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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1973
Page
2
Polls open 7 am to 8 pm at the courthouse Tuesday September. Voters decide on a 212 mill levy for the school district at the regular Eldora election.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Steamboat Rock for Roy Noyes Finster born September 16, 1888. The service was led by Rev. Jacob Bhiman with pallbearers and volunteers assisting. Burial followed at Steamboat Rock Cemetery. Finster, who died Friday night, married Mayme F. Shank in 1914 and farmed north of Eldora.
Obituary notes a Holstein cattle heritage and church ties in Steamboat Rock. survivors include wife, son Russell, granddaughter Jane Lea Finster, sister Miss Finster, and cousin Ruby Hagegin. Separate police reports cite a traffic collision on Highways 29 and 45 with damages, a left turn charge, a jail report for assault in Union, a hunting mishap near Owasa injuring Terry Scarborgh, a forged check case, and six Quakerdale youths detained after fleeing New Providence residence break in.
An Ackley couple, Albert Zacharias 76 a passenger and Augusta 76 the driver, suffered rib fractures facial injuries and bruises in a two car crash at the Highways 20 and 65 junction northeast of Iowa Falls. They were taken to Ellsworth Hospital Town Falls. Kenneth L. Meyer 69 of Hampton the other driver escaped injuries.
Hardin County 4-H members are reminded to complete their record books and turn them into their local 4-H club leaders by Friday September 7. Leaders will evaluate locally and forward to the county office by September 14 for review by the County 4-H and Youth Committee.
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