Local Happenings In and Around Eldora and Vicinity
Local life note dense with visits and travels across Eldora. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Thearl Essig of Sioux City visiting relatives. numerous trips to Sac City Clear Lake Waterloo Des Moines and Milwaukee. a Mac Rae George wedding anticipation with relatives from Des Moines Iowa City Keswick and Omaha. a Peru mission assignment for Hamilton Fish. and multiple stays with family in Eldora and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thearl Essig
Sioux City
Nelson Snovel
Clara
Nellie Strother
Keith Strother
Sac City
Fred Davis
Davis
Margaret Strother
Esther Jackson
C. C. Buerkens
Pella
Louis Re
William Rebschull
Waterloo
Roger Conrad
Conrad
Glenn Streed
Alameda
Calif
Lee Streed
Burlington
Karl Streed
Fairfield
C. W. Stenecker
Manning
Mary Streed
Eldora
Omaha
Babe Willcox
Chicago
Ray Willcox
Mac Rae-George
Angus Mac Rae
Margaret Mac Rae
Des Moines
Don
Iowa City
J. J. George
Joe George
Kenneth
Gerald George
Keswick
Gifford appoints Rev Ben H Harris as supply minister
Union pastor Rev Ben H Harris of Union has been named supply minister for the Whitten and Ifford Methodist churches. Worship will be Sunday July 17 at ten o’clock in the Gifford Church. Robert N Hammer, son of Mr and Mrs Verlin Hammer of Gifford, has been promoted to corporal at Smoky Hill Air Force Base near Salina Kansas arriving in October 1948 with the 301st motor vehicle squadron. Nearby notes include social visits among local families and a Gospel Tabernacle listing for Rev W L Beasley with a guest Abraham Solomon of St Louis Missouri to discuss questions on Judaism and a Sunday service schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. van Patter
Chuckie
Ackley
Otto Grobe
Parkersburg
Henry Johnson
Florence White
Jane Donner
Michigan City
Ind
Harry Hutzel
Jane
Enid Stade
Minneapolis
Martin Struck
Henry Kerdes
Cedar Falls
Bert Myers
Alice Palmer
Paul Chesnut
Winterset
Chesnut
Nazette
Minnie Mulford
Anna Dornsbach
Heiko Clapp
Karen
Frank Nehring
Eldora
Hamilton Fish
Arthur. E. Fish
Burbank
Calif
E. Fish
Congregational Church
Peru
U. S
Gifford
Ben H. Harris
Union
Whitten
Ifford
Gifford News
Robert N. Hammer
Verlin Hammer
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Salina
Kan
Hammer
Kansas
301St Motor Vehicle Squadron
Robert Hall
Altoona
Emma Mulbrack
Don
Kate Ballard
Newton
Rex Hackney
Olaf Gunderson
Geo. Case
Tama
Gospel Tabernacle
W. L. Beasley
Abraham Solomon
St. Louis
Immigrant Candy Maker Louis Darzes Builds Eldora Life
A detailed profile of Louis Darzes, Greek immigrant turned longtime Eldora candy maker and ice cream pioneer. From Zaraforna to Chicago to Sioux City to Indianola and Warrensburg, his journey ends in Eldora where he built a respected business with his wife Sally and raised a family. He chose to stay in Eldora despite offers, praising the town and its people as his home. The piece notes family ties, career milestones, and a brief Budget Estimate School District notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Peretaley
Herb Owens
Desines Tribune
Eldora
Hardin County
Zaraforna
Greece
Chicago
Louis Dartes
Iowa
Louis
Aly
Sioux City
Indianola
Aera
Warrensburg
Missouri
Sally Thomas
Virginia
Kirksville
Sally
A, and P, Grocery
Newcomer
Hardin Courthouse Square
Newcomer Building
Darzes
Angelen Shope
Waukon
Iola Patterson
Davis
Cal
Anthony
Thomas
Bradley University
Tony
Louis Candy Shop and Sodas Near the Square
A former resident recounts opening a candy shop and soda fountain a half block west of the square. Louis makes all candy on site with a small staff, offering specialties like pecan turtles butter brickle toffee and chocolate creams. A GI student trained by Louis started his own shop in Ackley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Darzel
G. I
Chet Lynk
Ackley
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Eddie Messer
Baby
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Milwaukee
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H. & Conrad
Mount Pleasant
Bremmer
Yellowstone National Park
Ruth Harris
Fred Rolph
Pontiac
Mich
Francis Stout
Harold Rutherford
Watkins
Dale Rolphin
Lorraine
Wyno
Walter Roblin
Earl Wiley
Clinton
Roy Wilson
Eldora Wednesay
J. W. Edson
Russell Edson
Margaret Edson
Norman
Nebr
W. D. Edson
A. W. Adams
A. W. Junior
Joel D. Schumacher
Ledges State Park
Boone
Ora Adams
Becky
Ames
John Greiner
Marshalltown
Robert Whiting
Will Allen
Pete Myers
Forrest Sheldon
Nellie Myers
Jerome Newcomer
Ernest Samuel
Evanston
Mary Ziesman
Nora Mitchell
Belle Hall
Lydia Pool
Grace Rutherford
Tri County
Bethel Grove
Grundy
Franklin
Haridin
Eldon McVeety
Bill Severson
E. B. Krominga
Frank Krominga
Alden
A. B. Gould
Wilsonville
Alabama
Kate Hill
Universal
Harold H. Luiken
Luiken
Chevrolet Co
Steamboat Rock
Grahame Department Stores
Rev
Ben Harris A. Whitten - Gifford
Steamboat Rock Consolidated
Clay Township
Farmers Savines Bank
Louie Davies
Des Moines Tribune
Louie
Reed
Sue Shope
Postville
Davzel
G. I. Bill
Ben Jaspers
Bo General Transportation
Little Lady's
Marks
Firestone Store
Eldora, Lowa
Blue Swan
Dream
Youngstown
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