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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1953
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial is a weekly newspaper from Elgin Iowa published every Thursday by Strauch and Hemen It lists postal registration details showing entry as second class mail and notes Fayette County Iowa as its location.
Advertising rates listed per line ten cents with a thirty cent weekly minimum when cash accompanies an order. If not, the minimum is zero. Blind ads or inquiries cost fifty cents weekly. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriam are one dollar. Above ten lines, notices and obituaries priced at regular advertising rates. Also a note on poultry house insulation for winter.
Miss Tillie Butikofer daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Butikofer and Merlin Hellum son of Mr and Mrs John Hellum united in marriage Tuesday December 1 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Attendants were the brides sister and husband Mr and Mrs Willie Thorsgard of Volga. A wedding dinner followed at the bride’s parents home. The couple plans a two weeks trip to California and the southern states then will reside on the former John Hellum farm and continue works at Hellum Produce Co.
Echo files from December 3, 1928 note two farm homes near Elgin approaching completion. J W Schneider and H H Gilbertson are the builders with Louis Anderson as contractor. A school fire drill Tuesday afternoon took under two minutes to evacuate pupils. Ole Benson bought the John Anderson residence on Franklin Street for a future home with his spouse. At the football banquet Monday,
Leo Grether was elected captain for next year at the day evening event, with L. B. Carter and Creighton Connor as special guests. A seven pound son named John William was born to Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Cannon at Postville hospital Saturday morning. Old timers note an improbable moment as the steering wheel becomes a family circle.
Mr and Mrs John Metzger welcomed a son born Wednesday November 25 at Postville hospital weighing 5 12 pounds. Mr and Mrs Sheldon Kohls Marion welcomed a daughter named Mary Jo born Sunday November 29 at the same hospital weighing 6 pounds 1 1 2 ounces.
Elgin Panthers travelled to Maynard on November 25. The Pantherettes scored 11 in the first half and 47 overall as Maynard led 31 59 at final with Brackin 19 for Elgin Nickelson 36 for Maynard. In the boys game Maynard led 26 20 at halftime and pulled away to win 52 30 with Keith Circler 17 for Elgin and Wedemeier 17 for Maynard.
State of Iowa Fayette County district court notice announces hearing on December 28, 1953 for admission to probate of the purported last will of Caroline Erickson, deceased, in West Union. Clerk Herbert D. Klammer signs dated November 25, 1953.
The Pleasant Valley Sharpshooters 4-H Club met at Duane Engelhardt home on Nov 30. Twelve members reported cattle on their farms, a Christmas party plan was made, and gifts were drawn. A basketball team captain was elected and Kenneth Block gave a health talk with youth assistant Harold Boulton attending. Mrs Engelhardt served lunch. Paul Hanson reporter.
Iowa farms are expected to market 3.83 million hogs in November and December, down 14 percent from 1952. Cattle and calves are projected at 24 percent higher, about 550 thousand head versus 433 thousand a year ago, with the prior average near 430 thousand. A seed testing change at Iowa State College offers purity or germination only tests.
The article warns seed germination drives field stand and profitability. It cites soybeans with only about 60 percent germination in 195% and bromé grams under 70 percent. It notes oats and clover seeds also show high unfitness, urging testing and proper seed treatment before planting.
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