Eldora Board Weighs Owasa Grade Unit Split
Eldora Community school board votes to retain an Owasa elementary with 22 Owasa sections and plans to circulate a reorganization petition. A public hearing on the Tow Falls Owasa district reorganization is set for June 12 at 8 p m in Eldora to allow objections.
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Eldora Board
Board of Education
Eldora
Owasa
County Board of Education
Hubbard
Tow Falls
Towa Falls
Farmer Merchant Advertising Copy Deadline Sat Noon
Eldora businessmen join the first Farmer-Merchant Market on June 16 with a noon Saturday copy deadline. Auctions run 7 to 8 a m Fridays on the courthouse square if weather allows, else inside Bateson Building. Tea farmers may bring items before 7 p m Fridays. full auction price paid, no commission. merchants subsidize with merchandise. Contact Don Myers at the Chamber. Listings for sale items due by 10 a m Saturday. no listing charge. BID-O in store windows and sealed bid drawings. first issue June 13. items must be claimed within five days. Further announcements appear in the Herald-Ledger and Herald-Index.
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Eldora
Courthouse
Bateson
United Food Market
Chamber of Commerce
Don Myers
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Chamber
Herald-Index
Polley resigns as Owasa board president at meeting
Donald Polley resigned from the Owasa board of education during a Monday night business meeting. He had been serving as president of the board.
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Polley
Owasa
Donald Polley
Four T.8. Boys Are Captured on Farm
Two training school boys who escaped Saturday were found Monday in a hog house on the Wayne Barhite farm. They wore pajamas and carried a BB gun misidentified as a rifle. Melvin Rumbaugh 15 Des Moines and Larry Hassley 17 Ottumwa were turned over to state officers. Phillip Thatcher 17 Des Moines and James Nott 17 Muscatine escaped but were found the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Barhite
Melvin Rumbaugh
Des Moines
Larry Hassley
Ottumwa
Phillip L. Thatcher
James R. Nott
Muscatine
Services Today For Fred Lawler
Funeral services for Fred C. Lawler 68 will be held at 10 a.m. from St Marys Catholic Church Eldora. Lawler died suddenly of a stroke at the Winchester Hotel Eldora Wednesday morning. He is survived by his widow Anna Brady Lawler and children, grandchildren, sisters, and brothers. Burial will follow at St Marys Cemetery.
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St. Mary's Catholic Church of
Eldora
Fred C. Lawler
Winchester
Edward Clary
Megan Sr
Charles Schafer
Lewis Lawler
Clifford Hough
Raymond
Radalph
Arthur Dunn
Fannie Beach
George Mahoney
St. Mary's Cemetery
Andrle Creps
Fred Clevence Lawler
Hardin County
Dennis
Margaret Megan Lawler
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Marshalltown
Anna Brady
New Providence
Hospital Notes list names from several towns
A fragment lists patients and relatives from Eldora New Providence Union Alden Ackley and Nevada with multiple surnames including Clinton Elerding Ruhnke Cakerbce Reece Barnes Gran tow Mitchell Zimmermann Kasiscke Rodgers Gordon Klingaman Pope Heryford Zoske Stubbe Burdess Cake rice and a girl born June 6.
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Eldora
Jesse Clinton
Everett Elerding
Lillie Ruhnke
Harry Cakerbce
Evan Reece
Loretta Barnes
Matilda Grantow
Clinton Mitchell
Bruce Zimmermann
Otto Kasischke
Hubbard
Ralph Rodgers
Lillian Gordon
Union
Vera Klingaman
Ted Pope
James Heryford
Alden
Minnie Zoske
Ackley
Laverne Stubbe
Nevada
Glenn Burdess Vand
New Providence Reports Five Inches of Rain
Heavy rainfall drenched Hardin county on Monday and Tuesday with some locations receiving five inches. Elders registered 0.1 inch Monday and 2.1 inches Tuesday, among the lightest in the area. New Providence area reported about five inches and some hail. Warmer drying weather was expected by Wednesday afternoon and the excess water was not expected to damage the area corn crop.
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Hardin County
Harms elected state 4-H historian at Iowa convention
Sharon Harms, 18, of Alden Clover Climbers 4-H Club, was elected 4-H girls state historian at the Iowa 4-H convention. She advanced through record book eliminations and personal interviews, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Harms, in her eighth year of 4-H work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Harms
Alden Clover Climbers
Iowa
Stauffer House Sold to Reverend Ehrhart Couple
The C. F. Stauffer estate house at 514 10th Street was bought by Rev. and Mrs. Carl Ehrhart. Rev. Ehrhart serves as chaplain at the Iowa State Training School for Boys. Possession is to be taken in July, with Leonard Realty handling the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stauffer House
C. F. Stauffer
10Th St
Carl Ehrhart
Ehrhart
Iowa State Training School For
Leonard Realty
New Street Lighting Plans Discussed by Eldora Council
Eldora council considered street lighting and other projects at Monday’s meeting. Mercury vapor lighting would triple city output, with one to two trial units on main street and a larger system planned if approved. Vinton Heights Addition was approved for FHA financing, while an application for a Liberty Park sewer and water permit was turned down due to mobile home connections.
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Vinton Heights
Eldoran
Virgil Schmidt
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Eldorn City
Schmidt
Counseil
Main Street
Fidelity, Abstract and Title Co
Hubbard
Steamboat Rock
Mercury Vapor System Is Also Located On Highway No. 65 Leading Into Iowa Falls
Vinton
Furlong
Block Five
F.H.A
City Planning Commission
Melvin A. Purvis
Holls
Leonard Evens
Liberty Park
Planning Commission
Evens
Council and
Marriage Licenses Granted in Iowa and Illinois Pairings
Robert Wilkus aged 22 of Chicago and Judith Strahorn aged 18 of Iowa Falls were issued a marriage license. Peter M. Goss aged 24 of Blairstown and Sandra L. Witkin aged 20 of Ackley received a license. Gary Hoffman aged 21 of Iowa Falls and Karla Klein aged 21 of Des Moines were authorized to wed.
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Robert Wilkus
Chicago
Judith Strahorn
Iowa Falls
Peter M. Goss
Blairstown
Sandra L. Witkin
Ackley
Gary Hoffman
Karla Klein
Des Folnen
Work Begins On South Hardin Underground Phone Lines
South Hardin Rural Telephone Cooperative announces underground line construction in New Providence to be done by Brooks Construction Co of Shawnee Ohio under a 220207 contract. Work spans 120 days with 24 to 30 inch burial, dial exchange planned Oct 1, and central office gear by Stromberg Carlson Co. Union and New Providence host dial center, Whitten calls routed from Union.
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New Providence Area
South Hardin
Brooks Construction Co
Shawnee
Ohio
Brooks 4
New Providence
Union
Whitton
Stromberg-Carlson Co
Rochester
South
Gravel contract awarded for 87 555 tons to two firms
Hardin county board of supervisors awarded a joint gravel contract to Weaver Construction Co of Town Falls and Modlin Construction Co of Webster City for 87 555 tons of gravel at a total of 84 678.75 dollars. Gravel to be delivered to multiple stockpile points across the county. Amburn Freight Line fined ten dollars plus costs for truck with no markings in Eldora.
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Board of Supervisors
Weaver Construction Co
Town Falls
Modlin Construction Co
Webster City
Hardin County
J. P. Court Amburn
Eldora
Community Club Inaugurates Steam Boat Rock Membership Plan
The Steam boat Rock Community Club opened a new membership program at its annual meeting on Monday night. All residents of Steam boat Rock, urban and rural, are eligible. Five directors were elected: Jim Potgeter, Don Finger, Harry Luiken, Carl Relter, Royce Luiken. Potgeter later became president, Luiken vice president, Karejens secretary, and H A Eekhoff retired president became treasurer. Fourth of July plans include fireworks, boat rides, a ball game, tractor pull, and band concert with more details to come.
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Steamboat Rock
Jim Potgeter
Don Finger
Harry Luiken
Carl Relter
Royce Luiken
Potgeter
Roy Karejens
H. A. Eekhoff
Radcliffe Flyers Plan Aviation Day
The Road Manner Flying Club hosts an aviation day at Radcliffe Bunaay on June 11 from 2 to 4 p.m. The event features an 1861 Piper and Cessna aircraft models, model airplanes, Go-Karts, aircraft equipment, and movies for display.
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Road Manner Flying Club
Radcliffe Bunaay
Piper
Cessna
Steamboat Rock Plans Mercury Vapor Street Lighting
Steamboat Rock will install a mercury vapor street lighting system in the three main business areas. Fourteen units are planned with installation starting early in 1962 under a new contract signed by the town council and the Town Electric Light and Power Co. The council also approved larger residential lighting fixtures.
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Steamboat Rock
Virgil Schmidt
Town Electric Light and Power Co
Schmidt
Steamboat Council
Three New Divorce Petitions Filed In Court
Elva Ruddick files for divorce from Maurice Ruddick in district court alleging cruel inhuman treatment. Married since 1934 with five children, custody sought for Sue and Douglas who live with their mother. Lundy, Butler and Wilson represent Mrs. Ruddick. Also two cases filed for H. R. Good seek judgments for shelling services amounting to 206.42 and 139.15 with interest. Donald L. Welson represents Good.
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Elva Ruddick
Maurice Ruddick
Sue
Douglas
Lundy, Butler & Wilson
Ruddick
H. R. Good
Good
Everett Lyman
New Providence
Vernon Matson
Donald L. Welson
Nevada
Council to rule on park zoning and shuffle court plans
At a meeting C O Rubew for Evens signaled court action to challenge Liberty Park zoning. The council formed a committee including Paul Schan and Wm O Neil to discuss placing two shuffle board courts on the courthouse lawn with the Hardin County Board of Supervisors. Building permits were issued to Helen Cable and Emil Lettow for garages at their Eldora homes.
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Liberty Park
C. O. Rubew
Evens
Council
Commmaiaaren
Paul Schan
Wm. O'Neil
Hardin County Board of Supervisors
Shuffle Board
Helen Cable
Emil Lettow
Eldora
Rooks and Broer Win Soil Conservation Awards 1961
Rooks of Eldora and Martin Broer of near Iowa Falls are honored in the Hardin County Soil Conservation Achievement Awards for 1961. Read about their erosion control dam on the Rooks farm southeast of Eldora and the extensive terrace and drainage work on Broer’s 326 acre farm six miles south of Town Falls.
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Cecil Rooks
Martin Broer
Soil Conservation
Cal Migore
The
Service, Left
Hooded Inlet
Rooks
Eldora
Iowa Falla
Hardin Soil Conservation District
Rooks Farm
Broer
Hardin Scd
Town Falls
Broer Youths Hear Explanation of Soil Conservation
Martin Broer is pictured above explaining soil conservation to his three sons Mark, Timothy, and Philip on a 4320 acre farm six miles south of Iowa Falls. Broer has been selected as a winner this spring of one of the 1091 Soil Conservation Achievement Awards for his outstanding work. Features of his plan include a system of terraces contouring a grassed waterway and open ditch drainage.
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Rooks
Mardin County
Broer
Martin Broer
Mark
Timoathy
Philip
Iowa Falls
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Fred Lawler
Jerald
Dale
Lawrence
Wm. Riley
Whitten
Everett Lawler
Mabel Lawler
Rock Island
Lavina) Drew
Gilman
Roy
Clotilda) Clark
Mason City
Thomas
Albert Lawler
Wayne Janssen
Hubbards
Hardin County Democratic Central Committee
Leonard Hoffman
Janssen
Henry Janssen
Oren Drelfer
Maurice Cakerice
NEW Cars
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
International
Marvin Lepper
Radcliffe
Ford Truck
Russell Hein
Falcon
Dean Or
Rosemary Sanders
Plymouth
Iowa Bar Association
J. Cameron
James L. Cameron
Towa State Bar Association
Cameron
State University of Iowa Law School
Aymer D. Davis
D. W. Dickinson
Enter E. Ose
Ping Lake Country Club
R. Community Club
Radcliffe Flyers
Cal Moore
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