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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1928
Page
6
The Eldora area hosts a variety of social happenings including a hotel visit by a Chicago specialist, church ladies aid meetings, and many personal visits. Residents travel to Waterloo, Des Moines, and Baileyville for conventions and family gatherings while a Baptist convention and a community reunion draw attendees from Ackley and Lenox.
La wn Hill Mrs Cable of Fldora spent Friday with daughter Mrs Grace Quigley. H A Hall remodeled his house Friday and Saturday. Beecher Crosley visited Saturday with Wilbur Hall of New Providence who is ill with heart trouble. Reece and family were entertained in the Marvin Tavalle home Sunday. Lester Barth was poisoned with poison ivy Friday. Mrs Crosley and son Beecher stayed with H A Hall Friday. Mr and Mrs Anderson, visiting their son Robert, returned to Marshalltown Saturday. Mr and Mrs Graves started housekeeping. Mr Graves works for Oppie McDonald. Mr and Mrs W R Foster and family, Mrs Crosley and children and Clarence Dooley helped celebrate the sixth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Carl Clemons Sunday evening at the Clemons home with rock music and a lunch. Lucille Hall, recently released from Eldora hospital after appendicitis, is home and active. Roy Smith and family visited O B Smith home Sunday. O B Hall and daughter Luella visited Mrs Crosley Sunday. Charles Blair and family entertained in Mrs Perry home. Endeavor June meeting held at Mrs Foster home Monday evening with comical stunts and lunch.
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Pink and white themed party with ice cream wafers and cake. Sylvia and Wilford Clemons hosted Sunday dinner at the Carl Clemons home. Village folk visited neighbors, Bible School picnic, and many locals were listed as callers and attendees across Lawn Hill and nearby towns.
New Providence residents report family visits and homecomings including Thelma Stinshaw returning home from Panneolkege and Mrs Teoti Rash visiting Grinnell. Local events note RG Conrad closing five years in the garage business, a large crowd at a Rubber Industry show, and Elpha Faris departing for summer school at Iowa.
Gifford Qmer Maddis and family of Gil Man were guests of Mr and Mrs Oke Beim Sunday. Mr and Mrs dasper Miller of Oregon visited last week with Mr and Mrs Rev Miller. Herman Jugler and a family went to Milwaukee to visit relatives. Harriet Hallet returned from Pally Tuesday. Mr and Mrs B Worleht of Eldora spent Monday evening with relatives here. Mr and Mrs Perry their neighbor in Chicago. The Ladies Auxiliary of the M Church met with Blanche Cox Friday afternoon. The tudtiow will have a sus pec in the church basement Wednesday evening June 20. Everyone James Weters visiting their HN Edmonson Tay mornings to visit.
Roy Templeton and family of Conrad spent Sunday at Burt Templeton s home. Walter Trapp and family attended a picnic with friends. Mrs John Lane Jo Templeton John Templeton s wife and daughter were at Rilorny Saturday.
Mrs W F Gundiff and children with Geo Batch and wife dined at Leslie Hess’s Sunday then attended revival meetings at the Alice church near Conrad. T H Pope and wife were dinner guests of Mrs Ruth Hively and daughters in Eldora. Chas Coffelt’s spent Sunday at Williams in Union. Gr Hatch and wife visited Ted Pope’s. Fidon and Johnnie Wooten stayed several days at Gene Reven’s.
A neighborhood roundup notes the Hughes girls club meeting at Marjorie Northrup’s home last Tuesday. Several residents, including Mrs J Jackson and Mrs Frank Schafer, are mentioned with visits, outings, and errands around town.
A garbled fragment mentions J. Starr shelling corn on Monday and Frank Allen staying with his grandmother Mrs M Dead for the week. Arthur Allen visits Warren Williams at Crossak's Ford in Davidson. A quip claims enough liquor was consumed in 1914 to circle Earth eleven times, with Levi querying where it started.
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