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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1957
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial notes its second class mail status for Elgin Iowa. It lists the publication address 3711 Elgin and Fayette County details with a post office filing under the 1852 act.
The notice details subscription rates of 2.06 dollars per year for four northeast Iowa counties and 2.50 dollars per year for outside the territory, with advance payment required. It lists card notices priced at 1.00 dollar, memoriam and resolutions related to society and school notices, and classified ad minimums including a 0 cent minimum if cash is not used. It mentions a per week minimum for blind ads and inquiries and references obituary poetry at standard driver rates.
The 57th General Assembly opened at Des Moines on January 14, 1957, facing deep rooted issues from sales tax to reapportionment. The piece notes record turnover, state modernization goals, and Iowa’s shift from past conservatism toward a transitional, growth oriented agenda.
Town of Elgin Iowa presents a 1956 financial report covering January 1 to December 31. The document references utilities receipts for water works and includes a broad narrative excerpt with personal travel notes and letters mentioning individuals and places in California, Santa Ana, Palm Springs, and San Francisco.
The Echo prints part of a letter from Mrs. Inez Shaffer who spends winter in California. She visits Santa Ana Sepulveda Lassie and The Lone Ranger film sites Capistrano Mission Pasadena Rose Parade and Forest Lawn Memorial Park. She notes Elgin band entries and describes artworks and gravesite details from Glen Dale California.
Walter Kohls returns home from the Veterans' hospital in Iowa City for a two week period and will go back for a check up. Mrs Walter Durscher, burned two months ago, was taken to the Rochester Minnesota hospital for examination by Walter Durscher and Arvid Anderson.
Hugh Taylor of Allerton has collected pencils for about four years and owns specimens from every U.S. state and several foreign countries. His son Lester has a pencil collection exceeding 9,000 pieces, a hobby he passed to his father.
A New Year s Eve wedding in Trinity Lutheran Church Rapid City united Eva Hagen and Eugene Koevenig of Hill City. Eva wore forest green knit with white accessories and orchid corsage. maid of honor Marion Watson, best man Howard Hough. Both graduates of Hill City High School, they plan a Kanab Utah honeymoon where Eugene works for the U S Bureau of Reclamation. Parents and Mrs Lillie Mattoon attended.
Local residents hosted and visited friends and relatives across several households. The Butikofer and Schupbach families welcomed guests at the Lawrence Butikofer home, while others traveled to City to join Mr Kohls for a two week stay. Additional gatherings included the Larson, Grimm, Hunsberger, Kellogg, and Tomsheck households with numerous named guests and extended family members.
A 14 year old boy won the top prize of $25,000 on The Big Surprise. Government and New York income taxes reduced the total from $100,000 to $25,000. The item lists social events and guests from Sunday through Monday across several households in Union area towns, with multiple dinners and visits.
Jan Boleyn weighs 7 pounds 3 1/2 ounces at University Hospital in Iowa City born January 21. Leo and Mrs Boleyn report the baby at home Saturday. Len Born and Mrs Grimm learn Chicago parents Mr and Mrs Harry Anderson welcomed a son born Sunday. Dorothy Grimm is the former Mrs Anderson. Joe Brackin and wife announce a daughter born Monday January 28 at Palmer Memorial Hospital West Union weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. Ventilating exhausts for poultry houses should be placed near the ceiling.
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