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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1959

Page

3

Clermont area visits and Easter gatherings across towns

Clermont residents share Easter meals and visits with relatives in West Union Waterloo Des Moines and Des Moines connections. Members attend church events and a Marian Anderson concert in Waverly while families travel for hospital care and celebrate graduations and college events.

Evelyn Olson Bud Schrader Jimmy Kahawha Weldon Orth Postville LaVern Swenson Millard Bear Judy Durr Colgrove-Walker Hall Upper Iowa Fayette Fayette Co. Medical Association Interstate Power Company of West Union Delwein Banks Fayette County Valley High Harriet Dugstad Dubuque Franz Appelman Des Moines JoAnn Moore Omega Mu Phi Epsilon Drake University Martin Amundson C. B. Schori Elgin Lucian Appelman Marian Anderson Waverly Clark Greener Peters Donald Caspers Jean Amundson Aldora Anderson L’myra John Kronlokken Lorranne Crowe Sumner Pauline Boehm R. W. Steele W. B. Blake Carol Mary Cedar Rapids Bess Blake Bobby Becky Bear Judy Jim Durr L. A Farms Bureau Pleasant Valley Clermont Elgin Grill Myron K. Chapman Cook Street West Union

Gunder Reiersons Host Weekends in Rural Iowa Social Roundup

Sunday dinner and supper guests gathered with the Reierson family including Mervin, Joseph, Dixie Reierson and others. Edward Edblad Rita and Susan of Wiles visited Harald Opson home, with many local families sharing meals and casual calls across the area.

Verni Engle John Bakewell Jacquelyn Junanne Reuben Svendsen Lawler NOTCE Tre Ore Roger Amundson Dean Kittelson Colesburg William Nelson Alden Grinnas Decorah Mervin Reierson Joseph Reierson Dixie Cornelius Reierson Lloyd Reierson Edward Edblad Rita Susan Wiles Harald Op— Son Bernard Hanson Morris Arthur Amundson Kay Kendra W Norman Loftsgard Ole Loftsgard Otto Gisleson Henry Wellersven Leonard Heins Bernard Loftsgard Joseph Reiarson Lester Harnack Postville Selmer Holm Edward Leath Cedar Rapids Christine Rypestor Corrinne Martin Nelson Manchester Niles Harold Opsand Morris Amundson Gilbert Loftsgard Charles Carol Henry Ve Laverne Lantz Victor Mrs Orvin Loftsgard

Sunday and midweek social visits reported in Wadena area

The notice lists numerous local families from Wadena and nearby households visiting for Sunday dinners and midweek calls. Names include Floyd Thompson, Bud Butikofer, Olvin Olson, Francis West, Myron Hoag, Hilder Bilden, Lloyd Loftsgard, Kenneth Kjosa, Joseph Kjosa, Clarence Anderson, Ole Loftsgard, Selma Kjosa, Enoch Mark, Waldo Embretson, T. J. Olson, Selma Groth, and others.

Floyd Thompson Wadena Bud Butikofer Olvin Olson Vicki Will Bergan Ab- West Francis’ West Myron’ Hoag Hilder Bilden Lloyd Loftsgard Kenneth Kjosa Theodore Sandra Joseph Kjosa Clarence Anderson Ole’ Loftsgard Selma Kjosa Enoch Mark T. J. Olson Selma Groth Waldo Embretson Junior Christianson Bud Staake Almer Gulsing Kenneth Anderson Gunda Gisleson Milo T. L. Loftsgard

Elgin Iowa Town Council Special Sessions Deliver Sewer Plan

March 18 1950 special session at Town Hall addressed revenue and sanitary sewer system. Mayor Leo L Schori and councilmen present. March 20 1980 special session adopted Resolution of Necessity for sewer project sections I II III with objections overruled. four to one vote. Adjournment followed. Attest Town Clerk Leo E Friederich.

Elgin Iowa Leo .L. Schori Towa Mulford Leo L. Schori

Elgin Iowa Council Hearing on Sewer System Assessments

The Elgin Iowa council met March 13 1959 at the Town Hall with Mayor Schori and four councilmen present. Engineer Forman explained assessment methods for property. Objections to the proposed resolution of necessity for a sanitary sewer were heard and railroad right of way crossing issues referred for advice. The hearing closed and the meeting recessed to 7 PM then adjourned to March 20 1959 at 7:30 PM.

Elgin Iowa Schori Royle Muehlethlar Mulford Wilson Capper Forman Henningson, Durhan and Richardson

Iowa Farm Receipts Top $2.5 Billion in 1958

Iowa's 1958 gross cash farm receipts topped 2.5 billion dollars, the highest ever for state farmers, according to Ethel Vat.

Iowa Ethel

Iowa Farm Receipts Index Signals Long-Term Trend

A United States Bureau of Economic Research summary notes Iowa gross cash farm receipts in the late 1950s show varied index values with 1956 and 1957 figures rising above earlier benchmarks. The Iowa State University index tracked receipts through 1958, highlighting regional performance versus national levels and a legislative appointment in Marcus.

Ter Bureau of Business and Economic Research State University of Towa Iowa

Ewes Raise Rare Quintuple Lambs in Norway Farm

Irwin Schirm of Norway reports two Columbus Buck ewes bore a total of seven lambs, four from one ewe and three from the other. The Columbus Buck variety is noted, and farmers say it is unusual for an ewe to have more than two lambs at one birth.

Irwin Schirm Norway

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