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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1960
Page
4
For Sale one half of 700 round beef offered by Alton Medberry at 5 p.m. Sale note lists quantity details and contact at that time.
Henry J. Mathie pastor outlines a December church schedule with Marion Mission Society Thursday 2:00 p.m. Junior choir at 7:30 p.m. Dorcas Christmas party Friday 8:00 p.m. Senior confirmation Saturday 9:00 a.m. Worship Sunday 11:00 a.m. Church school 9:45 a.m.
The piece notes color safety debates for traffic and school buses with green olive drab buses used in on the job testing by the state highway commission. It declares Pearl Harbor Week Dec 1 7 per Gov Loveless and lauds Iowa Hereford Herky named grand champion at Chicago’s International Livestock Exposition.
Pollock of Mount Auburn Iowa becomes the third Iowa steer in three years to win both the junior and overall grand championship at the national show. Previous champions were Roy Meass of Retnsen in 1957 and Chuck Wood Jr of Spencer in 1958. Herky the Hawk is the University of Iowa mascot. Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst asks Census Bureau for official 1960 population figures to speed state funding allocations. Population drives state liquor profits and gasoline tax distributions to cities. Interstate 30 gains 29 more miles in eastern Iowa, moving toward closing the Davenport Des Moines gap by 1965 as planned.
Extension Service calendar notes Fayette County Holstein Breeders Association annual meeting scheduled Monday December 12. The item lists a local farm group event with regional agricultural ties and a firm date.
A foggy damp day near Glenwood yields an 11 pound goose for Jim Wamberg aged 14 and Marty 10, who shoot from their yard using a 6 gauge shotgun. Abner Smith of Toma also catches a valley pike from the Iowa River, 29.5 inches long and 17.5 inches around, believed the largest in the area.
In a sequence of shows from Benton County to Chicago, Kaye Pollock of Mount Auburn and her 1050 pound Hereford Herey won junior champion and the grand championship at the Chicago International Livestock Show. She had previously placed Reserve at Ak Sar Ben and Waterloo, with tough competition from Marilyn Schutte and Mary Kay Cherveney. Gerald and Carol Shaffer commend her achievements for Benton County and the local Future Farmers of America chapter.
Walter C. Falb named Administrator by Fayette County District Court on November ith day 1960 for the estate of John Falk Deceased. Creditors must present claims legally authenticated to the Court for allowance and all debts should be paid to the Administrator Walter C. Falb with Attorney C W Antes arranging.
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