Girl Scout Week Marks 45th Anniversary in Hardin County
The community observes Girl Scout Week March 10 to 16 as Girl Scouting celebrates 45 years. The article highlights two million girls ages 7 to 17 learning citizenship, health, teamwork, and adventure through troop activities, with parents supporting by volunteering as leaders and committee members to sustain this character building program.
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Girl Scout Organization
Jane
Johnny
Tom Sawyer
Hardin County
Girl Scouts
Point Pleasant
Eldora
John Urquhart
Meyers
Wellsburg
Urquheart
Foodland
Diamond Brothers Eve
Erik
Tnowles Sud Reisinger
Duagiion
Spring freezes halt Nimrods and poll site move
Fifty five years ago in 1962 reports note a spring freeze interrupting farming plans and the Nimrods being warned they cannot shoot the duck crop this spring. In Ellis township officials choose a creamery as polling place for the primary election. Sherman town site auction brings strong sales up to 400 dollars per lot. Various marriages licenses issued and nominations filed for city officers with a March 31 ballot. Senator LaFollette wins North Dakota primaries over Roosevelt and Taft. Local civic and business updates include a new soda fountain, YMCA plans, and a large Saturday sale at Kramer Feed shed signaling renewed prosperity.
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Ellis Township
Sherman
Israel Reed
Niena R. Starr
Ellis D. Robb
L. Huff
C. McKeen Duren
John M. Furman
Thomas Larson
N. C. Morse
T. D. MacDonald
LaFollette
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Taft
Herbert Doud
Nelle Reece
Silas C. Sampson
Bertha Marina Valda
Ralph G. Nichols
Hazel Fern Hunt
Will Hilken
Mary Wiechman
C. S. Tamprecht
Ruth Beadle
Lilis Perry
Bertha van Patter
John Reed
Bishon Babcock Becker Co
Conrad
YMCA
Kramer
H. RB. Ayers
Charles Stauffer
Paul Oldenburg
August Oldenburg
Elmore
Minn
Paul
Mike Mulford
Frank Oldenburg
Eldora
Charles A. Norman
Hardin County
Dean Persen
C. S. Newcomer
H. J. Janssen
D. M. Moser
Enoch Larson
Warren Rathbone
J. W. Campbell
J. F. Hardin
Fort Dodge
Towns built chapel at ICU Des Moines memory and donations
The article recalls Eldora’s $1000 and local clubs gifts that helped establish the International Christian University near Tokyo. It notes 73 of 111 seniors secured placement, March 21 graduation, and the ICU’s Christian, interdenominational mission. It mentions gifts from Danforth and Kresge Foundations and a Japan International Christian Foundation.
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International Christian University
Tokyo
Japan
Ralph Imes
Kagawa
Des Moines
Interchurch
Air Force
ICU
Wus
Canada
Japan International Christian Foundation, Inc
Kenneth S. la Tourette
Danforth Foundation
St. Louis
Kresge Foundation
Aibrary. Ca
Rumbling about a road trip and a missing car mishap
Jerry Cleveland travels with Rock Island crew and loses track of his car after a family trip to Rock Island Eldora. Mrs Cleveland and Eldon Lewis chase the car while Jerry hitchhikes to Eldora. The outing ends with a hopeful return plan and a note on a perfect day. Albert Barnhart shows crocus blooms at Eldora. Marcella Creps boosts bowling score by throwing straight. Hodgson, Barr prepare to test a home built boat as ice thaws.
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Jerry Cleveland
Rock Island
Bulova Watch
Bill
Eldon Lewis
Jerry
Eldora
Eldor
Attack on Bonds by Harper's Magazine Cites Bond Drawbacks
Madrid Registry News notes Harper's Magazine criticizes U.S. Savings Bonds as a poor investment due to low interest and inflation. The piece suggests bond holders still fare no worse than others without bonds amid rising prices.
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Harper's Magazine
U. S
Madrid Registry-News
No Escape founder’s patrons taxed heavily worldwide
The Madrid Register-News notes the irony of a group formed to escape limits and fight taxation now facing heavy taxes themselves and redirecting tax money to foreign nations, highlighting evolving political challenges.
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Madrid Register-News
Farm machinery auction breaks records at Kasischke sale
Five years ago in 1952 L. F. Kasischke held a farm machinery auction that set records in crowd size and bidding. The event drew an estimated 140 people to the schoolhouse Wednesday evening to celebrate the 40th birthday of a Girl Scout troop.
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Cers
L. F. Kasischke
Community Notes Highlight World Service Meeting and Local Bond
Evergreen Sherman community updates cover World Service Society March observances and the World Day of Prayer led by Mrs. Robert Clark. Dinner guests included the Eller and Stensland families amid a string of visits, conferences, and youth events at Westmar College and LeMars.
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Donald Rabe
Helena Luhman
Eldora
Eugene Eller
Jewell
Clarence Eller
Women's Society of World Service
Kenneth Beyerson
Paul Himmel
South East Asia
Dewey Eller
Richard Miller
Wade Topp
Vern Kosanke
Everett Kielsmeier
Missionary Education
Robert Clark
Boys and Girls Fellowship
John Eller
Christian Social Relations
Ralph Streyfeler
Maynard Kuhfus
Ben Hake
Wendell Wykle
Eldon Bauge
Orland Stensland
Huxley
Kenneth Severson
Maurice Klatt
Radcliffe
Chicago
Jack Frandsen
Holand
Eldon Barge
William Long
Michael
Janet
Conrad
Arlo Eller
Elstan Imsland
Joyce Clark
Marlys Streuffeler
Evangelical United Brethren
Westmar College
le Mars
Lowell
Betty Wykle
Bes Moines
Ernest Kasanke
Hubbard
Carvall Hackharth
Art Kasinke
Town Falls
Elmer Wykle Af Radcliffe
Leo Wykle
Elvin Peters
Merrill
Kent
Point Pleasant
Lyle Mason
Des Maines
Philip Eller
Mason
Jean
Sherman Township
Ralph Bright
Walter Eller
Sylvia Andrews
LeMfirs
Lar
The Progressive Farmer's Creed Reprinted by Reinbeck Courier
A 1919 creed printed for farmers emphasizes faith in red clover cowpeas soybeans and alfalfa. It champions permanent agriculture a hundred bushel corn and fifty bushel wheat and the value of clean farming, farm families, country schools and churches, community spirit and better roads, finishing with pride in being a farmer.
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Don Dirks
Dirks
Brains, News, and the Value of Paper Wealth
A Reinbeck Courier editorial extols brains and work, contrasting money making through ideas with hard cash and commodity gaps. It cites Irving Berlin, John D. Rockefeller, steel value, and a motorist's burden, then lauds selling news papers and ads to two thousand readers at 3.50 annually as a legitimate, beneficial business for buyer and seller.
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Irving Berlin
Sella
John D. Rockefeller
Cigarette Vending Machines Weigh on Iowa Law
The Northwood Anchor warns that a near passage in the state legislature to legalize cigarette vending machines could remove owner liability and let machines sell to minors. Observations from Minnesota show the potential loophole and enforcement difficulties, suggesting the bill would weaken cigarette control and make the law a joke.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Kida
Anter
Northwood
One Hundred One Years of Iowa Republican Platform
A historical note recalls that 101 years ago the Iowa Republican Party organized in Iowa City with 200 delegates. Over 20 platforms were offered, but a single platform advocating the extension of slavery was adopted unanimously. The writer suggests today’s legislature pass a civil rights bill and end the dispute.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Madrid Register-News
Appointment of Executor for Nellie A Sheehan Estate in Hardin County
Notice announces the appointment and qualification of John Be Bethan as executor of Nellie A Sheehan's estate in Hardin County Iowa. Creditors are asked to render any debts promptly and claimants to file their claims with the Clerk of the District Court, with legal notices dated March 1957.
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Iowa
Hardin County
Nellie A. Sheehan
Allowanes
District Court
John BE Bhethan
Bateson & Ryan
Fred L. Miller
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Eldora, Iowa
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Sher Stauffacher
Mar. Doyle Felton Society
Grace Protheroe
Marcella Parker
Dale Peshia
Bud Davis
Paul Mason
Jim Ruby
Gene Peshia
Aya
Eee Nots
Mane
Cornell
Rachel Feiser
Ethel Ryan
Marguerite Thompkins
Byron, Minn
George Devendarf
Howard Janssen
Elmer Taber
EB. Kromiega Af Humboldt
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co
Howell Rickman
Efivel
Guy Fatterson
Fidora Herald
Politiula
Palls
Snay Nobbey
Catteus
Ellsworth
J. Osgood
Frank B. Moreland
Ack
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C. O
H. W. Andrews
New Providence
C. E. Meyers
B. M. Strother
Whighway
Ward
Grundy Center
State Highway Commission
W. G. Leslie
Hardin County Society of Opitometrists
Methodist
Congregational
Steamboat Rock
Pleasant Chapel
Rto
University
Towa
Hachiro Yuasa
I‘aredents
Albert Barnhart
H-Y
Marcella Creps
Paul Hodgson
Bob Barr
Tha
LL. Topp Dev
Harnin Cowary
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Bree le Culler
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Tanseeftes- Shuck
Ant
Evergreen - Sherman
Reinbeck Courier
Reinbeck
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