Farm Bureau membership drive kicks off in Iowa
The 1969 Iowa Farm Bureau membership drive begins January 7 with 68 percent of the 1000000 target secured so far. Cochairs Job Yantix and Kenneth Balvane note the drive aims for 16000 new members by March 1 as county units push for rapid signups and volunteers prepare for legislative and marketing efforts. Kennedy Thaten er of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation headlined the kickoff dinner at the Tawa River Conservation area near Steam Boat Rock with Farm Bureau women serving the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anal Mardin County Farm
Biren
Ats Ahort
Fieldman Lavey Mecloud
Uest
Getopam
Tawa River Conservation Ag
Chibo
Steamboat Rock
Kennedy Thatener
Lowa Mari Bureau Federation
Fann Harena
Job Yantix
Kenneth Balvane
Leo Wagponer
Towa Barn Buerea Geld Services
Wageoner
Chenad
Rites Set Friday For Mrs. Zeltman
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Zeltman 73 will be held Friday afternoon at the Assembly of God Church Eldora with Rev Bruce F E Klapp officiating Vocalists are Barbara Beverly and Carolyn Zeltman Accompanist Mrs Elmer Maynard Flower ladies Mrs Clyde Hixson Mrs Harald Lloyd and Mrs Evan Lyman Casket bearers Gene Balvanz Larry Balvanz Lonnie Balvanz Paul David Balvanz Tammy Balvanz Donald Zeltman Interment at Shelter Cemetery Longenecker Funeral Home Eldora handling arrangements Mrs Zeltman born May 0 1895 in Grundy Center to William and Mrs Squires married William Zeltman Aug 26 1912 in Des Moines Husband preceded her in death May 28 1966 She had resided in Eldora 34 years Surviving three children Dale Zeltman Cedar Rapids Eldora Mrs James Young Cedar Rapids and Mrs Russell Balvane Eldora one brother David Squires Woodland Calif one sister Mrs Frank Hooper Cedar Falls one grandchild and 11 great grandchildren.
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Dam
Assembly of God Church
Eldora
Rose Zeltman
Eldora Community Hospital
Bruce FE. Klapp
Barbara
Beverly
Carolyn Zeltman
Elmer Maynard
Clyde Hixson
Harald Lloyd
Evan Lyman
Gene Balvanz
Larry Balvan
Zeltman
Dale Zelman
James
Bessie) Young
Cedar Rapids
Russell
Vern) Balvane
David F. Squires
Woodland
Calif
Frank Hooper
Cedar Falls
Rites Saturday For Eldora Attorney Carl DeBaggio
Eldora attorney Carl DeBaggio 60 died Tuesday at a hospital in Siragola Fio after an arthritic illness He had been in failing health and recently underwent surgery at Sarasota Memorial Hospital Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 am at St Marys Catholic Church with Rev John Zack officiating The Rosary will be recited at 7 pm Burial at St Marys Cemetery The family will receive memorials for the Arthritis Association DeBaggio born Feb 13 1908 in Colfax son of Harry and Lottie DeBaggio He practiced law in Eldora since 1938 served as city attorney and held several local posts He later joined the federal narcotics bureau retiring as Chief Counsel in Washington DC in October
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Carl DeBugero
Eldora Attorney
Siragola
Fio
St. Mary's Catholic Church
John A. Zack
Langepoekeer
Burdab
St. Mary’ Cemetery
Arthritis Association and
Friends
Lynn
Carl John DeBaggio
Colfax
Harry and
Lottie Weeks de Baggio
Colfax High School
Loras College
Dubuque
Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Ness
University of
Eldora
Mardin
DeBaggio
Narcotics
Treasury Department
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Washington
D. DC
Burea
Lott
Hospital Auxiliary Annual Meeting Set In Bt Sora
The Bt Sora Community Hospital Auxiliary plans its annual meeting Monday January 27 in the hospital conference room. Current president Mrs Keith Strather will preside and a minimum attendance of 50 is required. Dues are $1 yearly and memberships are open through C. G. Gould Eldora.
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Sis. Offic
Bt Sora Community Hospital
Pam
Keith Strather
Strather
James Haugh
Richard Rubew
Meta Bal- Gene Steelman
Marcelle Smith
Strother
Smith
C. G. Gould
Eldora
South Hardin Recreation Area Elects 1969 Directors
South Hardin Recreation Area officers and directors met at the new community building. New directors are Faris Paglia and Don Fiscus, replacing Johnson Cook and Schwarck. Johnson elected vice president, Mrs Harris secretary, Norman treasurer. In Hardin County, attorneys filed a notice of appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court over the Gifford Feed Lot ruling. The county appeals divisions two and three of Judge McCormick’s conclusions, with a stay request set for January 29 in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Norman
Faris
Paglia
Don Fiscus
James Johnson
Frank Cook
Glen Schwarck
H-T
Hardin County Board of Supervisors
State Supreme Court
Harlin
McCormick
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Penalty Date Nearing On 1969 License Plates
The Hardin County Treasurer reports a Jan 31 1969 deadline to purchase 1969 license plates without penalty. Starting Feb 1969 a five percent monthly penalty with a $1 minimum will be added until licensed. Vehicle storage for 1964 plates may be arranged before Feb 1 1969 at the Eldora office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Treasurer's Office
Hardin County
Eldora
Three New Hubbard Chamber Directors Elected
Three new Hubbard Chamber of Commerce directors were elected for two year terms. The appointees are Dr. Arlen Zierke Harold Marshman and Don Heineking. Board members Charles Robertson James Willmore and David Kuhlman ended their terms. Over 100 people attended the annual meeting Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard Chamber of Commercce
Arlen Zierke
Harold Marshman
Don Heineking
Charles Robertson
James Willmore
David Kuhlman
Chamber of Commerce
Chili Supper Set for Saturday at Local Lodge
A chili supper will be served Saturday night January 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Iowa River Conservation and Improvement lodge near Steamboat Rock. The event marks the first of several suppers planned for the second and fourth Saturdays each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa River Conservation and Improvement Lodge
Steamboat Rock
Rubow Replaces Travisono on Area Community College Board
Rubow of Eldora is named to replace Anthony Travisono on the Area VI Community College District board. The three year term runs to September 1969 with Rubow set to be installed in Marshalltown Friday night. Travisono left after becoming Rhode Island Social Welfare Director. The board includes Caughey, Boyd, Leonard, Bristley, Thompson and Lyon. Rubow represents Eldora New Providence Steamboat Rock Hubbard Radcliffe and Wellsburg districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubow
Travisono
Area Community College Board
Ruban
Eldora
New Providence
Steamboat Rock
Hubbard
Radcliffe
Wellsburg
Community College Board
Wm. E. Caughey
Grinnell
James H. Boyd
Marshalltown
Harlan Leonard
Iowa Falls
Francis Bristley
Conrad
Thomas R. Thompson
Russell Lyon
Traer
1967 Farm Census Shows Hardin County Pattern
Hardin County Iowa mirrors statewide farm trends with fewer people and larger farms. The 1967 census shows farm population down to 232 from 1966, 1 544 farms a drop of 68, and average farm size rising to 237 acres. Total farmed acres decreased to 361,129, while livestock, crops, dairy, and other measures shift, including milk cows dropping from 6,124 in 1965 to 3,004 in 1967.
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Iowa
Hardin County
Mardin
Wvester Church Aids Cakerice Family Fire Appeal
Members of the Wvester Church of the Brethren urge cash donations to help the Irvin Cakerice family replace items lost in a Saturday fire. Contributions go to church treasurer Donald Butler or Pastor John Ditmars. The family includes Mr and Mrs Cakerice and their children Myrna Kirk and a college student, Myrna, at Iowa State and Kirk at home. They had moved to Eldora for the winter to the Chet Vieman home and were not living in the rural home at the time of the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wvester Church of the Brethren
Irvin Cakerice
Donald Butler
John Ditmars
Cakerice
Myrna
Iowa State University
Ames
Iow
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Kirk
Eldora
Chet Vieman
Jay Hadley To Head South Hardin Recreation Board
The South Hardin Recreation Area elected Jay Hadley as 1969 president at its annual meeting held Tuesday night. Lynn Johnson became vice president, Mrs. Herman Harris secretary, and Glenn Norman treasurer with three new directors Don Fiscus Ed Faris and Robert Paglia. Holdovers include past president Dr. Lloyd Bates and Glen Norman A. E. Miller for one year, and Johnson Hadley and Mrs. Harris for two. The group noted progress in its second year including golf and swimming facilities opened July 1968 after FHA funding in 1967. The 1968 finances showed teen fees for the new course and a year-end balance to fund 1969 operations, with memberships projected at 70 to 80 dollars for families and lower rates for individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hardin Recreation Area
Jay Hadley
Lynn Johnson
Herman Harris
Glenn Norman
Don Fiscus
Ed Faris
Robert Paglia
James Johnson
Frank Cook
Glen Schwarck
Lloyd Bates
Glen Norman
A. E. Miller
Johnson
Hadley
Harris
Bates
Winter Weather Tightens Grip on Eldora
Eldora area faced continued winter conditions with rain, freezing drizzle, and snow. Weather observer Bruce Price recorded .03 inch of rain Monday and traces on subsequent days, along with .08 inch of ice and snow, creating hazardous driving and walking conditions. Temperatures ranged from the mid 30s highs to lows in the 20s, with Wednesday’s low at 9 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Area
Eldora’s
Bruce Price
IR Preservation Association Elects Directors
The annual meeting of the Towa River Preservation Association was held Tuesday night at the First National Bank community room in Eldora. Six directors were elected with re-electees Mike Fisher of Towa Falls and Bob Gunderson of Eldora. newly elected Jerry Price Iowa Falls John Wipple Alden Bill Trampe and Rex Heard Steamboat Rock. The board will meet in February to elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa River Preservation Association
First National Bank
Eldora
Mike Fisher
Towa Falls
Bob Gunderson
Jerry Price
Iowa Falls
John Wipple
Alden
Bill Trampe
Rex Heard
Steamboat Rock
Eldora Board Hires Building Consultant
Eldora School Board during a Wednesday night meeting named Dr. Robert Johnson of AREA IX Bettendorf as educational consultant. Johnson will update the Eldora school curriculum and building needs study, having previously advised on remodeling in 1962 63 and the 1965 bond issue for an industrial arts building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Robert Johnson
Bettendorf
Johnson
County Okays More Ambulance Funds For Three Towns
Hardin County Supervisors raised ambulance subsidies for Iowa Falls Eldora and Ackley during the meeting. Eldora and Iowa Falls now receive 300 dollars per ambulance per month, Iowa Falls with two ambulances totaling 600 dollars. Ackley gains 250 dollars per month for its ambulance. Union Radcliffe Alden and Hubbard subsidies stay at 200 dollars. A February 18 budget hearing at 10 a.m. in Eldora courthouse will consider increases for bovine tuberculosis bang eradication and public employees retirement system funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Ackley
Town Falls
Union
Radcliffe
Alden
Hubbard
Public Employees Retirement System Fund
Vigars Oppald Official Winners In Growers Contest
Official results from the Town Crop Improvement Association crown WooH Vigars of Eldora in soybeans and Melvin Oppald of Eldora in corn as 1968 Eldora Master Growers Contest winners. Oppald set a new corn yield record of 7240 bushels per acre, surpassing the prior 168.34 bushels. Jeroy Aswegan of Eldora moved to second with 184.18 and Albert Wilson of New Providence to third with 164.15 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Crop Improvement Association
Wooh. Vigars
Eldora
Melvin Oppald
Owasa
Alle Jaspers
Steamboat Rock
Jeroy Aswegan
Aswegan
Albert Wilson
New Providence
Unique Band Festival at Eldora School Sunday
A festival of bands arranged by the Eldora Community School instrumental department will be held Sunday January 136 at the new Eldora school building. The event starts at 2 30 p m with two readers four bands and about 130 participants. It features elementary junior high senior high and stage bands directed by Curtis Noble Milo Myers Fred Kekstadt with Mrs Sarah Hunter and Mrs LaDean Fenton as readers.
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Eldora Community School
New
Eldora School
I Byn
Curtis Noble
Milo Myers
Fred Kekstadt
Sarah Hunter
LaDean Fenton
Eldora High School
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Waggoner
Farm Bureau
Towa
Ik Don
Cinir
Mrs. Zeltman
Carl DeBaggio
Nar
the Debaggio
U. S
Gifford
Hospital Auxiliary
Hardin County Clerk of Court
Eugene Setchell
Ruth Fuller
David L. Ulrich
Fd Faris
A. E
Hubbard C of C
Iowa Department of Agriculture
U.S. Partment of Agriculture
Wvester Church
South Hardin Recreation Board
IR Preservation Association
Eldora Board
Vigars
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