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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1960

Page

4

Crown Hill Property for sale in Clermont Iowa

For sale modern 8 room house with bath oil furnace sleeping porch garage attached several hundred feet of shoreline on the Turkey river known as the Crown Hill Property in Clermont Iowa. Also 195 acre farm north of Clermont suited for dairy and beef year 60 x two story modern dwelling brick silo outbuildings cash or contract with easy payments 20 acre farm 244 miles east of Clermont modern dwelling 8 rooms and bath oil furnace full basement basement barn outbuildings two story frame dwelling 7 rooms and bath enclosed porch oil furnace garage and 2 lots Clermont listings by J A Erickson R E Broker Clermont Lost watch on ball diamond Wednesday evening Roger Torson

Turkey River Clermont J. A. Erickson R. E

Real Estate Listings in Clermont and Elgin Iowa

Real estate items include a 26 by 60 repair shop with welding and wood working gear, 4 bedroom house with finished basement, two story brick home, a nearly new frame house, and a one story modern house in Clermont. Also a farm for sale with 35 acres timber and outbuildings, near West Union on the Elgin West Union road. Walter Follett, broker, Clermont Iowa. 40 cents a foot.

Clermont Elgin West Union Elgin-West Union Road Walter Follett Iowa

Barn Spraying Ad Promotes Carbola Product

Local notice advertises barn spraying services using Carbola as the top product for all spraying jobs in one operation.

Thank You Cards From the Butikofer and Frieden Families

The Harry Butikofer family and Mrs Richard Frieden along with Debra Kae express heartfelt thanks for cards, food and assistance after an accident and during recovery. The gratitude covers hospital stays and after returning home.

Harry Butikofer Richard Frieden Debra Kae

Local Social News From Elgin Community

Elgin residents held birthday gatherings and visited friends in Strawberry Point and West Union. Hosts included Mrs. Mason Mrs. Minihan and Mrs. Chapman with guests from Marion Pleasant Hill and West Bend. Evening and weekend visits featured families and relatives such as the Lerchs, Meisners, Baumgartners, Groths and Gehrings.

Harold Meisner Lawrence Lerch George Lerch Art Friederich Strawberry Point Kenneth Mark Kendall Orlin Mason Mason Edwin Hanson Wm. Baumgartner Decelwein Jacob Gehring Paul Banwart Earl Banwart LeAnn and Dale Josephine Zaugg Norman Zauge West Bend Werner Moore Wilmer Esther Moore J. M. Gehring

Birthday Celebrations and Visit Gatherings Across Iowa and Oklahoma

A Delaware of social visits is noted with Mr. and Mrs. George Lerch and children in El Reno Oklahoma arriving in Bigin for a two week visit at Harold Meisner’s. A Pike’s Peak picnic and multiple birthdays celebrated at Andrew Yearous home involved many local families from Elkader Fairbank and beyond with cake corsages and gifts. Further visits included L W Petersons from St Paul and a Cedar Rapids group at Ben Erickson’s home with Carlson and Gehring households.

George Lerch Lisa Lane el Reno Okla Bigin Harold Meisner Pike's Peak Mervin Larson Elkader Lawrence Lerch Fairbank Andrew Yearous eYarous Martin Minihan Orlin Mason Glen McKellar Yearous Cedar Rapids Selmer Erickson Alyce Paul Bannart West Bend Jacob Gehring

Iowa Development Commission Attracts Industry Through Willson Music

Iowa born composer Meredith Willson helps the Iowa Development Commission promote new industry, tying economic efforts to musical outreach as the page continues.

Iowa Development Commission Iowa Meredith Willson

Music Man Composer Willson Records Iowa Plant Site Talk

Industrial prospects contacting the commission for information about Iowa plant sites will receive Willson recording entitled The Music Man Invites You to Take A Spin Through the New Iowa. Mason City native Ed Storey, director of the Development Commission, said Willson made the record at his California home after obtaining clearance from publishers.

Commission Iowa Willson Mason City Ed Storey Development Commission California

Assessments by Mail: Iowa to end postcard property listings

The Iowa Tax Commission ordered assessors to stop assessing by mail and to require personal visits to properties. Chairman John O'Connor warned that listing personal property on a postcard leads to inequities and expects few objections to the directive. A safety report linked failure to yield rights of way to 7,277 accidents and 143 deaths last year, with total 64,780 reportable crashes and 545 fatalities in 1959. United Fund membership approved a board decision.

Iowa Tax Commission John O'Connor Iowa State Safety Department

Local United Fund of Iowa undergoes disbanding plan

Governors propose replacing the United Fund of Iowa with community chests and united campaign groups in local areas. Last year the fund raised about $185,000 for multiple charities. The UFT previously served as a governing body for groups such as the American Hearing Society and YWCA Iowa District.

Ernors United Fund of Iowa United Campaign United Defense Fund UFT American Hearing Society American Social Health Association Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation Iowa The YWCA United Service Organization

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Waterloo J.L. Trautman L.J. West Union Chas. Wenger Clinton Nelson Shop Clermont L. T.N. Olson John Tillotson ECHO Perry Larson Roger Torson Sheldon Boyle Massey Harris Ford Farmall Bob Falb LGIN Harris Kjosa Manila Echo Stationers Tfp Postville St. Lucas Fort Atkinson Ossian Calmar Fayette Meyer's Hatchery Town Elgin Co-operative Co Keith Konler Elgin, Iowa United Fund Board of Gov Ossian G. W. Alderson Wadena Eliot Strategic Air Command Schori Kuster Ler Elgin, Iowa Brookwood Iit SAVE Chevrolet Buick John Falb
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