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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1928
Page
5
The annual Junior-Senior banquet filled the Eldora High gym last Saturday with gypsy decor and a three course dinner. Viola Lund entertained as fortune teller between courses while students and staff praised Miss Eva White for planning the event.
Geo Althouse of the Ackley World Journal visited here Monday morning. Various residents and visitors are noted including Mrs Fannie Morse traveling to Chicago to see her son Charles Beck and Mrs CG Gethman heading to Marion for a missionary conference. The column mentions several local trips, a new Chevrolet sighting, and a Mother’s Day address given at the Salem Evangelical Church.
The Hardin County Ledger campaign ends at 9:00 p m on Saturday May 19 with the sealed ballot and lobby ballot box at First National Bank. Subscriptions remain crucial as votes and chances for a sedan prize hinge on last-minute support and timely delivery of subscriptions. Judges are trusted local figures, and the process will conclude after count and seal breaks.
Robert Bryson of Jawa Walla travels to California for health reasons ending his Osteopathy studies in Des Moines. A town fire inspection ordinance empowers the fire chief as official inspector with salary 25 yearly for twice yearly checks. Union stages road and utility adjustments while a straw stack fire near Edward Packer causes minor damage. Township tractors and graders prep for road improvements along county lines near Gifford and southwest Union. Ackley resident Mrs. Edmund Thornton sustains injuries taxing hog corralling. Lute Trothers farm near Alden suffers garage and breeder house fire from an oil heater. UC Berkeley graduate Agnes Rathbone, daughter of May and Mrs. Slath byontes Majoring in Public Speaking and Dramatic Art, earns teaching degree. Boy Scouts Court of Honor to present merit badges at Ackley High School with Scout Executive Echolls of Marshalltown. New Providence Orchestra, directed by W G Leslie, to perform May 23 at Friends church with an affordable admission.
Judge Henderson hears evidence in Town Falls bridge case over who pays damages to property owners from raised roadway. Structure cost over 50 000 idle four months due to unfilled approaches. Also lists district court judgments and miscellaneous notices including golf tournament and local school athletic director election. Glorious rain in Hardin county brings much needed moisture to crops and pastures.
The twenty fifth annual convention of the Rebekahs district in Iowa will be held in Alden on Friday May 18 with registration at 10 30 p m and afternoon program. Officers include President Clara Benshoof Vice President Kitty Byam Secretary Hattie Crisp Treasurer Minnie Nott. Also lists reception and registration committees and a long program of sessions, drills, and talks.
Music Week proved very interesting and attractive in Bidaya this year with the Treble Chef Club presenting programs each evening at the Grand Rand.
W J Garles of Eldora Iowa long time Bidora resident and carpenter dies after sixty years in the community seven children survive him daughters in Omaha and Chicago sons Willian John Robert Harvey Widow and others note. Des Moines Rotator to publish obituary and local reaction pieces accompany Masonic county meeting preparations for Wardin County event set for July 12 with committees named and deadlines listed.
Mabel A. Howard spent the wet end with her parents at Forest City. Mrs Hales went to Newton to spend a few days with relatives. Carl Steemblock is home from Los Angeles after the winter. Mr and Mrs Albert Schwitner of Waterloo spent Sunday here at the Ries home. Wasson began working this morning for the S. & T. Auto Co. Miss Nellig Howard went to Minahaltown to enter the Nurses training unit. Ruth Reece of Chinese visited with her mother Mrs N.N. Rover. Nyekolle went to Os Halons to tend to her cousin Mrs Lorraine Abraham. Claude Gisher of Waverly spent the week here with her parents. Miss Clara Keck left for Hall City to spend the summer with her sister. Miss Julia Mulford, employed with Research & Reliable Accounting Co., spent the weekend with her parents. San Ruemper of Ridcliffe came here for a visit. Sam took his wife to North English and then left town yearly. Myron Mason, advertising in The Linger, about chicka for sale, says orders are ahead six weeks. W. Woodteed, assistant superintendent of the state banking department, made a long auto trip with Mrs Reed, patient at Deaconess hospital. Mrs Reed underwent gall bladder operation last week and is recovering well. Mr Reed has stayed at work until 4 PM and visits his wife each evening. Harr
A long reminiscence outlines Eldora's Methodist Episcopal church origins from the 1850s, noting early meetings in log cabins and schools, the 1860s church buildings, and the 75th anniversary plans. It mentions leaders like Rev. Stewart and Rev. Clark, and records dates for church properties and parsonages, plus a brief obituary for Mrs. Willard J. Trexler outlining her life and service.
Mrs. Marguerite Hamilton presented piano pupils in a recital last evening at the Baptist Church. The platform featured baskets of blossoms and a blue pink piano lamp. The pupils showed careful training in interpretation and a noticeable improvement.
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