Largest Eldora HS enrollment tops prior record
Eldora Community School reports a 907 total on opening day with 254 in high school, 507 elementary, 146 junior high. The district welcomes 27 high school students from Qwasa and adds students from Owasa Steamboat Rock and other areas, including 4 in shorthand.
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Eldora
Eldora Community School
Paul J. Simons
Qwasa
James Carpenter
Linda Daleske
Fred Heard
Jim Radolph
Cheryl King
Virginia Teske
Kent Polley
John Low- Jess
Russell Radolph
Danny Oppold
Steamboat Rock
Janet Lulken
Barbara Zielske
Darla Heffermeier
Daane Moon
Elderd
Simons
Heart Attack Fatal for Young Hardin Farmer
Walter Lee Eldridge 31 a Hardin County farmer died at home about 6 p m Tuesday from a heart attack. He had finished work for the day and died while preparing dinner. He is survived by his wife and three small children. The Eldridges lived three miles south and two west of Towa Falls.
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Walter Lee Eldridge
Town Falls
Eldridge
Eldridges
Towa Falls
Herald-Index Tall Corn Contest Seeks Entries
Area corn growers are reminded that entries are still being received in the 1961 Herald-Index Tall Corn Contest. The lone entry so far measures 12 ft 9 in by Gary Neuman of Eldora. Open to Hardin Grundy and Marshall counties, stalks should be brought to the Herald-Index office in Eldora for display. The winner earns a plaque. Last year Roger Sparks of Clemons won with a 15 ft 11 in stalk. Foster plans a free square dance and teen bunny hop tonight and Saturday at Foster's Super Valu Eldora from 8 to 10 pm with cookies coffee and lemonade.
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Gary Neuman
Eldora
Hardin
Grundy
Marshall
Herald- Index
Roger Sparks
Clemons
Foster
Foster's
Super Valu
Two Youths Fined On Beer Charges
Des Malines youths Paul Binder and Richard Murphy both 18 were fined $25 and costs in Lee North's Justice of Peace court for procuring beer as minors. Police arrested them Tuesday night in El ore.
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Des Malines
Lee North
Justice of Peace Court
Paul Binder
Richard Murphy
Elore
Former Whitten Lady Annie Weaver Dead at 90
Mrs Annie Weaver a former Whitten resident died at her Marshalltown home Tuesday at age 90. She lived in Marshalltown 28 years. Funeral today at 2 pm from Avey Funeral Home Marshalltown with burial Benson Cemetery near Whitten. She married Frank Weaver in Whitten June 14 1889. he died in 1930. Survived by son Donald Grundy Center and daughter Mrs O E Ennen Marshalltown plus eight grandchildren twenty three great grandchildren and sister Mrs D O Roll St Ansgar.
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Annie Weaver
Whitten
Marshalltown
Avey Funeral Home
Benson
O. E. Ennen
D. O. Roll
St. Ansgar
Eldora Area Men Win Tractor Pull at Fair
Eldora area contestants fared well at the Franklin County Fair tractor pulling contest in Hampton. Don Schuneman won 6000 pound class on an Oliver 770, W C Zielske topped 8000 pound class on a John Deere 40, Neil Baker placed third on an Oliver 80, and Merle Kramer led the unlimited class over 10,000 pounds with an Oliver 880. Attendees included the Bunger and Kramer families, George Kramer, Donald Schuneman, Zielske, Donald Finger, Nell Saker and sons.
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Eldora Area
Franklin County
Hampton
Don Schuneman
Steamboat Rock
W. C. Zielske
John Deere
Neil Baker
Owasa
Merle Kramer
Steamboat
Oldig Bunger
Eldora
George Kramer
Donald Schuneman
Donald Finger
Nell Saker
Ownsa
Petty Undergoes Surgery at Des Moines Veterans Hospital
Frank Petty of Eldora underwent surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines Tuesday morning. His address is room 418, ward 4.
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Petty Frank Petty
Eldora
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Ward
Six Blue Ribbons Win for Hardin County 4-H Clothing
Hardin county 4-H home economics entries at the 1861 Iowa State Fair earned six blue ribbons, six red ribbons and two white. Exhibits in clothing included skirts, blouses, dresses and housecoats from Kay Schnirring, Connie Miller, Nancy Lettow, and others. Local 4-H girls also showcased pie box hats in the Dress Revue and were assisted by Joyce Barton, Judy Tatum, Beth Lettow, and Sharon Harrs, with guidance from Mrs. Edgar Perry.
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Hardin County
Henrietta van Maanen
County Extension Home Economist
Joyce Barton
Judy Tatum
Providence Pearls
Edgar Perry
Beth Lettow
Iona Falls
Ellis Sunshine Sallies
Sharon Harrs
Sharon
Alden Clevar Cimberg
Kay Schnirring
Union
Jeanne Strathe
Hubbard
Elizabeth Gilbert
Town Falls
LuAnn Kramer
Steamboat Rock
Nancy Lettow
Sons Falls
Anita Rutzen
Larry Tatum
New Providence
Connie Miller
Linda Prazier
Iowa Falls
Karla Hadley
Kathy Nehring
Judy ‘Tattins
Linda Cutler
Mrs Richard Dole Dies At Age 33 In Iowa Falls
Mrs Richard Dole of Iowa Falls died Thursday morning in Iowa Falls Hospital after a lingering illness. She was 33. Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 30 a m from St Mark s Catholic Church with burial in Catholic Cemetery. Rosary tonight at the Dole home four miles northeast of Iowa Falls. Survivors include Mr Dole and three daughters Karen 11 Dione 8 and Donna 6.
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Richard Dole
Iowa Falls
St. Mark’s Catholic Church
Bent
Dole
Karen
Dione
Donna
Jackson Group to Meet at Cemetery Auxiliary Call
The Jackson Township Cemetery Auxiliary will meet in the Berlin Church basement Tuesday afternoon, September 5.
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Sackson
Jackson Township
Berlin
Policy Shift at Eldora Training School After Runaways
Eldora State Training School for Boys adopts individualized treatment as 32 runaways from Friday to Monday trigger policy change. Superintendent Travisono defends new approach while tightening security. board backs him and plans longer isolation for future runaways.
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Iowa State Training School For
Eldora
Anthony Travisono
Travisono
Benjamin Baer
Board of Control
Walter Conway
Conway
Perkins Wins New Boat At Eldora Firemen's Dance
Dale Perkins of four miles northwest of Eldora won a new boat and trailer valued at 1500 at the Eldora firemen's dance held Friday night at the Hardin County Youth Building. About 400 attended. 1698 tickets were sold. the fire department expects to clear roughly 350 for a two way radio fund.
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Perkins
Dale Perkins
Eldora
Dale
Jim Schulte
Ralph Correll
Hardin County
Tonite's Cashoree Award Worth 100 Dollars
A $100 Eldora cashoree award will be given at 8 30 p m tonight Sept 1 The winner must be present in a participating store when the name is read and identify himself to the store manager He will be escorted to the Chamber of Commerce office for presentation Doc Granner of Eldora won the prize last Friday night.
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Eldora
Chamber of Commerce
Doc” Granner
Depositions Taken In Folkerts Case In Hardin County
Depositions were taken Thursday in the Folkerts case involving Robert Folkerts of the Hardin County Board of Supervisors and County Engineer Sherman G. Held. The matter is set for hearing before Judge Harvey Uhlenhopp, with Lundy Butler and Wilson representing the board and Held, and James C. Dunbar of Waterloo representing Folkerts who seeks reemployment after being discharged for union membership.
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Robert Folkerts
Hardin County Board of Supervisors
Sherman G. Held
Harvey Uhlenhopp
Held
Lundy-Butler & Wilson
Folkerts
James C. Dunbar
Waterloo
All But Two Of 82 TS Boys Return To School
Thirty of the 32 Training School escapees have been apprehended and are back at the school, according to Sheriff Lowell H. McCormick. One streak of four left Monday, but last report noted 28 had escaped in three days. Two Monday absences were recovered in Boone and one in Fort Dodge.
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Jack van Sickle
Harry Athos
Ken Norman
Clarence Bavender
Wayne Holder
Foster Hofer
Lowell H. McCormick
Boone
Fort Dodge
Grand Jury In Session Today
County Attorney Wm WII Bunn has called a special session of the Hardin County Grand Jury for Friday to consider a sodomy case involving Town Falls men and other criminal matters. Jurors notified to report include Paul Heintroth Alden Lloyd McDonald Union D L Case Hubbard Walter Neubauer Radcliffe Frank Anders Ackley C Q O Rubow Eldora Kermit Weichmann Hubbard Arild Kepler Town Falls Henry Cramer Jr Steamboat Rock Maurice Clark New Providence Ruth Fuller Eldora. Marriage licenses Larry Warford 20 Iowa Falls and Georgia Walf 19 Ackley.
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Wm. Wii
Bunn
Hardin County Grand Jury
Town Falls
Paul Heintroth
Alden
Lloyd McDonald
Union
D. L. Case
Hubbard
Walter Neubauer
Radcliffe
Frank Anders
Ackley
C. Q O. Rubow
Eldora
Kermitt Weichmann
Arild Kepler
Henry Cramer Jr
Steamboat Rock
Maurice Clark
New Providence
Ruth Fuller
Labor Day activities planned at Steamboat Rock and Owasa
The Inowa River Improvement and Conservation Club will host a public chicken fry on Labor Day at Steamboat Rock to fund club projects including winter sports facilities. In Owasa, the Mid-Iowa Tractor Traction Championship returns with top tractors vying for a spot in the World's Championship Pulling Contest in Gibson City.
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Inowa River Improvement and Conservation Club
Steamboat Rock
Fnance
Mid-Iowa
Owasa
Gibson City
Birth Announcements From Several Towns
Hospital Notes list births across towns including Eldora and New Providence. Notable entries show a girl born to Mrs. Clifford Mabe in Union on August 28 and a boy born to Mrs. Dennis Harrenstein in Ackley on August 29. Families named include Johnson Grantow Tower Yike Wooten Mabe and Harrenstein.
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Eldora
Orville Johnson
Matilda Grantow
Amy Tower
Elvin Ryan
Walter Yike
New Providence
Garfield Wooten
Sterling
Patricia Wooten
Clifford Mabe
Ackley
Dennis Harren‘stein
Elders Chamber Urges Labor Day Closures
The Elderg Chamber of Commerce recommends all local establishments close on Labor Day Monday September 4 to observe the holiday and support workers.
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The
Elderg Chamber of Commerce
Radcliffe Gridders Open 1961 Season at Home Versus Story City
Radcliffe football opens the 1961 season at home against Story City on September 15 under head coach Reg Speak with assistants Marlin Gustin and Bob Looker. The squad features 11 lettermen amid a rebuilding effort after a 2-6 record last season plus a large returning roster and multiple named players.
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Story City
Radcliffe High School
Reg Speak
Marlin Gustin
Bob ‘Locker
Grundy REC To Meet Sept 6 at Grundy Center High
The annual meeting of the Grundy County Rural Electric Cooperative will be held Wednesday September 6 at 7 50 p m in the senior high school auditorium Grundy Center. Three directors will be elected plus reports by officers directors and committees. Refreshments will follow.
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Owasa
Hubbard
Town Falls
Eldora
Des Moines
State Department
Iowa Falls
Huehngard
Huehn
Iowa Falls-Owasa
Grundy County
Russell Cobb Found Dead In Union At 59
Russell Cobb 59 retired farmer of Union died after a heart attack while driving a truck Tuesday near the Union disposal plant. Services today at 2 p.m. from Community Church of Union. Burial in Union Cemetery. Survivors include four children Nell Graves Phyllis Weeks Donald and Ben, 13 grandchildren, a sister and several relatives.
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Community Church of Union
O. Russell Cobb
Union
Cobb
Paul Carter
Hubert Howard
Everett
Wendell Caster
Chris Madsen
Jim Shaw
Ed Collins
EB. H. Blersborn
Lloyd McDonald
Union Cemetery
Mr. Cobb
Osceola County
Ocheyedan
Nettle
Amos Cobb
Pearl Packer
1.C.C.F
Rebecca Lodges
Nell
Elaine) Graves
Hubbard
Richard
Phyllis) Weeks
Des Moines
Donald
Ben
Marshalltown
Vern Qweng
Mt. Union
Mra
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Harold Nehring
Robert Schelling
Joyce Ward
Sheryl Bulley
Neil Lindsey
Jack Nehring
Gloria Lange
Lois Swarm
Bonnie Carr
Margaret Whiting
Sherry Curtis
Jerry Ward
Rita Rudolph
Dorothy Roeske
Allen Kinney
Mary Beth Lawless
Craig Polley
Merle Lindsey
State Conservation Commission
Pine Lake
Upper Lake
D. M. Hill
Herald-Index
State Department of Public Instruction
County Board of Education
Kermuth S. Huehn
Baer
Resa
Feads
Tonite
Larry Warford
Georgia
Walf
Bernie's Ian
Floyd Trickey
Cardinal
Richard Hoverston
Renny Eller
Lynn Swenson
Ron Tystahl
Roger Malo
Dan Topp
Mike Anderson
Gary Kolbe
Curt Nulund
Everette Tynfahl
Mark Whitney
Wessie Linn
Alan Brown
Craig Torgoson
Marty Olson
Mike Lindsbak
David Houck
Les Ritland
Brian Larson
Dale Eide
Lynn Rahfeldt
Wendell
Russell Cobb
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