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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1962
Page
1
The Elgin Echo in Elgin Iowa lists Dial 37 as second class mail matter since Sept 1 1891 and is published every Wednesday by Hermen and Bartunek, Fayette County.
The notice lists advertising rates including ten cents per line with a 30 cent weekly minimum if paid in cash, or 48 50c otherwise. Blind ads or inquiries cost 50c per week minimum. Card of Thanks and In Memoriam cards cost 1.00, with 10 lines max and 5 cents per extra line. Resolutions and obituaries charged at regular rates.
Nellie Wold also known as Nellie Nelson Wold was born July 21 1882 in Clayton County Iowa and died January 8 after a year of strokes. She taught in rural Fayette and Clayton counties for fifteen years served in Marion Lutheran Church and later lived in St Olaf with her husband Andrew C Wold. Survived by son Burdette Monona and daughter Verd en Barnum Keota. one sister Josie Tollefson Decorah. five grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents her husband three sisters and an infant brother.
Charles L Capper born July 13 1897 in Elgin to Thomas John and Emeline Shaffer Capper. Navy veteran WWI, hatchery owner, former town councilman, married Viola Anderson in 1922 with two sons Charles Jr. and Leland Thomas. Died January 8 at 64. buried with full military honors in Elgin Cemetery. survived by wife Viola, son Charles, two sisters Susan Young and Flossie Potter, and two nieces. Card of thanks from the Capper family.
Retired Viggo Rasmussen of Elk Horn Telephone Co. began with the firm in 1919 and, after 42 years of service, chose January 1, 1962, to retire, marking a lifelong association with the company.
Six winners were announced at the Elgin Weekly Drawing held Saturday afternoon. The winners were Elmer Lantz Roy A. Han verson Walter Follett Elmer Lembke Lester Gehring and M A Boyer. Winning numbers included 279 86 1106 A19 1070 417 1409 682 559 478 1344 664 362 1243 199 7722 1623 1205 942 1868 643 1037.
Gunder News records Sunday afternoon visits to Decorah hospital as Mrs Anna Bidne, aunt of Mrs Opsand, is attended by Harold Opsand and family. Several households from Castalia Monona and Cler mont host and visit relatives and friends, including Olson, Loftsgard, Gisleson, and Knutson families, with multiple dinners and suppers noted. The item closes with a sales pitch: SELL IT WITH A WANT AD THEY GET RESULTS.
Alan J. Davis, a physics major at Iowa State University in Ames, earned a fall quarter dean's list honor for carrying at least 15 credit hours and maintaining a 3.5 grade point average. The list includes about 500 students meeting those criteria.
Mumps is a winter disease more common in children, with adults at risk of complications. It can affect the central nervous system, pancreas, and sex glands, and is communicable before symptoms appear. Seek medical care at first signs and rest in bed until swelling subsides.
The breakdown shows 57 percent funded national security, 11 percent interest on the national debt, 6 percent for veterans, 6 percent for agriculture, 6 percent for labor welfare commerce housing, 4 percent for space technology, 3 percent for international affairs, 3 percent for natural resources, 2 percent for debt retirement, and 2 percent for general costs of government.
The President’s message requests four new laws and upcoming farm program proposals within a month. Major issues include foreign trade tariffs and the European Common Market, with little appetite in Congress for shifting income tax rates. A postal rate increase is likely first. Social Security medical care lingers in committee, education bills loom, and April is poised for major plans.
The piece argues that modern parenting favors guidance over molding, stressing love as essential from infancy onward. It cites Dr. Benjamin Spock and historical gains in child health and knowledge, noting that adequate nourishment, sleep, and environment foster trust and self reliance, helping children grow into capable adults.
Modern scientific truss advertised as sanitary and washable, no bulbs belts or straps, cushions rupture while lifting walking. Claims it supports without bulging and targets men women and children. Public meeting with Mr Brandon at Hotel Rex in West Union Web January 24 from 9 30 to 12 00 noon.
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