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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1952
Page
1
A Thanksgiving meditation urges gratitude beyond wealth and security. It honors freedom, faith, family, harvest, and democracy, noting blessings from a higher power. The piece contrasts modern excess with timeless thanks, recalling an old hymn about counting blessings one by one.
Yesterday events in Union included Edward Lundy joining a drama in Albion. New offices opened over Hardin County bank. Elder H. T. Morrison to preach here and at Whitten. A blizzard hit Eldora last weekend. New Providence post office moved to Mr. Kersey’s home. The Providence Mutual Telephone company filed Articles of Incorporation with G. W. Mitchell among incorporators. Local school building set for December 4 dedication. Eldora Knights of Pythias named fourteen new pages. Various local business and civic developments, hunting trip, and aviation milestones noted.
The Hardin County Bankers Association met at the bank with twenty nine present. Paul Walter spoke and Jerry Stanbrough sang. Auxiliary members served a turkey chainer in the Legion hall. Missionary Society noted Thank Offering Day with a $60 gift, and various readings and letters from mission fields were shared. Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Fabian Stanton of Ames announced. Dallas Peterson returned from Korea. several social notes and hostesses listed.
A humorous essay traces a determined shift from Emily Post’s cracker rule. The narrator recalls decades of cracker abstinence with soup and confesses plans to start dipping crackers again, inspired by a restaurant poll and bold appetite. The piece weaves in dog-care chaos and small town social notes about church night and OES meetings.
Local ad section promotes extra cash from low cost classified ads in Herald and Index. Readers are urged to call phone numbers 26 or 51 to place ads for clothing, home furnishings, a furnace, water heater, children's items, or other goods and services.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bailey of Fort Dodge returned home Tuesday evening with their son-in-law and daughter after visiting their daughter Mrs. Willis Samuelson in Alexandria, Louisiana. They spent one day sightseeing in New Orleans as part of a ten day trip. S. M. Lloyd Barnes has returned.
Mr and Mrs W J Wheeldon of Kodiac Alaska arrived Saturday to stay with Wheeldons sister and family Mr and Mrs Everett Grigwire of Whitten They have lived in Kodiac thirteen years where Wheeldon ran a welding business They plan to locate here Also visiting were Mr Herschel Greenwood and Mrs Robert Mott and baby of Marshalltown.
Mrs. James Wilcox of Whitten hosts Thursday supper with Elsie Brehmer. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Cakerice Jr and family of Ivester join. Ralph Martin of Whitten visits the Martins in Union. Mrs. G L Martin injures left arm but not seriously. Whit ten Methodist pilgrims meet at church arcades with Rev Robins in charge. Clara Harris assists Esther Saint’s home. Bernard Weaver and Marshalltons welcome a newborn son born Nov 15. Jud L. Smith and Eldora plan 50th wedding anniversary open house on Sunday Nov 30 from 2 to 5 PM.
Several ladies of the Whitten Methodist Church met at the church on Thursday for a fall cleaning. Mr and Mrs Paul Winters of Owasa were dinner guests in the home of Mr and Mrs James Wilcox of Whitten. The Whitten school was dismissed last Tuesday afternoon to let sportsmen hunt pheasants on opening day of pheasant season. Confucius, the Chinese philosopher, was born in 560 B C.
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