Bandstand Dedication Highlights Elgin Homecoming
Elgin High School bandmaster Leo Grether thanked the community for supporting the new bandstand built for the 60 member band that plays the summer concert series. The event featured home talent, local impersonations, the Elgin Swiss Band, and appearances by outside groups from Postville, Oelwein, Fayette, Clermont, and West Union as Elgin marked 28 years of homecomings with changes and renewed local pride.
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Leo Grether
Elgin High School
Elgin Municipal
Elgin
Grether
Postville
Oelwein
Fayette
Clermont and
West Union ‘Legion
Elgin Post
Canning Factory
Bill
Babs
Mary
Eddie Klingman
Ottumwa
Lions Club
Homecoming Parade Winners Named At Elgin Event
Parade winners were announced at the band stand with Grand prize Karolee Lehman crowned Miss Elgin. Humorous winners included Three Bears, Steven Susan and Janis Aanes, while Hill Billies team members Larry, Barry and Gary Yack earned second place. Patriotic honors went to David Kiple as Uncle Sam, with Vickie Habeger second.
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Karolee Lehman
Miss Elgin
Three Bears
Steven
Susan
Janis Aanes
Hill Billies
Larry
Barry
Gary Yack
David Kiple
Uncle Sam
Vickie Habeger
New Blood Gives Transfusion Emceed by Kohler
A fragment notes R. E. Bob Kohler serving as emcee for an event titled New Blood Gives Transfusion, highlighting Kohler’s role as host in a local gathering. Further details are unreadable in the current text.
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R. E
Bob) Kohler
Bachman Pfister wedding in East Clermont Lutheran Church
Shirley Mae Bachman wed Harold Pfister in a double ring ceremony at East Clermont Lutheran Church with Rev. S B Knudsen officiating. Elaine Anderson sang and was accompanied by Mrs S B Knudsen. Bride wore a net and satin gown with lace bodice and pearl jewelry. received a yellow rose bouquet. Reception for 150 followed.
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Shirley Mae Bachman
Leo Bachman
Elgin
Harold Pfister
Gottfried Pfister
S. B. Knudsen
East Clermont Lutheran Church
Elaine Anderson
LaVern Bachman
Fredericksburg
Clarence Reierson
Bernard Reisner
West Union
Wedding reception details with bridal cake and decor
A reception scene features blue streamers and white gladioli framing a three tiered wedding cake topped by four miniature bridal figures. Kitchen hostesses include Mrs. Helen Blockhus and Mrs. Bessie Bu roden among others, with several attendants serving guests and handling guest book and gifts.
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Helen Blockhus
Bessie Buroden
Bertha Anderson
Olga Blockhus
Anna Mae Kimball
Nellie ‘Kimball
Maureen Heth
Darlene Reierson
Lydia Wright
Donna Heth
Clarence Reierson
Rose Marie Bachman
Linda Wander
Psychologist Appointed for Four County School System
Dwight Miller of Omaha has been named psychologist for Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek and Allamakee counties. County Superintendent A S Morse notes Miller has summer clinic and teaching experience at the University of Omaha and will fill a new role in the four county setup. Previously one psychologist served 21 counties including Fayette.
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Dwight Miller
Omaha
Nebra
Fayette
Howard
Winneshiek
Allamakee
A. S. Morse
Miller
University of Omaha
Girls 4 H Show at County Fair Highlights Demonstrations
Seventeen girls from 4 H clubs exhibit sixteen items each in the Exhibit Hall with booths in white red and blue classes judged by category. Demonstrations were held from Tuesday August 23 and Wednesday Demonstration Day featured senior and junior talks on Quick Rolls A Nutritious Meal in Minutes Brownies in Jiffy Made of Milk and Mighty Good Cookies and more with noted helpers from Pleasant Valley Clermont Putnam and Wadea clubs.
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Pleasant Valley Idlenots
Merilee
Linda Entwisle
Janice Kleppe
Marie Hammersland
Clermont Clever Clovers
Judy Anderson
Bonnie Miller
Putnam
Alberta Schnoor
Alma Loomis
Wadena Wonder Workers
Sheila ‘Messerli
Mary Erickson
Marion Mission Society Meeting at Decorah Open House Invite
The Marionere Society met on Tuesday August 16 with hostesses Mrs Harvey Anderson and Mrs Robert Wettleson. Devor tions were led by Mrs Cornelius Reierson and readings by several members. A vocal duet and a Reierson poem were presented. An invitation to the Missionary Home open house at Decorah was extended with donations requested and a birthday song for three members.
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Marionere Society
Harvey Anderson
Robert Wettleson
Cornelius Reierson
Otto Hanson
Kenneth Mark
Ruth Loftsgard
Harold Opland
L. ©. Reierson
Mervin Reierson
Lloyd Reierson
Decorah
First Prosecution Under 1955 Egg Grading Law Fined
The Iowa Department of Agriculture reports the first prosecution under the 1955 egg grading act. Clyde Spry says Joe Naiseh of Warehouse Market Burlington paid a $25 fine in municipal court for failing to candle and grade eggs. The act, under legal challenge, was temporarily restrained by the Polk County court until the Iowa Supreme Court lifted the injunction. The law requires all producer to retailer egg sales to be graded.
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State Department of Agriculture
Clyde Spry
Joe Naiseh
Burlington
Iowa Supreme Court
Polk County
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Producers’ Organization
Schneider Reunion Held Sunday in Elgin City Park
The first Schneider reunion was held Sunday, Aug. 21, in the Elgin city park with 152 members and several guests present. A brief program featured the Elgin Hot Shots, songs by Ione Nyborg and Joan Odegard, and the Gehring quartet. Attendees included Ed Sauder and Francis Schneider of Heron Lake Minnesota, Lester Marti and Karen Bern of Kansas, Eli Sutter and the Sutter family.
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Schneider
Elgin City Park
Elgin Hot Shots
Ione Nyborg
Joan Odegard
Gehring Quartet
Ed Sauder
Francis Schneider
Heron Lake
Minn
Lester Marti
Karen
Bern
Kans
Eli Sutter
James ‘Sutter
Sutter and Butikofer Families Lead Community Gathering
In Taylor Missouri area notes, multiple families from West Union Osage Postville Farmersburg Waucoma and surrounding towns attended a community event. Officers named include Mrs Joe Wand er Lydia Martie Minnie Daniels Mollie Schneider and others. The gathering established plans for an annual affair with Joe V Schneider as the oldest member at 47 and LuAnn Butikofer as the youngest.
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Taylor, Mo
Joe Wander
Ole Reierson
Levi Frieden
Jim Daniels
Jacob Schneider
Allen Anderson
Leonard
Werner Moore
Orlando Loftsgard
Wm. Torkelson
George Schupbach
Ervin Metzger
Lavern Schneider
Fred Schneider
J. W. Schneider
Orville Moore
Louis Butikofer
Will Frieden
Dummermuth Family Reunion Held in Elgin Park
A Dummermuth family reunion gathered in Elgin park on Sunday August 21 marking the first large reunion in over two decades. Attendees included Pearl Dummermuth and John Fay of Fayette M D Earl Dummermuth of Sioux Falls Hawkeye Al Moshel Clermont Herbert Dummermuth of Clermont Helen Stahmer North Miami Beach Fla Emory Dummermuth West Union Junita Dummermuth and a friend from St Paul Minn Andrew Dummermuth Wm Dum mermuth and Renee Conner Dummermuth and children Elgin Jack Slyfield and son Jackson-
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Dummermuth
Elgin Park
Pearl Dummermuth
John Fay
Fayette
Earl Dummermuth
Sioux Falls
M. D
al Moshel
Hawkeye
Herbert Dummermuth
Clermont
Helen Stahmer
North Miami Beach
Fla
Emory Dummermuth
West Union
Junita Dummermuth
St. Paul
Minn
Andrew Dummermuth
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