Iowa House Passes Utilities Regulation Measure
The Iowa House approved a comprehensive utilities regulation bill by 101 to 8, outlining state power to regulate rates for private power, telephone, and municipal services. A compromise with municipal leagues and co operatives settled territorial disputes to protect consumers. Governor Hughes vetoed a county home bill and signed laws on longer trucks, brucellosis vaccination, and related quarantines to curb cattle disease costs.
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Ffowa ‘Commerce Comer
Power Cent
Municipal
Uel Municij
Teslephone
Iowa League of Municipalities
Iowa Association of Rural Electric Co-operatives
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Iowa Association For‘ Independent “Telephone Companies
League of Municipalities
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Iowasonnel
Iowa
Gov
Honor Students Entertained at U S A
The honor students at Upper Town University on the dean's list were guests at a dean's dinner in Colgrave Walker Auditorium on Monday evening, April 8. Forty seven attendees included William Cook and the Rubens and Zurbriggen couples from the area, with Dick Westerfield of West Union addressing the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Town University
Colgrave Walker Auditorium
Dick Westerfield
West Union
William Cook
Gary Rubens
Paul Zurbriggen
Community Club Met Monday in Elgin
The Elgin Community Club held its monthly meeting at the Legion and Auxiliary hall. Members discussed arid area signage and homecoming plans. Wm Moore announced the next homecoming chairmen meeting for Wednesday April 17 at the town hall. Don Fauser to show 1956 homecoming movies. Businesses to close 1 to 3 p m on Good Friday. Virginia Collins, Wesleyan College student, was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Legion and Auxiliary Hall
Wm. Moore
Town Hall
Don Fauser
Ilyria
Wadena
Illyria
Easter Service Program at Presbyterian Sunday School
Youth fellowship at the Presbyterian church invites the public to an Easter program on Friday featuring nursery through primary recitations and songs, junior and senior choirs with the cantata Venus Easter Tidings. Teachers include Mrs Har Popenhagen and others. Proclaimed April 28 as Clean-Up Day in Wadena with community groups promoting fire safety and yard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Sunday School
Tha
Har. Popenhagen
Milton Thomas
Wallace Mayhu
Wadena
Wadens
Adena
Cub Scouts
Homecoming Committee Meeting Set for April 17
Elgin homecoming committee chairmen will hold their second meeting next Wednesday April 17 at 8 00 pm in the town hall A film of the 1955 homecoming parade will be shown All committee members are welcome to attend.
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Elgin
Town Hall
Killed in Auto Accident Near Luana
Almar Gulsvig of Gunder, 42, died last Thursday night when a tire blew out on a gravel road two miles south of Luana. Funeral services were held at Marion Lutheran Church and burial followed. He was a trucker, survived by his widow and two children.
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Almar Gulsvig
Luana
Marion Lutheran Church
Gulsvig
Gunder
Entertain Missionary Society Hosts Meeting at Church
The Baptist Missionary Society met at the church last Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Harry Johnson and Mrs. George Durscher as hostesses. Rev. Breitkreuz gave a talk from First Corinthians. Members contributed include Mrs. Fred Schaer, Max Lehman, Meta Krueger, and Mrs. John Schaer. The group sent a case of eggs to the Baptist Home for the Aged in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Missionary Society
Harry Johnson
George Durscher
Breitkreuz
Fred Schaer
Fauser Oil Co Anniversary Days Planned in Elgin
Fauser Oil Company marks its first anniversary in Elgin with special anniversary days on Friday and Saturday April 29 and 20. Door prize registrations and free gifts will be offered. Watch next week’s Echo for full event details.
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Elgin
Fauser Oil Company
ECHO
Whittenbaugh Receives Safe-Driving Award
Robert Whittenbaugh, a rural mail carrier in Wa dena, was awarded a safe-driving medal and certificate for 34 years of continuous driving without an accident. Postmaster Robert Klingman presented the honor, with Whittenbaugh a longtime advocate for unmarked patrol cars on Iowa highways.
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Robert Whittenbaugh
Wadena
Robert Klingman
Whittenbaugh
Iowa
Change Drawing Time Saturday Drawing Time Saturday
Starting this Saturday April 18 the weekly drawing moves to 830 p m from the afternoon per the Elgin Gift Committee.
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Elgin Gift Committee
Elgin Stores Close For Good Friday Observance
The business and professional people of Elgin will close Friday from 1 to 3 PM in observance of Good Friday services at St. Pauls Methodist Church. Mrs Estherre was a supper guest of Mrs Fanny Frieden and Ida. Evening callers were Mr and Mrs Butikoter.
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Elgin
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Estherre
Fanny Frieden
Ida
Mrs. Butikoter
Philip Moser Dies in Elgin After Long Local Life
Philip Moser, life long Elgin resident and operator of the Moser wagon shop, died Tuesday afternoon April 9. He would have turned 79 next Sunday, April 14. Funeral services set for Thursday, April 11 at 2:00 p.m. at Muehlethaler Funeral Home with Rev. Lee Roy Collins officiating. Burial in Elgin cemetery. A life sketch will be published later.
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Philip Moser
Elgin
Moser
Muehlethaler
Lee Roy Collins
Scholarships Awarded At Upper Town University
Melvin Handell son of the Handells and Judith Derr daughter of the Derrs have been granted four year academic scholarships at Upper Town University. The awards cover tuition and fees beginning next September in recognition of their academic high school records at Arlington.
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Melvin Handell
Melvin -Handells
Judith Derr
John Derrs
Upper Town University
Demic
Acaat Arlington
Valley Girls Basketball Team Honored by Lions Club
The Elgin Lions Club entertained Valley High School girls basketball team and coach Dale Fogle with chaperone Anne Rypestol at St Pauls Methodist Church parlors on March 1. Guests included Richard Frieden John Burrow and speaker J V Rowe Sun Ray oil Waterloo.
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Elgin: Lions Club
Valley High School
Dale Fogle
Rypestol
Per Lounday
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Richard Frieden
John Burrow
J. V. Rowe
Sun-Ray DX Oil
Waterloo
Tabitha Society Plans April Meeting at Baptist Church
The Tabitha Society will meet April 1 at the Baptist church with hostesses Mrs Hugo Hackmann Mrs Lester Trautman Mr Guy Probert and Mr Harold Orth. The program includes He is Risen and devotional by Mrs Leon Jacob music by Mrs Tofield Heck roll call and Easter program arrangement by Mrs Paul Zurbriggen Mrs Alfred Jacob and Mrs Clara Baumgartner.
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Tabitha’Society
The
Baptist Church
Hugo Hackmann
Lester’ Trautman
Guy Probert
Harold Orth
Leon Jacob
Tofield Heck
Paul Zurbriggen
Alfred Jacob
Clara Baumgartner
Obscene Language Fine in West Union Court
Jerry Wilbur of West Union was fined $50 by a West Union Justice of the Peace court on Monday for speaking to a highway patrolman in obscene language. The incident occurred in upper Elgin, according to Patrolman Nelson who made the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Wilbur
West Union
Justice of the Peace Court
Upper Elgin
Nelson
Tragedy Near Hopkinton Claims Two Lives In Crash
Lloyd Sabers about 45 was killed Friday evening when his tractor collided with a car four miles north of Hopkinton on a Delaware county road. The car was driven by Carl J. Robinson of Delhi, superintendent of Maguoketa Valley School District. Robinson's daughter Janet, 16, was injured but not seriously. Sabers died when the tractor rolled into a ditch and pinned him.
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Lloyd Sabers
Delaware
Hopkinton
Carl J. Robinson
Delhi
Maguoketa Valley
Robinson
Janet
Sabers
Legion to Sponsor Safety Program in Elgin
The Elgin Post 352 American Legion will sponsor a one day Safety Check of automobiles in Elgin. Date to be announced, likely next month. Previously Torkelson Motor Co and John Falk and Sons supported the service. Dorothy Hellum, a student nurse from Waterloo, was an overnight guest. Mr and Mrs Alfred Coach of Runnels and Mrs Ruel Streeter were dinner guests Saturday of Mr and Mrs William Pfister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Post 352
American Legion
Elgin
Torkelson Motor Co
John Falk and Sons
Dorothy Hellum
Postville
Allen Memorial School of Nursing
Waterloo
Alfred
Runnels
Ruel Streeter
William Pfister
Engagement Announcement for Beverly Ann Muehlethaler and Max Broadwater
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Muehlethaler announce the engagement of their daughter Beverly Ann to Max G. Broadwater son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Broadwater Byron Minnesota. Beverly is a graduate of the State College of Iowa Cedar Falls and teaches in St Louis Park Minnesota. Max attends Mankato State College. A summer wedding is planned.
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Clarence Muehlethaler
Beverly Ann
Max G. Broadwater
Gordon Broadwater
Byron
Minn
Muehlethaler
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Iowa
St. Louis Park
Mankato State College
Easter Services at St Pauls Methodist Church Programs Noted
Both services at St Pauls Methodist Church on April 12 feature an Easter sermon and music by Rev. Lee Roy Collins and Rev. George Breitkreuz with organ preludes led by Mrs. Lee Roy Collins. An Easter Sunrise Service begins at 6:00 am on April 4 with The Elgin Li music and The Baptist Octet performing.
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Union
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Lee Roy Collins
Lee Roy Coluiale
Jesus
George Breitkreuz
Nancy Whittenbaugh
Sons of Glory
Casper T.ria
Elgin Li
The
Baptist Octet
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Roy Corin
Mrs Wenger Hosts Elgin Study Club Event
Mrs Wenger and co hostess Mrs William Howard welcomed Elgin Study Club members last Tuesday evening. Theme centered on Oberammergau Germany with a Easter Parade recording played and an Easter verse roll call. Valley High School quartet and girls clarinet trio performed. Mrs Barkard Riegel spoke on the 1960 Passion Play. Clermont guests Lenora Shipton attended. County convention report noted. club earned a gold star for the 1962 63 program book.
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Martin Wenger
Elgin
William Howard
Ober-Ammergan
Germany
Ae Wenger
Valley High School
Mark Amundson
Roger Reed
David Boleyn
Kurtis Krueger
Lida Rose
Barbara Gibbs
Anita Lehman
Annette Meyer
Barkard Rie~gel
Clermont
Ober-Ammergau
Lenora Shipton
Mdms
Guernsey Smith
Thomas Pollock
Henry H. Wolf
Belvad Snyder
Arlington
Hostesses to Fayette County Auxiliary Meeting News
The Elgin American Legion Auxiliary hosted the Fayette County Auxiliary at a spring luncheon held at 12:30 p.m. on April 2 in the Lutheran Church parlors. County president Mrs. Greg Haver presided as 72 members attended and new county officers were elected.
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Elgin American Legion Auxiliary
Fayette County
American Legion
Greg Haver
Louis 5. Olson
Clermont
Marie Schaufenbuel
St. Lucas
Lyle Olson
See
Treas
F. FP. Murphy
Fredericksburg
Idella Hauth
Hawkeye
Ed Waucoma
Helen Wiegand
Mason City
Margaret Furness
Joice
Lucille Davis
New Hampton
Decorah
Fayette
Son Born to Mr and Mrs Schori Herrling of Wadena
Mr and Mrs Schori Herrling of Wadena announce the birth of a son named Kevin Arthur born Monday evening April 3 at the Postville hospital. He weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Arthur Herrling of Wadena and Mr and Mrs Merlin Hellum.
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Schori Herrling
Wadena
Kevin Arthur
Postville Hospital
Arthur Herrling
Merlin Hellum
Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting in Strawbery Point
The W S C S Dubuque district meets at First Methodist Church Strawbery Point on Tuesday April 16 with district president Mrs G W Aspinwall presiding Registration at 9 00 a m 9 30 am meditation Ambassadors for Christ and address by San Mariam Farsell Announcements by Mrs R Kuehl and noon grace Organ preludes and meditations follow Frontiers That Confront Us by Mrs Earl Roadman Pageant Into All The World Our Missions and Deaconesses with Laura de Chevrin R N in Algeria involved Delegation includes Dr James P Gable Mrs Glen Aspinwall Hawkeye district president Mrs Helen A Carlson Decorah VP Mrs James P Gable Oelwein honorary VP J De Garmoe West Union secretary and Miss Stella Forrest Guttenberg treas Several St Pauls Methodist W S C S members plan to attend
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Dubuque
First Methodist
Strawberry Point
G. W. Aspinwall
Dons Armboss
Christ
W. Aspinwall
San Mariam Farsell
R. Kuehl
Ruth Rizer
R. L. Smith
Earl Roadman
Mibaionsarias
Lee Roy Collins
Laura Dse Chevrin
R. N
Algeria
James P. Gable
Glen Aspinwall
Hawkeye
Helen A. Carlson
Decorah
Oelwein
J. de Garmoe
West Union
Stella Forrest
Guttenberg
Treas
St. Paul’s
Tertia Club Meeting Highlights April 1
The Tertia Club met April 1 at Mrs. John McMillan’s home with Mrs. Fase Wenger presiding. Members read poems, discussed religious articles, and planned library work for the community improvement contest. The savings bond project was entered and a May 15 club tour date was set. Mrs. Don Fauser led an decorating program followed by an Adventures in Home Decorating film. The meeting closed with the club collect and penny march. lunch was served.
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Tertia Club
John McMillan
Fase Wenger
Russell Wenger
Leo Lehman
Don Fauser
Formica Corp
Charter Night for Methodist Men Held
Charter night of the Methodist Men was held Thursday evening April 4 at 8 p m with Pres Kingery presiding. Rev Collins discussed The Sermon on the Mount. The charter was presented to Kingery. A film strip The Reason for Being followed. May meeting on May 2. Season to end with a family picnic June 6. New year starts first Thursday in September. Refreshments followed.
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Pres. Kingery
Collins
Kingery
Schoolmasters Entertain at Fayette County Dinner
Fayette County Schoolmasters Club hosted boards of education from county districts on Thursday night April 14. Guests from Upper Iowa University attended along with the Fayette County Board of Education. Paul Zurbriggen welcomed attendees. Dr. Gabb ee, Dean Henrix, and professors Rotton and Picket spoke on Upper Iowa education. Mr and Mrs Harold Puffett of Strawberry Point were dinner guests of the Vaughns.
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Fayette County Schoolmasters Club
Boards of Education
Fayette County Board of Education
Upper Iowa
Colgrove Walker
Upper Iowa University
Paul Zurbriggen
Garbee
Henrix
Rotton
Picket
Harold Puffett
Strawberry Point
George Vaughns
Willing Workers Club Meeting Held at Gisleson Home
The Willing Workers Club met Tuesday afternoon April 2 at the Millard Gisleson home with one birthday observed and one guest, Mrs. Martha Lee of Chicago, in attendance.
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The_ Willing Workers Club
Millard Gisleson
Martha Lee
Chicago
Six Winners Named Saturday
Six winners were drawn last Saturday including Edward Krueger with $5, Or ville Moore $5, Ben Dennler $5, Ed Hanson $5, Ronald Lofts gard $5 and Mark Bros. $20. The winning numbers listed are 1441 782 26 1641 1194 41 1231 1091 1344 B07 1426 950 1694 1032 539 1580 1275 897 840 Asie 362 1128 163 247 427 1386.
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Edward Krueger
Orville Moore
Ben Dennler
Ed Hanson
Ronald Loftsgard
Mark Bros
Asie
Wall Coaches Attend Baseball Rules Meeting
Paul Zurbriggen Derryn Leonhart James Cook Galen Mack and James Middendorf of the Wall coaching staff attended a baseball rules meeting at North High School West Union on Wednesday evening April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Zurbriggen
Derryn Leonhart
James Cook
Galen Mack
James Middendorf
Wall
North High School
West Union
Opi
Annual Family Fun Night Planned for April Twenty Sixth
The Farm Bureau Women's group schedules a Family Fun Night at Elkader High School auditorium at 8 p.m. The program features the RAVE contest with prizes for the top three entries. Families are invited for entertainment. Entries for the contest must be sent to the Farm Bureau office by April 1.
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Farm Bureau
Elkader High School
Linda Gardner Hosts Jr MYF Easter Evening at St Pauls
Linda Gardner hosted the Jr MYF gathering Sunday evening at St Pauls Methodist Church. Sally Stephenson delivered the Easter lesson. Fourteen members attended along with Rev and Mrs Collins and sponsors Mr and Mrs Keith Kohler. The hostess served lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Gardner
St Paul's Methodist Church
Sally Stephenson
Lee Roy Collins
Keith Kohler
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House
U.S.A
Virginia Collins
Wesleyan College
Wadena News
Valley High
Seallen Knox
Bernard Roys
Mabel Johnson
Robert Dietz
Lyle Kyhens
Emmett Light Clarence Schmitt
John Erickson
AM. Legion Auxiliary
Leo Ainsworth
Richard Erickson
Leo Herriman
Luther Crandall
Pearl Johnson
Johnnie Erickson
George Alderson
Jim Gilchrist
Struss
Ainsworth
Womens Missionary Assn
Womens Missionary Association of the United Brethren Church
Thad Walters
Weings Stengh
Wallace E the Jesson
Asia
Fulkmer
Entertain Missionary Society
Fauser Oil Co
Valley Girls
Lions
Carl Robinson
Legion
Methodist
Mrs. Wenger
W. S.C
Willing Workers Club
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