Wadena Presbyterian Church Notes February Services and Events
February church services schedule shows a 1:30 a.m. service and 4:11 a.m. Sunday School with a children’s class meeting at the minister’s home until Palm Sunday. Upcoming events include a men’s day, a World Day of Prayer, and a women’s Guild meeting with volunteer work for the hospital in West Africa. Funeral notices report Glenna Elma Zuercher’s service at the Presbyterian church with burial in the Wadena cemetery.
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Presbyterian Church
Wadena
Henry D. Jones
Glenna - Elma Zuercher
Wadena Prasley
Fred Zuer- Y Jington
Study on Iowa Tax Commission Proposed Efficiency Gains
A Chicago firm hired by Iowa legislators reports that adopting new administrative procedures could boost income tax collections by hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Griffenhagen Company reviewed 66 recommendations and will deliver a final report soon. Also, Roy J. Sours resigns as head of the Department of Agriculture hotel and restaurant division. the post will not be filled, as Francis Johnson plans to challenge Clyde Spry for secretary of agriculture.
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Chicago
Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee
Iowa Tax Commission
Commission
Legislative Committee
Des Moines
Griffenhagen Company
Tax Commission
George Peak
Ray Johnson
Roy J. Sours
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Sour
Clyde Spry
Sours
Department
Spry
Statehouse
Francis Johnson
Arnolds Park
Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Beardsley appoints 12 member toll road study committee
Governor William S. Beardsley forms a 12 member committee to study the feasibility of toll roads in Iowa. The panel will assess practicability and prepare a final report for the governor ahead of the 1953 legislative session, with Sanford Zeigler Fairchild serving as chairman.
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William S. Beardsley
Iowa
Sanford Zeigler
Fairchild
Fire At Theo L Loftsgard Farm In Elgin
Elgin firefighters responded to a Sunday night blaze at Theo L Loftsgard farm home about 11 30. The fire was extinguished within about 15 minutes after alarms sounded. Several roof holes were burned and the origin whether roof or attic remains undetermined.
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Elgin Fire Department
Theo. L. Loftsgard
Towa Livestock Numbers Increase
Iowa farm livestock on January 1 1952 shows total animal units up 4 percent from 1951. Cattle and calves reach 5.507 million, up 9 percent. hogs about 12.882 million, up 1 percent. chickens total 31.421 million, up 1 percent with hens and pullets at 30.448 million, up 2 percent. Horses decline to 177,000 and mules to 6,000. Turkeys total 161,000, down from 176,000.
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Iowa
Hospital Transfers and Patient Updates in Iowa Area
John Staffenhagen was taken to the University hospital in Iowa City for evaluation after injuring his arm in Postville. Amy L. Parkelson, Elkader’s first grade teacher, is hospitalized at Postville hospital. Jake Friederich received x ray treatment at St Josephs Hospital New Hampton from Wednesday to Saturday. Mrs Nelle Reusser underwent major surgery Friday in Rochester Minnesota and is progressing well at Colonial Hospital room 221.
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Iowa City Hospital
John Staffenhagen
Towa City Hospital
F. D. Welch
University Hospital
Postville Hospital
Amy L.parkelson
Elkader
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Jake Friederich
St. Joseph's Hospital
New Hampton
Nelle Reusser
Rochester
Minn
Sis
Colonial Hospital
Room
Dinner Guests and Family Gatherings in Local News
Shiela Turner Maynard and Earl Billingtton visited Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Cline while Ed Metzger remains ill at home though able to enjoy company and neighbors plus friends have called this past week to cheer him. Allen Habeger joined a family dinner Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Miller in Cler.
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Shiela Turner
Maynard
Earl Billingtton
Alta Vista
Harry L. Cline
Ed ‘Metzger
Allen Habeger
Wm. B. Miller
Clermont
County Nears Record Farm Bureau Membership Goal
Fayette county treads toward an all time Farm Bureau membership record with only about two dozen memberships needed to reach 1856 for 1952. The county set the target to beat the 1948 high and exceed the state quota by 33, with Pleasant Valley already meeting its goal. Lawrence Gehring chairs the township committee and Hilder Gilbertson serves on the organization committee.
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Fayette County
Farm Bureau
State Farm ‘Bureau Federation
Pleasant Valley
Lawrence Gehring
Chm
Hilder Gilbertson
Reuben Lehman Family Plans Move to Kansas City
The Lehman family from Chicago arrived Saturday to stay with Mrs Bertha Lehman. They will search for a new home in Kansas City Missouri after selling their Chicago residence. The Standard Milling Co. moves its general office to Kansas City around early April prompting the relocation.
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Reuben Lehman
Chicago
Bertha Lehman
County Legion Meeting Set for February 26 in Elgin
A county wide meeting of the Legion and Legion Auxiliary will be held at Elgin on Tuesday evening February 26. Local post and sister organization will host with special plans for the event. Karl Meinhard and Diane returned home Monday night from Minneapolis after a Pyrofax meeting. Driving was difficult in the Monday night storm. Mr and Mrs Ray DeSart and Marcia Knudtson were dinner guests Monday evening in the Dale DeSart home in honor of Linda's fifth birthday. (Mrs Sheldon Boyle and Mrs Sue Bovis were dinner guests Monday in the Robert Miller home Oelwein.)
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Mel
Bridge Club
Roy Leonhac
Tom Kiffin
Mabel Johnson, Jr
George Davis
Cedar Rapids
Harold Hermenie
Robert Crandall
Aiuther Crandall
Sgt
Crandall
Barstow
Calif
Paris Island
South Carolina
Presbyterian Women's Guild
White Cross
Presbyterian Hospital
West Africa
Pleasant Ridge
Clif Wheeler
Bernice Corbin
Maude Chase
Mr.Looby
Arthur Jellings
Reynold Shaffer
Mildread DeWald
Lincoln
Washington
Mildred DeWald
Charles Trotter
Faye
Veterans Hospitals
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Betty Sniffin
Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Elgin
Karl Meinhard
Diane
Minneapolis
Ray DeSart
Marcia Knudtson
Dale DeSart
Linda
Sheldon Boyle
Sue Bovis
Robert Miller
Oelwein
Bartender Sold Boy Fifteen Beer in West Union
Otto Schmelzer, bartender at the Hook and Ladder tavern in West Union, was released on a $1000 bond after arraignment before District Judge W.H. Antes on a county attorney information charging sale of beer to a minor. County Attorney Everett G. Scott said the informatio n followed a 20 page deposition from a 15 year old boy who also described Prior juvenile beer incidents. The lad testified the tavern owner refused service but the bartender sold beer on more than one occasion.
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Otto Schmelzer
West Union
W O H. Antes
Everett G. ‘Scott
Time for Action In Fayette Man Furnished Beer to Minors
A Fayette man bought a case of beer and gave it to five minors including three high school students. Less than two hours later highway patrol stopped the group for reckless driving. Empty cans spilled beer and beer on breath marked the scene. The buyer serves a one year county jail term. No tavern was involved.
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Fayette
Moves Downtown Shippy's Plumbing and Heating Shop Relocates
R L Schupbach owner of Shippy's Plumbing and Heating Shop has moved stock and shop equipment to the Schmid building next door east from the Echo. He plans to remodel and enlarge his former shop into a home later. The Schmid building had housed Farmers Produce until about two weeks ago.
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R. L. Schupbach
Shippy
Schmid
Echo
January Iowa milk output falls to 378 million pounds
Iowa milk production in January is estimated at 378 million pounds, the lowest for January in 23 years. Output is 12 percent below January 1951's 482 million pounds and 20 percent below the 1940- ten year average of 473 million pounds.
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Iowa
Hold Annual Meeting At Fayette
The Republican state central committee sets Friday evening March 7 for holding precinct caucuses to name delegates to the county convention. The county convention will be held the following week.
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Republican State Central Committee
Farmers Mutual Insurance elects officers at Fayette meeting
At Fayette last week the Farmers Mutual Insurance association held a directors meeting Monday and a general stockholders meeting Tuesday. J H Wilson of Wadena was elected president for the coming year. A D Knox of Hawkeye View became president, Karl Miller of Elgin treasurer, and Don Clute of Arlington secretary. The association raised fire and lightning losses on cattle by 25 per head, with milk cows capped at 175, feeding steers over 900 pounds at 190, and cattle values guiding losses on younger stock and registered cattle at 160 and 225 respectively. A balance of 113,597.24 remained, 88,597.24 in Fayette county banks and 45,000 in government bonds. Insurance in force totaled 262,197.92, up 25,211.38 from last year. Claims paid for fire and lightning losses amounted to 36,353.07. The company operates in Fayette and neighboring counties with over 4,000 policyholders.
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Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Fayette
J. H. Wilson
Wadena
A. D. Knox
Fayette County
J F Bailey Dies In Guttenberg And Elgin
Funeral services for James F Bailey 47 die Monday morning after a heart attack in Guttenberg. Services will be held Thursday in Guttenberg and at St Pauls Church in Elgin with graveside rites by the Guttenberg lodge and Elgin lodge members. Survived by his wife a daughter two sisters and a brother.
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Guttenberg
James F. Bailey
Elgin
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Guttenberg Lodge
Elgin Lodge
Bailey
Wadena Farm Home Burns. Fire Destroys Dwelling
A two story farm home tenanted by Walter Wooldridge four miles east of Wadena on the Volga road burned to the ground last Wednesday morning. The family was away. a passerby reported the fire and both Wadena and Volga departments responded. Some first floor goods were saved and owner Frank Leahy said insurance covers the loss.
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Walter ‘Wooldridge
Wadena
Volga Road
Volga
Frank Leahy
Organizing Fayette County Young Republican League
Donald L. Ray Kimball announced the Fayette county Young Republican League will be organized February 22. The charter will be signed and officers elected with Kimball as county chairman until the meeting at Upper Iowa University, where state YR League officials will attend. All candidates for public office are invited.
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Young Republican League of
Fayette County
Donald L
Ray) Kimball
Kimball
Upper Iowa University
Young Republican League of Town
Soldiers’ Addresses Update From Camp Gordon and Beyond
Mrs Ruth Loftsgard receives new address for Pvt Raymond H Loftsgard US 55214575 Co 14 BTG Signal Corps Replacement Training Center Camp Gordon Ga Base new address Pvt Louis D Klingman US 55214600 Co 14 BTG SORTC Camp Gordon Georgia son of Mr and Mrs Carrall Klingman left for Camp Crowder Missouri January 28 in signal corps 17 weeks in Georgia To Hawaii Capt J D Shaffer Seattle WA being transferred to Hawaii served fifteen years
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Ruth Loftsgard
Raymond H. Loftsgard
U. S
Signal Corp Replacement Training Center
Camp Gordon
Pvt
Louis D. Klingman
Georgia
Carrall Klingman
Camp Crowder
Signal Corps
Hawaii
Israel Shaffer
Fayette
J. D. Shaffer
Seattle
Washington
Shaffer
Birthday celebration for J. A. Habeger at hospital
J. A. Habeger celebrated his Bbth birthday on Monday February 18 at the hospital with family visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Allen Habeger and Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Finch. Birthday cake and ice cream were shared as cards and gifts arrived. Mrs. Alice Winkler visited Sunday evening in the Alta Klingman home.
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J. A. Habeger
Allen Habeger
Hollis Finch
Alice Winkler
Mrs. Alta Klingman
Elgin Carpenters Continue Work Through Mild Winter
Elgin tradesmen keep busy with exterior and interior projects. Russ Wenger residence near town ready for plastering and interior finishing after March first. Elmer Meyer adds a 22 by 32 foot double garage and workshop. Gerald Shaffer plans to remodel the farm home first floor. Otis Rothlisberger renovates tenant house with asbestos shingles and new doors windows and interior work.
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Elgin
Russ Wenger
Elmer Meyer
Gerald Shaffer
Otis Rothlisberger
Sehori Attends Iowa Cannery Conference in Ames
Leo L. Sehori, director of the Iowa Nebraska Cannery Assn, traveled Monday to Ames to join a two day conference organized by the association and Iowa State College in the Memorial Building.
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Leo L. Sehori
Iowa-Nebraska Cannery Assn
Ames
Association
Iowa State College
The
Memorial Building
Record Egg Production in January
Iowa farm flocks produced a record 444 million eggs in January, up 4 percent from 428 million a year earlier. Layers totaled 29,362,000 birds, 4 percent more than 28,153,000 in January 1951.
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Iowa
Honor Roll Student Lawrence Gehring Named at ISU Teachers College
Elgin's Lawrence Gehring is among 221 students on the Iowa State Teachers College fall honor roll. To qualify, students must complete at least 14 quarter hours and maintain a 3.25 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Gehring earned a 3.27 average.
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Lawrence Gehring
Elgin
Iowa State Teachers College
Gehring
O'Neill Visit Signals Aberdeen Couple in Week-Long Stay
Mr and Mrs W F ONeill of Aberdeen South Dakota arrived Monday to spend the week with Mr and Mrs Chas ONeill, continuing a friendly visit and hospitality noted in local circles.
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W. F. O'Neill
Aberdeen
Sa. Dak
Chas, O'Neil
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Towa
Reuben Lehma
Kansas City
Suez Canal
Geo. Washington
Little America
U.S. Marines
Iwo Jima
1945
Supreme Court
George Washington
Seige
GOP
Farmer Insurance Officers
J. F. Bailey
Wadena Farm
Burns
Young Republicans League
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