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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1965
Page
4
Classified item notices offer 1000 bales of hay listed by John McMillan with phone contact 2108. An additional ad promotes a Homelite saw touted as very reliable, from Klinger Tractor Service in West Union, with local phone number 422-5281.
Drop leaf kitchen table with four chairs priced at ten dollars or sold separately. Red winter coat size small two dollars. Four sleds two dollars and three dollars. Black Airedale to give away. Wilbur Schultz of Clermont contact 4237204.
Corporal Robert Schupbach is home on an 18 day furlough from Elgin Local News. After leave he will return to Camp Pendleton and resume sea duty on the U S 8. Bennington and Mr and Mrs Leo Gage with Vernice and Sharon visited Cedar Rapids airport while guests of Mrs Mannie Butikofer Monday afternoon. George and Robert Schupbach visited Wm Friederichs home Monday forenoon.
4-H meetings and swine management school listed for February at Fayette extension office. Putnam Peppy Pals meet at Duwaine Ray home Monday February 15. Valley Sharpshooters 4-H meet Wednesday February 17 at 9130 a.m. for swine management school.
Miss Lena Baumgartner born March 11 1885 in Elgin died January 31 1985 after a lingering illness at Postville aged 79. She attended First Baptist Church Elgin and was long active in Elgin business life. Memorial services were held at First Baptist Church Elgin with internment in Elgin Cemetery. Pallbearers included Melbert Baechler Alfred Baechter Ray Tomsheck Clarence Kohis Wesley Miller and John Miller.
A set of three card of thanks notices from local residents expressing gratitude for kindness during illness and after a fire. Selma Groth thanks friends and relatives for flowers and letters from Ames Hospital. The Roy Halverson family thanks Elgin Fire Department and neighbors for assistance during the fire. Louise Miller and family thank Tabitha Rev Breitkreuz and friends for cards deeds and memorials for their sister.
Mr and Mrs Robert Helms announce the birth of a son on February at Postville hospital weighing 8 pounds 7 ounces He joins brothers Monte and Gregory Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Marshall Helms Maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Herman Larson Sr
Mrs Lettie Hermen underwent major surgery at Mercy Hospital in Oelwein on Saturday and is confined to Room 412. Glenda Reterson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Reterson, was admitted Wednesday morning Feb to the hospital at the University of Iowa Pediatric Ward in Iowa City. Home from hospital Mrs ie rapa eyle hospital ursday.
Mr and Mrs Louis Becker Sr and guests attend a social event at 500 with Ms Reuben Howard noted among attendees. Mrs Howard also won traveling prize in the gathering.
The Elgin Progress Club met February 8 at the home of Mrs. George Breitkreuz with Mrs. Robert Wilson as co hostess. Fourteen members attended for roll call. Mrs. Paul Zurbriggen spoke on block printing and plans were made for the Fayette county convention on April 3 at Valley High School. The president noted an invitation from the Town and Country Club of Clermont to attend February 25 at 8:00 pm at St. Peter's Catholic Church parlor. The meeting ended with lunch served by the hostesses.
The narrator describes an African village with bamboo houses and thatched roofs, grassy streets, and livestock roaming freely. A village truck delivers Margaret to a new one story white toll house while three children assist with her belongings.
A visiting nurse describes rough living in a Bolivian village with five rooms on a screened porch, kerosene light, exterior water source, and meals at a nearby picnic. She recalls a rainstorm, flood fears for January to March, a closed health center, and tending a sick father with penicillin after arriving with minimal equipment.
Tillotson Hardware reminds readers that the coupon for 50 free Gold Bond Stamps from last week’s Echo remains valid through February. Local shoppers are urged to use the coupon before the deadline.
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