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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1957
Page
4
County Board of Education will meet July 15 1957 at 7 00 p m at the Office of Co Supt West Union Iowa to hear taxpayers on the fiscal year 1958 expenditures under Chapter 273 Code. Also note wallpaper steamer rental and local notices.
Herbert Hoover approved and helped with exact duplication plans after blueprints were shown by William B. Anderson and Towans at the San Francisco national convention. Hoover expressed interest and pride in the project. Danger is slow driving. safety officials urge slow motorists to keep to the normal flow or yield to delaying vehicles.
Fire Marshall Ed J Herron told the Iowa Association of Fire Fighters that 40 percent of fire fatalities are age fourteen or younger and 85 percent are sixty or older. He spoke during the association meeting.
Mel Graham of Audubon and Emery Loomis of Waterloo end their terms on the state highway commission. They are replaced July 1 by Cecil Malone of Atlantic and Robert Brice of Waterloo, named by Gov. Loveless to succeed Graham and Loomis. Malone and Brice must win senate confirmation at the next session. A new chairman to replace Robert Beck of Centerville will be elected at the next meeting as the Republican control remains 3-2.
Thirty seven Iowa patrol recruits will graduate from Camp Dodge as Major James Maccolz leads the month long training. Amvets appoints Eldon Huisman as state commander and Robert Rankin and William Robinson as first and second vice commanders with Shirley Davis as auxiliary president. B B Hickenlooper is alerted for a possible London trip on disarmament, while Sen Sayre dies at Winterset. Iowa expands rehabilitation programs and approves a 225000 vocational rehab center expansion in Des Moines. Aeronautics commission to share airport costs with Corning and Clarinda for lighting and beacon tower upgrades, 50 percent funded by the state.
Kenneth M. Schori is listed with a new address at 2503 East Wood Ave, Chicago 25, Illinois. The notice confirms the relocation and provides the updated residence for correspondence or records.
Martin Hanson was taken to Decorah Hospital Thursday for treatment. Mrs. Walter Durscher traveled to Rochester Minnesota Friday for clinic visits. Mr. Durscher and Mrs. Arvid Anderson visited her Tuesday. She returned home Wednesday.
Local residents from Ottawa to Springfield share visits and hospitality across Elgin West Union and surrounding towns. Card of thanks from Chris Wenger thanks friends for support during hospital stay. Several families plan visits, supper guests and weekend trips, including the Werther, Frieden, Schupbach and Anderson households with relatives in Cedar Rapids Rochester and Calmar.
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