Want Ads and Local Notices From West Union Echo
Want Ad rates explain 25 cents for 25 words and 1 cent per word after. Extra weekly handling charge applies if replies come to the office. Cash with order. phone accepted but pay before month end or 10 cent per line billed. For sale Pisano chairs and household items. call by appointment. Federal Land Bank loan offers low 4 percent interest from Glenn Wates, secretary-treasurer, National Farm Loan Association, West Union Iowa. State Fair world premiere August 31 to September 4 at Avalon. Emma Knudtson of Elgin invited as guest. tickets available at office.
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Glenn Wates
National Farm Loan Association
West Union
Iowa
Emma Knudtson
Elgin
Echo
Fayette County Budget Hearing Notice Issued
The Fayette County Board of Supervisors will meet September 10, 1945 at 2 00 P M at the Court House in West Union Iowa to hear taxpayers on the proposed expenditures for the 1946 fiscal year. Hazel Gehring county auditor. $12 03.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Fayette County
Iowa
Court House
West Union
Hazel Gehring
Can Corn Fresh and a Little At a Time for Good Results
Corn canning guidance from Gladys Kimbrough of Ball Brothers outlines selecting fresh corn, proper husking and cutting, and the two hour rule from garden to canner. It recommends ready jars, clean lids, and using a steam pressure cooker for cream style to avoid browning and spoilage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Kimbrough
Ball Brothers Company
Glass Jar Company
Muncie
Indiana
Miss Kimbrough
Government urges civilians to help in second week of peace
Citizens are urged to use 4,000 US Employment Service offices to find work and reduce turnover during reconversion. They are asked to store potatoes to prevent spoilage as the 1945 crop is expected to be large. Travel should be postponed to keep trains free for troops returning at about 600,000 per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Employment Service
Pines for Memorials Available From SPB
Surplus aeronautical property may be used by state and local governments for memorials as well as educational, research and experimental purposes. Equipment cannot be used for flight and recipients pay transportation. Communities urged to preserve aircraft under cover to prevent deterioration. Applications should be addressed to Russell Heddleston, Chief, Educational Disposal Section, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Heddleston
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
D. Cc
War Production Board Drops 210 Controls and Frees Consumer Goods
The War Production Board removed 210 controls to speed peacetime conversion. Restrictions on radios refrigerators and trucks for civilian use were lifted and many metal furniture domestic stoves laundry equipment electric fans motorcycles storage batteries photographic film shipping containers oil burning equipment silk and cotton duck plus many other products were freed for consumer use.
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War Production Board
Household Goods Return at 1942 Prices This Fall
Stores plan to stock washing machines ironers and aluminum kitchen ware at 1942 prices this fall. Manufacturers to tag items with ceiling prices. New ration stamps valid Sept 1 add five more red stamps for meats fats fish and dairy through Dec 31. Sugar stamp 38 also valid Sept 1 through Dec 1 for five pounds of sugar.
Value of Completing High School Education
Tomorrow no boy or girl can afford to sacrifice educational opportunities offered by finishing high school. World War I showed practical job training is easy to obtain, but true happiness and civic participation depend on completing high school as the minimum goal.
Divorce Granted in District Court for Avis Lynch
Avis Lynch was granted a divorce from D R Lynch in district court on Monday. Neither party may remarry within a year. Avis received sole custody of their son with the other parent allowed visitation. The ex-spouse must pay 50 dollars monthly for child care until the son turns 21. Property rights were seized by stipulation on file.
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Lynch
D. R. Lynch
Soaking Vegetables For Fresh Flavor And Value
Soaking vegetables after cutting draws out juice containing both value and flavor. Wash and refrigerate in a covered container to refresh. Peeling potatoes before cooking wastes food value if done early. Strawberries should be washed before hull, oranges and cherries held over a bowl to save juice.
Bank Buildings Bank profits rise on windproof homes
Bank buildings banking buildings proves profit able. The home may be warm enough, but many small barns, hog houses and poultry houses can be made windproof and much warmer, if banked with straw, corn stalks or even snow.
Working Teen Agers Urged To Go to School
Teenage boys and girls who have had wartime or summer jobs are urged to return to school. The notice highlights the need for continued education as preparation for adult responsibilities and postwar opportunities.
Broadcaster’s quip on cement and feeding floor idea
A broadcaster jokes about having plenty of cement and using it to install a feeding floor to conserve corn. He notes hogs will eat from a clean plate and quips about a “close-mouthed fellow” waiting by the stove for the janitor to return with the cuspidor.
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Clermont
Torkelsen Bros
W. J. Noska
Employers Mutual Liability Company
R. P. Strauch
Dial
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Atwater Kent Electric Cabinet Radio
Joe Thompson
Riley Bros
Torkelson Bros
A. M. Weibel
A. M. Weibe
Hotel
Berlin
the Avalon
J. B. Miller
Echo Office
Echo Enterprise
Cal
LEO V. Boleyn Dial
West Union Rendering Works
Enterprise
U. Maint
D. Maint
Ball Brothers Co
ADANO
John Hersey
Heran
Time and Life
Titella
Italy
Herbert D. Klammer
Carroll George Turner
Leota Belle Cummings
Fayette
Bernard Finegan
Arleta Hart
Farmersburg
Charles E. Weigel
Iva Lorraine Maher
Oelwein
Jerome J. Impede
Fr. Ausinson
Alvina Mary Kreiner
Waucoma
Lyle M. Olson
Elkader
Genevieve Marie Peters
Echo-Enterprise
Pete
Philadelphia
Ee Ine
Jane
Jean
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Elgin Cooperative
Max Medberry, Mer
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