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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1967

Page

4

For Sale Classifieds Include Sewing Machines and More

Multiple ad snippets list for sale items and services from Elgin to Rochester. Includes ten unused electric sewing machines with credit options, a fuel ash sale, a chain saw warranty offer, a Friday night dinner at Larson Shopping Center, and hay for sale. Also notes shelling services, transfer services, and a general sports shop listing with contact numbers.

Elgin Bos Rochester Ser Foro Aamy Larsar Shona Center Pastyilic Aasceem Harry Rutikote Eun Larson Pastville Sovae Loftacant Tansfer Homelite Klingar Weet Union Tfe Por Sale Aril Gehring Wadena

Cards of Thanks and Gratitude Notices

Card of thanks from Mrs Giles Martin regarding a $20 jackpot won at a drawing. Card from Mr and Mrs Will Kerr thanking relatives and friends for sympathy after Lew Grover's death. Thanks to neighbors for meals after Palmer Memorial Hospital stay. Mrs Lloyd Loftsgard thanks for cards and kindness during treatment in Iowa City.

Elcin Gift Club Giles Martin Lew Grover Will Kerr Palmer Memorial Hospital West Union Louis Klingman Iowa City Lloyd Loftsgard

Mrs Oliver Larson Hosts Ramona’s Ninth Birthday Party

Elgin reporter notes that Mrs Oliver Larson entertained a group of girls after school on Thursday February 16 observing Ramona Larson’s ninth birthday. Guests included Debra Loftsgard Diane Halverson Cathy McMillan Ice Blockhus Rose Pfister Tari Butikofer JoAnn Brackin Glenda Reierson Julie Frieden Sally Amundson Cheryl Thorson Linda Kittleson Barbara Thorson Kristine Lehman Lisa Loftsgard Debra Bilden Joan Peck Kim DeSart and Lois Larson.

Oliver Larson Ramona Debra Loftsgard Diane Halverson Cathy McMillan Janice Blockhus Rose Pfister Tari Butikofer JoAnn Brackin Glenda Reierson Julie Frieden Sally Amundson Cheryl Thorson Linda Kittleson Barbara _ Thorson Kristine Lehman Lisa_Loftsgard Debra Bilden Joan Peck Kim DeSart Lois Larson

Luther League Meets at Elgin Lutheran Church

Our first Luther League meeting with Pastor Dennis Brake was held at 6:30 p.m. on February 19 1967. Twenty eight members attended. Myrna Moore led the evening with her program. Lunch was served by the Meyers Blockhouses and Chapmans. The group discussed raising funds for the Luther League convention in Dallas Texas this August and approved a motion for a slave auction. No further action was taken.

Luther League News Dennis Brake Elgin Lutheran Church Myrna Moore Meyers, Blockhuses Chapmans Dallas Texas Lennis Moore

Pleasant Valley Homemakers Meet at Mrs. Gibson Home

Pleasant Valley Homemakers held a regular meeting at Mrs. Lanny Gibson's home on Friday February 17 with pledges songs and a discussion on the Star Spangled Banner. Members planned Farm Bureau Women’s Day March 13 at Maynard Community Hall featuring speaker Bobbie Ecker of Waverly and symbolism with flowers.

Pleasant Valley Lanny Gibson Ritson Iowa M. J. Blockhus Farm Bureau Maynard Bobbie Ecker Waverly Kenneth Blockhus

Illyria Couple Visits Ethel Zuercher After Surgery

Mr and Mrs Lester Chase of Volga and the James Hermen family visited Ethel Zuercher in Town City Sunday following her major surgery on Thursday.

Gene Wenger Ed Wenger Lester Chase Volga James Hermen Town City Ethel Zuercher

Legislature Faces Battle Over Vocational Schools Funding

State lawmakers debate financing and operation of area vocational technical schools and community colleges. Senator Eugene Hill charges deficit financing from Johnston's department and questions authority on district moves. Lt. Gov Fulton criticizes 1965 act for local bias. House seeks to curb local property tax funding and jurisdiction shifts, while apportionment deadlock prompts three Democratic alternatives.

Eugene Hill Newton Democrat Hill Paul Johnston Johnston Areca Amex Robert Fulton State Board of Public Instruction House Senate General Assembly

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Jack McNeil Castalia Por Salk Virgil Miles Klingars Sports Shop Tfe Karo SY Ree van Camp Ang Diesini Max Thoma Elgin, Iowa Future Farmers of America Bob Falb Daplement P. V. Homemakers Meeting Illyria News State News Newton Department of Public Instruction Fulton John Fale & Sons Chevrolet Bel Air Corvair Chevrolet Bel Air P. B DODGE FORD John Falk & Sons BUICK
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