Taxes Stall Campaign Issue In Iowa Race
The 1960s campaign in Iowa features a tax debate as Republicans push the idea of double taxation while Democrats resist. Governor Harold Hughes says the issue should not dominate the race and aims to focus on future state needs. The comptroller moves to accelerate $16.7 million in school aid, with funds split between May 1 and November 1. Lippy, former Agriculture Secretary, announces a bid to reclaim the office, highlighting civil service reforms and retirement considerations.
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Harold Hughes
Hughes
Iowa
William Murray
Towa State University
Murray
Comptroller's Office
Altar Society Meeting and Local Social News in Wadena
The March meeting of St Josephs Altar Society was held in the church basement March 29 with 18 members attending. Reports were read and approved. May breakfast plans were discussed for May 1 in the Legion hall. Also noted were new doors arriving for the church and a funeral visit to 104 year old Mrs Sara Rollins in Prosper.
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Altar Society
St. Joseph’s Altar Society
Wm. Shea
Wm. Corkery
Cecil
Lillian Flanagan
Elmer Struss
Tom Sniffin
Legion Hall
Glen Probert
Eva Keifer
Clay
Lyle
Charles Oelberg
Prosper
Minn
Sara Rollins
Rollins
Addressing Two Marines at San Diego Recruit Depot
Soldiers address Pvt. Harlan T. Blockhus and Pvt. Lyle M. Anderson at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego California. Military mail details show unit numbers, platoons, and depot location.
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Adress
Harlan T. Blockhus
I. Coard Batt
M.C. BR. D
San Diego
Calif
Lyle M. Anderson
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Former Resident Lou L. Kohler Dies in Estherville Iowa
Word was received of the death on March 7 of former resident Lou L. Kohler at Estherville Iowa. Born near Elgin April 1, 1880, he lived here in youth and later ran a hardware store in West Bend before moving to Estherville. Survived by widow two sisters Anna DeSart Waterloo and Louise Boyle Estherville and several nieces and nephews.
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Lou L. Kohler
Estherville
Iowa
Kohler
Elgin
Lehman Hardware
West Bend
Plan Fall Market Hog Show Set for September
Fayette County Park Producers announce the first county wide market hog show for September. President John Ingels said plans include a live animal show, a carcass judging by photo, followed by a banquet and annual meeting. Hog producers should start planning entries.
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Fayette County
John Ingels
Leslie Anderson Elected Commissioner for Fayette County District
Leslie Anderson of Clermont Township was elected to a six year term as commissioner of the Fayette County Soil Conservation District. He succeeds Carl Lueder who did not seek reelection. The district annual meeting featured Rev Laurence Nelson of Bellevue as speaker and included Mike Hill of the Iowa Conservation Commission discussing a proposed lake on the Volga River near Fayette.
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Leslie Anderson
Clermont Township
Fayette
Elgin Study Club Hosts Hyves of Hammarskjold Topic
Elgin Study Club met at the home of Mrs Earl Kiple with Mrs William Howard as co host. Mrs John Tillotson and Mrs Rex Mulford led a program on Dag Hammarskjold and Adlai Stevenson. Attendees shared highlights from the Fayette county federation meeting and awards were given. Coffee hour closed the gathering.
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Elgin
Construction Begins On Medberry Farm Home
Construction started on the new farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Medberry. The basement for the one story house was dug last Saturday. It will be at 40 with an attached garage. The home sits on the former Emma Holzer farm.
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Howard Medberry
Emma Holzer
Enlist in Marines Harlan Tilpher Bilden
Harlan Tilpher Bilden, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Tilpher K Bilden of Elgin, has enlisted in the Marines for two years. He is assigned to the Marine recruit depot in San Diego and will later transfer to Camp Pendleton California.
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Harlan Tilpher Bilden
Tilpher K. Bilden
Elgin
Marines
Marine Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Camp Pendleton
Real Estate Transfer in Gander Highlights Ward Home Purchase
Martin Johnson bought the late Ben O. Ward residence in Gander. Johnson and his mother Martha Yonneon plan to move in later this month.
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Martin Johnson
Ben O. Ward
Gander
Johnson
Martha Yonneon
Cash Winners at Elgins Saturday
Readable text shows cash prize notes with winners named Fenetig and Lehm among others. The fragment mentions a Saturday event at Elgins and cash awards, but details such as full names, amounts, locations, and outcomes are incomplete.
Community Sale Set for Sat April 16 in Elgin
A community auction sale is planned for Saturday, April 16, at the west end of Pleasant street in Elgin. Residents can dispose of unwanted articles for cash and submit item lists with Harry Frieden or at the Licho office for next week's Echo. The sale, expected to be large, will be clerked by Elgin State Bank with Orvin Thompson as auctioneer.
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Elgin
Pleasant Street
Harry Frieden
Licho
Elgin State Bank
Orvin Thompson
Saturday Prize Method Changes at Town Hall Drawing
A Saturday drawing will run from 1 to 2 30 p m at the Town Hall with a 2 30 whistle. All residents are eligible except businessmen and their families. Prizes start at 10 dollars for the first drawing and 20 dollars for the second, both to be claimed without delay.
Reed Enlists in Army Reserve for Basic Training
Roger Reed enters the Army Reserve for basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Sunday dinner in National honoring Reed was hosted by his parents Mr and Mrs Harvey Paulsen and Linda Reed at Kounty Manor. Guests included Kathy Schrader Postville and Stanley Anderson Elkhart Indiana.
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Aulden Wilson
Wilson
Fern Weyant
Edgewood
Harlan Weyant
Jesse Hicks
Evansdale
Arnold Zanders
Tripoli
Jerry Waskow
Sumner
Dennis Patterson
Brock
Waterloo
Kirk Hicks
Soger Meen Tert
Ft. Leonard Wood
Harvey Paulsen
Linda Reed
Kounty Manor
National
Kathy Schrader
Postville
Stanley Anderson
Elkhart
Ind
Easter Bunny to Visit Elgin Saturday
The Easter bunny will visit Elgin this Saturday as arranged by the Higinmer merchants through Bill Moore. The rabbit will be released at 2:00 in the park to distribute candy to children before being recaptured and returned to its owner.
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Elgin Sat
Higin
Bill Moore
Friendship Birthday Club Meets At Bertha Lehman Home
The Friendship Birthday Club met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Bertha Lehman to celebrate her birthday. Members present included Clara Muehlethaler and Mdms. George Vaughn, Grace Evans, Ida Cummings, Ed Boleyn, C. T. Fjelstal, Leon Shepard, Metta Krueger, Ida Pulfer and Anne Howard, with guests Mrs. Anna Schupbach, Mrs. R. P. Strauch and Mrs. Lee Roy Collins.
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Friendship Birthday Club
Friedship Birthday Club
Bertha Lehman
Clara Muehlethaler
Mdms
George Vaughn
Grace Evans
Ida Cummings
Ed Boleyn
C. T. Fjelstal
Leon Shepard
Metta Krueger
Ida Pulfer
Anne Howard
Anna Schupbach
R. P. Strauch
Lee Roy Collins
Grand Meadow Study Club Meeting Highlights
The Grand Meadow Study Club met March 18 at Mrs. George Frieden’s home with ten members and three guests present. After opening with Sweet Hour of Prayer and a Bible verse roll call, the group planned a March 20 dinner with husbands and heard a program by Mrs. Clarence Amundson on aiding the blind and a presentation on Switzerland. The meeting closed with prayers led by Mrs. Millard Bilden.
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Grand Meadow
George Frieden
Clarence Amundson
Switzerland
Millard Bilden
Closs
Ashs Entertain Mr and Mrs Ash Hosts Friday Evening Party
Ashs entertained Mr and Mrs Herbert Ash hosted a Friday evening gathering at their home with guests including Mr and Mrs Charles Wenger Mr and Mrs Charles ONeill Mr and Mrs Kenneth Mark Mr and Mrs C O Christ Mr and Mrs Louis Becker Sr and Mrs Mary Howard Prizes awarded: ladies high Mary Howard. low C C Christ. men's high Charles Wenger. low Charles ONeill and Louis Becker Sr. traveling winners noted.
Ill and Hospitalized Home From Hospital
ReNea Blockhus, daughter of the Gerald Blockhuses, returned home from Scholtz Hospital on Sunday while still under observation for health concerns at the hospital’s ward.
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ReNea Blockhus
Gerald Blockhuses
Scholtz Hospital
Sun
Essay Contest Winners Named
An essay contest on Mental Retardation sponsored by the Fayette County Assn for Retarded Children drew 26 submissions from Fayette county high schools. First place Jack Mann North High $10. second Peg Maxson Fayette High $5. third Carol Mullins West Central $3.
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Fayette
Heiserman Memorial
West Union
Iowa Assny
Des Moines
ABC
Hope
The
Iowa Assn
Cedar Rapids
Children’s Pictures To Be Taken Wednesday and Thursday
Children to be photographed by guardians at the Legion Mails in Elgin on Wednesday April 13 and Clermont on Thursday April 14 from 10 am to 5 pm free of charge. The Echo will publish the images in a Citizens of Tomorrow feature. Appointments via Mrs Ronald Loftsgard Elgin 2561 or Mrs Dean Wie Clermont 423-
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Elgin
Clermont
Legion Malis
The
Echo
Ronald Loftsgard
Dean Wie
Luther College Receives $533,673 HEW Grant
Congressman John C. Culver announced that the Department of Health Education and Welfare approved a $533,673 grant to Luther College. The funds will finance a new library and convert the existing library into classrooms for modern foreign language studies under the Higher Education Facilities Act.
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John C. Culver
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Luther College
Culver
Elect Democratic Delegates to Fayette County Convention
Fayette County Democrats elected 294 delegates and alternates for the county convention to be held May 6. Twenty eight precinct caucuses met March 28 electing local committeemen and committeewomen including Clermont Lloyd Meier and Mrs. Lloyd Meier in Clermont, Retz in Fairfield Lavern, Crandall and Corkery in Illyria Paul Crandall and Erle Jeanne Corkery, and Wenger and Mrs. Martin Wenger in Pleasant Valley.
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Fayette County
Clermont
Lloyd Meier
Fairfield - Lavern
Retz
Cleo Retz
Illyria
Paul Crandall
Erle Jeanne Corkery
Pleasant
Valley
Charles Wenger
Martin Wenger
Service Calendar of Events page item
County Extension office closed on Good Friday April 8 and reopens April 11 for Toys for Tots from 1 30 to 3 00 p m at the County Extension office All mothers of young children are invited Putnam Foremost 4 H Club Stormont Illyria Clipperettes 4 H Club meeting led by Jane Torkelson
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Riday
Putnam Foremost
Ecting
Stormont
Illyria
Clipperettes
Jane Torkelson
Trout Stocking Underway in NE Iowa Streams
Trout stocking operations have begun in northeast Iowa with about 900 trips planned for the year and as many as ten stops per trip. The Commission expects 200000 rainbows, 9 to 12 inches, planted in posted waters to provide equal angling opportunities across streams.
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Iowa
Bell Telephone Co Pays Half 1965 Property Tax
A check for 41220.34 was delivered to the County Treasurer by Bell Telephone Co per manager R O Link. It covers the first half of the 1965 operating property tax. the year’s total is 82440.68. Current payments are 58.85 percent higher than in 1960, five years earlier.
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N. W. Bell Telephone, Co
R. O. Link
Notice for Elgin Chapter 162 Order of the Eastern Star
A notice invites members to an evening meeting with officers listed for serving duties. A school of instruction is scheduled for Saturday April 18 at 1:00 pm with inspection at 8:00 pm led by district instructor Mrs Victor Walter of Postville. A luncheon at Coffee Cup at 11:15 am precedes the events.
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Elgin
Order of the Eastern Star
Ae Aday
Don Cowell
Robert Medberry
Victor Walter
Postville
Charles Wenger
Louis Olson
M. H. Moore
Arthur Herrling
Will J.son
H. W. Falb
Percy to Speak at Iowa GOP Dinner in Des Moines
Charles H. Percy, 48, a leading American businessman and U S Senate hopeful from Illinois, will headline the Iowa Republican party dinner at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines on April 16. Also noted for guiding Bell and Howell, he recently stepped down as chairman and CEO to focus on campaigning. Dinner tickets are sold through Republican officials across Iowa counties.
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Charles H. Percy
Iowa
Republican Party
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Des Moines
Percy
U. S
Illinois
Bell and Howell
Chicago
Union Good Friday Service Held at Local Church
A Union Good Friday Service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church led by Pastor Dr. M. Vanderbeck. Special selections by Illyria Community Church St Paul Methodist Church and First Baptist. Miss Barbara Muehletha will read The Trail of Bisod The Reverend Lee Roy Collins will deliver the message. Public is invited to attend.
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Union Woon
First Baptist Church
M. Vanderbeck
Illyria Community Church
St. Paul Methodist Church
Barbara Muehletha
Trail of Bisod
Lee Roy Collins
Easter Sunrise Service at St. Pauls Methodist Church
An Easter sunrise program at St. Pauls Methodist Church features a prelud e call to worship invocation by Rev. Lee Roy Collins hymns including Christ The Lord is Risen Today, a responsive reading, and performances by the Methodist Male Quartet and Luther League Choir. Scripture read by Rev. Casper FjStul with meditations by Kur tis Krueger and David Leonhart. Illyria Ladies Duet and Baptist Girls Chorus also participate. Benediction by Dr. M. Vaender concludes the service.
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Lee Roy Collins
Christ
Ranesfield
Casper Fjelstul
Luther League
Kurtis Krueger
Illyria
David Leonhart
The
Baptist Girls
Lord
Sharon
Jesus
Dr. M. Vaender
Local nominations filed for eight district director seats
Max Medberry of Elgin filed for District 5 director at the Calmar area vocation school. He will face Robert Ralston of West Union. Other filings include Benedict J. Quillin for District 1, John Lynch for District 4, with Lynch challenging Howard David and Quillin opposing Herbert Jenkins. Dale Turnmire runs unopposed in District 3. District 7 nominees include Andrew J. Wender and Orville Christopher. District 2 candidates Roger W. Anderson Vern Iverson Vincent Leon ard Bodensteiner and Gus Heusser. District 6 features Robert Evans and Sylvester Wille. Election set for April 21 with one director per district.
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Max Medberry
Elgin
Decorah
Area 1
Calmar
Medberry
Robert Ralston
West Union
Benedict J. Quillin
John Lynch
Quillin
Herbert M. Jenkins
Lynch
Howard David
Dale H. Turnmire
Owo Oelwein
Legion Meeting to Discuss Projects Monday April 11
Fiyin Post American Legion will hold its regular meeting on Monday April 11 at 8 p.m. Key topics include electing Boys State representatives, Auxiliary social night and supper, the Safety Lane Check and Memorial Day service. A good attendance is desired.
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Fiyin Post American Legion
Legion Auxiliary Meeting April 20 Social Dinner
The Elgin Post American Legion sponsors an Auxiliary appreciation social on Wednesday April 20 at 6 30 PM with a roast beef supper. Auxiliary members and retiring members admitted free. guests pay 150 dollars. Legion and Auxiliary members urged to attend.
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Legion Auxiliary
Elgin Post American Legion
Legion
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Jim Probert
Eastern Iowa Cooperative Workshop
McGregor
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Cirele
Sidney Corbin
Charlie Winter
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