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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1949
Page
4
An examination of hymn use in worship argues for thoughtful music over cheap or noisy tunes. It contrasts traditional hymns and psalms with modern distractions, urging churches to preserve reverent, powerful song that aids worship and honors God.
La Pees i La Pees i Mrs J D Newcomer and Mrs J D K Smith lead a town collection to fund a park seat. Eldora prides its park as among the finest in the state. D Q Loy suffered a serious fire at his tile works. Loss estimated over 2000. J C Moorman took his son Clinton into partnership. W J Moir completed two back rooms of his brick block. Dr G H Ritenour will have his dentist office there. A severe hailstorm tore through Hardin county damaging crops two to four miles wide and about fifteen miles long. Most corn stood six feet tall before the storm flattened it. Harve Snyder and Buzz George opened a butcher shop in the former Hoffmans Jewelry building. 85 years ago 1894 Polley brothers struck a water well at 52 feet and will abandon the shaft for a coal well. They will use it as a well. At stockholders meeting of the C I and D Ry Judge John Porter retired from management. W S Porter named new manager. 45 years ago 1904 F J Edgar bought the old post office building and will move jewelry stock soon. J F Hardin reelected treasurer of the state Sunday school convention at Iowa Falls. Ex-Supt Miles of the Industrial school wears a diamond thanks to Eldora friends. A P Mason of Union reelected president of the state auctioneers association.
Towa Falls was named president Ray Willcox of Eldora vice president Harry Graham Iowa Falls secretary and treasurer Fourteen blocks of Eldora streets have been repaired with tar and oil under street commissioner Henry Kiessmeier A new packing dressings system has been adopted by the Red Cross now protected by waterproof coverings The War Production board urges waste paper saving at least five pounds per person per month
Gifford Mr and Mrs Geo Hallett head to Lake Okoboji for six weeks. Families from Union Eldora and Lorimer visit, with Spirit Lake weekend trips and Osceola hospital calls. Chautauqua in session and local leaders honored. city marshal appointment. post office staff changes. 1924 1934 era items and local society notes.
Fairall area residents mingled at the Teske reunion in Des Moines on Sunday with Peter Williams and Marvin Schwebke among those listed. Nearby gatherings included a birthday party for Diane Sievert in Hubbard and several Sunday dinners at local homes with relatives from Fairfax Dougherty Sheffield Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Cristel Sievert underwent eye surgery in Mason City, and other visits included Steamboat Rock Hubbard and Iowa Falls areas as family members visited.
Eldora progresses with a fly control campaign as spraying plans for businesses streets and alleys proceed with city and Chamber of Commerce cooperation. Public participation is urged to boost pest destruction and prevent breeding, while bids are sought for hospital expansion construction set to start within a month. Local donations totaling 25 000 dollars including Ned Burling's 10 000 dollars may complete the project before winter, with Eldora Women's Club nearing its 1 000 dollar furnishing goal.
Citizens call for sidewalk and curb replacements as cement in the business district remains unsightly and dangerous after weeks of trenching and pneumatic hammering. The note urges timely repairs while streets and sidewalks are torn up for improvements.
A fed up school teacher signs a public statement critiquing the school system. The quote describes a chain of fear from teachers to principals, superintendents, boards, parents, and even children, ending with a blunt jab about children.
A page one item linked borers decapitating pests to corn growth spurring wild stories about the No 1 pest. Tales include borers destroying Canada thistles and a Buckeye township notice. Eldora locals remark on tassels, a phone book error, Piper’s ten year anniversary fundraiser, a new speed boat, and old society jests from 35 years ago.
The feature highlights Bill Knapp of Chicago and Burton Bridgens of Washington as proof that thrift, work, and education lead to stable careers and homes. It traces Knapp’s rise at a Chicago firm after Grinnell College and Bridgens’s NBC radio path in Washington, DC, urging youths to pursue opportunity amid calls for budget transparency and fiscal reform.
Pauls Lutheran John Hammermann pastor conducts Sunday services on July 17 with Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 00 and divine service at 11 00 Ladies Aid picnic in the park after services Monday choir rehearsal at 8 66 p m Pastor W Leckhand of Buckeye will serve while the pastor is on vacation July 24 services begin 9 00 with Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 00
Marys Catholic Church lists masses with Father L V McDonough and a Saturday protestant service. First Congregational presents Pilgrim Fellowship at 9 30 Sunday school 10, worship 11 with sermon Finding Our Life. deacons meet after service. First Methodist notes 10 am Sunday school and 11 am worship Can We Know God. choir Thursday 7 30. adult Bible class at Ida Landis home.
A visitor spent several days with Mr and Mrs Sam Byers in Spencer on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Harold Glenn Guiles hosted Mr and Mrs E F Steelman and Jody and Mr and Mrs Gene Steelman at dinner Thursday for Mrs E F Steelman birthday anniversary. Mrs Otto Seim, ill with pneumonia for weeks, is slightly improved.
W. J. Mummery assumed his new duties as psychologist at the Towa Training School for Boys last week, Hollis Miles announced. Mummery is a University of Iowa graduate student and replaces Aristotle Pappas who resigned July 1 as assistant superintendent and psychologist. Since then M. L. Puckette has been named as assistant superintendent, keeping the two roles separate.
An auction sale of the Froning Grain company property will occur at the premises on July 21, per referee Guy W. Jones in the Froning bankruptcy. Arrangements were settled at a creditors committee meeting last week. Joe Reisch of Mason City, a used car selling specialist, will conduct the sale of machinery and equipment. The creditors committee includes Carl Smedal of Ames, D. W. Dickinson of Eldora, and V. Sieverding of Grundy Center.
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