Wadena Wonder Workers 4-H and Community Events
The Wadena Wonder Workers 4-H club met Saturday with Janet Scheidel and Gliane Pranks as hostesses. Members showcased pin fashions and began gathered skirts with mothers helping. A band mothers meeting was held Feb 15 and plans for a fine art program on Feb 20 were formed. A king and queen contest raised 20 dollars. notices mention school events, visitors, a farewell party for Mary and Susan Durnan, and an American Legion Auxiliary pancake supper Feb 22 at the Legion hall.
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Wadena Wonder Workers
Wadena ‘Wonder Workers
Janet Scheidel
Glaine
Mrs. Ott
Scheidel
Ruth Klingman
Judge Murray
Robert Klingman
Russell Jones
John Jickson
Keithennings
Richard Ott
Goff
Ueen
Nelda Schuetty
Edgewood
June Herriman
Dubuque
Leo Herriman
Mary
Susan Durnan
Susan
Leo Durnan
Elgin
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
The Highway Story of a Lone Toll and a Wounded Man
A patrolman stops at a roadside death site marked by a diamond red sign. A man, red eyed and tearful, reveals his wife died here three years ago after a car crash and says he has never returned until today. He admits I was driving.
Soldier Ted Kjosa Returns From Briggs AFB Furlough
Ted Kjosa, stationed at Briggs Air Force Base in Texas, is home on a month long furlough before overseas duty in North Africa. An unrelated local notice about poultry care warns on treating lice or mites on any bird.
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Soldier News
Ted Kjosa
Briggs Air Force Base
Texas
North Africa
Iowa Board of Regents gains Democratic majority
The Iowa senate confirmed all six of Governor Loveless nine appointments to the Board of Regents, creating a Democratic majority on the non political panel. Included are Hagemann Rosenfield Berkness Gillette and others, with Hagemann remaining board chairman. Also confirmed were banking superintendent Lebchanmers Dike and health commissioner Zimmerer, both with long term terms and high salaries. The report notes liquor debate, proposed constitutional amendments, and Loveless signing his first bill into law.
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Senate
Iowa Board of Regents
Institutions of Higher
Loveless
Hoegh
Democrats
Harry Hagemann
Waverly
Joseph Rosenfield
Des Moines
Kenneth Evans
Emerson
Lester Gillette
Fostoria
Morris Berkness
Armstrong
Arthur Barlow
Cedar Rapits
Hagemann
Rosenfield
Berkness
Gillette
Leb Chanmers
Chandler
Edmund G. ‘Zimmerer
Des ‘Moines
Republican
Co op Cleans Up Fire Wreckage In Progress
Debris from a recent fire is being hauled away by the cooperative. The crew is leveling the site as smoldering feed remains a nuisance. Robertson Bros. then used a bulldozer to push most materials into the basement. Work unfinished earlier this week.
Your Highways Your Highways
A jumble of brief notes on traffic mishaps and oddities from various places. An amused clerk in Denver calls in late due to a stolen car. In Greenville Michigan two driving instructors collide and feel embarrassed. Louisville sees a truck pedal clash with a pedestrian and damages. A New London Connecticut arrest for a taillight light or license lapse surfaces. Chicago vows to fire masked speeders. North Carolina tale has a driver asking for a ticket for expired license. Newark reports a bad check used to pay for opening inks. Back seat drivers may suffer from poor nutrition per the International College of Surgeons.
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Denver
Cole
Greenville
Mich
Louisville
Chicago
O'Connor
North Carolina
Newark
N. J
International College of Surgeons
Name School Director Candidates Friday
More cattle sheep and lambs but smaller numbers of hogs and workstock are reported on Iowa farms as of Jan 1 1957 compared with a year earlier. Combining species by relative sales values shows total livestock down about one percent from Jan 1 1956 and up five percent from the 1945-55 ten year average.
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Iowa
Clermont and Highland Marion caucus names school directors
About 26 voters at Highland Marion school caucus in Elgin town hall Friday chose Lester Wenger to succeed Bernard Hanson who declined another term. Clermont caucus of about 23 named Keith Thoma to replace Clarence Tatro who also declined re election.
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Highland - Marion
Elgin Town Hall
Bernard Hanson
Lester ‘Wenger
Baumgartner
Clermont
Keith Thoma
Clarence Tatro
Sex Education For The School Child
Thoughtful parents today expect to guide their children's sex education as part of home responsibility along with sleep, eating, and play. Confidence between parent and child is built early, making questions natural and answered simply. Books suggested include Growing Up by Karl de Schweinitz and Being Born by Frances Bruce Strain with prices listed.
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Karl de Schweinitz
Macmillan
New York
Frances Bruce Strain
Appleton - Century‘Crafts, Inc
Engagement of Bernita Landsgard to Harry A. Lueder
Mr and Mrs Arthur Landsgard announce the engagement of their daughter Bernita to Harry A Lueder of West Union The marriage is set for March 17 at Marion Lutheran Church Gan der The groom farms south of West Union and Bernita Landsgard works as a secretary at the West Union office of Interstate Power Co ey yr Lemoy et
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Arthur Landsgard
Elgin
Bernita
Harry A. Lueder
West Union
Marion Lutheran Church
Gander
Lueder
Miss Landsgard
Interstate Power Co
Lemoy Et
Fellowship Ass'n At Ossian to Meet February Twenty Three
The Northeast Iowa Masonic Fellowship Association will meet at Ossian on February 23. Work will be in MM degree. H M Wolf serves as secretary and Burl Streit is president.
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Northeast Iowa
Masonic Fellowship ‘Association
Ossian
H. M. iWolf
Burl Streit
Notice O. E. 8 Officers practice Feb. 27 at 7 30
East ern Star officers hold a practice session on Wednesday February 27 at 7 30 p m. The notice prompts officers to attend and confirms the schedule.
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Eastern Star
Christmas Seal Sales Reach New Elgin High
Two hundred twenty letters went out offering Christmas T. 1B. Seals and all but twenty one were returned. A total of $241.60 was collected in Elgin this year, the highest amount on record. Gratitude is extended to the community for support and cooperation.
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Elgin
Farm Close Out Sale At Elgin South Sheep Ranch
Adolph Olson who bought the old sheep ranch south of Elgin has sold his farm to Herbert Ash and will hold a closing out sale Thursday March Uth. He will sell cattle machinery some grain 20 head of Holstein and Guernsey hogs a 50 Dodge pickup and more. Thompson and Schatz will conduct the sale with the Elgin State Bank as clerk. The Echo will prepare the advertising.
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Adolph Olson
Elgin
Herbert Ash
Thompson & Schatz
Elgin State Bank
The
Echo
Daughter Born to Bettendorf Couple Kathy Sue Feb 18
Mr and Mrs Frank Loving of Bettendorf welcomed a daughter Kathy Sue born Monday February 18. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Fred Burrow with Mrs Burrow planning to visit Thursday. Also, Mr and Mrs Raymond Miller Cedar Rapids announced a son born February 16 weighing 10 pounds at Cedar Rapids hospital. Another son born to Mr and Mrs Earl Little February 15 at Palmer Memorial Hospital West Union.
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Frank Loving
Bettendorf
Kathy Sue
Fred Burrow
Burrow
Sam
Raymond Miller
Cedar Rapids
Earl Little
Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union
Deer Visitors At Laverne Larson Farm
The Larson family hosts weekly deer visitors to their eight deer herd at the barnyard. The deer have become tame and are treated like farm animals. Tests at the Town State College Seed Testing Laboratory may expand seed crop reporting services. Wood chip bedding tests could create a secondary market for Iowa’s low grade lumber.
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Laverne Larson
State College
Laboratory
Iowa
Tabithas Meet Feb 21 at Baptist Church
The Tabitha Society will meet Thursday February 21 at the Baptist Church. Mrs Pauline Potratz will conduct devotions. Music by Mrs Abe Habeger. Program by Hugo Hackmann Selmer Erickson George Durscher Edward Krueger and John Vanderbeck. Hostesses Mrs Keith Thoma Elmer Pinney John Schaer and Gus Krueger. Thomas Hughes quotes Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends.
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Tabitha Society
Baptist Church
Pauline Potratz
Abe Habeger
Mdms
Hugo Hackmann
Selmer Erickson
George Durscher
Edward Krueger
John Vanderbeck
Mdris
Keith Thoma
Elmer Pinney
John Schaer
Gus Krueger
Thomas ‘Hughes
Firemen Quell Outhouse Fire At Daniels Home
A fire call around 6:30 Monday evening sent firefighters to Mrs Minnie Daniels residence where an outhouse fire threatened the house. The flames were controlled quickly with minimal damage.
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Minnie Daniels
Interstate Buys Mason City Property From KC Power Light
Interstate Power Company, based in Dubuque, agreed to buy Kansas City Power and Light’s People’s Gas and Electric division serving Mason City and eight nearby communities. The roughly 80,000 customers, valued at about 17 million dollars, transfer planned around May 31 pending regulatory approval.
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Interstate Power Company
Dubuque
Kansas City Power and Light Company
Mason City
B. F. Pickard
Interstate
People’s Gas and Electric
United Light and Power Company
Dairy Herd Mastitis Testing Proposal Report
A proposal notes that fewer than 1 in 14 Towa dairy cows participate in any production testing program. It urges regular milk sampling from every quarter of each cow and veterinarian testing for mastitis to improve herd health.
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Towa
Annuals Produce Summer Color on a Small Budget
The article promotes annual flowers as a cost effective way to maximize color in a garden. They bloom through summer and fall, filling gaps after perennials, with seed costing as little as one dollar yielding many flowers.
Real Estate Transfers and New Car Registrations
Real estate transfers include John H Knutsen and wife to John H Knutsen sr and wife with QCD in SW SW 32 91 7. Mabel Crandall and Elvis H Sanders to Ronald W Tripp and wife with WD Lot 20 B1 Sunnyside Arlington. Henry Suckow and wife to Merle W Lange and wife with TW D SE SE SW ex piece and part SW NE 2 95 7. Fred T Cline and wife to Martin Anderson and wife with JWD part Lot 8 B39 Thompson 1st Add Clermont. Martin Anderson and wife with QCD Lot 4 B61 Clermont. Walter Durscher and wife to Klaus Smid and wife with JWD part Lots 1 2 3 B1 Samuel Sarah Haleadd West Union. New cars registered Albert C or Hazel D Aylsworth Wadena Ford sedan.
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John H. Knutsen
John H
Knutsen, Sr
Mabel Crandall
Elvis H. Sanders
Ronald W. Tripp
Sunnyside Add
Arlington
Henry Suckow
Merle W. ‘Lange
Fred T. Cline
Martin Anderson
Thompson
Clermont
Walter Durscher
Klaus Smid
Samuel
Sarah
Ill and Hospitalized In Rochester and Nearby Areas
Ill and hospitalized notices from Marshalltown and Postville detail Mrs Nelle Reusser traveling with Mr and Mrs Robert Mueller to Rochester Clinic for examination. Mrs Ed Metzger and Mrs R Lo Grimes were admitted for medical attention and observation at Palmer Memorial and Postville hospitals respectively. Walter Follett returned home from Postville hospital and John Howard was taken to St Francis in Waterlong. Mrs L G Lehman fell on ice and was sent to Postville hospital for x rays.
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Rochester
Robert Mueller
Marshalltown
Nelle Reusser
Minn
Ed Metzger
Postville Hospital
West Union
R. Lo Grimes
Palmer Memorial Hospital
John Howard
St. Francis Hospital
Waterlong
L. G. Lehman
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Wadena News
Bob Hullihan
Suth Roe —E
Iowa Press Association
Jack Miller
Sioux City
Miller
Pleasant Valley Sharpshooters
James
Richard Frieden
Robert A
undensTancine
Teonlines
Bernita Landsgard
Ass’n
Opportunity
Tabithas
Albert C
Hazel D. Aylsworth
Wadena
Ford
Walter Follett
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