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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1949
Page
1
Community fund drive advances toward its target in Eldora with several listed donors including Mes, Wm. FL Ziesman contributing $100, Lulu Gob $23, Lew ner $3590, Earth Todd $50, and Helen contributing an amount.
The junior class will sponsor a school dance this Friday. Organizers invite students to bring friends and enjoy a evening of music and refreshments. Proceeds support class activities and upcoming events.
Eldora Consolidated School enters 28 events at the Dows music contest this Saturday with instrumental soloists and groups among eight ensembles. Vocal entries include Ellen Del Pat and other soloists. Eldora faces Class A and EB schools Webster City Clarion Iowa Falls Hampton.
Eldora officials urge owners to vaccinate pets amid stray animal pickup. Mayor DL Nyquist and health officer W H Van Tiger say about 23 dogs have been vaccinated as Des Moines reports a rabies outbreak prompting stricter local measures to prevent similar incidents.
A Justice of the Peace case against Nordyke is presented to the grand jury. The hearing occurs Thursday with a $2900 bond set and court actions pending.
A county school election in Eldora Consolidated District will feature two candidates for the board seat and candidates for treasurer, with intervals of voting hours from noon to 7 PM. Incumbents aim for re election while other posts see limited opposition among the two available board seats.
Eldora Chamber of Commerce announces a dinner to honor Wellsburg champions and to organize a saddle club. A district courtroom meeting is set for Friday at eight oclock for horsemanship enthusiasts to join.
Frances Watters, long time Os kaloosa merchant and now resident with sister Emma Burke, is honored as Week's Sales Personality. The selection comes from a Chamber of Commerce and The Index panel awarding an official certificate.
Wellsburg's state girls' basketball champions will be honored by the Eldora Chamber of Commerce with a 2 congratulatory dinner at Pine Lake Country club. About twenty guests from Wellsburg attend including 12 squad members, the manager, coach, superintendent and wives, and the mascot and parents. Afterward the group will visit the New Grand theatre via Leo F. Wolcott.
Cribbage final competition scheduled for next Monday with prizes for the top three. Displays show prizes including a pen and pencil set for the first place. The event is hosted at Rubow barber shop with pens noted among the displays.
Rural teachers club schedules a meeting with Miss Alverson on Tuesday evening to discuss association matters and upcoming activities.
Funeral services for William George Butler will be conducted Friday at Eldora Baptist Church by E. C. Lasswell and Dewey Lamprecht. The body lies in state at Longenecker Funeral Home Thursday evening with burial at Fails Cemetery. Mr. Butler died Tuesday from a paralytic stroke. born in Iowa, he lived there since 1898.
A Rotary Club meeting includes a talk by the district governor addressing club service goals and community engagement. The session emphasizes leadership, fellowship, and upcoming district initiatives.
A new front is being added to Grahams Store including a enlarged storefront after closing the streetway to the former Foster Studio. Henry Stebe is the local contractor and a aluminum and jet black sign will be installed later.
City council reviewed plans for a street project from Dr Solv's office to the Congregational church and two adjoining blocks to the Gospel Tabernacle and school grounds but deemed the project likely not feasible due to costs. They considered buying a new truck and appointed R Lundy. Carl Briel received a shop permit. a plumber's license was granted to Hell Brown & Hodge. Anonymity and formal complaints noted on loudspeakers at softball grounds and dogs at large in the fourth ward.
Red Cross closes its yearly fundraising effort as volunteers finish canvassing in the First and Fourth Wards. Local leaders praised community support and reported totals to be announced later.
OWASA and Butler tie for second in the Pane Lake conference meet. Radcliffe Rorem and light scoring contributed to Owasa's strong finish with 15 and 12 points respectively.
The body of Marine Shaver, who died from wounds in the Iwo Jima invasion, arrived in New Providence. He was 20, a 1942 New Providence High School graduate, served in the 4th Marine Division, and is survived by his parents, an older brother in the Navy, and three sisters. service arrangements are pending.
Funeral services were held in Spencer for Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Cobb victims of a February wreck three miles northeast of Everly. The car they rode in collided with another on a hilltop side road. Mr. Cobb was born in Eldora and left as a child. His mother resides in Spencer. Attendees from here included Miss Doud Mr and Mrs Hibbard fooze Mrs Frank Cobb Dervie Cobb Masnard Cobb.
A concert band performance is scheduled at Hubbard on March 29. The brief note records the event as a local musical program likely open to the public.
A family night church supper is planned at the Congregational Church on Monday evening. Organizers invite families to attend for a community gathering and shared meal.
Jack Berry, 31, of Iowa Falls, was sentenced to Fort Madison to life with hard labor for the murder of his brother in law Ernie Knott, 33, of Town Falls, on June 28. Judge B A Clock of Hampton overruled a motion for a new trial by the defense, and the prosecution’s arguments were not supported.
Eldora High inducts seven students into the National Honor Society on the basis of scholarship character leadership and service. The page notes a total of 185 students inducted over 28 years by the school.
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