Soil Conservation Week Observed In Iowa and Hardin County
Government officials in Hardin County join Iowa Soil Conservation Week with a June 15 conservation tour. Local commissioners Woad, Vuis, and Rutan lead a voluntary district aiding farmers through federal and state programs. Technical staff from the Soil Conservation Service provide maps, erosion control plans, crop rotation guidance, drainage and terracing engineering, and on farm practice installation assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
William 3. Beardsly
Hardin
Woad
New Jtrovidense
Rey Vuis
Eldora
Il Rutan
Alden
Soma
Cams
Dilek Pu Extensiun Diregter
Tinan Nuckolls
Eldora Banker
Ds Wersurer
Wigsts
Roland
Hardin Suit Conservation District
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
Dale Shadle
Stanley Collins
Hardin County
Wayne Fisher
Wilfred Macheak
Dean Miller
Rumblings At Courthouse And Rural Harbors Of Life
A rambling column weaves local courthouse chatter with village vignettes and humorous odds and ends. The lettered miscellany includes Ruth Dole Connor correcting a misdial, reminiscences of Training School boys, mail slowdowns, local trades, a coal haul, a farmer’s pig pen joke, a farm tour, and a sermon on repentance citing Zephaniah and William Douglas Chamberlain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Dole Connor
Piet
Repubic
He. B
Johnston
Des Moines
Ralph Imes
Ras
Waterloo
Cecil Rooks
Red” Cote
Ldora
Red Lake
Minn
Doris
New York
Davis
Houghton Elected General Federation President
This week highlights Mrs. Hiram C. Houghton as president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, a 141 million-strong world body. The piece notes her suitability, European trip plans, and adds comments on local civic clubs and community life in Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram C. Houghton
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Houghton
Tona
Europe
Eldora
Louis Davzes
Glenn Kurtz
Eldora area notes from past and present decades
A compact local chronicle recalls figures and places in Eldora and surrounding areas. It notes school leadership changes in Tipton, building and fire events near Radcliffe, and civic moves including a new marshal and a resigned night watchman. It also records prior eras with farm purchases, athletic postponements, and notable residents traveling or aging.
Bible Conference Now in Session
Young people’s Bible conference is in session this week at the Assembly Grounds Iowa wall. Thursday evening the film That Kid Buck was shown. Friday evening Rev H Odd will speak. Saturday there is a youth rally with Richard Mullin from Boston. Sunday morning at 10 Rev Harold Lake will give a missionary message. At 11 Dr Lloyd M Perry of Wheaton Ill will bring the closing message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yhen
A.aedean Sunday School Viwsn
Young People's Bible Conference
Assembly Grounds
Iowa
Wal
Kid Buck
Middle Western
American Sunday School Union
Richard Mullin
Boston
Mass
Harold Lake
Lloyd M. Perry
Wheaton
Ill
Perry
St Pauls Lutheran Church Bulletin and Events
Pastor J Zimmerman leads Sunday school at 10:00 and Divine Worship at 8:00 and 14:00. Sermon theme That They Might Be One Christ and Communism. No P F due to conference. Eldora Congregational Christian Women meet on the 14th Group I with Mrs Isong Bekemeier Group I with Mrs L E Butler. Family night picnic on the 12th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F
Eldora Fellowship of
Congregational Christian Women
Lsohn Bekemeier
L. E. Butler
Vacation Bible School at First Congregational
The Rev. Ralph B. Imes church schedules a Monday through Friday program from 8:30 to 11:30 AM. The session ends June 16 with a picnic on June 18. June 1 features Sunday school and Bible classes at 10:00, Divine services at 11:00, chair rehearsal Monday at 9:00 PM, and a Wednesday Men’s Club meeting at 8:00 PM hosted by Otto Barz and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational
Ralph B. Imes
Otto Barz
Ralph Tietz
Richard Zielske
Ernest Daleske
Lowell Granzow
Willie Comes Marching Home at New Grand Theatre
Feature on World War II homefront life titled Willie Comes Marching Home screens at the New Grand Theatre Sunday and Monday. The piece contrasts wartime sacrifice with postwar policy shifts and asks readers for views on the Brannan plan and foreign aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
New Grand Theatre
Why Not Al Brannan Plan for All
A reader endorses a Brannan plan spoof, mocking government funding of personal expenses. The piece cites hotel costs, meals, medical bills, dentistry, and farm input as items to be charged to federal parity. It uses humor to argue against large government debt and promotes voting the Democrat ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephaniah
God
Kiwanis Club
Eldora
Reinheck Courier
Brannan
Harry Truman
Truman
Harry
Real Estate Transfers From Mann to Stevens and Welden
Real estate transfers show Ethel Mann and husband to Hargid Stevens and transfer date May 13, 1950 for Lot 5 in Block 2 of Wash Heights Addition, Falls, Iowa. Bess Welden to A A Williamson also recorded in the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Mann & Hs
Hargid Stevens & Tf
Wash Heights Add
Falls
Bess Welden
A. A. Williamson
Local Property Transfers Across Iowa Townships and Additions
A string of 1950 property transfers lists buyers and sellers in clear but fragmented form, detailing parcels in Eldora Ackley and nearby blocks including Bent, Pierce Place, and Watts. Names include J. P. Kramer Hilda Kramay and C. C. Botynan with dates from April to May 1950. The entries note blocks and additions in Bin 12 Wash Heights and Eldora areas with several widow or married filters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellefson & Wi
W. J. Johnson
J.P. Kramer & Wi
Hilda Kramay
Watts
Ackley
Stelekier
B. Kasischke
L. H. Brocr
Point Pleasant Church Services and Local Visits
There will be preaching services at 10 a.m. by Rev. Clayton Becker and Sunday school at 10:45. Local families and guests, including Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bahr, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stielow, Mr. and Mrs. Langdon McMillen, and many others from Hubbard, Cle mens, Union, Grundy Center, and Marshalltown, visited or hosted over the weekend and a Young Peoples Bible class picnic is planned at Hubbard Park Friday at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Becker
Otto Bahr
Martin Kictsmeier
Janet
Near Hubbard
Henry Stielaw
Owasa
Kielsmeier
David Schwitters
H. M. Schwitters
Mervill Clark
F. A. Newell
Grundy Center
Jess Walters
C. A. Miller
Hubbard
George Wiese, Jr
Hammond
Ind
George Wiese
California
Tom Mossman
Lamily
Lawrence Mossman
Union
Harold Cable
Dean Eggleston
Radcliffe Pack
Elmer Wykle
Radcliffe
Minnie Kuhlman
W. F. Ziesman
Eldora
Hes
F. C. Dreler
Alice
Paul Schwitters
Jan
Dennis
Oren Dreier
Debra
Kermit Dreier
Dee Ann
Hampton
Logsdon Park
Harald Cable
Marshalltown
Marlene McMillen
Nancy Topp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hardin County Index “Elders'a
Vietim Newspaper” Hirer Fone
Mamher Town
Deion
Vawnetotion
Semel
Widside
Efhaniah
William Douglas Chamberlain
Westminister Press
International Council of Religious Education
WRU
Giown Press
Gordon Gammack
The
Des Moines Tribune
Cynthia Gray
Torrow
J. C. Dohoxen
Tipton
Cedig County
Billy O'Conner
Jim West
CL & D
Billy
M. EB
W. I. Barnes
W. E. Aldrich
W.S. Porter
J. D. Newcomer
G. A. Gogerty
A. J. Mabie
Eldora Junction
Wm. Hill
Mr. Hill
Ilinois
Eldora Athletic Association
Wisner
Ladies of the Congregation
Il Church
C. C. Ryan
Ohio
W. B. Strother
Jim Walsh
New Mexico
Parker Davis
George Langstaff
Huron
S. D
Federation of Women's Clubs
Stephen Whited
Grand Judge of Iowa Aouw
Cedar Rapids
King
Methodist Hospital
Edward Johns
Addie Hollied
Nelle
Minneapolis
Lewiston
Mont
James McDowell
George Fagg
Cae College
Margaret Moninger
New York City
Presbyterian Church
San Francisco
China
Elva Greer
Clarinda
Jerry
Judge Thompson
W. L. Yan Potter
Iowa Falls
A. Hardy
G. I. Carson
Geneva
Neb
Supt
F. K. Schmidt
Eunice Lenhart
Emerson Studio
G. G. Emerson
C. Clemons
Vinton
Diamond Bros
Harry Harrison
Mason City
L. F. Walcott
Boone Valley
Wayne Perkins
Edgar Huen
Grundy County
Otto Orgell
W. A. Shaner
Shanac
Charles J. Gast
Steamboat Rock
Retta H. Williamson
Bible Conference
J. Zimmerman
England
Dan Dailey
al Brannan
State Farm Mutual
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Leroy E. Gourley Auto—Fire—Hail—Life
H. A. Eckhoff
Point Pleasant
Mrs. Dean Eggleston
Red
Midwest
Harmon’s
Standard Service
Venner’s Standard Service
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