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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1955
Page
5
The Pleasant Valley Sharpshooters 4-H Club met at Duane Engelbert’s home on March 28 with eleven members attending and discussing vegetable topics. A later session at Richard and Jim Frieden’s home on April 25 included Harold Hanson representing the group.
On Monday March 28 the Wahonka Camp Fire Girls gathered at Elaine Hellum’s home. They played symbol bingo and discussed honors with Sandra Shepard serving as Scribe.
The Womens Federated clubs of Fayette county held their annual county convention on the Upper Iowa University campus last Saturday with 165 women registered from 24 county groups representing over 500 county residents. County convention will be hosted in Hawkeye next year. State officers and guests included Mrs. Elmer Taylor Traer state president elect Ruth Grouse Conrad state fine arts chairman Mrs. Wendell Baum Garrison 2nd district secretary and Mrs. Ernest Raiss Garrison 2nd district director. A morning business meeting led to an afternoon address by Dr Ernest Naylor representing the university, followed by a Federated Women’s chorus performance and a tea hosted by Mrs. B. E. Garbee.
Eastern Stars will hold a school of instruction at the Masonic hall on Wednesday afternoon April 13 with district instructor Mrs Easton Kneeskern of Decorah in charge. At 8 00 p m the work will be exemplified at a school of inspection. Serving committee includes Mrs Robert Kohler chair Robert Kohler Mr and Mrs G J Mosby Mrs Mary Clothier Mrs Clifton Wilson and Mrs Charles Wenger.
Calendar notes list events for Fayette Putnam and area groups including women’s committee at 1 30 p m and Fore Most 4 H Club at 8 p m with Duane Leon and Larry Stretcher. Homemakers meetings and choir practice are noted with occasional references to locations and people.
Governor Hoegh and Republican leaders push aggressive campaign promises as the Iowa Legislature nears closing in late April. The governor urges citizens to contact representatives, while the GOP monitors platform progress and public lobbying support. About 30 percent of platform recommendations have been acted upon with 70 percent still under review by the GOP dominated legislature.
The legislature advanced a tuition bill for students from Toledo Juvenile Home and Davenport Annie Wittenmeyer Home, while Des Moines conventions backed higher state gasoline taxes for highway modernization and a cross state toll road. Lee A. Thomas led the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association as president with Crambill, Norton, Dickinson and Keil in top posts. The Bureau of Public Roads pegs Iowa highway needs through 1956 at 2.487 billion dollars, with 1.961 billion federal aid and 526 million without, and pure state roads at four million.
The Elgin Volunteer Fire Dept sponsored a fish fry Friday evening selling 225 dinner tickets. Receipts were about $282 with many orders delivered. net proceeds were expected around $130 but not yet reported.
The Elgin High School Music department earned 28 first places and seven seconds at the State Music Contest in Tripoli, competing in Class C with 27 other schools. Monona led with the most firsts while Elgin boasted the highest firsts percentage, earning numerous awards across ensembles and soloists under the direction of their conductor.
A fragment passage references P. Tremain Loud as managing owner of the Hotel Californian in San Francisco and includes a devotional prayer phrase asking for gratitude and daily virtue. The readable text appears incomplete and lacks a clear event or outcome.
Last Friday, Orwen Loftegard chased a boar when the animal swung, hooked him in the leg with tusks, leaving a deep gash that required about 40 stitches. He remained hospitalized until Sunday and now uses crutches. Members of the Tertia Club from the county federated avention at Fayette State offered support.
A representative of the Waters loo social security office will be at the West Union courthouse on Tuesday, April 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The IRS and Social Security Administration announced today.
Survivors under the Social Security Act may proceed by completing waiver forms now available at the office of the district director of internal revenue.
Monona voters rejected the school bond issue 607 to 532 on Thursday March 31. Yes votes were 53 percent of ballots while Farmersburg precinct tallied 79 yes 138 no and Monona precinct reported 28 yes 394 no. A new election is considered likely.
Oat seeding date need not be exact. Experiments show oats planted before April 20 ripen near the right time. Post April 20 delays at Ames do not extend to maturity. Planting from April 20 to early May varies few days. a 3 to 4 day delay becomes about 1 day by harvest.
M Sgt 5S L Loftsgard stationed at Vance AFB Enid Oklahoma recently assigned new address Box 4 3577th Periodic Mainz Sada. He formerly served at Greenville Mississippi and is the son of Mr and Mrs Mellien Loftsgard. He enlisted in April 1941 and served as a combat flyer during World War II holding the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Mia Lydia Kumpt and a day of prayer for Misa Mens Ade Matthys, with unclear context and no further details available.
The 1955 state boys basketball tournament in Des Moines ran a loss of 33753.46 dollars, compared with 1954 receipts in Iowa City. Only sub state events posted gains. sectional and district tournaments also showed a loss overall.
The state board of control restricted high school schedules to a maximum of 18 games for 1955-56. Games may start after November 1, with encouragement to hold contests on Friday and Saturday evenings.
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Thursday evening April 7 in the Legion room. A good attendance is urged as there is a lot of business to transact. Members are asked to bring greeting cards.
A guidance piece advises applying fertilizer as lawns green up to outcompete weeds. Proper nutrients now give grass a 2 to 3 week head start, strengthening turf and smothering weed seedlings when they first appear.
All three of Elgin's federated clubs the Tertia Progress and Study will sponsor this year's cancer drive. They will conduct house to house calls during April to raise awareness and funds.
Supt Moore reports two teachers on the C E staff have submitted resignations effective at year end. Roger Walker of Elgin taught social studies and coached football and basketball. Beverly Gates of Clermont taught second grade. Wm Gruver will take over Rock Island section foreman's duties for four weeks after moving to Grundy Center.Monday.
Senate file 216 passed by the Iowa senate last Thursday legalizes the issuance of 525,000 school building bonds by Clermont Elgin Consolidated School District. The bill also passed in the House on Monday and was introduced by Grant Lauer.
The Easter Sunrise service will be held on Easter Sunday at 6 00 a m at the Elgin Lutheran church The Rev John Van derbeck will lead invocation and scripture The Rev E G Stein man and Rev Vance Knutsen will deliver messages and music The service includes hymns a vocal duet and a solo with the congregation present under the leadership of the Rev John Vanderbeck
The Iowa farm price index fell 6 points or 2 percent for the month ending March 15. Livestock and livestock products dropped, meat animal indices down, poultry and eggs up, dairy eased. Hog prices averaged $1.00 cwt, calves down 90c, sheep up 20c, lambs up 6c, beef steady. chickens at 21.5c/lb, milk wholesale down 10c cwt. Crop items each declined since mid-February. Corn soybeans oats down 5c 8c 3c per bushel. baled hay off 50c per ton.
Deeds listed include transfers from Robert H Willerton Estate to James J Carnall Lot 15 and Part Lot 16 Hutchison Add Ar ington, William Lerch and wife to Harry Everett Jr Lot 5 B 10 2nd Add Elgin, Ben Schori and wife to John Balb Lot 68 Schori Benson Add to Elgin cemetery. John Falh to Walter C Falk and wife Lot 68 Schori Benson Add to Elgin cemetery. Marriage license Russell D Friederich 20 Elgin and Ruth M Rainey 19 Elgin. New cars registered John E Bush Clermont Plymouth sedan. Frederick W Sutter West Union Ford sedan. Family picnic hosted by Mr and Mrs Louis Dennler for Mrs Fred Peltz Custer South Dakota. guests included Ervin Etter Janesville Wis, Mrs Harold Whitley Fayette, Russell Jones family Wadena, Wm Muench Elkader, Bert Jellings West Union, Richard Jones Volga, Frieda Etter, Earl Garmoe Fairfield, and Jack Gehring family. Sunde
The WSCS of the Methodist church holds a joint meeting of three circles on Thursday April 7 at 9:00 p m at the church. The program includes invocations by Mrs C B Schori solo The Lord's Prayer by Mrs E G Steinman candle lighting by Mrs C B Schori and multiple hymns poems and Scripture readings centered on Jesus trial crucifixion and Easter with several participants including Mrs Harry Cline Edna Hunsberger Mrs Milo Olson and Mrs Jack Gehring among others. Benediction by Mrs C B Schori closes the service.
On Good Friday at 1 00 p m the Young People Luther League of the Elgin Lutheran Church will conduct a service around the Seven Last Words of Christ The meditations will be by different leaguers with musical numbers and organ interludes Organ Prelude Nancy Larson Introductions Janice Loftsgard Devotion Were You There Anna Fried rich There is a Men on the Cross Florence Hofer Hymn In the Hour of Trial Congregation FIRST WORD Sara Larson Indifference My Cross Glen Snyder Organ Interlude and Silent Pray SECOND WORD Joyce Erickson Special music The Old Rugged un Girls Sextet Continued to Page 2
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