Eldora School Plan Proposes Three Alternatives
The Eldora School Facilities Planning Service at Iowa State University outlines three possible paths for Eldora High, weighing remodeling vs building anew. It notes the 53 year old building may not suit modern education and urges a gym designed for PE only, plus a divisible auditorium to serve many needs while keeping current schools operational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Board of Education
School Facilities Planning Service
Iowa State University
Ames
Eldora High School
Faculty May Accept Or Reject Board Proposal
Blue Line officials report the new South Hardin County telephone listening service drew a favorable initial response in Eldora Steamboat Rock New Providence Hubbard Union and Whitten. The service runs Friday to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday, staffed by 18 volunteers with a professional panel for expert help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue. Line
South Harding County
Eldora
Stearboat Rock
New Providence
Hubbard
Union and Whitten
South Hardin County
Eldora Legion to display 38 star flag at events
The 38 star flag from Walter Sayer Post No 182 of Eldora will be shown at the Legion Birthday dinner on Monday March 15 and at the awards night on Wednesday March 17 in the Eldora Legion clubroom. Vice Commander Henry Abbas Jr will speak at the birthday dinner starting at 6 30 p.m. and pins for 45 and 50 years will be awarded at 8 p.m. The flag was made in Philadelphia in 1876 and presented to the post in 1947 by Parker S Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Hinders
Gene Foster
Philadelphia
Oliver W. Davis
Ter
Eldora
Walter Sayer
Parker S. Davis
H-I
New Whitten Cafe Cripps Corner Opens for Business
Whitten welcomes Cripps Corner a new station cafe opened by Mr and Mrs Gerald Bud Crifsom who purchased the business earlier and now operate the cafe in town.
Eldora Training School Hires New Shop Instructor Arlin Dempster
Arlin Dempster has assumed duties as Machine Shop Instructor at the Iowa Training School in Eldora and will move his family there. Mary Smitherman of New Providence begins work as a research clerk at the training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlin
Dempster
Elka. der
Iowa
Eldora
Mary .Smitherman
New
Providence
County Farm Considered as Possible Landfill Site
Hardin County Solid Waste Disposal Committee met in Eldora to discuss using the county farm northwest of Eldora as a county wide landfill site. The group moved to become a legal entity with state AG office support, and the Board of Supervisors were asked to work with the county attorney on a formal resolution. Bates reported a trip by committee members to inspect a Boone county landfill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Hospital Notes Births and Names in Iowa Falls and Gifford
Hospital notes list multiple individuals with surnames and titles, including Eldora Fila Steinfeldt and Mrs Harry DeBaggio. Birth notice records a Rudolph girl born March 11 to Mrs James Rudolph in Iowa Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora ‘ Fila’ Steinfeldt
Harry’ DeBaggio
Elmer Shaver
Hubbard
Charlbertson
Oren Dreier
Jeery
Barger
Robert’ Douglas
New Providence
Richard Lawler
Joleen’ Hass
Herman Hoffman
Radcliffe
Bertha Erickson
Gifford
Ervilson
Whitten
Earl
Montz
Iowa Falls
James
Rudolph
Mare
Liscomb Woman Ends Range Riding Career for Sale
Mary Peterson, 65, of Liscomb known as Top Hand, will stop riding to monitor a herd of purebred Herefords with husband Harold as they prepare to sell at the Marshalltown sale barn on Monday, March 15. Since moving to the farm in 1942, she has ridden daily across 1900 acres, crossing the Iowa River to retrieve calves and breaking many colts, recalling horse highs from Des Moines fairs and early triumphs with Nickel Plate and All American Walk Trot Horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Marjorie
Mary
A. K. Peterson
Marg
Iowa River
Des Moines
Tom Boss
Springfield
Iowa
Norway
Union Stock ‘Yard
Chicago
Ill
Ted Tow
C. A. Tow
State Conservation Officials Meet Pine Lake Leaders Friday
Iowa Conservation Commission representatives in Des Moines will join Pine Lake Improvement Committee members in Eldora Friday March 12 to plan Pine Lake State Park golden anniversary events. They will inspect parking at the park and coordinate statewide publicity ahead of the May 23 observance, a joint effort with local and state groups and extensions services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Conservation Commission
Des Moines
Pine Lake Improvement Committee
Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Pine Lake State Park
Hardin County Conservation Board
Iowa River Conservation and Improvement Club
Hardin Spl Conservation District
Ping Jake Wildlife Club
Eldora Iwanis and Rotary Clubs
Hardin County Extension Service
Union Students Named Outstanding Teenagers For 1971
Principal Richard Przychodzin reports four Union students Gwen Seward Junior Arterburn Gary Vinton and Jayne Hadley were chosen as Outstanding Teenagers of America for 1971 The selections advance them for state and national scholarships One boy and one girl will win a $1000 national prize. AT OPEN HOUSE A cold windy day drew over 200 attendees to Johnson Grain and Millings open house at the South Hardin Recreation Building in Union with ham sandwiches doughnuts coffee and pop served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union-Whitten High School
Richard Przychodzin
Union
America
Gwen Seward
Junior Arterburn
Gary Vinton
Jayne Hadley
Cooperaton
South Hardin Recreation
Johnson Grain and Millings
Pork Producers set meeting with five directors to be elected
Hardin County Pork Producers will hold its annual meeting Monday March 15 in Eldora with about 500 attendees. Officers and five directors will be elected from nominees including Ben Harrs Etna Gordon Rabe Ellis Foster Mason Hardin Fred Fuller Jackson and Arnold Krueger Grant. Mason Balvanz Hadley Rabe and Cleveland holdover directors. The program includes the 1971 pork queen contest pie baking contest auction and service awards with Tonettes of Ackley performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Pork Producers
Ben Harrs
Etna
Gordon Rabe
Ellis
Foster Mason
Hardin
Fred Fuller
Jackson
Arnold Krueger
Grant
Erik Cleveland
Arnold Lettow
Alle Jaspers
Merle Lindsey
Ray McDowell
Alvin Clark
Don Balvant
Willard McCartney
Merril Cobb
Neil Hadley
Mason
Balvanz
Rabe
Hadley
Barbara Anderson
Town Falls
Diane Barr
Eldora
Angie Walters
Carolyn Duffy
Iowa Falls
Maureen Hobson
Barbara Kappel
Steamboat Rock
Kathy Kreimeyer
Ackley
Donna McCoy
Union
Elain Orion
Linda Barhite
Alden
Park Queen
Hardin County
Union Legion Post Sets 52nd Birthday Dinner
American Legion Post No. 955 at Union will sponsor a 52nd birthday dinner at the South Hardin Recreation Center at 7 p.m. on Thursday March 18. A guest speaker will be featured after the covered dish meal, and all members are encouraged to attend. The Union post will also host the Hardin County meeting at the South Hardin Recreation Center on Thursday March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post No. 955
Union
South Hardin Recreation Center
Union Post
Hardin County
Fire damages gray farm house roof in Eldora blaze
Eldora firefighters were summoned to the Robert Gray farm southeast of Eldora around 6 10 p m Tuesday where the roof of the house was on fire. Firemen contained the blaze before extensive damage occurred. Chief Orville Lamb cited chimney sparks as the fire source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Farm
Eldora
Robert Gray
Orville Lamb
619 Hardin Farms In Feed Grain Program To Date
The first week total of Hardin county farms in the 1971 feed grain signup is 619, similar to last year. ASC chairman Carrol White notes a March 5 procedure change allows producers to appeal conserving base until Friday, April 9, with appeals in writing to the county ASC committee. Reductions in livestock or shifting to dry lot feeding justify base acre reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
ASC
Carrol White
White
Robert J. Dreier Elected to State Historical Society
Robert J. Dreier of Hubbard was elected to membership in the State Historical Society during February 1971, marking a notable addition to the society's roster.
ISU Students Tour Chicago Child Centers
Carolyn Wiesner of Eldora joins 34 Iowa State University students visiting Chicago March 15 to 16 to study child and family centers institutions and agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Wiesner
Eldora
Iowa State University
Chicago
Hardin County Dem Women to Meet March 15 in Iowa Falls
The Hardin County Democratic Women's Club will meet Monday March 15 at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Darral Roberts in Iowa Falls. Speaker and agenda not listed. Members urged to attend and bring notes or topics for discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Democratic Women’s Club
Darral Roberts
Iowa Falls
Hardin County History Reports Presented at March Meeting
At the Hardin County Historical Society march meeting two reports were given. Gerald Dreier from Hubbard summarized Point Pleasant once county seat of Hardin County with 300 residents. Wilson Hadley from New Providence detailed the Old Settlers organization which existed from 1884 to 1957 before dissolving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Historical Society
Gerald Dreier
Hubbard
Point Pleasant
Hardin County
Wilson Hadley
New Providence
Old Settlers’ Organization
Additional Snow Began Thursday Eldora Diary Entry
Eldora residents awoke to more snow on Thursday with nine inches left on the ground. Weatherman Carl Orgel reports temperatures ranged from a high of 98 degrees Wednesday to a low near 7 degrees Monday, with 24 degrees Tuesday and 32 degrees Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Carl Orgel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eldora School Report
Blue Line
Aldora Board of Education
Paul J. Simons
Dallas Jensen
Supt
Simons
Boar of Education
North Hardin
NEW Whitten Cafe
County Farm
Hospital Notes
Liscomb
Peterson
Marg Peterson
Pork Producers Mtg
Union Legion Post
Review
Hardin County History
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!