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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1955
Page
4
The legislature granted three week vacations to workers with ten or more years of service. Officials q note employees with anniversaries before April 21 cannot receive the extra week until next year. The Iowa State Employees Association plans to sue to settle the matter.
The agriculture committee of the U S senate will hold a grass roots hearing in Des Moines Iowa on October 26 as part of a five week tour of farm areas. Chairman Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana says the aim is to see how the farm program can be improved.
Dorris Mitts to Harold K Conner and wife for Lot 1 and East half of Lot 2 in Diamond Conner Armstrong Add Elgin. Pagels and Hahn to John M Widner for West half of NE and East half of NW 30-91-7. Mabel Gehring to Elgin Post 352 American Legion for Lot 8 and surrounding Lots in Conner's Add Lutra Elgin. Gerald Gutcher to Karl Miller for Lots 5 6 7 in Clermont.
Aug. 1 couples Wallace C. McIntyre and LaFonda E K. Miller both 19 Elgin Hawkeye and Elgin. Aug. 3 lists Keith E. Allenstein 22 Arlington with Charlotte Joan Borland 19 Oehwein and Jerry E. Wheeler 21 Sioux City with Jane Maurice Corkery 19 Wadena. New cars registered include Martin G Wenger Elgin Plymouth sedan and others from Elgin and Wadena.
Four fine high school bands will appear at the Fay ette County Fair. They will march in the 11 00 a m parade Tuesday and give two concerts at Postville West Union Oelwein and Fayette across Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday with afternoon and evening performances.
Public health notice advises measures to reduce breeding sites and control adults. Destroy containers holding water, drain lowland areas, treat ponds and bird baths with safe insecticide, keep grass short, and spray hedges and outbuildings with a light DDT or lindane solution on a weekly to ten day schedule.
A short dialogue features John, Jim, and Mary as older siblings. John resists Ivy League expectations saying he will not attend. He explains his choice by declaring he is tired of being modeled after his siblings. He ultimately goes to Western.
The piece argues against comparing children and urges recognizing each child as a distinct person. It notes teachers and parents often rate kids by others like Dick, but advocates evaluating individuals on their own merits. It highlights advances in understanding behavior and learning to address each child’s needs.
The text argues against using comparisons as a motive for good behavior and urges abandoning such framing for fair treatment. It emphasizes that fair treatment should arise from principle, not from rivalry or judgment of others.
Report notes creating a 4 to 6 foot wide fire lane around a wood lot to lessen danger from spreading flames. In Iowa State College experiments twelve gilts and steer crossbreeds showed no harm from stilbestrol traces in manure. Outdoor recreation season prompts Iowa towns to plan near home spots plus hire recreation staff.
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