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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1950
Page
6
Kaster is in fair condition at Eldora Memorial hospital after a Wednesday crash near Berlin cemetery northwest of Eldora. The 1948 Ford ended in a ditch when he failed to make a turn, suffering severe facial lacerations and chest injuries. He was alone in the car and transported by ambulance.
Roy Means about 68 longtime superintendent of the school laundry at Rochester Minn died Wednesday night after a period of poor health and a 60 day leave. He is survived by his wife who worked with him in the laundry a son at Wesleyan College Mount Pleasant and a daughter. He was a member of the Masonic order.
A bonfire of Christmas trees is to take place early next year on the softball field, per Doyle D. Felton secretary of Eldora Chamber of Commerce. No definite date yet. People with trees are asked to bring them to the field when convenient. The event is a community project intended as a public event and safety measure.
Dickie Scott aged one year, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Scott, suffered a broken right leg in a coasting accident near Meaders north of Eldora. He and Murray Hubbard jumped from a sled to avoid a ditch, the injury treated with a cast. Three years earlier Dickie fractured his skull in a bicycle fall.
The Pleasant Township Farm Bureau gathered Tuesday evening in the Lawn Hill church basement with strong attendance. President Ted Broer introduced Robert Granner of Jackson Township who played several piano selections. Reports covered by Lawrence Tatum, 4H activities by Mrs Harald Wehrman, Blue Cross plans by health chair Ed Nagsen, music chair Ed Hollingsworth, Rural Women president, and dues urged by Roy Campbell. Extension agent Richard Pulse spoke on forage and legumes.ond refreshments by local families.
Over 1200 people attended the dissolution auction by Earl Platts, Robert Rogers and Vincent Platts at their Steamboat Rock area farm. Machinery brought strong bids with a 1946 1 H M at 1660 dollars and a 1939 IH F30 at 720 dollars. livestock averaged 186 per head for cattle and 257.5 for a palomino horse. Hay topped 71 cents per bale. Auctioneered by Eldora Auction Co. Married L Keith Hinrichs and Kathryn Ellefson listed in license notes.
Paul Teske of Eldora, known in the Herald Index as a fisherman with prize eateries, appears as a hunter with a terrier mix. His dog Rickey, shown with him, is an excellent retriever, unusual for this breed. Rickey was sourced from Harry Pagel's sister in New York and reportedly serves as a fishing companion and frog-collector in Teske's adventures.
Hospital notes list patients by town including Eldora Iowa Falls Radcliffe Parkersburg Alden Wellsburg and Marshalltown with names of patients. Births recorded in Eldora and Iowa Falls on late December include three boys and two girls from several families.
County Supervisors Wilson Hadley V Bevan and Martin Ryken met Wednesday to inventory the county home as Howard Dempsey prepares to succeed Wendell Martin as steward on New Year’s. Also present were Otis Rash and R A Scott, retiring and incoming county auditors. Livestock at the 142 acre county farm lists 93 hogs and 6 milk cows.
L. A. Roland of Alden has been appointed to the Hardin county selective service board effective after oath. The board will have four members and a fifth is planned to be added as soon as practicable.
South Eldora residents watched about 60 ponies wander the town Sunday night. Roughly 23 were captured that night and the rest by the following morning. Eldora night officer E. J. Foster earned the nickname Cowboy for dodging the chaos. Kenneth Clatterbaugh of Chicago and Bruce Stotman were dinner guests at the F. K. Schmidt home Wednesday evening.
County Treasurer W H Lepley and staff completed over 13 500 tax receipts ready for payment starting next Tuesday. Agricultural land tax credits for districts with school taxes at 15 mills will be refunded later as claims from 10 counties are outstanding. Land tax refunds for three prior years have been paid by check. Beginning January 2 the first half of the year's taxes may be paid.
Cecil Pickering and wife announce Cecil's Superette food store will reopen next Tuesday west of the theatre after fire damage on November 3. The interior has been renovated and redecorated with new merchandise stacked for customers.
Readable itemized list shows cars trucks and dealers in multiple towns including Ackley and Steamboat Rock. Brands include Ford Oldsmobile Lincoln Chevrolet Buick Dodge Kaiser and Pontiac with associated people and firms such as central States Electric Co and Farmers Coop Elevator Co.
Guenther suffered a cracked wrist Friday night after falling while carrying a ladder in the basement of St. Paul Lutheran church. He was a member of the group preparing for the Christmas Eve program.
C Q Short returns to the shoe repair and sales trade in the shop east of the theatre this week and will hold an opening on Saturday. He recently bought back the business he sold two years ago to his brother Laverne, who was called to active duty as an army reservist. Short operated the business for 14 years prior to selling out in 1948 and announces in this issue’s advertisement that he will do repairing and stock men s and boys dress and work shoes.
County PMA chairman Walter E. Hauser says farmers who practiced soil building methods in 1950 must meet their township PMA committee when notified. The January 10, 1951 deadline applies to submitting evidence to qualify for payments. Loans on soybeans are available through January 31, 1951.
Christmas season gatherings span many Iowa households with Mrs Nelle Kra mer hosting at the Training School farm cottage and multiple families from Marshalltown Manly Spencer and Des Moines sharing dinners. Notables include Notre Dame student Bill Kramer and veterans hospital visits, while extended relatives arrive from Milwaukee and Chicago for holiday meals across Gowrie Otho Ames and other towns.
Hardin county's annual assessment by seven fieldmen under Assessor W O Guenther will start next Tuesday. At Thursday meeting, the fieldmen received supplies and instructions from Guenther. The men and their territories are Wayne Bartholomew Tipton Sherman townships and several smaller towns J Wade Creson Eldora Ackley S R Bruce Town Falls Carroll Hobson Eldora Pleasant Providence and Union townships George Burgess Ellis Jackson Clay Etna townships I G Whitney Hardin Alden Buckeye townships Vern Dubberke Grant Concord townships and the towns Radcliffe Hubbard and Alden.
Auditor Otis Rash winds up duties after serving three years since December 1947 appointment to replace W O Guenther. He was elected in 1948 and plans to remain in Providence while writing insurance for several companies.
Bob Trupp, 24, of Eldora, was fined $100 and costs in Justice C. W. Haase’s court for hunting without a license. Charges by conservation officer Key Setchell stem from an incident on December 14. He was also fined $10 and costs on December 15 for carrying an assembled gun in the ear.
Fire swept the basement of the Vinton Produce Company building on West Fourteenth Avenue Tuesday evening, causing several hundred dollars in damage. Firemen in subzero wind saved adjacent properties and kept flames from spreading to nearby structures. Eggs were moved to prevent freezing, and no poultry loss was reported. No casualties beyond two drenched workers.
Doyle Felton Chamber of Commerce secretary found a missing billfold while dismantling the Santa mail box. It contained a five dollar bill a one dollar bill seven cents and a sales slip identifying Mr or Mrs M F Winters who live between Union and New Providence in the Chester neighborhood. Felton informed the Winters by card that he had found a billfold that appeared theirs. Theories offered included a youngster depositing the item in Santa’s box with faith that St Nick would deliver it.
Funeral services were held at the family home in Buckeye Tuesday afternoon for Fred H Lightfield 78 who died Sunday at his Buckeye residence after a lingering illness The Rev M Meyer conducted the service Erwin Sielart sang two solos Burial took place in Buckeye cemetery Lightfield was born January 19 1872 on a farm near Buckeye
Eldora consolidated school has a Case tractor fitted with a five foot blade for snow removal on school grounds. The blade, bought from Henke Manufacturing Co of Janesville Iowa for 210 dollars, features a hydraulic lift and angled blade. The tractor was acquired as war surplus for 125 dollars. Ongoing vacation improvements include gym floor unveiling, music room painting, classroom redecorating and repair of Beate bannisters in the Junior high unit.
A Hardin county man who spent his life in the area died after a long life in Buckeye. He married Bertha Kas ischke Dee in 1890 and worked in the implement business for many years. He lived in Eldora for a period and is survived by his wife a brother Charles Lightfield of Elders and a sister Mrs. Hattle Schwartz of Iowa Falls.
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