Wadena Schools Open Aug 27 With Half Day Start
The Wadena school year begins Monday August 27 with a half day 11 a.m. dismissal and regular sessions 8 45 to 11 50 a m and 12 25 to 3 30 p m. hot lunch serves Tuesday. Donald Gardner formerly of Arlington will teach and coach. Several teachers and staff assignments listed plus the Jones Baumler wedding details and Cub Scout meeting notes preview page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadena
Donald Gardner
Arlington
Gardner
Arlington High
Upper Iowa University
Minnesota University
Pemberton
Minn
Helen ‘Westbrook
Alice McElree
Amy Suhrbier
Inez White
Cecil Flanagan
Zetta White
Gladys Ficken
Richard Ott
Top Republicans at San Francisco this Week
Towa Press Association notes top Republicans will assemble in San Francisco to renominate Dwight D. Eisenhower and name a running mate. Dick Nixon is favored by Iowa delegates while Stassen’s bid to dump Nixon shows little progress. Ottumwa celebrates Carol Morris Miss Universe with Governor Hoegh joining in the reception and planting a kiss on the 20 year old winner.
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Towa
San Francisco
Wight D. Eisenhower
United States
Dick Nixon
Iowa
Stassen
Nixon
Chicago
Ottumwa
Carol Morris
Morris
Hoegh
Per Cent Democrat delegates to Chicago pledge parity
Per Cent Democrat delegates to Chicago fell short of the 100 per cent parity pledged at the recent state convention with the national platform near 90 per cent and a promise to make up the remaining 10 per cent by other means. Back Pay Nearly 4,000 Iowans paid $121,690 in delinquent state income taxes for the year ending last April, mainly via the tax division. Penalties will apply in the future as provided by the 1955 legislature. Too Fast A tabulation shows many Town highway deaths involved speeds over 60 mph in the first six months, with 101 drivers at that speed or worse and 46 over 70 mph. Sixty of the 384 dead were teenagers, with 54 of the fatally injured drivers drinking, 14 had no license, 47 had defects, and 15 drove defective cars. Vision obscured in 43 crashes. (Continued to Page &)
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Chicago
Football Meeting Planned at Elgin High School
Coach Ted Kjaer calls a Thursday meeting for all football candidates at Elgin High School on August 23 at eight. All players must report. first practice the next morning at 9 30. About 40 prospects expected, including around 15 from Clermont.
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Ted Kjaer
Elgin High School
Clermont
Achievement Awards Contest Selections for Fayette District
Two farms in Fayette District were chosen for Iowa Soil Conservation achievement awards. John Bangrees of Auburn Township and Clarence Thoman of Ilyria Township are recognized. Thoman, active since 1954, has implemented contour farming waterway development woodland protection contour fencing and soil treatments on his entire farm in the last two years.
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Fayette District
J. F. Ingels
Kenneth Kerr
Howard Boyle
John Bangrees
Auburn Township
Clarence Thoman
Llyria Township
Iowa
Thoman
Engagement Announcement for Marlene Medberry and John Grimm
Mr and Mrs Howard Medberry announce the engagement of their daughter Marlene Marie to John Grimm son of Mr and Mrs Norman F Grimm of Shellsburg. Miss Medberry is a 1953 Elgin High School graduate and works at Iowa State Employment Agency in Cedar Rapids. Mr Grimm is employed at ICA Foods in Cedar Rapids. The wedding is set for September 30 at the Syria church.
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Maynard
Bud Jones
Terrence
Calif
Jack Lane
Wadena
Stanley Yearaus
Arthur Givingston
Elwood Rubens
Richard Bartles
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Bartles
Vernon ‘Bartles
Cedar Falls
John Wood
Prairie du Chien
Waneta Baumer
Barbara Yearous
Shirley Muench
Teen Jones
Virginia Kelly
Kathy Jones
Ossian
Baumler
Wadena High School
Stiles Market
Oelwein
West
Howard Medberry
Marlene Marie
John Grimm
Norman F. Grimm
Shellsburg
Miss Medberry
Elgin High School
Ijowa State Employment Agency
Grimm
1. C. A. Foods
Yria Church
Rifle Accident Fatal to Boy 13 at Farm Home
Robert Houg13 son of Mr and Mrs Gerhard Houg Minneapolis was fatally wounded by a loaded .22 rifle at the Arthur Helgerson farm home east of Clermont He and a cousin were playing upstairs when the gun discharged striking Houg in the right eye He died ten minutes after arriving at Postville hospital after first being treated in Clermont by Dr Jerdee
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Robert Houg
Gerhard Houg
Minneapolis
Arthur Helgerson
Clermont
Helgersons
Robert
David
Helgerson
Hospital Patients Return Home From City Hospitals
Douglas Falth was hospitalized at Postville hospital from Thursday to Saturday. Oscar Frieden came home Thursday from Postville hospital after eight weeks in treatment. Mrs. Ben Hofer and Sam returned from University hospital in Iowa City Friday night where Sam had eye treatment. He will return in October for more care.
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Douglas Falth
Postville Hospital
Ome
Oscar Frieden
Ben ‘Hofer
Sam
University Hospital
Iowa City
P. V. Homemakers Meet August 29
Pleasant Valley Homemakers Club holds organizational tea at 1 30 p m on Wednesday August 29 at Mrs Melbert Meyer home. Lesson Variety Spice s Life presented by Mrs Herbert Ash Township women invited to attend.
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Pleasant Valley Homemakers Club
Melbert Meyer
Herbert Ash
Tall Township
Elkader Democrat U. G. Wolf Targets Talle Over Day’s Event
Democrat U. G. Wolf blasted Cong. Talle for missing the Daily Days celebration at Clermont and offered a $50 reward for explanation. Larry Cline demanded payment as the weather canceled Talle’s appearance, Wolf refused, citing unsatisfactory explanation. The issue may go to a judge and jury.
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U. G. Wolf
Elkader
Congress
Cong
Talle
Clermont
Acres
Larry Cline
Wolf
Daily Days
Tate
Dubuque
Washington
Cline
Larson Joins Curtiss Co Ranch Her d Technician
Barney Larson is assigned to the Fayette Clayton county area as herd technician for Curtiss Candy Co artificial breeding program. He completed Curtiss farm Illinois training and has hands on experience. Curtiss Co operates 165 bulls in service at their farm, all top quality and uniform as per program rules.
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Barney Larson
Fayette-Clayton County
Curtiss Candy Co
Curtiss Farm
Inllinois
Curtiss Co
Camp Fire Girls Hike and Fundraising Drive Near Egin
Wahanka Camp Fire Girls hiked to Gilbertson spring east of Egin on Monday August 13. They enjoyed a sack lunch and cool spring water then began selling dust cloths to raise funds for Camp Fire. Cheryl Pinney, Scribe.
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Wahanka Camp
Gilbertson’s
Egin
Cheryl Pinney
Farmers urged to enforce safety before children swim near ponds
Officials warn farmers to implement strict safety precautions around farm ponds before allowing children to swim or play nearby, aiming to prevent drownings and injuries by enforcing barriers supervision and hazard checks.
1 000 Farmers Killed In Tractor Accidents
Tractor accidents kill about 1 000 farmers each year according to a 1956 National Safety Council year book. One third of deaths occur in highway incidents while tractors are moved between locations.
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National Safety Council
1946 Elgin High School reunion picnic held at school grounds
The class of 1946 held a Sunday reunion picnic at Elgin High School with ten members present. Organizers were Mrs. Jack Whipple Mrs. Don Fauser and Mrs. Gene Wenger. Prizes honored largest family youngest child farthest travel unmarried and most gray hair. Next reunion planned for homecoming weekend in five years with organizers Mrs. Robert Musser Betty Cline and Mrs. Lyle Martin.
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Elgin High School
Thelgin School
Jack Whipple
Don Fauser
Gene Wenger
Mark
Lynn
Jane Falk
Lamont
Mervin Larson
Stanley
Sandra
Elva Lerch
Elkader
Robert Musser
Jeanne
Karen
Jerry Pinney
West Union
Loralee
Linda
Anna Bane
Paul
Becky
Jill
Dorothy Torkelson
Wm. Pape
Gordon
Janice Gehring
Lyle Martin
Jeri
Mickey
Doris Hanson
Betty Uctine
Castalia
Vernon
Wede
Larry
Terry
Ben Schori
Paul Zurbriggen
Bobby
Jimmy
C. B. Schori
Genevieve Dunkle
Oeelwein
Gerald Gehring
Omaha
Neb
Dick Schmid
Cedar Rapids
George Dorsey
Margie
Betty Cline
Start Furnaces Monday Aug 20 in Elgin
It was too cool for comfort Monday and a number of Elgin residents fired up their furnaces Tuesday was considerably warmer. Research at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station and by Canadian livestock scientists indicates baby pigs are deficient in digestive enzymes from six up to about five weeks of age.
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Elgin
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Canning Factory Starts With Big Rush
Bruce Boyce begins as pastor at Marion Lutheran Church near St Olaf. The canning plant opened with a surge, delivering about 400 loads of corn to the factory last week and hitting 7000 cases in a day. Each worker handles hundreds of cases daily as new equipment boosts throughput. Corn quality is high and worm damage is minimal, keeping lines busy at a record pace.
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Bruce Boyce
Marion Lutheran Church
Gunder
Norway Lutheran Church
St. Olaf
S. J. Strandford
State of Washington
Leonard Roberts open house on Saturday afternoon and evening
Mr and Mrs Leonard Roberts announce an open house on Saturday afternoon and evening with coffee doughnuts and ice cream cones for visitors. The notice appears in today's Echo.
Northern Alaska voyage anecdote from Capt Shaffer
Captain Shaffer writes from a ship near Port Barrow Alaska describing an 800 mile eastward leg toward Banks Island aboard an ice breaker. he notes 36 ships in the convoy, a broken heating system, extreme cold and continuous midnight sun, Unimak Pass and the Bering Strait view of Russia, and hopes to reach Seattle by early October.
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Mr. Strauch
Port Barrow
Alaska
Banks Island
Seattle
Unimak Pass
Aleutian Islands
Berring Strait
Russia
Tom
Elgin
J. D. Shaffer
Funeral of Mrs. Ernest Meyer
Funeral services for Mrs. Ernest Meyer were held at West Union Monday afternoon. She died at the West Union hospital about two weeks after an auto accident on primary 56 on Aug. 10. At that time she suffered a broken leg, broken ribs, face cuts and a concussion. Mrs. Meyer had broken her hip about a year ago and had an operation to remove the pin from the hip about a week before the accident. The Beho will have an obituary in next week.
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Ernest Meyer
West Union
West Union Hospital
Methodist Picnic Set At Backbone State Park Aug 27
Methodist ministers of the Dubuque district will gather with families at Backbone State Park near Strawberry Point on August 27 for the annual district picnic. Rev George W Dunn says a covered dish dinner is planned with shelter in case of rain at the Strawberry Point Methodist church social hall. Arrangement chiefs are Revs Wayne Carlson Merwin Nelson and Walter Dimmilich, with about 40 ministers in the district.
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Dubuque
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
George W. Dunn
Independence
Strawberry Point Methodist Church
Wayne Carlson
Mervin Nelson
Lemont
Walter Dimmilich
Arlington
Progress at Hi School Bricklayers Work on Window Sills
Bricklayers laid stone window sills along the west and north sides over the weekend and Monday. Workers began installing metal window frames along the library north side. Windows rise from waist high to ceiling in all classrooms and library. The gym steel frame had not arrived by Monday, but other sections progressed.
Fall Best Time to Rejuvenate Lawns
Fall renovation and seeding yield better lawn recovery than spring. Seeding that takes hold in fall resists upcoming heat. The favorable period spans the last week of August to the first week of September for best results.
New Addresses Listed for Mr and Mrs John Kiple Sr
Mr and Mrs John Kiple Sr are listed at 12167 Jackson Street Dubuque with updated contact information. The notice records their new address and residence change for official filing.
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John #. Kiple, sr
Jackson St
Dubuque
In Service Home on Leave for Pvt Weldon Orth
Pvt Weldon Orth arrived home Saturday to spend a 12 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Harold Orth. He has been stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and will report at Fort Lewis Washington on August 31.
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Pvt
Weldon Orth
Harold Orth
Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Lewis
Wash
Jows Averages About 56 Tractor Fatalities Each Year
A historical note states Jows averages about 56 tractor fatalities annually. The figure reflects ongoing concerns about farm safety and tractor-related deaths, underscoring the need for protective measures and awareness among agricultural workers.
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Mr. Avery
Avery
Rickie Ott
Dale Looby
Joe Carpenter
den Ir
Allen Knox
Marilyn Monroe
den I
Columbus
Demos
Towa Press Association
Carol
Page
P. V. Homemakers
Larson
Capt. Shaffer
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