Long List of Hardin County 1968 Local Updates
A dense bulletin reports 1968 events in Hardin County including Kiwanis and school leadership changes Eldora and New Providence. It covers retirements appointments births and deaths, school notices, council actions, farm programs, sports achievements and community projects with multiple named individuals and local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lavelle
Eldar
Kiwanis
Hardin County
Clarencr
Bing Reece
Lawp Ti
Dirk Talbot
Janes Richtsmeier
Town Falls
Hardin County Astenssion Council
Thomas Kruse
Ackley
Wis
Moedin County
Eldora
New Providence
Mason City
Carle O'Neil
James Hay
United Church of Christ Congregational
Fildora Memorial Hospital
K. W H. Weaver
Calon
Evangelical Hospital
Marshalltown
Trojan Seed Company
Olivia, Minn
Bonnie Boclman
Steamboat Rock
Union- Whitten
Paul Eckerman
Iowa River Valley
V F W Aux Christmas Party Ends With Santa Visit
The V F W Auxiliary held a post Christmas party at Ec with games and a Santa Claus appearance at the close. He helped distribute gifts to attendees as the evening concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.F.W. Aux, & Post Christmas Party
V.F.W. Auxiliar
Santa Claus
Glite
Tall Tales From Driggs Idaho in Hokum Style
Virginia's arieties recounts a humorous tall tale about Dr. O D Hollman and Dr Hoffman's general medicine practice in the 1930s Teton Basin Idaho. The story describes extreme winters dog sled rescues wolves yak yak and a comical ricochet shot that yields trout and bursting suspenders amid buffalo and deer. The piece closes with a skeptical aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hoffman
Teton Basin
Driggs
Idaho
Nursing centers face staffing and funding challenges
Nursing centers confront ongoing staffing shortages and funding pressures as communities seek expanded care options. Administrators warn that limited resources may impact patient load, training, and facility upgrades, while officials discuss policy changes to support long term care providers.
1968 Soybean Crop Expected To Surpass Need Says Wisner
Iowa State extension economist Bob Wisner projects the 1968 crop to exceed demand for the 1968 69 marketing year with an estimate around 1,079 million bushels, 11 percent above last year. U.S. soybean yield average may hit a record 26.4 bu/acre, acreage up about 3 percent. Iowa output seen at 180.2 million bushels on 31.5 bu/acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Wisner
Iowa State University
Wisner
Towa
U. S
Ackley Soldier Awarded Army Commendation Medal
Army Specialist 5 Duane L. Harms of Ackley received the Army Commendation Medal while with the 4th Division near Pleiku Vietnam in November for meritorious service as a clerk in Company B, 2nd Battalion. Harms joined the Army in 1967, trained at Fort Campbell, last stationed at Fort Polk, holds the Combat Infantryman Badge and Purple Heart, and is a 1965 Aplington High School graduate with a Gates Business College degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Duane L. Harms
John R. Harms
Ackley
Pleiku
Vietnam
Harms
Ath Infantry
Fort Campbell
Ft. Polk
Aplington High School
Gates Business College
Waterloo
FARM Sale Calendar Herald-Index offers sale date planning
Reserve your farm sale date in the Herald-Index calendar and contact the advertising department for planning assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald-Index
Farm sale closings listed near Eldora and Union
A series of farm sale closings are announced with dates and locations around Eldora Union and surrounding areas. Auctions are led by Joe Kramer Arnold Steelman Pedelty and others with routes on Highway 57 and nearby county lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Smith
Eldora
Hardin- Grundy County
Joe Kramer
Frances Fiscus
Union
Arnold & Steelman
Charles
Chek" Holcomb
Larry Kaviola
Pedelty, Steelman and
Arnold
James Follett
Eldora Graduate Takes Aerospace Engineering Degree
Keith L. McCormick, a 1965 Eldora high school alumnus, earned a bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from Parks College of Aeronautical Technology, St. Louis University, during Cahokia Illinois commencement. The class total was 69 with 10 earning aerospace degrees. He will join Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank after visiting Atlanta for Christmas. Attending were his parents Sheriff Lowell McCormick and Mrs McCormick, Mr and Mrs Marlyn McCormick, and Julie Ann of Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith L. McCormick
Eldora High School
Parks College of Aeronautical Technology
St. Louis University
Cahoklia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Quakerdale
Pine Lake
Toledo
Marvin Hecksema
Honey Creek
South Hardin County Red Cross
Hardin Soil Conservation District
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
George Starr
Steve Gould
James McVeety
Denny Loverin
Boy Scouting
Ling Dliffe
Steve Allen
Mant Chirke
Jim Cliry
Gary Steinfelt
Hardin County Savings Bank
Midora
Union Whitten
New Startford
Robert Brown
Eldera Future Farmers of Amen
Marcie
Gladbrook
John Zwack
St Mary's Catholic Church
Valde
West Edgington Ave
Carol Stone
R. Nabe
Hester Elerding
George Krueger
Anne Bender
Paul d- Simmons
Union-Whitten
Elden McVeety
Eagle
United Church of Christ
Congregational
Steve Parker
Linda Cleveland
Alden
Whink Products Co
Anné Bender
Eldora Teachers Association
Fred L. Miller
Eldora Community Hospital
Robert Dagit
L. C. Dagit
United States
Marine Academy At
Kings Point, N.Y
Ralph Tasa
Northrup King
Glen Ball, Jr
Glen Ball
Davenport
Kathy Throssel
Lew Thorssel
Austria
Rooks
Chrysler-Plymouth
Cecil Rooks
Dick Jackson
Robert Barr
Eldora Farms Fleet
Jim Wilson
Jim Clary
Dean Barnard
Hawkeye Boys State
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Eldora Community School
American Legion
Rotary
Roland Nolting
Kristine Ron
Iowa Falls
Eldora Board of Education
Eldora School
Sylvan Murdock
Las Amnoyas
Colo
Todd Ryan
Jerry Granz
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Jack Ringgenberg
Eldora Jaycees
Wilson Hadley
The
National Foundation
Bonnie Grantow
Jane Stonebraker
Eldora High
Sharon Ryan
Debbie Gatton
Susan Whitmer
Iowa Training School
Harold Hughes
James H. Dix
Hardin County Mutual Insurance Association
the 3 Kings
Whitten
Iowa
Virginia Stiles
O. D. Hollman
Idaho Medical Association
Yellowstone
Grand Teton National Parks
Teton River
Richard Rose
Iowa Training , School For Boys
K. E. Reisingler
Cain Gale
Porten
Arnokd Steelman, Auctioneers
Ana Gagne
Wilson
Boone River
Nissen
Franks
Pillsbury — Cherry
Silkin
Whink
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