Hardin REC Approved For $580000 Grant
A $580000 Rural Electrification Administration loan to Hardin County Rural Electric Cooperative in Iowa Falls was announced by Congressman Grassley. The funding will repair March 1975 storm damage and fund five year improvements including underground wiring to tie substations, with cost next to be covered by additional financing.
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Hardin County Rural Electric Cooperative
Iowa Falls
Charles &. Grassley
Waterloo
Rural Electrification Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Francis Krueger
Hubbard
Krueger
Hardin Group
Whitehead Seeks Third Term On Iowa Valley Board
Morris R. Whitehead of New Providence seeks his third term as director of District 2 on the Iowa Valley Community College Board. He is unopposed in the Sept. 9 election, has served since 1969, and is superintendent of the Quakerdale Home. Arthur French Jr. of Marshalltown also runs unopposed.
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Morris R. Whitehead
New Providence
Iowa Valley Community College Board of
Community College
Wellsburg
Radcliffe
Hubbard
Eldora
Steamboat Rock
Union-Whitten
West Marshall
Whitehead
Iowa Valley Board
Quakerdale
Baylor University
Waco
Tex
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
U.S. Air Force
Honey Creek
Eldora High School
Bruce VanBronkhorst
Dick Bonwell
Greater Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
South Tama High School
Ronald Sayer
Benah Gray
Lloyd Leuthold
Lillian Mueller
Sharon Panthen
Aletha DeWitt
Roxy Dunn
Hazel Wasson
Carl Williamson
Robert Dornsbach
Donald Prescott
Ben Harms
Lydia Cammack
Union
Steve Reece
Gifford
Julia Wilson
Bill Weeks
Grinnell
Iowa Valley Community College Board
Eldora Area Focuses on Street Plan Stay Order
Eldora city council issued a stay order on engineering work for southeast street improvement while a second public information meeting is planned. The scope includes East from Washington to 10th and South from 17th, with cost options between concrete and asphalt, cost shifts for property owners, and $500 for a new assessment schedule.
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Eldora
Washington
10Th
17Th
18Th
19Th Avenues
17Th Avenue
12Th
11Th
Wallace Holland Kastler Schmitz and Co
Mason City
Eldora to See New Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Dealership
A new Chrysler Plymouth Dodge truck dealership announced by James and Carolyn Braga will open in Eldora at 905 Edgington Avenue on the former lumber yard site. Construction of a 45 by 136 foot prestressed concrete showroom and garage, costing about 90000, is set to begin immediately with Smith-Gebris Construction of Iowa Falls handling the build. The Bragas bring a long auto industry background and plan to announce an opening date later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Hill Cooperative
New Providence
Quad States Construction Company
Des Moines
Clyde Longnecker
James D. Or
Carolyn M. Braga
Edgington Ave
Harold Putnam
3Rd Street Place
Orval Ray Ridpath
16Th Street
Steve Stonebrook
9Th Avenue
Everett Kantak
15Th Avenue
City Hall
Eldora
James
Carolyn Braga
Edgington Avenue
Smith-Gebris Construction
Iowa Falls
Braga
J. W. Braga
Towa Falls
Brava
Don’t Harvest Hot Weather Corn Too Soon Johnson Warns
Jim Johnson county extension director cautions farmers not to harvest silage while corn is still wet from hot weather. If rains come in early August a decent grain crop is possible. otherwise delays may shift harvest weeks. He stresses target 35 percent dry matter for silage and notes nitrates decline with maturation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Johnson
Johnson
September 9 special questions in two area districts
Two area school districts place September 9 ballot questions. Hubbard asks levy not to exceed 67 mills per thousand for grounds, schoolhouses, debts, libraries, roads, building equipment, repairs or remodeling for future projects over 100 years. Union-Whitten asks permission to sell the former principal’s house with proceeds added to the schoolhouse fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area
Hubbard
Union-Whitten
Whitten
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Hardin Rec
Cook
Winters
Frank Cook
Neil Hadley
Ralph Winters
Richard Lawler
Willis Stowe
John Bradley
Boone Valley Cooperative
Land 'O Lakes
Farmland Industries
FEMIC
Fisher Community Center
Marshalltown
Connie Lyman
Iowa Valley Community College
West Main Street
Marshallown
Robert Tyson
State Office For Planning and Programming
Area Six Regional Planning Commission
Hardin
Marshall
Poweshiek
Tama
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ford
United States
Gerald Ford
Fort Des Moines
Mike Crosser
Robert R. Brown
Iowa
Century
Century Farm
Hardin County
Donald Rands
Ackley
Harry Axtell
Robert Boeke
Harry Clampitt
Caroline Elkin
Arend Fisher
Howard Frey
John Graham
Wilson Hadley
Donald Hauser
Robert Hornung
Fenton Hudson
Susie Jackson
Helen Johns
John Kemp
Alden
Robert Kellogg
Herman Leverton
John Lyon
Harold Marsh
Winifred Pierce
Charley Ryken
Martin Ryken
Lloyd Rasmussen
Lyle Schwartz
Norma Lee
Howard Sisam
Teske Brothers
Frances Williams
Luther Williams
Pearl Wood
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa Farm Bureau
Cheryl
Darla
Cheryl Haywood
Darla Bachman
Hardin County Fair
Scenic City Kiwanis Club
Mike R. Perry
Hardin County District Court
Midwest Builders, Inc
John Langfill
John Holcomb
Eldora Fire Department
John McBride
Smith-Boyen
South Hardin Recreation Center
Farm Bureau
UCC
Vacation Bible
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Yom Stonebrook
Frank Walde
Frank Stewart
Jan Dirks
Vicki Higgason
COATS
Fldora
Continental Albums, Inc
Omaha
Neb
Peoples Finance Company
E. E. Johnston
Ronald Wood
Wood
Small Claims Court
Johnston
District Court
Hoekstra Construction Company
Eldora Public Library
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