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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1950
Page
4
Local social notes from Elgin celebrate family visits and events
A flurry of visits and gatherings across Elgin and nearby towns highlighted by Mr. and Mrs. George Hanson hosting relatives in Madison and West Union for a Wanda Howard wedding upcoming to John R. Walker of Stockton California. Other stops include Marsha Schupbach’s sixth birthday at Monona and a district press meeting in Postville with dinner at Heidelberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hanson
Madison
Melvin Anderson
Nels Gilbert
Hanson
Nora Simerson
Lyle Light
Letha
McKohler
Nelle Reussert
Shirley
L . Kiple
Linda
Karen
David
Earl Kiple
Wm. C. Howard
West Union
Wanda Howard
John R. Walker
Stockton
Calif
Anna Schupbach
Reuben
Ray Weithorn
Monona
Marsha Schupbach
Marsha
Russell Jennings
Wadena
Clarence Much Jethaler
Jacob Butikofer
Jacob Friederich
Oscar Frieden
James Hermen
R. P. Strauch
Postville
Heidelberg
Runaway grain elevator collides with car near Clarinda
A grain elevator detached from a tow truck and rolled toward a car driven by Mrs Richard Weenie and her daughter as they traveled west near Clarinda. Mrs Weenie swerved but struck an embankment and rolled over it. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Richard
Weenie
Highways Debate and GI Bill Rules Noted in Iowa
Education and training programs under the GI Bill expire in 1956. VA rules slated for April 1 1950 will bar veterans with few exceptions from entering training after July 25 1951. Post 1951, veterans finishing a course cannot enroll in another under the GI Bill. New rules aim to require starting a course within four years of discharge or July 25 1947 termination of the war. Iowa reports 4 700 tons of surplus food received in six months for school lunch programs and institutions, including 39 600 bags of potatoes and 36 964 bushels of apples. The 20th National Farm Institute comes to Des Moines Feb 17 18 with Brannan and Kline headlining a panel on future farm programs. Also: Iowa education panel endorses four years college for teaching, replacing current two-year minimum in elementary schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
National Farm Institute
Des Moines
Allen Kline
American Farm Bureau Association
Charles F. Brannan
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
The
Farm Bureau
Farmers Union
Kline
Brannan
Charles B. Schulman
Illinois Agricultural Association
Russell Smith
National Farmers Union
Washington
O. D. Klein
Alden
AAA
Earl Butz
Purdue University
Ted Schultz
Iowa State College
University of Chicago
Iowa State Education Association
Goodwin Named New Chairman of Iowa Republican State Central Committee
Robert K. Goodwin of Redfield was elected chairman, succeeding Whitney Gilliland of Glenwood who resigned. A former Redfield mayor and Dallas County GOP treasurer, Goodwin is a World War II navy veteran and long active in local politics. Observers call the outside-committee selection a move toward unity, with Goodwin urging harmony and hard work for upcoming elections. Safety Parley Almost 200 persons represent-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Republican State Central Committee
Robert K. Goodwin
Redfield
Whitney Gilliland
Glenwood
Goodwin
Central Committee
Dallas County
Young Republicans
GOP
Iowa safety leaders plan Statehouse congress meeting
Gov William S Beardsley called a gathering at the Statehouse to outline a general safety program. John Hattery of Nevada, a state senator and former Town Highway patrol chief, was elected permanent chairman of the congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Statehouse
William 5. Beardsley
John Hattery
Nevada
Congress
Local social notices from Clermont Elgin and area
Mr and Mrs Walter Miller plan to move to Buffalo Center around the first of March. Mr and Mrs Knut Mark celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on February 15 with a family picnic. Mr and Mrs Geo N Schori observed their 25th wedding anniversary last Friday. Falb and Son became Falb and Sons after Walter, a teacher at Olin, became part owner. John Bunting, 87, died February 16 in Fayette County at his daughter's home. burial in Elkader. Myron Medberry, 27, died February 15 after a long illness. He survived by parents six brothers and one sister. Charles Wenger to hold a closing out sale February 25 southwest of Elgin. Mrs Arthur Gage holds a losing out sale February 24 on the Gage farm south of Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Miller
Clermont
Elgin
Buffalo’ Center
Knut Mark
Geo. N. Schori
Falb and Son
Falb and Sons
Walter
Olin
John Bunting
Amelia Strong
Fayette County
Elkader
Myron Medberry
Chas
Wenger
Arthur Gage
al Gage
Quite a day for the Gerald Siegler family in Schaller
Mrs. Siegler gave birth to a son and Ernest injured his arm near an old washing machine wringer. Mr. Siegler mashed a finger between two iron pieces at his shop, narrowly avoiding a severe loss. The day otherwise remained quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Siegler
Schaller
Letter from Wolfs February 8 1080
February 8 1080 letter from Wolfs describes traveling through Houston Texas with relatives, notes Dr Wolf at a hospital, three days in Mattoon Illinois, icy roads and flood-damaged towns in Illinois Missouri and Arkansas, visiting the Shamrock Hotel with Sinatra and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, warm Houston weather around 70 degrees, and plans to continue via Georgia to San Antonio then to Arizona and Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Wolf
Mattoon
Ill
Ulnon
Missouri
Arkansas
Frank Sinatra
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Georgia
San Antonio
Arizona
Nevada
Slater and Family Visit Boulder City Message
Fragmentary note references a week with a slater and family in Boulder City. Mentions greetings to Dr and Mrs Wolf and a past spray effort using 2 4 D for weed control. Discusses acreage sprayed in 1948 and an increase in use, with garbled figures and unclear locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slater R
Boulder City
The Broadcasters Credit Please Final Payment Tale
A humorous dialogue sequence shows a series of everyday credit and domestic mishaps. A mother comments on her baby's marriage as a credit man asks about the child. A tailor notes a sewn seam after a burst and a wife probes her neighbor’s affection. A Bracer's grocer offers ham stock and a wife jokes about buying off the same pig. A husband quips about their honeymoon on the sands ending on the rocks.
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