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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1952
Page
5
Plans for the Hardin County 4-H banquet to be held in Hubbard November 15 are nearing completion with 4-H clubs in each township preparing a five minute program for the evening. Arvin Haywood, boys' county 4-H president, will preside over the program.
The program opens with the invocation and dinner at 6 30 p m served by the Hubbard band mothers. Following dinner there will be a presentation of awards and a welcome to guests with entertainment by township 4 H clubs.
The American Legion Auxiliary led by Mrs Gladys Rodemeyer of Iowa Falls announces the annual magazine subscription drive to fund sickroom equipment for Hardin County. Under Mrs C A VanPatter, the unit raises funds from Eldora subscriptions to buy a hospital bed and other items now used in eight county towns. Proceeds fund portable heaters oxygen and nebulizer gear, adjustable beds, and related supplies, with equipment housed at multiple county sites for use by patients, families, or medical staff with only transportation charges paid.
Holy Name Society of St Marys Catholic Church will meet in the parish hall Thursday evening November 13 at 8 00 oclock. Members are urged to attend this gathering.
The Community Chest expands its C Club by twenty five new names including Paul Hodgson Charles Speers Clary-Cote Ready Mix Clarence DeCook Peter DeCook and others. Contributions total 4713.43 this week toward a 6500 goal, surpassing last year’s 4000.
An 11-year-old German girl Irene Saylor, newly enrolled at Eldora, proves English mastery despite initial language barriers. Born in Germany and living with Sgt. and Mrs. Saylor after her father’s WWII death, she advanced from first to fifth grade, reading outside school and quickly picking up English while wintering in Eldora with her stepfather’s family.
Due to the I. B. E. A. teachers convention last week students could not obtain Hi-Lites for this issue. The school news will return in the next Tuesday edition.
Local firemen met last Thursday to name committees for the upcoming state convention to be held in Isidoro next fall. Chief Orville Lamb appointed the committees, with Robert W. Repp Iowa Falls Walter E Eckhardt State Center and A Boyd Arnold Mason City named to supervise the program. A convention book committee listed Reed chair Saerga Martinson and Martin Owings. The meeting also announced a future response plan to notify nearby businessmen by telephone when downtown fires occur. Refreshments were served after adjournment.
Shirley Fisher of Ackley won the sectional talk meet finals at Hampton on Oct 30. Sponsored by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, the contest opened to AYP members from a 15 county area in north central Iowa. Fisher, representing Hardin county AYP, advances to the State Talk Meet finals in Des Moines on Nov 25 with her topic How Can Farm Bureau Help Farmers to Speak Effectively for Themselves.
Unofficial Hardin County election results show 11,802 votes cast at 8 a.m. in Eldora and other precincts, a 34 percent increase over 1948. Grant and Eldora townships posted large gains, Eisenhower carried the county by 4,621 votes, near the 20 year average for leading candidates. Historical 1932–1952 patterns show shifts between Roosevelt, Hoover, Landon, Willkie, and Dewey with 1948 low turnout.
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary request the names of all Eldora men serving in Korea. Names should be reported to Mrs. F R Price, Eldora, at once so Christmas boxes can be sent. Deadline for overseas mailing is November 15.
In response to drought and fire hazards the Iowa Conservation Commission postponed the 1952 pheasant season set to open November 11. Both long and short zones shift to November 18 start. short zone ends November 28 and long zone ends December 12. Shooting runs daily from noon to 4 30 pm with a daily bag limit of three cock birds.
Rodin, former Eldora police chief, acquitted in Cedar Rapids of manslaughter after a baby girl died when his car struck a pole. He was arrested in Council Bluffs last Thursday following a Cedar Rapids grand jury secret indictment for a morals offense. Bond set at $5000 and he was sent back to Cedar Rapids for further proceedings.
Reinbeck resident Henry Bern had his permit to carry a gun revoked after firing at a moving truck on a Reinbeck street. The round struck 19 year old farmer Jim Dinsdale in the chest as hay was being unloaded. Dinsdale was treated at a physician’s office and Grundy Hospital. Bern says he aimed at a fire, not the youth. Sheriff Meyer ordered the permit suspension pending case outcome.
The formal installation of Father George Mahoney at St. Mary's Catholic Church occurred at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Father Joseph Murphy of St. Anthony attended the ceremony. A reception by the St. Mary's Altar and Rosary Society followed in the church parlors with sixty five members in attendance.
High school pupils gathered Tuesday at 11 15 for Armistice Day observance. Hardin students held in-room programs after an invocation by Rev W L Beasley. Senator R R Bateson spoke on the True Meaning of Armistice Day, with readings and musical numbers by Ruby Barr and student groups. Junior high followed at 8 00 with Rev Ralph Imes as speaker and patriotic songs and pledge.
The Farmers Savings Bank seeks 904.25 from Harvey L. Smith, Loraine Smith, Harvey A. Smith Jr, Helen R. Smith, and Marlin Ray Smith dba Smith and Sons on a note from September 1, 1952. E H McCarthy Hatchery sues Mrs. Harvey Smith for 200 plus costs and forecloses a conditional sales contract on 460 White Leghorn pallets. W W White sues Alva M Drake, trustee H J Schmitz, and Jesse Hegland for 206.12 plus accrued interest and asserts a lien on coin raised on Drake land. Schmitz is alleged to control Drake assets.
Hardin County auditors office will receive sealed bids at 1 50 p m on November 25 for construction of Drainage District 160 and 161 in Etna township. Official notice to contractors will appear in Fridays Index.
Leonard Lettow of Iowa Falls and F C VanDerveer of Eldora attended a two day state meeting of soldier relief commissioners and secretaries in Des Moines. Main business focused on unifying county procedures for handling cases and reports.
One of the season's first farm sales takes place Friday November 14 on the Earl Miller farm two and a half miles west of Union. Sixty five head of livestock and sizeable furniture will be offered. Eldora Auction Company acts as auctioneers.
As the Herald-Ledger went to press Monday the Board of Supervisors canvassed the election returns of Tuesday. Changes, if any, will be carried in Friday's Index. The winning precinct for the greatest percentage of increase in voters over the 1948 election will also be announced Friday.
Hardin County Young Republicans sponsor a victory dance tonight at the Marcon Ballroom near Iowa Falls. The event takes place Tuesday, November 11, and invites party members and supporters to celebrate a recent win with music and community gathering.
The Eldora Congregational church announces its annual New England dinner to be held on Thursday November 13 with serving starting at 5 30 p m Residents are invited to attend and enjoy traditional dishes at the church hall
A list of upcoming Farm Bureau and extension meetings is provided with dates. Events include county and township Farm Bureau meetings in Eldora Alden Clay and Ackley, plus a 4-H banquet in Hubbard and an outlook conference in Marshalltown. Additional items cover wildlife and conservation meetings and a reader meeting in Alden.
Fred Folkerts, son of Mr and Mrs H H Folkerts of Steamboat Rock, is accepted as a member and serves as secretary treasurer of Wheaton College Men's Glee Club in Illinois. The 35 member group tours about 3500 miles annually, performing in schools and churches.
Twenty five new cars and trucks were licensed in the county treasurer’s office during the first seven days of the month. The list includes Eldora Paul C Clark Chevrolet Lowell McCormick Dodge Harold Frank Chevrolet truck and many others from towns like Iowa Falls Ackley Radcliffe and Alden, with makes including Pontiac Mercury Buick GMC Chevrolet and Oldsmobile.
The bi monthly meeting of Vocational Agriculture Instructors Veterans Instructors Extensions and Soil Conservation Service workers will be held at 6 30 p m on November 18. After dinner members will present yearly programs and plan county wide cooperation on soil conservation and the Hardin County junior livestock show per extension director Dick Pulse.
Rev. Paul Enabnit has become pastor of the Christian Church in Union with his wife and two sons. The family moved there last week from Staples Minnesota where he previously served.
Verlee Chamness six year old daughter of Mrs Imo ee Chamness passed away yesterday after an illness. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Christian church Union with interment in Chester cemetery.
Farm Bureau township captains meet at the Wild Life Club Wednesday evening November 12 to finalize plans for the membership drive kicking off January 13 across Hardin County. A fish fry at 7:00 p.m. precedes the organizational meeting. Ladies from Eldora township Farm Bureau will oversee serving. Fieldman Ray Halstead will preside. Fay Meade will address the group. Local committee members and township chairmen from Alden to Union are listed as organizers and recruiting leaders.
Wild Life Club members plan a family fish fry on Friday November 14 serving walleyed pike from 5 to 8 PM. Election of officers is slated for the next regular meeting on November 20. Nominations committee includes C J Piper Harold Marshman and Fred Miller. An oyster supper begins at 6 PM for members before the business meeting.
Eldora school hosts its annual educational luncheon Thursday noon with Rotary Kiwanis and Business and Professional Women as guests. Following lunch, tours of the school are planned as part of National Expansion Week observances November 10 to 15. Visitation to the school occurred Tuesday and Wednesday, with letters sent to parents urging class visits and outreach to teachers and staff.
Rex Beresford a beef cattle specialist at Iowa State College will discuss cattle feeding at the Falls High School at 7 30 p m Monday November 12 The well known expert is to address the adult evening agriculture class and the general public Duane Sandage a culture instructor will introduce him
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