Local Happenings in Hardin County and Nearby Towns
Hardin County reports from Herald reporters note attendees at a field meet in Eldora and visitors from G. OG. Martin family. Bangor quarterly meeting drew participants from the area. Amy Rubottom returned home after attending hire training school in Marshalltown. An ad promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Ten to cleanse impurities, with Start Drug Co. as seller.
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G. OG. Martin
Bangor
Amy Rubottom
Marshalltown
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Start Drug Co
Eldora News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Eldora residents hosted and visited relatives and friends during a busy week. Miss Byrdie Gearhart enjoyed Saturday with friends in Eldora, while Miss Valentine from Conrad stayed with Miss Pearl Miller. The G. I. Cobbs visited Eldora for the baccalaureate service, and Lester and Vernie Moore attended the Sidora field meet. Miss Maude Taylor fell ill while visiting the Lra Lockard home but is improving. The Crist family visited the Miller and Wentworth homes, returning to Gladbrook. The Academy basketball team defeated Ellsworth College 11 to 7. Alumni events, graduation programs, and a class reunion were planned, with Rev. L. D. Stubbs delivering the alumni oration. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary White at Bangor Friends church with Rev. John Hadley preaching. The public schools prepared for graduation and a drary benefit, and local merchants advertised sewing machines and supplies. Macadam streets progress was reported as the town uses local stone products.
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Lute
Jerry Alberry
John Shelton
Academy
Ellsworth College
L. D. Stubbs
M. BE. Church of Union
Reece
Russell
Mary White
Bangor Friends Church
John Hadley
le Grand
Friends Church
Stubbs
Sutton
James Russell
City agrees to street dirt removal on Rocksy vaning avenue
At a special council meeting Sunday evening the city voted to remove the dirt on Rocksy vaning avenue between Oak and Fremont streets, with abutting property owners to carry out the street improvement. The move foreshadows broader improvements to align with the city's progressive plans. The work follows last week's start on a new gas plant for which a franchise was approved months ago. The Iowa Gas company, capitalized at 40,000 with 26,000 paid in, will operate the facility on the old electric plant site between the Timots Central and Rock Island tracks, on the East Side. Seven miles of main will be laid this summer. the plant should be ready by August 1. W N Larrison Jr of Toledo will install the plant at a contract price of 23,500.
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Union Memorial Services At Baptist Church
Memorial services for union veterans were held at the Baptist church with G A R Post comrades and W C ladies present. Pastor W E Stanley and Revs Shoemaker Warner spoke on Memorials, praising valor and memory, and a Hardin County Historical Society was proposed with a June 5 meeting to organize and preserve local history in the Eldora library. Reserved seats were available, with a small admission and no extra charge for reserved seating.
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Eldora Public Schools Pride as Graduates Take Stage
The Eldora public schools stand as a town pride as seventeen graduates from the high school prepare to receive diplomas. The Herald lauds Milo Hunt for four years of moral leadership and educational impact and notes the appointment of Prof. Alvin J. Cavana to succeed him.
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Milo Hunt
Hunt
Alvin J. Cavana
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