Eldora School Crowding Spurs Education Week Mobilization
A call during National Education Week urges Eldora residents to tour the school to witness overcrowding and its impact. The 45 children per crowded room strain learning, prompting a community debate on building adequate facilities and expanding the school program to meet modern needs. Dr. Ray Bryan of Iowa State College is cited stressing that children, not corn, are the priority.
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Eldora School
Eldora
Ray Bryan
Iowa State College
McFarland
Eldora Community Club
D. O. King
Reed
Clifford F. Hayden
Pauline Kruemling
William Rosburg
Lois Teske
Lewis Wisehart
Eva Jordan
Roy Snyder
Amanda Frier
J. H. Breage
Woods Hotel
Iowa Falls
Hammond and Stauffer
Bremmer
Helen Putnam
Carol Vinton
Iowa
Hardin County farm life and Roosevelt library photo
A rural column highlights Hardin County farming with fine cattle and hogs, plus plans for a Carnegie library portrait of Theodore Roosevelt. Frank Smith to move to Jasper County to farm. Eldora bowls well against Iowa Falls. local ladies profit from a rummage sale. past events recall Hubbard street lighting and local council action.
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Hardin County
Chester White
Robb Recenty
George B. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Carnegie Library
Washington
Rockwood
Theodore Roosevelt
Frank Smith
Jasper County
Wardman
Eldora
Iowa Falls
Congregational Church
Joe Stallsmith
C. W. Austin
Hardin City
Hubbard
Electroliers Lre
Bidora
Dr. Brubaker
Cai Boyan
Eldora recounts Ike victory as voters break long Republican streak
A detailed diary of Election Day in Eldora Iowa 1952 tracks polling lines early tallies and radio TV updates as Eisenhower leads holds through the night. Local pages note unprecedented turnout in Hardin County and post election reflections from residents and officials.
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Hoover
Landon
Wilkie
Dewey
Alex Dreier
Ike
Eldora
Hardin County
Steve
Leo Wolcott
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Texas
Houston
Soper
Lone Star
Jim Farley
South
Penn
Fred Miller
Fred
Maine
Conn
Florida
New York State
GOP
Court House
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Adali
Mother Daughter Banquet and Community News at Providence
The annual Mother and Daughter banquet drew 128 attendees in the gym. Tables featured Horns of Plenty centerpieces and napkin water lilies, with a cafeteria meal and group singing led by Mrs. Clampitt. Highlights included oldest and youngest mothers honored, a four generation family, and remarks on Europe trip by Mrs Parsons. The event was hosted by the local W C T U with wider church groups aiding. Community news includes visitors, military cadet promotion, a Bazaar date, and local fire calls.
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Bernard Hadley
Edward Jones
W. A. Spring
Donald Perkins
Kermit Whitehead
Charles Prochaska
Wilbur Wooten
Fred Mitchell
Abner White
Addie Mae Smith
Paul Waller
Wilfred Rogers
Marilyn Speas
W. D. Murray
Parson
Europe
Oxford
New Providence
Honey Creek
Charles Barnes
Aiken
8. C
Mr. Barnes
James Barnes
Grover
Winston Salem
N. C
Charles Sages
High Point
E. J. Heathershaw
Mr. Heathershaw
Heathershaw
Mary Jane
Waterloo
James H
H. W. Heathershaw
Phillip Gilbert
Webster City
James Heathershaw
Korea
Mansville Olson
Albret Lea
Minn
Harold Reece
Frank L. Cook
Maurice Cook
Iowa State College
Ames
Centennially Spun Fragments And Local News From Eldora
Cynthia Gray reflects on Abby Mangan Smith’s unpublished poems and local memories. The piece weaves a November mood with nature imagery, a nod to Eldora’s centennial reflection, and a string of community notes from thanksgiving plans to a nurse’s aide return.
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Abby Mangan Smith
Eldora
Hardin County
Berlin Sunday and social notices across Berlin area
Sunday School at 10. Youth Fellowship meets at Cottage Church on Sunday evening November 9. Ladies Aid meets Friday afternoon November 7 with Mrs Rex as hostess. Numerous local visits and dinners noted among Berlin area residents and neighboring towns including Iowa Falls Eldora Hampton and Alden with many guests and overnight visits.
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Ladies Aid
Lawn Hill
Arvids Standins
Rita
Maji
Ilse
Des Moines
Honey Creek
Kermit Whitehead
Junior Youth Fellowship
Fox Skating Rink
Eldora
Edward Jones
Cottage Church
Rex, Heard
Carroll Heard
Iowa Falls
C. A. Jackson
Donald Polley
Bernard Rudolph
Paul Carr
Fred Roeske
Bonnie Lou Carr
Margaret Whiting
John Meyer
Rowan
Elroy Kroft
Hampton
Luella Terveer
Clarence
Owasa
Wilce Ward
Nancy Lettow
Joyce Ward
Gerald Wilson
Phillips
S. G. Smith
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Lawn, Hill
H. A. Schmitt
Northwestern Tracks
E. P. Davis
John E. Barlow
W. R. Scholfield
C. S. Newcomer
C. F. Stauffer
H. H. Turner
Drake
Missouri State University
California
Robert Higginbotham
W. J. Bowers
Chas
J. Myers
W. G. Clark
State
Guy Brown
Eldora Park Board
One City Council
J. K
Eldora High School
Manual Arts
Ray Allen
Eldora Gospel Tabernacle
E. K. Jones
Dean Peisen
Methodist
F. H. Herrald
United States Navy
Iowa Cedar
Eldora Tigers
Tigers
Traer
Redhawks
Ackley
Providence
Mrs
Ross G. Reece
Milton Faust
Roberta
Carolyn
Garcell Nassen
Hubard
Ross Reece
Chapel
Robert Sayer
Dwight Denny
Ene
Cynthia Gray
Mattie Protheroe
Abby MacKinnon Smith
Smith
Iowa Poetry Writers Society
Edgington Ave
R. C. Rogers
Neil John
Honey Creek United
Bonnie Barnes
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Anna Barnes
Berlin
Joan Ward
al Albers
Kay
George Albers
Alden
Mary Jane Ward
Audrey Filbrandt
Ed Ward
Otto Filbrandt
Osceola
Wilee Ward
Judy
Joyce
Poward Meyer
Alen
Glen Baker
Kathleen
A D. Williams
Don Wolford
Geneva
Sandra Rankin
Melody Shank
Inez Latch
Paul Barnard
Eally
Ren
Herald - Index
Farmers Mutual Ins
N. Hardin
Franklin Counties
R. R. van Patter
Sec
Iowa Falls, Iowa
Irs
Ming
O’shu
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