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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1954
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial masthead states 3711 Elgin Iowa address and postal filing as second class mail matter dated September 1, 1911, Fayette County Iowa, under March 3, 1852 act.
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Ill and hospitalized notes from Veterans Hospital recount Nels Olson undergoing surgery on Wednesday November 24 at the Rochester Cline unit. Martin Wenger transported Lew and Walter Wenger to Rochester, Minn. for a check up. Mrs. Doyle Baker returned to New Hampton hospital for further surgery. Q I Mulford came home from Postville hospital for Thanksgiving after about a week as a medical patient.
Mr and Mrs Don Reeder announce the birth of a son Gary David born Saturday November 27 at Palmer hospital in West Union. This is the fourth boy in the family. Mrs Reeder is formerly Eva Boyer.
Jerome Yearous and Melvin Hunsberger won the championship as coon hunters by catching fourteen raccoons. Pelts averaged twelve dollars each. Melvin Benson departed for Dubuque to join a federal grand jury, with Max Thoma released after being called. Local area road travel improved with Kern hill and creamery hill journeys this week. Walter Falk and Allen Habeger families moved into new homes on Main Street and adjacent rooms vacated by the Falb family.
Private William Butikofer and family report his return from overseas with the Seventh Fleet aboard ship. Duane Pinney, Loren Casper, and George Lerch are also noted in military postings and training. Ima Completes Training, and Pfc Dean Torkelson returns on furlough before reporting to duty on the west coast.
Iowa State College dairy researchers have created canned frozen milk that tastes like fresh milk. The product, once thawed and diluted with water, yields three quarts of drinkable milk, promising a fuller, richer flavor for table use.
Ten general bids were opened for the new girls dormitory at U S U with prices from 204000 down to 165162 by Epperson Construction Co Sumner The Minnesota firm led in plumbing and heating while Vern Pratt West Union bid low on electrical work The three lowest bids totaled 209216 The executive committee will seek board approval December 3 for the contracts The dormitory will house 64 girls and is slated for completion September 1 1955.
The Wapsipinicon Area Council Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual meeting on Thursday December 2 with dinner at 6 45 p m in Black's main dining room Waterloo Institutional representatives delegates from 134 sponsoring organizations council members and all scout leaders and wives are invited Dayton Countryman Nevada Attorney General elect will speak Fayette county is among the eight counties in the council territory Men of this county participating include Charles W Antes West Union Dr Eugene E Garbe Fayette Rev E R Cooney West Union and Rev G W Ukena West Union
The Elgin area notes multiple Thanksgiving visits and gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Klingman hosted guests including Mrs. I D Henderson, Mrs. Tille Hanson, Pam Clothier, and Walter Kohler, with other dinners featuring Rev. and Mrs. Charles Johnson of St Anne Illinois, the Muehlethaler family, Beverly and Joan, and more. Families in Oelwein, Beverly, and Volga hosted relatives while others visited Menaska Wisconsin and Sumner. Mrs. J Anderson attended a Des Moines wedding of May Wherry and Paul Krause Jr, returning home Sunday. Mrs. E G Steinman traveled to Dumont to help care for her invalid brother.
A long list of households hosted and visited for Thanksgiving and surrounding days. Names include the Schori Hackett Medberry Gilson Morris Olson Pulfer Frieden Moore Funk Wettstein and many others visiting in Calmar Volga Decorah Dubuque Waterloo and nearby towns with multiple extended families gathering for meals and overnight stays. Several West Bend Princeville and Jacksonville connections appear among the visitors and hosts.
The Lloyd Meyer family of Postville and the Max Hunsberger family spent Thanksgiving together. Visitors in the Mary Keiser home included Mrs. John Falk and several others. A senior from Oskaloosa, Miss Jean Dunham, was selected for a 209 piece orchestra at the all state music festival in Des Moines.
Fayette County calendar lists Illyria Livestock 4-H meeting at 8:00 p.m. at Kent Nydegger Rural women's chorus at the Farm Bureau Building. On Dec 7 Putnam township homemakers meet 12:30 p.m. at Mrs. Talcott for basket weaving and block printing. Dec 8 Pleasant Valley township homemakers meet 9:30 a.m. at Mrs. Leon Jacob with picnic lunch and book exchange. Smithfield Livewires 4-H at 8:00 p.m. at Jim Barrack’s home. Dec 9 Wadena Riverside 4-H at Charles Durnan’s home 9:00 p.m. Illyria Farm Bureau at Wadena for Christmas party.
Supper guests Sunday included Mr and Mrs W K Oldfather of Volga and Sandra Dummermuth a Kahler School of Nursing student in Rochester Minn visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Dummermuth She plans to leave Dec 20 for Chicago for further training Marlene Mosby spent Thanksgiving with her parents Mr and Mrs G J Mosby Mr and Mrs Leo Schori entertained at Thanksgiving dinner Mr and Mrs Leo Schori Jr and daughter of Gelwein and Janice Schori Rochester Minn
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