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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1924
Page
4
Steamboat Rock column records visits, illnesses, school events, and social happenings. Residents including Mr and Mrs Henry Lam, Emma Bear, Frank Jackson, and the Eckhoff and Morse families are listed among weekend guests and trips to Des Moines Albion Eldora and Ames. School notes highlight team wins, a county tournament, and upcoming commencements with graduates named Lucy Bear Sarah Bear Ethel Smith Hattie DeVries Lauretta Ruppelt Robert Baker.
The May day article notes improving weather after rain, mentions replanting in some areas, and recalls an accident when young Donald Schaffer injured his hand but survived without broken bones. It also reports Mrs. Brandt assisting with house cleaning, a trip to Eldora, and a sharp, well received Hughes school program led by Miss Amy Clary.
Friends gathered at J L Starrs home for a birthday anniversary party for Allie Weenller. Supervisors Norman and Weimer visited the County home. a sudden shower hit Saturday with men in the fields. Sunday church in Eldora, dinners at Town Falls, and visits by F A Doud and family, Brandt, Cable, and Cross families. Hughes Indies attend soaking school. roads being dragged after rain.
Friday afternoon May 16 the OWASA school notes announce the annual picnic and Grade 1 exhibit with classes dismissed at moon. A baseball game between OWASA High and Steamboat Rock set for 8 pm. Faculty enjoyed receptions, and the twenty four graduating class was honored at the Frank Jackson home Tuesday. The seventh grade English class wrote poems, and school ends early due to short vacations and good road access. Teachers slated to return include Miss Madson Miss Miner Miss Tresemer Miss Bakkie and Mr Buerkens. Van Houweling will teach in West Union Tow.
Misa Vander Meulen will go to Keosauqua. Miss Ethel Melrose, of Jessup Town, will teach hth and 6th grades formerly taught by Miss Marie Hines. The School Board will paint varnish plaster and clean the school this summer. About 180 new pupils expected in high school and five more in junior high due to enrollment. Mother Goose party for incoming first graders a success. Primary pupils entertained by Miss Bakkie and Miles Minor. About 15 new First Grade pupils expected in fall. Commencement exercises held at the high school with Dr. C. A. Wasant as speaker. Seniors Marie Pearce Nellie Pieters Colin Franzow Dallas Jackson. Junior high graduates: Dorothy Butler Dorothy Costello Bert Daleske Harry Daleske Grace Johns Gerald Canely Mary Perkins Verne Fufler. Baccalaureate at Methodist church led by Rev. J. M. Smith Cyril Crank. Senior games held at Oyonsa school. The show featured a Patte with ornate characters and guests attending.
Larry Senteoyan of Fairmont Minnesota visited Monday with his parents Mr and Mrs Wm Sentman. On Tuesday the Sentmans and parents drove to Whiterlon to visit the W H Sentnes home. Mr and Mrs Wrank Jackson were visitors Wednesday. Bible class members hosted a Tuesday tea at Mrs Mary Morse home with about four radios present. Freewill offering supported church needs. Ed Harris, formerly in Des Moines, will return to Steamboat this weekend to help in Farris Barber shop. Decoration Day plans underway with committees arranged for program and grave decorating.
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