City Clerk Shafer Denies Raw Sewage Bypass Rumors
City Clerk George M. Shafer dispels rumors of raw sewage entering the river without treatment. He explains the process is unchanged except for a broken filtration unit at the disposal plant. Shafer outlines efforts to obtain a replacement, notes sludge beds fill as before, and cites dates from 1950 to 1951 about notices, repairs, and communications with the state board of health and Dorr Co. He invites inquiries for clarification.
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George M. Shafer
Shafer
State Board of Health
Eldora
Dorr Co
Denver
Fish plentiful in Iowa River near Eldora report
Three Marshalltown men Paul Lang, Jim Cordt, and Eugene Carson demonstrated good fishing on the Iowa River near Steamboat Rock dam and the old wagon bridge in Eldora. They landed 28 catfish weighing 3% to 4 pounds, one five-pound bass, and three bullheads during a weekend fishing trip.
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Iowa River
Marshalltown
Paul Lang
Jim Cordt
Eugene Carson
Steamboat Rock Dam
Park Attendance Sets Record at Fine Lake State Park
Sunday's crowd at Fine Lake State Park topped this year’s figures says park superintendent D. W. Hicks. More than 000 visitors enjoyed the day and the bathing beaches reported their busiest season day.
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Fine Lake State Park
D .W. Hicks
Field Day Movie Previewed Here
An excellent silent reel of colored films from Pine Lake Wildlife club at Hudson park dedication and sick day was captured by Floyd Ashton of Boaman. The July 13 program includes land and water retrievers by Herman Stettler, greyhound races, park dedication, children's fishing contest and Ben Hardesty's bait and fly casting exhibition. Local residents appear in the film as an arrangement to show all or part on WOLTY TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Hudson Park
Floyd Ashton
Boaman
Herman Stettler
Belle Plaine
Ben Hardesty
Detroit
Mich
Wolty
Week at State Camp Mitigwa for 18 Scouts and leader
Eighteen scouts from Eldora attended Camp Mitigwa near Boone for a week led by Scoutmaster KE J Foster. Merit badge work included swimming track events archery and rifle target practice. An emergency service drill staged a mock missing person search, with Eldora participants Darrell Scott Arthur Berg Bob Travis among Explorers and K Don Bekenseier Denny Putnam Dick Scott Mike Langehough Dick Waide John Ramsell Timmy Gunn Charles Van Patter James Kelvin Huekn James Flickinger John Rooks Tom Flickinger Larry Lavelle and Bill Hodgson among the Boy Scouts.
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KE. J. Foster
Miigwa
Boone
Eldora
John Ramsell
Timmy Gunn
Charles van Patter
James Kelvin Huekn
James Flickinger
John Rooks
Tom Flickinger
Larry LaVelle
Bill Hodgson
Eldora Adopts Budget With 144800 Expenditures Plan
The Eldora city council adopted a budget totaling 144 800 for the next fiscal year after hearing no taxpayer objections at the four Monday sessions. The budget estimate had been published recently.
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Eldora
Upper Pine Lake Filling Progress Report
The dam gate at Upper Pine Lake was closed last Saturday, and substantial progress is noted in filling the lake. Access road improvements have been made with crushed rock near the new culvert, and blacktop is planned next season after settling.
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Upper Pine Lake
Safety Congress To Elect Tuesday
Annual meeting of the hardin county safer congress set for next Tuesday evening at Princes cafe banquet room in Town Falls. Speakers include Pearl Mc Murray and Mrs Edna Woodward with Garden R Speers. Presiding will be Howard Dempeny. Don Lettow is program chairman. All interested in safety invited.
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Hardin County Safer Congress
Princes Cafe
Town Falls
Pearl McMurray
Des Moines
Aqua Antics to close Red Cross pool school with free show
Over 260 children enrolled in the South Hardin Red Cross swimming school will present a free public closing program for Aqua Antics at Pine Lake beach next Monday night. The event features Miss Pine Lake crowning, variety acts, synchronized swimming, dives, and novelty routines under master of ceremonies Ray Ryan, with instructors and local sponsors providing support.
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Red Cross
South Hardin Red Cross Swimming School
Wi & Oelock
Pine Lake Beach
Puebla Sehater
Union
Linda Heeke
Hubbard
Karly Frerichs
Steamboat
Ruely
Tia Whittington
Old Nick
Irene Hodgson
Jane Griffel
Dorothy Zielake
Kay Griffel
Mary Butler
Patty Brown
Joan Bockes
Chuckles
George Nichkelhall
Marshalltown
David Times
Mr. Big
Ryan
Ray Ryan
Smith
Marjorie Willig
Janet Schmidt
Ken Norman
Ridera Consolidated School
Central States Elfectric Co
Eldora Greenhouses
Herald Index
Bath House
Marshalltown Y. Ai
Pine Lake
Body of Pte. Charles Hodge Due Back From Korea
Wire reports the body of Pte. Charles Joe Hodge 27, of Eldora, is en route to the United States. He served with the 38th Infantry Division, arrived in Japan December 1, moved to Korea in December, and was killed in action January 10. Funeral details await in Eldora as rites are planned at Andrie & Creps, burial in Eldora cemetery. Survived by parents, two brothers Ed and Carl, and three sisters Ava, Olin Swain, and Mrs. Harold Marchant.
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Charles Hodge
Charles
Joe" Hodge
United States
Eldora
Andrie & Creps
Eldora Cemetery
Pte
Hodge
Korea
38Th
Japan
Dee
Ed Hodge
Carl Hodge
Iowa Falls
Olin Swain
Ava
Charles Schuetler
Harold Marchant
Ol Fe
PMA Weighs Sealed Corn Options for Farmers
The county PMA asks farmers with corn in storage to state intentions on handling it. 1948 crop cannot be resealed and must go to CCC or be bought back. 1949 and 1950 corn meeting quality rules can be resealed, CCC delivered, or bought back. Break-even estimates: about $1.69 per basket for 1948 corn and $1.50 for 1949 corn.
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PMA
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
PMA Tiling Payment Needs SCS Approval
The county PMA office will mail to farmers with approved tilage plans. SCS approval is required for PMA tiling payments. Farmers who tiled since July 1 or expect to tile must return a blank prematly form to the sail consertion officer at Eldora.
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PMA
Sail Consertion
Eldora
SCS
Watermelon Social Sponsored by VFW Post and Auxiliary
An old fashioned watermelon social will be hosted at the Roll-Harless post Veterans of Foreign Wars post home grounds on West Eduington Avenue next Wednesday evening. Serving begins at 7 30 pm with the V P W offering all the watermelon you can eat for a quarter.
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Roll-Harless Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
West Eduington Avenue
V.P.W
County Board of Education Discusses School Reorganization Plan
Speakers at a Redcliffe public meeting stressed the board's duty to draft a tentative reorganization plan for southwest Hardin county schools. Voters will decide the final plan, with State Superintendent advising but not controlling. Topics included tuition adequacy for nonresident pupils and the need for broad community input before any changes.
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County Board of Education
R.R. Bateson
Eldora
Redcliffe
Hardin County
Radcliffe
H. L. Mueller
Iowa Falls
Steamboat Rock
Owase
Alden
Bateson
Wey Cording
Jackley
Hubbard
Eldora’s
Moeller
John G. Schultz
State Department of Public Education
Jaspers
Ben Jaspers
Officers Invited To Training School Visit
County Attorney Clyde Her ring of Park County and an assistant visited the training school on Wednesday. The invitation aims to let all county attorneys probation officers and judges view the conditions and work being done.
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Clyde Herring
Park County
Wednday
Gambles Opens New Store With Grand Weekend Event
E J Matheson announces the grand opening of his Gambles home owned store in a new corner location formerly Harold's grocery. The move from the middle of the block near Pfander Jewelry, with a redesigned interior and new fixtures, will be celebrated Friday and Saturday. Charles Stauffer owns the building. Lengsten Tasea will be present.
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E. J. Matheson
Uambie
Harold’s Grocery
Gambles
Pfander Jewelry
Charles Stauffer
Free five minute parking trial to start Saturday
Eldora city approves a Saturday free parking experiment from four to eight in the evening at eight meter stalls. The plan places meters from Gambies to Crossan's market to boost shopper activity and spread stations across the basin district.
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Eldora
Gambies
Community’ Food Market
Anderson Brug
Riggert's
Eldora Bakery
United Food Market
Harrys’ Grocery
Crossan’s
Basin District
County Unit Holds First Session on Reorganization
Hardin county board of education opened a special session to draft a tentative map guiding school reorganizations and redistricting. A lengthy debate over state law prompted adjournment for legal advice as four residents sought Alden township consolidation outside Alden district.
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Hardin County Board of Education
Plin of Alder
Alden Township
Schoouls of
Alden
Alden Independent
Homer Wakefield
Frank Farnlett
Ray Coy
John C. Steinzeroth
Annie Foam Alden
Grandchildren Born Same Day In Waterloo Scramble
Grandchildren 39 and 40 arrive within nine hours at St. Francis hospital Waterloo to white parents Wenid Ray and Fidara woman 68, widow with scattered family from Piris Minnesota to Spokane Washington. She has 40 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Grindehaven
Jake Bilders
Sidorn
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Dages Back in U. S. To Be Discharged
U. S. Army veteran Daggs, recalled in September 1950 for service with engineers in Pusan Korea, has arrived in the United States aboard a troopship from Korea and will be discharged under the war department program. He will go to Camp Carson Conn for processing and may reach Eldora this weekend. Daggs works in local construction.
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Epl
Curtis &, Sus
Eldora
San Francisco
Cali
Hee
U. S
Korta
War Department
Camp Carson
Conn
Army Engineers
Pusan
Korea
Daggs
Bateson Named Head of Bar Committee
Bateson was designated chairman of the state legislative committee of the bar group after receiving information from the Town Bar association president. In this role he will supervise the activities of 20 district chairmen.
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Bateson
Town Bar Associaion
Sewer Progress Underway on 75,000 Extension Plan
Work on a 10 inch clay outfall sewer progresses rapidly as part of a 75,000 extension serving Liberty Park and southwestern city areas. The line, starting southwest of the disposal plant, had reached about 500 feet from Washington Street by Wednesday.
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Liberty Park
Tha
Washington Street
Scouts Visit School In Waterloo Branch Training Tour
About 25 Waterloo Boy Scouts with their scoutmaster visited the training school on Wednesday afternoon to observe instructional activities and meet staff.
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Waterloo
Mrs Aurand to be released from University hospital
Mrs Aurand, wife of Eldora's band director M Wayne J Aurand, is expected to be discharged from University Hospital in Iowa City this week after treatment for a mild polio case. She has been released from isolation and shows no paralysis or aftereffects.
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Wayne J Aurand
Eldora
University Hospital
Iown City
Tite
Fidora
Lucky Farm Lady Finds 250 Four-Leaf Clovers
Mrs Morris May, a farmer living near Eldari, displays 250 four leaf clovers 40 six leaf clovers and several five leaf plants from a one square patch. Her collection, begun after moving near Eldar three years ago, is kept in a suriphook for display.
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Morris May
May
Magy Fegan
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Iowa
Mitigwa
Safety Congress
Pert Wiright Rayetta Whittington
Radcliffy
Karke Freriehs
Patricia Schafer
Linda Buelke
Uubberd
Lynne Dornsbach
Dudy Tatumy
New Providence
Jean Waugh
Whitten
Herald-Index
Joe” Hodge
V. F. W. Post
Wich
Stalph B. Imes
Wilbur Davis
Ralph Allbee
Third District
Davis
Howard Moirs
Andrew Kasemeier
Orville Lamb
Dimes
Harold Abbas T
Harald Knutson
Lengstent Tasea
Mathesor
Busines
Tee
Aunty
State Department of Public Instruction
Stormbost Rack
Leo L. Natt
Wm. Sloffman
Jerome Beach
Eldare
Ben Topp
Dages
Aurand
Jaiaee
Jaroume
MNS
Morris
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