In Uniform servicemen column presses for reader help
The Hardin County Index and Eldora Herald Ledger describe the wartime In Uniform column’s irregular run since 1949 and urge readers to submit serviceman news. They list Christmas mailing deadlines for overseas parcels and give practical packaging and addressing tips. Also includes a UN fallacy and fact thought with treaty-ratification notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Index
Eldora Herald-Ledger
United Nations
Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
Ashara
Seattle
Thrift Days Set For Eldora October 28 and 29
The Eldora Chamber of Commerce sponsors a second Thrift Days event for October 28 and 29 staged by local merchants. The promotion highlights Eldora shopping advantages with service and price bargains as retailers build on last month’s first sale offering budget friendly fall season bargains to shoppers.
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Eldora
Fall Leaf Piles Become Hidden Playground Risks
A fall scene shows leaves turning color and dropping as a drought prompts a ban on outdoor fires. Father stacks big leaf piles in driveways and streets for Junior and friends to play while he warns about passing motorists risking a hidden hideout. Junior keeps reconfiguring piles to stay unseen, amid warnings of danger if a car hits him.
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Junior
Alden Plan Outlined for School Bond Issue
Supt A O Larson and the consolidated school board prepared brochures over the weekend outlining the Alden district bond proposal. The $225000 bond would fund changes and added facilities with an accompanying table of estimated tax rates for town and rural properties.
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Alden Consolidated School District
A. O. Larson
Consolidated School Board
Final Rites Held for Samuel Coy at Longneckler Funeral Home
Funeral services for Samuel Filer Coy were held Monday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock at the Longneckler funeral home with Rev. Dewey Lamprecht officiating. Born December 11, 1865 in Illinois he was the son of Frank and Mrs Coy. He died Friday night October 16 at the County Home after years of ill health. A half brother George Fouts of Eldora is the sole surviving relative. Pallbearers named Ben Teske William Eckel Ray Wazer John Harms Frank Filbrandt and Paul Teske. Burial followed in Eldora cemetery.
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Samuel Filer Coy
Longnecker
Dewey Lamprecht
Illinois
Frank Coy
George Fouts
Eldora
Ben Teske
Wm. Eckel
Ray Wazer
John Harms
Frank Filbrandt
Paul Teske
Eldora Cemetery
McCarthy Hatchery Adds 28-Foot Building Extension
Ed McCarthy says the McCarthy Hatchery near completion will include a 28 foot addition with a basement to house an office a store room and double the battery space. The project expands the hatchery’s capacity and facilities.
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McCarthy Hatchery
Ed McCarthy
Visit Sister Tours British Isles and Continent
Mrs. Hilda Bernard and Mrs. L. C. Buck toured ten weeks visiting family in Birchington Kent England and Edinburgh Scotland then embarked from New York on the S S United States to La Havre Dover and Southampton. They visited Dover Castle Canterbury Cathedral Loch Lomond Holyroodhouse and Buckingham Palace with London sights and a 3000 mile continental bus tour including Brussels Paris Nice and Venice. A mid ocean storm with winds of 80 miles per hour slowed the voyage back to New York.
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Hilda Bernard
Glen Norell
Ivy
Birchington
Kent
Engand
L. C. Buck
State Center
New York
Southampton
England
la Havre
France
Bernard
Buck
Dover Castle
White Cliffs
Dover
Canterbury Cathedral
North Sea
Margate
Ramsgate
Cliftonville
Eldenbourgh
Scotland
Loch Lomond
Glasgow
Clyde
North Channel
Belfast
Ireland
Dublin
Eidenbourgh Castle
Holyroodhouse Palace
Irish Sea
Wales
London
Buckingham Palace
Churchill
Number 10
Downing Street
Big Ben
Westminster Abbey
Piccadilly Circus
Hyde Park
Trafalgar Square
House of Parliament
House of Lords
House of Commons
Tower of London
Belgium
Brussels
Leopold
Royal Square
Germany
Rhine
Black Forest
Switzerland
Swiss Alps
Lichtenstein
Austria
Italy
Venice
Rivieras
Mediterranean Sea
Paris
Nice
Notre Dame Cathedral
Eiffel Tower
Monte Carlo
S. S. United States
Ocean
Eldora Retail Sales Top Five Million Mark
Retail sales in Eldora for the 12 months ending March 31, 1953 reached $5,138,317 with $102,766.35 in sales tax paid. The figure trails 1952 and 1951 but rises from 1950. Hardin county total sales tax receipts were $479,202.41, lower than two earlier years but above 1950. The report lists Eldora Ackley Iowa Falls and rural areas with county figures and notes Iowa Falls near nine million dollars for the period.
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Eldora
State Tax Commission
Hardin County
Ackley
Iowa Falls
Rural
Town Falls
Cese Eee
Grundy Center
Reinbeck
New Hampton
Allison
Greéne
Hearing on Hubbard Community School District
Hardin county board of education met to hear objections to proposed boundaries of Hubbard Iowa Community School District. They planned to fix boundaries and county superintendent M Z Albers could set the election date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
Hardin County Board of Education
New
Community
Owa
M. Z. Albers
St Rock Youth Shot In Thigh While Duck Hunting
Leo Stull of Steamboat Rock was accidentally shot in the thigh while duck hunting near Clarion Sun Say. The gun discharged when jarred from a boat seat and the charge entered the back of the thigh. He is confined to a Clarion hospital.
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St. Rock
Leo Stull
Ed Stull
Steamboat Rock
Claron
Stull
Clarion Hospital
Cornerstone Laid At New Church In Steamboat Rock
The cornerstone ceremony for the First Baptist Church at Steamboat Rock was held Sunday at 11:30 a.m. with Ben Johnson and Alfred Gast laying the stone. The cornerstone contains church documents and memorabilia. The $65,000 structure, under construction, is slated for completion by January 1954. Rev. Frederick Y. Lower leads the congregation.
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New First Baptist Church
Steamboat Rock
Ben Johnson
Alfred Gast
Baptist Herald
der Sendbote
Dorcas Society
Frederick Y. Lower
Lower
Johnson
Max Klatt
Henry Rose, Jr
Minert DeVries
John Frerich
L. G. Johnson
Page Hight
Farmers Harvest 30 Acres of Corn in Two Hours Near Eldora
Thirty four farmers using seven pickers gathered at the Ed Engel farm four miles west and north of Eldora and harvested 30 acres of corn at 70 bushels per acre in two hours on Monday morning. Engel, recovering from a heart attack, received support from the Women of the Salon Evangelical United Brethren church Hubbard and local neighbors who provided lunch. A photo of the group is planned for Friday's Index.
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Ed Engel
Eldora
Engel
Salon Evangelical United Bretheran Church
Hubbard
Merrill Case Up In Court
The state versus Robert E. Merrill was heard in district court yesterday. Merrill faces a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge H. C. Nichols presided as the jury, including Ethel Leslie and Eldora residents, along with community members from Union, Iowa Falls, Owasa, Alden, New Providence, and Iowa Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Merrill
Merrill
H. C. Nichols
Ethel Leslie
Eldora
Lewis Lawler
Union
Leonard Hoffman
Iowa Falls
Marie Trickey
Owasa
Edna Way
Paul Izer
Alden
Bonnie Reece
New Providence
Betty Heffern
Ross Elliott
Jessie Walton
Meta Teske
Arleen Jenssen
Lightning Hits Three Homes In Radcliffe Area Fire Calls
Radcliffe firemen answered two calls in three minutes on Sunday afternoon for fires caused by lightning. One strike hit a cattle shed near Wayne Varnum, livestock removed, no injuries reported. The second strike damaged the kitchen of Ben Hodson's Radcliffe residence. A third strike hit Don Winterfield’s farm home nearby, damaging electrical wiring.
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Radcliffe
Wayne Varnum
Varnum
Varnums
Ben Hodson
Don Winterfield
Varnum Farm
Community Chest drive seeks last minute contributors
Community Chest officials urged residents contacted or not last night to donate this week. Those wishing to contribute may phone Mrs J J Shorts to learn the black captain’s identity who will collect donations. Corn donations also welcome at the community corn crib near the courthouse this week. A partial list ofCc Club members appeared in Saturdays edition with plans to publish a fuller list Friday in the Index.
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Community Chest
J. J. Shorts
Community Chest Corn
Cc” Club
The
American Legion
Sam Greesweig
Marks Drug
John Bekemelier
Lloyd Leuthold
Lovell -Denniston
Lundy, Butler
Ote Wood Auto Co
L. Scott
W. H. Vilmont
International Supply
Joe Bjerkestrand
A. W. Adams
Emmett Locker
J. F. Hardin
R. M. Hunt
Robert Meader
Chest
Nance Leads In Ear Corn Contest
Dale Nance, Union farmer, holds the lead in the ear corn contest sponsored by D and R Radio Television shop. His entry measures 142 inches and weighs 134 ounces. Three clock radios are to be awarded as prizes.
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Dale Nance
D & R Radio-Television
Nance
Bud Reagen
Vinton Buys Wallace Property in Eldora Deal
Les Vinton, an Eldora contractor, purchased the old Wallace property from the Nellie Hudson estate on Saturday, including several lots. A second nearby property south of the school did not sell, and Vinton plans to tear down the Wallace house.
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Les Vinton
Eldora
Wallace
Nellie Hudson
Vinton
Editor James L. George named Grinnell Herald-Register editor
James L. George, 36, former editor of the Herald-Index, was named editor of the Grinnell Herald-Register, succeeding veteran A. L. Frisbie who has led the Grinnell paper for 46 years. George has been on Grinnell staff since August 1951 after a career that included Eldora’s Hardin County Index and military service as a captain.
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James L. George
Herald-Index
Grinnell Herald-Register
Grinnell
George
A. L. Frisbie
Frisbie
Newsspaper
Iowa
Grinnell News
Coe College
Tama News Herald
Eldora
Hardin County Index
Index
Herald - Ledger
Coming Farm Events Schedule Across Jackson and Surrounding Towns
A list of farm bureau and auxiliary meetings spanning October across Jackson Township Ossawa Buckeye Eldora Ackley Waterloo Iowa Falls and Radcliffe with events including meat animal judging R Y P meetings and women’s training sessions. Key venues include Alden Methodist Eldora Congregational Eldora F B building and Radcliffe.
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Ackley Town Hall
Ben Juchems
Waterloo
County Farm Bureau
Iowa Falls
Eldora Congregational Church
Radcliffe
Eldora
Amputate Finger In Elevator Accident
Ed Collins a 55 year old Whitten farmer lost the third finger of his right hand in a corn elevator accident Thursday afternoon. The finger was amputated shortly after the accident and Collins was resting at his home three miles northwest of Whitten Friday.
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Ed Collins
Whitten
Collins
Classes Babies Farming All Part of Getting Degree
The Rinehart family from Eldora celebrated Geraldine Hendryx Rinehart earning a B A at Coe College. Cliff Rinehart, a 1952 graduate, taught at Eldora High School while Jerry balanced classes, childbirth, farming tasks, and child care. The couple, early in marriage, lived in Center Point and supported finances with produce sales. Jerry briefly paused studies during mid semester to care for family.
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Clifford Rinehart
Eldora
Coe College Courier
Rinehart
Eldora High School
Geraldine Hendryx Rinehart
Clifford
Jerry
Cliff
Coe
University of Nebraska
Navy
Sally Jo
Bruce
Center Point
Ellen Lea
Marquis Court
Hardin County Racine bridge probe stalls in court watch
Hardin County's Racine bridge controversy shows no new developments as the Grand Jury remains in secret and a judge awaits a report. Publisher Carl Hamilton of the Iowa Falls Citizen, summoned Thursday, visits Eldora courthouse amid subpoenas and a string of developments, including a steel shipment dispute and a bid overhaul after Paper-Calmenson shipments were unloaded at Buckeye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hamilton
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Hamilton
Ose
Town Falls
Board of Supervisor
Hillis Wilson
Paper-Calmenson Steel
Racine
Lester Ose
Iowa
Leo Hoegh
Citizen Press
The
Citizen
William Bogle
Don S. Nichols
Leonard Franka
R. A. Scott
Lucille Brown
James Heslop
J. H. Rash
New Providence
T. Glen Sheldon
Sam Sime
Radcliffe
Edward Stull
Steamboat Rock
Bertha Tordoff
James Watts
Board of Supervisors
Frank Bevan
Martin Ryken
Paper- Calmenson Co
Paper-Calmenson
Des Moines Steel
Buckeye
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Korea
Japan
Pacific Islands
Samuel Coy
Sister
British Isles
Mrs. Ross Reece
W. Henry Galbreth
Iowa State Education Association
Hardin County Education Association
Galbreth
Midland
State Association
Kermith Huehn
Hardin Education Group
EHS
Eldora Kiwanis Club
Merlin Reid
Sunny Clemons
Katharine Piper
David ‘Lloyd George
Roy Ryan
Jack ‘Piper
Jerry Stanbrough
Purdy's Last
Donna Humble
United Productions Co
Kansas City
Betty Felton
Beecher Crosley
Don LaVelle
David Lloyd George
Mayo Willig
Training School For Boys
David
Betty George
Shirley Follett
Larry LaVelle
Fred Broer
Louis Ziesman
Kramer
Eee
Robert Dornsbach
Dornsbachs
Clarence Seggerman
Dornsbach
West Edgington
Edginton Avenue
Earl Putnam
Paul Mason
Dagse & Doud
H-J
Rad
Hudson
Jackson
Farm Bureau Women’s
Alden Methodist Church
F. B
Courthouse
Ellis-Buckeye Farm-To-Market
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