Constant Reminder Urges Iowa Drivers After Fatalities Rise
Iowa highway patrols launch a statewide campaign showing the back of their patrol car bears the fatality counter. As of Oct 1, 442 deaths statewide, 26 more than last year. Hardin County reports six deaths from auto accidents this year, with four separate incidents on highways and near Hubbard Buckeye and Iowa Falls.
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Jack Gorman
Eldora
Iowa
Hardin County
Hubbard
Buckeye
Iowa Falls
Eldora election hopes hinge on two tickets in race
One complete slate has filed for Eldora city offices for the November 3 election. Community leaders urge competitive races as essential for good government and voter choice, noting past discussions on filing deadlines but confirming final filing is today October 6.
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Eldora
VFW Auxiliary To Aid With Christmas Seals
VFW Auxiliary volunteers will prepare mail for the Christmas Seal Sale in Eldora. Mrs May By Cobb announces county drives with Mrs M Dale Rodgers as chairwoman. On Nov 16 1953 Christmas Seals go out to residents. Funds support Hardin County Tuberculosis and Health Association and health education research rehab programs including heart disease and TB information. Volunteers will fold seals address and stuff envelopes.
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Vice
Eldora
May
Cobb
M. Dale Rodgers
Hardin County Tuberculosis and Health Association
The
Tuberculosis Association
Rodgers
Mr and Mrs Hudson Join Pine Lake Country Club Staff
Mr Neil Hudson and Mrs. Hudson of Edina Missouri have joined Pine Lake country club. Mrs Hudson will work in the dining room while Mr Hudson will oversee the locker rooms.
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Neil Hudson
Edina, Mo
Pine Lake Country Club
Hudson
Len Howe to Visit Bekemeier Hardware Saturday
Len Howe the Des Moines radio broadcaster will appear at Bekemeier Hardware in town from 3 p m until closing Saturday. Free peanuts and door prizes including a Sunbeam coffee maker and gift certificates will be offered to visitors. Howe, IRHA Hardware News presenter, joined WHO in 1938 after Missouri journalism school, with wartime service in the U S Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len Howe
Des Moines
Bekemeier Hardware
Iowa
Howe
Bekemeier
Iowa Hardware
Iowa Retail Hardware Association
IRHA
WHO News
University of Missouri Journalism School
WHO
Special Meeting Planned by Walter Sayer Post American Legion
A special meeting of the Walter Sayer Post American Legion will convene Thursday night at 8 p.m. The group will finalize plans for the October 15 stay event.
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Walter Sayer
American Legion
Rural Young People Meet at Pine Lake Club
Members of the Rural Young People's group will gather Thursday evening at 8 00 p m at the Pine Lake Wildlife club. The program features a premier color film of a tour through the Northwestern United States and Canada. The tour was attended by Rozan na Chaney of the Hardin County club.
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Pine Lake Wildlife Club
United States
Canada
Rozanna Chaney
Hardin County Club
Fire Prevention At School Here Tomorrow Night
Eldora volunteer firemen host annual fire prevention program at Eldora high school auditorium Oct. 7 at 7:80 p.m. The program includes poster and essay winners, two movies, music, and a talk by local fire chief O R Lamb. Twelve cash prizes awarded. top posters and essays receive three, two, and one dollar. Judges are Mrs Eldon McVeety and a local school faculty member. Posters displayed during the program. Music by Dale and seven Freed, and Vern Wiley. Movies include Men of Fire, Approved by the Underwriters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Eldora High School
O. R. Lamb
Eldon McVeety
Dale
Seven Freed
Vern
Wiley
Pha Wpeisa
Rotary District Governor Otis Young to visit Eldora club
Rotary district governor Otis Young will attend the Eldora club weekly meeting at Pine Lake country club. This annual visit includes committee reports and other annual business presented before the group.
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Otis Young
Rotary
Eldora Club
Pine Lake Country Club
Three youths arrested near Alden for cafe break in
After a long stakeout law enforcement captured Carl R. Zoske 18 Alden and two juveniles near Alden Saturday evening. They admitted entering the Johnson Cafe Thursday night and taking 13 cases of beer. Bonds set at 1000 each.
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Alden
Johnson Cafe
Carl RK. Zoske
Williams
Hardin County
Paul Hodgson
Wright County
Hodgson
Hardin
Lowell McCormick
Hollis Hansen
Hamilton
Story
Hardin Conservation
Kay Setchell
the -Bridge
Hamilton County
J L Williams Rites Set For 2:30 Tomorrow
Final rites for James L Williams 75 of Eldora are planned at Andrle Creps Funeral Home tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 p m The Rev Dewey Lamprecht will conduct the service He died in Eldora Memorial hospital yesterday morning after a long illness
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Williams
Eldora
Andrle Creps
Dewey Lamprecht
Mr. Williams
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Po-install Officers At Holy Name Society
Newly elected Holy Name Society officers will be installed at a St. Marys Church meeting on Thursday. Father George Mahoney will perform the installation and plans for the new year will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name Society
St. Mary's Church
George Mahoney
Marriage Licenses Registered for Four Couples
James C. Rydeen, 23, Stillwater Minnesota, and Audrey Filbrandt, 20, Alden. Donald W. Wittick, 20, Cambridge, and Barbara Wegner, 20, Radcliffe. Eugene Zielske, 24, Eldora, and Donna Wheeler, 19, Grundy Center.
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James C. Rydeen
Stillwater
Pine Lake Conference elects Neumann president in jamboree planning
The Pine Lake Conference elected Neumann president Thursday night, marking the first time a superintendent will head the loop. A boys and girls basketball jamboree is set for November 14 at Union with pairings drawn, and the Pine Lake tournament will be held in Owasa in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake
Loop
Owasa
Neumann
Herbert Moeller
Radcliffe
Carl Reac
Radcliffe High
Supt
Bryan Starr
Driving Tests At Eldora High School Today
Eldora High School hosts a two part driving safety program at 2 00 p m featuring a lecture by Edward S Adams and a live demonstration on Twelfth Street West of the school. Students Tom Irwin and Shirley Follett will participate with the driver training group led by Mac Greene as police officers drive high speed tests using a paint shell system to measure stopping distances.
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Eldora High School
P Simons
Edward S. Adams
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Twelfth Street
Adams
Tom Irwin
Shirley Follett
Mac Greene
Eldora
Farm Bureau
Pine Lake tournament slated at Owasa January dates
The conference did not reach a decision and the Pine Lake tournament will be at Owasa January 17 through 20. Pairings list Hubbard versus Radcliffe Whitten versus Alden Owasa versus New Providence Union versus Steamboat Rock for boys and Steamboat Rock versus Whitten New Providence versus Hubbard Owasa versus Alden Union versus First round games occur Monday Tuesday and Wednesday nights. One semifinal is Wednesday with three more Thursday finals Saturday night.
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Union
Hubbard
Owasa
Alden
New Providence
Steamboat Rock
Whitten
Radcliffe
Pine Lake
Nichols Presides At District Court Session
Judge H. C. Nichols leads the district court term that opened yesterday with a docket featuring nine new state cases and 43 new civil cases. Grand jurors are ordered to report today and petit jurors on October 12, correcting an earlier misstatement about Judge Harvey Uhlenhopp.
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H. C. Nichols
Harvey Uhlenhopp
Firemen Answer Calls at Farms
The Eldora volunteer fire department responded to two farm fires on Friday. At about 11:30 a.m. they were sent to the LaVerne Gast farm and at 4:45 p.m. to Bob Woods farm. A ditchside grass fire near the Gast farm was quickly extinguished, and a Woods farm blaze burned in a corn field. The Steamboat Rock department also answered the scene.
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Eldora Volunteer Fire
LaVerne Gast
Ae Bob Woods
Gast
Steamboat Rockne
Woods Farm
Coming Farm Events List of Oct. Farm Bureau meetings
Farm Bureau and related association events listed for October include an Oct. 6 livestock improvement association board meeting in Owaso at 8:00 p m and an Eldora two farm bureau meeting at 8:00 p m Also on Oct 9 a corn demonstration plot field day at 1:00 p m five miles south of Iowa Falls on Highway 65 Oct 10 regular Farm Bureau board meeting in Eldora Oct 12 Buckeye township annual Farm Bureau meeting at 8:00 p m Oct 13 Etna township annual Farm Bureau meeting at 8:00 p m Oct 14 Clay township annual meeting at 8:00 p m and Oct 15 Ellis township Farm Bureau meeting at 8:00 p m.
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Livestock Improvement Association Board
Owasa
Eldora
Iowa Falls
Farm Bureau Board
Buckeye Township
Concord Township
Etna Township
Clay Township
Ellis Township
Farm Bureau Elects At Tonight Meeting
Eldora township Farm Bureau will meet tonight at 6 30 p m with officer elections and resolutions as the main business. A pot luck dinner is planned. Committee members are Frank Petty Ben Juckems Carl Cordes and P E Hobson.
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Eldora Township Farm Bureau
Frank Petty
Ben Juckems
Carl Cordes
P. E. Hobson
Eldora Kiwanis elects LaValle as president for 1954
Don LaValle was elected president of the Eldora Kiwanis club to assume duties January 1, 1954. Jack Puckett named vice president, Linus Doughty treasurer, and a seven member board including Rev. John Moore and Dr. R. C. Rogers. A home talent production Flying High is planned for October 20 and 21 at the high school auditorium directed by Donna Humble.
Brights M Mischief Completes 305 Day Lactation Record
Brights M Mischief 235084, a registered Brown Swiss cow owned by Ralph Bright of Eldora, has finished a 305 day lactation on Herd Test yielding 12115.01 pounds milk at 3.57 percent fat, totaling 433.00 pounds fat, with milking twice daily, per Fred S. Idtse, secretary of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association in Beloit, Wisconsin.
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Bright
S M. Mischief
Ralph Bright
Eldora
Fred S. Idtse
Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association
Beloit
Wis
Newsman Len Howe to lead Eldora Band in Community Chest parade
A Community Chest parade will be staged Saturday with WHO newscaster Len Howe and the Eldora high school football team in the honor spots. The parade forms at 3 15 p m at the M and St L depot and ends at the courthouse square corn crib for a ceremony and pep rally. The Eldora marching band leads, with the Hi Y Tri Hi Y Girl and Boy Scouts and the entire student body invited to participate. Cash Day numbers will be displayed in store windows along with awards. Howe appears here courtesy of Bekemeter Hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len Howe
Eldora High School
St. L
Howe
Courthouse Square
Stop Look and Listen program at Eldora High School
The Eldora Home-School Association sponsors a Stop Look and Listen program in the high school assembly at 8 p m on October 12. Parents can view kindergarten through senior high books and workbooks as teachers explain materials. A ten minute Q and A follows with Mrs Hough Miss Bender Gates Simons Huehn presenting kindergarten grade junior and senior high materials and curricula. Refreshments and a social hour follow adjournment.
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Eldora Home-School Association
Harold Hough
Ann Bender
Paul Gates
Paul Simons
Kermith Huehn
Hardin County sets 1953 corn loan rate at $1.55
The Hardin county loan rate for 1953 corn is set at $1.55 per bushel by the state PMA committee chair. Loans and purchase agreements for the 1953 crop run through May 31, 1954 with loans maturing July 31. Corn must grade No 3 or 4 by test weight for eligibility. first loan applications expected this month. The rate equals 90 percent of parity, matching the 1952 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
State Production Marketing Administration Committee
Cpl Wallis Being Returned Here
Mr and Mrs Paul Wallis of Eldora received word that the body of their son Cpl James L Wallis has left Korea and is en route to the United States. Funeral arrangements are tentative with burial planned in Eldora Cemetery after services at the Congregational church. Wallis was Hardin county s first Korean War casualty, originally listed as missing in action, with death confirmed by telegram in September.
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Paul Wallis
Eldora
Cpl
James L. Wallis
Korea
United States
Cpl. Wallis
Eldora Cemetery
Congregational Church
Wallis
Hardin County
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Bekemeier How
J. L. Williams
Don Lavalle
Holy Name
P. L
Carl Neumann
B. H. Starr
EHS
Nichols
LaValle Kiwanis
Eldora Kiwanis Club
Newsman
George Shafer
George E. Janssen
R. R. Brown
James L. Bales
Paul H. Schaa
Dr. R. Be, Gray
John A. Wood
Howard Caffee
Janssen
Schaa
Brown
Bates
Dr. Gray
Wood and
Caffee
D. M. Ny
Quist
J. W. Schlampp
64Th General Assembly
Aber
Abe Sesme
Jossoe
Bancroft
Radcliffe Cardinals
Harlan Kuhfus
Jerry Bergeson
Kuhfus
Bergeson
Kuhhfus
Ted Maakestad
Maakestad
Dave Reister
Gary Houck
Batboy
Neil Mossman
Jim Bergeson
Carl Telg
Larry Fenner
Kent Hendrickson
Paul Houck
raw—Neumann
Larry Swenson
Cecil Greiman
Gary Kuhfus
Jack Smith
Junior Tuttle
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