Eldora and Hardin County See Slight Sales Dip in 1971
Yearly report from the Iowa Department of Revenue shows Hardin County and Eldora posting modest declines in gross sales for the year ending June 30, 1971. Eldora totals 24,011,475 on 617 returns versus 21,786,151 on 664 returns in 1970, while Hardin County falls from 106,903,056 to 100,562,672 with 664 and 617 returns respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Eldora
Marshalltown
Grundy Center
Wellsburg
Hampton
Hardin County 1970 tax receipts total 6.44 million
Auditor Lloyd R. Smith announced the 1970 Hardin County audit shows total tax receipts current and delinquent of 6 438 203 11 with 5 119 416 02 from property taxes and 1 300 910 79 from state receipts. Local auto licenses yielded 064 73 07 and use tax 146 721 41. Taxes forwarded to schools totaled 2 154 308 61 with 602 069 63 to Iowa Falls and other allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auditor of State
Lloyd R. Smith
Hardin County
Smith
Desie
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Radcliffe
Hubbard
Alden
Ackley-Geneva
Steamboat Rock
New Providence
Union-Whitten
NESCO
Roland Story
Yowsa Falls
Ackley
Union
Buckeye
Whitten
Owasa
Hardin YRS Attend State Convention
Young Republicans from Hardin county joined the state YR convention in Newton March 3 4 with delegates Mr and Mrs Jeff Hanover Mrs Robert Roelfsema Mrs Velyn Ellefson and Fred Strahorn plus YR pages Jess Menn Kirby Roelfsema Becky Shallan Melinda Frerichs and Donna Ehman of Steamboat Rack Re elected to the YR state chairmanship was Leroy Corey of Cedar Falls at the third district caucus Mrs Jeff Hanover elected district vice chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
Newton
Hardin County
Jeff Hanover
Robert Roelfsema
Velyn Ellefson
Fred Strahorn
Republican Party
Tars
Jess Menn
Kirby Roelfsema
Becky Shallan
Melinda Frerichs
Donna Ehman
Steamboat
Rack
Leroy Corey
Cedar Falls
Bake Sale by Eldora Teens Saturday March 11
Eldora Teenagers Republicans TARS sponsor a bake sale Saturday March 11 starting at 8am from Gambles Store to Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Teenage Republicans
TARS
Gambles
Eldora
Hospital Notes Names List From Eldora Union and Hubbard
Hospital notes compile a roster including Eldora entities like Mrs Chauncey Cros ser and Mrs Noah Clay with Arnold Ziesman and Emma Harms, Harald King, Dale Grape, William Fields. Union entries list Mrs Madge Taylor, Todd Landt, and Hubbard mention Mrs Blanch Dougan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Chauncey Crosser
Noah Clay
Arnold Ziesman
Emma Harms
Harald King
Dale Grape
William Fields
Union
Madge Taylor
Todd Landt
Hubbard
Blanch Dougan
Paul Barnard to Display Old Magazines at Historical Meeting
Eldora resident Paul Barnard will present a display of old magazines during the Hardin County Historical Society meeting on Monday March 13 at 7 30 p m in the Hardin county courtroom Eldora Iowa local history event highlights readable details from the notice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Barnard
Eldora
Hardin County Historical Society
Hardin County
Fairgrounds
New Baptist Minister Here Eldora Welcomes L Max Deffenbaugh Jr
L Max Deffenbaugh Jr. will begin duties as pastor of First Baptist Church in Eldora on May 14, after conducting Easter services on April 2. A native of Enid Oklahoma he comes from Faith Baptist Bible College Ankeny where he has taught since 1964. He holds degrees from Phillips University and attended Faith Baptist Bible College and ISU. He and his wife Mary Ann have three children Annette Chip and Bret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Max Deffenbaugh, JR
First Baptist Church
Eldora
Enid
Okla
Deffenbaugh
Faith Baptist Bible College
Ankeny
Phillips University
Ankeny University of Nebraska
Omaha
Iowa State University
Ames
Faith Baptist College
West Side Baptist Church
Garnett
Kans
Midwest
Mary Ann
Annette
Chip
Bret
Four Contestants Vie For 1972 Hardin Park Queen
Four entrants in the Hardin County Park Queen contest include LuAnn Krueger Nancy Bodensteiner Carla Bleeker and Mary Trousdale. Each candidate is a high school junior or senior from nearby towns with activities in sports music drama and journalism. The winner receives a crown trophy a $50 savings bond and expenses and advances to district competition in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LuAnn Krueger
Arnold Krueger
Nancy Bodensteiner
Leo Bodensteiner
Carla Bleeker
Darrell Bleeker
Mary Trousdale
Max Trousdale
Miss Trousdale
Alden
Miss Bleeker
Steamboat Rock
Miss Krueger
Hubbard
Bodensteiner
Iowa Falls
Diane Barr
Harold Faust
Robert Walters
Eldora
James Lettow
Hardin County Pork Producers
Hardin Park
Ruling on County Hospital Consolidation Discussed
City Attorney William Durth reports a ruling from the Iowa Attorney General via the county attorney on consolidating Ellsworth Municipal Hospital at Iowa Falls and Eldora Community Hospital at Eldora into a county system. The ruling outlines steps including a 5 percent voter petition and eventual public vote, but it does not clarify joint countywide actions for two hospitals. No meeting date is announced for Eldora and Iowa Falls hospital boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm.n. Durth
Iowa
Richard Turner
Clark McNeill
Ellsworth Municipal Hospital
Iowa Falls
Eldora Community Hospital
Elny
Dunn
County Board of Supervisors
Eldora
Iowa Falls Hospital Boards of Trustees
Legion Post Birthday Dinner Set for March Sixteenth
Eldora Legion Post No 182 announces a 53rd birthday dinner and program on Thursday March 16 at 6 30 p m at the Legion Hall with guest speaker Robert Lounsberry Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and past Legion leaders The event caps a March observance tied to the national 58th birthday of The American Legion and precedes ongoing 1972 membership drives led by Commander Don Mathews and committee chair Martin Kasischke
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Sayer
Eldora
American Legion
Don Mathews
Legion Hall
Mathews
Robert Lounsberry
Third District
Post No. 182
Legion
Eldora teacher receives 7100 dollar base pay rise
Lisle Cook of Hubbard wins Master Pork Producer award joining father Maurice and brother Kenneth of New Providence. Award honors managerial skill health program breeding and community involvement in the Iowa pork industry. Cook farms 550 acres north east of Hubbard and has raised 1275 hogs last year with rotation pasture and central farrowing housing to improve disease control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisle Cook
Hubbard
Waterloo
Lisle
Maurice
Kenneth
New Providence
Margaret
Jeff
Scott
Dan
Paul
Marlene Summers
Iowa State University
Ames
Cook
Hardin County Farm Bureau
Hardin County
Oren Dreier
Ernest Daleske
Leonard Greiner
Foster Mason
Alden
Cleo Fiscus
Gordon Rabe
Iowa Falls
Kenny
Maurice Cook
Duane Fiscus
B. C
Caleb Knutson
Radcliffe
Richard Lauterbach
Eldora
Eldora Community Education Association
Board of Education
George Rinehart
ECEA
James Hauser
Rinehart
Marcus Lameroux
Robert Barnes
Eldora Council Forms Employee Relations Committee Guidelines
Eldora City Council approved forming an Employee Relations Committee with council members Richard Ritter Orville Gatton and Dr Calvin DeVries and city employees Jurgen Tjaden Walter Buser and Dean Wehrman. A duties guideline for department heads was created. other business included insurance for a tree cutter and multiple city reports along with teacher salary negotiations for 1972 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Richard Ritter
Orville Gatton
Calvin DeVries
Jurgen Tjaden
Walter Buser
Dean Wehrman
Cooper and Bruns
Iowa Falls
Eldora Volunteer Fire Department
Dennis Mairs
John A. Stonebraker
David Mitchell
Bruce Harvey
Iowa Highway Commission
City Hall
Throssel
Two Union youths win talent show at Bill Riley event
Bruce Martin and Steve Haywood, Union high school seniors and juniors, tied for first place in the Bill Riley Talent Show held Saturday night in the Union gym. They advance to State Fair competition. Robin Maas Beaman-Conrad junior and Susan Speas U-W freshman tied for third. Honorable mentions go to John Black Kathy Long and Pam Gray. Winners will appear on Bill Riley State Fair TV program. Six younger contestants invited to perform on television include Diane Maas Beth Haywood and others from Union and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Bruce Martin
Steve Haywood
Bill Riley
Union Gymnasium
Martin
Haywood
Robin Maas
Beaman-Conrad
Susan Speas
U-W
John Black
Kathy Long
Pam Gray
Riley
Diane Maas
Beth Haywood
Rachael Cakerbce
Cindy Knight
Jean Brekke
Gina Hinds
Margaret Langfritz
Dawn Jeske
Eldora
Dan Gast
Steamboat Rock
Julie Fiscus
Vicki Higgason
Laurie Rinehart
Lynnne Reed
Christy Gunderson
Paula Eckerman
Kay Seward
Cheryl McStockard
Lori Knight
Marlene Caster
All of Union
Putnam Youths to Receive VFW Medals March 14
Walter and Philip Putnam, sons of Harold and Mrs. Putnam of Eldora, will receive heroism citations from Roll Harless Post No 3974, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Tuesday March 14 at 8 p.m. at the post home. The ceremony, open to the public, follows a postponed July 14 1971 rescue at Upper Pine Lake when they helped save residents of the Iowa Soldiers Home after a pontoon overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Philip Putnam
Harold Putnam
Eldora
Post
Marshalltown
VFW
Putnam
Upper Pine Lake
Iowa Soldiers Home
District 11 Iowa Nurses meet at Gates Hall Nevada
District 11 of the Iowa Nurses Association holds its March meeting at Gates Hall in Nevada at 7 30 p m on Wednesday March 15. Speakers include Janet Specht director of nursing at Towa Soldier's Home in Marshalltown and Meridean Maas Nursing Administration Consultant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Nurses’ Association
Gates Hall
Nevada
Janet Specht
Towa Soldier’s Home
Marshalltown
Meridean Maas
Hospital Patient Note From Mason City Mercy Hospital
Robert Gunderson of Eldora is hospitalized at Mercy Hospital Mason City after back surgery last Thursday. He is listed in room 421 with ongoing recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gunderson
Eldora
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
Foster Dissolution Grants Custody and Support
Judge Ed J. Kelley dissolves Merle L. Foster and Clara Janyce Foster marriage in Hardin County District Court. Custody of three minor children awarded to the respondent with $150 monthly support. Couple married at Garner on September 25, 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed J. Kelley
Merle L. Foster
Iowa Falls
Clara Janyce Foster
Hardin County District Court
Garner
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Conrad
Grundy
Wellaburg
New Baptist
Darla Bleeker
Co. Hospital
Legion Post
James Kramer
Jane Lee
Kenneth Cakerlee
Hame
Allen Memorial Hospital
Iowa Pork
U. S
Council
Mason City Hospital
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