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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1947
Page
5
Rumors swirl about Governor Blue seeking higher federal posts or a third term while observers question the Watts appointment to the Iowa Highway Commission. Critics say the move may be illegal and could alienate legislative supporters as Iowa faces a potential seven million dollar surplus and a troublesome next legislature.
The 28th Illyria annual homecoming drew Tyria farm youths to a friendly game against a Lansing-area team, won by a wide margin. After dinner Rev. I J Snyder of Whitten gave an address praising past helpers and the pastor’s days here. The Ladies’ Aid served supper and an eight o’clock home talent play, A Case of Springtime, delighted locals. The event marks a long, unusual streak of consecutive successful homecomings with no sign of fading.
Funeral services for Albert H. Keller age 83 of West Bend were held Tuesday at the Christian Apostolic church. He died Sunday after a short illness. Born April 11, 1884 in Switzerland, he came to the United States at age 19 and later lived in Morton, IA and Bend before marrying Bertha Benninger on March 27, 1910. He was the father of five, including Anna Metzger, and was preceded in death by Lorene Mae. A list of relatives from the area attended the rites.
Carrie Stry and Carl Green of Elgin wed May 3 at the Lutheran parsonage Clermont with Rev. A. O. Nesset officiating. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Holden and others from Sumner and area towns. Last Thursday evening Mrs. Frank Greenley hosted a bridge party with a large guest list and prizes awarded to Mrs. Lululow and F. D. Welch. attending guests included Mrs. L. D. Hitch and several named locals.
Vera Leonard of Iowa City and Edward L Schmid of Waterloo were married Saturday afternoon July 5 at 3 30 by Reverend L L Dunnington. Mrs Schmid formerly worked at the university Dospel in Town City. They will reside in Waterloo where Schmid works as a mechanic at the Schifitéi garage.
Rev C F Stoeckmann former minister of Elgin Baptist church St Paul died Tuesday Burial will be in St Paul Friday He was born May 4 1869 in Neu Grunau West Prussia Germany and after coming to this country graduated from North American Baptist Seminary Rochester NY in 1898 He held pastorates in Sheboygan Elgin and St Paul and before retirement served as Minnesota Wisconsin state missionary He lived with his son Reuben in St Paul recently homebound
Littleport defeated Elgin by a 5 to 4 score in a tight Sunday contest on Elgin's diamond. The game featured no scoring in the last five innings, with Littleport opening strong in the first two frames and finishing 5 runs on 6 hits with 2 errors, while Elgin posted 4 runs on 3 hits with 3 errors. Batteries: Littleport Schmidt Nading Olinger Thain l Hughes. Elgin T Barker Henninger. Next Sunday, July 13, Elgin visits Wadena.
F D Welch of the Elgin Oil Co plans a re-roofing project using red composition shingles on his service station. The old roof had served since the station was built. A Chicago visit by Mr and Mrs Al Vegell occurred from Thursday to Sunday with Mr and Mrs Herbert Haas. The Kohler family reunion and picnic at Pike’s Peak McGepeor marked seven years since the whole family gathered, celebrating birthdays for Russell Clifton Kohler and Charles Peterson. Attendees included Petersons and Kohlers from Postville Hubbard Des Moines West Union and other nearby places.
Ruth Anderson, 19, crowned Miss Town in Des Moines last Thursday night and named Miss Fayette County. She will represent Iowa in the national beauty contest in Atlantic City in September. Anderson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Anderson of Oelwein, is employed by the C. G. W. Railroad. She earned Miss Fayette County at a prior contest in Oelwein. The state pageant drew a large audience as she received thunderous ovations in all phases.
Fred Gehring remains in bed with a fractured leg hindering his first steps after injury. Crutches prove troublesome as he plans a cautious return, with Illyria's homecoming postponed to avoid risk in his fragile condition.
Last week at Iowa State College the state 4 H Boys short course offered three days of talks field trips recreation and entertainment for delegates. Local youths Louis Halverson from Pleasant Valley club Elgin and Lowell Gehring from the Tityria club near Elgin attended.
A Clermont Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau meeting is set for the Elgin school house on Tuesday evening July 15 at 8 00. Mr Wangsness will discuss soil erosion and there will be moving pictures. Lunch will be served. Everyone welcome.
Dr. H. H. Wolf, after months of illness and consultation with specialists, will enter Oakdale Sanitarium for an indefinite period. His brother Lew Wolf of Chicago accompanied him there Saturday. Dr. Schrier of Fayette and Dr. E. G. Kettelkamp of Monona will hold office hours at Dr. Wolf's Elgin office. their schedule appears in this issue.
Former Elgin resident Rosa Buetzberger, 76, died Friday June 8 after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Monday at the Balsamian church in Switzerland, then noting she came to the U. S. as a young woman and married Ernest Buetzberger in 1883 in Mankato. Survivors include two sons Fritz and John and four daughters Rose Kroken, Amelia Bateman, Maisie Jepsen, Myrtle Smith, plus 13 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren, with relatives in Switzerland and the United States.
At his farm Earl Kiple killed a timber rattlesnake that lay atop a hay windrow while he was making hay on Monday. The snake had ten rattles and this marks roughly the tenth such serpent he has killed since moving to the farm.
C Muehlethaler, Elgin’s longtime unofficial rain measurer, bought a new rain gauge. The device samples a larger area and records in tenths of an inch, allowing measurements to be precise to one hundredths. Example: July 4 rain read .32 in with the new gauge versus about 1/4 inch on the old device. Over four years readings may vary widely.
The Oelwein district Chicken of Tomorrow contest in Fayette county will be held July 23 and 24 with district winners advancing to the state contest. Local grading teams will visit flocks to sample weight flock conditions and related care. Contestants should have sold or eaten counts died weights feeding and shelter details ready for checkers.
A sharp rise in grain prices and gains in meat animals poultry and eggs boosted the Town Farm Commodity Index. By June 15 the index stood at 306, the third highest on record, behind October 1946 and March of this year. Compared with a year ago, the index advanced from 214. Corn rose 30 cents a bushel hogs up 4.0 a cwt beef cattle up 1.20 lambs 1.00 eggs up 1-2 cents per 4 dozen. Feeding margins grew less favorable in mid June due to the surge in feed costs.
Mr and Mrs Levi Frieden announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their eldest daughter Eileen Leah Frieden to Milo A Olson, son of Mr and Mrs Henry T Olson. The wedding is planned for Thursday evening August 1 at St Pauls Methodist Church in Elgin.
Mr and Mrs Wm Butikofer of Lia Grange Missouri were supper guests Monday evening in the Albert Schupbach home.
Silas Wilson begins a six room residence on his forty acre farm north of Harold Levenberger Palm. He will do all the work himself and plans no further building at this time. Local births and visits noted include the birth of Sheila Rae Martin at Postville hospital to Mr and Mrs Lester Martin Saturday evening weighing unspecified pounds. Mrs Letha Adrian is the former Mrs Martin. Nearby residents and visitors from Estherville and Sumner joined various gatherings, with Gordon Zurbriggen leaving for Navy duty at LaFayette Indiana.
Falb and Light Co completed their move into a newly finished building between Baumgartner and Steele grocery, replacing the Schmund building. The site spans Center Street to Main Street with office, parts department, a large repair shop, and display lots. Construction began April 3 and the company moved in July 3, with rain delaying progress.
Real estate transfers list Alfred Boleyn to John Falk and Ervin Metzger to John Metzger with nominal sums in Elgin areas plus parcels in Clermont. Also property swaps for Helen Gempeler to John R. Schmid and contracts involving Melvin Boleyn, Kjosa, Mitts Conner, and others. Marriage licenses show couples listed for June 28 and 30 in Davenport, Harpers Ferry, and Randalia.
A 31 year old woman pilot Miss Marge Hurlbut died when her plane crashed during an air show at Decorah airport on the Fourth of July. She recently set a world speed record for women in Tampa and was performing with the Flying Tigers when the craft went down in a cornfield. The Fourth of July weekend killed over 250 nationwide in auto accidents drownings and fireworks incidents beyond prior safety estimates. Visitors from Waukegan Great Lakes Calmar and Fayette joined residents in holiday gatherings with families staying at the Schori home.
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