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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1956
Page
3
The Union street birthday club gathered Friday afternoon at Mrs Johnnie Moen to celebrate her anniversary with visiting and take away bingo followed by a picnic supper. A ward and coin shower honored Mrs Moen as guests joined by various local families and friends.
Olsen and Johnson, Broadway comedy stars, signed to headline the fair for six nights at the Iowa State Fair. The two hour musical revue runs Friday August 24 through Wednesday August 29 with a Broadway chorus, TV personalities, an outdoor circus, and a fireworks display as part of the evening program.
Maggie Boleyn visits Cedar Rapids at her granddaughter and great granddaughter's home. Oscar Lamphier family from Strawberry Point spent Sunday with Morris Lamphier. Louise Christeleit returns from four months in Germany with August Boehme in Chicago bringing her home. Various families in Volga, Cedar Rapids, Elgin, Littleport, Dubuque, Forestville, Waukon, and Fayette host and visit relatives. recent reunions, picnics, and calls accompany travel and illness notes. Tom Robinson tours Ames for a teaching year. several birthday and funeral visits are recorded in local households.
The Rev. and Mrs. Carl Schulte and family of Wilton Wisconsin spent last weekend with the Ray Zwan ziger home. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Hummel Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Hicks Mrs. Lucilla McCleary and daughters Les Wheeler and Linda Marquette enjoyed a picnic dinner Sunday in the George Lane home to celebrate her birthday. Mrs Hulda spent part of last week in the Cecil Duff home where her daughter was a victim of the flu. Mrs Francis Fox and family visited in the Glen Oldfather home Friday.
A veteran patrolman recalls stopping a high official who claimed twenty years without drink after a dramatic chase. On a sunlit summer morning a southbound driver dangerously passed four cars, causing a seven mile pursuit ending in a gravel bend. The driver offered a false ID and revealed his status.
An officer confronted a driver who attempted to flee a line of traffic. The man paused, puzzled, and granted no clear reason, saying I don’t know. The exchange occurred amid a broader inquiry by a major state organization into the incident.
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