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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1960
Page
2
With strong sun now prevalent, farmers may face photo-sensitization in livestock. The illness appears where animals have sensitive skin after grazing on certain weeds or pasturage, then exposed to bright sunlight. Symptoms include restlessness, head shaking, rubbing, swollen ears or eyelids, and in sheep, swelling around the head nicknamed bighead.
Mr and Mrs Virgil Marquette and family from Marion visited the Les Wheeler home over the weekend. Other callers included Mr and Mrs Kirk Hicks and Mr and Mrs Clark Hummel on Sunday. Mrs Art Young returned to Rockford Illinois after a two week visit here and visited John Pope and Howard Rahmiller. Lyle Jennings returned Monday from Smithshire Illinois after visiting Theron Jennings. Douglas Everitt visited the Arthur Everitt home over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Wm Smith and Dixie visited Smiths sister Mary Neunkirch at the Oelwein Hospital Saturday and Monday. Mr and Mrs Michael Eder and Gary of Jesup visited in the H H.
Eder and Lester chase homes Sunday. Timmy Roys visits grandparents in Fort Collins. Eva Smith from Dubuque visited family. Mildred Shambaugh visited Oelwein hospital. Hermen family visited Lizzie Chase area. Carol Druecker visited with relatives. Families vacationing in Guttenberg and Colorado. Linda Tenney shower at Methodist church hosted by Laura Kitterman and Mary Moore. Various visits by Duff, Wheeler, Moore, Jellings, Longmuir, Bushkowski, White, and others. A false fire alarm at Don Farmer home prompted department response.
Mr and Mrs Calvin Way and family visited from Thursday through Sunday with friends and relatives in Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Gary Hogue Cedar Falls Carol Schlitter Monona and Jim Chase Cedar Rapids visited over July 4 with Mr and Mrs Floyd Chase. Mr and Mrs Floyd Chase and family were Sunday dinner guests.
A large crowd gathered at Louie Zuercher farm Monday evening to view the Volga fire department fireworks. The display will be held at the same site for the next four years, with an estimated turnout of over 230 carloads of people.
The building to house the state's Rehabilitation Center for the Blind receives approval to proceed with its remodeling after more than a year of delay. The legislative budget and financial control committee granted the blind commission permission to move forward with the program.
The District Court of Fayette County Iowa appointed the undersigned as Executor of the estate of Pauline Petratz Deceased on June 27 1960. All persons indebted must pay the executor and those with claims should present them for allowance at the court. Traeger Koempel Attorneys represent the executor in West Union Iowa.
Otto Wolff won the Saturday drawing and was present to receive 40 bucks. The event named Wolff as the prize recipient and noted his attendance.
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