Free Matinee for Children Opens Christmas in Eldora
Eldora Chamber of Commerce and merchants sponsor a second free movie matinee for children up to 12 at 2:00 PM tomorrow at the New Grand Theatre with Roy Rogers and Trigger and comics Ol son and Johnson. Santa returns Saturday afternoon 1:30 to 4:30 and opens his mailbox. Extra cash prizes will be awarded at 8:00 PM on December 17 18 19 22 23. The Nativity Scene panorama arranged by local churches debuts on courthouse lawn December 17 at 7:30 PM lasting 20 minutes with carols and narration, repeated Dec 18 19 20 and 22.
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Eldora
Santa Claus
Courthouse Square
Herald-Index
Chamber of Commerce
New Grand Theatre
Roy ‘Rogers
Trigger
Olson and
Johnson
Christmas Music From EHS Groups Sunday Concert
Eldora high school concert band and special chorus present a December 14 program with carols folk songs and modern pieces such as White Christmas Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Leigh Ride Narrators singers and instrumentalists feature in a manger scene with Mary Joseph angels and shepherds A Santa entry decorates the show with art department help and a coordinating committee of Follett Steckler Heslop Modlin and Steege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora High School
Warren Flath
Donald Lomen
Santa Claus
Leigh Ride
Bob Bateson
Bill Krause
Shirley Follett
Merle Froning
Janice Cramer
Mary
Bob Stewart
Joseph
Polly Crosley
Julie Myers
Carol Gaede
Karen Luick
Darrel Mitchell
Wesley Albin
Larry McGill
Helen Steege
Art Department
Sylva’ Steckler
Nancy Heslop
Dann Modlin
1953 Hardin County Fair Dates Set for August 10 12
The Hardin County Agricultural Society announced the 1953 county fair will run August 10 through 12 after Des Moines state fair officials confirmed dates. Cecil Rooks said a contract was signed with Nelson Carnival Company of Des Moines to provide midway entertainment. County attendees included Mr and Mrs Wilson Hadley Roland Macy Mr and Mrs Leo Megan Mr and Mrs Dwight Heltibridle Mr and Mrs K E Reisinger Mr and Mrs Stanley Dreier and Mr and Mrs Rufus Hoelscher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Cecil Rooks
Hardin County Agricultural Society
Nelson Carnival Company
Wilson
Hadley
Roland ‘Macy
Leo Megan
Dwight Heltibridle
K. E. Reisinger
Stanley Dreier
Rufus Hoelscher
Young People in ISTC Choir Sing at Iowa State College
Rosemary Faris, daughter of Mr and Mrs James H Faris New Providence, and Richard Clampitt, son of Mr and Mrs Roy J Clampitt Route 2 New Providence, are members of the festival choir which will sing the Ganelen Dec 14 at Iowa State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Faris
James H. Faris
New Providence
Richard Clampitt
Roy J. Clampitt
Route 2
Iowa State College
Record Upswing In Soil Conservation in Hardin County
A 1952 rise in soil conservation on Hardin County farms set a new high with 58 farmers joining the district as cooperators in 11 months, bringing total farmers assisted to 311 and land farmed to 57,535 acres. The national trend shows 80 percent more farmers aided by the Soil Conservation Service year over year, part of a broader move that now covers 1,120,000 farmers on one-fourth of U.S. farmland.
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Hardin County
Bernard Reece
County Soil Conservation District Commissioners
Reece
SCS_ farm
Soil Conservation Service
LCS
Gift subscription offers through El dora Newspapers-104
Puzzled shoppers can solve Christmas problems with a gift subscription to the El dora Newspapers 104. Twice weekly issues cover local doings countywide and keep the recipient thinking of you all year. Cost is 4.50 in Hardin and nearby counties, 5.50 elsewhere. Gift card available.
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Eldora
Hardin
Rites Held at N P For Mrs C O Mabee
Funeral services were held at Friends Church for Mrs C O Mabee 88 who died Monday in a Mitchell South Dakota hospital Interment was in New Providence She was born Nellie BE Wright November 12 1864 and married Dr Mabee October 4 1888 surviving are one daughter three sons six grandchildren and one great grandchild
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New Providence
Friends Church
C. O. Mabee
Mitchell, S. D
Nursing student Nancy Jones elected class president
Miss Nancy Jones a junior in the University of Iowa City School of Nursing was chosen president of her class. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Jones of Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Jones
School of Nursing
Iowa City
Miss Jones
Guy Jones
Eldora
Independent Telephone Committee Holds All Day Meeting in Eldora
The Iowa Independent Telephone Association Small Company Committees met in Eldora with 13 members to map five district meetings across Iowa and plan engineering tools to rehabilitate and improve service for small independent telephone companies. Attendees included John McIntosh and Paul Degener, among others, with all services offered pro bono to boost statewide telephone quality.
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Independent Telephone Committee
Eldora
Iowa Independent Telephone Association
Pine Lake Cafe
Iowa
John McIntosh
Central Iowa Telephone Co
Cedar Rapids
Howard Amick
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Des Moines
Ed Carlson
Creston Mutual Telephone Company
Creston
George Parkinson
Redfield Mutual Telephone Company
Redfield
Ross Vernon
Mutual Telephone Company
Sioux Center
Ed Farrow
Paul Degener
Hudson Mutual Telephone Company
Hudson
Boyd Turner
Postville Farmers Telephone Company
Postville
Victor Peck
Primghar Telephone Company
Primghar
M. B. Thompson
Towa
Rural Teachers To Meet Tuesday At Banner School
Hardin County Rural Teachers Club will meet Tuesday evening at Banner School starting at 7 30. The program includes a gift exchange and will honor teacher Mrs Mildred DeVault of Ackley who will be present.
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Banner
Harding County Rural Teachers Club
Banner School
Mildred DeVault
Ackley
Farm Sale Dates Listed for December by Iowa Dealers
Farm sale calendar lists Errol Johnson Unton on December 12 Floyd Bahr Iowa Falls on December 16 Bert Noble Ackley on December 17 and Carlton Campbell Owasa on December 18. These entries outline upcoming local auctions with individual sellers and town references.
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Errol Johnson
Unton
Floyd Bahr
Iowa Falls
Bert Noble
Ackley
Former Union teacher Theo dore T Brown dies in Iowa City
Services were held in Iowa City last Saturday for Mrs. Theodora T Brown a former Union school teacher who died December 2 from a heart attack. Born September 15 1900 in Wellenhaven Germany she moved to the United States as a child. She married Theodore Brown of Union in 1925 and is survived by her husband a daughter Sharon a senior at Iowa State University a son Denny at Harvard University her mother Mrs Katherine Bootjer of Iowa City a brother Martin Bootjer of Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs Warren Starr of Iowa City and Mrs John Cleveland of China Lake California.
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Iowa City
Theodore T. Brown
Union
Mrs. Brown
Wellenhaven
Germany
United States
Theodore Brown
Sharon
Iowa State University
Denny
Harvard University
Katherine Bootjer
Martin Bootjer
Cedar Rapids
Warren Starr
John Cleveland
China Lake
Calif
Eldora to Open Adult Evening School January 14
Eldora announces the opening of its Adult Evening School on January 14 with registration January 7. Courses include shop arts, art, bookkeeping, homemaking, Spanish, and an adult driver training class. Tuition $20 for driver training. many courses require a minimum ten students. Lectures by Hardin County Bar Association offered free.
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Supt. Schmidt
Lampe
County Bar Association
Russell Hanson
Helen Steege
Jeannette Wickey
Patricia Auble
Clifford Rinehart
Vincent Lampe
Hardin County Bar Association
Elmer Hensley, Former Eldoran Resident, Dies in Waterloo
Obituary notes Elmer Kenneth Hensley 44 former Eldoran resident died at his Waterloo home of cancer Born July 30 1908 in Stahl Missouri he served as chief boatswain's mate in the U S Navy during World War II Survived by wife and mother gravely ill in Marshalltown hospital one son and four stepsons five brothers and four sisters listed with hometowns and affiliations
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Elmer Kenneth Hensley
Eldoran
Waterloo
Stahl
Missouri
Mr. Hensley
Marshalltown
Iowa Falls
Eldora
U. S. Navy
Kenneth
Wayne
Des Moines
Merle
Ventura
Calif
Donald
Sioux City
Curtis
Venezuela
Wade
Lake Charles
Raymond Wiseman
Gilman
C. Padgett
Milwaukee
Wis
Howard Wiseman
Monte Vista
Glen Parsons
Novinga
Mrs Jones visits Cedar Rapids amid Iowa City social ties
Mrs Guy Jones visited New hall on Wednesday with Mrs Marie Yashke and plans a weekend in Cedar Rapids at the home of Dr. and Mrs. John Hartman Miss Nancy Jones of Iowa City will also visit in Cedar Rapids, highlighting local social connections.
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Guy Jones
Newhall
Marie Yashke
Cedar Rapids
John Hartman
Nancy. Jones
Iowa City
Final Rites Held Tuesday For Gifford Resident
Emanuel Hoversten 68 died last Friday of a heart attack. Prayer services were at Gifford Church with funeral at Rose Church near Williams. Burial was at Williams. Born March 18 1884 near Rochelle he moved to Hamilton County Iowa in 1901 and married Elizabeth Anderson in 1902. He farmed 34 years then moved to Gifford and ran a business until his death. Surviving are eight children 29 grandchildren and three brothers.
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Gifford Church
Rose Church
Williams
Emanuel Hoversten
Knute and
Ellen Hoverston
Rochelle
Hamilton County
Iowa
Elizabeth Anderson
Gifford
Boys, Blind, To Receive Gifts From Rotary Club
At Tuesday luncheon the Rotary Club voted to provide gifts for all boys at the training school who would not be remembered otherwise Hollis Miles superintendent named chair. All blind residents in the community will receive Christmas gifts. Henry Janssen to head the committee.
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T. S. Boys
Rotary Club
Hollis Miles
Rotarians
Henry Janssen
Blood drive aims for record 200 pints in South Hardin region
The Red Cross calls for 200 pints of blood in South Hardin during the Bloodmobile’s fourth visit on January 26. Miss Elizabeth Gernes of Des Moines cites Korean front demand and notes 264 pledges are needed to cover rejections, with 40 volunteers present at Eldora briefing led by Miss Leota Hardy.
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South Hardin
Elizabeth Gernes
Red Cross
Des Moines
Department of Defense
Miss Gernes
Gernes
Eldora
Library Club
Leota Hardy
Bloodmobile
County Tax Levy For Schools And State Aid Urged
A panel discussion on school problems ahead of the General Assembly highlighted the December Home School Association meeting with 100 attendees. Panelists from Hardin County and Eldora school boards, a farmer and city resident, and Sen. Bateson urged a uniform local tax levy for schools and increased state aid, noting building plans were not discussed. Tumbling acts by girls directed by Miss Marion Wolkenhauer capped the evening.
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General Assembly
Home School Association
Ben Jaspers
Steamboat Rock
D. W. Dickinson
Hardin County
Eldora
Carroll Hobson
Rev
Ralph Imes
Sen
R. R. Bateson
Kermith Huhn
Sen. Bateson
Marion Wolkenhauer
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C. Mabee
Carlton Campbell
Owasa
F. K. Schmidt
Adult Education Council
Elmer K. Hensley
Iver
Radcliffe
Radcliffe Baseball Association
Eerie Legion
Otto Vogel
University of Iowa
John Wirds
Wm. Hoffman
Wm. Topp
Legion Auxiliary
Jewell
Radcliffe Auxiliary
Sui
Radcliffe Association
John F. Wirds
A. O. Rorem
Fred Kuhfus
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