03 Jul 1953
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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1953
Page
1
Marks urges South Hardin donors to return signed pledges early for the Woodmobile visit on July 14. He and volunteers plan direct contact with Eldora businesses and nearby towns to meet a quota of 264 pledges plus at least 50 standby donors.
Union consolidated school completes faculty appointments for the coming year adding three new teachers. Mrs. Albert R. Johnson becomes home economics instructor, Raymond Dunn of Gilmore City teaches industrial arts and agriculture, and Miss Marlene Meyers will direct band and vocal music. Superintendent Wesley Baddeley begins his second year and Ray Kragel serves as principal and athletic coach. Other faculty members are:
Mrs. Frank King, 73, of Iowa Falls, suffered lacerations and shock after two dogs attacked her near her home last Friday evening. One dog knocked her down and the second joined in. She required no stitches but was taken to Ellsworth Hospital for treatment. Both dogs were ordered tied and observed for 10 days.
David Kanellis teaches English and journalism. Mrs. Wallace Shore leads 7th grade, Mrs. Howard Hammer 6th grade, Miss Kathryn Packer 3rd and 4th grades, Mrs. James Caster 2nd grade, Wayneetta Clercx 1st grade, Marilyn Wimner kindergarten. Mrs. Ed Dighton and Mrs. Vale Ace Drury oversee hot lunch. Custodians P. H. Hamm and Roy Custer. Bus drivers Charles O’Neill, Floyd Ellis, Everatt Custer, and P. H. Hamm.
Putt Mossman sponsors a two day Fourth of July picnic and motorcycle races at the new highway 65 speedway between Eldora and Deep Falls. Highlights include Mossman’s fiery human torch act, Grace Conrad’s leap, a $100 challenge race against Bob Meyers of Des Moines, and multiple introductory and youth races with trophies for the winners. Admission is 50 cents. under 21 requires parental consent. bring basket lunches and fishing or swimming gear.
Farmers urged resealing 40 percent grade corn as part of a wartime drive to aid wounded service members and fund gamma globulin, a polio prevention. Mrs Lois Maltby lists phone 527 and urges bloodmobile use in Eldora on July 16.
Eldora Township Farm Bureau will meet next Tuesday at the Eldora community house starting at 8 00 p m The Dale Petty Bill Vigars Joe Beach Cecil Rooks Leo Freed and Otto Jeske families are in charge of arrangements
State safety officials warned drivers about a potential rise in fatalities and injuries during the holiday weekend. Last year seven people died and 215 were injured in 457 accidents, the worst July Fourth toll on record, prompting advice to check vehicles, start trips early, drive patiently, obey laws, and limit speeds to 55 mph at night and avoid drinking.
Hardin County Society for Crippled Children and Adults held its annual meeting at Radcliffe. Officers were re-elected. Mrs. Chester Pearson chaired the slate with Mrs. Herman Hendrickson vice chair, Mrs. Lewis Bjerke strand secretary, and Mrs. Robert Barlow treasurer. New directors include Mrs. Carwin Hadley and Mrs. Oscar Wood. The Easter Seals sale last spring totaled $1920.89. Louis Kurtz of Des Moines spoke on state and county rehab work, the craft show, and the crippled children's camp near Boone.
Paul J. Simons assumed Eldora school superintendency succeeding Fred K. Schmidt who resigned in March after 1933 service. Simons, from Stuart since 1942, faces consolidation and crowding in Eldora schools and must fill three faculty vacancies. He holds Yankton College BA and an education masters, with further study at Michigan and Colorado. He and his family moved to Eldora last Saturday to the H L Kusserow residence. they have one son and three daughters.
A two mile stretch of the trunk road between Eldora and Steam Boat Rock is being graded this week with several trees removed. The center will be raised and graveled later to improve drainage. the road last graded in 1920.
Exhibits prepared by Hardin County rural pupils appeared on a telecast from Station WOI-TV in Ames on Wednesday afternoon. Participants include Marilyn Carpenter a pupil at Ellis No 5 school and teachers Mrs. Clara Doyle and Miss Neva Kasischke at Ellis No 5 and Ellis No 2 respectively.
Small grain varieties crop rotations and fertilizer experiments will be featured at the summer State College Agronomy Farm at Ames. The half day program begins at 1 p.m. July 7 with tours of the farm showing oats barley flax and winter wheat, plus crop rotation plots on corn oats soybeans and clover. The farm lies about 3 miles south of Ames.
Mrs Frank Klatt of Eldora reports the death of her brother Clarence G Johnson 72 at his Huntington Park California home He was a former Eldora resident son of the late William and Mrs Johnson married to Edith Smith of Eldora who died earlier He is survived by sister Magdalena Johnson of Santa Monica California Funeral services were held at 10 00 this morning in Huntington Park with interment following
The 1953 Fall Fair Book is out, revised completely and easier to read. It highlights a lighted race track, harness races, a carnival and rodeo to boost crowds, with entry deadlines in August and distribution at Eldora banks and the county extension office.
Most Eldora business places will be closed all day Saturday in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. Stores will remain open to night, and the Cash Nite awards, a regular Saturday night feature, will be given at 8:00 o'clock tonight. The post office, county courthouse, Hardin County Savings Bank and state liquor store will also be closed Saturday.
Linda Hadley of Union has been chosen to attend the 15th annual State 4-H Conservation camp near Boone. She joins delegates from 85 counties to inaugurate the new state camping center when sessions begin July 14. Hadley, active in 4-H for six years, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Bruce Hadley and a member of the Union Peppy Pals Club. The camp, run by the extension service with an $800 grant from Federal Cartridge Corp, will be directed by Iowa State College staff and county extension workers, featuring field trips, hikes, lectures, and discussions. Naturalist Badger Clark of Custer, South Dakota, also returns for the 1953 session.
Notices announce addresses and assignments for servicemen Pvt Wallace Kolthoff and Pvt Arvene Doering returning to camps and visiting home. Pvt Arvin Klemme changes address to Fort Bliss Texas. Darrel Bates earns rank promotion in Germany with the 28th Infantry Division. Henry Wheeler attends national postal supervisors convention and Fort Dodge Country Club luncheon with wife reelected as state vice president.
Hope View Bessie Aspirant a registered HolsteinFriesian cow owned by Roy N Finster Eldora finished a 365 day production test in the official Herd Improvement Registry. The cow was milked twice daily and began testing at age 9 years 11 months producing about 18 quarts of milk daily with 574 pounds of butterfat and 14427 pounds of milk testing 4 0 percent.
The Hardin County unit of the Town Council of Republican Women held its monthly meeting in Ackley at Mrs. Will Scoutrick s home last Saturday afternoon. Hostess duties were by Mrs. Emma Martin and Mrs. F J McGreevy with Rep. Paul Walter and Mrs Walter of Union assisting. Walter reviewed the 55th Iowa legislature session and Mrs Walter showed art specimens from Des Moines. Members from Hubbard Union Radcliffe Ackley and Town Falls attended.
Hospital notes list Eldora with Stanbrough Clary Burling Snovel Balcom and Foster families and newborns. New Providence records Had ley Davis and baby boy. Hubbard notes Wehmeier Walters Faust. Ames Rutland. St. Louis White. Greencastle Ray. Steamboat Rock Prescott.
The 10 year old Di Anne Prosser, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Prosser, was accidentally left out of the seven follow ups in the Beauty Contest winners for the 6 to 10 years group.
The first Old Timers to register on Monday at the Marshall town centennial headquarters on the courthouse lawn were W. F. Maulsby, 87, and Mrs. Maulsby aged 02. The Maulsbys, parents of Mrs. Glenn Kurtz of Eldora, are well known in town. The centennial celebration runs through Sunday after ending on Wednesday.
Hardin County Farm Bureau reports paid memberships for 1853 at a total of 1652, with 168 new members, surpassing the 1947 high of 1648. Township breakdown lists Eldora 173 C Wiesner, Union 107 S Noe, Etna 125 B Schotanus, Clay 87 V Manning, Hardin 104 A Harken and C Lange, Alden 141 F Dunning and M Bartlett, Buckeye 51 H Krause, Jackson 65 D Lawless, Ellis 119 F J Klein, Sherman 86 W Stukenberg, Concord 103 K Skartvedt, Grant 89 A Bocke, Tipton 94 A Hornung, Pleasant 88 E Engel, Providence 134 D Clemons. Drive committee chairs are G Modlin, E Flossner, D Granzow, E Frisble, D Kolbe, H Ziesman.
Dewey Eller of Hardin county PMA says Iowa can solve storage by farmers resealing 1952 corn stored under price support loans. If 42 million bushels are resealed, remaining 170 million can be housed in government bins and commercial elevators. Resealing funds help pay for cribs and bins, with farm storage facility loans available at four percent interest to be repaid in four annual installments.
Eldora American Legion Auxiliary joins national drive to raise funds for Korean relief. Proceeds fund medical supplies food supplements clothing sewing equipment education orphan care and care of the elderly in Korea. Gov Beardsley urges Jowans to contribute. local appeals go to Mrs. C A VanFatter or Mrs. Helen Blum Eldora. Drive ends July 15.
Miss Jean Brenner of Stilwell Kansas will begin field training as county extension home economist in Hardin County this summer under Mrs Jacqueline D Macy. She recently attended the American Home Economics Association convention in Kansas City June 22 to 26 as an official delegate. After graduating from Northwestern University Evanston Illinois next June she plans to enter extension work and will remain in Eldora until September 7.
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