Absentee Ballots Now On Hand In Office Of County Auditor Scott
Absentee ballots are now available in the office of County Auditor R A Scott for voters unable to attend the November general election. The proposed constitutional amendments would alter line of succession for governor and lieutenant governor, assigning duties to the lieutenant governor or Speaker when vacancies or disabilities occur, with the General Assembly enabled to elect a governor and lieutenant governor in joint session.
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Scott
R. A. Scott
Iowa
General Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Voter Registration Rules for Hardin County Iowa
Hardin County voters do not need to register to vote in the November 4 election. Iowa law requires registration only for residents of towns over 10,000. Any person 21 or older who has lived in Iowa six months, in Hardin County 60 days, and in their precinct ten days before the election may vote.
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Hardin County
Iowa
Absentee ballots rules for Iowa election amendments
Auditor’s office urges in person or mail applications with priority for service members. Service members or a family member may file for them. All ballots must reach the auditor before the day prior to election. An extra ballot will accompany both absentee and regular ballots for November. Voters will decide on two constitutional amendments concerning governor and lieutenant governor succession if the winner cannot serve.
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Scott
Auditor's Office
Iowa
Three Hardin County Herds Win 400 Club Certificate
At Iowa State College the second annual dairy conference honored three Hardin County herds for joining the 400 Club. J. N. Martin and Son of New Providence, Eldora’s Training School, and Roy N Finster of Eldora owned the winning Jersey herds. Floyd J Arnold reported the event drawing about 1500 dairymen and technicians. Martin’s Jersey herd boasted the longest record with an average butterfat yield per cow.
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Hardin County
Iowa
Iowa State College
Floyd. J. Arnold
Dairyman
J. N. Martin
Holy Name Society Elects New State Officers
Robert Carson named president of the Holy Name Society of St Marys Catholic Church at the annual election last Thursday evening in the parish hall. New officers include Al Rudolph as vice president Ted Roling as secretary Clyde Walton as treasurer and Glen Donner as marshal.
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Robert Carson
Holy Name Society of
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
al Rudolph
Ted Roling
Clyde Walton
Glen Donner
Iowa 400 Club Award Winners Highlight History
The Training School herd has been in the club for 13 years and Finster's herd for 11 years. To win the Iowa 400 club certificate the herd must average 400 over 10 years including the current year. Only 34 herds out of 1,691 tested in Iowa earned the 1952 award.
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Finster's
Iowa
Iowa Falls City Manager Drowned While Fishing in Canada
Forrest E. Dougan, 52, city manager of Iowa Falls for seven years, drowned Sunday during a fishing trip near Sioux Narrows Ontario. Sheriff Hodgson plus Iowa Falls men Jack Dempsey A W Burgess Robert Mullane and Richard Burton assisted in the search. Burton is the son of Chester Burton, Dougan’s companion. Burgess owned the cabin. Dougan and Burton were with an Indian guide when their aluminum boat capsized. Two hours after the capsizing Burton and the guide were rescued. Dougan released his grip and sank as the water chilled. Deportment and wife survive Dougan with three children.
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Paul Hodgson
Forrest E. Dougan
Iowa Falls
Sioux Narrows
Ontario
Canada
Dougan
Hodgson
Jack Dempsey
Eldora
A. W. Burgess
Robert Mullane
Richard Burton
Burton
Chester Burton
Burgess
Paul Lyon
Verne Newton
Vance Kinsey
Training School Appoints New Coach to Replace Blumm
Terry Knott has assumed duties as athletic coach at the Training School, replacing Leroy Blumm who was discharged September 5 after his name appeared in the investigation of an incident involving two escaped inmates and related staff. Supt. Hollis Miles said Blumm and James Ramsey were cleared by the state board of control, while other staff changes include Donald Martin as vocational agriculture instructor and Robert Patterson as social science instructor starting September 15, with Patterson’s nurse wife to serve in the school hospital.
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Terry Knott
Hollis Miles
Knott
Leroy Blumm
Miles
Blumm
James Ramsey
Lloyd Coonradt
Ruby
Coonradt
Ramsey
State Board of Control
Donald Martin
Robert Patterson
Patterson
Martin
Robert Ranney
University of Minnesota
Hunting Laws Now Available At Recorder's Office
The 1953 hunting laws are available from the county recorder Julia Mulford and conservation officers or the State Conservation Commission in Des Moines. Trapping laws will follow, waterfowl regulations posted in post offices, and duck stamps may be bought at county post offices for hunters over age sixteen.
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County Recorder
Julia
Mulford
Conservation Officers
State ‘Conservation Commission
Des Moinés
Walther League Restores Eldora Cemetery For Centennial
A group of 35 Walther League members from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, led by Meta Balvanz and Keith Steinfeldt, are restoring the Eldora Cemetery on the Steinfeldt farm. They cleared underbrush, repaired the fence, and plan a grave census, fencing repairs, and tree planting to honor Eldora’s centennial. They have uncovered about twenty graves with more likely as work continues through fall and spring.
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Walther League of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Eldora
Meta Balvanz
Keith Steinfeldt
League
R. A. Steinfeldt
Eldora Cemetery Association
Gray
Steinfeldt
Otto Jeske
Carl Steinfeldt
Councilmen Approve Police Chief Salary Increase
City councilmen granted Police Chief W. R. Foster a $15 monthly raise, bringing his pay to $235 retroactive to September 1. They also approved street light installations near the homes of J. Gorman Clarence Emmert Harley Riemenschneider and W. E. Reiber.
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W. R. Foster
Foster
J. Gorman
Clarence Emmert
Harley Riemenschneider
W. E. Reiber
Mrs. John Lawless Seriously Burned In Home Fire
Mrs. John Lawless sustained third degree burns to the upper body when a pan of paraffin used for canning ignited. Alone in the kitchen she reportedly had her clothing catch fire while trying to move the pan from the stove. She rolled on the floor in an effort to extinguish the flames. She was hospitalized at Eldora with condition described as seriously burned before the Monday improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lawless
Eldora Hospital
Pfc Richard Reisen Injured In Kansas City Crash
Pfc Richard Reisen formerly of Union was critically injured when his car rear ended a semi trailer near Kansas City Kansas last Thursday. Pfc William Cole of Tiffin was killed. Reisen and Cole were en route home on furlough, Reisen at Providence Hospital Kansas City.
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Pfc
Richard Reisen
Union
Union-Gifford
Kansas City
Kan
Providence Hospital
Reisen
William Cole
Tiffin
Names Named For Fall Term Petit Jurors District Court
The Hardin County clerk released a list of 85 residents drawn for petit jury duty for the fall term starting September 29. Jurors must report at 10:00 a.m. October 6, with 14 Eldorans among them. The list includes Ackley residents Mark Achtermann and Jacob Greenfield, Alden names, Eldora jurors, and others from Iowa Falls New Providence Radcliffe and Union.
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Eldorans
Hardin County
Fred Miller
Ackley
Mark Achtermann
Jacob Greenfield
Ray Jannsen
Georgia Kuper
Hershel Smith
Alden
Clara Staley
H. B. Grupe
Ruth Trittien
Otis Waldo
Lee Hayden
Wm. Zeltman
E. J. Cable
Paul Fulmer
Hubbard
Hubert Hanson
Ervin Dettbarn
Elmer Bunte
Robt. Dreier
Henry Winter, Jr
Walter Brandt
Paul Brinkmeyer
Roy Engel
Howard McBride
Steve Taber
Art Grantow
Harold Faust
Iowa Falls
Fred Veriick, Jr
F. J. Hudson
Marjorie Costello
Carl Hamilton
Mike Fischer
Lucille Kautenberger
Guy L. Leach
Russell Hastings
Melvin Oppold
Virginia Johnson
John Marshall
Edna Hackbarth
Mary Sheldon
Earl Dunn
Harry B. Reynolds
Ruth Crowell
Robin Kelsey
Matilda Boddy
Ray Boddy
Fred Siebold
E. A. Franklin
Chris Warnecke
Ed Steinfeldt
Margaret Beecroft
Frances Lutz
Eller Graham
John L. Hart
Frank Beugen
Richard Lettow
Mathew Greensweig
Frank Aldinger
Olive O'Mala
New Providence
Lewis Dunham
Beatrice Frazier
Radcliffe
Elsie Nassen
Thelma Hinderacker
Doris Stolee
Louis Bjerkestrand
Sam E. Sampson
Verner Fuhrman
Evalena Miller
Paul Glenney
Hamers Arrive Before Taking Iran Post Visit
Mr and Mrs Berlin Hamer and their 18 month twin daughters Vera and Sonja arrived in New Providence last Friday after adopting in Berlin. Mrs Cooks met them in Des Moines and accompanied them home. They will visit relatives in New Providence and Mr Hamer's parents in Waterloo before sailing to Iran for his new assignment as agriculture attaché at the U S Embassy.
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Berlin Hamer
Vera
Sonja
Berlin
Schedule 2 PMA Committee Meetings
Compliance schools for PMA township committee members will be held tomorrow and Thursday September 17 and 18 in the basement of the city hall at Iowa Falls.
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Iowa Falls
Dr Stonebrook Serves as Iowa Delegate at National Dental Meet
Dr H W Stonebrook returned from the 93rd annual American Dental Association session in St Louis September 8 to 11. As an official Iowa State Dental Society delegate he served on the top policy making body. The State Society vice president noted that over 12 000 delegates attended and more than fifty scientists presented papers at Kiel Auditorium. A program highlight was color television of surgical procedures.
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H. W. Stonebrook
American Dental Association
St. Louis
Iowa State Dental Society
Stonebrook
Kiel Auditorium
Final Rites Held At Hubbard For Mrs H S Boeke
Funeral services were held at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church Hubbard for Mrs H S Boeke 78 who died Tuesday. Interment followed in Hubbard Cemetery Rev Arthur Kruetzmann officiated pallbearers were Alfred Mesch Russell Boeke Harley Klemme Lawrence Boeke Leo Boeke and Arthur Winter. Mrs Boeke born January 16 1874 in Grant Township southeast of Hubbard married H S Boeke December 6 1894. She was a member of Zion Church and Zion Women's Guild. Surviving include husband three sons Elmer Arthur Boeke of Hubbard Martin Boeke of Wellsburg one daughter Mrs Atlee Larson of Hubbard seven grandchildren one great grandchild two sisters Mrs Fred Mesch Mrs Fred Winter one half brother Fred sie Kilemme and three half sisters Mrs Charles Risse Mrs Rena Hankemeier and Mrs Alfred Mannetter.
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Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hubbard
H. S. Boeke
Hidera Hospital
Hubbard Cemetery
Arthur Kruetzmann
Alfred Mesch
Russell Boeke
Harley Klemme
Lawrence Boeke
Leo Boeke
Arthur Winter
Hardin County
Boeke
Lizzie Hoelscher
Grant Township
Zion Church
Zion Women's Guild
Mr. Boeke
Elmer
Arthur Boeke
Martin Boeke
Wellsburg
Atlee Larson
Fred Mesch
Fred Winter
Fredsie Kilemme
Chas. Risse
Rena Hankemeier
Alfred Mannetter
Bank conference adds Iowa rep to national loan group
E W Engelson Hubbard will be among four representatives of the Central Iowa National Farm Loan Association attending the 35th anniversary Federal Land Bank conference in Rapid City South Dakota on Thursday and Friday September 25 and 26 with the event set to run across those dates.
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E. W. Engelson
Hubbard
Central Iowa National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank
Rapid City
S. D
Former Hardin County Resident Neils Ryg Widow Dies in Iowa Falls
Mrs Neils Ryg 57 a former Hardin County resident died Wednesday at Ellsworth Hospital Iowa Falls Final rites were held in Kenyon Minnesota Saturday She was born February 10 1895 near Buckeye daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Pinske She married Neils Ryg on August 26 1914 Surviving are four daughters two sons ten grandchildren and two grandsons stationed in Newfoundland Her husband was killed in an automobile accident last April
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Hardin County
Iowa Falls
Kenyon
Minn
Neils Ryg
Ellsworth Hospital
Ryg
Robert Swain
Buckeye
Robert Pinske
Swain
Art Heggendahl
Claremont
Elmer Kleven
West Concord
Roger Butterfield
Sioux Falls
S. D
Pfc
John Ryg
Newfoundland
Reuben Pinske
Eldora
First Issue Of School News To Appear Sept. 23
Eldora Hi-Lites, the school newspaper written and edited by local students, debuts in the September 23 Herald Ledger. Faculty sponsors are Mrs. Jeannette Wickey and Mrs. Ruth Midgette. The 1952-53 staff includes Editor Joan Balvant and reporters such as Charles Crandall Marilyn Pinske Julia Clinger.
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Hi-Lites
Eldora
Herald-Ledger
Jeannette Wickey
Ruth Midgette
Supt. F. Schmidt
Joan Balvant
Leone Bow
Sandra Bailey
Audrey Rudolph
Mary Beach
Mary Lou Brown
Barbara Holcomb
Marvyn Priske
Barbara Langland
Pat Priske
Kay Griffel
Sharon Arkland
Yvonne Estes
Kay Frazer
Phyllis Williams
Mary Ann Schultz
Sylva Steckler
Peg McNertney
Roberta Meader
Charles Crandall
Marilyn Pinske
Julia Clingerman
Barbara Mairs
Barbara Parker
Jean van Tiger
Delegates Named for Iowa Nebraska Kiwanis Session
Lester E Ose C Q Short and KE J Matheson to represent the local Kiwanis Club at the Nebraska Iowa Kiwanis District convention in Fort Dodge from September 21 to 23. Dr Orin F Crow will be the featured speaker. he is a Kiwanis International trustee and university educator. President Ned Fagg announced the delegation.
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Lester E, Ose
C. Q. Short
KE. J. Matheson
Kiwanis Club
Nebraska-Iowa Kiwanis
Fort Dodge
Ned Fagg
Orin F. Crow
Kiwanis International
School of
University of South Carolina
Columbia
Community Service Organization
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Pine Lake Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Willater
Legion Club
Wayne Blankenship
Queens
Eldora High School
Bridge
Canasta
Lyle Hubard
Jurgen Tjaden
John Essig
Fred K. Schmidt
E. E. Linder
Ruth Midgette
Masons To Confer Degrees Tomorrow
Masons to confer the first degree on candidates as members meet in the lodge rooms tomorrow evening at 7 30 o clock. Refreshments will follow the business meeting.
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Masonic Lodge
July Bond Sales Jump in County Countywide increase in E and H bonds
Alvin W. Jaspers of Steamboat Rock announced county July purchases of series E and H Defense bonds reached 46,120 dollars. Iowa total July E and H sales stood at 6,869,629 dollars, up from June 6,805,644 and July 1951’s 5,686,586. June first surpassed May and July exceeded June.
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Alvin W. Jaspers
Steamboat Rock
Savings
Iowa
Three-time donors for bloodmobile named in Eldora report
The Red Cross lists Rev Ralph B Imes Mrs Wesley Emmert George Janssen Marion Munsinger and Charles H Pearce as three time Bloodmobile donors in Eldora joining previously named donors Mrs Robert Ferguson Kel Strother Lee Lundy Rober Jackson Howard Haugland and Dean Whitney Each has given a pint on all three visits Local list incomplete without further donor reports contact Mrs Shelby Clemons Red Cross registration chairman in Des Moines keeps donor records there
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Red Cross
Ralph B. Imes
Wesley Emmert
George Janssen
Marion Munsinger
Charles H. Pearce
Robert Ferguson
Kel Strother
Lee Lundy
Rober Jackson
Eldora
Howard Haugland
Dean Whitney
Radcliffe
Shelby Clemons
Red Cross Registration
Des Moines
Tool shed damaged by fire near Eldora
A tool shed on the Ray Taylor farm northwest of Eldora was slightly damaged when sparked from a chimney. Eldora firemen arrived after the alarm and extinguished the flames.
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Ray Taylor
Eldora
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Holy Name Society
New State
I. F
Sunday Hodgson
Forrest Dougan
Supt
Recorder’s Office
Walther League
Lutheran Group
R. J. King
New Pella
Pella
New Webster School
Pella Chronicle
Lady
Lunker
Glenn Taylor
Hamers
Iran
PMA
Dr. Stonebrook
Nat. ‘Dental Meet
Ers
Gary Soli
Norma Jeske
Dixie Crosley
Bette Bateson
SueAnn McLeran
Bill Krause
Over-Cokes
Bob Bateson
Ronnie Oldenburg
Tom Irwin
Tattlin Till
Mary Ellen Krause
Patty Brown
Joan Bockes
Patty McNertney
Ag. News
Kenneth Steinfeldt
High
Mary Butler
Irene Hodgson
Jane Grantow
Sylva Stecker
Iowa-Nebraska Kiwanis
DR. Orin F. Crow
R. C
DeVries
DeVries Hatchery
Leonard DeVries
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