06 Jun 1958
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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1958
Page
1
Fragmentary text references Iowa areas and multiple clubs or associations. Mentions prices 4.60 and 5.50 and terms like pitch and rate. No coherent event or person facts clearly readable for a solid summary.
The report discusses candidates Murray and Ato in a party race with a Republican lean toward solid thinking and practical notes. It mentions Murray presenting plain everyday views, crowd reactions, and speculation about a potential rise as a statewide figure aligned with Eisenhower-era politics.
A scanned local column advertises a book titled Towa Welcomes You printed by the state printing office led by former printer Sherman Needham. The piece highlights agricultural notes on new Jonadel apple development by Elijah Hiatt and Lilian Putnam, then wanders through community life, public meetings, and old Eldora landmarks with affectionate reminiscence of Ezra Nuckolls jewelry store and local social scenes.
Weather permitting merchants plan Bermuda shorts for Casual Living Week while Manley Suilley may wear a lathing suit. An Eldora woman threatens to publish a letter about an unsightly riverside outhouse near the bridge, proposing a boat house sign on the roof. The sports editor of the Times-Register is said to have gone fishing with mixed reviews from family, as tall tales echo through Upper Ping.
Eldora Mrs Kenneth Lair reports a boy born June 3. Hubbard Mrs Junior Stackhouse welcomes a girl born June 2. Other listings include Mrs Clon Miller and Mrs Alma Frerichs in Eldora, Mrs Jiathia Blickman, Mrs Elvin Flarms, Mrs Harold Kusserow, Mrs Leo Steinfeldt in Ackley, Mrs Riley Hadley in New Providence, Mrs Don Folkerts in Steamboat Rock, William Neuenfeldt in Town Falls, and Mrs Jim Pfiel in Radcliffe.
The report covers primary results with Lt Governor contenders W. L. Mooty Alan West and Jack Miller, and Democratic Corbin Crawford. It notes light county turnout, recording totals and precinct tallies, plus a glance at 1956 voting levels and Eldora’s slightly higher vote count this year.
The upper lake functions as a silt basin to protect the lower lake. Pine Lake State Park covers 548 acres offering picnicking fishing boating swimming camping cabins and boat rentals. Governor day committee includes Don LaVelle secretary W D Sehniring George Janssen Roy Atherton Lew Throszel Doyle Felton Calvin Moore Henry Eckhoff and Harold Luiken.
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