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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1923
Page
5
School opened Monday morning amid bustle and excitement. Eldora reports an excellent teaching staff and exceptionally large student enrollment, with everyone eager to return to studies at the U. S. E. after vacation, reflecting well on the school and its activities.
The Eldora school district unveils refurbished facilities with new lighting, floors, a drinking fountain, and a kitchen sink while noting limited toilets. Faculty expands to 25 with six women and three men. Football begins under Coach Nelson as training intensifies for future teams. Vacations and attendance reports show active staff study and growing enrollment, though space remains tight in the assembly area.
The Red Cross and allied health groups plan five Sheppard-Towner clinics in Hardin County during October 22 29 1923. A children s specialist and an Iowa City physician will examine children under seven and babies under two with lectures on infant and prenatal care. Appointments start via Red Cross nurse Elizabeth Wyss Town Falls Red 417. A later issue will announce towns and dates. Real estate transfers are reported, including multiple farm sales around Radcliffe Garden City and Iowa Falls with prices per acre noted.
The parade featured a white royal float with Marie Clary as Queen and Edward White as King on a Chevrolet chassis. Attendants wore purple and silver robes while robes and décor were loaned by Mrs. Hortense Reynolds. Eldora Motor Company won first prize with a lavender and yellow lavender-trimmed sedan.
The up-to-date Hana store float led by Miss Dera Barr and Miss Clara Clarey with Virginia Lewis as queen doll won eighth prize. Raymond Haag arranged the display. Wehrman Andrie Furniture’s truck float placed ninth with Indica sisters aboard. Pleasant Township front took tenth with a farm product display and four girls as white tulips.
The new well test ran nearly a week with 40 hours of pumping, no air, and depths to 1649 feet. Water rose within 200 feet of the top, entering from rock around 700 feet and at the bottom through the St Peter sandstone. At 150 gallons per minute, a fine, steady headwater flow and soft water were noted. Further tests planned to confirm abundance of water.
Eldora talent staged the Toy Shop Friday evening before an audience of over 2000. The show featured diverse substitutions and enthusiastic performances with 8003 canvas to spread sound across and seats along the track. Several cast changes, new helper roles, and strong piano work by Mrs. Rush complemented a lively program despite rain interrupting the final act.
The pageant cast includes Perc y Kenneth Sheller and a long list of stage names such as Arminta Cahill Arabella Edna Newell Angelina Nuckolls Nosh and Family Noah and specCal Boyton Mrs Noah Maule Scurry Shemon Kenneth Boyton Japhet Neal Williams Robert Mender and Robert Greef The Blue Marines and Tin Soldiers names Raymond Veline and James Cameron appear among performers Act 2 features The Child v Danila Strickler Old Doll Virginia Lewis Rag Doll Luella Scurry The American Beauty Dance Frances Merritt Wanda Beary Betty Newcuomer Avonelle Todd Evelyn Hough Orpha Crossan Mil dred Abbott Fay Bales La Phyllis Lucille Brown Alberta Ibneh Raymond Veline Japanese solo by Mrs Clifford Hough with Ramon Licavold and Marjorie Newell City Charities moved from First National Bank building to basement of Lendis Mainery store.
The American Red Cross designated as the official relief agency for the Japanese earthquake emergency aims to raise 5 million dollars with 800 thousand in the Central division. Immediate support is urged from Eldora and Iowa counties, with 110,900 dollars already cabled to Japan and surveys planned to ensure food supplies. Judge Utterback cites the vast death toll and urges broad contributions through banks and checks to the national fund administered by the Red Cross.
The term opens with jurors summoned, including several women. Judge Fry sentences Richard Shannon to 160 days or a 500 dollar fine for operating a car while intoxicated. Bootlegging cases await grand jury action, with several cases scheduled under Judge Try for September dates and trials in state and business matters.
News reaches Falls of Miss Reynolds daughter of Prof and Mrs Lt Reynolds Iowa Falls. She sailed Aug 28 from Vancouver on The Empreau of Canada bound for Icking China to serve as Congregational missionary. She was in Yokohama for a day en route to Kobe and Shanghai.
Interesting visitor Mies Taaphone Haas daughter of Henry Haas of Des Malaga spent two days this week with intimates. She recently returned from Europe where she led Junior Red Cross work in France for months. A former Des Moines News reporter she toured many European cities and Algeria with another young woman. She plans to marry this fall to a young man currently in England.
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