Officers Asked About Plans as County Election Year Approaches
The Herald-Index surveyed county officers after Eldora lawyer Lester Ose announced his Republican primary bid for county attorney. Only Sheriff Paul Hodgson Treasurer W H Lepley and Recorder Julia Mulford said they will seek re election. Most others offered no definite plans, with several terms ending in 1951 or 1952. All elected officials are Republicans except Democrat Wilson Hadley. Salary figures show most receive 2850 yearly, while supervisors are paid eight dollars per day plus seven cents mileage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Ose
Eldora
Herald-Index
Paul Hodgson
W. H. Lepley
Union
Julia Mulford
Sey
Board of Supervisors
Wilson Hadley
New Providence
Frank Bevan
Garden City
Don Barker
Iowa Falls
Otis Rash
Fred Miller
E. H. Biersborn
Hadley
Add Gain Contest To 4-H Program
A new type of contest calculating and awarding weight gains for calves from January 1 to the Hardin county fair is added to the baby beef phase of 4-H. Qualifiers must weigh calves today or tomorrow and no calf may exceed 650 pounds. The contest, recommended by 4-H leaders, honors top feeding jobs by youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Classes Reconvene After Holiday Break at Eldora Schools
Eldora consolidated schools will reconvene Tuesday at 9 a.m. after student dismissal on December 23 for the holiday vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Consolidated Schools
Red Cross Chapter Orders Equipment for South Hardin
The South Hardin Red Cross chapter has ordered a consignment of supplies and equipment for the area. One hospital bed will be placed at Hubbard and six wheel chairs will be distributed to towns lacking such items. Several small articles of various kinds are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hardin Red Cross Chapter
Hubbard
Divorce Granted in District Court for Betty Zimmerman
Betty Zimmerman of Iowa Falls is granted a divorce from Robert Zimmerman. The decree awards custody of two minor children aged 24% and 1% years and provides support funds for their welfare.
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Betty Zimmerman
Iowa Falls
Robert Zimmerman
Whitehead to Palestine as Friends Relief Worker
Kermit Whitehead of near New Providence Iowa will join the American Friends Service Committee in Palestine relief work. He becomes one of 41 Quaker staff aiding 215000 Arab refugees in Gaza through UN food programs and shelter. The effort includes tent schools, weaving and carpentry shops, a 40-person medical team, and a new UN agency handling refugee futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Kermit Whitehead
New Providence
Iowa
American Friends Services Committee
Palestine
Whitehead
Honey Creek
Society of Friends
D. P
United Nations
Gaza
Service Committee
American Friends Service Committee
China
Italy
France
India
Pakistan
Japan
Germany
Austria
Finland
Speech Hearing Pupil Survey Planned for Early January
A state division of special education survey will test hearing and speech in Hardin county from January 4 to 6. Audiometricians will visit Iowa Falls Eldora and Hubbard with centers assigned to towns and townships. Grades 3 6 and 9 will be tested and third graders' speech screened. pupils with issues will receive extra help. The surveys will repeat over the next two years to complete the pupil checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Division of Special Education
State Department of Public Instruction
Evelyn Olson
State Department
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Thursaby
Hubbard
Central School
Alden
Ackley
Buckeye
Robertson
Hardin
Etna
Ellis
Steamboat Rock
Union
New Providence
Whitten
Gifford
Owasa
Jackson
Clay
Pleasant
Hubbard - Hubbard
Radcliffe
Tipton
Sherman
Concord
Mikkelson Named Adair DHIA Supervisor
Ames Howard Mikkelson of New Providence will take over January 1 as Adair county dairy herd improvement association supervisor announced by Joe Hineman extension dairyman at Iowa State College. Mikkelson completed a three week DHIA supervisors short course at Iowa State on December 22 among 25 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Howard Mikkelson
New Providence
Adair County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Joe Hineman
Iowa ‘State College
Mikkelson
Iowa State
Rural Young Peoples Group Meets in Hardin County
R Y P group gathers Thursday evening with old and new officers, councilors, and ex extension director Richard Pulse to map Hardin County 1950 activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Rural Young Peoples Group
Richard Pulse
Swine Specialist To Speak Here In Eldora Jan 9
Hardin county farmers may hear Iowa State College swine specialist E. L. Quaife discuss hog feeding and management at a meeting in Eldora on January 9. The session starts at 1 30 p m in the vocational agriculture room of the high school. All interested persons are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
Eldora
Coach's Infant Son Dies of Strangulation
Dennis Roberts three month old son of Mr and Mrs William Roberts died Monday at Sac City. Reports indicate the infant died of strangulation. The Roberts were in Sac City to spend the holidays with relatives. Mr Roberts is boys coach at Union school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNION
Dennis Roberts
William Roberts
Sac City
Roberts
Union School
150 Workers to Plan Hardin County Farm Bureau Drive
Hardin County Farm Bureau moves to recruit volunteers for a 1950 membership drive. About 150 volunteers will meet at the I.O.C.F. hall for a daytime session starting with a noon dinner by Eldora township women, with H. E. Gene Cook as the main speaker. The drive targets 900 to 1,000 members. dues are $15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Farm Bureau
Eldora Township
H. E
Gene) Cook
Iowa Farm Serum Company
Cook
I S E Representative Changes Hours Here
Walter W. Hazen, itinerant interviewer for the Iowa State Employment Commission, will be in Eldora every other Wednesday from 9 30 a m to 12 noon starting Jan 4, to handle unemployment insurance claims. He will not do job placements and will appear every other week in Town Falls from 9 30 a m to 4 p m starting Jan 5 to assist Hardin county claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter W. Hazen
Iowa State Employment Commission
Eldora
Harry A. Wilson
Marshalltown
Commission
Hardin County
Hazen
Hardin
Concord Meeting of All Stars 4 H Club Held at Lepper Home
The December gathering of the Concord All-Stars 4-H club met at Marvin Lepper’s home with 17 members present. County extension director Richard Pulse spoke on record books. A Christmas gift exchange followed and lunch was provided by Mrs. Lepper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord All-Stars 4-H
Marvin Lepper
Richard Pulse
Lepper
Legion Aims to Send Toys Abroad in "Tide of Toys" Campaign
Eldora hosts the American Legion drive to collect sturdy toys from local children by Jan 4 for packing in Philadelphia and distribution to European youngsters. CARE will oversee the gifts with auxiliary volunteers preparing shipments, excluding war toys and fragile items while including a greeting note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Europe
Eldora
John Bekemeier
Walter Sayer
Philadelphia
National American Legion
Legion
Adult Farm School Resumes Tuesday
The Farm Program will be the topic at the Adult Farmers evening school as weekly meetings resume Tuesday Jan. 3, with panelists Cecil Rooks Leonard Hoffman and Harold Snyder discussing trends. Also notes on the Asu family arriving as displaced persons and welcomed in Eldora with thanks to Rooks Guenther and Rev. Zimmermann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Purcell
Cecil Rooks
Leonard Hoffman
Harold Snyder
Lyman Lundy
Albright
Estonia Family Finds New Life in Eldora Through Lutheran Aid
A former Estonian army officer Asu and his family, displaced by war, arrived in Eldora after sponsorship by Rooks and the Des Moines Lutheran Welfare agency. Their long trek began in Germany on December 5, concluding with a Christmas morning welcome and a ready home.
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United States
Estonia
D.p.s
Lutheran Welfare Agency
Des Moines
Cecil F. Books
Eldora
U.S.A
Asu
Wurttemberg
Des Moines Lutheran Welfare Agency
Rooks
Germany
Lutheran Church
Coal Shortage Here Imminent in Eldora
Eldora coal dealers warn of an imminent shortage as stockpiles dwindle and shipments grow uncertain. They blame the three day per week work order of John L. Lewis, UMW chief, for reduced production. Four local dealers Crosley Farm Store Hadley Grain Co Moser Lumber Co Lovell Denniston Lumber Co report limited one ton orders and scarce future shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Crosley Farm Store
Hadley Grain Co
Moser Lumber Co
Lovell - Denniston Lumber Co
Important PMA Notice on 1950 corn allotments
No corn allotment may be made for any farm that did not produce corn in 1947 1948 or 1949 unless a written allotment request is mailed to the Hardin County PMA office in Towa Falls Iowa before January 15 1950.
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Hardin County
PMA
AAA
Towa Falls
Towa
Ose Named Adviser for Pine Lake Explorer Post
Eldora attorney Lester E. Ose has accepted the role of adviser for a new Explorer Scout post sponsored by Pine Lake Wildlife Club. The post, planned to organize last evening, targets boys aged 14 to 18 who have finished Boy Scout work or wish to join exploratory activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester E. Ose
Eldora
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Ose
Farm Bureau Heads In Planning Meeting
Seventy men and women Farm Bureau officers from town ships met in Iowa Falls on Wednesday to plan 1950 extension and bureau activities. Morning and afternoon sessions, a noon group dinner, and talks covered school facilities, religion and rural life, program topic suggestions, soil conservation, plus remarks from Richard Pulse and Noel Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Supt
F. K. Schmidt
Eldora
Wayne Santel
Union
Maurice Cook
New Providence
Wayne Fischer
Richard Pulse
Noel Campbell
Farm Bureau
Reaver Dies in California Former Eldora Tile Works Proprietor
C A Reaver aged 78 died suddenly Tuesday morning at his Chula Vista home in California. Born March 20, 1871 in Knoxville he moved to Des Moines in 1892 and worked for Iowa Pipe and Tile before coming to Eldora. He later returned to Des Moines and spent years in auto business and state service retiring in 1943. Surviving are two daughters Mrs J D Harnish Ontario California and Mrs C C Clifton Des Moines. His wife died in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Reaver
Eldora Tile Works
Des Moines Brick Co
Des Moines
Chula Vista
Calif
Des Moines Register_ news
Knoxville
Mr. Beaver
Iowa Pipe and Tile Company
Eldora
California
Receipts Ready for 1949 Taxes in County Offices
Treasurer W H Lepley reports tax receipts for 1949 due in 1950 are expected to be ready next Tuesday. Delays from a new real property assessment and state adjustments delayed start but assessor and auditor staff, using machines, completed valuations and tax figures district by district. Hubbard receipts are being sorted and staff may work extra hours to meet the Tuesday deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Lepley
State Tax Commission
Lepley
Four in Car Hit by Train West of Hubbard
Four members of the Bill Rahfeldt family living southwest of Hubbard were riding in a 1949 Oldsmobile when it was struck by an M. & St. L. train at Highway 65 crossing west of Hubbard around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. They were taken to St. Thomas Mercy hospital in Marshalltown. Lynette Rahfeldt, 8, suffered a skull fracture. Mr. Rahfeldt and his wife Inez were less seriously injured. A two month old son, Ronald, was thrown clear and rescued by a brakeman. A later report said the baby had been discharged while others continued treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Rahfeldt
Hubbard
St. Thomas Mercy Hospital
Marshalltown
Lynette
Rahfeldt
Inez
Ronald
Hardin County Mutual Insurance Group Meets Tuesday
The annual meeting of the Hardin County Mutual Insurance association will be held in the New Providence township hall Tuesday at 10 a.m. A report of the year’s business and the election of three directors are on the program. A luncheon will be served at noon.
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Hardin County Mutual Insurance Association
New Providence
Eldora Council Sets Regular Meeting for Monday
The Eldora city council will hold its regular monthly meeting as scheduled Monday night, continuing routine municipal business and public discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
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Reute
Pop
Ray Satchell
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Walter Guenther
John Zimmermann
la Brindle Estate
Henry Hudspeth
Augustine
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C. A. Reaver
Lynette Rahfeldt
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