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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1962
Page
1
Elgin Echo publishes weekly in Fayette County Iowa with subscription rates of 2.50 per year for four northeast counties and 3.00 for outside territory. Advertising charges include 10 cents per line for classifieds, 30 cents minimum, with 45 cents if cash not accompanying order. Notices such as cards and memoriam are billed at regular rates.
Circle Nora meets at Mrs G J Mosby home with Mrs Ernest Baumgartner as assisting hostess. Mrs Donald Caspers to give the lesson. Circle Rachel meets at Mrs Eugene Schori home in evening with Mrs Eliott Olson assisting. Mrs John McMillan to give the lesson. Circle Mary meets with Mrs Leo Schori with Mrs L L Kiple assisting. Lesson by Mrs George Nickel.
Walter Dennler born July 7, 1898 on a farm near Elgin Iowa died January 29 1962 at Palmer Memorial Hospital West Union aged 63 baptized at Methodist by Rev E G Steinman April 5 1954 and joined St Paul's Methodist Church Elgin lifelong resident ill health in recent years educated at Oak Grove rural school
A long marriage in Elgin ends its fiftieth year as Walter Dennler and Anne Reinhart wed December 16 1917 at the West Union Methodist Parsonage. Surviving are wife daughters Marie and Evelyn and numerous grandchildren and siblings with a large community celebration and thanks to local church groups and hospital staff.
Open house was held Sunday for the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Olavus H. Larson. About two hundred fifty relatives and friends called to extend congratulations. Mrs. Harris Larson and Mrs. Leonard Moore of Elkader attended, with others from Elgin.
Mr and Mrs Jerome Yearous recount life on the farm near Illyria Community two miles east of Highwendon. They moved from West Union on January 19 in extreme cold with roads drifted shut. Their caravan of horses and sleds faced crossing drifts to reach ground. Libbie Hunzver and Jerome Yearous born on nearby farms were married in a prior year.
In Wadena on June 29 1910 Rev Jasper Moore records the life of Mr and Mrs Yearous who lived in West Union the first two years of marriage. Mrs Yearous recalls her first day of school at four when she spoke only Swiss and later graduated from Elgin High School in 1907 as the class’s sole living member. She taught rural schools for three years before marriage. Yearous is a lifelong farmer and outdoorsman who hunts and roams the woods barefoot from spring to fall. They remodeled their farm home and Mrs Yearous never used a washing machine preferring board washing for weekly exercise. Her hobbies are flowers and a well kept lawn. The Yearouses enjoy good health. They rent land but Yearous assists neighboring farmers and cares for three rural telephone lines. He credits Indian heritage from his grandmother Rebecca Jones Doty for his ruggedness. They enjoy recounting horse and buggy days.
Death of Mrs Will Ebendorf of Topeka Kansas noted here Saturday. She passed away at her home Friday February 3. Funeral held Monday February 5 in Topeka. She was formerly Anna Beers sister of the late Mrs E E Gehring. They grew up on the farm now owned by Glen McKeller and attended the Highland township rural school. Mr Ebendorf operated a tailor shop in Waukon for years before moving to Topeka. Mrs Ebendorf was 7 years old and the last of the Beers family.
W R Wissman of Brooklyn was named featured speaker for the Faithfully Increasing Our Praise to Jehovah circuit assembly to be held February 24 to 26 at the National Guard Armory in Charles City. Oliver Thiese Jr presiding minister of Jehovahs Witnesses announced details.
A letter from Mrs. Theoline Nelson of Osage Iowa expresses long time appreciation for the Elgin Echo and mentions family ties in Mitchell County including Torkelsons and Knudtsons. She notes a personal check for another year and recalls 1925 arrival in the area. Also lists local events on Feb 15 16 17 in Fayette Des Moines and Farm Institute activities.
Wadena Wonder Workers 4-H Club meeting. Tlyria Clipperettes 4-H Club gathering listed for Saturday February 10 by the Extension Service Calendar of Events.
Jim Volk of Waverly showcased a perfect cribbage hand counting 29. He held three Spades and a Jack, and cut the fourth five in the same suit as his Jack, a rare one-in-a-million combination observed recently.
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