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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1957
Page
1
The Elgin Echo published weekly on Thursdays by Strauch and Hermen from Elgin Iowa. It carries postal details noting second class mail status since 1891 and lists its address in Elgin Fayette County Iowa.
The notice lists subscription rates of 2.00 per year for four Northeast Iowa counties and 2.50 per year for all outside that territory, with payment in advance. Advertising rates include per line 10 cents with a 30 cent weekly minimum if cash accompanies the order, otherwise 50 cents. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriam are 1.00, with similar limits, and notices with admission charges follow regular rates.
Miss Jeanine Marie Cook and Ralph Raynold Matt married Saturday morning November 30 at St Josephs Catholic Church Elkader. Officiating were Rt Rev Msgr Daniel A Gorman and Rev Robert Cooney. Bride given by father wore Italian Dupione silk with lace and a chapel train. Guests dined for 250 with reception in the parish hall following the ceremony.
The bride wore a heaven blue suit with black and white accessories and an orchid corsage. After a brief wedding trip, the couple will live on a farm near West Union. She is a 1954 Elgin High School graduate and 1957 Saint Mary's School of Nursing alumna in Rochester, Minnesota. The bridegroom is a Clermont High School graduate of 1953 who served two years in the U.S. Army.
John once drove 120 miles per hour to keep a date with his wife and later became a sober driver. He was named Driver of the Week for safe habits, but a fatal crash ended his life and shocked the town.
A driver returning from a grocery store veered down a hill, ran a stop sign, and crashed into a brick wall. A beans can found wedged under the brake pedal matched the impact marks, suggesting it caused the failed braking. The incident ends with the driver’s death.
Elgin residents hosted and visited across a busy weekend with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brown Algona, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gage, Mrs. Fanny Frieden Ida, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Howerd, Pearl Peters Glenfield North Dakota, Mrs. Mabel Peters, Louis Becker and Judy, the Leonard Heins family, Ernest Larson, and Mr. Fred Butikofer. L. T. Anderson visited Mrs. Roy Leuchtenmacher Thursday.
A Lakota farmer Eugene Jansen lost both hands in a cornpicker accident after standing on the machine and slipping. The downtown water tower, a Sheldon landmark built 63 years ago, is slated for demolition. Grass silage serves as winter roughage for yearling cattle, with small amounts of dry roughage increasing ration value. A Tripoli hen laid a seven inch by eight and a half inch egg weighing 4.12 ounces with three yolks. A local joke recounts a holdup man demanding money and being teased by the victim. The Crown of England reportedly holds 6,170 diamonds, including a 34 carat stone.
Readable fragments describe a festive program featuring Rimsky Korsakoff, Loewe, Bennett, Herbert, Tschaikovsky, and Handel. Performances include a baby in a cradle, Jingle Bells, and a Christmas story from St Luke with choir, band, and audience participation under conductor Gruber.
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