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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1950
Page
9
Eldora Bearcats 4-H club met at Gordon Reisinger's home for the monthly session. Roll call referenced horse breeds and members worked on club reports. Plans were made for a county 4-H skating party with refreshments provided by Mrs. Kenneth Reisinger.
A Doud family picnic was held Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Bert Pagel in Melbourne. Attending were Mr and Mrs Carroll Doud Pine Lake Mrs Freda Doud Mr and Mrs Joe Doud and Raymond Eldora and Robert Wilson of New Providence.
Thirteen Hardin county schools participated in the Iowa school lunch program during the 1949 1950 year serving 313 179 Type A lunches 50 018 Type C lunches with 12 299 meals free to those unable to pay. The program received 18 982.97 in federal funds plus commodi ties from the U S Department of Agriculture and other federal sources.
Mr and Mrs Raye Teske hosted a birthday supper Sunday night for sons Marvin and Dale. Guests included the Steinfeldt and Frank Steinfeldt families from Eldora and others from Sheffield and Iowa Falls. The area residents visited multiple homes Sunday and Monday, with numerous local families hosting relatives and friends over the weekend.
Ernest Monroe, 50, of Eldora waived preliminary hearing before Justice C. W. Haase after being arrested Saturday night by Perry Wison and Frank St. John. He was bound over to the district court grand jury under a $500 bond that was furnished.
Preparations for a half mile Hardin county fair stock car race are complete with a dust free track due to a special water formula. An entry-heavy program features drivers from Topeka Minneapolis Grinnell Duenweg Cedar Rapids Shreveport Chicago and more. Eminent cars include Lincolns Oldsmobile 88s Kaisers Fords Mercurys Plymouths Dodges Buicks Chryslers and Packards limited to 1941 models or newer. The 25 lap race sees Adelman of Minneapolis win after Dunaway of Raleigh briefly overtakes him. Both drivers are expected to appear at the fairgrounds Saturday afternoon.
Ai and Mrs Adrian Dicken and son visited in Rochester Minnesota with Mr Hugh Clarke a St Marys hospital patient. Several families visited relatives at Eldora, Des Moines, Waterloo, Chicago, Ames, Williams, New Providence and Marshalltown. Rosie Prim wed at Whitten with Chrismans present. Loyalties and travel among Gundersons and Adams families noted.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bernard return to their home after a weeklong vacation visiting relatives from Stockbridge Michigan to Niagara Falls then south through Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky Little David Bernard visited his grandparents during the trip Numerous relatives and friends are noted across Cedar Rapids Osage and nearby towns with gatherings and weddings mentioned along the way Also listed are families connected to farm tours and a wedding at Osage Frances Aulstrand local music teacher was wed with several Broer relatives performing soloists on the ceremony schedule
Hubbard fire brigade fought a mysterious blaze that heavily damaged the district No. 4 schoolhouse in Grant township near Hubbard. The building, bought by Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Smuck, was slated for Hubbard relocation or remodeling into a home, and was almost a total loss though partially insured.
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