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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1957
Page
7
Special club offer promotes Herald Ledger and Hardin County Index in the trade area. Club rate applies to Iowa and other states. Publisher is Ge R Sta Geer as.
February marks Boy Scout Week from the 6th to the 12th as Scouting reaches its 47th year. Since 1910 over 26 million American boys and men have embraced the Scout oath and law, with 4.5 million active today in 540 councils comprising 111 thousandUnits. A national jamboree will bring 50 thousand Scouts Explorers and leaders to Valley Forge for a peak experience this summer, shaping future leaders and community service.
The Humboldt Republican argues that today’s eighteen year olds are mature enough to vote and serve in the armed forces, while noting the lingering legal age of twenty one for some purposes. The piece suggests extending voting rights to eighteen while acknowledging ongoing parental guidance for the young.
A compact roll call of local happenings from 1912 to 1952 notes W. O. Chaney advertising a Hampshire sale in Creston, silver wedding anniversaries with mock ceremonies, a W C T U meeting at the Training School chapel, and notable local appointments. Other items include Steamboat Rock health officer Sophia Potgeter, Eldora staff dinner hosted by editor Charles Greer, 25th anniversaries, Pine Lake Country Club presidency, and World War II era groups forming in Eldora, with various community milestones and open houses.
A reflective piece recalling farm evenings of yore in Iowa. The narrator contrasts past chores milking feeding animals and gathering eggs with modern farming, cherishing memories of parents guiding duties, warm meals, and the sense of discipline chores imparted. Blessed are the boys and girls who endure and remember these chores.
Bud Reagan used his sound truck to publicize the Iowa Falls postman’s 30 mile walk to Eldora via Ackley and Steam Boat Rock. Jack Gorman helped Bob Allen with hot coffee on the 0 degree cross country trek as Eldora eyes a gym auditorium bond and architect hire signals petitions.
Radcliffe residents report visits by Miss Lulu Jones and family, Des Moines callers including Mr and Mrs Lonnie Mason and Mrs Hubert Gaard, and extended calls in Radcliffe. A Southeast Asia study series closes at the Methodist church with a potluck. A turkey supper aids fund drives at Ellsworth, and ministers attend a state pastors’ school in Indianola. A Denver baby named David Paul born to Mr and Mrs David Larson. Local families welcome new movers Cecil Hocking and three children to northeast Radcliffe.
Shortly after World War II Preston Tucker, a Michigan manufacturer, stirred excitement with a radical car design. The dream ended as Tucker's career ended with his death. Independence Bulletin Journal notes his brief rise and abrupt fall in the automotive quest.
The Independence Bulletin Journal notes that federal government buying has risen from about 3 billion dollars in the 1920s to over 450 billion dollars today, rising from under 2 percent to roughly 11 percent of total national output, reflecting increased government role in the economy.
Mrs Witce Ward Ladies Ald will meet at the church parlors tonight with a basket dinner. Numerous local families and guests visit homes across Alden Ackley Steamboat Rock and Iowa Falls including Hartkopp Rankin Axtell Ward Johns Russ and Ward birthday events. Local visits and dinner guests recur through the week with church and open houses noted.
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