Grundy Eleven Tops Stubborn Tigers 14 to 7
Grmn 4 Center gains unbeaten mark as Eldora holds firm early then yields two late touchdowns. Holeman runs three yards for a score and Kell adds the extra point. Kell also converts the second TD after a 20 yard rush and Kell’s kick. Tigers reach one late TD on a crease after Eldora penalties fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max van Derveer
Eldora
Tigers
Spartans
Keith Holeman
Delbert Kell
Holeman
Jim Miller
Grundy
Kell
Anderson
Ike ‘Allbee
Roger Harrington
Tigers, Spartans clash as Eldora rally ends in narrow stand
In a Cedar League clash, Eldora drives late but Kell gobbles Wagner heave on the Grundy 45 as time expires. Early in the game Grundy stalls after a strong start as Wagner intercepts a Spartans pass, while Eidora and Holeman repeatedly move the ball to keep the defense honest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy
Orlan Mitchell
Tigers
Spartan
Kenny Wagner
Spartans
Eidora
Tiger
Holeman
Kell
Harrington
Warl Page
Eldora
Wagner
Steam Boat Rock Class Play Promises Hindering Shadow
Steam boat Rock high school will present their class play Mean My Shadow on Wednesday evening November 1. The leading role of a young lawyer around whom the plot revolves is played by Gordon Daleske with Marjene Snapp as his shadow. A nine-member cast includes a mother in law and a nosy neighbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steamboat. Rock High School
Gordon Daleske
Marjene Snapp
Cominy
Democracy and free choice in Iowa election talk
Ed Purdy defends voter choice and candidate autonomy arguing democracy hinges on individual liberty. He denounces cranks and dictators and urges Americans to defend the right to select their own life path, beverage preferences, and political choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lfaken
Ed Purdy
Iowa
Europe
America
Seven Veterans Lead Eldora Tigerettes Basketball Team
Coach Dick Camp’s Eldora Tigerettes prep for the 1950-51 season with seven letterwinners forming the core as 24 candidates practice for the opener against Cole on Nov 14. Betty Willig and Joy Lee are top scorers from last year, with Pat Holcomb back to fill vacancies and a deep backcourt including Rey Bauer and Aletha Rebschull. The team aims to top last year’s 7-11 record, with an optimistic outlook and a schedule of November to December games toward a stronger season. Public notices and local updates on residents and events accompany the sports item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Camp
Eldora Tigerettes
Cole
Prosente Club
Betty Willig
Joy Lee
Pat Holcomb
New Providence
Dixie Crosley
Audrey Rudolph
Shirley Follett
Dolores Bright
Mary Lu Brown
Marilyn Mitchall
Peggy McNertney
Sylva Steckler
LaDonna Teckenburg
Dorina Luglan
Eldora Junior High Football Heads to Grundy Center
Grundy Center hosts Eldora's junior high grid eleven for their final game of the season after Eldora notched a 41 0 win margin against the same Grundy squad earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora’s
Grundy Center
Little Tigers
Grundy Eleven
Radcliffe Officials Weigh Joining Diamond League
Radcliffe baseball officials met in Marshalltown to decide if the west Hardin semi pro nine should join a proposed Hawkeye state diamond league for 1951. No action was taken and a Nov 16 meeting was set. Eight teams would form the circuit with four encounters each, with Marshalltown Ottumwa Oskaloosa Monroe Kellogg and Knoxville already indicating interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliffe
Radcliffe Baseball Association
Marshalltown
West Hardin
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Monroe
Kellogg
Knoxville
Married Couples at District Meeting in Hardin County
Members of the Hardin County Young Married Couples group attended a district conference in Boone with over 90 people listening to Frank Ehmann of the Iowa Farm Bureau discuss goals for Young Married Couples activities. The group, sponsored by Farm Bureau, meets to discuss rural issues and socializing. Milton Zimmerman married Josephine McLeRoy on Saturday, with relatives including Albert Zimmerman and his children present. Other attendees included Dick Clemons, Bud Svendson, Dick Pulse, and the Folkerts family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Boone
Dick Clemons
Bud Svendson
New Providence
Dick Pulse
Frank Ehmann
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Bureau
Milton Zimmerman
Josephine McLeRoy
Albert Zimmerman
Herbert
Margret
Milton
Zimmermans
Ray Folkerts
Iowa City
Norris
Nason
Netha
Hie H. Folkerts
Providence Mrs Ross Reece School News
School notes list scholastic honor roll and honorable mentions, with names across junior high and high school. The class paper editor Peggy Bogue aims to publish by Oct 23. Play production of Black Coffee features Sir Claud Amory and Hercule Poirot with Baxter Publishing Company support. Classroom activities span readers, arithmetic, health interest, puppetry, and project work across grades from kindergarten to senior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Beach
Janet Bradley
Don Shaver
Marilyn Williams
June Shaver
Audery Copeland
Phyliss Broer
Louis Davis
Gretchen Hough
Darlene McDonald
Joan Foster
Roberta Faust
Tommy Campbell
Margaret
Dois Mitchell
Nadine Nassen
Pogey Bogue
Jean Mitchell
Ralph Mikkelson
Betty Runyon
Floyd DeLawyer
Phil Rash
Claud Amory
Hercule, Poirot
Allan Pool
Baker Publishing Company
Boston
Mass
Birthday dinner honors Mrs. Haggin at Pine Lake park
A birthday dinner was held at Pine Lake park on Sunday October 14 honoring Mrs. Thomas Haggin. Guests with baskets included Mr. and Mrs. Evan Reece, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jeske and others. The Balcoms plan a winter home move to San Benito Texas in about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Park
Thomas Haggin
Evan Reece
Marvin Jeske
Loren
Melvin
Ed Nassen
Carlton
Nadine
Ernest Chilton
Sharon
Herb Ziebell
Janet
Hubbard
Tessie
Fred Balcom
Jessie Balecom
George Hudspeth
Newton
Balcoms
San Benito
Texas
Noa Reece
Roy Campbell
Ted Broer
Rural Womens Organization
New Providence
Tuesay
Warren Mossman
Radcliffe
Carol Ann Mossman
Wray Furlong
Des Moines
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Eldora Herald-Ledger
Stubborn Tigers
North Iowa
WLT
Grandy Center
Traer
Reinbee
Ackley
Marie Eilers
Progress Club
Wm. Eckle
A. E. Tempel
John Widergren
Duane Ferris
Russell Holmes
Herman Primus
Alfred Janssen
Hoover-Eiserman Post American Legion and Auxiliary
Chas W. Green
Auxiliary
Russell Karstens
Orville ‘Wilts
Green
Steamboat Rock
Dorcas Society
Baptist Church
Edwiner
Cleveland
Ohio
Ben Johnson
Henry Rose
L. M. Kelley
Manchester
Kelley
George F. Kelley
Hartman Girls
Capper
Topeka
Kansas
George Kelley
Maurice Gast
U. Sonday
Waterloo
Sea Knight
C.+A. Nipper
N. E. ‘Wassen
Joe’ Marshowa
Grace Tigerette
Soneauic
Cole H
Reinbeck T
Albion H
Conrad T
Colfax T
West Des Moines
Liscomb T
Geneva H
Colfax
Union T
Zearing
Dempster
Carrie Fouts
Vidora
Roy Hathaway
Nipper
Fern Amsberry
Kent
Milo
Dale Chaddock
Victor
Ben Jaspers
Hiek. Folkerts
P. G. Ruppelt
Canton
Henrietta Hall
H. V. Siebert
Grimes
J. A. Holmes
L. G. Johnson
B. J. Carr
Swaledale
C. W. Ross
Wellsburg
Wellsburg Spent Thursday With Her Niece, Mrs. Eldon Havens, and Familly
Grace Baker
Eldon Havens
A. J. Marken
Hampton
Tom Claassen
Craig
Harry Folkerts
A. H. Eckhoff
Herman Eckhoff
D. H. Walters
Russell W. Holmes
Dennis
Bes Moines
Edward Bear
Ward
Johnnie
Brenda
John Il. Bear
Witant
Barbara
Wells
Fred Learnedburg
Bill Frerichs
Howard Hall
Kendrick
Louis Muller
Sara Billingsley
van Dyke
Mich
Kamrar
L. A. Luiken
Henry Wubbens
Ethel Faris
Emily Faris
Minert DeVries
Shirley
Keith
Toyre
Freeport
Diamond
Providence
Mrs. Ross Reece
School News High School
Olyn Faust
James McKenzie
Maija Standins
Charlotte Clampitt
Jo Ann Coate
Marcia Dreier
Jean Elerding
Lana McCarthy
Donald McKee
Gila Minear
David Mitchell
Lynda Perkins
Janet Reece
Larry White
Maija Studins
Fairies
Charles Wood
Vicki Lou Williams
India
Karen Wooten
Anne Wooten
Patty Dooley
Patty Bogue
Karen Beach
Sharon Rogers
Sandra Jeske
Myrna Williams
Lynn Prochiska
Kenneth Martin
John Lorber
Sherry Foltz
Corning
George ‘Cummins
Marvin McKenzie
Lawn Hill
Mrs. E. R. Eagan
Longenecker Funeral Home
W. H. Longeneckers
Eldora, Lowa
WM. H. Nicholas
M.D. Synhorst
Lecy
M. L. Abrahamson
Chet B
Akers
Jessie M. Parker
B. M. Richardson
Commerce
Republican State Central Committee
Clyde
David B. Long
Commerce Comm
McFarland
C. C. Rubow
Pine Lake
Sam B. Noe
Union
Capelles
Hartley
17Th Ave
Kandy
Pierson Milling Co
Majestic Coal Range
Ticles
Blanche Wadson
Aga
Salee
Paul Fulmer
Mercury
Hough Motors
General Electric
Leight Lght
AMD
Central States Electric Company
Forder
Smith Motors
Oldsmobile
Eldora, Iowa
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