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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1957
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial published from Elgin Iowa is listed with its mailing details and classification notes. It is recorded as second class mail after September 1, 1891, at the Elgin post office in Fayette County.
Fred A Light of Colesburg formerly of West Union area died suddenly of a heart attack New Year’s morning at his Colesburg home. Funeral held January 4 at Colesburg Methodist Church with Rev Geo Youtzy officiating. He was born January 13 1879 in Elgin stepchild of Albert A Light and Louisa Hunsberger Light. Survived by wife Carrie E Grom and four children Harold Viola Reuben Lorraine with eight grandchildren six great grandchildren and many relatives. Interment in West Union cemetery. Card of Thanks notes and appreciation to Rev Youtzy included.
The LaVerne Larson family hosted visiting relatives on Wednesday and Friday evenings in the Oliver and Ames Oléon homes. Various families attended baptisms and dinners in Charles City and surrounding towns, with Mrs. Baumgartner visiting multiple households and Paul Dean relocating to Guttenberg after retirement.
The document lists liabilities and capital accounts including demand deposits and time deposits totaling 1,638,732.68 and 981,471.94 respectively, with total liabilities and capital at 1,839,932.51. It notes common stock par value 50,000 and assets pledged totaling 100,000.00, sworn by D. Welch, notary public, Fayette County Iowa, January 4, 1957.
Sunday dinner guests at Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Peterson included Bertina Gilbertson Hilder Millard Isabelle Thorsgaard Alfred Walterson and M J Blockhus. Elgin attendees joined the funeral of George L Miller in Pepin Wisconsin with numerous names listed. Additional gatherings occurred in Clermont Postville Calmar Hawkeye Waterlo o and other towns with multiple families joining meals visits and holidays across the weekend.
On Sunday December 23 at Central Lutheran Church Des Moines Norma Rae Bergerson and Mahlon Lantz married in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore ivory suede-cloth gown with seed pearls, carried white roses and the couple planned a Kansas City holiday trip before settling in Indianola. The wedding featured organist Marjorie Bauman and a reception in the church hall with attendants from Des Moines Topeka and Hobbs New Mexico. The bride teaches science at Indianola. the groom works for Standard Oil.
A fragment lists attendees including Mr and Mrs Ray A Bergerson of Topeka Kansas Mr and Mrs Maynard Lantz of Elgin Bonnie Lantz and Bopton Mase Mrs T F Reinhold and Laurel of Detroit A C Bauman of Topeka Nancy Mefford of Hobbs New Mexico and Doris Derrington of Topeka Kansas.
Mrs. Dan Butikofer sr and Mrs. Sam Schneider spent last Thursday in the Ben Butikofer and Mrs. Martin Hanson homes with Gladys. Mrs. Orlin Mason joined Mr and Mrs Kenneth Mark on a Saturday trip to Independence to see Ida Meyer in the hospital. Ira Olson of St Olaf visited the Orlin Mason home Sunday afternoon and called at Christen Bros. homes with Mrs John Christen and children for supper. The Lester Wenger family visited Tuesday afternoon in the Martin Hanson home.
Nels Olson fell ill on Wednesday and was taken to the Veterans hospital at Town City. Wilmer Lantz has been a patient in the Postville hospital for a broken ankle from a December 31 fall, major surgery. Mrs. Glen Schupbach of Park Ridge NL had major surgery on Thursday. Anna Schupbach returned home Sunday. Ruth Schu will remain there indefinitely. Mollie Schneider traveled to Rochester Minnesota on Wednesday for a clinic check-up. Craig Boleyn, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Boleyn, was taken to Iowa City on Tuesday for a hernia operation.
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