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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1957
Page
5
A water quality letter laments Iowa lakes especially Clear Lake being degraded by postwar overdevelopment. Private docks and motels crowd public access, replacing natural beauty with man made platforms and dollar driven expansion. It urges organized action to restore public access and balance recreation with conservation.
James L. Cameron Eldora Attorney writes to the Herald-Index opposing the Burling property purchase for a new school gym and music room. He argues the $15,000 to $20,000 price is high for two lots and warns of crowding and parking issues. Proposes Bateson tract on South Washington or land west of the Catholic cemetery for better space and parking.
The Aldora delegation of the holiness camp meeting at Des Moines returns home Saturday. A temporary bridge between Eldora and the Industrial School should be usable today. N R Van Avery & Co buys wool. claims top prices. Marriage licenses issued to Warren Lane and Bertha Tollman, Charles Lightfield and Lillian Hilken, Albert W. Giese and Emma Uprichard, EB Stockard and Gens Erickson, EB Engelking and Emma Grunzow. The Town Central sold Macahee picnic tickets at Oska Inosa station. Sheriff Mitterer appoints G W Parks as deputy, starting July 1. F J Edgar elected president of the Iowa Retail Jewelers association in Les Maines convention week. A Landis is Eldora’s first large potato digger. The Herald notes edible potatoes. Ning cars of stock shipped from Eldora. several cars listed by Megan families, Riley, and Patterson. City council of Hampton bans cars on some streets after twenty minutes. others allowed at court house square. Ryan and Follett sell Slouch Garage to H H Nagett of Ackley for 500 dollars. Nagett to move to Eldora around July. Over 1000 attend Titanic pictures at theater. Notables attended Chicago Republican convention. W H Minton to continue paint business in rear Emery garage. H E Bateson expands store to two stories on Opera House block lot. Readers urged to see Log Book by George Potaster. Log Book receives notice in pulpit discussions.
June brings weddings and graduates as gardens bloom. CG notes cliff Rinehart family moves, Mrs. Pye recalls a reunion ride and a fast homecoming. Supt Simons reports June 1957 graduation month with Harriet Drake graduates, twins in eighth grade, Debra’s kindergarten, and a music recital at the youth building by Mrs. Wisner’s class. The Traveling Hil-Dua heads to College Springs centennial, praising the old United Presbyterian church and Amity college legacy.
The primary road to Crum Center near Eldora is now open for travel via the middle road joining the Hardin county road east of the city. It was smooth before rain and may become graveled for year round use. Eldora delegation to Marshalltown Epworth League includes Kenneth Shelter and others. Rev. Roy Leslie Smith will accompany.
Voters in Rumblings rejected a municipal swimming pool bond, 536 against to 525 for, failing to reach the required 60 percent. Eldora saw a similar margin of defeat in a past bond issue by eight votes. A visitor proposed free parking signs for two city lots to deter private use. Governor Love vetoed a capital improvement appropriation delaying a new administration building at the State Training School. The Soldiers Home at Marshalltown faces a firetrap risk threatening improvements.
A cautious commentary in The Literary Gazette suggests a glimmer of sincerity in Russia’s disarmament offer amid a tense mood. The piece hints that Soviet criticism of Western war pressure may soften, signaling subtle policy shifts and a wary willingness to engage.
A 15 year look at the Lidice shrine shows a battered monument and a dead flame at Joliet Michigan. Reporters found weeds around the memorial and a broken gas line in a yard, while locals offer little reflection on the Nazi atrocity. The piece argues that forgetting Lidice harms historical truth and freedom.
The Northwood Anchor notes safety officials praise a quieter Memorial Day weekend yet questions why fewer wrecks occurred. It argues drivers’ behavior, speed, drink, enforcement, and highway design are not proven major causes, urging continued vigilance and safety efforts to prevent holidays and regular travel crashes.
A Wallace Farmer poll of Iowa farmers shows only 24 percent would advise their son to pursue farming. Forty six percent favor other careers, 30 percent undecided. Main reasons: low prices, high equipment costs, and fewer opportunities in farming. Authors argue high costs and low income push young men away from farming, harming rural communities and the future of farming.
A thinker mocks clinical labels that reduce individuals to manmade types. Psychiatry, sociology, and political science dissect behavior but miss the core: what gives humans dignity. He warns that asking “what is man” risks religion, yet notes religion underpins democracy and urges a synthesis for democracy to function.
Sunday school at 10 am as Mrs Maude Knowles hosts church notes. Des Moines visitor Mrs Wayne Ulm escorts her mother Mrs A Glen to Princeville for Williams sisters reunion. Neale Trout visits Eldora. Bernard Trout hosts 13th birthday at home. multiple local residents attend reunions and call on relatives. several visits described with community names and places.
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