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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
1
The Elgin Echo published weekly by Strauch and Herman in Elgin Iowa. It is entered as second class mail matter since September 1 1891 at the Elgin Post Office Fayette County Iowa under an act from 1852.
Subscription rates sit at 2.00 per year for four northeast Iowa counties and 92.50 per year elsewhere, payable in advance. Advertising lines cost 0 per line, with 10 cent per line want ads and a 3 cent weekly minimum when cash accompanies the order. blind ads pay 5 cents weekly minimum. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriam cards priced at 1.00, limited to 10 lines. Resolutions of Respect and obituaries follow regular rates.
Numerous families hosted Thanksgiving events and dinners in Elgin Postville Fayette and surrounding areas. Guests included the Wests Broadbents Torkelsons Criders and many relatives from West Union Cedar Rapids Fayette and Castalia. Celebrations centered on family meals and greetings with extended kin.
The Lew Grover home hosted Thanksgiving with John Barnhouse Clermont Robert Grover Waterloo and others in attendance. A sequence of dinners and visits followed across Clermont Sumner Flex communities with many relatives from Meisner Gehring Anderson and Meyer families traveling to celebrate.
Cherry Valley Pioneers 4-H Club met November 29 at Larry and Steven Metzger home. Ten members and four guests attended. Roll call referenced Halloween activities. Christmas gift drawing planned with not more than five cents to spend. Marion Christen spoke on meeting organization. Games were organized by Bobby and Johnny Schupbach.
Mrs. Celia Kohls hosted a Monday supper gathering with Mr and Mrs Carl Frautchy and Mr and Mrs Frank Frauchty from Madison South Dakota, Mrs Laura Schober from Nampa Idaho, and Lena Baumgart as attendees.
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