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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1968
Page
11
A fragmented OCR style roster lists participants and instructors for New Providence children taking swim lessons at Eldora. It enumerates multiple rows of names including Diane Bartsch Julie Wood Elaine Nelson Rey Andrews Mary Lou Sheldon and Dan White head with additional groups and assistant staff across three rows.
Former Eldoran Dean Brown, 1980 Eldora High School graduate now Mrs. Joan Towle in California, pens a poem dedicated to father Don Brown of Eldora titled The Timber of Honey Creek. The piece recalls a childhood paradise along Honey Creek with family treasures, nature scenes, and the memory of a wedding at Honey Creek church, shaping a lasting connection to place and fatherly guidance.
Dr and Mrs Colin R Kruschwitz and their ten month old son Kyle flew from Washington DC on Friday July 12 to San Juan Puerto Rico. Dr Kruschwitz begins two years of Alternative Service at Castaner Hospital on July 15 under church and government auspices. He earned MD from State University of Iowa in 1966 and had internships and residency at Broadlawn Hospital Des Moines.
Eldora Public Library reports 99 new adult non fiction titles added in June under head librarian Ruth Perkins. A list includes works by Maltz Lewis Ginott Berger Troyat and many others with a wide range of topics. The library also received 50 new records from the State Traveling Library for two week checkouts, on top of 60 records in the permanent collection.
Grundy Center residents will vote August 1 on building and equipping a new swimming pool. The old pool, built in 1933, has undergone repeated repairs and prompted the plan for a modern facility with heated water and updated equipment to meet future needs.
A Christmas cactus at the Charles Mason home in El Dora is blooming this week, reported by Mrs. Sam Rindels, Mason’s sister. The plant normally blooms in late fall or early winter, making this bloom a rare event as it sits under an evergreen tree.
Owasa school hosted an open house honoring Mr. and Mrs. Harold Akers on their 40th wedding anniversary Sunday July 14. Owasa alumni of 1958 attended the event along with several families and neighbors. Wellsburg defeated Iowa Falls 7 to 6 in a baseball game at Owasa. A pink and blue baby shower was held for Mrs. Harry Crosser at the home of Avis Johnson in Iowa Falls.
A journalist recalls a long abandoned Eldora house burned for a drill. She imagines a family life once lived there with scenes of children, meals, and warmth. The aging structure, now just an object, prompts reflections on community memory, home and loss.
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