Eldora Plans Big Christmas in Towns People Pace
Rumblings Of Your Town Pump outlines Eldora Chamber of Commerce led Yuletide activities. Decorations go up in the business district with lights and bells and a Saturday night switch on. A lighting contest by the Herald Index awards three prizes in each of three divisions. Free shows for children Saturdays Dec 2 9 16 23 sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars New Grand theatre and the Chamber. Santa visits on Dec 9 and Dec 23 with gifts from the American Legion. Community carol sings Dec 66 and Dec 23 on courthouse square with church groups touring for shut ins. Gift stores extend hours starting Dec 6 and Dec 21 22 with regular Saturdays. Roger Leuthold at St James prep school in Faribault Minn returns home for vacation and resumes biking early. Local horsemen Witter take over Indian Creek Stables Cedar Rapids. Bob Finger of Steamboat Rock notes college as co educational. Neighbor Harold Snyder receives silver pitchfork at wedding anniversary party. Eldora aims to be the Christmas City through strong community teamwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Eldora
Herald Index
Veterans of Foreign Wars
New Grand Theatre
The
Chamber
Santa Claus
St. Nick
American Legion
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Overactivity as opiate of civilization noted in letters
A reader argues that hurry and constant activity mark modern life while praising cautious skepticism about mass fear. She cites concerns over television’s effect on children and taxes, recalling the Eldora Liberty Bell anecdote and a Bible reading campaign urging deeper, unified study of Scripture.
St Paul Lutheran Church Schedule Highlights and Classes
St Paul Lutheran announces Friday to Sunday school teachers meeting at 7 30 p m and Saturday confirmation classes at 9 30. Sunday December 3 German services with Holy Communion at 9 00 am Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 00 am English services with Holy Communion at 11 00 am Sunday school rehearsal for the Christmas program at 2 00 pm Monday choir rehearsal at 8 00 pm Tuesday adult membership class at 8 00 pm.
Eldora Memorial News Roundup 1885 1895 1905 1915 1925 1935 1945
A compact Eldora clipping traces recurring notes from 1885 to 1945 including cattle sales, grand jury lists, legal business trips, arm amputation, visits by Ernest Thompson Seton, corn records, railway and postal changes, school bonds, milk prices, weddings in 1935, bank purchases, choir concerts, and local blood bank highlights. The item interleaves notable names, places, and events across decades.
Community church notices mix at Saint Marys and Congregational
Marys Catholic Church lists Sunday masses at 8 and 10 a m with weekday 7 30 a m catechism at 9 a m and confessions on Saturdays. First Congregational notes Reverend Ralph B Imes leads Sunday school at 10 a m and divine worship at 11 a m with several programs, meetings, and an evangelistic campaign scheduled through the week including a pancake supper, choir rehearsals, youth rally, and district events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary's
L. V. McDonough
Winton
F. F. Travis
Wesleyan Service Guild
Blanche
Ethel Cox
Sunday School Begins At Point Pleasant Parish
Sunday school opens at 10 am in Point Pleasant with Mrs Dean Eggleston, while Mrs Morris Dreier hosts an oyster supper with the Dreier, Gruef, Shaw, and H E Dreier families in attendance. Thanksgiving dinners span Gus Mitterer, Mitterer and Powgnas households across Town Falls Eldora and Waterloo area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Dreier
Gerald Dreier
Vernon Gruef
James Shaw
H. E. Dreier
Gus Mitterer
Leonard Mitterer
Gary
Mary
Harold Knavel
Sandra
Louis Powgnas
Helen
Vera
Town Falls
Raron Balyant
Gene Brennemens
Alden
Carl Steinfeldt
Eldora
Floyd Beasley
Lawn Hill
Cecil Trout
Lois
Marlyn
Elvin
Waterloo
Sherry Mitterer
Susan Boeke
Art Boeke
Hubbard
Floyd Bahr
Iowa Falls
Ann Cable
Dana Dreier
Archie Forbes
Merrill Clark
Clark Betty
Karen
Frank Newell
Raymond Newell
Elvin Harms
Merle B Kirkdorffer
East of Elders
Clair Albright
Neat Conrad
M. R. Newell
Joan
Story City
Donald Schwarck
Herbert Meeker
Willard Meeker
Near Union
Mra
Lee Meeker
Alan
Betty
Dale Meeker
Connie
Linda
Harley Bahr
Kenneth
W. F. Ziesman
Ernest Vierkandt
Ronald
Emil Vierkandt
Buckeye
Marshalltown
Harold Cable
Dean Eggleston
Wayne and
Allan
Mavis
Marcela
Marlys
Leonard Hoffman
Town
B.L. Clark
Jas
Charles Rumbaugh
B. L. Clark
Clyde Sheldon
Leonard Mitter
lGus
Harley Bahr Friay
Notice of Appointment of Executor in Hardin County
Notice is given that Verner Duler has been appointed and qualified as executor of Georges Eller deceased of Hardin County Iowa. All debts must be paid and claims presented to the undersigned for allowance in the Clerk of the District Court. Attorney Lundy Butler & Lundy. Dated November 16 1960. Clerk Ruth M. Piner Deputy. Index Nov 17 24 Dec 1 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eutor
Iowa
Stardin Coun
Notich
Georges Eller
Hardin County
District Court
VERNER _DULER
Lundy, Butler & Lundy
Fred G. Millar
Clerikt
Tews
Ruth M. Piner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hardin County Index
Eldora's Picture Newspaper
Eldora, Iowa
National Editorial Association
Jaws Presa Association
Herald-Index Pub. Go
George KR
Stauffacher
Hardin
Foraim
Eldora Harald-Ledger
Christmas City
Roger Leuthold
St. James
Faribault
Minn
Roger
Cedar
Hope Chest
Bob Witter
Indian Creek
Cedar Rapids
Frank Doty
Witters
McGregor
Bob Finger
Steamboat Rock
Harold Snyder
Hidora
Mr. Snyder
Harold
Sible
Ct. G
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
Cynthia Gray
Henry Janssen
Henry
George Starr
American Bible Society
ST. Paul Lutheran
Zimmermann
C. H. Clark
Grand Jury
F. Lathrop
J. T. Harding
John Hoover
John Quiggle
Agron Porter
H. E. Bateson
A. W. McDonald
Donald Bates
A. Stevens
F. W. Jones
N. W. Chissell
Abram Palmer
Joseph Edgington
S. B. Moran
A. O. Swartout
H. M. Doran
Shakespearean Club
Addie
Wood
George W. Ward
Webster City
George Moser
Des Maines
Iowa College
Y.M.C.A
Charles Marks
Dr. Caldwell
Ernest Thompson Seton
Fred Mitchell
George Mitchell
Providence Township
Ivan Rubew
Ilinois
Roxy L. Physter
Mel Watts
F. H. Noble
Des Moines
Wade Hauser
Iowa State College
Oscar Green
New Providence
United States
Dean W. Peisen
WSUI
Cornell College
Gilman H. Wisner
Elsdora
Hollis M. Jones
Itowa Falls
Treble Clef Club
Dee
Maple Park Ciry
Joe Fagg
Sanitary Dairy
North Side
Orpha
Bonnie Rice
Marian Barber
Grinnell
Wallace Huston
Dean Davis
Robert Burlingame
Russell Smith
Town City
Charles Greer
Ames
Maude Newell
Ivester
Dorothy Spilde
Anna Spilde
Wilford Rogers
W. E. Rogers
New_ Providence
Honey Creek
T. W. Jones
E. H. Klisert
Cherokee and
West Bend
Security State Bank
Harold W. Creps
Andrie and Creps
Minneapolis
First Baptist Church
Esmond .C. Lasswell
Jerre 'Ann
Eldora Memorial Hospital
D. W. Dickinson
Clarence Gibbon
John Saathoff
Everett Lee
First Congregational
Ralph B. Imes
National Council of the Churches of Christ
Will Edson
Pilgrim Fellowship
Guy Rowe
Dads
W. R. Ehlert
Point Pleasant
Mrs. Dean Eggleston
EHS
Radcliffe
Tigers
Diamond
Richard C. Rogers, D. D
Herald - Index Publishing CO
Farmers Coop
Eldora H
Hauler
Farmers Co-op
Andrle & Creps
Bateson
Ay; HM
Colin G. Gould
Optometrist
Eldora, Towa
General Electric
Central States Electric Company
Pelectrig
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