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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1971
Page
4
John Lenton Fischer died Sunday after lingering illness and was laid to rest May 11 at Shiloh Cemetery Wellsburg. John Lenton Fischer was born July 22 1893 and funeral services were conducted from Doyen Funeral Home with a vocal duet and several casket bearers.
The obituary details the life of Harold C. Fischer of Wellsburg son of Albert and Mathilda Collins Fischer who moved from near Belmond to Dows then Wellsburg. He married Grace Huisman in 1916 at Clarion and ran the Wellsburg Hardware Co. until retiring in 1950. Surviving are his wife a son Harold and a daughter Mildred Clifford eight grandchildren.
Susan Bennett of Idora receives Alumni Merit Scholarship at the University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls. Fifty Iowa high school seniors awarded 100 scholarships for 1971 72 academic year funded by the UNI Foundation through gifts from alumni and friends.
The Providence area notes list visitors and events from May including Mrs. James Bruner of Des Moines visiting Davenport area families, a Mother Daughter banquet in Buffalo, and New Providence Pearls 4H Club May meetings with talks on sculpture and pollution. Youth Hunger project raised about 500 dollars toward a 1500 dollar summer mission goal. Family visits span Ames to Eldora. several weddings, birthday gatherings, and weekend visits are noted among local households.
Mrs Everett Tjarks and Mrs Max Havens of Alden visited in Clifford Nickelson's home. Buckeye Ellis Farm Bureau meeting hosted by Carroll Hurd with Mrs John Clark as hostess. Various guests celebrated birthdays and dined at homes in Alden Radcliffe and Jewell. Lawn mowing ad and several sales listings appear, plus a card of thanks for anniversaries and hospital well wishes.
Friday evening callers visited the T. J. Kennedy home. John H. Lettow of Iowa Falls stayed at the Hattle Range home. Craig Reynolds of Iowa City spent Saturday with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Reynolds. Sunday visits occurred at Otis Liitschwager’s and Harley Porter’s homes in Iowa Falls and at the John Kemp home in Alden. C. W. Reynolds and D. D. Reynolds hosted Thursday evening in Webster City.
Curtis Daggs store displays items found on the courthouse lawn during landscaping. Plans at Town 175 and Town 118 require minimal work with no new right of way. Henely notes design progress and public engagement, while opponents led by Eldora Women's Club protest an elaborate entrance change citing scenic loss and high cost estimated at 225000. State officials and local representatives weigh in.
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