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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1959
Page
4
Want ads note a raincoat trade due to size and a stranger at home, signed by R. P. Strauch. Also a for sale item describes a McCormick Deering 22 inch threshing machine with a 7 inch drive belt and 100 feet belt, listed by Elmer Leu aka Postville Iowa.
Young men from Elgin are sought for permanent work in the northeast town near home. Applicants should provide a full resume of background and present employment, though the name of the current employer is not necessary. This ad urges better opportunities than present work.
Questioning whether a wife can remain in the present home if the husband is absent, introductory note explaining the Mutual Service Provider Home Security Plan. Identified contact Adolph Elvers, agent, Elkader telephone 59611.
Classified items include a 64 Combine with Humme Reel and Scout Clean PTO priced at 950, a 34 ft item, 25V Mowera, 2 John Deere rakes, New Idea rake bars, plus a New Idea rake on rubber. Also notices for white-washing barns, a 5 acre oat hay offer, a stewing hen for sale, and Mutual Service driving security ads. Also 60 Allis-Chalmers Combine at Gehring Hardware.
Lenna Heins daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Heins underwent a tonsillectomy at Postville hospital Friday and remains hospitalized. Louis Becker had surgery at Scholtz Hospital in Waterloo Tuesday morning and is expected to stay in hospital about ten days.
Lena Wenger transfers Part W NE 13 228 to John R Thompson and wife JWD. Anna Maria Gunderson transfers Part Nis Sig 23 95 7 to Levi E Molokken WD. New car registrations include Marvin C Larson Clermont Ford Sedan, Vernon A Meyer Clermont Chev Sedan, Harry L Johnson or Kathryn BL Elgin Chev Sedan, Robert L Cousins Wadena Ford Trk, Reuben H Steffens or Mary C Clermont Chev Sedan, Elliott M Olson 28 Clermont, LeAnna Frieden 19 Elgin. Donald Charles Malek 21 West Union and Carol Mott 20 Clermont. Alvin RK Steward 23 Oelwein and Karen Schroeder 19 Clermont.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Walterson celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary at their Verona North Dakota home on July 2. Attendants included Mrs Lena Peters Cedar Falls and Mr and Mrs M J Blockhus, Decorah with others visiting and returning home July 3.
Clayton County Extension lists events from July including Junior Clayton County Camp registration July 14 at National Fair Grounds, July 15 Family living Conference in Ames with camp dismissal at 11:00, and July 16 Family living conference in Ames.
Notice states Western Union Telegraph Company filed on June 22, 1959 to close the Elgin agency telegraph office. Substitute service will be available from the Western Union office in Oelwein Iowa. Public comment may be sent to the Federal Communications Commission Washington DC by July 22, 1999.
Senior Camp at the National Fairgrounds is held Friday July 17 with an atone motif. The event begins with a living conference and ends with dismissal at 11 00 am for attendees at the Fair Grounds in Clayton County.
State funds of the Iowa dairy commission and banking department are non appropriated yet must be remitted to the state treasurer. Dairy butterfat levy applies May through June with quarterly remittance. Banking exams incur fees and 90 percent of receipts must be deposited within 10 days. Farm Youth Tour runs Sept 8 to 12 visiting 21 industries in 12 cities.
Secretary Clyde Spry appoints a seven member board to oversee a state marketing division created by the legislature. Appointees include Lester Wiese Manning representing the Iowa Beef Producers. Keith Wilson Iowa City of the Iowa Poultry and Hatchery Association. Bernard Collins Marion of the Iowa Swine Producers Association. Newman Lyle Sheldon of the Iowa Horticulture Society. Robert Sar Charles City of the Iowa Crop Improvement Association. Howard Waters Danville of the Iowa State Sheep Association. Kneeling Des Moines of the Iowa Daily Association.
The Democratic controlled highway commission took over July 1 and plans to revise the 700 mile interstate priorities set in spring 1958 by the prior Republican body. Governor Loveless and others criticized the old plan for building from cornfield to cornfield. Robert Brice as new chairman urged revamping, while chief engineer John Butter called for waiting on latest interstate contracts before acting.
Ralph Lemke of Ringsted caught about 400 pounds of fish in Canada one afternoon. He brought home a 28 pound trout and a 23 pound trout while the five biggest fish weighed 113 pounds in total. The rest of the text notes separate incidents including a milly truck rollover near Klemme and Jack Roland Dole escaping injury after a jack slipped while under his car.
A brief local notice lists Dr B T Martin in Postville with a phone contact. The fragment suggests a professional listing or appointment notice. No additional details are legible.
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