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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1956
Page
5
The Pine Lake Country Club will hold its annual meeting tonight at 8 p.m. in the clubhouse. A board of directors will be selected and the annual report presented to the membership.
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence McDonald Rainsbarger 72 who died Saturday morning after a cerebral hemorrhage will be held today Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Longenecker Funeral Home with Rev. John K. Moore officiating Burial will be in Sheppard Cemetery at Gifford She was born Sept 3 1884 at Eldora eldest daughter of Peter and Orpha McDonald and lived in Hardin county most of her life She taught school for 12 years and in 1909 married Jay C Rainsbarger in Toledo They had no children In 1950 she opened a convalescent home in Eldora and ran it until her death She was a member of the Gifford Methodist Church and Rebekah Lodge in Union Four sisters survive and two preceded her in death
Funeral services for Wm. A. Hunt, 89, of Union will be held Wednesday at 10 am at Biersborn Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bangor cemetery. Mr. Hunt died Monday at Eldora Memorial hospital.
The column mentions Governor Hoegh and a possible national guard plan for Gov elect Lovelesss Rose Bowl trip. Bill Krause, Iowa team student manager, leads a list of Eldorans expected to attend Pasadena. S.U.L band members Jim Shaw Gene Martin and Gary Let tow are noted as likely travelers. John Bremner a 207 pound sophomore guard from Iowa Falls may join.
Nov 20 Pulse Girl Scout troop party wing 7 p.m. Nov 21 Eldora township election meeting wing 6 30 am. Nov 24 Crusaders meeting auditorium 7 p.m. Nov 26 Farm operators school wing 9 30 a.m. Nov 27 Girls 4 H leaders meeting wing 9 30 a.m. Dec 4 Eldora township Farm Bureau meeting wing and kitchen 6 30 p.m. Dec 7 Farm operators Dec 14 Farm operators
Union-Whitten high school has named homecoming candidates across four classes. Freshmen Becky Bernard and Billy Amundson lead the king and queen slate with sophomores Donna Aswegan and David Morgan juniors Mary Houghkirk and Lyle Amundson and seniors Sharon Norman and Danny Drury. Voting is by voluntary contributions placed in jars labeled with each candidate’s name to benefit the senior class. Homecoming is scheduled for January 25.
Grundy Center’s Gus Delauge and Albion’s Van McKibben swept top honors at the G I swine clinic Tuesday night at the Eldora Sales pavilion with Delauge winning the on foot judging crossorel barrow and McKibben taking best carcass after slaughtering over 200 attendees. Bernard Cobie of Ackley won the judging contest while Rath Packing Co. and Eldora Iowa Falls were sponsors.
Farmers invited to two beef production testing demonstrations today in Hardin county sponsored by the county extension department and Iowa State college. At 9 30 a.m. Dick McWilliams will be at the Dale Petty farm southeast of Eldora and at 1 30 p.m. at the Dick Clemons farm south of New Providence. Farmers will observe weighing and grading of calves at weaning time and hear how the program can be implemented on their farms.
The 1957 car tags and truck plates will go on sale starting December 1, according to Hardin County treasurer Helen E. Schumacher. A penalty begins February 1, 1957. Only trucks will receive new plates this year.
Mrs. Omer Mitchell 72 died at home last week. Services were held 2 p m Friday at Whitten Methodist Church with burial in Benson cemetery. Ida May Quigley born April 24 1884 in Kansas, married July 3 1900 at Eldora. Survived by widower two daughters Mrs John Hogeland Marshalltown two sons Melvin Grundy Center Virgil Whitten 11 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren five sisters two brothers. Biersborn Funeral Home Union in charge.
Hormel livestock buying station will hold an open house on Thursday November 29 from 12 30 to 1 30 pm. Details will be carried in the Friday Index.
Walter Sayer Post 182 will meet at 8 p m Wednesday at the club rooms. Coffee and donuts will be served after the meeting.
Lewis F. Crosser purchased a 68 acre pasture tract northeast of Eldora from the Ziesman brothers. Possession is to be given immediately. C. O. Rubow acted as the realtor in the transaction.
County emergency units responded to a Friday blaze at the Martin Blome farm north of Cottage to extinguish a chicken house fire. Buckeye fire department assisted, with crews on scene to control the flames and prevent spread.
Melvin Pruett aged 16 of Eldora escaped injury when the 1953 Pontiac he drove struck a tree in the northern part of town. The vehicle sustained extensive damage.
The adult class in Family Living will not meet Wednesday night November 21 due to Thanksgiving vacation. The class will resume the following Wednesday evening November 28.
Judge G. R. Hill of Clarion will preside at the next term of district court in Eldora starting Monday November 26. The session marks the formal opening of the term with docket to be set by the court.
Mr and Mrs K E Beisinger of Eldora attended the American Shetland Pony club national meeting in Des Moines from Thursday through Saturday last week.
ENLISTS IN A. F. Emil H. Lennier, 17, Hub bard, has enlisted in the U. S. Air Force for four years. He will receive basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lennier of Hubbard.
W Haase was re-elected president of the Eldora Cemetery Society at the Friday night meeting. H J Schmitz was again named secretary treasurer, continuing key roles in the organization.
Eldora high school junior Sharon Kusserow was voted queen and Keith Norris a freshman was named king at the Harvest Ball held Saturday night. The event was sponsored by the FVF A and the FILA with voting based on corn contributions or two cent donations. A total of 14,400 votes were cast and over 125 attended.
The Hardin County Crusaders sponsor a free showing of the teenage film Seventeen at the Hardin County Youth Building on Saturday at 8 p.m. Howard Blandau, Crusaders adviser and state training school chaplain, invites all county youths and adults to attend.
Word arrives that Mrs. W. S. Elliott, previously of Eldora, died in Riverside California where she lived with her daughter Miss Margaret Elliott. The Elliott family resided in Eldora when Dr. Elliott practiced osteopathy here and he died years ago. Mrs. Elliott leaves son Reginald Elliott living in Michigan.
County Extension elections begin this month with meetings scheduled in Pleasant Eldora Alden Clay Grant Sherman Radcliffe Union Iowa Falls and Ellis townships. Each township sets a date and time from tonight through November 29 at local schools halls and youth buildings.
Four Hardin county 4-H members join Iowa exhibitors at the 1956 International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago November 23 to December 1. Judy and Craig Hitchcock, 13, will bring Aberdeeen-Angus steers, while Elizabeth Tysdahl, 17, and Orlen Stolee, 18, enter Hereford beeves. Other attendees include Sharon Harrs and James Montgomery of Alden, winners of trips for 4-H work. The exposition spans 104 acres at the International Amphitheatre and Chicago Stock Yards, with nearly half a million visitors expected. County extension youth assistant Mac Molison accompanies the group. The Canadian Northwest Mounted Police Musical Ride will perform for the first time in Chicago as part of the 14 International Horse Shows.
Attorney John P. Whitesell of Towa Falls is named Hardin county chairman for the 1957 Heart Campaign to begin February 1. He was appointed by Dr. J. W. Culbertson of Towa City, president of the Towa Heart association.
A Thanksgiving dinner will be served at the Pine Lake Country Club from 2 to p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22. The dinner is by reservation only. Members are urged to observe this ruling.
Lee Olmstead of Whitten won first in the Herald Leader world contest this week and received $10. Another Whitten man Dwayne Cakerbce was second and Helen Nicklaus of Wellsburg third. All three missed only two games. The total points were 67 with guesses of 45, 42 and 34 in that order.
Eldora sees births for Mrs. Charles Nichols girl on November 16 and partners such as Mrs. Oliver Coleman with a Conrad birth in Conrad on November 18. Radcliffe reports a boy born to Mrs. Lyle Raske on November 15. Other names include Mrs. Hattie Cavana and Mrs. Lucinda Blackmun among several mothers and families listed.
Eldora A J Neuhaus Ford Carroll A Dead Ford Iowa Falls Leo C or Gertrude Jorgenson Cadillac Hazel K Johnston Ford Cecil Swaim Chevrolet Steamboat Rock Robert Russell Ruppelt Ford Alden Martin or Verlina Rading Chevrolet
Esther Williams transfers land to Ruth Wood on November 13 1956 in SE 12 86 20 L W Grove and wife deed land to Donald Kromminga on November 8 1956 in 13 89 21 B W Wiarda and wife deed to Russell Porter on November 10 1956 Lot 6 Block 2 Osgood and Welden Add I FB Purena Co to State of Iowa on November 9 1956 land in 13 and 24 89 21
The Eldora community school will close at 3 p m Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Students gain a four day break counting Saturday and Sunday. Classes resume Monday Nov 26 at the usual time.
Three Hardin county young men departed for Des Moines this week for induction into the army under selective service. They were sent to Fort Chaffee Arkansas. The men are James Arnold Lettow Alden Argyl Eugene Ullestad Radcliffe Howard La verne Severseike Hubbard.
At a Senior Citizens gathering on Saturday Rev. Alva Ragsdale led a discussion titled Responsibilities. The group noted that when age limits activity it becomes one’s duty to train a replacement. A visiting committee with Wyatt Johnson as chairman, Homer Runkel, and Lawrence Barton was chosen to discuss Farm City week. Otto Bahr’s Thanksgiving exhibit was shown after the meeting. The next Senior Citizens meeting will be at the public Library on Saturday, Nov. 24, at 2 p.m. A round table on Rights and Responsibilities will follow.
A traveling educational show by Iowa State College's Agricultural Extension Service will visit Eldora Hardin County Youth Building on Feb 19 for an afternoon and evening event. The caravan will make 31 one day stops across the state with 20 exhibits and a staff of over 20 college specialists in agriculture and homemaking. The program titled Iowa State College Previews New Ideas For Land and Living, was announced by Maurice Cook of New Providence, chair of the county Agriculture Extension Council.
Harold Marsh a Union township farmer was named general chairman Others named as committee chairmen include publicity Mrs R R Bateson Eldora reception Mrs Ray Lake Hardin township refreshment Herb Allen Eldora unloading Harold Cable Eldora Each chair will select his own committee.
Hardin County has reached 95 percent of the U S savings bond quota for 1956 with 10 months counted, totaling 1 650 801 toward a 1 746 213 target. County chairman Robert W Barlow Iowa Falls lauds local thrift and patriotism as Iowa falls among top counties.
Jerry Crosser of Eldora is among 70 Simpson College students chosen for the 1956 57 Simpson choir. The choir prepares its Christmas program to be held on campus December 16, with a second concert December 18 at 2 p.m. on KRNT TV Des Moines.
Hardin county fair board meets at Blainche and Ethel's tea room Eldora to elect officers for the coming year Incumbents Cecil Rooks president Wilson Hadley secretary. dinner at 8 45 p m.
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