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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1957
Page
4
Mrs. Martha Volker, 27, of Waterloo, held on $2000 bond in Eldora jail after being picked up in Iowa Falls on uttering a false instrument. Three supermarkets reported bad checks totaling 50 dollars, triggering sheriff and city police pursuit.
Children may enroll in the Red Cross swim program by mailing registration blanks to Jim Foster in Eldora by Monday, June 10. Classes begin June 17. The free program is sponsored by the South Hardin County Chapter of the American Red Cross and held at Pine Lake.
Fifty Soil Conservation Service professionals from 11 counties will meet Tuesday with the Eldora Rotary club for a joint discussion on conservation. Frank H. Wendell Iowa Conservation Service state conservationist will speak. Othie McMurray Iowa soil conservation districts secretary joins the group for a county tour observing conservation practices in use.
A district court entered a default judgment against William R. K. Reason for 117 dollars after he and three others passed bad checks at Iowa Falls in March. The checks drawn by C. W. Shelton were cashed at local stores, with two suspects captured in Iowa Falls and two traced to a Ackley hotel. Shelton, Reason, and Delmont H. Leobo were sentenced to six months in jail. An unrelated 1 1/2 year old girl was extradited to Nebraska to face charges.
Eldora Chamber of Commerce secretary W. D. Schnirring attended a state meeting of chamber executives in Ames last week.
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County Auditor Fred Reed announced that delinquent dog taxes will not be levied on personal property if paid by June 1. Taxes were due, but owners are given an extra month before levies proceed.
Kenneth Sapp of Eldora has been chosen as an airways operations radio operator in Chicago by the U S Civil Service Commission. He awaits airport assignment and start date. He returned from military service last February and has worked at the Eldora United Food Market. His wife and family plan to join him about three weeks after he begins.
Hardin County issues a weed notice to property owners requiring noxious weeds to be cut burned or destroyed to prevent flowering or maturity. Noncompliance may lead to weed destruction and costs charged to the property. Signed by the board of supervisors and the county auditor with commissioner Ray Karstens and deputies Kasischke Stielow Barnhart.
Eldora high school students Jim Harms David Nehring and Doug Pulse will join hundreds of Iowa boys at Hawkeye Boys State in Des Moines Sunday. They will operate their own governing body and return home next Saturday. Eldora Senior Citizens met at the library with the annual report presented and discussed Hardin County Senior Citizens Day officers were reelected Wyatt Johnson president and Homer Runkel secretary.
Beams for the county shops have been installed in the northwest town area. The article notes that the roof is planned to be added early in June, marking a nearing completion stage for the project.
Mrs. Lester M. Carlson of Boone suffered a leg injury after a Sunday fall from a Pine Lake pier while fishing. She was transported to Boone Hospital by ambulance for treatment.
Sunday school and church services noted for Mrs James See. Numerous visits and guest speakers including Ralph Bright and Frisbie families. Graduation events at Latimer Coulter and Iowa Falls gyms with post celebration gatherings. Dairy judging at Ralph Bright farm with ISU group. Multiple family visits and dinners at homes in Eldora and nearby towns. Engagements and weddings welcomed, with attendees from Mt. Ayr and Geneva.
Mrs. Helen Curtis led Sunday services at 9:00 a.m. with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Joy Norman joined the eighth grade graduation. guests included the Norman and Engel families. Nearby residents Don Arends and family visited Ackley. Wesley Freeman and W. H. Platts hosted guests from Dodge City and Decorah. Lois Gunn attended the Cross-Crosser wedding in Iowa Falls. Crosser family joined Kenneth Curtis for Sunday dinner.
Late gardeners can still enjoy gardening with quick growing annuals. Phlox and a list of fast germinating flowers like Sweet Alyssum Amaranthus Aster Calendula Calliopsis and more promise blooms in weeks. The text notes Leptosyne Sulimanii as the fastest and describes zinnias marigolds and other varieties with varying bloom times and sizes.
Numerous Dodge City families and friends attended the Karen Cross Larry Crosser wedding at the Christian Church in Iowa Falls Sunday night. Guests included the Platts, Curtises, Freeman, Crosser, Hoffman, and other area families, with gatherings, meals, and slide shows following the ceremony.
Bangor residents host weekend visitors from Winterset Washburn and Marshalltown with graduation honors for Dean Settle and a party at Burnell Settle home. Quarterly Meeting and missionary dinners mark the Bangor gathering with attendees from Le Grand Marshalltown Hartland Liberty Union Des Moines New Providence and Bangor. Local families report nursing training plans for Janet Collins and describe a minor car crash near Des Moines and an accident east of Bangor involving a Liscomb school official and a dry cleaning truck with injuries. Charges have been filed against
Mr and Mrs Robert Weatherly and family from Marshalltown visited his parents Leonard and Weatherly Sunday at tention.
Ivester church schedules show May 30 4 p.m. Moats-Dressel wedding and June 2 changes with Sunday School at 9 30 a.m. and worship at 10 30 a.m. through September. Bible School June 3 12, Friendly Forum and Cheerful Helper Fun Night June 11, W C T U and W C June 12, and picnic. The 1925 Club organized with nine members meets monthly at the homes of members, June meeting at Mrs Lloyd Draper, officers Doughty and Prosser.
New motor vehicles registered at the courthouse listed owners Edward G. Steinmetz Alden Ford Robert G Wood Eldora Ford Ivan W Meyers Ackley Chevrolet Melvin Hutchinson Iowa Falls Ford Jerry Jefferson Gray Eldora Studebaker Alfred Gretchen Haska Buckeye Ford Nancy Miller Ackley Chevrolet and the General Gas Corp Town Falls Chevrolet truck.
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