Will Award Prizes Tonight To Fire Prevention Winners
Eldora firemen observe National Fire Prevention Week with a high school program at 7 30 tonight featuring essays, displays, and $40 in prizes. David Lloyd George to entertain with marimba. Training school boys offer vocal numbers under Mrs George. Keith Royer of Iowa State College demonstrates firefighting with flammable liquids. The event caps a countywide caravan promoting fire safety. Fire losses in 1951 totaled $49 446 with major blazes at Tag School and Kelley and Callahan. Eldora firefighters answered 23 calls that year, 18 in town and 5 rural. The department conducts annual inspections of every business and public building.
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Eldora Firemen
Eldora
David Lloyd
George
Keith Royer
Orville Lamb
Tag School
Kelley and
Callahan
Oliver Implement
Helen Larson
South Fifteenth Street
Kelly
Jeanne
Lamb
Eldora’s
Auto Crash Near Buckeye Sends Four to Hospital
An automobile crash at 9:00 Sunday three miles northeast of Buckeye sent four people to Iowa Falls Hospital. Fred Crosser was thrown through a windshield. his throat was cut and he broke a leg. Grover Kinney had minor injuries. Crosser’s rider, Grover Kennedy, suffered head injuries and cuts. Mrs. Kennedy had head injuries and knee cuts. Rita Marie Kennedy, five, had a severe cheek cut. Kenneth Kennedy escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avolt
Buckeye
Lowa Tails
Fred Crosser
Haang
Grover Kinney
Crosser
Kinney
Grover Kennedy
Iowa Falls
Home on 30 day leave for airman Larry Rowen
Airman Larry Rowen arrived Thursday from Goodfellow Air Force Base near San Angelo Texas to spend a 30 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Howard Rowen and family in Union
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Rowen
Goodfellow Airforce Base
San Angelo
Texas
Howard’ Rowen
Nion
Union Auction to Augment School's Athletic Fund
The Union consolidated school will hold an auction at Kauffman Memorial Park tomorrow evening starting at 7:00 o'clock. A chicken supper, served 5:00 to 7:00 in the hot lunch room, precedes the sale with meals donated by Eldora residents and Marshall town supporters. Proceeds support the school's athletic fund, and the usual annual carnival is planned for elimination this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Consolidated School
Kauffman Memorial Park
Eldora Union
Marshalltown
Union
Funeral services for Mrs Roy Walton held today
Mrs Roy Walton of Hubbard died at home Sunday. Funeral services are at 2:00 PM today from Andrle and Creps Funeral Home with Rev L R Schuler officiating. Interment Hubbard cemetery.
Crippled Children's Committee to Meet in Courthouse Office
Members of the Hardin County Society for Crippled Children case-finding committee meet tomorrow at 1 30 in the county health nurse Evelyn ton's office in the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crippled Children’s Committee
Nurse’s Office
Hardin County Society For Crippled Children
Evelynton
Messer Takes Over Radcliffe Pharmacy Lease
Edward J. Messer, son of Mr and Mrs Hart Messer of Eldora, has taken over operation of the Radcliffe drug store, leasing it last week from E J Swallum. Messer, formerly employed at Hampton, is a Eldora high school graduate who later studied pharmacy at Drake University.
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Edward J. Messer
Hart Messer
Eldora
Radcliffe Drug Store
E. J. Swallum
Messer
Hampton
Eldora High School
Drake University
County Taxes Collected In September Totals 581237
Hardin county taxpayers paid 581237.90 into the office of county treasurer W. H. Lepley before the September 30 deadline. Delinquent taxes collected during September amounted to 1012.24.
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Hardin County
Country
W. H. Lepley
Two Sentenced In Training School Kidnapping Case
Two of four suspects in a January kidnapping case appeared before Judge H C Metcalf last week. George Edward O’Brien, 22, guilty of kidnapping, drawn five years in Fort Madison State Penitentiary. Doris Smith, O’Brien’s accomplice, pleaded guilty to child stealing and received 30 days in Hardin county jail, later paroled for good behavior. Ronald Smith is held in Texas on car theft charges. an unnamed woman remains at large. Additional O.M.V.I. changes saw Kerner Helgeson fined $500 and license suspended 60 days, with two others fined $300 each. William Huffstutler, Clyde James, Harold Fulbright, and William Zimmerman faced various penalties, including 90 days for DWI and furnishing beer to minors. Harold Fulbright sentenced to 90 days in county jail. Zimmerman paroled to Sheriff Paul Snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edward O'Brien
Fort Madison
Doris Smith
O’brien
Larry
Hardin County
Howard Dempsey
Ronald Smith
Texas
Parsons
Kansas
O.M.V.I
Kerner C. Helgeson
William Marion Huffstutler
Hampton
Clyde James
Minneapolis
Harold Fulbright
William Louis Zimmerman
Paul S. Snow
Lucas County
Chariton
Home School Association to hear guidance talk Monday
Dr Ray Bryant head of vocational education at Iowa State College will speak on Guidance at the Home School Association meeting next Monday at 8:00 PM in the high school auditorium. All community members invited. Coffee hour to follow in the home economics room. Executive board sets monthly 8:00 PM meetings in the home ec room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Bryant
Iowa State College
Home School Association
Kermith Huehn
Lester E. Ose
R. R. Griffel
James Heslop
Russell Hansen
Dorothy White
Donald Jones
W. L. Beasley
Annie Bender
Charles Albin
Edwin Engel
Agnes Ernwine
Earl Travis
Tom Monteith
Harley Riemenschneider
Owasa Junior Class Comedy At School Friday
Owasa consolidated school junior class presents a three act farce titled The Honeymoon Is Over at 8:00 p m in the school auditorium Friday October 10. The plot follows newlyweds moving in with family and jewel thieves complicate the household with a lively cast including Jerry Starr Sherry Huffman Marilyn Balvant Gale Newby Ruth Smith Jane Ward Robert Teske George Moats and Marlyn Akers directed by Frank Angerer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owasa Consolidated School
Jerry Starr
Sherry Huffman
Marilyn Balvant
Gale Newby
Ruth Smith
Jane Ward
Robert Teske
George Moats
Marlyn Akers
Frank Angerer
New Cars Truck Licenses Issued in County Treasurer Office
Licenses for twenty new cars and trucks were issued in recent days through county treasurer W. H. Lep ey. Listings show various owners and makes including Ford Mercury Chevrolet Dodge Pontiac Oldsmobile Buick Cadillac Chrysler and Ford truck across towns such as Eldora Brown Falls Ackley Steamboat Rock and Hubbard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Lepey
Eldora
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Dodge
Fred E. Harms
Pontiac
Dale Armeser
Chas. R
Ford
H C
Ruth Bennett
Cadillac
Wood Weaver
Chevrolet
Alden
Lee Heslop
Buick
Henry Harkena
Oldsmobile
Carroll A. Marqus
International
Ackley
Walter H. Anderson
Chevrolet Truck
Hen J. Homan
Chris
Brandt
Chrysler
Steamboat Rock
George Potgeter Co
Ford Truck
Hubbard
Carroll Miller
V. R. Reid
Mercury
Hamer outlines Soviet farm operations before Eldora club
Burlin Hamer, State Department agricultural attache, spoke to Eldora Rotary on Soviet collective farms. He described government ownership of land, village life, and pay by days, plus state farms and machine tractor stations. He noted travel in Russia and Ukraine, and his upcoming post as agricultural attaché in Iran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlin Hamer
Department of State
U. S
Moscow
Ussr
Eldora Rotary Club
State Department
Hamer
Russia
Ukraine
China
United Nations
Teheran
Iran
Last Rites for Mathilda Tresemer Held Here Monday
Last rites were held Monday afternoon at the Longenecker Funeral Home and at the Lutheran Church for Mrs. Mathilda Tresemer who died Thursday after a long illness at age 73. Rev. John Zimmermann officiated with burial in Eldora Cemetery. Born July 4, 1879 in Pomerania Germany she came to America at two, settling in Eldora. She married Frank Tresemer on October 20, 1899. Survivors include two sons Warner and Edward of Eldora, four sisters and a brother and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longenecker Funeral Home
Lutheran Church
Mathilda Tresemer
John Zimmermann
Pearier
Eldora Cemeery
Pomerania
Germany
Charles
Wilhelmina Bahr
Tresemer
America
Eldora
Frank Tresemer
Otober
Carl
Werner
Edward
Otto Bahr
Charles Bahr
Ft. Collins
Colo
Emma Harms
Louise Zilesman
Elsie Robinson
Rose Ziesman
Dows
Name Boys 4-H Award Winners For Outstanding Achievement 1952
The county 4-H committee announced winners for outstanding achievements in 1952. Lisle Cook of New Providence will receive the county achievement award, with George Butler of Jackson Township winning the meat animal award. Dairy and beef awardees include Laurice Streyffeler, Hubbard, Barbara Wegner, Radcliffe, David Smitherman, Union, and Gary Thompson, Radcliffe.
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State Office
Dick Pulse
Gix Hardin County
Lisle
Thas
G.L. Noble
George Butler
Jackson Town
Ship
George
County ‘Boys
Town State College
David Smitherman
Union
Gary Thompson
Radcliffe
Laurice Streyffeler
Hubbard
Barbara Wegner
Lisle Cook
Elvin Clark
T B and Health Assn Workers To Meet Saturday
Board members and town and township chairmen of the Hardin County Tuberculosis and Health Assn will hold their first fall meeting in Edgwood Iowa Falls next Saturday Oct 11 to plan the Christmas Seal campaign A cooperative dinner starts at 1230 pm and supplies for the drive beginning November 17 will be distributed Miss Mae C Aukerman area field worker will be present to instruct local workers Executive committee members include President Mrs May B Cobb Vice President Mrs Don Marks Secretary Miss Audrey Adamson Treasurer Mrs Carroll Miller Iowa Falls Health Assn officials and community chairmen are named for many towns and townships across Hardin County
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Edgwood
Iowa Falls
Mers
Association
May B. Cobb
Don Marks
Audrey Adamson
Eldora
Carroll Miller
Hubbard
Irvin Christianson
0. K. Dick
F. N.cole
Howard Frey
Dorothy White
Services Held At Grundy Center For Mrs. C. R. Claassen
Funeral services were conducted Monday at the Grundy Center German Presbyterian Church for Mrs. C. R. Claassen who died at her Grundy Center home age 91. Rev. Lannenburg officiated with burial in Cedar Rapids. Born July 7 1861 in Ripum Ostfriesland Germany, she married Cornelius R. Claassen and migrated to the United States in 1889 settling in Grundy County. Surviving sons include Henry Sidore George C. Cedar Rapids Cal C. Continental Ohio and John C. Santa Monica California.
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Grundy Center
German Presbyterian Church
C. R. Claassen
Lannenburg
Cedar Rapids
Berentje Hilderbrandt
Ripum
Ostfriesland
Germany
Cornelius R. Claassen
Grundy County
Claasten
Henry
Sidore
George C
Cal C
Continental
Ohio
John C
Santa Monica
Calif
Mrs Jennie Quick Dies In Sleep A Lifelong Eldora Resident
Mrs Jennie Quick a lifelong Eldora resident died in her sleep Friday night at age 78 79 next Saturday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 00 PM from Andrie and Creps Funeral Home with Rev Ralph Imes officiating. Burial will be in Eldora Cemetery She was born October 11 1873 on a farm east of Eldora to Elias and Mary Ellen Fenton educated in Eldora schools earned a master's from the State University of Town and taught in Eldora Sheldon New Providence Whitten Union and Gowrie schools Surviving are several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrie and Creps
Jennie Quick
Ralph Imes
Eldora Cemetery
Eldora
Sheldon
New Providence
Whitten
Union
Legion Auxiliary Donates 15 Dollars to Ambulance Fund
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary voted to contribute 15 toward the community ambulance fund at their meeting last Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Schellenger to Auction Household Goods Saturday
C W Schellenger manager of Star Clothing Co will hold a household goods auction at his residence two blocks south of the hospital Saturday at 1 p m El Dora Auction Co will be the auctioneers Schellenger is moving from the state early next year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schellenger
C. W. Schellenger
Star Clothing Co
Eldora Auction Co
Cash Day Awards Include Ladies Meeting at Church
The Eldora Chamber of Commerce grants honorary participation in the weekly Bank Day promotion to all women attending church group meetings on Wednesdays at Eldora churches. Home group meetings are excluded. Winners must notify the Chamber by 4 30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Eldora
Chamber of Commerce _business promotion committee
Chamber of Commerce
Free Parking Honored During Eldora Dollar Days
Eldora offers free downtown parking during the Dollar Days festival on October 17 and 18 as meters are covered by the business promotion committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Silver dollars will be given to Wednesday Cash Day winners on October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Business Promotion Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Fire traps Eldora residents as ladder rescue marks week
An apartment fire in Eldora early Sunday forced firefighters to rescue Troy and Mrs. Jones from front windows with ladders after smokey stairways were blocked. Jones was taken to Eldora Hospital around 6:00 am for smoke suffocation. The Jones living room suffered heavy damage including a ruined davenport and a burned floor hole. The Star Clothing store below endured smoke water damage and a ceiling hole. the adjacent Star Shoes remained open.
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Eldora
Troy Jones
Paul Hodgson
Jones
Eldora Hospital
Davenport
Glenn Paul
Paul
Sam Greensweig
Star Clothing and Shoe Stores
Greensweig
Holy Name Society To Install Officers Thursday
The Holy Name Society of St. Mary’s Catholic Church will install new officers for the coming year. Members meet at the parish hall after the regular church service Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men's Holy Name Society
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Rough Woods Center Beautified for November General Election
Residents of Rough Woods west of Eldora cleaned repainted and repaired the community center to ensure a 100 percent Pleasant Township turnout for the November 4 general election. Twenty to thirty-two volunteers worked on both Wednesday and Friday. tractors cleared grounds trees were removed for a parking area and gravel hauled from South Fork Creek. Future plans include landscaping and picnic tables with the building to be heated by firewood from felled trees. the center owned by Pleasant Township for ten years was formerly a Methodist church and will be rentable after work finishes.
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Rough Woods
Eldora
Pleasant Township
Ter
South Fork Creek
Herald-Index
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Eldor
Union Auction
Bulletin
E. J. Messer
Radcliffe Pharmacy
H. c. Metal
Paul Houck
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Igee
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Owasa
George Kennan
Kennan
Hamers
Sonja
Vera
Berlin
Name Boys
T. B. and Health Assn
Harold Knowles
Fred Schoeneman
Albert Radohl
Lauren Maltby
Bertf Brown
George Radohl
Gifford
T. F. Rose
J. C. Whitehead
Nelle Halden
Howard Hauser
S. C. Eitthiem
Freder
John Gast
Homer Wakefield
Robert Hoffman
Clay
Wm. Leverton
Concord
Andrew Wigness
McGalisburg
Etna
Adolph Weber
Grant
Arthur Rix
Wilbur Barnard
Hardin
Ray Stinson
Jackson
Guy Clingerman
Pleasant
Paul Taber
Providence
Ed Faris
Sherman
Roy Engel
Ellis
Fred Kein
Towa Falls
Carl Bryant
Tipton
Walter Engelkigg
Jones Apt
Star Clothing
Holy Name Society
Cen
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