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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1960
Page
4
Mrs Pearl Johnson carries on with the Wadena News. Mr and Mrs Lacy Martin welcomed a baby boy named Steven Pau born Sunday January 3. Mrs Martin is a patient at Palmer Memorial Hospital in West Union.
Thank you to friends and neighbors for cards visits and food during my illness. Your thoughtfulness meant a lot. Sincerely Mrs Robert Falb.
A series of acknowledgments from residents expressing gratitude for cards, visits, gifts, and prayers during illness and hospitalization. Names include Mrs. Arthur Chapman Mrs. Donald Little Mrs. Silas Wilson Sharnel Rothisberger Betty Lou Bennett Mrs. Frieda Etter Dorothy Ivan Torkelson and Donna Durrstein, with mentions of local clubs and churches.
The Elgin study club met at the Yack home with sixteen present. Mrs. Ed Medberry read an original poem for a poetry contest entry. Federation news came from Mrs. Guernsey Smith. Rex Mulford reviewed Lets Eat Right to Keep Fit by Adelle Davis. The club earned a blue ribbon for the 1959-1960 yearbook from Io wa Federation president Mrs. L. L. Lush. Election named officers for 1960-1961: president Maxi Medberry, vice president Lester Gehring, secretary R. P. Strauch, treasurer Thomas Pollock. A program committee was named for 1960-61. Social hour and lunch followed.
State News reports the Ames laboratory at Iowa State University advances with a new metals process development building costing 1.9 million dollars. Atomic energy commissioner John Floberg laid the cornerstone last week for the addition, while a second nuclear reactor project remains estimated at 3.8 million dollars.
Republican supervisors will hire about 2750 enumerators and crew leaders to begin census work on April 1. Duane E. Dewel declines renomination, citing anti reapportionment pressure. Bernard J. Martin leads the commerce commission as chairman, while fish and game programs face criticism for declining license sales. Spirit Lake chairman George Jeck details lake restoration, hatchery upgrades, planned southern Iowa fishing lakes, and concerns over incomplete data guiding bag limits and seasons.
State safety records show 70 200 traffic accidents last year a 25 percent rise from 1958 with incidents averaging over 190 daily across Towa. The report highlights a sharp rise in crashes and urges improved road safety measures.
Eight district supervisors to administer the 1960 federal census in Iowa have been appointed. They include William Bunch, Keokuk. Henry C. Kray, Cedar Rapids. Willard Hansen, Cedar Falls. William Engebretson, Char.
Representative H R Gross of Waterloo announces re election bid from Iowa third district seeking a seventh term in the US House. Rodman Hodman a Cedar Falls International Harvester salesman declares for Republican nomination for state secretary of agriculture. Clyde Spry also seeks reelection as agriculture secretary.
The ECHO reports seven county officers will seek re nomination in the June primaries. Named are Doris Springer county treasurer Odney Oelberg county recorder Hazel Gehring county auditor Herbert D Klammer county clerk of district court Fred A House sheriff J B Niles supervisor term beginning Jan 2 1961 and Floyd Gilley supervisor term beginning Jan 2 1962.
Iowa bowhunters bagged 251 deer during their 31 day open season, 89 more than 1953 record. A total of 20,223 deer were observed by bowhunters. Shotgun results show eastern Iowa below par and western Iowa above average due to fog rain and snow-cover issues. Overall 1958 harvest was 2,881 deer versus a preliminary 2,552 for 1959.
Howard K. Boyle of the Soil Conservation Service at West Union Iowa stresses parallel terrace construction to tackle a larger erosion problem this season.
High corn acreage and repeated planting are exposing fields to erosion up to three times as often as in former years. Without terraces and other practices, steep and gentle slopes risk serious problems. The Sail Conservation Service advocates parallel cut and sail style terraces, noting they fit equipment and effectively level slopes. The group says operations will expand to build more terraces.
A historical notice urges promotion of a demonstration of practice in 1060. The brief item highlights organization by a local group and calls for participant involvement and timing details.
A concise observation notes that placing a want ad functions as an active recruiting push, likening it to assembling a proactive sales team to attract customers and generate leads. The phrasing implies a strategic, results oriented approach to advertising in the newspaper.
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