Eldora News highlights from 1885 to 1955 events
Yesterday features recall of 1885 town life with Woodward chosen principal, local deaths, business moves, racing matinee plans, and street work, plus 1925 golf sand greens, 1935 landmarks, 1945 school honors, 1955 All Pony sale and river-area picnics. Includes multiple residents, local firms, and civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Woodward
Cornell College
Susie Miller
Chicago
J. H. Moorman
Hubbard
Thomas Hutchins
Providence Township
Family-Size Towns Fight To Live And Thrive
An opinion urging Worth county towns to defend the family-sized town and farm system. It calls for local improvements, business modernization, new industries, careful school consolidation, and strong community action to prevent ghost towns and preserve county life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth County
Midwest
Northwood
Republicans Fight Federal Spending And Withholding Attitudes
A Republican critic argues that minority groups blame the Eisenhower era for health policy failures while noting withholding tax obscures the real cost to workers. He warns that unchecked federal spending and social programs threaten the economy, urging resistance to growing government expenditures. The piece laments tax burdens and praises the Republican stance against drags on the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Washington
Political debate frames farm policy and party control
Clipped comments reflect bipartisan tension in farm policy with Democratic control cited as enabling potential plans while Eisenhower hints at approval for sound proposals. Other notes critique misquoting reporters, taxi driver tipping, and a Fairfield Ledger remark on campaign management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Democratic Party
Eisenhower
Symington
Sioux Falls
Republican Party
Rock Rapids
Community Guests Share Meals and Birthdays Across Gifford Area
Gifford News notes visitors from Eldora Des Moines Marshalltown Grundy Center and Steamboat Rock gathering at local homes for Sunday dinners and a birthday celebration for Vickie Marie Lloyd aged six and Melvin Trout aged eight. Various families hosted relatives and friends including the Criswell Enselme Rosine Trout Eggleston Hess Slate Gibbs and Steelman households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dickenson
Gifford
Karen Struck
Eldora
Tama
Roy Criswell
Elmer Enselme
Richard Rosine
Larry Trout
Des Moines
Bernard Trout
Keith Trout
Glen Slate
Marshalltown
Vernon Lloyd
Vickie Marie Lloyd
Melvin Trout
Lauren Taylor
Steamboat Rock
Kay Eggleston
Steven Eggleston
Douglas Hess
Grundy Dener
Herman Slate
Gladbrook
Don Gibbs
Tammy
Union
Jody Steelman
Wedding Rehearsal and Ceremony Highlight Local Events
Galen and Robert Knott of Town Falls attended rehearsal for Miss Helen Trusheim and Russell Luiken in Marshalltown. Rev Trusheim officiated the wedding at Grace Church. Mrs. Kielsmeier hosted her parents at Mason City. A mother daughter coffee and program drew many Radcliffe attendees. Pine Lake State Park weather drew one of the largest early season crowds with near eighty degree sun and packed picnic areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen
Robert Knott
Town Falls
Ear A
John Crabtree
Rudolf Trushem
Mark
Marshalltown
Helen Trusheim
Russell Luiken
Steamboat Rock
Trusheim
Evangelical United Brethren Grace Church
Everett Kielsmeier
Fred Kuhfus
Mason City
Helena Luhman
Dewey Eller
Eldora
Elsie Tupp
Kenneth Luhman
Dean Luhman
Vernon Dettbarn
Kathy
Maureen
Lloyd Eller
Walter Eller
Radcliffe
Lloyd Knott
Iowa Falls
Forrest Crabtree
Pine Lake State Park
Whitten News Miss Patriots
Karen Callaway daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Callaway leaves by plane for California for the summer where she will work at Glendale Paint and Glass Co. She accompanies Dudley Gray returning from H R Hauser home. Mrs Elsie Brehmer visited Hardy relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Bob Morris of Denver were guests of Mrs Evelyn Callaway. Recent callers in the F E Lyon home include Oren Monroe and Frank Reynolds. Mrs Irvin Cakerice and children weekend guests while Irvin and Lon fished at Clear Lake. Wallace Douds visited the L L Hauser home. Mrs Rorie Miller visited daughter in Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Callaway
Wayne Callaway
California
Glendale Paint and Glass Co
Dudley Gray
H. R. Hauser
Elsie Brehmer
Hardy
Bob Morris
Denver
Colo
Evelyn Callaway
F. E. Lyon
Union News Social rounds from Des Moines to Eldora and beyond
Union residents share a Sunday of visits and gatherings across several towns. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Dicken and son spend the day in Des Moines with relatives. John McBride visits his sister in Eldora with Debbie Tordoff. Several families from Zearing Tama Liscomb and Marshalltown meet at Riverview Park for a picnic. Twelve 4 H club members attend a rally in Eldora urging pet rabies vaccination on June 15. Additional visits include Caster Steinfeidt Ernst and Posusta families in Iowa Falls Toledo and New Providence, plus Basil Dickenson’s son hosting Marshalltown relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Emeny
Fannie Crokett
Z. Jones
Eldora
Herrald
L. B. Webster
Des Moines
Iowa Funeral Directors Association
W. E. Rathbone
G. L. Marks
Carthage
Missouri
John McBride
Debbie Tordoff
Dr. Bates
Carithers
Wendell Caster
Caster
Ed Steinfeldt
Steinfeldt
Iowa Falls
Wellsburg honors valedictorian and salutatorian graduates
Carel de Neui named valedictorian with a 3.94 GPA and Karen Mennenga salutatorian with a 3.57 as Wellsburg Community School confers commencement. Top seniors include Leona Meyeraan Patti Ross Robert Ammann and others. 42 seniors graduate in 1960. Eight grade diplomas awarded to 23 students. Timothy Christian School and Pleasant Valley each send freshmen. Naval researchers in Silver Spring claim advances in autonomous mine design capable of selecting target ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carel de Neui
Karen Mennenga
Wellsburg
Miss de Neui
Miss Mennenga
Leona Meyeraan
Patti Ross
Robert Ammann
Sonna Beving
Tom Claassen
Joan Hesse
Daryl de Neuf
Linda Purvis
Linda Riebkes
Susan Faust Joins Delta Lambda Mu Honor Society
Susan Faust of Hubbard recently qualified as a member of Delta Lambda Mu, the Westmai College honor society. Eligibility requires graduating cum laude or magna cum laude honors. New members were initiated at the annual break fast on Sunday morning, May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Faust
Hubbard
Delta Lambda Mu
Westmai College
Hubbard News item of hospital visits and family gatherings
Mrs Tom Hoskins returned home Tuesday from Town Falls hospital where she was a surgical patient. Mr and Mrs Wm Lennier had her father Clifford Rash at Union as a Sunday dinner guest for his birthday. Henry Kasischker returned home from Ames Hospital Thursday after a surgical stay. Mr and Mrs Louis Kasischke and Doris, Mr and Mrs Otto Kasischke, Mrs Emma Foster, Mr and Mrs Gene Foster and family all of Eldora along with Mr and Mrs Martin Winter and family called at the Henry Kasischke home Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Herb Ziebell also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Lennier
Clifford Rash
Union
Henry Kasischker
Ames Hospital
Louis Kasischke
Doris
Otto Kasischke
Emma Foster
Gene Foster
Eldora
Martin Winter
Henry Kasischke
Sunday Dinner Guests and Local Family News Roundup
Sunday dinners hosted by multiple families including Jessie Balcom Fred near Eldora and Arnold Penning in Linn Grove. Visits unite St Charles Missouri to Minnesota on vacation. A Korean student Jung Chwe spoke at Concordia Theological Seminary. May also note hospital visit and Drake University graduation attendance by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Balcom
Fred
Eldora
Kaylan Abel
Linn Grove
Arnold Penning
Ed Granton
W. C. Bertog
Radcliffe
Thomas Hoskins
Susan
Wallace Schwinger
George Schlile
St. Charles
Walter Sehlie
Minnesota
Wallace Schwinger Sr
Mark Schwinger
Stephen
Michial Doerng
Jung Chwe
Concordian Theological Seminar
St. Louis
St. Johns Lutheran Bible School
Bismark
N. D
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