Kearney
Ackley
Alden
State Farm ‘Insurance Companies
Kearney
Eldora Considers New Conference Amid Township Consolidations
School officials in Eldora express interest in forming a new athletic conference as consolidations reshape conferences across the state. Officials say cooperation and planning will determine feasibility in coming years.
Farm Events Schedule For County In November December
Hardin county extension service lists many farm events through December. From Nov 1 Beef production study trip to Ankeny to Nov 30 various farm operator trainings and public affairs meetings through December in Eldora Alden Hubbard and nearby townships. The schedule includes farm sales and 4-H events, with dates in November and December and multiple auctioneers.
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Hardin County Extension Service
Alden High School
Wallace Oge
Alfred Blome
Hubbard
Knowles & Kramer
Imighers
Bbs
Glen Speas
Owen
Buffale
New Providence
Knowles
Kramer
Ames
Hardin County
Hardin County Extension
Ankeny
Hardin County Agriculture Society Names Officers
The Hardin county agriculture society will name its officers for the new year at an organization dinner meeting at Blanche and Ethel's Tea Room Friday. At a recent meeting two new members were named to the fair board and three others were re elected. New members are George Potgeter of Steamboat Rock and Fred Fuller of Jacksatt township. Re elected were C. T. Rierson of Radcliffe K. E. Reisinger Big Reed and L. C. Jorgensen of TownsAlls. Other board members include Wilson Hadtey of New Providence Leo Megan of Eldora Carl Lettow of Iowa Falls Earl Marsh of New Providence Cecil Rooks of Eldora Dick Pulse of Eldora Wm. Donelson of Alden Dick Leverin of Eldora Errol Johnson of Union and R. A. Scott of Eldora.
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Hadcliffe
Legion Hall
A.S.C
Marshalltown
Vocational Ag
Oswey Fisher Farm
Hubbard
Regular County Extension Council
Eldora
Eldora Township
Ellis Township
Cottage Community
Sherman Township
Radcliffe School
Union Township
Union Town Hall
Eldora City
County
Pleasant Township
Roughwood Community Hall
Tipton Township
Hubbard Town Hall
Clay Township
P. m
Steamboat Rock
Concord Township
Garden City Community Hall
Alden Township
Alden School
Buckeye Township
Buckeye
Hardin Township
Princess Cate
Iowa Falls
Princess Cafe
Town Falls
Jackson Township
Owasa School
Providence Township
New Providence
Etna Township
Ackley Town Hall
Grant Township
Hardin County Agriculture Society
Blanche
Ethel
Fair Board
George Potgeter
Steamboat Hock
Fred Fuller
Jacksatt Township
Wilson Hadtey
Leo Megan
Carl Lettow
Earl Marsh
New Provicenre
Cecil Rooks
Dick Pulse
Wm. Donelson
Alden
Dick Leverin
Errol Johnson
Union
R. A. Scott
Wilson Hadley to Attend National Foundation Meeting
Mr and Mrs Wilson Hadley of New Providence will attend a district meeting of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in Omaha tomorrow and Thursday. Hadley is chairman of the Hardin county chapter.
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Wilson Hadley
New Providence
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Omaha
Hadley
Hardin County
Family Night At Methodist Church Event Scheduled Tonight
A family night dinner will be held at the Methodist church tonight starting at 6 30 p m with special guests including new members of the parish. Mrs Glen Whorrall serves as dinner chairman and a program is planned.
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Methodist Church
Glen Whorrall
Johnson Printer Retires From Iowa Training School
d. P. Johnson, a printer at the Iowa State Training School for 12 years, retired effective yesterday and will reside in Union. He joined the staff on Oct. 23, 1943, overseeing the school printing shop and publishing The Echo. Previously he owned the Union Star in Union and worked at the Daily Record in Cedar Rapids.
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D. P. Johnson
Iowa State Training School
Johnson
Union
Echo
Union Star
The
Daily Record
Cedar
Alls
New Stewardess Mildred Engelking Joins United Air Lines
Mildred Engelking daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Engelking Hubbard now serves as a stewardess aboard a United Air Lines plane from Newark New Jersey She earned her silver wings after five weeks at the companys stewardess training school in Cheyenne Wyoming A former student at Coe College in Cedar Rapids Iowa
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Mildred Engelking
Carl Engelking
Hubbard
United Air Lines
Newark
N. J
Miss Engelking
Cheyenne
Wyo
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Smiling Diplomacy Just An Act Olson Tells Kiwanians
Ellsworth farmer Ralph Olson, a member of the U S farm delegation, spoke to Eldora Kiwanis and guests about his Russia tour. He warned that smiling diplomacy is an act, citing Stalinist roots, government control, and coercive payments by farmers, while noting large government care and limited personal freedom.
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Russia
Olson
Ralph Olson
Ellsworth Farmer
Eldora Kiwanis Club
United States
Olsen
Filsworth Farmer
Olson Delivers Talk on Farm City Week in Local Dinner
A framed photo showed a Russian woman at work as Olson, now in high demand as a speaker, told a school audience Friday he would choose one day in free America over a year in Russia. The Thursday dinner for Farm-City week at the school was led by Kiwanis president M. L. Puckett with Richard Pulse introducing the speaker before his Seattle and Meine engagements.
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Olson
Seattle
Wash
Meine
U. S
Russia
Free America
Kiwanis
M. L. Puckett
Richard Pulse
Eldora Teachers Attend Iowa State Convention Friday
Eldora teachers will attend the Iowa State Education Association convention in Des Moines Friday and Saturday. The convention opens Thursday evening and school will close at 3 p.m. Thursday to allow teachers to reach Des Moines for the opening session. There will be no school Friday. Paul Simons said the Eldora faculty has 100 percent membership.
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Eldora
Iowa State Teachers Convention
Des Moines
Paul Simons
Iowa State Education Association
Last Thrift Bucks Here Tomorrow Eldora Christmas Promo
Eldora merchants plan to give away Thrift Bucks as part of the Christmas promotion. The program, to start November 7, offers tickets worth 50, 25, 10 and three 5 dollar amounts for appliances and furniture valued over $2,000. Bill Morse, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, noted the last Bucks will be available until after Christmas.
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Eldora
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Morse
Ackley Eldora road fans press for blacktop across county
Hardin county supervisors and Ackley boosters press for blacktopping the gravel road from Highway 57 east of Eldora to Steamboat Rock to ease post game travel. Residents say mud on the final three miles between Ackley and Eldora worsens with each season while county and state plans push back due to bridge work and road programs.
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Ackley
Steam
Boat Rock
Eldors
Carlier
Elders
Board of Supervisors
Eldora
Steamboat Rock
Wray Furlong
Pvt Dean Schnormeier Completes Clerical School
Private Dean A. Schnormeier son of Mr and Mrs Fred Schnormeier Hubbard Kentucky recently graduated from the Armored Replacement Training Center Common Specialist Clerical School at Fort Knox Kentucky The course covered army clerical procedures and record keeping He entered the Army in May and completed initial training at Camp Chaffee Arkansas He is a Hubbard High School graduate of 1954
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Dean A. Schnormeier
Fred Schnormeier
Hubbard
Armored Replacement Training Center
Ft. Knox
Army
Schnormeier
Camp Chaffee
Hubbard High School
Grand Jury Deliberations Continue in Dewey Miller Case
The Hardin County Grand Jury, now entering its third week since evidence began, has yet to report to County Attorney Lester Ose or the clerk of courts regarding George G. Dewey. Dewey, 57, is held on charges of obtaining a large sum from Grace Potter Miller, 78, with new counsel entering the case for him. The federal warrant accuses Megally obtaining over 5,000 dollars across a state line. both cases will proceed separately in federal and district court unless charges are dropped.
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Hardin County
Grand Jury
Lester Ose
Paul Hodgson
George B. Dewey
Ackley
Ose
Hardin County Grand Jury
George BH
Dewey-Grace Patter Miler
George G. Dewey
Grace Potter Miller
Oxe
Bateson and Ryan
Eldora
Dewey
John Seneff
Mason City
Lundy, Buller and Lundy
Hardin Republicans At Waverly Today
Hardin county Republicans attend the third district Republican conference in Waverly with leaders Lea F. Walcott Don Wilson Lucille Long Roberta Meier EB Pettenger and others. Speakers include Senators Burke Hickenlooper and Thomas Martin Congressman H R Gross Governor Leo Hoegh state chairman Don Pierson and vice chair Enid Rabinson.
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Hardin County
Waverly
Lea F. Walcott
Eldora
Don Wilson
Lucille Long
Whitten
Roberta Meier
Hubbard
Young Republican
EB. L. Pettenger
Town Falls
Hardin Courity Republican
Burke Hickensooner
Thomas Martin
H. R. Gross
Leo Hoegh
Don Pierson
Pulse Wears Uzbek Robe On U S Farm Delegation Tour
Olson described an Uzbek style garment worn by older Russian men during a U S farm delegation tour last summer. Puckett modeled a deep red velvet robe as part of the Kis dinner meeting scene. El Photo shows Pulse and Puckett in traditional attire.
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U. S
Olson
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Big Reed
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