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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1962

Page

4

Appointment of Administrator for Blockhus Estate in Clayton County

Notice states Lizzie Chas and Mrs James Hermen and sons visited Mrs Ben Dennler Saturday afternoon. The undersigned was appointed and qualified as administrator of Gwen Blockhus deceased, late of Clayton County. Creditors must promptly pay debts and claimants must file authenticated claims for allowance with the Clerk of the District Court.

State OF Iowa Clayton County Gwen Blockhus District Court Lizzie Chas James Hermen and Sons Ben Dennler

Cheery Valley Continues With Visits On Weekend

Sunday activity in Guttenberg and nearby towns included Robert Seaman’s home visit by Cheery Valley residents, calls to Joby Christen home, and Marion Christen from Rochester staying with her parents. Guests celebrated Tillie Pagen’s 85th birthday with Eunice, Mildred Minihan, and Orville Frieden in Elkader. Jim Frieden dined with the John Christen family. Celia Thoman returned from Cedar Rapids after a week with Adolph Hanson.

Robert Seaman Guttenberg Glen Moats George Crawford Volga Joby Christen Marion Christen Rochester Minn John Christen Roscoe Larson Jerome Tillie Pagen Eunice Pagen Mildred Minihan Orville Frieden Elkader

Births and thanks in Waterloo area notices

Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for cards and well wishes on the birth of Scott Medbery. Birth notices report Lori Elizabeth Bane born February 3 in Waterloo weighing 6 pounds 6% ounces, with Orran Bane Sr. as grandfather, and a son to Andrew Brackin at Scholtz Hospital weighing 7 pounds 1 ounce. Brackin family has three girls and one boy.

Scott Cliff Medberry Orran Bane, Jr Waterloo Lori Elizabeth Orran Bane Andrew Brackin Scholtz Hospital Brackins

Cards of Thanks: grateful note from local families

A collection of thanks from residents noting appreciation for gifts, cards, flowers, and support from friends, relatives, and church members during milestones, hospital stays, and home recoveries. Names include Olavus H. Larson, Millard Bilden, Bob Moore, Myrna Moore, Alan Moore, and others from the community.

Highland Lutheran Church Olavus H. Larson LaCrosse Hospital Millard Bilden Alan Bob Myrna Alan Moore

Ill and Hospitalized In Postville Hospital

Mrs. Sarah Schupbach is a patient at Postville Community Hospital admitted Friday and to return home Thursday. H. W. Falk of West Union is a pneumonia patient at Palmer Memorial Hospital admitted Saturday. Mrs. Alfred Ruckdashel taken to University Hospitals Iowa City Thursday evening after major surgery Sunday. Mr. Ruckdashel staying with her.

Postville Hospital Sarah Schupbach Postville Community Hospital H. W. Falk West Union Palmer Memorial Hospital Iowa City Alfred Ruckdashel University Hospitals Ruckdashel

Homemakers Club to Meet Feb 9 at Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau Homemakers Club will meet Friday February 9 at 1:00 PM at Mrs Leon Jacob’s home. Mrs Leon Jacob presents Our role in the Government, Mrs William Bacon speaks on farm disease study, and lessons cover freezer treatment led by Mrs Lawrence Gehring and Mrs Merle Clark. Plans for Rural Women's Day and a community welcome are noted.

Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau Homemakers Club Leon Jacob William Bacon Lawrence Gehring Merle Clark

State News Recap Shows FHA Loan Collections Rise

State FHA director Gene Hoffman reports 1961 loan collections 3 percent above 1960. A total of 535 Town families fully repaid their loans in 1961. Farmers Home Administration advanced over $10 million in supervised loans to Iowa families during 1961.

Gene Hoffman FHA Hoffman Farmers Home Administration Iowa

Iowa Illinois reach tentative sales tax dispute accord

Iowa and Illinois officials reached a tentative agreement in a sales and use tax dispute. Illinois had sought taxes from Iowa border retailers selling to Illinois residents under a new law. Andrew George, chairman of the Iowa Tax Commission, said taxes would be paid to the state where delivery occurs. The tax rates cited were two percent in Iowa and three and one half percent in Illinois.

Iowa Illinois Ilinois Andrew George Iowa Tax Commission Atete

Turkeys in Forest Show Steady Growth This Season

Last year about 39 turkeys from Texas were stocked in the Yellow River forest in Allamakee county. During the summer about 60 young birds were sighted by commission personnel. Reproduction is encouraging but several years are needed to evaluate stocking success. A winter census will estimate the current population. Wild turkeys require large forested areas to thrive. The birds range widely and remain wary of humans and intrusions.

Texas Yellow River Allmmakee Commission Personel Waukonr S

Executor's Notice for Charles L Capper Deceased

The District Court of Fayette County Iowa appointed the Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids as executor of Charles L Capper Deceased on January 29 1962. Creditors must present claims to the court and debtors should pay the estate promptly. Simmons Perrine Albright Ellwood Neff are attorneys for the executor in Cedar Rapids Iowa.

District Court of Fayette County Iowa Charles L. Capper Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids Simmons, Perrine, Albright, Ellwood & Neff

Wadena News Continued From Page One Report

The item mentions Golds and FIU, notes three students still away from school after a week of illness, and references January calendar with five cloudy days three snowy days and 15.

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Third Grade and Fourth Grade News from the Plains School

A dense school diary reports social studies on cattle raising in the Southwest Texea Navaho life posters, plus arithmetic topics on carrying in addition and borrowing. Visitors include Mrs Jacob Schneider and Mr Francis Baldwin, with birthday shoutouts for Freddie Schneider, and puppet shows for the younger grades.

Texea Jacob Schneider Francis Baldwin John Light Steven Hermen Freddie Schneider Peter Kuhlmann Taylor Jennings Robert Hanson Carl Erickson Cook O'Laughlin Glen Roger Cook Audrey Pulfer Bradford Mattocks Gregory Halverson Timothy Bald

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