Alden eighth grader wins Hardin County spelling title
Bette Clark of Alden, an eighth grader, won Hardin County spelling among 54 contestants after spelling ridiculous and scholastic to claim the gold medal. Steamboat Rock’s Marjorie Daleske placed second, with many others from Eldora, Iowa Falls, Radcliffe and surrounding towns in the top ten. Prizes were presented by the Eldora Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bette Clark
Alden
Hardin County
Marjorie Daleske
Steamboat Rock
Scholcastle
Lorraine Latch
Owasa
Wilma Harkema
Alden No
Sharon Mathias
Iowa Falls
Jean van Tiger
Eldora
Barbara Claussen
Ackley
Esther Greenfield
Radcliffe
Marilyn Nolte
Ellis No. 2
Roseanna Piscus
Eldora Chamber of Commerce
Jack Delveau
J. H. Hill
Ellsworth Junior College
Aoe
F. K. Schmidt
W. HH. Dittes
Lester Ose
M.Z. Albers
Amy Alverson
Daleskes
Steamboat
Gordon Daleske
Marjorie
Workers Named For Easter Seal Drive To Help Cripples
Mrs. A. Re Specht of Iowa Falls chairs the 1949 Easter Seal drive for Hardin county with a regional committee including Mrs. A. E. Anderson and Rev. E. C. Lasswell. The campaign runs March 17 to Easter Sunday, April 17, supporting crippled children and adults through equipment, medical care, therapy, and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Re Specht
Iowa Falls
Hardin County
A. E. Anderson
C. E. Barnas
E. C._ Lasswell
Robert Langenecker
Evelyn Olson
R.N
Eldora
Phyllis Cox
Glenn H. Long
F. N. Cole
M. D
W. F. Folbrecht
Floyd Kippel
John Phillips
Ruth Cousins
R. N
Alden
Harold Faust
W. H. Reid
Hubbard
Wilson Hadley
Alice Poole
New Providence
Florence Kinney
Gifford
C. T. Pearson
Radcliffe
W. T. S. Rath
H. W. Seibold
Ackley
Jess Thompson
Garden City
Iowa
Earl Hall
Mason City
Iowa Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Weekend Visit Highlights From Iowa Families
Mr and Mrs Gene Foster spent the weekend at Blenco with Mr and Mrs Bert E Leitzinger and the Robert Sandbergs at Lanyon. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Willig of West Liberty spent Friday night and Sunday evening in the C G Willig home. They visited Mrs Willig's parents at Clear Lake Saturday evening and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Foster
Blenco
Bert E. Leitzinger
Robert Sandbergs
Lanyon
Lloyd Willig
West Liberty
C. G. Willig
Mrs. Willig
Clear Lake
Marlin Myers
Omaha
Nebr
Bert Myers
Myers
Ed Schlosser
Colfax
Tom Foughty
V. D. Foughtys
Hampton
Farmer Rotary Dinner Seeks Bob Burlingame Guest
Bob Burlingame news director of KIOA Des Moines and Eldora native will address the annual Farmer Rotary dinner tonight. The event, a joint gathering of night school farmers and Eldora Rotary, follows a 6:30 p.m. meal in the school cafeteria. Burlingame, a 1942 Eldora High and Grinnell College graduate, served with WHO before the war and with the Office of War Information in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Burlingame
KIOA
Des Moines
Fred’ Burlingame
Eldora
Will
Eldora Rotary Club
Burlingame
Eldora High School
Grinnell College
WHO
Office of War Information
Pacific
Man Pleads Guilty to Car Fire Burns Iowa Falls Auto
Glenn McCoy about 37 a former hired man on Paul M Schwitters farm near Iowa Falls pleaded guilty in district court to setting fire to and burning an automobile the property of another. He was sentenced by Judge John M Schaupp to not exceed three years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison. The car belonged to Leonard Meyers of Iowa Falls. A March 17 decree by Judge Schaupp in a separate case found Alice Weyrauch Tjarks owner of a life estate in Lot 5 Block 29 North Addition to Iowa Falls and that Marilyn Weyrauch Roberta Weyrauch and Dennis Weyrauch hold vested remainder interests. A title decree paned Guisting Lots 3 and 4 Block C North Side addition to Union in Mary 8. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Nowazell of Marshalltown are parents of a daughter born Sunday at Deaconess hospital weighing nine pounds named Laura Christine. Grandparents are Homer Munson and J Nowasell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn McCoy
Paul M. Schwitters
Iowa Falls
John M. Schaupp
Fort Madison
McCoy
Leonard Meyers
Schaupp
Alice Weyrauch Tjarks
Robert C. Weyrauch
Marilyn Weyrauch
Roberta Weyrauch
Dennis Weyrauch
Union
Mary 8
Bixby
Nudges Steamboat to Overtime Victory over Rockette, 24-20
Des Moines ALB edged Steamboat Rockette 24-20 in overtime after a tense comeback. Joan Simms of Beaman tied the score 20-20 in the final seconds as Steamboat failed to score in the extra period. Johnson led Steamboat with 11 points while Norma Jean Goodmanson added 8 for Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALB
Des Moines
Steamboat -Rock
Rockette Grads
Joan Simms
Beaman
Jo Johnson
Steamboat
Marjorie Gast
Marjorie Bolar
Wilts
Frances Gast Hoffman
A.A.U
Norma Jean Goodmanson
Johnson
Hoffman
McDonald
Karstens
Bankers Bow
Eldora Bankers
Aas
Marshalltown Moose
Heinie Boomgarden
Bill Rainsbarger
Weed and borer control clinic set for March 30
Farmers in Hardin County and nearby areas will attend a weed and corn borer control clinic at the Marcon ballroom near Iowa Falls starting 6:30 a.m. The event features Iowa State College specialists Dr. Harold Gunderson Dr. E P Sylvester and Dale Hull with demonstrations of spray equipment open exhibits from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Aiming to draw about 3000 attendees the program is free with lunch on the grounds and space for more than 60 exhibitors across two tents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
Marcon
Iowa Falls
Iowa State College
Harold Gunderson
E. P. Sylvester
Dale Hull
Gulderson
Gunderson
Chemicals
Sylvester
KE. I. Rosenberger
Rosenberger
Hull
Weheing
Iowa State College Extension Service
Iowa Farm and Home Register
Register Aid Tribune
Iowa Falls Chamber of Commerce
New Car Listing From Iowa Falls and Radcliffe Dealers
Listings detail several 1940s era automobile dealers and brands in Radcliffe and Iowa Falls. Names include Joel Arneson, Harold Sharar, Harold Sharar, W. E. Eller, and Norman Maland, tied to Ford Chevrolet and Mercury models. The fragment mentions a Chevrolet truck and local sales or station listings without complete context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Arneson
Radcliffe
Ford
W. E. Eller
Harry W. Smith
Iowa Falls
W. N. Nock
Chevrolet
Harold Sharar
Norman Maland
Hubbard
Mercury
O. N. Gaulke
Sam Lepley
Baptist Minister Resigns Sunday at Eldora Church
Rev Esmond C Lasswell pastor of Eldora Baptist Church resigns effective at the close of the evening service May 15. He will study theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth for a year and plans evangelistic meetings on weekends and vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esmond C. Lasswell
Eldora Baptist Church
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Texas
Lasswell
Iowa Association of Regular Baptist Churches
Iowa Association of the American Council of Christian Churches
Baptist, Christian Life -Camp
State of
Iowa
Local Dealers List Names and Brands in Iowa Falls Area
A compiled slate of names and brands appearing in Iowa Falls and nearby towns includes unions with Ford and Mercury vehicles, Buick and Chevrolet models, Eldora and Ackley connections, plus dealers such as Iowa Falls Sales Co and Swift & Co. The list features Carl H. Granzow, Elda M. Sheldon, Fred Fuller, and others associated with Ford trucks, Nash, Chrysler, Dodge, Lincoln, and Hudson makes across Eldora Hubbard Hubbard and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Lowell Know
Hubbard
Buick
Robert Quick
Eldora
Lincoln
Robert D. Sallee
Hudson
Lee W. Hart
Chevrolet
Clinic Program Details At State Extension Meet
Exhibits open at 8:30 a m with sessions from 10:00 to 3:30 p m covering control of flies and grasshoppers weeds the Iowa weed law corn borer and equipment uses. Dr Harold Gunderson Dr E P Sylvester Clyde Spry and Dale Hall lead with Q A periods and floor questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Gunderson
State College Extension
E. P. Sylvester
Iowa
Clyde Spry
Gunderson
Dale Hall
State College Extension Agricultural Engineer
Local School Artists In National Show
Five Eldora students will have art sent to Scholas tic Magazine national contest in Pittsburgh in May after being chosen among 180 winners from a state exhibit of 1,600 entries at Younkers in Des Moines. Winners include Margaret Lundy with a three dimensional poster, Rosalie Risse with a pastel, Alice Lauritzen with a modern colored ink drawing, and Wm Reb schull with a pencil drawing. One junior high student, Jerry Hodgson, qualified with a design for rapery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora School
Scholastic Magazine
Pittsburgh
Younkers
Des Moines
Margaret Lundy
Rosalie Risse
Alice Lauritzen
Wm. Rebschull
Jerry Hodgson
Rapery
Three Events Booked By Wildlife Club
The Pine Lake Wildlife club lists three events for the coming week. Tonight at 7:30 Rex Bell will lead a lecture and exhibition on bait and fly casting at the club building near Pine Lake. A trapshoot is set for Sunday and a public stag and fish try is planned for Thursday March 31 with $1 tickets at Piper's and Rubew barber shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Rex Bell
Kansas City
Piper's
Rubew
Pine Lake
Sherman 4-H Club Plans Year With Music Event
Ralph Streyfeller leads 14 Sherman Ramblers 4-H boys at Russell Bergeson home to plan the club program for the balance of the year. Meeting features music appreciation records and a movie titled Outlawing Farm Fires. Sherman township hosts one of the county’s largest clubs with 18 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Ralph Streyfeller
Sherman Ramblers
Russell Bergeson
Sherman Township
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C. R. Taber Place
Mr. Taber
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Art Brandt
Paul Taber
Omer Hubbard
Jess
Walters
E. 0. Ricks
Cleon Vieman
Ray Nett
W. H W. Sharpsheir
Chas. Svendson
Stanley Dreier
Ed Tordorff
Richard Blair
Clarence Brandt
Clyde Sheldon
Frank Hooper
Maurice: Dreier
Vernon Brown
Elvin Daleske
Pat Matthews
Wilbur Reinert
Marvin Smith
Bob Pappenfuss
Bud Svendson
Baker
Ernie
Eldora Dunlor
E. B. Johnston
Farmer
Rotary
Eldoran
Wm. Nowazell
Marshalltown
Deaconess Hospital
Laura Christine
Mra
Homer Munson
Mr. J. Nowasell
A.J. B
Nudges Steamboat
I. F
Rev
E. C. Lasswell
Cook
Pines
Riggert’s
Wildlife Club
Ladd
Alan Ladd
Robert Preston
Brenda Marshal Donald Cusp
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