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Hardin County Index

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1957

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New Hampton Goofed What Would Eldora Do

A long field interview records New Hampton residents lamenting lack of local jobs and manufacturing. Farmers and workers blame town leadership and a few rich leaders for blocking industry while praise grows for the New Hampton Development Corporation and Chamber of Commerce efforts. Residents urge youth retention and broader town pride to boost employment.

New Hampton Eldora Charles City D-X Deere, Rath Oliver Chamber of Commerce Waterloo Waverly Rea Royal Paper

Calvary Baptist Church and Chester Friends Church Schedule

Calvary Baptist Church led by Keith Turnipseed lists Sunday School 9 45 a m Worship 30 45 am and pm services with mid week Bible study Thursday at 7 46 pm Children’s Bible class at 2 30 pm United Youth 6 30 pm Jr Choir Thursday 4 00 pm Sr Choir 7 30 pm and Family Night with Confirmation dinner on April 14 at Chester Friends Church Paulise County pastor offers 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Morning worship no evening service due to Youth Conference at New Providence Women’s Missionary Society meets at Vera Wood’s home in Marshalltown Wednesday April 3 all day with covered dish lunch at noon 1 30 pm Thursday Easter service practice

Calvary Baptist Curch Keith Pastor Union Caro R. B. Imes United Youth Chester

Saturday and Sunday Church Schedule at ST PAUL LUTHERAN

Weekly schedule lists confirmation and Sunday school at 9 30, divine service at 10 30, and a 7 30 pm couples meeting with hosts. Also notes Monday class, Lenten services Wednesday and Thursday activities, and a film and choir events led by multiple hosts. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH adds church school 9 45, worship 11, mission study, youth fellowship, and confirmations.

St, Paul Lutheran J Zimmermann Myr Mes George Grantow Fred Hansen Clarence Lange Eugene Panthen Arnie Grutech Emma Kewatt Wm. Goetz Emil Jeske Earl Travis Walther League

Y Marts Catholic Church Schedule and Activities

Daily Mass at 7:00 a.m. Sunday Masses 8:00 and 10:00. Confessions Saturday 4-6 and 7-9. Holy Day vigils 4-9. First Fridays 4-5 and 7-8. Confessions before Masses on Sundays and Holy Days. Instructions for choir on Thursdays at 7. Questions open to the public. Baptisms 2:30 Sundays. Sunday School at 10:00. Sermon topics include Christ the Ascended Lord and Christ Predicts the Cross. Youth group 7:00 p.m. Evangelistic service 7:45. Thursday Prayer and Bible Study 7:45. Open Communion service options described.

Christ

Missionary Conference at First Baptist Steamboat Rock IA

The First Baptist Church of Steamboat Rock Iowa led by Pastor K W Marquardt hosts a missionary conference from March 31 to April 2. The program features Rev J C Gunst speaking on The Sunday School and Missions and We Share The Gospel, Florence Miller presenting Japan slides, Rev John Rhoads lectures on The Church and Vision, and other sessions including a mothers outreach, Your Questions About Missions, and youth prayers with Verna Luiken. Continuous services and meetings run daily with evening programs and cross-cultural mission focus.

J. C. Gunst Florence Miller Japan John Rhoads Florance Miller Jora Florence Mellor Rhoads Archie McKinney Israel Land of Verna Luiken

Chamber of Commerce group seeks industry contacts

A Chamber of Commerce group is working to attract industry. For inquiries, talk to Lloyd Snider. Citizens are also urged to visit City Officials who may answer questions.

Chamber of Commerce Lloyd Snider Iin

Social and family notes from rural Iowa community

Radcliffe residents and neighbors attend birthdays visits and family dinners. A. W. Kessler returns from Clinton to stay with J. E. Cammack and son Leon at Baxter. Glenda Cammack visits Iowa State College. Farm Bureau tour in Des Moines. Women’s Society of Christian Service meets at the Methodist church with prayers hymns and lessons. Elder family activities include meals and hospitality in Hubbard and Des Moines area.

A. G. Terry Alfred Wierson Dee Moines Ferry Grinnell Hoeg Lola Varnum Uo Topp Brownsville Tex Thomas Hanefen Clinton A. W. Kessler Kessler Wendell Kessler Springfield M. D Glenda Cammack Iowa State College Kenneth Cammack Wayne Rierson Walter Women's Society of Christian Service Methodist Church Raynold Topp Joel Grubb Garden City Hubert Gaard Gaard Birchmier Wallace Mason Chas. E. Birchmier Amy Houck Hans Hanson Ernest Houck Warren Mossman Eldora Iowa Falls J. E. Cammack Carmmack Leon Baxter

Visitors and relatives gather in local home

Guests and spent Sunday Evening here with Mr. and Mrs. I E Cammack, Mr. and Mrs. John Kalkwart of Pilot Mound spent Saturday here in the home of Mr. and Mrs. AWB Klug. They had recently spent several weeks visiting in the Jamed Knickerbocker home at Minami, Florida. Mrs Kalkwart, Mrs Knickerbocker and Mrs Klug are sisters.

I. E. Cammack John Kalkwart Pilot Mound Awb, Klug Minami Fla Kalkwart Knickerbocker Klug

Community Passing of Welcomes and Gatherings in Eldora Area

Gifford Mr and Mrs Wendell Martin visited friends at Stuart Thursday. Several couples hosted and dined with neighbors across Marshalltown, Eldora, Des Moines and Ames. The Rip and Stitch club met with Mabel Rose. out of town members Mrs Lawrence Balyant and Mrs Louise Choate joined Eldora residents. Neale Trout’s birthday honored at Bernard Trout home. Tommie Rose called to Waterloo by sister-in-law H B Rose’s death.

Wendell Martin Stuart Sam Lepley Sam Stewart Marshall Town Lea Steinfeldt Ackley Leana Sapp Eldora Kenneth Sapp David Dickenson Adrian Dickenson Dick Gelder, Jr Wellsburg John Wilson Edward Lepley Deg Moines Dewey Estes Charles Pro~chaska Lynn Marshalltown Earl Marsh New Providence Harold Marsh Charles Snyder Union Harold Guiles Ricky Howard Mairs Bud Bauers Charles Adams Ernest Balyant Rex Hackney Ames Des Moines John McDonald George Hallett Robert Hazelwood Steamboat Rock Bernard Frout Mabel Rose Lawrence Balyant Louise Choate Bernard Trout W. R. Monroe Neale Trout Tommie Rose Waterloo H. B. Rose

Family gathers for weekend visits in Union area

Mr and Mrs Ralph Wilkins of Cedar Rapids and relatives attended a family weekend gathering at the home of Mrs Genira Wilkins in Union. Also present were Mr and Mrs Cecil Wilkins of Marshalltown and Mr and Mrs Ralph Tight of Clemons for a family dinner. Graveside services for Mrs John Burke 81 of Marshalltown were held at Union cemetery after dying at home Monday.

Ralph Wilkins Cedar Rapids Genira Wilkins Cecil Wilkins Marshalltown Ralph Tight Clemons John Burke Union Cemetery Este Perrin Burke Union Resi

Easy Yard Layout for Big Garden Harvests

This guide advises personal taste in seeds for a balanced yard design with back ground tall flowers like cosmos and hollyhocks, middle ground blues such as galgia and ageratum, and foreground blooms. It details a 4000 square foot vegetable area for a family of four, crop choices by size, sun need, fence backdrops, seed quantities, and yielding estimates.

Flower Gardens For Double Decoration Duty

Growing flowers creates a rainbow garden with a fragrant display. The plan uses twelve packets including nicotiana affinis for perfume, caliopsis and coreopsis, larkspur, cleome, scabiosa, centaura, marigold, calendula, hilg, stepdragons, blue ageratum, and white petunias. Each adds color, height, and scent for staggered blooms all summer.

Isabel Steuart and Family Ties Noted in Obituary

Isabel Steuart, sister of the late Mrs. A. P. Mason, is mourned with surviving kin including her son Verner of Marshalltown, daughter Mrs. John M. O Connor of Washington Court House, Ohio, and sister Mrs. Charles Van de Walker of Marshalltown. A new whistle schedule at the Training School for Boys aligns with a revised dining system, shifting meals to cottages and adjusting rise, work detail, and recall times.

Tests Show Need For Testing Of Crop Seeds

Extension director Dick Pulse of Eldora says seed germination tests from the Iowa State College lab show many seed lots fall below 75 percent germination, risking poor field stands. Oats, red clover, sweet clover, bromegrass, and timothy show notable below 76 percent rates. Bass urges farmers to test seed now. envelopes and instructions are in county extension offices.

Hardin County Dick Pulse Eldora Iowa State College Bass

Work detail and recall whistle schedule changes

The notice lists whistle times for meals and duties: 1:00 p m. calls for work detail and 4:30 p m. recall for supper. Saturdays have no 1:00 p m whistle, while Sundays and holidays only have 6:30 a m and 4:30 p m whistles.

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Ping MAN Laborer New Hampton Development Corporations Fredericksburg CYTY Council Council and Industrial Commission Herald - Index First Methodist Church Town John K. Moore Esther Armstrong Mission Study United Youth Fellowship Congregational Church Wesleyan Service Guild Y. Mart’s Catholic Church Father George Mahoney Assembly OF God Leroy Whiteman First Baptist Church Iowa K. W. Marquardt Radcliffe Lulu Jones T. S Obayon Chevrolet
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