Many Changes at School In Schmidt's 16 Years
Eldora four consolidated schools open Tuesday as F. K. Schmidt begins his 29th year in education. Schmidt, Purdue graduate and Iowa MA, started teaching at Reinbeck, led four years at Auburn, five at Scranton, then moved to Eldora in 1888. He has directed the Eldora system for seven years and led many reforms.
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F. K. Schmidt
Purdue University
University of Iowa
Schmidt
Reinbeck
Auburn
Scranton
Eldora
Union School Readies Opening on Monday August 20
Union School will open Monday with buses at regular time and a shortened day ending at 1 00. No regular classes but assignments for next day and rental bills to be settled. SEPT. D J Norton named manual training and track coach. Kenneth MacDonald principal teaches commercial subjects and history.
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UNION
D. J. Norton
Kenneth Mac
Donald
Eloise Lyon
Milo Myers
Elinor Shore
Kathryn Packer
Muriel Dawson
Nira
Rosella Doud
Eldora School Upgrades Highlight Schmidt Era Accomplishments
Since his arrival, Schmidt oversaw additions like junior high and Hardin units, a vocational agriculture program, adult classes, student councils, and a Hallowe'en program to curb mischief. He notes reduced music and homemaking staff, expanded health services, and four buses replaced by seven modern ones serving 250 rural students. The high school added advanced math and science courses and offered an aeronautics program with student solo flights.
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Schmidt
Arisit
Bidar
Tea m
Eldora
State Fair Booths Highlight Rural Hardin County Education
Rural Hardin county schools showcase two state fair booths featuring winning county fair entries. The exhibits emphasize the regular curriculum with a focus on soil conservation and environmental stewardship.
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Hardin County
Marriage Licenses Listed For Several Couples
Herman narris aged 21 and Phyllis Smitherman aged 18 of Union, Paul Hansen 22 of Ackley and Jane Kinney 19 of Iowa Falls, D. K. Anderson 26 of Mazon city, and Thelma Neubauer 24 of Iowa Falls are shown as marriage licenses in the report.
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Herman Narris
Phyllis Smitherman
Union
Paul Hansen
Ackley
Jane Kinney
Iowa Falls
D. K. Anderson
Mazon City
Thelma Neubauer
Steamboat Rock to Open Half Day School Monday
Steamboat Rock consolidated school begins the 1949-50 year with a half day session starting next Monday. New instructors include Mary Hicks Eldora teaching grades one and two, Fernberry Steamboat Rock teaching grades three and four, and Lawrence Eggleston Whitten teaching grades seven and eight. Improvements planned in the building feature new woodworking machines and painting of windows and rooms. George Harms will transport students as the district ends bus service. Several holdover staff return, and Mrs. Simester and Mrs. Filbrandt will oversee hot lunches starting Monday.
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Steamboat Rock
Steamboat c
Lloyd Simester
Mary Hicks
Eldora
Peates
Fernberry
Lawrence Eggleston
Whitten
Manual Arts
George Harms
E. S. Rosenberger
Lyle Calloway
Thomas Roberts
Arena
Wise
Max Sharpshair
Governor's Day At Eldora Rotary Club Meeting
Rob Roy Cerney of Mason City, district head, addressed Rotarians briefing on Rotarys four objects club service vocational service community service international service He urged focus on Americas freedom and resisting centralization then met informally with B H Lundy and officers to discuss organizational matters.
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Eldora Rotary Club
Rob Roy Cerney
Mason City
Iowa
Rotary
Cerney
America
B. H. Lundy
Union Canal Cooperative Telephone unveils switchboard progress
The switchboard is in position in the new Union Canal Cooperative Telephone building and wiring work is underway. The facility signals progress in local communications, with construction advancing toward operation.
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Union Canal 6 Cooperative Telephone
Union Observes Diamond Jubilee 75th Anniversary Weekend
The town of Union invites the public to celebrate its diamond jubilee on Sunday and Monday September 4 and 5 marking the 75th anniversary of founding in 1874. A two day program is detailed in an advertisement on page 4. A commemorative Union Diamond Jubilee souvenir section will publish in next Tuesday's Herald Ledger with news, history features, and old pictures.
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Union
Spage 4
Herald-Ledger
Herald- Ledger
Union Drum Corps
ER. L. Anderson
Charlie Lawrence
Herbert Lawrence
Harry Dilton
Bernice Letts
Clarence Letts
Moran
Eldora
Club Releases 421 Pheasants in Conservation Effort
Pine Lake Wildlife club released 421 pheasants raised from two weeks old at Clive. Areas stocked include Eldora John Bogue farm Pine Lake club house grounds Merle Sherbon farm D T Swasand farm and several others with hunting posted for a year. Earlier 25 birds escaped and state conservation officer Kay Setchell notes rapid growth and positive prospects for the hunting area.
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Hardin County
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Clive
Kay Setchell
Wildlife Club
Pheasant Committee
Eldora
John Bogue
Pine Lake
Merle Sherbon
D. T. Swasand
William Dobbrunz
Lawn Hill
Lowell McCormick
Farmer Sportsmen's’ Cooperative
Hubbard
Henry Blomberg
Steamboat Rock
Pine Creek
Dewey’ Creson
Lester Taylor
Union
L. H. Chance
New Providence
W. R. Reece
Negro Attorney Speaking at Methodist Sunday School
The Methodist Sunday school invites the public to a Sunday program on August 28 at ten o’clock in the parish hall. Des Moines lawyer Mrs. Gertrude Rush, a 1914 graduate, will discuss race problems as part of a fourth Sunday special program.
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The
Methodist Sunday School
Gertrude ‘Rush
Des Moines
Services for Herman Blerding at Eldora Baptist Church
Funeral services for Herman Christian Blerding age 80 will be held at 2 PM Friday at Eldora Baptist Church with Rev. Dewey Lamprecht and Rev. John A. Deedrick presiding. Burial follows at New Providence cemetery. Blerding, born April 8 1859 in Pleasant township Hardin county, resided 80 years on the same farm, never married, survived by nieces and nephews including Bert Meyers Everett Elerding Harold Elerding Charles King and others. He lived with his niece Mrs Bert Meyers and Mr Meyers in Eldora for the last decade and was a member of the county Seventy Five Year club.
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Eldora Baptist Church
Herman Christian Blerding
Eldora Hospital
Dewey Lamprecht
John A. Deedrick
Charles Polley
Audrey Walters
Howard Clingerman
Gorgon Hess
George O'Bryan
Flowers
Adolph Balvant
Florence Norris
Everett Elerding
Harold Elerding
Edward King
Charles King
Howard Harris
John Smith
New Providence
Mr. Elerding
William
Wilhelmina Elerding
Pleasant Township
Hardin County
Eldora
Bert Meyers
Myers
Elerding
Everett
Ed Arthur
Webster City
Virgil Tarr
Aiken
Minn
Anna Rathburn
Chandler
George Rathburn
St. Paul
Nina Hunter
Newell
John Pink
Buffalo Center
J. E. Smith
Louisa Lepley
Laota
Mrs Stephen Davies Dies in Wisconsin on Vacation
Miss Helen Burling received a message Wednesday announcing the death of her sister Mrs Stephen Davies at Bailey's Harbor Wisconsin where she and her husband were on vacation Burial services will be held in Eldora the time not being determined Mrs Davies was born in Eldora Mr and Mrs Davies lived in Des Moines until recently when they moved to Chicago Surviving besides her husband and her sister in Eldora are two brothers Edward Burling of Washington DC and James I Burling of Des Moines
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Helen Burling
Stephen FE. Davies
Bailey’s Harbor
Wis
Eldora
Davies
Des Moines
Chicago
Edward Burling
Washington, D. C
James I Burling
Harris Buys Local Furniture Business
Union E. H. Harris, former pastor of the Community church, has purchased the furniture business of E. H. Biersborn here and taken possession. Mr. and Mrs. Harris planned a vacation and will carry out the trip. Biersborn continues in active management until Harris returns.
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UNION
E. H. Harris
E. H. Biersborn
Emmerts Lease Grocery Dept Passes to V A Dunn
Emmerts lease their store room and sell grocery and meat stock to V A Dunn effective Sept 1. Dunn will run the store under Super Valu, with ute LaFrance managing the meat department from the Webster City store. Dunn, a longtime grocer from Rock Valley, will reside at 1708 25th Street with his wife and daughter Helen. LaFrance, a WWII veteran, is married with one child.
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Emmerts
V. A. Dunn
Rock Valley
Dunn
Ute | LaFrance
Depot Hours Change With New Post At St Louis Station
Beginning next week Agent J A Page will run the M and St L station with the second trick operator post ending. No one will be on duty after 3pm and Page’s hours may shift to afternoon or evening. From Sept 1 no one will work Saturdays Sundays or holidays. Sunday service ended weeks ago making the new order apply to Saturdays and holidays. Express Agent Ralph Allbee says to meet the 40 hour week the express office will close on holidays and at noon Saturdays. Full delivery will be made for shipments arriving Saturday morning.
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J. A. Page
Express
Ralph Allbee
Three New Polio Cases Raise Iowa Falls Total to Twenty
Iowa Falls and Hardin county report three new polio cases this week, bringing the county total to 20. Bill Mogle aged 20 and Harold Allen aged 36 were hospitalized, both listed as satisfactory. Lucretia Swan, 25, is treated at home and under quarantine after her brother Russell Smith, 22, died from polio on August 16. Two Hardin county patients remain in the polio ward at University hospital, Iowa City.
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Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Evelyn Olson
Bill Mogle
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Harold Allen
Iowa City
Lucretia Swan
Russell Smith
New Band Man Plans Four Phase Program at Eldora
Wayne Aurand is the new Eldora high instrumental instructor succeeding Earl Dunn. He will start with marching band work on opening day and has eight days to prepare for the September 9 football game exhibition. Aurand asks returning senior band members and newcomers to bring instruments and report at 11 15 a m. on opening day.
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Wayne Aurand
Eldora High
Earl Dunn
Aurand
Bette Bateson
Dan Munson
Delores McKibben
Gary Lettow
Irvin Norman
Jerry Crandall
Loren Doughty
Roger Pyle
Billy Smith
Bill, Cleveland
Marvin Moats
Farm Bureau Sets 1950 Membership Quota at 1675
Hardin County Farm Bureau plans for 1950 quota of 1675 members at a meeting last Friday. Current membership stands at 1660, a record high, with dues rising from 10 to 15 dollars. Noel Campbell will supervise the drive as enrollments begin September 1, followed by an October campaign and intensive mail efforts. Committee members include Hillis Wilson, Lloyd Roland, Samuel L. Campbell, Harold E. Clark, and William Dreier.
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Hardin Junty Farm Bureau
Hardin Farm Bureau
Noel Campbell
Fieldman
Bureau
Hillis Wilson
Iowa Falls
Lloyd Roland
Alden
Samuel L. Campbell
Harold E. Clark
Eldora
William Dreier
Hubbard
Veteran moves to Des Moines hospital for ongoing injuries
Dale North of Eldora was injured in an airplane spray accident on June 22 and has been hospitalized at Mercy hospital in Des Moines for a month. He has been moved to the Veterans hospital in Des Moines, with little change in his condition.
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Veterans Hospital
Dale North
Eldora
Mercy
Vet surgeon Dr. L. L. Roberts opens practice near Eldora
Dr. L. L. Roberts, D V M, now runs a veterinary practice at his farm twenty miles southeast of Eldora. He and his wife Floy Sheldon recently moved from Chanute Kansas, where he served as a hospital pathologist for 25 years in Hardin County.
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L. L. Roberts
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Eldora
Roberts
Floy Sheldon
Hardin County
Chanute
Kan
Eldora Schools Open 1949-50 With Record 34 Instructors
The Eldora consolidated schools start the 1949-50 year with a record 34 instructors, including 12 new to the system. A full-day session begins Tuesday at 9 a.m., with Monday devoted to faculty meetings and indoctrination. An annual banquet for teachers and school board members and their spouses is set for 6:30 Monday evening.
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Eldora Consolidated
Eldora
ITWO
Eidora
New Eldora School Staff Assignments Listed
The article lists new instructors with home towns and alma maters for high school and junior high positions plus returning staff. Names include Ruth Milliken Cedar Falls Wayne Aurand Enid Whade Bernadine Landon Louis Bower Betty Holloway and many others with years taught noted in parentheses.
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Ruth Milliken
Hawarden
S. T
Wayne Aurand
Cedar Falls
Mich. A
Dale Purcell
Fertile
Iowa State
Enid Whade
Linn Grove
School enrollment and upgrades at local district
F. K. Schmidt reports this year’s enrollment about 681 students, slightly down from last year, with 506 in grades and 185 in high school. A record opening-day registration occurred Monday, and a new one-semester driving course will be added under Arnold Piersall’s industrial arts. A dual control Pontiac 6 was purchased for instruction. Summer renovations include painting, plumbing, new fixtures, two remodeled rooms, football field dressing rooms, added lighting, new clocks, and a garbage disposal in the cafeteria. The system will end mixed classes by moving the agriculture room to Room 7.
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F. K. Schmidt
Arnold Piersall
Bien
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