Eldora Dollar Days First $1 Voucher Awarded
Mrs Abbas of 1442 Twelfth Street won the first one dollar voucher for answering Eldora Bakery slogan in a telephone prompt during Eldora Dollar Days. Doyle Felton, Chamber of Commerce secretary, made the calls on Saturday. two others also won vouchers at Schumacher grocery and Goodyear Service Store. More calls were planned to extend the promotion to neighboring towns.
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Eldora
Mra
J. W. Abbas
Twelfth Street
Herald-Index
Dollar Days Treasure Hunt Shaped for Eldora Courtyard
A Wednesday afternoon treasure search in Eldora’s courthouse courtyard invites boys and girls from grades 1 to 4, 6 to 10, and 9 to 12 to hunt for merchandise certificates worth $1. Certificates are scattered in leaves or concealed in spots, usable only Wednesday or Thursday at Eldora firms. More than 60 local merchants back the Dollar Days event, organized by the Chamber of Commerce retail trade committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Chamber of Cammere
Ink Bottle Incident Breaks Plate Glass at Riggert Store
A state school boy allegedly threw an ink bottle from a training school truck after Eldora High School students watched Thunder Rock. The bottle shattered a large plate glass window at the Riggert store building. An investigation was planned to identify the culprit.
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Riggert
Dramatics
Eldora High School
Union Man Finds Ledgers Used to Insulate Old House
Ross Hockett of Union uncovered old newspapers used to insulate an ell of his farm home four miles west of Union. While tearing down the wall, he found 1868 news from Hardin County and Cincinnati papers, including a June 6 1868 Ledger page with items on U. S. Grant and the impeachment talk of President Johnson. The ell was built by early sawmill operator Jerry Hadley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Hockett
Union
Hardin County
Cincinnati
Hackett
Herald
FR. H. McBride
Eldorg
Hockett Fk
W.eastman
W. J. Moir
Huff
McBride
Joan Porter
Ezza Nuckalls
James H. Sampson
Eldora Railroad and Coal Co
U. S. Grant
Johnson
Jerry Hadley
Set Up Conservation Workbook Contest For Rural Pupils
M. 2. Albers, Hardin County superintendent, with the Soil Conservation Service, announced a conservation workbook contest for seventh and eighth graders in rural schools. Albers and Cate Shadle distributed workbooks and explained judging criteria. Three individual prizes of 10, 5, and 3 dollars will be awarded, with a soils district prize to the winning school or room.
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Hardin County
M. 2. Albers
Soil Conservation Service
Albers
Cate Shadle
County Extension Ector
Soils District
D A V Plans Special Meeting Monday
The Har din county Disabled American Veterans chapter schedules a special meeting next Monday at 7 30 p m in the Kunath building basement. National service officers will assist veterans seeking pension claims or hospital admission, per county unit commander Gene K Foster.
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Hardin County
Kunath
National Service Officers
D.A V
Gene K. Foster
Board Lets Contract For Drainage Work
The board of supervisors Friday let a contract to Lilttschwager and Rastetter for labor on a project in Drainage District 157 at a price of 5 021 dollars. Material bids were not let as clay tile supply was scarce prompting a possible switch to a concrete tile. District location lies in Ellis and Buckeye townships with work planned to start this fall aiming to finish before corn planting time.
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Board of Supervisors
Lilttschwager
Ellis Township
Buckeye Township
Hackett Family Farm Structure Noted for Walnut Finishing
A structure near Honey Creek built in the early 1960s used sizable black walnut lumber in its finish. The Hackett family has owned the farm for 68 years, marking long possession of the property.
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Honey Creek
Hackett
Dr R C Rogers Opens Practice in Eldora
Dr. R C Rogers, osteopathic physician, locates in Eldora after seven years in Hubbard and a move from Blackwell Oklahoma. He will open a practice next to Daviel Candy Shop, formerly Howard Bowman's. The Rogers family seeks housing as two daughters Annette and Mary stay nearby while he assisted as anesthetist and X ray technician at Tidora Memorial hospital.
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Well
Okla
Eldora
Daviel Candy
Howard Bowman
Rogers
Annette
Mary
Hubbard
Tidora Memorial Hospital
Resignation Reported for Hardin County Home Steward Wendell Martin
Iowa Falls report says Wendell Martin verbally resigned as steward of the Hardin county home effective January 1. County supervisors will act only after a written resignation is received. A successor will be appointed then. Martin, from New Providence, has led the county home for six years.
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Iowa Falls
Wendell Martin
Hardin County
Mtin
New Providence
Martin
Petit Jurors Listed by Clerk for December Report
Clerk Fred L. Miller lists 75 petit jurors to report December 4 at 10 a m for the district court term opening November 27. Jurors are named by town including Alden Ackley Eldora Hubbard Iowa Falls New Providence Hedl? Steamboat Rock and Steamb oat Rock. Names include Dunning Idso Richardson Smith Steinberg Wilson Coler Cordes Fisher Griffel Kirmingen Kramer Peters Roegner Stokes Zacharias Berg Brown Feuerhelm Haas Hammond Huffman Jepson Johnson Kurtz Ligg et t Rogers Rash Reece Rodgers White Towley Ziebell etc. The list covers multiple communities with numerous individuals summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Miller
Lsted
G. R. Hill
Clarion
Mrs W H Steinfeldt Dies Here Sunday
Mrs W H Steinfeldt 66 died Sunday morning at Elders hospital. Funeral Wednesday at St Paul Lutheran Eldora with Rev John Zimmermann presiding. Music by Mrs W O Guenther and St Pauls choir. Burial in Eldora cemetery. Survived by three sons and three daughters, and five sisters and three brothers.
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St. Paul Lutheran Church
W. H. Steinfeldt
Elders Hospital
John Zimmermann
W. O. Guenther
St. Pauls
Eldora
Ray Steinfeldt
Texas
Ed Steinfeldt
Iowa Falls
Oscar Moats
Alice Steinfeldt
Clara Richtsmeier
Ackley
August Raske
Wisconsin
James Campbell
Ella Steinfeldt
Clara ‘Marske
Elizabeth Rhodde
Milwaukee, Wis
Max Tietz
Town Falls
Charles Dist
Herman Tietz
el- Ora
Trade Committee Will Meet Tonight in Eldora
The Eldora retail trade committee announced a Tuesday evening meeting at 7:30 in the Chamber of Commerce office. Merchants selling gift articles are invited to discuss store hours to be observed in the days before Christmas.
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Eldora
Tigerettes
Cole
Dick Camp
Dixie Lee Crosby
Sylva Steckler
Peggy McNerney
Pat Holcomb
Donna Laglan
Beverly Bawer
Dorothy Zielske
Betty Willig
June Granzow
Yvonne Estes
Nettie Lochr
Audrey Radolph
Delores Bright
Barbara Lhotcombh
Aretha Rebschull
Joy Lee
Ramona Ware
Joan Shaw
Joan Bockes
Mary Lu Brown
LaDonna Teckenhureg
Mary Beach
Jean Guenther
Marilyn Mitchell
Pat Follett
Herald-Index
Eldora Retail Trade Committee
Chamber of Commerce
New Coroner Elected in Eldora After Tuesday Vote
Dr BK CatA, a Republican newcomer, won the Eldora county coroner race, succeeding funeral director EF H Biers who died Jan 1 after several terms. Opponent was Dy F N Cole of Iowa. The result marks the first time a Republican holds the office.
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Cata
Eldora
Wblican
Schools Receive Supplemental Aid in 1949-50
Fourteen Hardin county consolidated and rural independent districts received 4904 in supplemental aid for 1949 50, per county superintendent M Z Albers. Eldora Consolidated led with 1072 and Union Consolidated with 990, while real estate value increases reduced aid.
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Hardin County
M. Z. Albers
Eldora Consolidated
Union Consolidated
Eldora
Union
Buckeye Rural Ind
Clay No
Eidora
Ellis
Robertson
Etna
Jackson
Pleasant
Providence
Gifford Ind
Mrs. Bob Price Becomes New Society Editor
Mrs. Bob Price starts Monday at the Herald-Index office and will assume Eldora newspapers society editor duties next week. She succeeds Mrs. Betty Harmes who resigned after joining Hardin County Index in 1945 and continuing on the combined staff.
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Bob Price
Herald-Index
Eldora
Betty Harmes
Society
California
Jack Reigles
Price
Harmes
Hardin County Index
Specials List Shows Bargains Amid Inflation Push
County residents can expect venison and a wild duck kill noted near Eldora after a hunter reported a deer wounded in a pasture. The article promotes Dollar Day savings and My Inflation specials with price cuts on groceries, clothing, and household items, urging readers to visit Eldora merchants for deals and freebies such as a free turkey or duck with certain orders.
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Koy Singstar
Eldera
Lonnie Oldenburg
Kay Setchell
Setchell
Wis
Paul Modison
Dounty Howard Dempsey
Emmett Locker
Wm Hobson 6 Satisfactory After Polio Attack
William Hobson six year old son of Mr and Mrs Pleas Hobson of near Eldora was taken to Iowa City for polio treatment and later reported to be in satisfactory condition. A hospital spokesman said the child had a mild weakened condition in his back but no paralysis and that his limbs were not affected. The Hobsons live a mile northwest of town and may move him home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
William Hobson
Pleas Hobson
Eldora
Steel Arrives for D-X Super Station Eldora Site
The first two shipments of steel arrive for a new Mid-Continent super service station in Eldora to be built on the current site one block east of the square on Edgington avenue. Ken Cable, operator of the M-X station, is unsure if construction can begin this fall.
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Eldora
Edgington Avenue
Ken Cable
Broer to Speak at Steamboat Rock Baptist Church
Ted Broer, chairman of CROP for Hardin county, will speak at the Baptist church here Wednesday evening, Nov. 8 at 7 45. He will show pictures from his recent visit in Germany and an offering will be taken.
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Steamboat Rock
Ted Broer
CROP
Hardin County
Baptist Church
Germany
Meals 20 Food For 5 1 Bargains on Wednesday and Thursday
A sample daily deal item notes a meat for five at a low price as part of hundreds of day bargains. An Eldora merchant advertises three pounds pancake flour a Log Cabin syrup and one pound bacon for 1 dollar.
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Eldora
Rural Women Learn Hemstitching and Wood Tray Craft
The rural women's group held a leader training session on Italian hemstitching and wood trays. Ruth Linnear led the hemstitching lesson for 25 women from 11 township areas, with attendees from Eldora to Hubbard and New Providence. In the afternoon Jackquelyn Dolph Hardin County extended home economist taught wood tray making with 28 women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Linnear
Ole Jacobson
Roland
Ludwig Wegner
Radcliffe
L. V. Putnam
Eldora
Frank Petty
Elpier Mitterer
Town Falls
Cora Taber Hubbard
Inez Broer
New Providence
Virgil Williams
Towa Falls
Arthur Ricks
John Jaspers
Steamboat Rock
Ernest Ruthman
Woodrow Heitlund
Ackley
Bob Schotanus
Willard Hartman
Jawa Falls
Walter Engelking
Hubbard
John Miller
Ithbard
Peter Williams
Guy Clingerman
Leland Murphy
Jews Falls
Ray Balestows
A. W. Herbrechtsmeier
Wilburn Wooten
Union
Maurice Cook
Jackquelyn Dolph
Hardin County Extension Home Economist
Services Monday For John McQuaid
John McQuaid a longtime local farmer who lived in the county for 66 years and worked on many farms died Saturday at Bidora hospital. He was born in Chicago. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at the Longenecker funeral home conducted by Rev. Deway Lumprecht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McQuaylea
Taem Miburer
Bidora Hospital
Borin
Chicago
Longenecker Tie Noth
Deway Lumprecht
Re-elected Board Member Prank Vo Beran Wins Seat
Prank Vo Beran is re-elected to the county board after defeating Harold Burton of Alden Township and Demasatie aspirant Nimed for the term starting 1952. Gordon City lumber man completes his tenth year on the board.
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Prank Vo Beran
Supervisas
Harold Burton
Alden Township
Demasatie
Gordon City
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Mrs. Abbas
Herald Society
D.A.V
Board
Wandin County
H. J. Bullis
Owasa
Dr. R. C. Rogers
Hubbard Osteopath
Oklahoma
Dr. R. Rogers
Black
Alden
Harry Dunning
Loretta Idso
Leonard Richardson
Dorothy Smith
Marion Steinberg
Keith Wilson
Bill Allahan
Helen Coler
Letho Cordes
Rube Fisher
Kay Griffel
Irene Kirmingen
Henry Kramer
Glen Peters
Huld Roegner
LaVere Roegner
Marion Stokes
Marion Zacharias
New Society
H. J. Poster
Tall Corn Area
Des Moines
Simpson
West End
Guy Simpson
West End Grocery
Cecil's Superette
Montague Lodge A.r.&a.m
Herald-Ledger
Bach New Tire
Wanay
Ford
Wma
Hobson
Steel
Broer
John McQuaid
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