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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1972
Page
1
Eldora elementary school will host a five day maturity clinic from April 10 to 14 to assess readiness for next year's kindergartners. Principal Larry Reed says the program aims to improve self concept and guide parents on entrance decisions while existing kindergartners take a break and gain early exposure to activities.
Eldora Public Library librarian Mrs. Fred Kekstadt announced a book delivery service for shut ins. Residents should call the library at 858-173 to arrange home delivery of books. Russ Harvey Autoland was named official dealer for Eldora area for Pontiac Buick Opel as per Hardin County Index. Marriage licenses issued to Randall Johnson and Rebecca Clouser. Leo Holman and Iris Warner. Ronald Small and Vicki Harrison. Dean Stalzer and Cynthia Reed.
Masaru Kaida, 22, from Ashyoro Japan, lives with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haywood near Union as part of the Japanese Agricultural Training Program. The two-year work-study plan, arranged by 4 H and the Japanese council, blends six months of institutional training with 18 months on farm work plus extra schooling. Kaida, who arrived in Washington DC in June 1971, will stay with the Haywoods until January 1973 as his hosts.
The New Providence School Music Department stages Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music tonight at 7:40 p.m. in a community production directed by Vincent Chorne. Cast includes Marla, Captain Von Trapp’s family, Heather Shindle, Traci Williams, Kathy Harrell, Kent Wright and others. The piece features local students Dan White, Mary Carol Williams, Charlene Marsh, Peggy Reece, Rick Talbot, and more, with Haywood and Kaida discussed in a separate feature on exchange experiences and family life in Japan.
Hardin County YRs host annual dinner at Pine Lake Country Club Eldora Monday April 10 at 6 30 pm. Tickets from YR members or at the door. Smith auditor of state since 1968 seeks re election after 1970 win. Dinner chair Jeff Hanover handles arrangements. Dr Lloyd A Frazer, brother of Mrs Cook of New Providence, dies in Stuart Florida. services to be held in Towns City later this week.
Loren Goodknight longtime Eldora police chief since 1972 resigns effective April 15 to accept deputy position with Hardin County Sheriff Lowell McCormick replacing Ray Brown. He has completed Iowa Law Enforcement Academy training and other courses. Eldora force includes Bachman Bergman Luiken. County staff includes Sheriff McCormick and Deputy Callaway with a shared dispatch system serving Eldora.
Property owners on the west and south sides of Eldora's courthouse square heard details on proposed street and sidewalk work for 1972 at a Tuesday city hall meeting. City officials, engineers, and residents discussed assessments, drainage needs, and the timing of a public hearing planned for May with a ten year payment plan at seven percent interest.
Caucuses Tuesday night named precinct committeemen and committeewomen in 19 Har din county precincts with seven of eleven polls showing Lt. Gov. Roger Jepsen ahead of Gov. Robert D. Ray 68 to 38 in the gubernatorial race. Delegates were chosen for the county Republican convention Friday, June 9 in Eldora.
Eldora will host its annual Chamber of Commerce banquet on Thursday April 20 at 6 30 p m in the Hardin County Youth Building on the Eldora fair grounds. The event features displays on community business industry and tourism plus Pine Lake and west side square improvements. Artist Al Nelson will be guest speaker outlining storefront remodeling plans with a no structural change low cost approach. A surprise finale is planned with invocation by Robert Voss and a review of 1972 activities by Roger Black and Jim Shea plus Pine Lake Improvement and Industrial Development reports. Tickets go on sale April 10 from chamber board members or the office at 1313 Edgington Avenue.
Superintendent George Rinehart reported that 30 teaching staff signed contracts for the 1972 73 school year. The deadline to return contracts is Saturday April 15. A regular Eldora school board meeting is set for Wednesday April 12 at 7 30 p m in the superintendent s office.
Leo J Megan of Eldora is hospitalized at Veterans Hospital in Des Moines room 529 after major surgery on March 30 to remove his voicebox. He underwent the operation and remains in the care of medical staff under observation.
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