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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1973
Page
2
Mrs Claude Phaie hosts a bridge circle with several guests including Mrs Stilley and Mrs Belmitz. The gathering featured desserts, toasts, and a talk by a guest speaker, plus planned charity contributions and a December session at the Granzow home with co hostesses.
Woasayt Chapel Community Church will hold their annual Homecoming services Sunday October 38. The services will begin at 7:50 a.m. with Sunday worship. A potluck dinner will be served at noon with an afterdinner service following.
Fragmented local notices list names such as Mrs Bard Rebokals Mantigh Linus Dovey and Mrs W M Miller with upcoming events including a Cubs game against Minnis on Wednesday Oct 31 and Royal Neighbors Lodge Ruth Martin. Other items reference Center Vat, Center, and St Paul Lutheran Ladies Aid.
A 7 pound 4 ounce baby girl named Kari Lynne was born October 9, 1973 to Lt. Irvin Lon Cakerice and his wife at Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth Texas. The mother is Karen Huston formerly of Ankona Eldora. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Cakerice of Eldora and great grandmother Mrs. Alice Cakerice, Eldora.
Mrs Amanda Lepley of Union celebrated her 80th birthday with a Sunday reception at the Community Church. Hosts were her children Mrs Fred Luciller Cummins New Providence Robert Lepley Des Moines and Kenneth Lepley Fort Dodge. Granddaughter Mrs Ray Lemke presided at the guest book with 85 attending.
The engagement of Miss Marcia Thompson to Lee H. Rash is announced by her parents Mrs. and Mr. Robert Thompson of Mayfield Minnesota and Mrs Harald Rash of New Providence The couple plans a spring wedding in April Miss Thompson graduates in December with a bachelor of science in elementary education from Markato Minnesota State College and Rash holds a finance degree from Mankato State and works for Firestone in Rochester He is a U S Army veteran.
Miss Carmen Beach was guest of honor at a Oct 20 pre nuptial shower in Zearing with 30 guests. She and Victor Heyer plan to wed Nov 17 at Boone Lutheran Church. A separate shower for Miss Kay Veld on Oct 16 in Steamboat Rock drew 45 guests and featured purple and white decor. Miss Weld will wed Bruce Zimmerman of Wellsburg on Oct 27. Another shower for Miss Glenn Ingledue with 25 attendees celebrated late September, with a Oct 27 wedding planned to Paul Gray.
Brett Jason Balvanz infant son of Mr and Mrs Dennis Balvanz was baptized at Zion United Church of Christ Hubbard in a morning service led by Rev Edward Reinhardt. Adrian Boeke hosted a dinner at Woods Motor Inn Town Falls honoring their grandson with family guests including Dennis and Brett Balvanz Donald Balvanz Selma Balvanz Ernest Zichell and Rev and Mrs Reinhardt and family.
The Woman's Club meeting at 7 30 p m Monday November 5 has moved to the east wing of the Hardin County Youth Building Dale Paullin of Marshalltown will speak on Little People An executive board meeting at 7 p m the same evening will also be in the east wing All interested persons urged to note the change
The Brownies of Troop 508, including Christie Arntzen and Cara Barber, held an Investiture on Wednesday Oct 24 with second grade mothers as guests. Third grade Brownies were hostesses and they made bird feeders while discussing the Brownie B's. The troop meets Wednesdays after school in the Scout room. Mrs Del Whitmer attended the Iowa press women session in Ottumwa Oct 19–20 with speakers Dr John Butler and Fran Watson.
A vintage kitchen note shares a Stroganoff style casserole using ground beef onion green pepper cream of mushroom soup and sour cream. The dish bakes topped with refrigerated biscuits at 375 for about twenty minutes for a cozy fall supper.
Steamboat Rock American Legion Auxiliary outlines Veterans Day program on November 12 featuring Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry at 2 30 p m in the school gym. A potluck supper follows and gifts and luncheons for seniors are planned. Gifts for a family of five and senior citizens support are coordinated by Clara Green Lucille McDonald and other members.
The 80th birthday of Mike Finger was celebrated at an open house on Sunday October 14 at the Iowa Soldiers Home in Marshalltown. Hosts included his children and families from Marshalltown Tulsa Steamboat Rock Eldora and other communities. 175 guests attended from multiple states.
The menu lists daily offerings from Monday October 29 to Friday November 2. Items include scalloped potatoes and ham with buttered peas and cornflake cookies on Monday, hot dogs on Tuesday, chili soup on Wednesday, beefburgers on Thursday, and macaroni and cheese on Friday with sides and milk each day.
A reflective verse celebrating Indian summer in Indiana. The speaker notes warm days, hazy landscapes, and autumn signs such as drifting leaves, roaring oaks, pines, geese southward, and the sense of seasonal return. The poem evokes a welcoming, nostalgic atmosphere.
Mrs Maynard Klemme of Welfare Rights Organization spoke on What Welfare Means to Us to Steamboat Rock Progress Club on October 17. Introduced by program chair Helen Johns, hostesses were Mrs Jerome Beach and Mrs Don Finger at the library. Twenty two members attended. Next meeting set for 7:30 p.m. November 14 with all members to meet at the library.
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