Owasa School Builds After Persisting Through Setbacks
Owasa consolidated school district directors kept to their plan despite delays and legal hurdles. A $28,000 bond topped the initial $48,000 issuance, totaling $76,000 after voters approved the extra funding. Excavation for a gymnasium classroom building began Monday, with site surveying completed Thursday and materials on hand.
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Owasi
Owasa Consolidated
Owasa
Forssight Q Wasa School Board
Bateson for State Senate Seeks Re Election Support Nov 7
Endorsing statement urges Hardin county voters to back R. R. Bateson of Eldora for re election to the state senate on November 7. The candidate, active since 1947, is praised as conscientious and independent of special interests. The appeal emphasizes high turnout in Hardin to secure a decisive margin and counter opponents in Hamilton or Wright counties. Rodney Cordehi of Wright County is cited.
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R. R. Bateson
Eldora
Bardin County
Bateson
Rex
Des Moines
Sardin
Hardin Counties
Hardin County
Hamilton
Wright Counties
Rodney Oordehi
Wright County
Eldora’s
Rumblings of Your Town and Local Happenings
Local column blends small town notes from Steamboat Rock area. Rotary and Kiwanis leaders share a residence. C O Ruben escapes a locked vault with doors still barred. Dick Protheroe bags a 175 pound bear while others tally ducks and fish. Democrats, Brannan plan debate, Grundy Center fans view GC fence motif, upcoming cribbage tourney, Howard Bowman missed. Two professionals seek office space. Bob Ziesman reports army shifts at Ft Leonard Wood.
Echoes of Eldora Local History Notes Through Decades
A chronicle of past Eldora events from 1885 to 1935 lists governors elect visiting, teachers and students, auctions, lectures, weddings, relocations, new business ventures, library duties, and community plans. It records telegrams, construction, debuts of debating clubs, and civic happenings with multiple named individuals and local institutions.
Hadley Accepts Pastorate. Auction Sells Perkins Property
Mrs. Anna Megan bought Nellie Perkins property in the second ward at auction for 4500 dollars. Rev. Paul Hadley accepts a pastorate at New Providence church. He and Mrs. Hadley leave Argonia Kansas after six years. The Hardin County Young Mar is organizing.
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Mae
Lois Farr
Eldora
New Providence
William Hawley Smith
Lyman Whiting
Carleton
Mass
Congregational Church
Whiting
C. McKeen Duren
L. K. Whiting
Anna Megan
Nellie Perkins
Second Ward
Paul Hadley
New Providence Church
Hadley
Argonia
Kun
Hardin County Young Mar
First Methodist Church News Sunday Services
Pastor W R Ehlert leads Sunday school at 10 00 and morning worship at 11 00 Mrs Charles Brashares wife of our bishop will speak in Sunday school next Sunday and show slides from India The W S C S marks the tenth anniversary with a covered dinner after the morning service all members and friends invited
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Qchurch News
First Methodist
W. R. Ehlert
Charles Brashares
India
W.S.C.S
Christ the King Feast and Parish Schedule Items
St Marys Catholic listing includes Masses Confessions and Oct 25 feast day with all church devotions and 13 hour Eucharistic adoration. First Congregational notes sermons Pilgrim Fellowship and work day earnings for world service budget. St Paul Lutheran lists confirmation class Sunday service and choir rehearsal with adult class.
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Christ
the King
Eldora town polities and Chest drive critique
A reader tone letter complains about Eldora street naming and voter guidance, praises Community Chest as a local pledging model, notes mixed results of this year's Chest drive, and urges returning to a focused local fund approach while referencing a Bollywood film at New Ground theatre.
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Eldora
Tetara
Red Cross
Funeral services for Eldora township women leader
Funeral services were held for Mrs. C. W. Clough of Whitten, longtime chairwoman of the Eldora township women’s group. The tied group’s schedule and details were noted in the obituary item.
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Towa
Wilbur Barnard
Elalsat
Coted
Eldora
C. W. Clough
Whitten
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Hardin County Index
Elders
Meniher
Herald-Index Pub
Featerrdan
Officisl County and City Paper
George
Stauffarker
Kai Hardin
Adjosnin
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Iowa Press
Howard Schaa
Canada
Steamboat Rock
Rotary
Kiwanis
George Janssen
Lester Ose
Treasurer's Office
C. O. Ruben
Carroll
State Checker
Dick Protheroe
North Woods
Wood
Tull
Nyquist
Jerry Protheroe
Grundy Center
G.C
Ihru
Howard Bowman
Wisconsin
Howard
Ft Leonard Wood
Bob Ziesman
Larrabee
J. Fred Stallsmith
Ella McDonald
Charles Hays
Rev. E. Kent
Victor
Wm. H. Smith
Addie Rathbone
Ezza Nuckolls
Viola
Henry Thamer
Diehl
Gethman
Fanny Duren
Fred Vinton
Porter
Idaho
A. W. Adams
Funston
Waterloo
M. F. Baker
Rhodes
C. H. Coler
Florence Stanley
Mary Wheelock
Eliere
Des Moines Register
Haas
Ivester
William Mahoney
Kiwanis Club
J. F. Hardin
Ethiopia
Ackley
The
University Women In
R .R. Hadley
Eric
Marguerite Kennedy
Richard Boyd
Hars Agc
ST. Mary's
L. V. McDonough
First Congregational
Ralph B. Imes
Pilgrim Fellowship
All Parish
World Service
Paul Lutheran
J. Zimmermann
Washington Street
Edgington Avenue
Robert Saith
Beecher Crosses
New Ground Theatre
Mares Drug
General Electric
Tas Port of
Bulb
Central States Electric Company
Longenecker Funeral Home
Eldora, Iowa
Chevrolet
America
Fisher
America’s Best Buy
Chevrolet Company
New Providence School
Leader
NEW Providence Duroc Breeders Ass'n
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