New Providence News Highlights Local Visits and Birthdays
Local residents Mrs. Robert Faris Mrs. Irwin Seward and Mrs. Kenneth Bernard spent a weekend in Missouri visiting the Lawrence Beach home near Armstrong and the Garth Lindsay home at Trenton. Other items note a Des Moines Sunday school convention, a neighbor birthday gathering for Mrs. Wilmer Cook, and upcoming marriage of Esther Knudsen to Lewis Alden Davis in Grayling Michigan. The Child Study club met at the church. Celanese slides were shown. and Farm Bureau oyster supper announced for Nov 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Faris
Irwin Seward
Kenneth Bernard
Missouri
Lawrence Beach
Armstrong
Oliver Riley
Macon
Rileys
Trenton
Garth Lindsay
Lindsay
Margaret Broer
New Providence High School
Worthy A. Spring
Glen Speas
Harold Frazier
Stephen Young
Maurice Cook
Des Moines
Wilmer Cook
Frank Castor
Charles City
Nashua
Floyd Rhodes
Lowell Rhodes
Murray
Grace Mills
Clinton Mills
Rhodes
Mills
Honey Creek
L. B. Waldo
Schneider
Ind
Lottie Albery
Lowell Waldo
Steven
Grundy Center
Indiana
Davis Brown
Barnes City
Brown
W. A. Aschkrat
Hubbard
L. F. Lehmeter
Esther Marie Knudsen
Lewis Alden Davis
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Grayling
Mich
Harald D. Knudsen
Quakerdale
Lewis Davis
Child Study Club
New Providence
Dean Clampitt
Marion Rains
Gerald Laughlin
Drama Club
Harry Clampitt
Maynard Chance
Leslie Wood
John Charlier, Jr
Paul Hoag
Muscatine
Guilford Street
Hoag
Illinois Grove
Quaker Heights
Mae Phelps
Ann Hall
Roe Thompson
Eldora
Thompson
New Sharon
Earl Cope
Iowa Falls
Raymond Duff
Susan of
Scranton
Livestock Sale Promises Strong Turnout for Sheep and Calves
We expect a steady livestock sale with 40 native black face ewes and a flood of fat lambs. the market aligns with river trends and 200 to 300 head arrive weekly from two to three packers. Fat lambs should be brought now. North Dakota calves arriving late for Monday auction will sell on Wednesday at Bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Loyal Women Bible Class Met At Church Parlor
Union Sixteen members of the Loyal Women's Bible class met Wednesday afternoon at the Church of Christ parlors. Mrs. Gene Williams, a surgical patient in Marshalltown, requested Psalm 23 be read and the hymn Jesus Savior Pilot Me sung, followed by the poem The Secret by Ralph Cushman. Mrs. A. J. Tisdale, a Burke Nursing Home patient, asked for Psalm 19 and Count Your Blessings. President Nelle Dillon presided as routine business was transacted. a flag salute and pledge opened the meeting. items were sent to the Old People's Home in St. Louis, and $15.65 was received from the miscellaneous sale and collection. The committee served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Women’s Bible
Church of Christ
Gene Williams
Evangelical Hospital
Marshalltown
Jesus Savior
Ralph Cushman
A. J. Tisdale
Burke Nursing Home
Nelle Dillon
Old People’s Home
St. Louis
Maggie Hutchens
L. A. Atteberry
Novella Shore
Quieting title suit over Alden parcel in Hardin County Iowa
Jean C Button, plaintiff, petitions in Hardin County District Court for establishment of ownership to Lots 3 and 4, Block 9, Alden, against all defendants and unknown claimants. The suit notes continuous adverse possession over ten years and asks the court to bar all adverse claims, quiet title, and grant equitable relief. Appearance deadline December 18, 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court OF
State OF
Iowa
Hardin County
Jean C. Button
Flora Brown
Fred W. Wegner
N. Merritt Wegner
Gerald Williams
Dorothy Roe
Kenneth Williams
Sharon Williams
Isabelle Brown' Field
Wilna Hames
Alden
Black Inc
Towa
Aline
Eldora
Iowa Falls
Lester Ose
H-L
Notice to Bidders Hardin County EC-1283 and HB-456 projects
Sealed bids for Hardin County EC-1283 road improvement and HB-456 bridge projects are due by 10:00 A M November 26, 1956 in Eldora Iowa. Proposals require certified checks, plans, and adherence to special provisions. county may waive technicalities and reject bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Eldora
Iowa
Co, Rll & Prr
Garden City
SE Corner
U. S
Board of Supervisors of
Fred A Reed
Township election meeting notices issued by Hardin County
The Hardin County Agricultural Extension Council publishes dates for township meetings to elect council representatives for terms ending December 31, 1958 and 1968. Voters in Pleasant Vidora Alden Clay Grant Sherman Union Iowa Falls Miss are listed with townships, dates, and venues in late November 1956. Public notices also note a farm sale by Earl Guiles on January 3 and an auction by Knowles & Kramer and Everett Seward on January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Agricultural Extension Council
Pleasant Township
Vidora Township
Alden Township
Alden
Clay Township
Steamboat Rock
Grant Township
Hubbard Town
Sherman Township
Radcliffe
Union Township
Union School
Iowa Falls
Edgewood Place
Miss Township
Taree
Ellis
Ray Lake
Loveless Defeats Hoegh in State Race but Not in Hardin County
Governor-elect Herschel Loveless won the Iowa gubernatorial race overall, defeating Leo Hoegh, but Loveless did not carry Hardin County where Hoegh prevailed 5,528 to 4,397. The report appears in the Hardin County Index dated November 13, 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel C. Loveless
Leo Hoegh
Loveless
Hardin County
Hoegh
Iowa
Gross Again Gets Largest Vote in Third District
H. R. Gross, Republican of Waterloo, won re election to the U. S. Congress, achieving the largest vote total in the area with 95,150 votes in the third district. He surpassed U. S. Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper who received 93,113 votes locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Gross
Waterloo
U. S. Congress
Gross
U. S
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Farmers Visit Boar Test Station in Ames Thursday
Eldora vocational agriculture hosts a Thursday trip for adult farmers to the boar testing station in Ames. Meet 11:30 am at Memorial Union, travel after lunch to observe testing and discuss hog production with Dr. Durham and Dr. Hazel. No advance arrangements required. bring neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Vocational Agriculture Department
Ames Thursay
Armand Ruppel
Memorial Union
Ames
Ralph Durham
Hazel
Durham
Department of Vocational Agriculture
Eldora
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New Providence News
Eldora, Iowa
Eldora Livestock
Western Ewes
Relsinger, Heltibridle & Dobson
Mrs. Grellet Dillon
Legals
District Court
Towit
Harris Furniture
Hogs
Harris Furn
Union
Lawrence
Cleon Vieman
Harris Furniture—Union
Elzie Eskridge
Harris Furniture Union
Phone Herald-Index
Walker
Knowles & Kramer
Aucts
Alvin Lewis
Elora
Reisinger & Heltibridle
John Pierce
Ray Stinson
Alfred Axtell
John Ellefson
Runge Bros
Buckeye
Kenneth Barhite
W. J. Wittenburg
Earl Guiles
Everett Seward
Elmer Drury
Boar
Calif
Oni Bes
Betty Crocker
Devils Food
Tin
Maplecrest
Turkeys
Libby
Swift's Premium
Swift’s Premium
Swift’s
U. S. No
Sage Morton
Turkey
Schumache
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