October Court Term Opens Here Monday
The October term of district court opened with Judge H. C. Nichol of Ames presiding. Cases were assigned, with twenty new state cases and thirty new civil actions on the docket. Civil actions include eight divorces, one paternity suit, and a mortgage foreclosure suit by Mutual Benefit Life Insurance on Potter Miller farms. State cases feature three Kansas City men facing burglary tools and weapons charges, a case against Arthur Henry Peterson for aiding escape, an grand larceny charge against Arvid Lauritzen, and eight counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Nichol
Ames
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of
Newark
N. J
Grace Potter Miller
Ackley
Kansas City, Mo
Hubbard Implement Company
Hubbard
Arvid Lauritzen
Eldora
Farm Auctions To Claim Date Listing Services
The late S. O. Wierson 152 acre farm at 2 miles west and 34 miles south of Radcliffe will be sold by Elmer Hike as auctioneer. Also a closing out sale by Mrs. Frank H. Bird on the farm 7 miles east of Iowa Falls on the blacktop, 3 miles south, with Ben Peters & Son as auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. O. Wierson
Radcliffe
Elmer Hike
Frank H. Bird
Iowa Falls
Ben Peters & Son
Granzow Attends Religious Retreat in Seoul Korea
Army Specialist James A. Granzow, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Granzow of Hubbard, attended a five day Chaplain’s Retreat Center program in Seoul Korea. He serves as assistant clerk in Company H, Infantry Division 17th Regiment after enlisting in July 1955 and basic training at Fort Chaffee Arkansas. He graduated Hubbard High School in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Granzow
Arthur R. Granzow
Hubbard
Seoul
Korea
Grantow
Infantry
17Th
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Far East
Hubbard High School
Chevrolet Display At KRNT Theatre Des Moines
The 1957 Chevrolet was shown today in Des Moines for dealers Attendees from Eldora included George O Bryon Bob Way Lawrence Kelly W C Wieman Lloyd Maas and Wendell Martin all staff at O Bryon Chevrolet The event took place at KRNT theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Eldora
George O’bryon
Bob Way
Lawrence Kelly
W. C. Wieman
Lloyd Maas
Wendell Martin
O’bryon Chevrolet
KRNT
Immunization Clinic At Eldora Elementary School
County nurse Evelyn Lyon announced immunization shots will be given at Eldora elementary for kindergartners through sixth grade on Thursday. Dr. D H. Glenn will lead the clinic. children under six receive smallpox diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus shots while older students get diphtheria and tetanus vaccines. The program will be repeated across the county on later dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Evelyn Lyon
D. H. Glenn
Schmitz Begins At Hospital Superintendent Role
H. J. Schmitz, formerly Hardin county treasurer, started duties as superintendent of the El-one Memorial hospital yesterday. He succeeds Dr. L. L. Roberts, who remains on the hospital staff. Schmitz was executive secretary and personnel officer for the Iowa State Tax Commission in Des Moines and kept a residence in Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Schmitz
Hardin County
Elone Memorial Hospital
Yesteray
L. L. Roberts
Schmitz
Iowa State Tax Commission
Des Moines
Eldora
Cub Scouts Bike Hike Leaves Eldora Church
Cub Scout Pack 334 heads from Congregational Church on Saturday October 6 at 9 a.m. for a bike hike to the Wildlife Club. Boys should bring sack lunches and plan for a daytime excursion with group safety at the forefront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Congregational Church
Wildlife Club
Plans For Eldora Chest Drive Meeting At Chamber
Community Chest workers in Eldora will meet at the Chamber of Commerce office tomorrow at 10 a.m. to complete plans for the 1956 drive. Representatives from each participating organization will attend. Chest chairman Mrs. Ann Shorts said the budget will be discussed ward chairmen named and final drive plans set. Tentative drive date is Oct. 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Chamber of Commerce
Ann Shorts
Final Rites for August Hoffman Held in Hollandale
Tomorrow in Hollandale Minnesota final rites for August Hoffman retired farmer who grew to manhood in Eldora. He died Sunday after a heart attack. Survived by his wife a sister of Edith Rex and the Wehrman family of Eldora and by brother Frank of Iowa Falls. Born in Germany he came to Eldora with parents as a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollandale
Minn
August Hoffman
Eldora
Hoffman
Edith Rex
Walter Wehrman
Frank
Max
Richard Smith
Mr. Hoffman
Iowa Falls
Germany
Courthouse Closure for County Officers’ Convention
Hardin county courthouse will close for two days next week as officers deputies and clerks attend the annual state county officers convention in Cedar Rapids. Auditor Fred A Reed said the building will be shut all day Monday and Tuesday with some county officers leaving Sunday for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Cedar Rapids
Fred A. Reed
Farmers Union To Meet In Hardin County Tonight
Edgewood Place in Iowa Falls hosts the first of two Hardin county meetings of the Farmers Union at 8 p m tonight. Tomorrow night the group will meet at the county youth building in town at 8 p m with Howard Potter of the National Farmers Union as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood Place
Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Farmers’ Union
Howard Potter
National Farmers’ Union
Frakes Dies at 84 in Grundy Center
Sam Frakes aged 84 died Friday afternoon at his Grundy Center home. A longtime farmer he later ran a recreation parlor with nephew Junior Cook. Services were 9:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Church with burial at Grundy Center Catholic Cemetery. He was born near Webster City and wed Ellen Jane Lynch on Sept 20, 1895. they farmed in Wright County and south of Grundy Center after 1905. Surviving are two daughters Mabel Meyers and Grady of Grundy Center, three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The Cedar Falls resident nephew was reared in the Frakes home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Frakes
Grundy Center
Junior Cook
Sacred Heart Church
Catholic
Mr. Frakes
Webster City
Ellen Jane Lynch
Wright County
Mabel Meyers
Grady
Cedar Falls
Frakes
Iowa Falls Chamber of Commerce Names Secretary
Max Elliott of Mason City will become secretary of the Iowa Falls Chamber of Commerce starting October 15. He comes from public relations work and formerly sold for the National Cash Register Co. He succeeds Karl Schmidt, who moves to Skokie Illinois. Elliott is married with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Elliott
Mason City
Iowa Falls
Bird Farm Sale Slated Thursday Auction at Robertson farm
Mrs. Frank H. Bird will hold a public auction of farm machinery equipment and household goods at the farm two miles south of Robertson starting Thursday at 12 30 p m Lunch will be served by the Sunshine Circle of St John s Evangelical and Reformed Church of Ackley Three tractors three cultivators two discs and a combine are included Ben Peters and Son will be the auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Bird
Robertson
Sunshine Circle
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ackley
Ben Peters
Farmer Bert Riebkes Loses Fingers in Corn Picker Accident
Bert Riebkes, a Wellsburg farmer, suffered two finger amputations after his fingers were mangled in a corn picker last week. He was hospitalized at Grundy Center, where surgeons amputated the fingers just before the first joint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Riebkes
Wellsburg
Grundy Center Hospital
Riebkes
Buick debut shown in Chicago for Eldora dealer
Eldora based Loverin Buick owner Dick Loverin to attend first showing of the 1957 Buick in Chicago tomorrow. The notice lists local names Hardin County Savings Bank Eldora and mentions dealers Kenneth or Betty Trittien Iowa Falls Ford A V Hobson New Providence Pontiac and Evan Perisho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth
Betty Trittien
Iowa Falls
Ford
A. V. Hobson
Evan Perisho
New Providence
Buick
Hardin County Savings Bank
Eldora
Pontiac
Dick Leverin
Chicago
Loverin
Loverin Buick
Radcliffe-Aplington win in district softball thriller
Radcliffe scores two in the bottom of the seventh to beat Union-Whitten 5 4 and advance in district play. Union-Whitten edged Jewell 11 10 Friday. Beverly Koch earned the win in relief. Radcliffe previously fell to Aplington 7 6 as Aplington padded its late rally.
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Radcliffe—Aplington
Union - Whitten
St. Lucas
Wellsburg
RHE
Union-Whitten
Aplington
Koch
Yordy
Rops
Zech
Jewell
Radcliffe
Beverly Koch
Rhe Un-Whitten
Union
Whitten
Claude
Mortenson
Fair gains in 1956 Grundy County receipts rise
Receipts at the Grundy County Fair increased over 1955 with outside gate income up 1196 dollars and both day and night grandstand receipts each 600 dollars higher than last year, signaling a stronger fair season overall.
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Grundy County Fair
Radcliffe High School baseball beat Union-Whitten 5 to 3
Radcliffe's baseball team edged Union-Whitten 5-3 in a Friday afternoon game at Radcliffe. The win boosts the Radcliffe squad as the teams clash in a tight matchup.
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Radcliffe
Union - Whitten
Polio leaders gather in Minneapolis for March of Dimes meet
Hadley reports from a regional March of Dimes conference in Minneapolis. He notes a 1957 polio fight budget of 46.9 million dollars for care, rehabilitation, research, vaccination, and education, with a $10 million family aid provision. He warns polio is not beaten and urges unrelenting effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Hadley
C. J. Watch
March of Dimes
Minneapolis
Minn
Hadley
Hardin County
Hatch
National Foundation For
Raymond H. Barrows
Chicago
National Foundation
Grundy 4-H elects new county officers for year
Ralph Meewes has been elected president of the Grundy county 4-H boys clubs for the new year. Jim Brown is vice president, Jon Large secretary treasurer, and Eddie Adamson historian. The officers were installed last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Meewes
Grundy County
Jim Brown
Jon Large
Eddie Adamson
Eldora Chamber seeks survey to attract salesmen residents
To Fill Out This Coupon Salesmen now living in Eldora are asked to fill out the coupon below and mail it to the Eldora Chamber of Commerce office or the Eldora Newspapers. The office last week laid the groundwork for a campaign designed to attract salesmen to Eldora as permanent residents. The local survey is an effort to determine the number of salesmen now living here and the territory they are working.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Hardin County
Woman Again Tops Football Contest
Karen Crandall of Eldora won the Herald-Index football contest by closest guess to the top single team score. It marked a second straight women’s win. Bob Dornsbach, also from Eldora, missed by one game but misguessed points. Third was Mark Schantz of Wellsburg. Cash prizes are offered weekly by the newspapers and cooperating merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Crandall
Eldora
Bob Dornsbach
Dornsbach
Mark Schantz
Wellsburg
Iowa Falls Rites For Mrs Stotser
Services were held in Iowa Falls Saturday for Mrs. George W. Stotser 90 lifelong Hardin county resident. Interment was in Union Cemetery at Iowa Falls. Born Martha Ann Klopp she is survived by six children Ella Stotser Harold Stotser Mrs Jay Bennett and Mrs Henry Sherman of Iowa Falls Merle in Kearney Nebraska and Gerald in Lawrenceburg Tennessee and by 14 grandchildren nine great grandchildren and no great great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
George W. Stotser
Hardin County
Union Cemetery
Stotser
Martha Ann Klopp
Ella Stotser
Harold Stotser
Jay Bennett
Henry Sherman
Merle
Kearney
Neb
Gerald
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Services For Cora Eggleston Held At Whitten
Last rites for Cora A Eggleston 85 of Whitten were conducted at the Whitten Methodist Church by Rev Dayton Cundiff and Rev Walter Kipp. Interment followed in Benson cemetery. Born March 21 1871 in Ogle County Illinois she lived in Grundy County Iowa and Whitten Hardin County. She married John E Eggleston on March 8 1894. he died May 12 1946. Surviving sons Leslie R Eldora Melvin T and Glen B Marshalltown plus four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She was a longtime Methodist church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora A. Eggleston
Whitten
Methodist Church
Dayton Cundiff
Walter Kipp
Benson Cemetery
Mrs. Eggleston
Cora Alice Good
Ogle County
Melvin
Susan Good
Grundy County
Iowa
Hardin County
John E. Eggleston
Leslie R
Eldora
Melvin T
James R
Glen B
Marshalltown
Cecil
Ronald
Glenda
Eggleston
Absentee Ballots To Serve Servicemen First In County
Absent voters ballots for the November 6 general election will start going out of Hardin county this week for servicemen. Ballots mailed from county auditor Fred A. Reed’s office will be available to servicemen and civilians who apply. Civilians begin receiving after October 17, with voting at a courthouse booth starting October 22. The Herald Index printed ballots list six parties and five presidential candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auditor's
Hardin County
Fred A. Reed
Reed
Herald Index
Republican
Democratic
American Constitutional Party of
Iowa
Socialist
Socialist Labor
Independent
Traffic court records show no violations last week
In traffic court no traffic violations were recorded on the books of the justices of the peace or on the mayor's docket here last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justices of the Peace
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shirley Hanson
Paul E. Wodgson
Iowa State Training School For
H-I
Arthur Henry Peterson
Iowa State Training School
Peterson
Phone Herald-Index
Granzow
CHEVY
Grundy
Pick
C of C
Hardin
Norval Wardle
Iowa State College
Owen Young
Pine Lake Lodge
Herb Allen
County Extension Office
Rhe Aplington
Rops and
Zeck
Ritland and
Reisetter
West Edgington Avenue
Charles Shore
Fot
Eldora Salesmen’s Survey
Territory
Wome
Cora Eggleston
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Pennsylvania
Richard M. Nixon
California
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
T. Coleman Andrews
Virginia
Thomas H. Werdel
Darlington Hoopes
Samuel H. Friedman
New York
Eric Hass
Georgia Cozzini
Wisconsin
Owasa West
Owasa
Highway 65
Wray Furlong
Coun
Alfred Raska
Buckeye
Edwin Osborn
Yowa Falls
L. W. Lightfield
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