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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1957
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial appears as a weekly Elgin Iowa newspaper, published Thursdays by Strauch and Hermanen. The issue notes its mailing class, entrance date of September 1, 1891, and post office listing in Fayette County.
Advertising rates per line ten cents with a 30 cent weekly minimum if cash accompanies order. Without cash the minimum is 15 50c. Blind ads or inquiries incur a weekly minimum. Cards of Thanks are one dollar. In Memoriam cards are one dollar, limited to ten lines. Notices with admission charged or obituaries follow regular rates.
Miss Luyverle Waterman and Hubert Seago were married Saturday afternoon in Elkport at 2 30. The Rev Claire Bigler presided over the double ring ceremony. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Arnold Waterman and wore a white brocaded ballerina gown with a red rose corsage. maid of honor LaVonne Waterman wore a blue gown with white roses. Best man was Eugene Schori. A reception followed at the bride’s home and later neighbors’ reception. The couple left for a short honeymoon after the celebration.
The Loftsgard reunion gathered 130 attendees on Sunday June 30 at the Gilbert Loftsgard farm. Officers elected for the coming year were Mrs Aldora Anderson president Mervin Reierson vice president Edwin Loftsgard secretary and Mrs Edwin Loftsgard assistant secretary. The past year recorded seven weddings eight births and two deaths among the Loftsgard families including numerous relatives from Des Moines Decorah and nearby areas.
Elgin State Bank shows assets of 1.883 million with 1.680 million in deposits and 50 thousand capital. Executives G J Mosby and L L Knudtson sign the report. notary F D Welch certifies on June 28 1957. lists include customers and local families connected to Arlington church burial at Taylorville cemetery.
Pvt Weldon D Orth and Pvt Paul L Pinney, both in Army units in Europe, are noted for softball play. Pinney, 21, from Elgin, Illinois, entered service January 1955, trained at Fort Ord and arrived in Europe March 1966 after graduating Elgin High School in 1954 and working at Mayo Clinic as an assistant x ray technician.
George Retz age 67 died suddenly at his Arlington home on Saturday morning from a heart attack. Funeral services were held at the local church.
A sequence of social events includes Mr and Mrs Jack Adrian hosting a picnic supper for Mr and Mrs Marion Scott and others from Pipestone Miller and West Union. George Schupbach entertained for Chuckie’s third birthday with several Schupbach and related families. The Rasmussen and Resmussen visits mark celebrations during the weekend as Ames bound relatives traverse to visit local ties.
Mr and Mrs Marshall Helms were supper guests Sunday in the Dale Desert home. Mr and Mrs Elmer Larson Mr and Mrs O M Blockhus and Mrs Clarence Olson spent Sunday in Independence with their cousins Mr and Mrs G O Remme. Karen Kiple who was in a car accident recently returned to their work at Waterloo Monday Mr and Mrs Charles Gehring and Kathryn Hazel Gehring and Josephine Kniel left Monday for Hackensack Minn to spend a few days at the lake.
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