Eldora Eastern Star to mark 60th anniversary dinner
Eldora’s Eastern Star will celebrate six decades of service with a dinner and meeting at the Masonic hall. Honorary guest Mrs. Nell Bonnell of Fort Dodge and Worthy Grand Matron Mrs. Margaret Merrick of Marble Rock are expected, with early members highlighted and long-time members noted. The event precedes a citywide BPW led effort on Oct. 20 to place women in city offices and stores, with Troy Studio to photograph participants.
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Eldora
Order of the Eastern Sur
Masonic Hall
Harry 8. Wammond
Lving
Nell Bonnell
Fort Dodge
Worthy Grad
Margaret Merrick
Marble Rock
Wisner Opera House
Porter and Moir
Mr. Hammond
Fatime Emeny
John J. Boylan
Allena D. Ward
Calista Meader
Helen King
A. L. Hulbert
J. &. King
B. J. Miles
A. Hi. Howard
J. A. Burnett
Edith Smallipage
Evanston
Til
Myra Whited
Concord
Cal
Astern Star
Masonic Lodge
Russell Roupe
Chamber of Commerce
Mmayor
Troy Studio
BPW
Manly Stilley
Hubert Cleveland
Ed Clary
Ed Anderson
Eight County Races Slated For General Election
The Hardin County Index outlines eight county races on the November 2 general election ballot. Highlights include state representative candidates Paul M. Walter Republican and Paul M. Schwitters Democrat, county officials Fred A. Reed and Helen Schumacher, and sheriff Paul E. Hodgson among others with party pairs. Absent ballots available through county auditor FR. A. Scott, with others starting October 13.
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Paul M. Walter
Union
Paul M. Schwitters
Town Falls
Fred A. Reed
Owass
Merle Strathcamp
Hubbard
Helen ¥. Schumacher
Eldora
George S. Finger
Steamboat Rock
Tulia A Mulford
Perry J. Wilson
Paul E. Hodgson
Clarence Wickham
Board of Supervisors
Lloyd A. Roland
Alden
Fred J. Klein
Iowa Fall
Fox
Ernest Reed
Owasa
Kermit L. Setchell
FR. A. Scott
Marion L Munsinger named to Civil Service Committee
Marion L Munsinger Eldoph has been named a member of the Vv F W National Civil Service and Employment Committee. The announcement highlights her selection to a national body overseeing civil service and employment issues.
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Marion L. Munsinger
Eldoph
Vv. _F. W. National Civil Service and Employment Committee
Berlin Community Church Homecoming Observed Sunday
The Berlin Community church homecoming will be observed Sunday. Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. with special music and a message by Rev. B. Hasser. A basket dinner follows at noon. The afternoon service begins at 2 p.m. featuring more special numbers and an address by Rev. Paul McKinney.
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Berlin
B. Hasser
Paul McKinney
Dages Host To 378th Reunion Sunday
Mr and Mrs Curtis Daggs of El Idora host the first reunion of the 378th Engineer Battalion Sunday at Pine Lake lodge. Daggs served with the 278th in Korea in 1950 1951. Forty five invitations mailed, with a good turnout expected from towns in Minnesota Nebraska and Michigan. some arrivals anticipated Saturday.
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Curtis Daggs
Elidora
Pine Lake Lodge
Dages
Korea
378Th
Minnesota
Nebraska
Michigan
Fire Prevention Program Set At Courthouse Here
Eldora volunteers host annual fire prevention week in the courthouse courtroom next Wednesday at 8 pm. Public attendance is free. Children's poster contest winners will be announced and awarded. Attorney Yivian Lundy will speak. A fire prevention film and Lynn Freed Trio music are planned.
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Eldora
Yivian Lundy
Eldora Attorney
Lynn Freed | Strio
Martin Qutlines Accomplishments of Eisenhower Administration
Irvin Cammack recalls an 1892 Hardin County Fair entry found in his attic while Thames E. Martin Republican candidate for U S Senate outlines Eisenhower era achievements at a dinner in Iowa Falls. He cites the Agriculture Trade and Development Act, a large tax cut, end of Korean fighting, inflation control, and social security expansion as GOP gains while criticizing Democrats for past price spikes and wartime policy.
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Irvin Cammack
Redcliffe
Hardin County Index
Eldora
Cammack
Cammod
Thames E. Martin
U. S. Senate
Eisenhower
Iowa Falls
Martin
Truman
U. S
Burns Purchases Chesnut Barber Shop
Robert Burns of Eldora takes over the Chesnut Barber Shop effective today. Burns has been a barber in Eldora for 29 years and was previously employed by Chesnut. He began barbering for Robert Toad in 1925. Chesnut will continue working in the shop.
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Robert Burns
Eldora
Chesnut
Burns
Robert Toad
Rotary and 75-Year Club Dinner Draws 100 Plus Attendees
More than 100 Rotary members and Hardin county 75 Year Club members attended the Pine Lake Country Club dinner meeting. Speakers included Mrs C. E. Greer of Eldora, founder of the three-quarter century club, who reviewed her European tour. Sixty named guests joined 41 members of the 75 Year Club. the eldest present was 97 year old Mrs Ella C. Hoover and 93 year old Mrs J. A. Landis followed. Twelve new members were admitted during the year and seven members died, including Miss Amanda Walton and Mrs Maria Panthen.
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Rotary
Hardin ‘County
Pine Lake Country Club
C. E. Greer
Eldora
Ella C. Hoover
J. A. Landis
Anna Balvant
William Bartling
Hubbard
Fred Craig
Town Falls
Minnie Kuhlman
Nellie Ellsworth
Harold Marshman
E. B. Johnston
J. L. Burns
J. Hinshaw
George Bailey
Amanda Wenerstrum
Radcliffe
to Begin Work Immediately on New Buildings at I S T School
Iowa State Training School will start three contracts for a school addition a new kitchen dining building and plumbing heating and wiring work. Lovejoy Construction Co. of Des Moines won general work at 272800, Smith 7h Co. for plumbing and heating at 42252, Electric Engineering Co. of Sioux City for wiring at 16400. The addition includes science lab auditorium and expanded shops for industrial arts and barbering.
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Iowa State Training School
Hollis Miles
Businesssf Ice
Lovejoy Construction Co
Des Moines
Smith 7H
State Board of
Esis Co
Waterloo
Electric Engineering Company
Sioux City
Farm Bureau Meeting Scheduled in Eldora
The Hardin county Farm Bureau plans its annual meeting in Eldora on October 25 at the high school. Resolutions on policy will be adopted and state officers elected, with Joe Moore of Des Moines as principal speaker.
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Hardin County Farm Bureau
Eldora
Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau Office
Joe Moore
Des Moines
Contest Deadline for Football Poster Entries Today
The Herald-Ledger announces a 5 P M deadline for this week’s football poster contest. Entries must be mailed or delivered to the Herald-Index office by 5 PM today with three cash prizes awarded.
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Herald-Ledger
Herald-Index
Soil Expert To Address First Farmer Meeting
H. R. Meldrum, linked with Iowa State College experiments, will be the principal speaker at the first Farmers' Night School meeting in the vocational agriculture building. The 8 p.m. session welcomes any interested person, not required to own a farm, with council members listed and refreshments to follow.
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H.R. Meldrum
Iowa State College
Meldrum
Armand F. Ruppel
Thrift Buck awards change after last week draw
The top Thrift Buck prize increases to 250 dollars for next Wednesday after no show in an Eldora store at 3 pm this week. Two winners reported this week were Mrs Arthur Kix of Hubbard, $10, and Mrs Riley McCall of Eldora, $8, with prize additions of 25 10 and five 5 dollars.
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Neil Wehrman
Eldora
Arthur Kix
Hubbard
Riley McCall
Kix
Graham
McCall
Emnert
Farm sale listing near Hubbard auctioneer Brantley Jones
Complete closing out sale listing livestock machinery equipment and household goods. On the farm situated six miles south then one mile east of Hubbard. Auctioneer Brantley Jones. Contact phone numbers 26 or 51 for farm sale service.
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Hubbard
Brantley Jones
Grundy WCTU Holds County Convention at Grun dy Center
The Grundy county W C T U met yesterday at the Methodist church in Grundy Center. A basket dinner was served at noon. The afternoon program featured special music a white ribbon service and a temperance movie.
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Grundy County
Grundy Center
Radcliffe Rites For A E Lee 65
Funeral services were held Monday at Zion Lutheran church for Alfred C. Lee 65 who died at his home near Garden City after a long illness. He lived in Radcliffe and Garden City on a farm and was survived by his wife Emma Vallum eight children two daughters seven surviving siblings and a sister. Interment followed at the church cemetery with Rev Perry S Heller presiding.
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Radcliffe
Zion “Rutheran
Alfred C. Lee
Garden City
Lee
Frank
Sarah Sime Lee
Emma Vallum
Mary
Carroll
Ellwood
Marilyn
Duane Engleson
Obed
Franklin
Alfred
James
Ralph
Mike Michaelon
Perry
Cuke Man Sets Village Record with Huge Cucumber
J. C. Clingerman of northwest New Providence raised a giant cucumber last week. The fruit measured 12 inches in circumference, 15 inches long and weighed about sight pounds, marking his biggest yield to date.
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J. C. Clingerman
New Providence
Cuke
Clingerman
Buckeye Farmer Found Dead In Garage At Home
William Carstens a 64 year old Buckeye farmer was found dead in a garage at his farm home one mile past Buckeye Wednesday morning by his wife. Sheriff Hodgson investigated in the absence of coroner W A Johnson. The body was taken to C G Scott Funeral Home in Alden.
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Wiliam Carstens
Buckeye
Carstens
Paul Hodgson
W. A. Johnson
Town Falls
Court Opens Monday Four Week October Term Opens
A four week October term of district court will open Monday with Judge H. C. Nichol of Ames presiding.
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H. C. Nichol
Ames
Methodist Promotion For Children Sunday Event
Sunday at 10 a.m. in the sanctuary the Methodist church will host a service promoting children and youth through eighth grade. Certificates will be given. Paul Maddy will present Bibles to third to fourth grade graduates. Cr. W. Johnson, founder of Prentiss Normal and Industrial Institute, will speak briefly.
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Methodist Church
Paul Maddy
Cr. W. Johnson
Prenting Normal & Industrial Institute For Colored Boys and Girls
Prentiss
Misa
Roy Hayden Estate Sale Highlights Livestock and Goods
Auctioneer K. E. Reisinger runs a closing out sale on the Roy Hayden estate set for Tuesday October 5. Items include livestock, machinery, equipment and household goods from a farm one mile east of Owasa.
Harms Estate Auction Thursday in Eldora Iowa
Livestock machinery and household goods to be sold Thursday October 7 at North Washington Street Eldora Town Knowles Kramer and Prinke auctioneers and clerk announce the Harms estate closing sale details by locals in a brief notice.
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the Legion Hall
Steamboat Rock
Knowles & Kramer
Washington St
Eldora
Town
Knowles
Kramer and Prinke
Eldora Auction Listed For School Building Site
Auction notice for Saturday October 9 at Eldora on site of the new proposed school building. Auctioneer is B. Be. Melsingey. Public sale details are sparse but indicate property related to school project.
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Eldora, 7A. B. BE
Melsingey
Auctionzer
Iowa Falls Council Endorses Natural Gas Rate for First Reading
Iowa Falls city council reluctantly accepted the proposed natural gas rate from Iowa Electric Light and Power Co for first reading. The rate matches the company’s proposal, while Eldora disputes it. Council members say they lack bargaining power and may seek rate engineering experts and district court action as a last resort.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Eldora
George Janssen
Light Company
Ward's fifth anniversary sale features in-store TV viewings
Ward Miller owner will host a three day event October 7 to 9 with a working TV camera in the store linked to TV sets so visitors can see themselves on screen. Door prizes include a large screen TV, a table radio, a TV base, a TV lamp, an electric clock, and ten TV service credit slips. Free gifts for children with parents. A color TV will be on display.
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Ward
Ward Miller
The
Hardin County Index
Marriage Licenses Granted From Towns and Counties
Lawrence A Whisler 20 Winters et Geraldine Crosser 20 Town Falls wed. William J Brush 28 Marshalltown with Elfriede Auchter 27 Marshalltown. James D Meldrem 24 Ames wed Betty Cheatland 20 Ares.
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Lawrence A. Whisler
Winterset
Geraldine Crosser
Town Falls
William J. Brush
Marshalltown
Elfriede Auchter
James D. Meldrem
Ames
Betty] Cheatland
Ares
Union Company to Install Line From Union to Gifford
Union Cooperative Telephone Co advances a $10,000 program to add a second circuit from Union to Gifford to improve service. Central Iowa Telephone Co may mirror the free service policy on Eldora to Union and Union to Eldora. The new line aims to open ten days after cable arrives, with survey results guiding further Eldora to Union connections.
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Eldora
Union
Union Cooperative Telephone Co
Gifford
Walls
Eblorn
Une Ion
Eldoca
Central Iowa Telephone Company
Central Iowa Company
Union Company
Cooperative
George Martinson
Central Iowa Telephony
Union Cooperative
Giffard
Whitten
Liscomb
Clemans
New Providence
Hospital and Community Births and Names Listed
The report lists births and residents across multiple towns. Notable entries include Anna Davis and Donald FE Cobb with a baby boy, Jack Piper with a baby girl, Frank Trewery with a baby boy, and August Meier with Charlotta Walters and Clarence W. Hoelscher families in Hubbard. Sept. 28 marks a birth in Hubbard by Glenn Miller.
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Eldora
Anna Davis
Donald FE. Cobb
Jack Piper
Frank Trewery
Union
Archie Runner
Rachael
Kennedy
Alden
Sally Jo
Smacktown Falls
Minna Daleske
Steamboat
Elmer Kolthott
Hubbard
August Meier
Charlotta Walters
Clarence W. Hoelscher
Carl Larson
County Brucellosis Ring Test Next Week
Hardin county to host a four county brucellosis ring test next week with state and federal vets and local extension staff. Milk cow owners can submit samples at dairies or the extension office for free screening, with positive results leading to optional follow up testing and disease control steps.
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Hardin County
Dick Pulse
Pulse
Fiee
Hardin
Bildora
Voters To Decide Formation Of Enlarged Union Whitten District
Voters in Hardin Marshall and Grundy counties will vote October 18 on forming a new enlarged Union Whitten district merging Union and Whitten districts with six rural districts including Bangor 3 4 5 and parts of Bangor 2 Liberty and Melrose districts. The plan faced prior appeals and lawsuits over district boundaries and was affirmed after a judge ruled no limit on district size beyond land area, concluding the proposed boundaries are settled.
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Union
Union-Whitten
Hardin, Marshall and
Grundy
Union Consolidated
Whitten Consolidated
Whitten
Bangor
Number
Liberty
Sehool
Liberty Township
Rim Independent
Melrose
Marishall
Grundy County
Hardin and Grundy County
Marshall County Board
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jessie M. Parker
Anish-Whitten
Lester Ose
John Gutter
Minerva Valley
Hardin County District
Hardin, Grundy and
Marshall County Boards of Education
Parker
Eldora Township FB to Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
Eldora township officials will be elected and a resolution questionnaire completed at the annual Eldora Township Yarm Bureau meeting next Tuesday night. The gathering at the community house will seek adoption of Articles of Incorporation with committee members Lew Crosgier Bon Primus Lee Tundy Ebb Reece and Earl Lamer.
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Eldora Township Yarm Bureau
Lew Crosgier
Bon Primus
Lee Tundy
Ebb Reece
Earl Lamer
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Shelby Clemons
Munsinger
Dage
Sun
Martin Qutlines
I. S. T. School
Marvin Walters
Tee Lundy
Harvey Freed
Victor Schwarck
Ben Juchems
Richard Knott, Jr
Bill Vigars
Merril Cobb
Roy Walton
STE
ST. Mary's Parish
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Joe Kramer
Charles
Robert E. Lee
She'c. G. Scott Funeral Home
Methodist Promotion For
Roy Hayden
K. E. Reisinger
Hulda Harms
John U
Harms Estate
Council
Miss Parker
District Court
Harvey Uhientropp
Judee
Union-Whitter
Eldora Township
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