Surplus Food Distribution Planned in Hardin County
Surplus food distribution for Hardin county runs Dec 18 through Dec 22 with limited butter and standard cheese dry milk and lard plus small amounts of butter corn meal and white flour. Locker sites include Ackley Creamery B and H Market Hubbard Cliff's Market New Providence Emmett Locker Eldora Iowa Falls Cold Storage Larson's Super Market Alden Radcliffe Locker Steamboat Rock Locker and Union Market. Recipients must file revised applications by Dec 10 if not on regular relief programs. next distribution is mid February.
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Hardin County
United States Department of Agriculture
Ackley Creamery
Hubbard
Cliff's
New Providence
Emmett
Eldora
Iowa Falls
Larson’s
Alden
Radcliffe Locker
Steamboat Rock
Union Market
State Department
V. F. W. Children’s Party Friday Night
The annual V. F. W. children’s party will be held at the post home Friday at 7:30 p.m. Boys should bring boys’ gifts and girls gifts valued at no more than fifty cents. Santa will provide treats.
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Post Home
Utility Upgrades Power in Whitten and Surrounding Areas
Virgil Schmidt of Eldora says a major electrical improvement is underway to raise voltage from 7,200 Delta to 12,500 Wye. The upgrade, first 12,500 Wye in the Eldora division, uses a new mobile substation to limit outages. Work began Thursday and should wrap in four days if weather permits.
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Whitten
Liscomb
Virgil Schmidt
Eldora Manage
Eldora
Community Chest Fails to Meet Goal for Year
The Community Chest total this year came to 4663.54 dollars, short of the 5800 dollar goal by over 1100. Eldora fell short of its target while Vinton Construction and Marks Drug joined the C club this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Vinton Construction Company
Marks Drug
Wray Furlong Attends County Engineers Conference
County Engineer Wray Furlong and assistant George Gethman attended a county engineers conference in Ames from Monday to Wednesday this week.
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Wray Furlong
George Gethman
County Engineers
Ames
Clothing Drive For Hungarians Seeks Used Garments
American Legion Auxiliary groups of Steamboat Rock and Eldora lead a drive named Save the Children to gather used clothing for Hungarian relief. The collection ends next Tuesday with drops accepted at Eldora Legion rooms or Steamboat Rock Legion hall by December 18. Garments will be packed and shipped to a Knoxville warehouse before sending overseas to refugees.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Steamboat Rock
Eldora
Save the Children
Legion Rooms
Legion Hall
Knoxville
Tenn
Union Sponsors Lighting Contest
The Union Booster club sponsors a home decorating contest for the holiday season limited to Union and trade area. Entry blanks are at Union merchants and must be mailed to George Sorensen by December 20. Lights will beam nightly from 7 to 10. Prizes include a coffee maker, chrome kitchen stool, and an electric lantern.
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Union Booster Club
George Sorensen
Des Moines Instructors Visit Eldora Training School
Sixteen vocational instructors from Des Moines public schools attended an educational open house at the Iowa Boys Training School in Eldora on Wednesday. The group included a representative from each junior and senior high school and three from the superintendent’s staff. They toured academic and vocational classes, observed guidance clinic sessions, and had dinner at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Boys Training School
Eldora
Soil Bank Vote Narrowly Fails Two-Thirds Margin in Iowa
Hardin county farmers split on the corn referendum with 562 for the corn acreage allotment and 543 for the soil bank base. A total of 1,105 votes were cast, with county totals showing 613 to 206 in Grundy and 471 to 438 in Franklin for the allotment versus base. The statewide result: 50,469 for base and 34,424 for allotments, 59.5 percent overall, short of the 66.7 percent needed. The department of agriculture indicated higher payments for corn land in the acreage reserve for 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Soil Bank
Grundy County
Franklin
Marshall County
Alden
Buckeye
Clay
Concord
Eldora
Ellis
Etna
Grant
Hardin
Jackson
Pleasant
Providence
Sherman
Tipton
Union
Ezra Taft Benson
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Three New Divorce and Civil Cases Filed in District Court
Three new cases filed in district court here include Henry Schade seeking a divorce from May Schade of Iowa Falls with custody request for son Steven Henry born in 1946. Attorneys Oppen and Wessels of Iowa Falls represent the plaintiff. Bert Wright seeks judgment against Dale R. Oler and Mildred Oler on a note and merchandise totaling $256.52, with John P. Whitesell of Iowa Falls as attorney for the plaintiff. The General Expressways System seeks judgment against F. K. Seaton of Eldora on a note dated November 1947 for $498.58 including interest, with Lundy Butler and Lundy of Eldora as attorneys for the plaintiff.
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Henry Schade
May Schade
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Schade
Steven Henry
Oppen and Wessels
Towa Falls
Bert Wright
Dale R. Oler
Mildred Oler
John P
Lancaster Retires From P. O. Service
Austin J. Lancaster of Liberal Kansas retires after thirty five years delivering rural mail. He is brother of Nora Lancaster of Steamboat Rock and attended New Providence Academy in 1906. He was cited for never having a driving license mark.
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Austin J. Lancaster
Liberal
Kan
U. S. Postal Service
Mr. Lancaster
Nora Lancaster
Steamboat Rock
Old New Providence Academy
Reynolds Cleared By Jury In Decent Exposure Case
Fred Reynolds of Iowa Falls was cleared of a charge of indecent exposure by a Hardin county jury. The jury deliberated about two hours. Oppen and Butler were the attorneys for the defendant. Thursday the court was to hear the contested divorce case of R Benton Choate vs Hazel Choate with Lundy Butler and Lundy for the plaintiff and William Dunn of Hubbard for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Reynolds
Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Oppen
Butler
R. Benton Choate
Hazel Choate
Lundy
William Dunn
Hubbard
Social Security reps to visit Eldora courthouse Dec 18
Representatives from the Social Security Administration district office in Waterloo will be at the Eldora courthouse on December 18 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon to assist with filing applications for federal old age and survivors insurance benefits, and to issue original and duplicate social security number cards and employer identification numbers.
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Social Security Administration
Waterloo
Eldora
Earl T. Johnson
Steamboat Rock Junior Class Bake Sale Set
The Steamboat Rock Junior class announces a bake sale on Saturday December 15 at 1 p m at Eilers Store. Proceeds support class activities. The event appears in Static Tuesday due to space limitations in the Herald Ledger.
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Steamboat Rock
Herald- Ledger
Eiler’s
Steamboat Boys Earn First Conference Victory
Steamboat Rock boys beat Wellsburg 43-34 for their first league win as Wellsburg girls defeated Steamboat Rock 52-27. Mary Manning led Steamboat with 14 points, while Mark Schantz paced Wellsburg with 10. Janice Etjen scored 21 for Wellsburg and Linda Hook added 18. Elma Lyon scored 11 for Steamboat.
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Wellsburg
Steamboat Rock
Wellsburg Girls
Pirates
Mary Manning
Mark Schantz
Steamboat
Janice Etjen
Linda Hook
Elma Lyon
Hauser Couple to Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs L L Hauser of Whitten celebrate fifty years of marriage with an open house at their Whitten home on Sunday December 16 from 2 to 5 pm. They have lived in Whitten their entire married life and have been community leaders active in church business and music.
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Whitten
L. L
Lloyd) Hauser
Iowa
C of C Meets To Nominate Four Board Members
Eldora Chamber of Commerce board of directors meets Thursday at noon at the Grill Cafe to nominate candidates for next year’s board. Expiring terms include Virgil Schmidt Jurgen Tjaden Dr T E Stone Brook and Paul Barnard. Holdovers are Vergil Mutz Noah Walde Chris Riggert and Paul Schaa. Jim Hauser served as ex officio member. Ballots will be mailed to members early next week.
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Eldora Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Grill Cafe
Virgil Schmidt
Jurgen Tjaden
T. E. Stonebrook
Paul Barnard
Vergil Mutz
Noah Walde
Chris Riggert
Paul Schaa
Jim Hauser
Rev E C Perisho Dies In Rochester
Rev. Ermin C. Perisho 68 of Wyandotte Okla died in a Rochester Minnesota hospital after surgery. Services were held at Honey Creek church with burial in Honey Creek cemetery. Music was provided by Mrs. Frederick Marsh and Elsie Mitchell. His death followed another family death in 48 hours. Survived by his widow and a daughter.
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Earl Marsh
Ermin C. Perisho
Wyandotte, Oklo
Rochester, Minn
Honey Creek
Frederick Marsh
Elsie Mitchell
Floyd Perisho
North Mankato
Minn
New Providence
Farm Night School Program Is Set
Tractor maintenance and fuels will be the topic at farmers night school Monday December 1 at 7 30 p m A Sunray Oil representative will discuss fuels and oils and a service man from Allis Chalmers will cover tractor maintenance Coffee and donuts will be served Early attendance urged by instructor Armond F Ruppel
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Farmers
Sunray Oil Company
Allis Chalmers
Armond F. Ruppel
Wellsburg Christmas Concert Set for Monday Evening
Wellsburg high school and junior high students readied a Christmas program in the high school gym for Monday at 7 30 p m The mix of secular and sacred pieces features the band vocal groups and choirs with traditional carols The audience will be invited free and 170 students take part Lunch will be served by Band Mothers.
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Wellsburg High High School
Little Town of Bethlehem
Herald Angels
Eldon Harrs
Eldora Y Groups Pass Teacher's Certificate Bill in Des Moines
Eldora Hi Y and Tri Hi Y members secured passage of their Teacher's Certificate bill in the model legislature held in Des Moines last week. The measure was among seven bills approved by both houses and signed by the governor. Delegates Loren Doughty Jane Griffel Sue Brown and Tim Cote participated.
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Eldora Hi-Y
Tri-Hi-Y
Des Moines
House
Senate
Loren Doughty
Jane Griffel
Sue Brown
Tim Cote
Arrest of Narcotic Suspect at Leon Ta
Leslie Hudson, 47, Des Moines, was arrested in Leon Ta for breaking into Dr. L. J. Peck’s Wellsburg office on December 1. He is linked to stealing Paul Carter’s car in Union and is wanted for a Wellsburg cafe burglary and a Poweshiek county burglary.
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Leslie Hudson
Des Moines
Leon
L. J. Peck
Wellsburg
Hudson
Paul Carter
Union
Winchester Hotel
Poweshiek County
Lawless Family Takes Over Eldora Convalescent Home
Mr and Mrs James Lawless of Perry Indiana assume operation of the Eldora Convalescent Home from the late Mrs Florence Rainsbarger who died recently. The home now cares for twenty residents with a six person staff plus the Lawlesses and six helpers including Cynthia Vestal Gertrude Caldorf Nina Lockwood Marie Warman Gladys Haverstein and Verda Chrisman. Their son J M Lawless runs a Perry rest home.
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James Lawless
Perry, In
Eldora Convalescent Home
Florence Rainsbarger
Eldora Stores Offer Free Appliance Tickets Next Week
Eldora stores will stay open each night from December 17 to 22 for Christmas shoppers with six free appliance drawings worth 1500 dollars. Prizes include a dryer, gas range, freezer, washer and clothes dryer, with afternoon and evening drawings to suit families.
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Eldora
Eldora Christmas Vacation Dates 1957
Christmas vacation will begin at Eldora schools at close of Friday, December 21. Classes will resume Wednesday, January 2, 1957.
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Eldora
Local Car Listings and Marriage Licenses in Iowa Falls Area
From The Record News Car ads list buyers and brands including Buick Chevrolet Ford Plymouth Olds and more with names such as Jasper J Dubler Gene Brandt E H Ricks and Johnson Motor Iowa Falls, and marriage licenses show Roy D Brown and Barbara Fleming both of Iowa Falls, Ronald Deters and Elinor Brown of Eldora, Loren Larson and Betty Ites of Alden. The notices indicate automotive dealers and residents entering marriage licenses in the region.
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Jasper J. Dubler
Iowa Falls
Buick
Gene Or Marlys Brandt
Radcliffe
Chevrolet
E. H Ricks
Hubbard
Johnson Motor
Ford
Laurence L. Ortland
Dodge
Morris Gayle Sailor
Alden
Plymouth
Bruce W.W. Albright
Eldora Mercury
John Sear
Oldsmobile
Richard H. Furmen
Frank B. Goettel
Ackley
Roy D. Brown
Barbara Ann Fleming
Ronald T. Deters
Wellsburg
Elinor A. Brown
Eldora
Divorce Petition Filed by Sherman Woman for Hanson Custody
Joyce A. Hanson of Sherman township files in district court for divorce from Jerry Lee Hanson now in Cedar Rapids. She married him in Radcliffe in 1955 and seeks custody of Carroll Lee born June 1956 along with child support and alimony. D W Dickinson represents the plaintiff.
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Joyce A. Hanson
Sherman Township
Jerry Lee Hanson
Cedar Rapids
Hanson
Radcliffe
Carroll Lee
D. W. Dickinson
Christmas Coffee Gathering at Court House
County officers and employees of the court house will hold a Christmas coffee at 4 p.m. Tuesday December 18 at the court house.
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Court House
Hospital Names In One Line Of Readers Roster
In the hospital list readers include Mrs Homer Runkel Mrs Guy Follett David Dill man George Priske Terry Lee Monroe Mrs Paul Gorton E F Stirlow baby Kim Dee Linn Schan Ackley Herman Lever ton Union Mrs Hattie Cavan at Wellsburg Miss Alena Flett Iowa Falls Mrs Flora Lake Wubbard Mrs Charlotte Walters Steamboat Rock Mrs William Burns New Providence George Ray Flett Elwood White Gery Dean Rodgers.
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Eldora
Homer Runkel
Guy Follett
David Dillman
George Priske
Terry Lee Monroe
Paul Gorton
E. F. Stirlow
Kim Dee Linn Schan
Ackley
Herman Leverton
Union
Hattie Cavan
Wellsburg
Alena Flett
Iowa Falls
Flora Lake
Wubbard
Charlotte Walters
Steamboat Rock
William Burns
New Providence
George Ray Flett
Elwood White
Gery Dean Rodgers
Mutual To Meet In Hardin County Jan 15 Meeting
The annual meeting of the Hardin County Mutual Insurance Association will be held Tuesday January 15 at 10 a.m. in the New Providence township hall. S. Dale Moon, secretary, announces the event.
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U. S
Surplus Foods
Dr. R. R. Gaard
Robert
Waverly
V. F. W. Children’s Party
Hubbard Clubs
Dellmer Sly’s Hawks
Jon Faust
Larry Faust
Murray Hubbard
Jim Winter
John Weld
Ronnie Kuhlman
Rodger Hoelscher
Jim Dett
Myron Anderson
Hubbard Girls
Lana Larson
Judy Faust
Darlene Leckness
Marilyn Neubauer
Linda Boeke
Nancy Winter
Shirley Hoelscher
Janet Orgell
Judith Becker
Joan Winter
Marilyn Brunemeier
Barbara Orgell
H I
Lancaster
P. O
Reynold
Steamboat Boys
More Sports
Mrs. Hauser
Eldora Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
C of C
E. C. Perisho
Rochester
Mr. Perisho
Friends
Wyandotte
Wellsburg School
Eldora Y Groups
Bill
Lawless
Rainsbarger
Bill Morse
New Grand Theatre
Eldora Legion Post
Loren Mark Larson
Betty Ann Ites
Court House Coffee
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