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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1955
Page
8
Sunday gatherings marked by church members and families from Arlington West Union Clermont Decorah and Mason City with picnics dinners and weekend visits. Attendees included Pollock families Shaffer Yearous Hunsberger Downey Halverson Medberry and many others as Phyllis celebrated a birthday.
Gunder News reports a weekend of social visits as families from West Union Castalia Luana Monona Clermont and Decorah host and attend dinners calls and birthday celebrations. Notable gatherings include a Rickey Kirkeberg first birthday dinner with relatives from Postville West Union and Castalia and a weekend in Keokuk with the Waalks and Holm family members.
Cherry Valley News reports that George Ubersax Frank Teutch mann Mavis and Bernard Swarts of Shullaburg Wis came Saturday as dinner guests in the John Dennler home. Janet Swartz who had stayed two weeks with the Dennlers returned home with them. Mrs Orlin Mason spent Tuesday evening in the Robert Hanson home. The John Nagel family of West Union Irene and Pat Minihen joined a picnic Sunday at the Martin Minihan home.
The report lists numerous visits and gatherings around Elgin and nearby towns. Highlights include Mrs. Nagel’s birthday, Will Smith’s birthday, and the Blotti visit from Denver. Families such as the Butikofer, Dennler, Hofer, Hanson, Duff, Christen, and Mason households are mentioned with many dinners, picnics, and calls across Clermont, Arlington, Volga, and Elgin.
Industry expert Francis Kutish of Iowa State College notes agriculture remains the weak link in the 1955 economy. Despite higher personal consumption spending and more farm products sent to market, cash farm income for the first five months fell 3 percent from 1954. Farm exports have eased after wartime highs, though a slight recent uptick is blamed on weather and supply rather than a lasting export rebound. The broader business year looks promising for other sectors, with Kutish warning of possible slowdown in summer activity.
The statement suggests shoppers will have larger discretionary incomes through the remainder of the year, implying stronger consumer spending than in the latter half of 1954. It hints at broader economic growth and potential boosts for retail activity.
Multiple real estate transfers involve Alma Iverson, Christ family, Arleta Howard, Rich ard Gehring, Louis Klingman, Schori Lbr Co, Clarence Schori, R F Strauch, John Falk, and the Apostolic Christian Church of America with properties in Schori Add Elgin. Also listed are new car registrations for Roland Barrack Arlington Cushman 54 Dale Minger Wadena Hudson Scovel Arlington and Dayton Scovel.
Poultrymen adjusted chick hatch numbers with fewer early chicks and more late ones. As a result fall egg production is not expected to fall as sharply, though egg prices should rise versus last fall with a smaller premium for larger eggs.
College economists warn that a smaller chick hatch will mainly affect winter and spring egg prices next year after pullet egg prices fell sharply. The downturn in pullet egg values foreshadows tighter supplies and higher costs for consumers later in the year.
June egg production on Iowa farms is estimated at 431 million eggs, down from May's 503 million. This June is 6 percent higher than June 1954's 406 million and 7 percent above the 1944-53 average of 404 million eggs for June.
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