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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1955
Page
8
Cherry Valley residents host and visit as various families from Guttenberg Canton Canton Sioux City Kahoka West Lake La Muskegon and Wilmette gather for weekend visits. Multiple travel to and from home sites including Elizabeth Christen’s European trip plans and neighbors sharing meals and hospitality through Thursday to Sunday.
A Sunday itinerary mentions visiting Prairie du Chien in the morning and spending the day at Pike's Peak and the Villa Louis museum. The note highlights local landmarks and a relaxed travel plan with no further details.
The Syria Wyria Community Church announces two Sundays with no services due to the pastor E G Steinman taking a two week vacation. The Progressive Home Study Club will meet with Mrs Arnold Sanders and Mrs Albert Dennler next Wednesday afternoon Aug 31. A birthday club honored Mrs Tofield Heck on an afternoon gathering. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed as guests at various homes and events across several towns, with many connections among families visiting each other and attending reunions and picnics.
Gunder News reports a series of weekend visits and guest appearances. Jean and Marilyn Raisch returned to Chapin after visiting grandparents Ray and Mrs Jacobin. Otto Gislesons hosted Lawrence Naylor and others from West Union. Loftsgards and Karol visited Mason City. Mrs Loftsgard and Karol stayed awhile. Clark Meyer and Bernard Loftsgard with Marion traveled to Mason City for a day with the Ellers. Kathleen Gisleson stayed with the Kjosa home weekend. Harold Skarshaug from Ames visited the Olson home, with his family returning home later. Mrs Joseph Reierson of Castalia visited the Cornelius Reierson home. Walter Lantz family joined the Maynard Lantz home Sunday. The Rev Victor Fiskerbeck and Ardis of Ossian, and Hilmer and Ella Fiskerbeck with Mrs Clarence Kittelson of Burton Minn, visited Emil Gulsing on Sunday. Roger Lee, infant son of Merlin and Mrs Hellum, was baptized at Marion Lutheran Church with sponsors Myron Hoag and Kenneth Hellum. Dinner guests at Merlin Hellum’s included Rev S J Strandford, Eunice, and the Myron Hoag and Kenneth Hellum families. The Silas Butikofer family also mentioned.
Des Moines officials announce a special thrill day on Thursday September 1 featuring Hollywood stuntmen and a national team of independent daredevils. The big afternoon promises a showcase of car crash demonstrations and other dramatic stunts as part of the exposition program.
Tuesday evening guests at the Myron Houg home included Mr and Mrs Lloyd Schutte and their children of Castalia. Henry Olson hosted the event. Callers that evening were Mr and Mrs Frank Hogan of Postville.
The 4-H Girls held an achievement show on August 11 featuring Deon Jennings and Diane Mattox with a refrigerated pie demonstration. Mary Erickson and Sheilah Messerli demonstrated cookie making with variations, while baked and canned goods were on display for judging by Mrs. Taylor the assistant home ec judge. The Farm Bureau met at the schoolhouse with David Jelling presenting club history and Jimmie Rubens discussing a county trip to Wilson Meat Packing Plant Cedar Rapids. Tommie Baldwin demonstrated a loading chute and sorting pens using a scale model for his chair demonstration.
Hazel V Whitford and husband transfer land to Dale A Kilpatrick in SW SW NE 17-94-8 for 100 dollars. Harry Freeman and wife deed land to Leon Freeman for 1 dollar in NW and NE 8-92-7. William A Weibel et al transfer Lots 10 and 19 in Block 5 at Elgin to Henry H Wolf and wife. Luther Voshell transfers land to Edna Block wife for 1 dollar in SE SE 11-92-7 and part NE SE 33 and adjacent SW SW 34-93-7.
Alfred Baechler of Clermont registered an Olds sedan. Melvin Engelhardt of Elgin registered a Plymouth sedan. Walter or Helen Cordes of Arlington registered a Ford sedan. Walter or Martha Mitts of Elgin registered a Chevrolet Station Wagon. Elbert or Carol Westpfahl of Elgin registered a Ford sedan. Walter Kruempel of Arlington registered a Pontiac sedan. Clarence Thorson of Clermont registered a Chevrolet sedan.
The note lists tasks for dairy farmers including weed clipping to protect grass, checking cow freshening dates for fall calving, ensuring a dry period and ample feed, filling mud holes in yards, barn remodeling for winter comfort, preparing silos, securing bedding, and acclimating heifers to stalls with extra feed.
Abe and John Goemaat of Pella returned from Idaho with two rock sturgeon weighing 125 and 90 pounds each. The men described the catch as among the year’s best fish stories.
Mexican teen Jose Rodriguez hitchhiked to Corydon in three days after crossing the international bridge at El Paso unseen by immigration officers. Immigration officials at Omaha plan to return him to his home.
The speaker questions church attendance as mere formality and urges personal affirmation of God’s mercy and love. Each individual should cultivate heartfelt devotion, pursue righteousness, and earn spiritual fruits through inner commitment.
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