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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1968
Page
1
The text presents a fragmented local notice mentioning Pine Lake, residents, rent, electric work hours, and wages. It references a regional index and scattered names, but concrete actions or outcomes are unclear. The readable parts point to a community update with personal and logistical details rather than a clear event.
De rerahy Dunn, a former resident, authored a fully documented study tracing American Indian art from earliest times to the present. The volume includes photographs and artifacts across the United States and Europe, with notes on the modern Indian art movement and regional collections. Dunn received honors from France and the US Interior Department for her scholarly work and serves as a key figure in Santa Fe and Radcliffe society.
Sandra Dole of Union seeks divorce from Fred Dole of Rock Island Ark in Hardin County court. The petition cites a July 27 incident at Eldora and requests custody of the two children amid the divorce proceedings.
Hardin County Fair in Eldora features evenings of entertainment with livestock shows and exhibits. Motorsports include tractor pull and stock car races with a Ford drawing giveaway. Jure Chitwood Thrill Show headlines nightly. Children’s Day offers midway ride discounts. livestock auction and open class events also planned.
Various area groups staff the Eldora Chamber of Commerce Information Beach at Pine Lake State Park. The Pine Lake Improvement Committee chaired by Harold Dettharg Curtis Daggs Brice Froning Rob Gunderson and Hard Putnam sets a duty schedule with each club assigning two or more men daily from 9 am to 3 pm through the season.
Joseph R. White, vocational agriculture instructor at Iowa Falls Community High School, was elected president elect of the Iowa Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association at the Des Moines conference. He will serve on the IVATA executive committee in the coming year and become president for 1969 70. White will attend the National Vocational Agriculture Convention in Dallas later this year.
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll rose to 864,800 in May, up from April as entrants rejoined the labor pool. Manufacturing shed 400 jobs, contract construction fell 1,400 amid disputes, while gains came in trade, food services and other sectors. average weekly earnings rose to 128.41 and the average workweek extended to 40.2 hours.
Hardin County Republican Central Committee plans a booth at the 1988 County Fair on August 59. The booth will be staffed by Hardin County Republicans with county candidates present in the evening for the September 3 primary. Reports were given on Buck Nite program and a fundraising dinner. The Governor's Candidate Dessert is set for July 27 near Steamboat Rock. The YR project completed in Hardin county aims to engage young voters through VA-organized contact efforts.
Fred Trapp of Eldora is buried after a Wednesday service at Eldora Cemetery. Rev Dewey Tamprecht led rites with organist Mrs Yo Leonard. casket bearers included Mervin Ruket and Charles Holeuith. Survived by sister-in-law Margaret Truppo Fidora and nephew Robert Trupp. he served in WWI and farmed near Clarksville and Eldora.
Conrad Grove Recreation Association received approval for a 145000 loan from the Farm Home Administration to fund a pine hole golf course, clubhouse, practice area, and lagoon lake. Plans aim to award contracts soon, begin construction by August, seed in September, and open for play by July 1969.
James Coande, director of the Heat County Extension Office, will assume duties of superintendent of the junior live stock department of the Mardin County Market this year. Previous reports indicated Mrs Harrold Loxdoof Gifford would assume duties alongside or instead of Park Andrews and Miss Brisely Blewhn.
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