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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1960
Page
1
Rates listed for Fayette Clayton Delaware and Buchanan Counties with 2 50 per year outside the territory. Payment required in advance.
Readers per line ten cent rate card lists ten cents per line with a 30 cent weekly minimum when paid with cash otherwise zero. Blind ads and inquiries to the office cost 50 cents weekly. Card of Thanks and In Memoriam cards priced at one dollar. Notices and obituaries follow regular advertising rates.
Mrs. Ted Emmons of Burr Oak picked a bouquet of pansies near her home. Snow and cold weather since then threaten any further crop.
Henry B. Mathys born March 29 1894 near Devils Lake North Dakota died February 6 at age 65 after a farming life in Fayette county He married Iva Bennett on March 10 1915 and they had three children Lois Clarion and Geraldine Surviving are his wife three children six grandchildren one brother and three sisters plus many relatives and friends Final rites were held February 10 at Muehlethaler Funeral Home and Presbyterian Church Wadena with Lacy Martin officiating.
The message thanks those who called, sent food, flowers, cards, letters and memorials after the death of a husband and father. Gratitude goes to those who assisted with funeral and church services. Signed by Mrs. Henry Mathys and family.
Orlin Grant Mason born December 4 1895 in Indianola grew up near Havelock and West Union farmed before and after WWI, married Ellen Hanson in 1938, was active in the Syria Community Church and American Legion, died February 12 at Iowa City Veterans Hospital at age 64. Survived by wife Ellen two brothers aunts cousins and many friends. services held at Blyrien Community Church with burial in Elgin cemetery.
A nine country study by the National Industrial Center Board compares how long workers must toil for a pound of beef sirloin bread and a full 1958 family meal across the United States Canada and seven European nations. It finds US meals cost more in hours than in most countries, but higher wages offset the price, yielding stronger purchasing power.
Mr and Mrs Paul Taylor and family visited the Howard Taylor and Sidney White homes over Sunday. Mr and Mrs Eddie Dillon visited over Sunday in the Charles Bennington home. Tom Roys and Robert Chase returned to Cedar Rapids Sunday evening with Jim Crandall. George J Basle of France is a house guest of Father Karl Klein and attends Volga High School.
Prairie Du Chien Wise leader hosts youths of Wadena and Volga on a Sunday gathering in Volga. Local families share visits, hospital news, and obituaries from Volga to Manchester. Robert Boleyn hospitalized at St Lukes Cedar Rapids. Mrs Zoot and Mrs Cox noted for hospital stays amid community events.
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