Outlook at Night School Set for Eldora Farmers
Dr Francis Kutish Iowa State College economist will discuss 1957 prospects at the farmers night school meeting Monday December 10 at 7 30 p m in the Eldora vocational agriculture building The subject list includes the corn referendum world politics and the shifting scene in American agriculture The public is invited Petition circulation for a special Eldora school bond election to add to the Eldora Community school is delayed pending study by architects and the board of education The board plans to study other districts gymnasiums auditoriums and music room additions aiming to keep the project near 225000 The architects suggest finishing omissions to stay within budget and keeping the addition to 106 by 108 feet The Lundy Butler and Lundy firm is ordered to draft petition forms but further study is deemed necessary before circulation
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Vocational Agriculture
Eldora
Francis Kutish
Iowa State College
Kutish
Board of Education
Steamboat Rock Cash Certificate Days Planned
Steamboat Rock merchants sponsor three cash certificate days as part of a Christmas program. Ten certificates will be awarded on each of the next two Saturdays and Friday, Dec. 21, with awards at city hall at 2 30 p.m. Santa Claus arrives Saturday, Dec. 22 at 2 30 p.m. with free candy for children.
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Steamboat Rock
Santa Claus
Norris and Ruppel Win Hormel Hams
Keith Norris and Armand Ruppel of Eldora won first place in the Hormel hog judging and grading contest held during Eldora’s open house at the new hog buying station. Results were announced Tuesday after evaluation at the Hormel plant in Fort Dodge where the animals were graded and slaughtered. Hormel manager Charlie Mohler presented the hams.
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Keith Norris
Armand Ruppel
Eldora
Hormel
Ft. Dodge
Charlie Mohler
Postmaster Explains Eldora Mail Schedule
Eldora postmaster J. R. Bahne clarifies mail dispatches with six daily pickups, Sunday hours till 5 30 pm, and next morning delivery. He notes deadlines 45 minutes before departures, urges timely mailing, and warns against late mail abuse while praising overall service.
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Eldora
J. R. Bahne
Highway Post Office
Highway P
Red Cross Appeals Funds for Hungarian Relief
The South Hardin Chapter of the American Red Cross seeks extra funds to meet a national appeal for five million dollars to aid Hungarians and refugees. The drive emphasizes food clothing shelter and medical supplies for those in Austria and Hungary, with contributions to be left at the bank or mailed to Mrs. Cecil Pickering Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hardin
American Red Cross
Austria
Hungary
Cecil Pickering
Eldora
Petit Jurors to Report Monday in Reynolds Case
Petit jurors will report here Monday for the State of Iowa vs. Fred Reynolds of Town Falls charged with indecent exposure. The case was assigned by Judge G. R. Hill. Tuesday Anton T. Meyer of Hampton pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license and was fined $100.
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Petit
State of
Iowa
Fred Reynolds
Town Falls
G. R. Hill
Anton T. Meyer
Hampton
Play Festival at Union Wednesday to feature eight schools
Hardin county play festival scheduled for Wednesday at Union-Whitten gym with eight schools participating. Afternoon shows run 2 to 5 pm featuring Hubbard Radcliffe Wellsburg New Providence, evening programs 7 to 10 pm include Eldora Owasa Steam Boat Rock and Union-Whitten. Lunch served between sessions by Union-Whitten speech activity club. A judge will critique performances.
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Hardin County
Union-Whitten
Union
Hubbard
Radcliffe
Wellsburg
New Providence
Eldora
Owasa
Steamboat Rock
Mothers of the Union-Whitten
Jim Ruby Receives $100 Award From R&T
Eldora based Herald-Index printer Jim Ruby was awarded a $100 check by the Des Moines Register and Tribune circulation department Tuesday. The prize reflects his role managing a Sunday Register route and the gain in new subscribers.
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Jim Ruby
Herald - Index
Eldora
Des Moines Register
Tribune
Ruby
Sunday Register
Eldora School Board Moves to Advertise Gas Burner Bid
The Eldora community school board approved plans to advertise for bids on a gas burner and boiler for the heating plant. They approved converting one unit to natural gas after a Wednesday night meeting.
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Eldora Community School Board
Corn Acreage Vote Set For Tuesday In Hardin County
Hardin county residents will vote Tuesday on corn acreage in all townships from 8 am to 7 pm local polling sites listed across Alden Buckeye Clay Steamboat Rock Concord Garden City Eldora Ellis Etna Ackley Grant Hubbard Hardin Town Falls Jackson Owasa Pleasant Roughwood Providence New Providence Sherman Radcliffe Union. The last information meeting for the referendum is tonight in Eldora at 8 pm, sponsored by extension service and the county ASC committee.
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Robert Bremner
Boat Rock
Hardin County Medical Society
Eldora
Cox Sisters
Robert Sherman
Ackley
F. N. Cole
Iowa Falls
David H. Glenn
Hardin County
Extension Service
ASC
Alden
City
Buckeye
Buck- Clay
Steamboat Rock
Concord
Garden City
Courthouse
Ellis
Etna
Grant
Hubbard
Hardin
Town Falls
Jackson
Owasa
Pleasant
Pleasant Township
Roughwood
Providence
New Providence
Sherman
Radcliffe
Tipton
Union
Narcotic Thief Still At Large and Car Found
Paul Carters 1954 Chevrolet was recovered in Marshalltown after being stolen Sunday from Union. Authorities believe the same suspects involved in a $500 narcotics theft from a Wellsburg doctor's office Saturday night stole money from a Wellsburg cafe and a truck later abandoned in Eldora. Ralph Parker, an Eldora taxi driver, ferried a nameless man to Wellsburg and back to Union, where the visitor stayed at the Winchester hotel claiming to be a finance investigator. The state bureau of investigation is investigating.
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Paul Carter
Union
Marshalltown
Wellsburg
Bockhoff Cafe
Eldora
Ralph Parker
Parker
Winchester
State Bureau of Investigation
Funeral services set for centenarian Wendell Maulsby
Centenarian Wendell P Maulsby of Marshalltown died Wednesday after a lingering illness. Services Saturday at Friends church Marshalltown with ministers Wayne Allman and Orville Cox presiding. Interment Prairieville Cemetery. Survived by wife 97, son A R Maulsby Kansas City, Mo, daughter Mrs Kurtz Eldora, another daughter Mrs C F Breeden Albany Illinois. one daughter Mabel preceded him in death. Born May 10 1856 in Indiana, he moved to Marshalltown in 1864, married Minnie Palmer in 1885, later auctioneering. He was a birthright Quaker and member of Masonic and IOOF lodges.
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Wendell P. Maulsby
Marshalltown
Glenn Kurtz
Eldora
Friends Church
Wayne Allman
Orville Cox
Penn College
Prairieville
A. R. Maulsby
Kansas City
Kurtz
C .F. Breeden
Albany
Mabel
Mr. Maulsby
Indiana
Benjamin Maulsby
Minnie Palmer
Maulsby
Learn About Electricity At Clinic
A Lovell-Denniston Lumber Co. team led by Carpenter and Ray Loewen hosts an electricity clinic with Harold Wehrman Harold Clark Wm Vigars John Helmick and Bob Wood assisting. The event aims to educate attendees on safety and basic electrical concepts.
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Carpenter
Ray Loewen
The
Lovell-Denniston Lumber Co
Harold Wehrman
Harold Clark
Wm. Vigars
John Helmick
Bob Wood
Testimony in Miller case ends as court weighs pleadings
In district court Tuesday afternoon the case Mutual Benefit Insurance Company of New Jersey versus Grace Potter Miller concluded testimony. The defendant filed additional pleadings and the plaintiff has until December 10 to respond before the court rules. The record notes a $40,000 mortgage on Mrs. Millers farms with part of funds tied to the Dewey fraud case.
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Mutual Benefit Insurance Company of New Jersey
Grace Potter Miller
Lighted Skating Rink Planned In El Dora City
City plans a lighted skating rink for this winter in the southwest corner of the city playground. Snow from streets will be dumped in a vacant lot in Vinton Heights southeast section after trucking away from the rink site. Previously the city flooded tennis courts for skating.
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Eldora
Vinton Heights
Mrs Stilley Joins Eldora Library Board
Mrs Stilley was named to the Eldora library board at a Monday city council meeting. She replaces Mrs J R Bahne who resigned recently. Board members include Dr J F Steckler president Kermith Huehn secretary Mrs Harry DeBaggio Fred Miller James L Cameron Mrs L L Scott Mrs Robert Dornsbach Mrs L W Flickinger and librarian Mrs Chet Van Derveer.
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Manley Stilley
Eldora Library
Stilley
J. R. Bahne
J. F. Steckler
Kermith Huehn
Harry DeBaggio
Fred Miller
James L. Cameron
L. L. Scott
Robert Dornsbach
L. W. Flickinger
Chet van Derveer
Eldora Seniors Set Meeting at K Drape Hall
Eldora senior citizens group plans a 2 pm gathering on Saturday at the K Drape venue with December date indicated. The notice emphasizes a social, informational meeting for members and attendees.
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Eldora Senior Citizens
Farm Operators School Opens Here Today
Hardin County Extension Service sponsors a two day farm operators school in the county youth building on December 7 and December 14 from 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m. Tom Wickersham will cover swine and beef nutrition on December 7 and planning the livestock program and organizing the farm business on December 14. Husbands and wives may attend and bring their own utensils for a noon potluck. Topics include corn referendum sound borrowing credit landscaping production and management issues and marketing margins.
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Farm Operators
Hardin County Extension Service
Tom Wickersham
Hardin County
Sewing Class To Hold Style Show
A style show will be presented by the ladies of the adult evening sewing class on Monday Dec. 17 at 7 30 p.m. The class will decide on the meeting place next week. Mrs. R R Bateson is the instructor.
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R. R. Bateson
Herald-Index expands printing plant with new press and chief promoted
The Eldora Herald-Index announces expansion of its commercial printing department with a high speed offset press. Doyle Felton is named Business Promotion Manager, bringing prior leadership in chamber work and advertising and sales promotion to the Eldora paper.
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Felton
H-I
Herald-Index Publishing Company
Doyle Felton
Eldora
Hardin County
Chamber of Commerce
Denniston and Partridge Co
Newton
Herald-Index
Herald Index
Paul Mason
Herald - Index
Mason
Detroit
Springfield
Ill
East St. Louis
Dale Peshia
Linotype
Charles Davis
Jim Ruby
Gene Peshia
David Nehring
Don McMillen
Katharine Piper
Grace Protheroe
Marcella Parker
George R. Stauffacher
Foreman Checks New Multilith Press for Whink Ad
A foreman inspects the new Multilith offset press after completing a 300,000-run two color advertisement for Whink Products Co of Eldora. The high speed press reportedly ran the job at a steady rate with accurate reproduction, captured by H-1 Photo.
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Paul Mason
Herald-Index
Whink Products Co
Eldora
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Ruppel
Hormel Hams
Star
Jewell
Gifford
Tama
Red Cross
Petit Jurors
Bremner
R&t
Carter
Bob Carpenter
Iowa Electric Light & Power Co
Farm
Eldora Vocational Agriculture Building
Adult Farmers Evening School
Miller
Denniston ~ Partridge Lumber Yards
Marshall Counties
Eldora Papers
Mrs. Felton
Liv
Ing
Strickler
Pamela
Bateson and Ryan, Eldora Law Firm
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