Kiwanis Choose Attorney Ose as President for 1951
Eldora attorney Lester Ose was elected Kiwanis president for 1951 at a Thursday meeting. Ned Fagg and Don Wilson were re elected vice president and treasurer. New board members include Lauren Maltby and Paul Schaa with six others retained. Guest speaker Kenneth King of Iowa soil conservation spoke. Governor Beardsley and state board invited to Thursday and Friday events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Ose
Eldora
Kiwanis Club
Ned Fagg
Don Wilson
Lauren Maltby
Paul Schaa
Kenneth Reisinger
R. A. Scott
Cecil Rooks
Wyle Hubbard
Roscoe Hunt
Kenneth King
Iowa
Eldora Club
Marshall Town Kiwanis
Iowa State Training School For
William S. Beardsley
State Board of Control
Eldora C of C Receives Courtesy Pontiac Station Wagon
Eldora Chamber of Commerce has been furnished a Pontiac station wagon by Pine Lake Motors. Doyle D. Felton, secretary, flew to Omaha and drove the car home Saturday. The car is given without charge with license provided, while the Chamber handles maintenance and insurance. An inscription on the car reads Eldora Chamber of Commerce Courtesy Car by Pine Lake Motors.
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Eldora Chamber of Commmerce
Pine Lake Motors
Doyle D. Felton
Omaha
Chamber of Commerce
Ieen
Ralph Speers
Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Clay Owners Talk Testing Deposits
Clay deposit owners met at the Chamber of Commerce with W. J. Wride of Ames Engineering and Testing and Dr Bekemeier of Town State college. They discussed procedures and costs for testing clay deposits and noted possible commercial clay and moulders sand, but no action was taken.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. J. Wride
The
Ames Engineering and Testing Service
Dr. Bekemeier
Town State College
Eldora Chamber Plans Two Dollar Days Event
The Eldora Chamber of Commerce retail trade committee announces Dollar Days for November 15 and 16. H. J. Matheson leads planning with a feature of calling residents in the trade territory from the Chamber office. Respondents saying Eldora Dollar Days receive a certificate worth one dollar at an Eldora store. Dates for the calls and other publicity details will be released later.
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Eldora Chamber of Commerce
H. J. Matheson
Chamber of Commerce
Eldora
Eldora area notes and business moves in brief
Clark Bramwell of Greene Iowa buys Harry Moser residence in Pierce place and will take possession after New Year. Mr and Mrs Moser plan to move into Central States apartments. Mrs Lyon Huehn 20 of Eldora loses control car veers into ditch on highway 57 seven miles west. no injuries. River street bridge sidewalk repair finished by county crew in Iowa Falls. Miles Sayer identified correctly as Eldora football player in 1910 photo correction. George W Starr buys Derby Motel in Arcadia California near Santa Anita race track. 16 units plus family home. former Eldora Ben Franklin co proprietor moved to California two years ago.
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H. Moser Mouse
Clark Bramwell
Greene, ‘Iowa
Harry Moser
Pierce’ Places
Mrs. Moser
Central States
Lyon_ Huehn
Eldora
Highway
Starr
George W. Starr
Arcadia
Calif
Santa Anita
George
George A. Starr
John
California
More Workers for CROP Program
Additional workers for the Christian Rural Overseas program were announced by Ted Broer of New Providence Hardin county 1950 chairman for the annual CROP drive. The canvass targets mid November to raise funds for feeding needy people in Europe and Asia with shipments in carload lots coordinated by Catholic Rural Life Church World Service and Lutheran World Relief. The Hardin county goal is 9200 dollars and a Hubbard town hall meeting November 8 will train solicitors and distribute supplies for all townships except Etna and Clay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Ted Broer
New Providence
Hardin County
Buckeye
Robert Lettow
Clay
Wm. Eckel, Sr
Concord
Waldo Lepper
Eldora
Chester Vigors
Jackson
Dewey Lamprecht
Sherman
Ben Hake
Tipton
Stanley Dreier
Irving Faust
Ackley
Merle Hunt
M. V. Meyer
Radcliffe
Ida Stensland
Union
Esther Williams
Town Falls
Marguerite Mathan
Harold Lyon
Harvey Everett
Will Bogle
Europe
Asia
Seaboard
Christian Church
Catholic Rural Life
Church World Service
Lutheran World Relief
Hubbard Town Hall
Etna
Clay Townships
Rep Gross to Speak At Liscomb Rally
U S Congressman H R Gross of Waterloo will speak at a Republican rally in the American Legion hall at Liscomb. The event, tomorrow at 8 o clock, is hosted by Hardin and Grundy county Republicans with Marshall County G O P joining. Gross will address Political Manipulation in the Present crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VY. S
H. R. Gross
Waterloo
American Legion
Liscomb Tommorrow
Hardin and
Grundy County
Marshall County
G.O.P
Rep. Gross
Venison Lunch Leads Wildlife Meeting at Pine Lake
Pine Lake Wildlife club invites members to a venison lunch at 7 30 PM Thursday October 26 at the club house. Guy Reid and Claude Goodson head the committee. Several business items are slated for discussion and the club seeks a large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Guy Reid
Claude Goodson
Cars and Boys Escape At Training School Sparks Thefts
Two automobiles were stolen after escapes by Training School boys on Thursday. Gerald Burns, 17, left the state school and was later seen in Des Moines with a sister trying to persuade surrender. a 1946 Chevrolet vanished near Whitten. Jack Kemmerer, 14, fled at seven and Carroll Doud’s 1990 Chevrolet disappeared near Eldora. he was later captured by highway patrol near Nevada and returned to the school.
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Gerald Burns
Russell Goodman
Whitten
Burns
Des Mgines
Des Moines
Newton
Murray
Iowa
Detroit
Mich
Jack Kemmerer
Doud
Nevada
Brown Lots Bought By Tietz for $7,120
Dr. W. G. Tietz, Eldora veterinarian, bid $7,120 Thursday to buy five lots in the north part of the city at auction to settle the estate of James A. V. Brown. Bids began individually but the lots were later offered as a group under announced terms. The tract lies four blocks north of the square, three facing Washington street and two on 14th street. Washington lots include two with dwellings and a dismantled foundry site. two other lots are unimproved. Each lot is 64 by 144 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Tietz
Eldora
James A. V. Brown
Washington Street
14Th Street
Washington
Brown Foundry
Twenty Four to Go For Exams Nov. 6
Hardin county selective service office orders 24 men to travel to Des Moines for physical examinations on November 6. Names were expected to be listed at a board meeting Monday evening. The group will depart Eldora by bus at 8 14 a.m. from the junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Selective Service Office
Des Moines
Selective Service Board
Eldora
Farm Bureau Dates Annual Meetings in Hardin County
Hardin County Farm Bureau members gather for a resolutions meeting in Steamboat Rock on Thursday November 2 at 7 p m to discuss issues and decide policies. The annual county Bureau meeting will be held at Radcliffe Monday evening November with an outstanding entertainment feature arranged and details to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Farm Bureau
Steamboat Rock
Farm Bureau
County Bureau
Miss Huston Receives Seven Year Indeterminate Sentence
Dorothy Mae Huston, 33, formerly of Galesburg Illinois, was sentenced by Judge H E Fry to an indeterminate term not to exceed seven years in the Rockwell City women's reformatory after the defense motion for a new trial failed. She was convicted of defrauding Bertha Wickham, 78, of Iowa Falls of about seven thousand dollars. Jurors were being selected Monday for the trial of Howard Bitters, 36, of Iowa Falls on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, alleged to be a second offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Mae Huston
Galesburg
Ill
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
H. E. Fry
Miss Huston
Bertha Wickham
Iowa Falls
Howard Bitters
Graveling of county line farm-to-market road planned
Graveling of the county line farm-to-market road from Whit ten to Highway 57 was expected to be completed Monday evening. The contractors planned to begin today hauling gravel for the Gif ford-New Providence road. The V. F. W. post and auxili ary's first dance of the season will be held at the I. O. O. F. hall following the meeting of the organizations tomorrow night.
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Whitten
Gifford-New Providence
F. W
V. F. W. Post and Auxiliary
I. O. O. F. Hall
Alan Hudspeth Receives Thousands of Pencils from WHO
Alan Hudspeth a 13 year old polio patient at University Hospital and later Children’s Hospital in Iowa City has received thousands of pencils after a WHO broadcast highlighted his hobby. Donations include 2844 pencils 292 packages still unopened 402 mechanical pencils and gifts of books candy games money and buttons from a pearl button factory. Alan aided by other patients unwraps gifts as local well wishers visit his ward and share in the surprise of the charity campaign.
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Midwest
Alan Hudspeth
Steamboat Rock
Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Herald- Index
H. M. Hudspeth
Alan
Children's Hospital
Sheaffer Pen Ce
Jack Shelley
WHO News Room
Union
Bowman to Close Eldora Watch Repair Shop and Move
Howard Bowman a watch repairman with 18 years in Eldora plans to close his shop after 19 years in the business and move Sunday to Wisconsin to join a jewelry store staff. He has operated at several locations including Brown and Short’s shoe shops and now West Edgington avenue. A household goods sale is set for Friday.
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Howard Bowman
Wisconsin
Bowman
Eldora
Clarion
Brown Shoe
Short's Shoe
West Edgington Avenue
Rita Jacobs Crowned Eldora Homecoming Queen at Big Crowd
Rita Jacobs was crowned Eldora high school homecoming queen Friday at halftime of the Tigers versus Grundy Center game, in front of one of the largest crowds on record.
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Rita Jacobs
Eldora High School
Tigers-Grundy Center
Friday Index Reports Record Eldora Football Gate
Receipts of 781 set a new Eldora football game record with about 1,680 in attendance and 9 records noted. Paid admissions reached 1,350 with 1,001 adults and 434 students, while over 500 cars were parked at the fairground field.
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Eldora
Three Had Plan To Slug Hodgson Make Getaway
Three Hardin county prisoners including two Training School boys were kept in solitary after a jail escape plot was foiled Thursday Sheriff Paul Hodgson said Roy Warren 17 Ames and Robert Dort 16 Waterloo await district court action on auto theft charges after fleeing the state school Sept 17 and leaving a string of stolen cars in Iowa and Nebraska They were arrested in Denver Colorado later The third prisoner Wayne Lancaster 29 Radcliffe faces fraudulent check charges The plot involved slugging the jailer with a steel tool and one boy feigning illness A hoax illness led to the attempted breakout and a steel weapon was found in the cell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Paul Hodgson
Roy Warren
Ames
Robert Dort
Waterloo
Denver
Colorado
Iowa
Nebraska
Wayne Lancaster
Radcliffe
Hodgson
Eldora Film Showcases Town Scenes at New Grand
Eldora made motion pictures produced by the Eldora school and local safety camera crews are being shown at the New Grand theatre this week. The feature, Protect Our Town Children, highlights Eldora residents and familiar streets and is reported excellent. Showings run daily through next Monday evening October 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Iowa Safety Congress
Camermen
Grand Theatre
Owasa School Building Excavation Starts
Owasa voters approved a 28000 bond issue, adding to a prior 48000, to fund a 75000 classroom gym building. Ben Mulford Construction Co. of Bradford secured the 58000 general contract with Lavess of Iowa Falls handling plumbing and a State Center firm the electrical work. The brick structure of 60 by 102 feet will add a main gym, home economics, agriculture, manual training facilities, and showers with a basement. Construction starts soon, with no delays expected.
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Owasa
Owasa Consolidated
Ben Mulford Construction Co
Bradford
Lavess
Iowa Falls
Union Break-In Figures Missing From Two Adjoining Shops
A break-in at Union Thursday night drained about 60 from cash registers at Standard service station run by R. H. Miller and Harold Vaux welding shop. Entry was through a back window. Each register reportedly lost between 23 and 25. No arrests reported by the sheriff.
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Union
R. H. Miller
Harold Vaux
Brightwell in Army Enlistment List from Des Moines
Ralph Brightwell aged 23 of Elders is listed among army enlistees reported by the Des Moines recruiting station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brightwell
Ralph Brightwell
Des Moines
Miss Walton Celebrates 6th Birthday Anniversary Near Whitten
Miss Amanda Walton, Hardin county’s oldest native daughter, will observe her sixth birthday next Sunday with a family dinner and open house at her home four miles north of Whitten. She was born November 1, 1855, and has lived in the same residence since she was six months old, near the Hardin county jail. She has rarely traveled outside Hardin and Grundy counties, with only three excursions beyond the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Amanda Walton
Whitten
Gussie Walton
Miss Walton
Hardin
Grundy County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kiwanis
Attorney Ose
Fagg
Wilson
Treas
Eldora C. of C
Trade Group
Eere
Eldora Volunteer Fire Department
Don Bekemeier
Ann Cable
Arlene Kirkdorffer
Miss Kirkdorffer
Pat Irwin
Bekemeier
Cable-Kirkdorffer
Neya Cable
Mary E. Mairs
Joyce Nuckolls
Parks
Howard Munson
Karen Allbee
Miss Nuckolls
River Street
Sawyer
Sayer
Ethel Leslie
Ilves
Long Beach
National Studio
Eldora Firemen
Gary Walters
Dlane Dickinson
Mary Beach
Liscomb
Wildlife Meeting
Tietz
Rita
Lancaster
Howard Dempsey
Kay Setchell
San Quentin
Anamosa
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