Elgin Youth Week Opens With Entertaining Acts
A weekly youth program at Elgin churches begins with the Sinister Sisters of Waksburg College entertaining audiences of 30 to 2,000. Diane Clauson and Pam Hanson perform with a Smothers Brothers style Christian punch. Magician evangelist K Duane Pederson appears at the high school midweek and a Mystery Party follows Sunday at MWlyria Church. Youth also write to area servicemen. Proceeds go to United Fund for USC work.
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Elgin Church
Waksburg College
Christain
Diane Clauson
Pam Hanson
Smal
Lange
Elgin
Eatured
K. Duane Pederson
Highway 56
United Fund
U.S.C
Sinister Sisters
Wartburg
Elgin Lutheran Church
Reierson 85th Birthday Dinner Held At Home
Mrs. Reierson celebrated her 85th birthday Tuesday evening January 23 with a dinner at the L. O. Reierson home. Attendees included L. O. Reierson, Randolph Reierson, Brian and Brad Reierson, Harvey Paulsen, Roger Reed, and Linda Reed. Dishes were prepared by Marjorie Paulsen and Virginia Reierson. Additional birthday greetings came from Mrs. Ray Reierson and Trene Olson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
L. O. Reierson
Reierson
Randolph Reierson
Brian
Brad
Harvey Paulsen
Roger
Linda Reed
Marjorie Paulsen
Virginia Reierson
L. Q. Reierson
Ray Reierson
Trene Olson
Gusie Miller
Clermont
Cornelius Reierson
Three Winners at Elgin Cash Give Away
Three winners were named in Elgin last Saturday. Mrs. Rose Howard won $10, Bernard Loftsgard Jr. and Jon Alan Chapman won $5 each. The jackpot was unclaimed and will be $70 next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Rose Howard
Bernard Loftsgard, Jr
Jon Alan Chapman
Birthday Club party hosted by Anne Howard
Anne Howard entertained the Birthday Club on Tuesday January 24. Members present included Clara Muehlethaler Ida Nydegger Mdris R P uch George Vaughn Edwin Leon Shepard Bertha an Ida Christen Grace Ida Cummings and guest Mrs DeSart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Howard
Hendship
Clara Muehlethaler
Ida Nydegger
Mdris
R. Puch
George Vaughn
Edwin
Leon Shepard
Berthaan
Ida Christen
Grace
Ida Cummings
Mrs. DeSart
Extension Calendar District Meetings and Workshops
County schedule lists five district Extension meetings in Fay Elkader Wat and Ames. Health workshop and tourism briefing led by Extension Supervisor Goettsch from State University alongside local Extension Office staff.
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Yyton County
Fay
Elkader
Wat
al Goettsch
State University
Ames
Local Campaign Aims to Raise Funds for Crippled Children
Sealed names Sear and J G Johnson as Fayette Co seal chairmen for the 1968 campaign announce Plambeck who tv services director and chair, to head host and volunteers preparing the annual appeal. Funds are sought across Iowa and run through Friday April 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Er Sealman
Sear
J. G. Johnson
Fayette Co
Eal
Plambeck
Who-Tv Services
Er Seal
Ill
Crippled Children
Poughout
Iowa
Iday
Amway Direct Distributor Recognizes Bakers in Elgin
Justin and Beverly Baker of Elgin are named Amway Direct Distributor by Amway Corporation Ada Michigan for high sales and a large distributor network. Amway, a global direct selling firm, operates over 100 products and reports 80 000+ distributors in the U S and Canada with last year’s sales around 36 million dollars. The Bakers will lead their sales organization, run meetings, keep local product inventories, publish bulletins, and recruit new distributors.
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Justin
Beverly Baker
R.R . Elgin
Amway Corporation
Ada
Mich
Amway
U.S
Canada
Baker's
Promotion to Army Private E-2 for Elgin man
Robert HK Viehring, LY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester E. Gehring of Elgin, was promoted to private pay grade E-2 after completing basic combat training at Fort Bliss, Texas, on January 12. The early promotion followed an Army policy rewarding top trainees based on range firing scores, physical combat proficiency, bearing, and leadership. His wife Brenda resides at 4122 Shaw Ave., St. Louis, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert HK. Viehring
Lester E. Gehring
Elgin
F. Bliss
Tex
Army
Brenda
Shaw Ave
St. Louis
Eighteenth Annual Fisheree At Gremore Lake Wisconsin
The 18th annual Tee Fisheree at Gremore Lake seven miles north of Prairie du Chien Wisconsin runs February 10 and 11. It is billed as the Midwest’s oldest and largest fishery event with door prizes for many attendees and awards for the largest fish of any species. Registration opens at 7:00 a.m. each day, after which contestants enter the fishing area.
25th Wedding Anniversary Observed for Mr and Mrs Harold Patrick
The 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Harold Patrick will be observed Jan 31 Thelma Buroden and Harald Patrick wed Jan 41 1948 at the home of Mr and Mrs Adamund Lauer in West Union Their attendants were Mr and Mrs Joseph Beeking They are parents of four children and two grandsons They have lived in Hawkeye 12 years and run the Skyline Cafe for 6 They plan an anniversary dance Feb 3 at Hawkeye Community Hall all invited.
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Harold
Patrick
Thelma Buroden
Harald Patrick
Adamund Lauer
West Union
Joseph Beeking
Robert
Sharon) Frickson Oelweiny Taariy
United States Nave
U.S.S. Kittyhawk
Viet Nam Areca
Rosalita
LaJames Beauty College
Mason City
Dean
Soniay
North Fayette County
Daryl
Larry Erickson
Oelwein
Hawkeye
Skyline Cafe
W. W. 71
Hawkeye Community Hall
Fayette County Republican Committee Meeting Recap
The Fayette county Republican Committee met January 29 in the State Bank of Fayette board room with 41 members present. Precinct caucus dates are set for March 4 at 8 PM countywide, with locations to be announced. County Convention is March 22 at 7 30 PM in West Union Court House. A Feb 5 women’s potluck luncheon is at 12 30 PM at the Fayette Farm Bureau building.
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Central Committee
Republican Party of
Fayette County
State Bank of
Fayette
Thh
Court House
West Union
Farm Bureau Budge
Seminar Attendance for Rev Collins in Kansas City
The Rev. Lee Roy Collins will attend a Continuing Education Seminar at St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City Missouri from January 30 to February 23. Ten Iowa pastors were selected for the program now in its second year to help ministers keep pace with rapid change in the modern world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lee Roy Collins
St. Paul School of Theology
Iowa
Feed Grain and Wheat Sign-Up Dates Set in Fayette County
Farmers in Fayette County may sign up for the 1968 feed grain and wheat programs from February 5 to March 15. Herbert M. Ash, Chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization County Committee, announced the period for both commodity programs. Signups require applications indicating the farmer's program intentions and level of participation. under the feed grain plan, participants may receive diversion and price support payments and qualify for price support loans on corn and grain sorghum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Herbert M. Ash
Agricultural Stabilization County Committee
Bankers Association names Knudtson to State Legislative Committee
The Iowa Bankers Association acting for President Oliver A. Hansen informs Laurence L. Knudtson, Elgin State Bank executive vice president and Group TV member, that he is appointed to the IBA State Legislative Committee for the coming year. The group committee includes three vice chairmen and will support the county contact committees and county bankers associations in liaising with legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Bankers Association
Oliver A. Hansen
Laurence L. Knudtson
Elgin State Bank
Group TV
IBA
County Bankers Associations
Public notices and engagements in the Wadena Echo
The issue carries public notices about town finances and informs taxpayers. It also reports Evelyn Audion of Mattituck announces her daughter Karen Mary’s engagement to Robert Klingman of Wadena Iowa with an April wedding planned. Social items cover club meetings, showers, visitors, and church circle plans with local residents named and events dated in January and February.
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Wadena
The
Echo
Evelyn Audion
Mattituck
Long Island
N. Y
Karen Mary
Robert E. Klingman
Robert M. Klingman
Iowa
Miss Audioun
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, D. C
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Valley P T A Meeting Set For February 8
Valley Community School's Parent Teachers Association will meet next Thursday February 8 at Valley High School. The program begins at 8 p.m. Guidance Counselor Miss Edna Luce will speak on Values and Problems of Today's Youth. Room Mothers are listed for 8th grade Elgin Clermont and other classes. Public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Community School
Parent-Teachers’ Association
The
Valley High School
Edna Luce
Loren Olson
Helmer Lyngans
Elgin
Robert Medberry
Harry Everett
Clermont
Robert Johnson
Clarence Johnson
New Addresses Ale Richard BE Amundson Box 6712 Goodfellow AFB
Richard BE Amundson, listed with AF ID 16973350, has new address at Box 6712 Goodfellow AFB Texas 76901. This notice records a military mailing change and updates official records for personnel stationed at Goodfellow AFB.
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Richard BE. Amundson
Goodfellow Afb
Texas
Major Girl Scout Cookie Sale Underway in Conestoga Council
More political candidates announce for major office. Girl Scout cookie orders run February 5 to 19 with five varieties Savannahs, Cremes, Scot-Teas, Mints, and Coconut Pixies at 5 cents each. Deliveries March 19 to 28. Profits support troops and council services across 11 counties, funding camp development and repairs at Heyata, Wapkada, and Decorah sites. Orders via registered Junior Cadette or Senior troops.
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R’s
Girl Scouts
Conestoga Council
Heyata
Janesville
Wapkada
Independence
Decorah
Whalen
Tahigwa
inAllamakee
Pri m aries Not Until September 3
Candidates announce for major offices ahead of the September 3 primary. James Bramwell of Cedar Rapids and William Pylmar of Des Moines enter the Republican race for U S Senate. Centerville publisher Robert Beck becomes fifth candidate for Iowa governor, pledging a hard hitting tax reform platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bramwell
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
William Pylmar
U. S. Senate
H. R. Gross
Senate
Gross
House
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Centerville
Robert K. Beck
Tom Riley
Sayes
Congress
Iowa
Howard Reppert
Beck Robert Beck
Hughes
Beck
William Murray
Iowa Press Association
Bent Cane
Des Moines Press & Radio Club
Visiting Ministers Conduct Christian Education Lab in Elgin
Reverends Donald Frank and Milton Vogels from Des Moines will lead a Saturday Christian Education lab at St Pauls Methodist Church Elgin from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. They will conduct worship on Sunday and continue the lab for children in grades 3 and 4 and the youth group, with an evaluation hour at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Frank
Milton Vogels
Des Moines
St. Paul's
Illyria
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Elgin
Rev. Vogel
Frank
Fayette official to attend Dallas soil conservation meeting
Commissioner Alfred Stewart of Fayette County Soil Conservation District will attend the 22nd Annual Convention of the National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Dallas Texas. The convention at the Statler Hilton Hoover runs February 4 to 8 1968 with Lieutenant General W F Cassidy chief of engineers US Army Corps of Engineers as speaker. Cassidy is noted for vast experience in national water resources management through Corps of Engineers activities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Stewart
Fayette County
Sail Conservation District
National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
inDallas
Texas
Statler Hilton
Death of Carl Hackmann in Elgin obituary
Carl Hackman, 88, died Monday evening January 29 at Postville Community Hospital. He was born May 27, 1876 in Germany. Services scheduled Thursday February 1 at 2 pm at First Baptist Church Elgin. Muehlei thaler Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Obituary to be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hackman
Postville Community Hospital
Mr.Hackman
Germany
First _Baptist Church
Elgin
Muehleithaler Funeral Home
First 68 Homecoming Committee Meeting Held
The Elgin Homecoming Committee met at Paujb's Garage showroom to plan a four day celebration July 4 to 7 with fireworks. Leo Lehman and Wm Moore led, seven committees represented, topics included concessions entertainment class reunions publicity and finances. A February meeting was scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Paujb
Leo Lehman
Wm. Moore
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Lorraine Baldwin
Harold Halverson
Eric Albert
Robert Bond
Wilder Mattocks
Eric
Max Crandall
David
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Veteran's Hospital
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Harold Popenhagen
Virike Bond
Randy Alderson
George Alderson
Cedar Falls
Earl Livingston
Waterloo
Arthur
Kenneth Marquette
Arnold Saboe
Eomweelt
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Dallas
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