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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1949
Page
6
Herald-Ledger sports editor weighs a community night baseball project in Eldora. The plan, based on promising young players and donor funding, would need leadership, money, and a lighted park. Night games attract fans, fit players’ schedules, and could salvage a profitable season if organized this off season.
Rumblings notes the Hardin County Fair opening with cars and crowds growing despite polio era handicaps. It recalls old harness racing figures Megan and Janssen and a quirky local anecdote about missing Sunday numbers and a photographer misframing a shot at Pine Lake.
The article recalls Eldora's pivotal role in early Iowa rail ambitions, detailing Judge Porter and boosters pushing a Des Moines to Minnesota line, ties vote in Mason City, and the creation of the St Louis and St Paul railroad venture. It notes Eldora’s lasting outlet connections and local leaders who built the Eldora Marshalltown corridor, with references to coal fields, county figures, and the broader rail network.
The Rotary Club of Eldora hosts Rob Roy Cerney district governor of the 91st Rotary International district for a noon meeting next Tuesday. He will confer with President E. H. Lundy and others at a club assembly after the regular meeting. Cerney, Mason City attorney, oversees activities of about 7,000 clubs worldwide in 81 regions.
Eldora public schools mourn Miss Julia Scurry's resignation as stops, while Mr. and Mrs. Waldo suffer injuries after a run, and a lecturer from Alden speaks on civilization and education. Reports cover church sermons, fairs preparations, new constructions, marriages, deaths, and community events across Hardin county with names like Aggie Albrook and George Staley prominent.
The Bureau of Home Economics studied 150000 children ages 4 to 17 to develop height and weight based sizing. Iowa State College expert notes this method standardizes fit across makers, with mail order houses and underwear firms leading adoption.
The Iowa patrol reports its strongest safety enforcement in history, citing 609 arrests for drunken driving up from last year and 14,136 summonses issued, with warnings and faulty equipment tickets rising. Patrolmen aided over 16,000 motorists, while total fines collected dropped by about 22,000 to 211,175.
The report shows six months of record activity with over three and a half million miles driven by the patrol at an average cost of just over two cents per mile, funded by the county school fund.
Retired Philippine missionary Rev. Darrell Banning will address Eldora Baptist Church Sunday morning and present colored slides at the evening service. He is expected to share experiences and insights from his missionary work abroad.
Property transfers recorded from 1948 to 1949 show multiple deeds. Joe Trittien and wife convey to H H Luiken and wife. C L Ross and others to L A David. Ethal May Roberts to Lewis Kinney. Blanche Hopkins to W T Nicholson. Tomb and wife to W D Campbell. Sub-Div Co to L H Sullivan. The Cora Homan and wife to Hazel Folkerts. Locations include Elk, Rock, 14-89-21, 14-59-21, The Pines, Sheffield's Add, Gif ford Iowa and 27-89-19.
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