Parental Aylsworth and area families in region note
A chaotic clipping records various floral classes and numerous local social updates. It lists shows and arrangements by names like Charles Aylsworth and Mrs Orman Davis who travels to Louisville to join her husband in service. Several households in Fort Dodge Winthrop LeClair Davenport Nashua Toledo Volga are cited with visits and family milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Charles ‘Aylsworth
Orman Davis
Louisville
Davis
Dixie Leonhart
George Cole
Fort Dodge
Nelson Halford
Winthrop
Frank Welsh
Ronald Hasbrook
Oelwein
Dorothy Shippy
Kenneth
LeClair
Davenport
Lyle Herrling
Jimmie
Kanas City
A. G
Arthur Herrling
Martha
Sheilah Messerli Aree
Roscoe Pratt
Toledo
Johnnie Erickeen
Carl Schmidt
Joyce
Luther Crandall
Max
Willard Crandall
Volga
Tommie ‘Cragdall
Lehman Family Holds 27th Annual Reunion at Local Church
The Lehman family gathered at the Methodist church on Sunday August 5 for the 27th annual reunion. About forty members attended the picnic dinner followed by a business meeting and visiting. Attendees included Mr and Mrs B L Caudill L L Reinhart Alta Vista and others from Charles City Postville Beloit Wis La Porte City Shell Rock Zigin and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehman
B. L. Caudill
L. L. Reinhart
Alta Vista
Lynn ‘Seltz
Charles City
Rex Medberry
Postville
John Lyford
Joan
David
John Kirkpatrick
Vernon
Louis Lehman
Stanley
Anita
Max Lehman
Edith Berg
Clara Baumgartner
Zigin
Shade Farmland Tips for Ranging Chickens
If you keep young chickens on the range, place their drinking fountains and feeders in the shade. Move them to clean ground weekly to maintain hygiene and reduce disease risk.
Iowa Road Toll Mounts Amid Rising Traffic
Iowa public safety officials report a high toll on highways with 239 deaths in the first half of 1950 and 231 in 1949. Vehicle registrations surged from 1,019,388 in 1949 to 1,112,358 in the first six months of 1951. Speed blamed for 65 of 266 fatal crashes, with carelessness second at 57. Des Moines hearing on a mobile insurance rate hike, Iowa Taxpayers cites 8 percent cost rise for 117 districts, and state study of the Old Age and Survivors Insurance program chaired by Sen. Herman Lord. Iowa averages 47 people per square mile with 2,621,073 residents. Wet year noted, with continued weather data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Départment of Public Safety
Iowa
Charles Fischer
Des Moines
Fischer
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Herman Lord
Muscatine
Lord
For Sale Almost New House Moves From Lot
Sixty cents sold this property a nearly new 18 by 20 house with living room bedroom kitchen closet stool lavatory and 6 by 10 enclosed porch must be moved off the place Mrs Louisa Butikofer four miles east of Elgin reports sale to Mrs Mollie Schneider soon after the Echo delivery last week Several other callers showed interest in the home Schneider plans to move the house to the Dr Wolf lots at the same place her trailer home has been stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Butikofer
Elgin
Mollie Schneider
Gerald Heck Buys 90 Acre Farm Near Postville
Gerald Heck purchases the Merle Lange farm of about 90 acres located roughly two miles northwest of Postville. Possession is set for January 2, 1952, with likely move-in on March 1. The Heck family currently tenants the Falk farm south of Brainard, now in their third year there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Heck
Merle Lange
Postville
Heck
Falk
Brainard
Real Estate Transfers in Clermont and Elgin Areas
Marie Skoien transfers to E W Hilge and wife joint WD for $1 parcels Lots 13 through 18 in Block 3 Clermont Steele LeRoyes site. Clifford O Christ and wife joint WD to E 24 Lot 5 Bik I Elgin and Marie Olson Edna Larson to John A Larson and wife deed parcels in SE 21 and NW 22 and NE 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Skoien
E. W. Hilge- Jan
Clermont
Steele LeRoyes
Clifford O
Christ
New Cars Registered in Wadena and Clermont
Dan or Oliver Lewis of Wadena registered a Studebaker while Evelyn Olson of Clermont registered a two door Chevrolet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Or
Oliver Lewis
Wadena
Studebaker
Evelyn Olson
Clermont
Chevrolet
Rain Boosts Corn in Northeast Iowa Fields
In northeast Iowa, rain amounts varied with up to 5.5 inches in parts while Elgin recorded 1.05 inches. Ground had dried, and the shower aided the tasseling stage of corn. The northeast Town crop lags about two weeks and needs 45 to 50 days to reach denting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Elgin
Tabitha Society Notice Meets Thursday Afternoon
The Tabitha Society of the First Baptist church will meet this Thursday afternoon in place of August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabitha Society
First Baptist Church
Tank blast rips truck tank through courthouse yard
Harlan Todd of Wapello narrowly escaped injury when a 500-gallon pressure tank mounted on a truck exploded in the courthouse yard. The front end ripped away the cab as the tank flew 120 feet, blowing Todd 40 feet from the blast. Also notes lawn care tip and Holstein cow production data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Todd
Wapello
Narowly
Court House Yard
Todd
Three Properties Change Owners in Elgin Transfers
Real estate activity in Elgin sees three transfers finalized on Monday. H W Falb sells adjoining acreage to Allen Anderson, and Bob Falb sells his residence to the same buyer. Bob Falb then purchases his parents residence, completing the trio of transfers. All take effect March 1, with Anderson receiving the in town residence and 17 1/2 acres including barns, plus 12 1/2 acres of river bottom land northeast of town. Andersons plan sale before moving to town. Falbs will be without a home by March but intend to build at once and have one ready by moving time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
H. W.falb
Allen Anderson
Bob Falb
Mr. Anderson
Anderson
I.C. Kerdee
Gunder
H.W Falb
Service Rectives Discharge and Army Movements
Kenneth Schori receives medical discharge from the Army and has returned home after a hospital stay at Camp Atterbury Indiana. Several individuals sail or leave for service including Vernon Weda from Seattle and Pvt George L. Christen with APO 613 in San Francisco. Other names tied to new addresses or enlistment include Ben Schori Elgin Oliver Larson Clermont George Friederich Postville and Ida Christen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Schori
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Ben Schori
Elgin
Oliver Larson
Clermont
George Friederich
Postville
Sam
Mr. Schori
C. B. Schori
Calmar
Friederich
Jacob Friederich
Kenneth Schultz
Ida Christien
George L. Christen
Prov. Co
San Francisco
Calif
Unlucky Friday 13th injures Monticello man on tractor
Tom Shover of Monticello was cutting weeds with a tractor last month when it neared a ditch. He leaped thinking it would tip, but it did not, leaving him badly cut on the right arm as the sickle struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Shover
Monticello
Tom
Weeds sprayed with 2-4-0 risk harming legumes
Earl Rothsberger of Elgin adds to his herd by purchasing Gold Mine Jocko from Irving Meyer & Sons. The new animal is a purebred two year old Milking Shorthorn and part of a wider effort to expand the dairy stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Rothsberger Elgin
Jocko
Irving, Meyer & Sons
McGreg,or
Party Friday Evening for Rev and Mrs Steinman
A Methodist church parish gathering will honor the Rev Steinman family on Friday evening August 10. A picnic supper is planned at 6 30 with attendees asked to bring their own table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Steinsman
WSCS and Circle Martha Meet in August Parlor Sessions
The WSCS group will gather in church parlors on Thursday August 16 with Mrs Robert Wilson and Mrs Ray DeSart as hostesses. Circle Martha will meet Thursday August 16 at the home of Mrs Willard Grove and Mrs Clare Kuster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle Joy of
WSCS
Robert Wilson
Ray DeSart
Clycle
Martha
Willard Grove
Clare Kuster
Elgin Auxiliary Set Meeting Aug 16 in Legion Rooms
The Elgin American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting on Thursday evening August 16 in the Legion rooms. Hostesses are Adelia Torkelson Alta Blockhus Mildred Minihan Aldora Anderson and Rosina Anderson. Numerous social visits are noted including guests at the Albert Schupbach, Galarie Thoman and Keiser homes. About fifty Martin and Peters relatives gathered at West Union fair grounds for a picnic dinner honoring Lou Martin Sutton North Dakota. Readers encouraged to mention Echo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Adelia Torkelson
Alta Blockhus
Mildred Minihan
Aldora Anderson
Rosina Anderson
Albert Schupbach
Rath
Lena Schupbach
Anna Schupbach
Albert Butikofer
Mary Keiser
Harriet Jordan
Galarie Thoman
Florence Thoman
Keiser
Ezra Feller
Will Knapp
Cissna Park
Linda
Oelwein
Frank Greenley
Wayne Conner
Sheryl
Rochester
Minn
D. C. Dean
The
Echo
Elgin Asparagus Corp. Helpers Aid Mason Farm
Members of the Elgin asparagus enterprise and several local businessmen went to the Orlin Mason home Thursday evening to assist with farm work. They shocked 17 acres of oats and hauled hundreds of bales of hay to the barn. Mason had recently been hospitalized in Des Moines for surgery and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Legion
Elgin
Orlin ‘Mason
Mason
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Elgin Farmers Dairy adopts cream can system in Oct
A 1926 Elgin Farmers Dairy Co meeting decided to switch to the individual cream can system about Oct 1. Ed Hanson resigned as termaker after many years. Floyd Sires of Postville named his successor effective Aug 16. The Lehman reunion planned as annual. second gathering held Aug 8 at West Union fairgrounds. Bargains listed Aug 14 to 2 include groceries and fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
Elgin Farmera Dairy Co
Lehman
Parsons
West Union Fair Grounds
Ed Hanson
Elgin Farmers Dairy Co
Floyd Sires
Postville
Wm. H. Schupbach
Walter Durscher
Wayne
Mavis
Rock Valley
John Durscher
George Metzger
Stewart
Maynard
Testing Association
Elgin
Arlington
West Union
Conner
Ed Boyle
B. Conner
Merle Fox
Forest City
Falk
Topp
Frank Wertz
Duane
Wetumka
Okla
H. D. Yack
Elgin School
Funeral services for Wm. Stephen son at Elgin cemetery
Graveside services today at the Elgin cemetery for Wm. Stephen son of Chicago who died Sunday from a heart ailment. He was the husband of the former Ruby Olson of Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Cemetery
Wm. Stephenson
Chicago
Ruby Olson
Elgin
Illness Sidelines Echo Linotype Reporter
Chas Gruver, Echo Linotype reporter, fell ill Tuesday morning and had to go home and rest. The remaining Echo staff scrambled to finish this week’s paper, and if his illness persists they will face a heavier workload next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Gruver
Echo Linotype
Echo
Four Men File Articles of Incorporation Elgin Asparagus Co
The Elgin Asparagus Corporation filed articles of incorporation with the state, aiming to raise, harvest and market asparagus. It began with Leo L. Chou seeding fields and plans 200 acres at full production, with a three year lead time and a May to July crop season. Original incorporators are Leo L. Schori Charles L. Capper Albert Schori and D. O. Doan. Capitalization is $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Asparagus Corporation
Echo
Elgin
Leo L. Chou
Leo L. Schori
Charles L. Capper
Albert Schori
D. O. Doan
Mr. Capper
Mr. Doan
Mork Larson and Lion Reunion Draws Many Families
The 14th annual reunion gathered August 5 at the Onerem cottage on Clear Lake West Union with Abel Mork Melvin Olson Elger Anderson and many named families from Postville Decorah Elgin Clermont and other communities. A business meeting elected Orvin Thompson president John Sampson treasurer and Clarissa Lien secretary. The group planned to meet next year on the first Sunday in August at the same cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onerem
Clear Lake
West Union
Abel Mork
Melvin Olson
Elger Anderson
Postville
B.x Mork
Eldara Anderson
Ole Olson
Arthur Helgerson
Elgin
Kenneth Anderson
Clarence
Otis Torkenson
Belva Snyder
Decorah
Julius Olson
H. H. Sersland
St. Olaf
Rosina Anderson
Philman Embretson
Oscar Thompson
Clermont
Clarisa Lien
Clara Helgerson
Henry Kittleson
Andrew Watterud
Elkader
O. H. Larson
Wadena
Orvin Thompson
Eagle Grove
L. G
Palmer
Leslie Larson
Myrtle Larson
John Sampson
Henry Thompson
Jim Young
Marjorie
Kanawha
Ida Feller
Ion
Fairbank
Ruth Liddle
Charles City
Orlando Kittleson
Waterloo
Judy
Geneyne
David Hamilton
New York
Rosco LaValle
St. Paul
Adolph Thompson
Minneapolis
Vern Rogness
Hampton
Guy Larson
Pres
Treas
Clarissa Lien
Echo Want Ad Promotes Nails Over Glue Or Timber
Advertisers urge buyers and sellers to consider Nails for fastening, noting nails offer quicker, firmer joints compared to glue bolts or timber connectors in Echo Want Ad columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
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Keith Kohler
Postville Hospital
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Mrs. Steinman
Elgin Asparagus Corp
Chas. Gruver Ll
Mork, Larson and Lion Reunion
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