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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1959
Page
1
Advertising rates listed per line ten cents with a minimum weekly charge. Cash with order lowers minimum while noncash subjects incur the higher minimum. Blind ads and inquiries carry a weekly minimum. Card of Thanks and In Memoriam cards cost one dollar up to ten lines, with extra lines three cents each. Resolutions of respect and obituaries follow regular rates.
Gilbert M. Anderson of Bloomington Avenue Minneapolis born February 19 1806 near Elgin died August 10 after a heart attack in Deaconess Hospital at 63. Funeral service was held Thursday at Welander Quist South Chapel with burial at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Survivors include wife Bessie, two stepsons Bernard Hanson and Donald Hanson, two sisters Anna Gunderson and Amanda Hilygus, two brothers Louie and Henry, and four grandchildren.
Missed from Gunderson reunion is Mr and Mrs Orvin Thompson and David of Wadena along with several Thompson family members and friends from Postville Waterloo California and Elgin. Remaining attendees include Mrs Lovella Gunderson Brown Mrs Alma Gunderson Postville and others.
The Marion Mission Society met at the church parlors on Thursday August 13. Hostesses were Mrs Francis Meisner Mrs Ray Schnelle and Mrs Harvey Anderson. Members led prayers sang hymns and discussed mission work and history with a skit Our WMF Through 41 Years. A free will offering was collected and officers were elected.
Mrs Harold Strong hosted the Pleasant Point Study Club on Tuesday August 11 with fourteen members attending. Mrs John Grimm led a New Mexico lesson and judged a contest. Emmett Light won first prize. Carol Wilson won second. Ientha Strong and Ivanell Wilson performed piano and clarinet solos. Iva Feller reported on 4 H projects. Janet Gehring and Dorothy Helgerson demonstrated How to Make a Picture. Guests included Mrs Lawrence Gehring Mrs Kenneth Strong Mrs Lola Yearous and ten children. The club voted to en-
In Elkader a note thanks Miss Hol for hosting guests and invites reservations for a Sunday night dinner this September at the Airport Inn. Mrs. Joe Dinan and Mrs. Habeger, both of the 1959 class, were appointed to a committee.
Sandra Olson daughter of Mr and Mrs Ames Olson Postville will be awarded a diploma in nursing from the Methodist Kahler School of Nursing Rochester Minnesota at the 36th annual commencement exercises on August 30. As a student she was class treasurer freshman year in the Big Sister program senior year and active in softball basketball and swimming all three years. After graduation she will become assistant in the nursing arts department at Methodist Kahler and begin duties in September.
Mr and Mrs Art Larson and Keith Luana and Mr and Mrs Barney Larson and Shirley K were dinner guests of the Burnell Larsons Sunday at Clinton. They welcomed Timothy Alan born Aug 9 at 6% lbs and Karen Sue born Aug 15 at Manchester Hospital weighing 6 lbs 9 ozs. The Parkins moved from Delhi to Marion where he will be high school principal.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Steffin of Gibson City celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with guests from Douglas and Susan and Wilbur Wiegand of Saunemin Ill arriving Aug 8 to join Mr and Mrs Lawrence Butikofer. They meet their son Dennis at Waterloo airport for a 13 day leave. The celebration continues with extended family visiting August 14.
Fragmentary OCR lists Orlando Lofisgard and John Bue tikoter families with mention of Mrs Lowell Strong and children, but details and relations are incomplete.
The Blue Card System in Elgin requires a written request to a five member committee and approval by three members before a permit to solicit can be issued. Few permits have been issued as requests drop off once visitors learn Elgin operates under the system. The latest permit went to an Oelwein veteran organization that sent four magazine salesmen, with commissions funding emergency equipment for accidents and sickness.
The notice warns that frauds used fictitious addresses and that no charities were dispensed. It cites Better Business Bureaus and Chambers of Commerce as tracing methods and saving homeowners money. It urges residents to request a blue card permit and notes committee members including G. J. Mosby and others.
A fragment notes blooms about five inches in diameter observed by a observer named Bre. Details are sparse, with limited context on location or event.
A description notes the side was smaller with a rubbery shell and that the shell lay inside the yolk of the first egg, indicating an abnormal development in the egg structure. The passage emphasizes the unusual shell characteristics without broader context.
A brief reflective line emphasizes self belief with caution against overconfidence, urging balanced confidence and practical self trust. It frames belief as a steady, measured stance rather than blind certainty.
The senior class of 1050 dedicates their annual The 50 Arrow to typing teacher Ernestine Holzer. A greeting praises her instruction beyond technique, citing her personal values and guidance shaping students for adulthood.
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