Eldora Captures Midget Crown in Tight Final
Eldora defeated Conrad 9 4 to win the Midget baseball tournament tied to Kiddies Nickel Days. Four runs in the sixth inning sealed the victory after Eldora led 3 0 early. Don Knott pitched seven innings for Eldora while Kelvin Huehn won Friday night to reach the final. Medals will be awarded by the Eldora chamber of commerce to players from both clubs.
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Eldora
Conrad
Don Knott
Union Club
Kelvin Huehn
Steamboat Rock
Steamboaters
Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Nine Veterans In Union High School Baseball Club
Nine letterwinners return to Roy Kragel's Union squad as it opens this week versus Whitcomb and later Owasa. The 1952 spring club went 11-2 and reached district finals, with summer wins in Albion and a 7-3 Central Iowa Junior Legion finish. Returning players include Vernon, Smitherman, Jessup, Carter, Schaffer, Lepley, Haywood, Biersborn, and Denison. Fall schedule lists games through October 3 including sectional tourney.
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Union High School
Whit
Union
Owasa
Albion
Central Iowa Junior Legion Loop
Roy Kragel
Howard Vernon
Dave Smitherman
Stephen Jessup
Dale Carter
Allyn Schaffer
Joe Lepley
Arvin Haywood
Keith Biersborn
Carroll Dickenson
First inning surge powers Hubbard past Zearing 8-3
Hubbard seized a five run first inning then added two more in the third and fifth to beat Zearing 8-3 in a seven inning semi pro game. Lowell Aschkrat homered after walks by Doering and Ridout. Hermie Doering went 3 for 4 with two doubles as Hubbard totaled 10 hits. Harold Ridout started on the mound before Aschkrat pitched in the sixth.
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Hubbard
Zearing
Lowell Aschkrat
Harold Ridout
Aschkrat
Dow AFB Maine Softball Player Competes in District Meet
Kenneth Cook, ex New Providence athlete, played for Dow Air Force Base Maine softball team in the Northern District AF sports conference at Presque Isle AFB Maine. The district winner advances to the Southern conference champion and on to the World Wide AF championship in Bridgeport Connecticut September 5 to 9. Cook, a 1948 New Providence graduate, was a prominent figure in Pine Lake conference athletics and softball.
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Kenneth Cook
New Providence
Dow Air Force Base
Maine
Presque Isle Air Force Base
Bridgeport
Conn
Cook
Pine Lake
Bahr Team Wins City Horseshoe Championship
Otto Bahr led his team to the Eldora city horseshoe title on the local court Thursday, edging out Mert Babcock's aggregation by 19 to 18 after a five week tournament. Coffee and donuts were served after the session.
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Otto Bahr
Mert Babcock
Bahr
League Action In Final Play In Local Soft Ball League
Local softball action heads into the final round with Thursday night games featuring WHW versus Iowa Electric and Union meeting Standard Oil. Friday closes the season with Vets against FFA and league leading Southside Mesavatn vs Standard Oil.
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WHW
Iowa Electric
Union
Standard Oil
Vets
FFA
Southside Mesavatn
Standard Il
4 H Demonstration Tops at State Fair
Lisle Cook and Gary Hadley earned high honors with their demonstration "Chute Them To Market" at the State Fair last week. Eight of fifty demonstrations were chosen to compete for purple ribbons. The Hardin County duo were eliminated among the top eight. the winning 127 demonstrations advance to the International Livestock Show in Chicago.
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Lisle Cook
Gary Hadley
Hardin County
Chicago
Aces Rally Past State Center in Labor Day Clash
Hubbard Doering earned a seven hit win as the Aces beat State Center 5 to 3. Hubbard plated two runs and Dale Thornton added a two run double while Uschkrat and Doering contributed key singles and walks. State Center led 2 0 in the second before Hubbard surged with three runs in the fourth and two more in the sixth to seal the victory.
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Hubbard
Fpitcher
Hermie” Doreing
Labor Day
Habana
State Center
Harold Dole
Ted Ridout
Dole
Harold Ridout
Lowell Aschkrat
Eldora Hosts Boone Valley Golf Tournament This Week
Pine Lake country club in Eldora will host the Boone Valley Golf tournament on Sunday September 14. Harrison Wolcott Boone Valley president announced a 730 PM start. The event features medal play with 16 in the championship flight and eight in each other flight, 27 hole play, veterans and juniors divisions, team traveling trophies, and prizes in each flight. It is one of Iowa's oldest regional golf events.
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Pine Lake Country Club
Eldora
Boone Valley
Harrison Wolcott
Boone Valley Association
Iowa
Wet Grounds Nullify Radcliffe Nevada Semi Pro Game
Wet grounds at Radcliffe Friday night forced most of the Radcliffe Nevada semi pro baseball contest to be postponed.
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Radcliffe-Nevada
Radcliffe
Hospital Notes and Births Across Communities
Front page brief lists patients in Eldora Hubbard Wellsburg Nevada Radcliffe New Providence Zearing and Carroll Oakland with names and households. Birth announcements note Radcliffe Mrs James Lee a girl August 28 Mrs Russell Krause a boy August 31 Whitten Mrs Lowell Lewis a girl August 28 Steamboat Rock Mrs Niels Boysen a girl September 1.
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Eldora
Ed Anderson
Carrie Fouts
Charles John Shorts
Hubbard
Charlotta Walters
Omar Helen
Steamboat Rock
Alfred Bell
Henrietta Hall
Wellsburg
Bill Deters
Nevada
J. Guy Handsaker
Radcliffe
Lulu Jones
New Providence
L. H. Broer
Zearing
Darrell A. Oakland
Carroll E
Whitten
Lowell Lewis
Niels Boysen
Potgeter promoted to Airman First Class in Japan
James A. Potgeter, son of Mr and Mrs George Potgeter of Steamboat Rock, is promoted by Col Wray B Bartling CO 20th Weather Squadron Japan to Airman First Class. He serves as a Weather Observer with the Weather Service Detachment of the Military Air Transport Service on Honshu. Other local servicemen listed include Donald Vernon Montz and Donald R Schaa at Norman and Fort Sill with different units. Alvin A Neubauer is noted with Hasco in New York in Army service.
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Potgeter
Wray B. Bartling
20Th Weather Squadron
Japan
James A. Potgeter
Ale Potgeter
George Potgeter
Steamboat Rock
Honshu
Air Weather Service
World Wide Military Air Transport Service
Towa Falls Boy Is Latest Polio Victim
Dennis Birdwell, son of Mr and Mrs Davis Birdwell of Iowa Falls, Hardin County, is the latest polio victim. He was rushed to Blank Hospital Des Moines last Wednesday night after falling ill the morning he visited his uncle Vernon Reagan in Eldora. His mother summoned him home before further transport to Des Moines.
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Dennis Birdwell
Davis Irdwell
Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Dennis
Blank Hospital
Des Moines
Vernon Reagan
Eldora
Pioneer Resident Of Hardin County Dies In Iowa Falls
Hattie Caine 88 longtime Hardin County resident died Tuesday after four months illness. Funeral held last Saturday at First Methodist Church Iowa Falls. Born November 8 1863 in Cottage community she was daughter of Sylvester and Catherine Axtell. Survived by daughter Ida Caine Ellsworth College music faculty.
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First Methodist Church
Iowa Falls
Hattie Caine
Cedar Falls
Robert Thomas Caine
Ida Caine
Ellsworth College
Clothing Center Open Afternoons All This Week
Volunteer workers will be on hand each afternoon this week from 2:00 to 5:00 in the east room of the Farm Bureau Building to accept clothing contributions for overseas relief. A city-wide collection will be held next Saturday, September 6, with trucks picking up doorsteps. The drive notes scarce clothing in Europe and the Middle East due to rising prices and stagnant wages.
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Farm Bureau
Relief efforts described in Sept 2 1952 Eldora piece
The article notes widespread postwar hardship with relief tapering in many areas while new needs emerge. It highlights France Germany Austria Southern Italy the Middle East and Korea as regions with acute clothing shortages refugee distress homelessness and urgent appeal for aid from Americans.
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France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Middle East
Korea
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Des Moines Register
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Champ AF Softball Club
Hardin County’s Picture Newspapers
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Evergreen Hatchery
Dysart, Iowa
State Center Falls
Dowring
Rhe St. Center
C. Benson
L. Baters Hubbard
Doering
Boone Valley Golf
Parkin
United Food Market
Merle Stevens
W. R. Foster
Cpl
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Clothing Center
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