Eldora Jaycees Wage 25 Mile March for Charity
Sixteen Eldora Jaycees and others walked twenty five miles for the March of Dimes on a Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. and ending about 2 p.m. Their feet and muscles ached as they returned to Eldora and collapsed on the courthouse lawn. Participants included Dan Cummings Mike Smith Steve Stonebrook David Christensen Wayne Sims Kenneth Terfehn John Cobb Jon Hawk Sam Estes Jr Barb McLean Mike Kenny Ed Silhacek Gerald Brown Donna Meyer Jon Beck and Brian Nichols.
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Eldora Jaycees
Dan Cummings
Mike Smith
Steve Stonebrook
David Christensen
Wayne Sims
Kenneth Terfehn
John Cobb
Jon Hawk
Sam Estes, Jr
Barb McLean
Mike Kenny
Ed Silhacek
Gerald Brown
Donna Meyer
Jon Beck
Brian Nichols
Eldora
Abandoned Virginia House Reveals Hidden Memories
A reader recalls an old country home left to time with a broken door and missing windows. Inside the lower floor shows rusted items and stories of former inhabitants, while memories of a grandmother’s house and the scent of homemade bread echo from the past.
Seek Miss REC Candidates for Pageant in Hardin County
Miss Rural Electrification pageant opens to Hardin County REC members daughters aged 16 to 21. Local contest June 1 with gifts and bonds for winners, state finals to select Iowa entrant for national Dallas pageant. Deadline May 15. entry blanks at schools and Iowa Falls REC office. Contestants perform on June 1 eve public event.
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Hardin County Rec
Paul McCormick
Iowa
Dallas
Tex
McCormick
Iowa Falls
Grandmother’s house holds memories and sadness
The narrator recalls a large grandmother house with a bottom story containing a new room reached in a perfect circle, where a sister learned to walk, circling until exhaustion. The house remembers children and families through good times and bad, now carrying a quiet sorrow as if it could speak.
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