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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1958
Page
4
Henry Holzer offers 400 bushels of 56 ear corn for sale eight miles east of West Union on Highway 56. Contact Henry Holzer at that location for details.
Town hunting season dates will be fixed at the August meeting. Rev Howard Glandaut resinged after eighty years as state training school chaplain for boys over differences of opinion on discipline. Herbert Leeper also resigned heading the school's orientation and disciplining unit. Rev Blandau blamed parents and community for earlier bad behavior, urging boys to accept responsibility through discipline. Firecracker injuries persist in Iowa with 15 year old David McConkey slightly hurt by a cherry bomb. Firecrackers outlawed twenty years ago, yet some residents bring them in from other states during travels. Past July 5th papers carried many tragic accidents to youngsters.
Elgin residents Mr and Mrs A F Swanson visited Earl Kiple and Tofield Heck homes to assist with duties while Mrs Kiple vacations. Cedar Rapids couple Mr and Mrs Fred Mason stayed with Mrs Libbie Larson. Several families and visitors, including the Gehring and Boyle clans, spent time at local homes and hotels over the weekend.
Patrick E Minihan son of Mr and Mrs Martin Minihan has secured a position with Collins Radio Co of Cedar Rapids. He has been sent to San Francisco for training in advanced missile tracking equipment. On return he will travel as a field representative.
Local residents Milton and Mrs Carroll hosted guests from Garber Garnav ille Guttenberg and Chicago. Families from Volga and nearby towns visited relatives in West Union Elkader and Guttenberg while planning engagements and a church event. Fireworks displays drew about 400 cars along the Volga Wadena road for the Fourth of July.
Dudley L. Simms of Charleston West Virginia was elected International President of Lions International at the 41st annual convention in Chicago Illinois. Lions International with 77000 members in 01 countries supports youth activities sight conservation and aid to the blind. Last year Lions Clubs completed over 171000 service projects worldwide. A separate social report notes local families hosting gatherings and small prize winnings from a recent event including multiple $5 and $1 awards.
The Town Council of Wadena Fayette County Towa will meet August 4 1958 at 8 00 pm at Town Hall Tax payers will be heard for or against the estimate of expenditures for 1959 A detailed statement of receipts and disbursements both past and anticipated will be available at the hearing.
Mr and Mrs Frank Oldfather spent time in Cedar Rapids for a medical checkup. Robert Duff left Rochester Hospital and stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs Cecil Duff. John Follon visited Mrs Follon at Lester Wenger home. LeRoy Page family visited Walter Everett home. Mr and Mrs LeRoy Sloan hosted relatives from Illinois including Ray West and Sue Bauman plus Roger Williams for dinner with Glen Oldfather. Glen Oldfather Melvyn Puffett and Bud Fox family plus George Oldfather visited Le Roy Sloan’s on the Fourth. Howard Rahmiller family visited over the weekend with friends in Maccatine. Mrs Wayne Carroll was admitted to Oelwein Hospital for observation. Rodger Pfadenhauer of Burlington found a watch nine years after losing it in the same garden plot. it runs well with minor rust.
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