St Josephs Church Notes From Wadena Area
St Josephs notes list Legion Auxiliary meetings with sixteen members and four juniors, bake sale netting 23 dollars and over 27 dollars in donations, patches used for fundraising, and plans for park beautification and spring conference delegates. Easter packages sent to Woodward hospital. twelve dozen eggs and candy shipped. Memorial poppies demo by Hart Livingston. April birthdays celebrated. Numerous social visits and events noted including dinners, bridge, and church guild activities with a Palmar Alaska donation. Continental religious and community events extended across multiple families and nearby towns.
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Legion Auxiliary
New Wampton
Woodward Hospital
Veterans’ Hospital
Legionnaire
Hart Livingston
Mary B. Wetzel
Batty Sniffin
Naydia Messerli
Truman Presses Flood Plan At Midwestern Summit
President Truman visited Offutt Field near Omaha after Iowa floods and met with Gov. Beardsley and five other Midwest leaders. Lt Gen. Pick warned the Missouri River basin floods were avoidable with proper control, while Truman urged faster action and blamed upper valley states for delays. Iowa Sen Hickenlooper said administration politics hinder progress as governors pressed for congressional flood control funding. Separate note: Iowa budget panel eyed auto license plates with a move to add funds and possibly issue windshield stickers, seeking cost cuts and a permanent plates plan.
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Iowa
Truman
Offutt Field Air Base
Omaha
William Beardsley
Midwest
Florida
Lewis Pick
Army Engineers
Pick
Missouri
Towa
Hickenlooper
Bhoiling
Igwigs
Beardsley
van Peterson
Nebraska
Congress
Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee
Safety Department
Oakdale budget committee blamed for unfinished project delay
In Oakdale, a legislative budget committee faced scrutiny as local reports blamed the panel for failing to complete a key hon project. Officials defended the process while residents urged faster action and clearer timelines.
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Oakdale
Legislative Budget Committee
Marlene Mosby to Strawberry Point teaching post
Marlene Mosby, a Cedar Falls ISTC graduate, signed a contract to teach second grade at Strawberry Point next fall. She is completing the standard two year kindergarten primary course at Teachers College.
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Marlene Mosby
ISTC
Cedar Falls
Strawberry Point
Start Anti Fly Campaign New Start
People aiming for a fly free summer begin work now. The season’s first flies signal sanitation efforts to remove breeding grounds. Cleanliness reduces fly production while insecticides like DDT methoxychlor and lindane help in different weather. sanitation remains essential to control.
Elgin Produce Expands Poultry Plant Capacity
Elgin Produce with C. J. and Rex Mulford completed a new cement block building 24 by 50 feet to house calders and pickers. The addition will raise capacity two to three times over last year. They plan a June opening with part time summer operation and full time through Christmas.
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Elgin
C. J
Rex Mulford
Ee Ring Tees EE
Lehman Family Notes Improve After Winter Sickness
Mrs. Orpha Blumer of Wall South Dakota writes that her father Robin Lehman had several bad spells this past winter but with warmer weather he has improved greatly and is back to normal weight. The family reports flood disruption and mail being tracked or flown in while eastern trains could not pass.
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Orpha Blumer
Wall
Robin Lehman
Clayton Jurors May Term Names 60 Jurors for Clayton County
The May term of district court in Clayton county opens Monday May 5 with Judge W H Antes of West Union presiding. Jurors won t report until summoned by the court. Local residents listed include Delbert Chapman Otto Gisleson and Ione Dennler Elgin.
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Clayton County
W.H. Antes
West Union
Delbert Chapman
Otto ,Gisleson
Ione Dennler
Elgin
Resurface County Road Project Underway in Fayette County
Cooney Construction began crushing stone last Friday for road work in Fayette County. Their crusher sits at the Martie farm as crews resurface several roads, main project extending from Elgin to Rothlisberger corner.
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Tne Cooney Construction Co
Martie Farm
Fayette County
Elgin
Rothlisberger Corner
Displaced Germans Settle at Elgin
Mrs. Marie Rast 39 and her three children, from southern Germany, settle in Elgin with the Fritz Blockhus and Kenneth Burden homes after a 16 day journey funded by Zion Lutheran Church West Union. The family recounts persecution in Russia 1941 and escape via Poland to West Germany, with plans for a U.S. transfer finalized in March. A public reception and coin shower at East Clermont Lutheran church April 25 to assist travel expenses.
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Marie Rast
Germany
America
Fritz Blockhus
Kenneth Buroden
Rosalie Block
West Union
Zion Lutheran Church
Brock
Rosamundes
Rast
Herman
Reinhold
Russia
Poland
West Germany
United States
Oider
Sponsor Cancer Drive Aids Elgin Clubs Kick-off
The Elgin Study Club and Progress Club sponsor a local cancer drive. A kickoff meeting was held at Payette last Saturday evening.
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Elgin Study Club
Progress Club
Payette
Mrs Sally Miller Visits Mrs Frieda Etter Thursday
Mrs Sally Miller spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs Frieda Etter in a social visit described by local notes.
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Sally Miller
Frieda Etter
Mayor Aks All to Join Spring Clean-up
Paul B. Zurbriggen, Elgin coach and teacher, elected vice president of the Fayette County Schoolmasters Club at Arlington on April 18. M. E. Colbert, Maynard, elected president and A. S. Morse, secretary treasurer.
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Aks
Paul B. Zurbriggen
Elgin
Fayette, County
Elgin Study Club Hosts Guest Tea and Talk
Elgin Study Club members hosted a guest tea at Mrs. Martin Wenger's home with pastel decor and silver service. Guest speaker Georgia M. Schori of Sioux City spoke on rehabilitation work while high school musicians and a girls trio performed.
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Elgin Study Club
Martin Wenger
H. W. Wolf
Karl Meinhard
H. D. Yack
Elva Tillotson
R. L. Grimes
Floyd Dittmer
Elkader
Georgia M. Schori
Sioux City
Howard Wolf
Marcia ‘Wolf
Wanda Shaffer
Donna Meinhard
Lou
Hazel Gehring
Harriet Juhl
Genevieve Dunkle
Ardis Groth
Mes
James Max Thoma
Albert Schori
Repair work at First Baptist Church in town
The First Baptist Church, built in 1898 with soft mortar, is undergoing repointing. Wind and rain had loosened the mortar, now dug out to about half an inch and replaced with a permanent compound to restore the building.
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First Baptist Church
Change In Mail Service Delays at Elgin Post Office
Notice that the Chicago Great Western schedule change affects the Star Route out of Oelwein with Elgin delivery. The afternoon Star Route now arrives at 3:50 p m, requiring all mail to be in the Post Office by 4:15 p m to ensure dispatch. Postmaster H M McMillan signs the notice.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
Oelwein
Elgin
H. M. McMillan
Hull Names Campaign Manager for Nicholas Gubernatorial Bid
Lt. Gov. W. H. Nicholas seeking the Republican nomination for governor announced Leslie K. Hull of Waukon as his campaign manager. Hull was drawn to the post after a careful study of Nicholas’ record as legislator and lieutenant governor. Also noted: Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Torkelson were dinner guests Sunday at Mrs. Belva Snyder’s home.
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W. H. Nicholas
Leslie ‘K. Hull
Waukon
Hull
Nicholas
Mrs. C. O. Torkelson
Mrs. Belva Snyder
Mayor Calls for Spring Clean Up in Town Ahead of Homecoming
Mayor G H Falk urges town wide cleanliness with focus on rubbish removal building coverings for garbage cans and regular spraying of containers and rubbish burners. Citizens should trim hanging limbs seven feet clearance from sidewalks reseed and protect park while homecoming approaches. Emphasizes sanitation and neighborhood pride to keep town presentable.
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G. H. Falk
Milk Production Drops to Lowest March in 23 Years
Iowa milk output on March is estimated at 434 million pounds, the lowest for March in 23 years, down 11 percent from 488 million in March 1951 and 20 percent below the 1941-50 ten year March average of 540 million. The month saw the usual seasonal rise as conditions remained generally favorable for most of March.
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Lowa
Fire Fighters of Two Counties Meet Here
Fayette and Clayton county firefighters held a combined meeting at Elgin Legion hall last Thursday evening with 85 in attendance. They discussed fire fighting methods and viewed a Korea film. Music by John and Ruth Tillotson and Ernest and Wm Baumgartner entertained the group. Lunch was served to visiting firemen.
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Fayette
Clayton County
Elgin Legion Hall
Korea
John
Ruth Tillotson
Ernest
Wm. Baumgartner
Elgin State Bank Undertakes Lobby Remodeling
The Elgin State Bank continues renovations with a lowered lobby ceiling from about 35 feet to 10 to 12 feet. Work includes installation of sound absorbing tile blocks in the main business area.
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The
Elgin State Bank
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Roy Leenhart
Dean Probert
Volga
Bernard Reisner
Derry
Leonhart
Lynnville
G. W. Alderson
Bridge Club
Lyle Rubens
Mayme “Molumby
Johnnie Erickson
Wilder Mattocks
Bb.mclaughlin
Monticello
Donna Clothier
Des Moines
Loretta Mattocks
Matilate
Lloyd Wolf
Chippeway Falls
Wise
Mel Roys
Hervey Aeschliman
Will Pape
Richard Schiedel
Women's Guild of the
Presbyterian Church
Roy Leonhart
John Telecky
Bill Probert
Palmar
Alaska
Guild
James Wilson
Our Church
Charles Winter
Henry Jones
Edwin Loftsgard
Cheriton Looby
Walter Dennler
Alice Corkery
Delwein
Richard Corkery
Elkader Deanery
Archdiocesan ‘Council of the Women
Monona
Elgin Produce
Rob Lehman
Clayton Jurors
Jack ‘Walker
Bloomington
Ind
Eugene Schori
Cresco J
Cancer Drive
Lafayetes
Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Mas
San Franscisco
Zurbriggen V.pres., Schoolmasters Club
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