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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1954
Page
4
We sincerely thank friends relatives and neighbors who sent cards food and gifts during our illness this fall Special thanks to those who cut and sawed wood for us Mr and Mrs Clifton Powell l4p.
Governor elect Leo Hoegh plans a first in state politics by summoning all Republican members of the Iowa legislature for a pre legislative session. The move aims to map priorities before the January 10 1955 opening as 48 new representatives and 15 new senators join the body.
Hoegh outlines plan to meet with 134 legislators to map a program and review the Republican platform. He vows education and roads as 12 objectives, stressing bipartisan teamwork between executive and legislative branches. The piece notes highway costs, mileage, and a court ruling on funding a Marshalltown soldiers home dormitory from WWI bonus funds.
Tramblee daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Tramblee of Lamont married Verlyn Kraus eldest son of Mr and Mrs Cyril Kraus of Volga at St Peters Lutheran Lamont. Rev Hoefer officiated in a lace over taffeta gown with blue and pink formal attendants and pom pom decor
The ceremony featured ring bearer Gary Trumblen and flower girl with daisies, John Barrack sang during and before the rite, and the organ was played by Mrs. Dick Schoenback. Alfred Trumblee served as best man as ushers Lavon Trumblee and Merlin Nading assisted. The couple, Mr Kraus and a Trumblee family, plan to reside with relatives while awaiting his military call. A reception for about two hundred followed in the church basement with a pink blue table decor and a three tier cake. The Krauses, Volga High School alumni, will relocate with the Trumblees as Kraus may enter service. 5 Born to Vernon Wilker and spouse a son at Manchester hospital Tuesday morning. Mrs. Marian Phillips St. John, 100, died in Seattle Thanksgiving. funeral held Monday.
Wadena News notes describe visitors and Thanksgiving entertainments across area homes. Lavern Thomas and daughter from Des Moines stayed with Dale Ritben household. Pearl Johnson visited Earl Halverson in West Union. The Corbins hosted Logan, Beltz, Nellie Fleming, and more on Thanksgiving. Flossie Voshell hosted the Dugans and Ruth Hall of Waterloo, plus Marble family from Manchester. Additional guests included Jimmie Hall and Velma Lamphier. Edwin Humphry and family, Bert Cook, and Warren Kiefer households also reported visits.
Mr and Mrs Bud Clark and son along with Mr and Mrs Robert Clark and son Cedar Rapids Dawson Clark Jr and John De Wald were Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Dawson Clark. Mr and Mrs J O Probert Mrs Louise Gehring and Mrs Mabel Johnson shared Thanksgiving in the Roy Heyer home West Union. John DeWald went to the Vererang hospital Iowa City Friday for medical care. Dr and Mrs Richard Barns of Freeport spent the weekend with old friends here. Mr and Mrs Luther Crandall visited Alfred Nordhus in West Union Sunday. Loretta Mattocks of Clinton spent Thanksgiving vacation here. Mr and Mrs J O Probert and Fred Heiden were guests Sunday in the James Probert home Farmersburg.
A Dayton Beach ceremony led by the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation includes prayers for guidance and a vow to pursue absolute purity honesty unselfishness and love. The gathering seeks global fellowship peace and brotherhood through shared spiritual commitment.
The report notes Estina Ivey of Mapleton marking her 100th birthday with a trip to the polls to cast her ballot in the general election. Additional items mention Shad chi foot and Roger Harria losing a hand in local mill accidents, a Burlington resident escaping a blaze, and W. x. Ley celebrating 40 years in the auto business since 1914.
A broadcaster asks why Solomon was the wisest. A girl replies because he had many wives to advise him. A child admits reading is easier than writing. Signs along roads are described. An actress with a cold jokes about sneezing on cue.
Iowa farmers forecast a 1 percent rise in hogs marketed in September and October versus last year, about 38 percent above the five year average. Fall sow farrowings June 1 to November 30 are estimated at 1,022,000 head, up 10 percent from last year and over the five and ten year levels. Winter farrowing intentions are up 12 percent, suggesting potential lower pork prices at the farmers market.
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