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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1949
Page
5
In the final hours before Christmas many weigh the holiday’s material rush against its sacred meaning. The piece argues Christmas, not just Xmas, should guide daily life, noting the Sunday fall of Christmas offers a chance to emphasize reverent remembrance and spiritual follow-through.
The Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report builds a campaign with volumes of material. It is well organized and aims to push Hoover’s proposals to cut government costs and boost federal efficiency. Support grows against the welfare state trend.
A Wallace's Farmer survey traces Iowa renter leases from 1930 to 1950. It shows 45 percent crop share and 45 percent cash in 1930, shifting to 72 percent crop share and 18 percent cash by 1939 as prices fell. With wartime and later price changes, cash leases rose again, prompting renters to choose lease types by price trends. What lease will you have for 1950.
Somerset Pa American notes a provocative remark on civic dependence asking if a man is worth keeping once he desires to be sustained by the government. The snippet captures a reflective, era voice on social entitlement and individual responsibility.
A local column recalls Christmas reflections and prophecies. It notes a child Jesus as the light of the world and Simeon’s vision, urging a season of goodwill and peace. The piece blends holiday customs with religious contemplation and calls for restraint from sensationalism.
Pastor L R Schuler invites the public to Bible school Sunday at 9 00, morning worship at 11 00 with the sermon Have You seen the Baby, no evening service this Sunday. Mid week Bible study Wednesday at 7 30, Christmas program by the Bible school Friday at 7 30. Public invited.
Eldora and surrounding communities report a busy period with family events, local marriages, and civic notes. Notables include the death of Lake Frns, wolves shot by residents, the Wisner theater program, and civic upgrades such as the new city well. Also covered are tax collections, park gifts, Sheriff Thompson’s award, and an administrator appointment in Hardin County.
St Paul Lutheran announces Saturday Christmas Eve program by Sunday school and choir at 7 30 p m. Christmas day German services at 9 a m with Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 and Divine services at 11 a m. Monday choir rehearsal at 7 p m Wednesday Ladies Aid Christmas party at 7 30 p m.
Sunday Masses eight and ten a.m. Weekday Mass seven thirty a.m. Confessions Saturday four and seven p.m. Christmas Masses six eight and nine a.m. High Mass six a.m. Procession to the stable by catechism classes and Christmas hymns. St Marys choir organist Mrs Harry Harrison director Mary Lou Holmes members Ruth and Harold Cole Veronica McCarty Marilyn Lawler Peggy McNertney Sylvia Steckler Dallas Rudolph Jerry and Glen Donner. Confessions Friday three and seven p.m. Saturday two and seven p.m. Father Justin Kress of Grundy Center to hear confessions Saturday afternoon.
The Christmas program will be presented in the sanctuary Saturday at 7 30. A Christmas morning Sunday school worship centers on the film strip and recording When the Littlest Camel Knealt. The Divine service features special music and the meditation The Birth of Our Con science.
Deeds record transfers from Ethel Satchel to August Finger and wife dated 12-13-49 covering block 3 Nuckolls addition and lots 3 4 with E 66 feet N 366 feet in Eldora. W A Blankenship and wife to R W Benning and wife dated 11-25-49 for part lot 3 block 14 Eldora. H L Hinton and wife to W H Mogle and wife dated 9-14-49 for lot 2 Caillard's plat Iowa Falls.
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