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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1960
Page
3
Local Radcliffe notes detail church activities at Methodist Church including worship services and Sunday School, plus a new Sunday School addition under construction. Social news recounts visits, travels, farewells, and family events across Radcliffe, Humboldt, Cedar Falls, Des Moines, and nearby towns with multiple relatives and neighbors profiled.
A crowd of 117 attended the annual Union-Whitten school alumni banquet held in the Union gymnasium. Officers elected for the coming year include Beverly Koch as president, Mrs Glen Burke as vice president, Winifred Putnam and Elsie Hauser as secretaries, Mrs Imogene Chamness as treasurer, and Ardis Caster as reporter. Retiring president Lewis Crosser presided. music was by Francis Pevehouse and Dale Freed on electric Spanish and electric steel guitars.
Mrs Helen Curtis reports on Owasa Methodist Church service 9 a m Sunday School 10 a m. Attendees include Mrs Emma Freeman at Thayer Whodiwiss reunion Hampton June 5 with 50 present. Judy Hinton stayed with Kenneth Curtis and Sherry. they attended Nevada high school commencement and opened house for James Harlow. Community visits include Emma Freeman’s return from Ohio and visits to Elvis Freeman and the Reed family. Others visiting are Glenn Carr from Iowa Falls, Harald Platte and family, Harold Brock from Eldora, and the Birthday Club gathering at Charles Nehring's home. Families visiting include Edwin Green Jo and Eric of Fairfield, Merle Lindsey, Ronald and Bernard Randolph, and Ken Curtis with C A Jackson and Bill Crosser at Iowa Falls Dance Revue June 6. Sherry Curtis was a revue member.
Wellsburg High School released its honor roll listing seven students with straight A grades for the second semester led by Carol de Neal Karen Mennenga Beverly Nederhoff Janice de Neal Denis Haupt Lory Haupt and Clifford Wzichers. Additional seniors juniors and sophomores also appear on the comprehensive honor roll.
The Union School district will provide bus transportation for swimming lessons at Eldora and Conrad this year. Eldora lessons run three times weekly with buses leaving at 8 a.m. on Monday June 13 for registration. Conrad lessons run daily for two weeks beginning July 11, at a cost of 1 dollar per student.
Reverend and Mrs. H. C. Short and daughters Martha and Bonita will travel to Long Beach California to attend the 29th annual conference of the general association of Regular Baptist Churches in June 2024. They serve as official messengers from Eldora First Baptist Church. After the conference the family will vacation in California visiting points of interest before returning to Eldora in early July.
Wellsburg unveils a summer recreation plan with junior sections for Pewee boys ages 8 to 12 at 1 pm and Middies ages 13 to 15 at 3 pm on Monday. Girls in grades 4 through 9 start Wednesday at 1 pm, with high school baseball team meeting Monday at 6 30 pm. Nell Qohones Jr. leads the program. organizational meetings set two hour sessions, not all practices required.
The Steamboat Rock Library has moved to permanent quarters across from the town hall, former telephone building renovated by local volunteers. Woodwork painted walls papered new linoleum installed and books transferred and shelved. Citizens donated a desk chair table and neon lights. no grand opening planned soon.
The May term of court will continue Monday with a divorce case of Minnie Palmilieer versus Eugene Palmitieer before Judge Harvey Uhlenhopp. A juvenile matter involving six Iowa Falls teenagers tied to a series of break-ins is slated for juvenile court Wednesday June 22, per county attorney Wm N Dunn.
Peter Held son of George S Held has been chosen to take part in a research participation program at Iowa State University He will investigate phase separation this summer and next academic year under Prof Thomas McGee in the engineering faculty Undergraduates were selected for high achievement and interest in research Iowa State has accepted 22895 from the National Science Foundation to support undergraduate research This follows last year’s program with Foundation funds During 1960 61 the College of Sciences and Humanities will use 17 undergraduates on projects in bacteriology botany chemistry genetics physics statistics and zoology The College of Engineering will host 13 participants across several engineering areas
About 30 pupils show interest in the summer remedial program as classes begin at 9 a.m. Monday, June 20, with sessions to run on subsequent Mondays.
Parents should bring pupils to the high school on June 20 for registration. Classes run Wednesday and Friday for four weeks with a July 4 exception that shifts meetings to Tuesday. Taught in junior high rooms by Mrs. Tjaden, Mrs. Lindaman, and Mrs. Finger across 12 sessions, open only to children recommended by the elementary teacher.
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