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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1952
Page
1
Advertising rates listed include ten cents per line for readers and two cents per word for classified ads with a 30 cent weekly minimum when an order accompanies the ad. Blind ads or inquiries carry a zero cent minimum. Cards of Thanks and In Memorial Cards are one dollar each, limited to ten lines. Resolutions and obituaries charged at regular rates.
Candidate notices for Fayette County align with Republican voters in the June 2, 1952 primary. Names include Fay ette County Auditor Hazel Gehring County Treasurer W. M. Knox County Clerk Robert Klammer Grant Lauer County Recorder Odney Colberg County Sheriff Fred House County Supervisor Odney Colberg Fred W. Gremmels and Robert Wilson seek supervisor terms beginning January 2, 1953 or 1954 with voter support pending the primary outcome.
Norman McCauley reminds voters of the June 2 primary election date and urges participation as a Republican primary. The notice references campaign call to action and a spring cleaning theme for selling items via Echo Want Ads.
Balance sheet details Elgin State Bank Fayette County Iowa as of March 31 1952 with assets totaling 1 717 289 54 and deposits of 1 579 036 68. It lists cash balances loans and discounts government obligations and other assets with liability and capital accounts including common stock 30000.00 and pledges 100 000.00. Officials G J Mosby and Edna Hunsberger certify accuracy.
The Social Hour Club met at Al ilson Home for a surprise stork shower honoring Mrs. Archie Howard. Readings by Mrs. Vir Miles and Mrs. Roland Gruver preceded take away bingo and lunch. Mrs. Harry Gilson will entertain in May with a plant and bulb exchange. The April meeting at Mrs. Cliff Wilson’s home had 21 members and guests. Easter poems were read and the club planned renovations to improve the premises.
STU Company 11 at Camp Gordon Georgia lists Privates Klingman and Lofstgard sharing an Elgin address. They completed basic training and are stationed near Heartbreak Ridge in Korea where George Perry describes reuniting with Elgin buddy Vernie Wede and plans to return home this spring from Treasure Island.
Mr and Mrs Harold Meyer of Strawberry Point announce the birth of a son on April 21 at Manchester Hospital. The baby weighed eight pounds. Grandmother is Ida Meyer.
Joe Shaw alerted police after a night of loud reports in Audubon. The sheriff found the sounds came from an electric transformer popping during the storm, not gunfire, in a brief local incident.
Chas Odegard was released from Postville hospital on Thursday and returned home after sixteen days with pneumonia. He and his brothers then took Chas Gruver to Rochester Minnesota to enter Colonial hospital for planned surgery. Kathy Dennler returned home from Postville hospital after pneumonia, Al bet Butikofer came home from New Hampton hospital after surgery, and Mr and Mrs W E Chase of Volga returned from Rochester Minnesota where Mr Chase had surgery.
The Wa honka Camp Fire Girls met at the school house on April 17 to report on bead projects and learn to write a symbol story. The next meeting is set for April 22 at Roselyn Clark’s home.
Mrs Mary Brusman of Alton sent in her 56th renewal to the Alton Democrat, noting she and her late husband subscribed from the paper’s first year in 1896. The update marks long running support from a devoted readership and reflects ties to the paper’s early years.
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