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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1952
Page
7
A memorial day quotation urges remembrance of the cost of a free and undivided Republic. It laments vandalism of avarice and neglect, warning future generations should not forget the price of liberty and unity.
Lest We Forget Tomorrow is Poppy Day nationwide and Eldora volunteers sell red paper poppies to honor American war dead from the Argonne to Korea. The piece links sacrifices to widows and veterans, and notes disabled veterans making poppies. Also reported: marriage licenses issued, a workers strike at Eldora Pipe and Tile, changes at Grinnell band field, land sale of 263 acres at $135 an acre, church assignments, voting machines debate, tire air pump gift, and local notices including Decoration Day weather and train schedule changes.
This snippet surveys spring trends and roadside manners in a casual diary voice. It muses on littering, spring hair fashions, and the shift toward personal authenticity, recalling Beecher’s maxim to seize today amid reflections on youth and maturity.
Friday night C of C open forum at Pine Lake Lodge aims to boost the business community with constructive ideas. Controversial topics may include Monday or Wednesday openings. Many attendees may skip the event to stay home. The Legion hotrod races drew a large crowd at the fair amphitheatre. A survey by an Eldora woman asks what people did the night of their Junior-Senior Banquet. A subscriber letter mocks wartime imaging and modern college pranks, noting generational contrasts.
Hubbard news recounts a 25th anniversary reunion for the 1927 Hubbard graduating class at the schoolhouse lunch room with eleven of twenty graduates present. attendees included Elena Beckmeier Miller Helen Bogardus Smith Marjorie Brightwell McMillen Leandra Gloden Henrietta Bruns Engelking Helen Weaver Silvest Wilford Hoelscher deceased Lila Kuhlman Goebel Ervin Kuhlman Will Kulow Louise Mannetter Boeke Garnet Mohler Arthur Nehring Adelaide Ports Spurgeon Clarence Ricks Donald Oestreich Louisa Piel Beaupain Harold Ustermarkt and sponsor Miss Charlotte Nelson of Ames.
Public notice of a Hardin County Iowa special election on June 2, 1952. Voters will decide whether to erect and equip an addition to the County Home, issue $100,000 in bonds, and levy a tax not exceeding one third of a mill to pay principal and interest. Ballots guide marking yes or no.
Official ballot details a county home addition to be funded by bonds totaling 100000 and a tax levy not exceeding one third of a mill. Voters will decide on June 2, 1052, with polling places across townships and towns in Hardin County.
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