29 Jan 1953
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1953
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial in Elgin Iowa is listed with mailing details as a second class mail matter entered September one eighteen ninety one at the Elgin post office Fayette County Iowa under Act of March three eighteen fifty two.
Miss Mary Lou Tripp became the bride of Marian Roger McCurdy in a 6:00 PM candlelight ceremony at First Baptist Church Rawleigh North Carolina. The Rev Broadus Jones and Rev L R Brock Jr officiated a double ring rite. The bride wore Chantilly lace with a Juliet cap and carried a white Bible with an orchid. Peggy McCurdy was maid of honor in mink brown nylon net.
A wedding in Rawleigh featured a leaf design gold sequin skirt and gold beads. William Page served as best man with Carl Hayes and Harry Howard Jr as ushers. Honorary bridesmaids included Miss Helen Hood and others. The bride’s mother wore rose chantilly lace. the groom’s mother wore blue chantilly lace. A reception followed at the groom’s parents’ home. The groom, a UNC alum, is in the U S Coast Guard stationed in Newfoundland, where the couple will reside.
The Broughton bridge crew moved to Elgin on Monday to raise the bridge over Otter creek at Creamery Hill. Firefighters held their annual dance at the Elgin Opera House last Friday, with net proceeds of at least $50 for the firemen’s fund. Ed Wenger and spouse welcomed a son born January 29. The 1928 four door Chevrolet sedan at John Falk and Sons is priced at 675 dollars. Falk’s Meat Market offers specials on Jean pork shoulders and other pork products. Elgin Library Association officers were elected: Mrs. Mex Thoma president, Mrs. Lana Henderson vice president, and Mrs. C. Muehlethaler secretary-treasurer.
A son was born to the Reverend and Mrs Percy Larson of Rollette North Dakota on January 22 weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces and named Timothy Paul. It is their second child. The piece notes windbreak planning for farms to improve winter work comfort.
A series of complaints report dogs running at large causing damage and killing chickens. Owners must confine pets to their premises, with strays to be taken up and disposed of to avoid further trouble.
Violet Marie Bissell and Douglas D. Guyer were married in a candlelight double ring rite at St. John s Lutheran Arlington. Rev. C M Hart officiated. Amundson and Ramona Olson provided songs. The bride wore nylon net and satin with a finger tip veil. Attendants included Angie Guyer and Mrs Clara Pleis. Reception followed at the church with a three tier cake baked by Clara Pleis. The couple, she a Ratheons employee, he recently discharged from Korea service.
State of Iowa Fayette County District Court will hear the last will and testament claim for Herman Scheel on the Sunday in February 1953 in West Union Iowa. Clerk Herbert D Klammer dated January 27 1953. Echo job printing advertisement appears.
Local social roundup recounts Mrs Cleo Moore hosting a pink and blue shower for Mrs Orville Lamphier with relatives and gifts. In town visits, Mr Kenneth Jennings and family stayed with relatives in West Union to watch a television inauguration.
Mrs. Guy Brooks enjoyed a pleasant birthday surprise Sunday when guests arrived from Edgewood and Guttenburg to help celebrate. Leslie Maser and family, Geo Maser, Floyd Thein and daughter, and Jim Shaw stayed with the Keiholtz household, sharing the weekend festivities.
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