Hudspeth Family Farewell Dinner Ahead of Move
Mr and Mrs Henry Hudspeth and children Alan Elaine and Daphne of Steamboat Rock were honored at a Roughwoods Community Hall farewell Monday night with cards games and a bountiful supper. Hosts included Mr and Mrs Vince Platts Mr and Mrs Charles Snider and Mr and Mrs Fred Doering. The Hudspeths have lived in the neighborhood seven years and plan to move to a farm west of Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hudspeth
Alan
Elaine
Daphne
Steamboat Rock
Roughwoods
Vince Platts
Charles Snider
Fred Doering
Hudspeth
Union
Supervisors And Engineer Inspect Hardin County Roads
Hardin County board of supervisors and the county engineer toured roads in Hardin County on Tuesday as part of a 1957 improvement program. They visited Garner and Forest City to inspect county maintenance buildings and discussed plans for a spring maintenance building funded by $50,000 already on hand with no bond issue or tax increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Board of Supervisors
Hardin County
Garner
Forest City
P. L. Wildlife Club Free Shrubbery Packages
The Pine Lake Wildlife Club offers free Wildlife Packets to Hardin county farmers. Ten packets with trees shrubs vines and berries will be provided, with club members aiding planting. Packets available through Conservation Park and Pheasant Committee or club secretary C. O. Rubow. delivery in early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Wildlife Club
Hardin County
The
Wildlife Club
Conservation Park and Pheasant Committee
Gene Setchell
Gene Farmer
Eldora
Duwayne Wilson
Iowa Falls
C. O. Rubow
Band Boosters To Meet Monday
The Band Boosters will meet Monday to hear committee reports and plan programs. A special committee includes Mr. and Mrs. Harold Priske Mrs. Lois Maltby Mr. and Mrs. Wes Willig Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Freed Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prosser and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pulse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Priske
Lois Maltby
Wes Willig
Harvey Freed
Robert Prosser
Richard Pulse
Bids Sought for 220000 T S Dormitory at Eldora
Superintendent H L Miles announces bids soon for a 220000 Iowa State Training School duplex at Eldora to house 90 boys in two 45-boy sections. The 80 by 104 foot brick building sits north of the gym, replacing an old cottage. Two apartments on each floor flank the dorms with a recreation room and locker facility. meals will be delivered from the main kitchen to cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Training School
Eldora
H. L. Miles
Miles
District Court To Hear Nineteen Cases This Term
District court convenes Monday morning at the county courthouse in Eldora with Judge Harvey Uhlenhopp presiding. Nineteen new cases appear on the docket including six divorce actions such as Seaton vs Seaton Hanson vs Hanson Schimmele vs Schimmele Speicher vs Speicher Doering vs Doering Whisler vs Whisler. Other docket items include judgments and injunctions among local entities such as Wood Auto Co. and Farmers Union Co op Seed Service. There are three state cases listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Harvey Uhlenhopp
Bessie A. Seaton
Esta
Kenneth Seaton
Joyce A. Hanson
Jerry Lee Hanson
Audrey I. Schimmele
Casper T. Schimmele
Isabell Speicher
Harry A. Speicher
Anna Louise Doering
Robert Henry Doering
Geraldine L. Whisler
Lawrence A. Whisler
Julius J. Kurth
J. J. Schreiber
Wood Auto Co
Herbert Zimmerman
Bert Wright
Dale R. Oler
General Expressways System
E. K. Seaton
American Acceptance Corp
William
Evangelist Carlyle Scott Conducts Evangeli Meet at Eldora
Rev. Carlyle Scott, an evangelist of 25 years with over 9 000 sermons, leads nightly services at 7 30 p m at the First Baptist Church in Eldora through Feb 10 except Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle Scott
First Baptist Church
Eldora
Scott
Eldora Man Shoots Self In Barn Incident
Louis Teske, 45, of Eldora, shot himself in the cheek with a .410 shotgun in a barn. He walked home, received first aid, and was hospitalized in good condition. He is married with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Teske
Eldora
Hardin County
Teske
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Entries open for 14th Eldora cribbage meet
The 14th annual city cribbage tournament sponsored by the Eldora newspapers opens entries at Rubew & Willcox barber shop with a February 8 deadline. Matches are best three of five, with finals best five of seven, trophies awarded to champion and runner-up, defending champion Co. W. Cote of Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Rubew & Willcox
Herald-Ledger
Co. W. Cote
Bahne attends funeral of Mrs Lehman in Sibley Iowa
Mr and Mrs J R Bahne of Eldora attended funeral services for Mrs Otto G Lehman 81 in Sibley Ia Thursday. Mrs Lehman also survived by one other sister Mrs Harlow A Clark of Marquette Mich Word of Mrs Lehman's death was received here Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Bahne
Eldora
Bahne
Otto G. Lehman
Sibley
Lehman
Harlow A. Clark
Marquette
Mich
Mary Ellen Mairs Named Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow
Mary Ellen Mairs of Eldora was named the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow at an Eldora High School assembly. Sandra Schwebke presented the award. Mairs achieved the highest homemaking exam score and will have her paper entered in state and runner-up competitions. She will receive a Trifari pin for the achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Mairs
Robert Mairs
Eldora
Betty Crocker
Eldora High School
Sandra Schwebke
FHSA
Ation
Marrs
Trifari
New York
Hardin County Farmers Eligible for ACP Aid in 1957
Hardin County farmers may apply for government cost sharing under ACP for approved conservation work this year. Dewey E. Eller says ACP covers acreage reserve land with grazing and harvesting restrictions. Funds available. Hardin county ACP to address soil bank practices and rate differences. 1956 ACP yielded 80,000 across 691 farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Soil Bank
Dewey E. Eller
ASC
General Soil Bank
Eller
The
ACP
ASC Ofice
Pine Lake Country Club Ladies Elect New Officers
The Pine Lake Country club ladies met for a Ladies Night dinner and elected new officers. President is Mrs. L. E. Butler, vice president Mrs. Ada Tsjirgi, secretary treasurer Mrs. Paul Barnard, and golf chairman Mrs. W. G. Tietz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Country Club
L. E. Butler
Ada Tsjirgi
Paul Barnard
W. G. Tietz
Fire destroys hog house on Wesley Barnhart farm
A hog house and its 10 sows and 67 pigs burned at the Wesley Barnhart farm five miles west of Owasa near Highway 65 at about 9 45 p m Tuesday. Fire believed caused by heat lamps. Owasa fire department responded. No damage estimate available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Barnhart
Highway 65
Owasa
Yorkshire Sale Set for Cedar Rapids Show and Auction
The Iowa Yorkshire Breeders Association will hold its state show and sale in Cedar Rapids at Hawkeye Downs on Tuesday Feb 5. Forty top Yorkshire gifts slated for February and March farrowings plus ten fall bears from eighty member herds will be exhibited at 10 a.m. Vendors will judge champions and set selling order for the 1 p.m. sale. Sale chairs are L M Peters Dick Bruene and Jim Henderson. Sale HQ is Hotel Montrose which also hosts the association banquet Feb 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Yorkshire Breeders Association
Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Farrow
Iowa Yorkshire Association
Alan Williams
Iowa City
L. M. Peters
Marion
Dick Bruene
Gladbrook
Jim Henderson
Coin
Hotel
Montrose
Ford Features New 757 Trucks
The Wood Auto Co of Eldora announces Ford’s new truck line on display today. The lineup includes styleside pickups with a 25 percent larger load area, a tilt cab transport truck series, and a ranchero model blending passenger car styling with pickup utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wood Auto Co
Eldora
Judge Uhlenhopp urges Iowa court system reorganization
Judge Harvey Uhlenhopp of Hampton spoke to 105 Hubbard Chamber of Commerce members and guests at its annual banquet January 23. He urged major changes in Iowa’s judicial structure, citing all weather roads, more population centers, and the need for independent courts. Hubbard officials approved pursuing school swimming classes supervised by Hubbard schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Uhlenhopp
Hampton
Hubbard Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Uhlenhopp
Bar Association of
Kermit Boeke
Hubbard
Dr. Bremner Begins Rotary Talk With Life Story
Dr. R. N. Bremner of Steamboat Rock gave an autobiographical account at the Tuesday Rotary meeting. Four reports followed from members including John Starr on Eldora Community Chest funds, Doyle Felton on the Iowa State College educational caravan coming to Eldora Feb 19, and Bob Brown on a new automobile insurance coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Bremner
Steamboat Rock
John Starr
Eldora
Doyle Felton
Iowa State College
Bob Brown
Eldora Parking Meter Collections Rise Then Dip in 1956
City clerk Jurgen Tjaden reports Eldora parking meters collected 5962.50 in the last year, down from 6519.00 in 1955. Fines and meter revenue fund upkeep, pay bonds, and finance new meters. A southwest 12th Street lot cost 5000 and will be funded by meter revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Jurgen Tjaden
12Th Street
Traden
Tjaden
Jackson Township Homemakers Meet
The Jackson township Homemakers met at the Berlin church parlors with sixteen members present. They planned sewing classes on February 11, 18 and 25, and spent the afternoon making copper planters under Janice Granner. Hostesses Lois Gunn and Florence Northrup served lunch. The next meeting will be February 19 in the Berlin church parlors with Beverly Rudolph giving a family recreation lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township
Berlin
Janice Granner
Howard Fuller
Lois Gunn
Florence Northrup
Paul Fuller
Melvin Oppoald
Beverly Rudolph
Reisinger Engaged for Empire Farm Show Pony Sale
Eldora broker K E Reisinger has been engaged by the Empire Farm Show to handle the pony sale at Sioux Falls South Dakota. The stock show and sale run for a week starting Monday next week with the auction slated for Saturday February 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. E. Reisinger
Eldora
Empire Farm Show
Sioux Falls
S. D
Court Allows Foreclosure Appeal in Grace Miller Case
Foreclosure decree against Grace Potter Miller of Ackley in a Dewey fraud case prompts an appeal to the State Supreme Court. The court found Dewey and Stinson acted independently of the plaintiff, which paid $80,000. Miller and guardians failed to prove fraud, setting the stage for further legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Potter Miller
Ackley
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
State Supreme Court
Dewey
Miller
Franklin
Grundy
Fort Madison
Keith Stinson
Hampton
George Dewey
One Hundred Eldora Firms Join Chamber. $5300 Raised
One hundred Eldora business houses joined the Chamber of Commerce for 1957 and have paid dues totaling $5,300, $2,000 short of the $7,400 goal. The twelve member committee posted progress after contacting 71 percent of members, noting increases over 1956. A final check-up is planned next Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Chamber of Commerce
Civic group forms secretary committee to hire full-time secretary
On Wednesday evening the board named a committee to take steps to employ a full-time paid secretary for the local civic group. Members named to the secretary committee were Jim Wauser, Dr. T. E. Stonebrook, Hubert Cleveland and L. L. Scott.
Forty Attend ISC Fire School at Eldora
More than forty men attend the ISC sponsored fire school in Eldora with James Peterson of Iowa State College explaining firefighting apparatus. Attendance averages over 40, with final session next Tuesday at the Youth Building where certificates will be issued. Pictured are Peterson and several Eldora and nearby town attendees, including Wallace Cordes and O R Lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firemen
Eldora
James Peterson
Iowa State College
Wallace Cordes
O. R. Lamb
Wes
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Center
Tom Flickinger
State
Foote
Tigers
Gary Frazer
Eldora Center
Tour Hardin Co
P. L. Wildlife Club
T. S
District Court
H. S. Assembly
All Hardin Co
P. L. Country Club
Ford
Hubbard C of C
Rotary Club
Engage Reisinger
Hubert Cleveland
L. L. Scott
Ralph Correll
Chris Riggert
Jean Whinery
Robert Modlin
Guy Follett
Norman Kunath
F. C. Dreier
John Piper
Louie Teske
Gertrude Hutzel
Bill Winther
Grace Templeton
Loyd Thayer
Bernard Priske
F. N. Watson
Whitten
Linda Long
Hattie Cavana
Boyd Hamm
Milo Butler
Carl Frerichs
New Providence
Harold Comly
Maurice Cook
Mac Martin
Charlotte Walters
Morris Dreier
Howard Sisain
Greencastle
C. Dy Ray
Martin Kasischke
Dwayne Cakerice
Willig
John McBride
Kenneth Peterson
John Wehrman
Vern Reagan
HW. Tjaden
Guy Reid
Cliff Crosser
Peterson
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