Field Days Committee Plans Press Day Event
The Joe Lowa Conservation Field Days and Plowing Match committee announces a special Press Day on Eldora Wednesday June 26 with invitees from newspapers radio and television across the state. Activities include boating fishing tours and site tours at Pine Lake Country Club Tawi Training School for Boys and a governor’s address plus fireworks to cap the centennial week at Travis Ing School.
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Joe Lowa
Eldora
Tows
Harald Taghes
Travis Ing School
Dayle Felt
Mel Roetman
Hazel Qetthsrn
Bop
Rob Brown
RL AR Griffel Holfing
Bubhaw
Ray Diarand
Bruce Fron
Carroll Hobson
Jul L Butter
Paul Primus
George Tesch
Harold Dettham
Hugh Wallace
Heatwave Clamps Eldora Area With 92 Degree Readers
The Eldora vicinity experiences hot humid weather this week as temperatures climb to 92 degrees per weatherman Bruce Price. Strong heat persists with high humidity affecting outdoor activity and comfort.
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Eldora
Bruce Price
Area Joins In Mourning Death Of Sen Kennedy
Flags fly at half staff as Eldora area residents mourn Senator Robert F Kennedy after he was shot in a Los Angeles hotel and died a day later. A funeral Mass is planned in New York City with Arlington interment. President Johnson proclaims a national day of mourning for Sunday June 9.
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Eldora
Robert F. Kennedy
Dem
N.Y
Kennedy
Los Angeles
New York City
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Lyndon Johnson
Farm Bureau Women’s Summer Conference at Hotel Kirkwood
The Farm Bureau Women’s Summer Conference will be held at the Hotel Kirkwood in Des Moines from June 23 to 25. The event’s host location is described as toward with Parm Bureau in the text.
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Farm Bureau
Kirkwood
Des Moines
Parm Bureau
Hardin GOP Sets Summer Calendar and Debates
Hardin County Republican Central Committee outlines summer events. Debates scheduled in Eldora with candidates David Stanley William Plymar and James Bramwell moderatored by State Senator James Potgeter. Funding dinner June in Eldora. dessert lunch July 27 in Steamboat Rock. July 15 central committee meeting at Eldora courthouse.
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Hardin County Republican Contral Committee
Eldora
Brice Clampitt
Hardin County Republicans
Jane
David Stanley
Wiliam Plymar
James Bramwell
At & Pan
Lrst National Bank
James Potgeter
Steamboat Rock
Tuirdin County Republicans
Kidora
Donald Wilson
Fiytene Setchell
Robert Ro Brown
GOP
Fflardin County
AKC Group Meeting Set by Harlin County Association
The Harlin County Association for Retarded Children will meet Monday June 10 at 8 p.m. in the business office of the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company in Iowa Falls.
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Harlin County Association ‘For
Iowa Elec
Tric Light and Power Company
Iowa Falls
Ellsworth girl named Miss Rural Electrification
Arlie Thoreson of Ellsworth was named Miss Rural Electrification at the Hardin County Rural Electric Cooperative annual meeting in Iowa Falls. She is the first in the county to win the title and received a $100 savings bond. First runner up was Susan Nolte of Alden with a $50 bond, second runner up Susan King of Eldora with a $25 bond. Finalists in the Willie Wiredhand Talent Hunt included the Johnson Sisters from Ellsworth. Jane Molen dorp of Wellsbury took second and Lorraine Smith of Radcliffe third. Three incumbent directors were re-elected: Francis Krueger, Willard Klein, and Jordan Bergland. Officers are Merle Johns, president. Clarence Lange, vice president. Willard Klein, secretary. Gesley Knickerbocker, treasurer.
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Arlie Thoreson
Curtis C. Thoreson
Ellsworth
Hardin County Rural Electric Cooperative
Iowa Falls
Miss Thoreson
Hardin County
Susan Nolte
Merle Nolte
Alden
Susan King
Carl J. King
Eldora
Willie Wiredhand
Johnson Sisters
Jane Molendorp
Wellsbury
Lorraine Smith
Radcliffe
Ellsworth College
Francis Krueger
Hubbard
Willard Klein
Jordan Bergland
McCallsburg
Merle Johns
Clarence Lange
Gesley Knickerbocker
Meet Your Candidates Rally Set by Hardin County Democrats
Hardin County Democrats sponsor county-wide Meet Your Candidates rally at Buckeye Community Hall on Tuesday June 11 at 8 p m Kenneth Owen of Centerville seeks Secretary of Agriculture and John Van Eschen of Greene seeks the Third District congressman post both have accepted invitations with others for state and county offices invited and expected to attend per Harold Burton Democratic Central Committee chairman
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Hardin County
Democrats
Buckeye
Kenneth Owen
Centerville
John van Eschen
Greene
Harold Burton
Democratic Central Committee
Hospital Notes Births List for Several Areas
Birth announcements from Eldora Hubbard Radcliffe and nearby communities record the birth of a boy named Michael Lloyd to Eldora Mrs Richard Bennett on June 4 and a girl to Hubbard Mrs Richard Winter on June 6. Radcliffe Mrs Ronald Tystahl reports a boy born June 1 with no year provided.
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Eldora
Richard Bennett
Michael Lloyd
Hubbard
Richard Winter
Radcliffe
Ronald Tystahl
Three Girls Earn First Class Scout Rank at Pine Lake
In a campfire ceremony at Pine Lake Wildlife Club on Tuesday evening three Girl Scouts were promoted to First Class Scout, the highest rank. Honorees were Sharon Ryan, Debbie Gatton, and Susan Whitmer, with mothers and community leaders serving on the board of review and outlining the four challenges and badge requirements.
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Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Sharon Ryan
Harriet Ryan
Ryan
Debbie Gatton
Daudsler
Ales Ail Men
Ville Gath
Susan Whitmer
del Whitmer
Lew Throsael
Orville Gatton
Court Reverses Roy Sizemore Gun Conviction
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Roy D Sizemore's 1967 conviction for illegal possession of a sawed off shotgun. The notice ordered the jury verdict reversed and the indictment dismissed. Sizemore faces other charges in Hardin County but is freed on the gun case.
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Roy D. Sizemore
New Providence
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
Sizemore
Hardin County District Court
Will
Knaswtayaly
Secretary of the Treasury
Ifc
Court of Appeals
Melvin Wolfe
Waterloo
Teresa Seward Named State 4-H Officer Candidate
Teresa Seward of Eldora is among 16 Iowa 4-H members chosen as state 4-H officer candidates for the 1968 State 4-H Conference at Iowa State University Ames in June. She has eight years in Union Peppy Pals 4‑H, has held multiple club roles, and was County 4-H Girl of the Year in 1967.
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Teresa Seward
Irwin Seward
Eldora
Iowa 4-H
Iowa State University
Ames
Seward
Mardin County
Iowa
Union Peppy Pals 4-1
Miss Seward
Hardin County Farm Bureau
W. G. Tietz
Union- Whitten
Hardin County
Ackley
Steamboat Rock
Iowa Falls
Training School
Algo
KWWL
County Office Closed for Staff Conference
The Selective Service office in Eldora was closed Wednesday and Thursday June 5 480 that employees could attend a special conference.
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Selective Service
Eldora
Three Minute Siren Tornado Warning Adopted in Eldora
Eldora City Council votes to initiate a tornado warning system with a three minute siren blast for actual sightings. Weather Bureau officials discuss automatic activation and radio network feeding alerts to sheriff highway patrol and police.
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Eldora Area
Eldora
Bruce Price
US S Weather Bureau
Price
Weather Burea
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Ames
Hubbard
New Providence
Zearing
Sheriff
Highway Patrol
Weather Bureau
Exlain
To Beat The Heat Go Swimming Day
About 500 people attend the hot and humid day as they seek a cool place with Red Cross swimming aid and guidance provided.
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Red Cross
Pool At Union Opens Saturday
The new pool at the South Hardin Recreation Area in Union opens Saturday June 8 with hours 1:90 to 9 p.m and supper hours. If interest grows adult swimming lessons may run June 17 28 from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Contact Nancy Willits or Mrs Hopman Harris by June 12.
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South Hardin Recreation Area
Union
J. L. Bates
Nancy Willits
Hopman Harris
City Playground Program Starts Monday June 10
Eldora announces a summer recreation program starting Monday June 10 at the city playground directed by Bob Thurness. It runs Monday to Friday until August 1 with separate activities for boys and girls ages 6 to 18, including softball basketball soccer archery football croquet Babe Ruth baseball practice Little League instruction and girls basketball in the high school gym. Classes meet mostly at the city playground field with the girls basketball at the high school gym.
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Eldora
Bob Thurness
Eldora City Pool Season Tickets On Sale
Season tickets for the Eldora Municipal Swimming Pool are now on sale. The pool opened Monday June 3. Rates: family 12.50, children 14 and over 7.50, under 14 5. Single admissons: adults and 14 and over 0.50, under 14 0.25. Tickets may be purchased at the pool or Eldora City Hall.
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Eldora Municipal
Eldora City Hall
SR Band Concerts Begin Saturday at Steamboat Rock
The annual summer band concerts start Saturday evening June 8 at 8 15 p.m. in front of the school with weekly performances every Saturday. Rehearsal is at 7 p.m. Milo Myers directs the Steamboat Rock band.
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Steamboat Rock
Milo Myers
Steamboat Rock Band
The Old Mill Opens At Pine Lake
The Old Mill drive in restaurant opens at the former Rogers Saw Mill site in Pine Lake. Operated by Joel Birkestrand and NEWS Inc with directors Everett Rogers and Aage Jensen, it uses a 40 by 40 metal building east of Pine Lake road under remodeling with a porch for outdoor seating and a rock paved entrance and parking area.
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Rogers
Pine Lake
Joel Birkestrand
News, Inc
Everett Rogers
Aage Jensen
Pine Lake Road
Holiday anniversary planned at Eldora store
A first anniversary celebration is planned Friday through Sunday June 7 9 at Holiday Station Eldora. Special prices will be featured during the three day event, reports Manager Chuck Amberg.
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Holiday Station
Eldora
Chuck Amberg
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