Steel-Glass Silo Builds 6800 Bushels In Hardin County
The airtight 6800 bushel steel glass silo with 17 foot diameter and 40 foot height rose at F A Speas and Son Woodlawn farm southwest of Whitten on Monday. It is built in sections, uses air jacks for expansion, and carries benefits of sealed oxygen-free storage, glass coated steel for heat transfer, and a bottom unloader. Harvestore dealer Paul Barnard notes prices from 2300 to 4500 dollars depending on size. Community officials include Larry L. Paugh of Clifton and A O Smith representative supervising construction.
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Hardin County
F. A. Speas and Son Woodlawn
Whitten
Speas
Larry L. Paugh
Clifton, Ill
A. O. Smith Harvestore Company
Paul Barnard
Harvestore
Barnard
On Vacation Bill Morse Heads Chamber Office Closure
Chamber of Commerce secretary Bill Morse will be away next week and the office will be closed. Thrift Bucks prizes will be awarded as usual next Wednesday at 3 p.m. in amounts of 50, 25, 10 and three 5 dollar awards.
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Bill Morse
Chamber of Commerce
Ice Cream Social At Courthouse Lawn Planned
The Band Boosters sponsor an ice cream social on the courthouse lawn during next Wednesday night’s band concert. Local residents are invited to attend and enjoy dessert after the performance.
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Band Boosters
Berends Rites Held Tuesday At St. Rock
William L. Berends 67 of Steamboat Rock died Sunday of cancer at his farm home. Born Sept 18 1887 in Germany he emigrated at age five. lived mostly in Hardin County with four years in Grundy County. Survived by wife Bertha Geerdes three children nine grandchildren two sisters and many relatives. Funeral held Tuesday at Presbyterian Church with Rev Dick Harberts officiating.
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William L. Berends
Steamboat Rock
Presbyterian Church
Dick Harberts
Mr. Berends
Germany
Cleves
Iowa
Hardin County
Grundy County
Wellsburg
Bertha Geerdes
Steamboat Rock Presbyterian Church
Lovett
Minnie Berends
Dedrick Berends
Otto Luiken
Eldora
Edward
Eldon Havens
Odie Olthoff
Otto Paterni
Aplington
No Marriage Licenses Issued Since June 27
No marriage licenses had been issued in the clerk of court's office here through Wednesday noon since June 27.
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Clerk of Court
Owasa School Tax Down Seven Mills in Budget
The Owasa community district board proposes a new year budget with the millage down about 7.26 mills from last year. The levy would be 22 mills per $1,000 assessed, with $45,000 to be raised in taxes for 1955 56 expenditures of $66,500. A hearing is set for August 1 at 8 p.m. in the schoolhouse.
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Owasa
Board of Education
Births and names from The Hospital Eldora list
Birth notices list many names along with spouses and relatives including Mrs Albert Rudolph, Mrs Mable Johnson, Mary Ellen Mairs, Mrs Lloyd Crippen, Mrs Anna Barnhart, Mrs Mable Freed, Elie Bartlett, Mrs Fern Newell, Mrs Oscar Anderson, Mrs Harold Knutson and baby boy Roland, Arthur E Buland, Whitten W H Montz, New Providence Richard Broer, Albion Joseph Swager t, Hubbard Harold Elzig, Mrs Wayne Hagedorn, Carl Peil, Mrs Charlotte Walters, Mrs Lena Brandt, Mrs Jake Faust, August Meier. BIRTHS Steamboat Rock Mrs Henry Eckhoff girl July 13 Hubbard Mrs David Larson boy July 12.
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Eldora
Albert Rudolph
Mable Johnson
Mary Ellen Mairs
Lloyd Crippen
Anna Barnhart
Mable Freed
Elie Bartlett
Fern Newell
Oscar Anderson
Harold Knutson
Roland
Arthur E. Buland
Whitten
W. H. Montz
New Providence
Richard Broer
Albion
Joseph Swagert
Hubbard
Harold Elzig
Wayne Hagedorn
Carl Peil
Charlotte Walters
Lena Brandt
Jake Faust
August Meier
Rites for Young Union Mother Dies at 20
Mrs. Millard Winters 20 of Union died at Evangelical Hospital Marshalltown after a seven month illness. Services were held at the Christian Church with burial in Union Cemetery. She was born January 21 1935 in Union. Survived by husband three children Ann Gary and Susan mother Mrs F A Long of Whitten and grandparents Mr and Mrs Peter Sorensen of Union.
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UNION
Millard Winters
Evangelical Hospital
Marshalltown
Paul Enabalt
The
Christian Church
Union Cemetery
Winters
Ann
Gary
Susan
F. A. Long
Whitten
Peter Sorensen
Centennial Balance at Iowa Falls Committee Banked
The Iowa Falls centennial committee nears closing with about 2500 dollars in the bank, per the Hardin County Times. No decision has been made on how to use the surplus funds.
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Iowa Falls Centennial Committee
Hardin County Times
Hospital Board Seeks $7500 Less City Tax for 1956
Eldora Memorial Hospital reports stabilized finances after a year of losses and raises in rates. The board requests a city levy of 5000 for the 1956 budget, plus existing funds for floor grounding, an anesthetic machine, and painting. June financials show 114 outpatients, 90 inpatients, five deaths, and a small monthly gain with 11,872.13 on hand.
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Eldora Memorial Hospital
Reill Beving
Alfred Blome
William A. Cowell
Harry Bromley
Sarah A. Shepherd
George Rubew
Wm. Tietz
John Starr
Lester Ose
George Janssen
Davy Crockett Days Planned Here
Eldora hosts Davy Crockett days on Friday and Saturday July 22 and 23 with showings of Davy Crockett Indian Fighter at the New Grand Theater. A Friday matinee at 2 p m invites children to wear Davy Crockett costumes for judging and prizes.
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Davy Crockett
Eldora
New Grand Theater
Daisey -Crockett
Judgment filed in two damage actions this week
Two new actions were filed with the clerk of court. Dick inson Hardware of Williams sues Leonard and Mary L. Greiner of Alden for $1,299.38 claimed on a furnished materials and labor account. Aiko Green and Georgie Jean Green sue Illinois Central Railroad for $555.34 over a September auto train crossing accident in Ackley alleging obstructed view by the railroad’s buildings and equipment.
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Dave Dickinson
Earl Dickinson
Dickinson Hardware
Williams
Leonard
Mary L. Greiner
Alden
Aiko Green
Georgie Jean Green
Illinois Central Railroad
Ackley
Grundy County Adds Elementary Supervisor John Bressler
C A Morris Grundy County superintendent announces addition of elementary supervisor John Bressler to staff. He will begin about August 15 after unanimous support from county school superintendents.
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Grundy County
City budget outlook shows hospital and library requests down
Higher administrative efficiency may trim the next year’s budget as hospital and library requests come in lower than last year. Mayor Janssen indicated little council work so far, with a probable special session next Monday to discuss the proposed budget. Park budget not yet received, but expected. Fire truck purchase and a Cemetery Society mill levy are under consideration.
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George Janssen
Janssen
City Park Commission
Cemetery Society
Eldora Hospital
Public Safety Department
Hubbard Youth Found 4 Hours After Wreck
Harold Elzig of Hubbard, 27, was found at 5:30 am in a demolished 1950 Ford on Highway 65 near Hubbard after a one am accident on the Hardin Story county line. He was taken to Eldora Memorial hospital with facial injuries and possible other wounds.
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Harold Elzig
Hubbard
Highway 65
Elzig
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Paul Hodgson
Hardin-Story
Schedule unchanged except softball moved to 6 30 PM Monday
Paul Gates city recreation director says the schedule remains the same this week with one change. Girls softball practice will be at 6 30 p m Monday.
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Paul Gates
Golfers to Travel to Ackley Tuesday
Youthful golfers in the city recreation program will travel to Ackley next Tuesday morning for match play. Paul Gates announced the trip and those interested may join by registering an average nine hole score with Gates and meeting at the city ball park at 8 a.m. next Tuesday.
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Ackley
Paul Gates
Gates
City Ball Park
New Cars and Dealers List Across Iowa Towns
A catalog of new cars and dealers appears across several Iowa towns including Eldora and Iowa Falls. Makes listed include Chevrolet Ford DeSoto Pontiac and brands associated with dealers William ONeill Ronald W Skoeboe Chucks Auto and Tractor Wrecking Mr and Mrs Dale Kellogg and Herbert Hartrung.
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William O'Neill
Eldora
International
Ronald W. Skoeboe
Radcliffe
Chevrolet
Chuck’s Auto and Tractor Wrecking
Iowa Falls
Ford
Hans B. Or Lorena B. Lovig
Willard J. Martin
New Providence
Mrs. Dale Kellogg
Alden
DeSoto
Herbert F. Hartrung
Pontiac
Bond meeting to discuss school issue in Radcliffe
A public meeting in Radcliffe is set for Monday to talk about the possibility of issuing bonds for a new grade school building. Officials say planning is underway for the project and residents are urged to attend.
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Radcliffe
Social Security rep to visit El Dora courthouse July 19
A Social Security Administration district office representative will be at the El Dora courthouse July 19 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to help residents file applications for federal old age and survivors insurance benefits, obtain original and duplicate Social Security account number cards, and request an employer identification number.
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Social Security Administration
Waterloo
Eldora
Earl T. Johnson
Eldora council acts on budgets bids and ordinances
Council Monday night received the Eldora hospital and library budgets for the next year and the semi annual hospital and library reports for May and June. They passed two ordinances including stop sign placement and vacated 10 feet of ground on 20th street for the West End supermarket site. New fire department member Kenneth Anway was appointed, replacing Merle Bolar. No action was taken on a proposed airstrip though letters of endorsement were filed.
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Eldora
20Th Street
Moirs
Don Priske
West End
Kenneth Anway
Eldora Fire Department
Merle Bolar
Library Board Seeks Budget Cut From City Tax
Eldora library trustees ask for about half of last year’s city tax. June treasurer report shows $81,420.94 balance. receipts $3,070.66. disbursements $6,790.21. A 1955-56 budget requests $4,650 taxation, with proposed expenditures $7,800, vs prior year $13,500. Semi annual report through July 1 shows end balance near $4,962.07 after planned purchases. Board members listed.
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Eldora Library Board of Trustees
Hubbard Votes In Bond Issue
Hubbard voters approved a $180000 bond issue in a district meeting to add a new high school classroom wing. The plan requires removing two private houses and places the addition west of the current building, with the district already operating a large gymnasium and a combined arts shop building.
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Hubbard
Hubbard Community
710 New Cars in 1st Six Months
County treasurer Mrs. Helen Schumacher reports 83 new trucks and 710 new cars registered in the December 1954 through June 1955 period. Used tax collected totaled $43,549.02 and license fees reached $323,960.05.
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Helen Schumacher
Eldora council approves Hammond addition and issues multiple permits
The Eldora city council acted on routine matters including approval of the Hammond addition in the southeast, grants of bonds and permits. Items listed include a plumbers bond for Luiken Hardware, cigarette permit for Bremmer Drug, basement and garage permits for lots 3 and 4, block 7 Liberty Park, sewer permit for lot 3, water and building permits for Raymond Nance, a grain storage permit for Hadley Grain Co, a garage permit for J. W. Hauser, a store permit for Leslie Vinton, and sign permits for Stanley Bell and D W Bremmer. Also noted are names of local residents and organizations such as the Business and Professional Woman's club, Kiwanis, and VFW posts.
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Leslie Vinton
Stanley Bell
D. W. Bremmer
Iowa Falls Man Run Over By Train
Funeral services were held Monday at Nevada for William Henry Moon a 65 year old Iowa Falls resident killed when run over by a Rock Island train six miles south of Nevada early Sunday The deputy sheriff said Moon likely took his own life Moon unmarried was born January 1890 in Hardin County son of Joseph and Mary Minnie Moon He had lived in the county most of his life and was believed to have been seeking work in Nevada Surviving are two sisters Mrs Peter Beyer Des Moines and Mrs Esther Shaw Omaha and three nephews Barney M A and Walter Wikert nearby
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Nevada
Iowa Falls
William Henry Moon
Story County
John Stark
Moon
Rock Island
Hardin County
Joseph
Mary Minnie Moon
Peter Beyer
Des Moines
Esther Shaw
Omaha
Barney, M. A
Walter Wikert
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St. Rock
Henry Eckhoff
David Larson
Pine Lake Beach
Stanley Raab
Danny Vinton
Tesha
Butch Teckenberg
Anne Yordy
Linda Morgan
Alda Bumsted
Carol Vinton
H I
Hospital Board
Minnie Reece
United Food Market
Birney Jackson
Harrison’s
Harry Robinson
Bowman’s
Library Board
Nina McVeety
Bekemeier Hardware
J. F. Steckler
McVeety
L. L. Scott
Kermith Huehn
Fred Miller
J. R. Bahne
Sheriff's Office
Pony Express
Ken Anway
Anway
John Walker
Gene Foster
Eldora American Legion
Paul Walter
Jim Hauser
Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Bill
Morse
Carl Orgel
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