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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1954
Page
10
The Elgin Echo announces its Elgin Iowa office details and mailing status under federal act dates. The notice cites Fayette County Iowa and lists the office as Elgin with a dial number for contact.
Resolutions of Respect and church society notices are listed along with school notices where admission is charged. Obituary poetry is mentioned as part of regular advertising offerings, with other items noted at standard rates.
Alyria News notes a Progressive Home Study club picnic planned for Sunday at Fayette park, July 25. The item also mentions Mr and Mrs Orran Bane and Junior as supper guests one Tuesday at Thos Pollock’s home and Mr and Mrs Will Christen with Glen and Louis as guests Wednesday afternoon of Harold Kimball, West Union, and Ella Foxwell of Fayette as visiting.
A long list of guests and dinners links families across Arlington Elgin Strawberry Point West Union Guttenberg Garnaville and surrounding areas. Visitors include Lillian Burnedge Sullivan and children in Elgin DL and the Yearous Nydegger Bane Wenger and others. Dinner guests mark celebrations and long gatherings with relatives and friends.
The Cheery Valley News lists numerous visits and home gatherings. The Knudtsons, Nickels, Minis, Bergans, Meyers, Wiegands, and others are noted visiting relatives and friends in Volga Postville Canton and nearby areas, with hospital returns and weekend stays.
Mr and Mrs Herman Schup fbach of Postville spent Friday evening at the Louis Butikofer home. Mrs Herman Larson Jr of near Volga and Mrs Kane of Fairbank visited Irene Minihan. the Dennler, Torkelson, and Sylvan Torkelson families also appeared. They drove to Iowa City to see Steven, son of the Sylvan Torkelsons, who has been a patient at the children's hospital for two weeks.
Social notices recount visits and gatherings in Gunder area homes. Mr and Mrs Cornelius Reierson hosted kin from West Union and Castalia for Sunday dinner in their home with additional guests from Postville and Clermont. A miscellaneous shower for Mrs Gary Piddle was held at the Reierson residence with many attendees. Games and contests complemented the entertainment.
Mrs Ed Connor new manager announces meals will be served by this coming Sunday after a full overhaul of the Elgin Hotel interiors. Next Sunday Elgin and Elkader ball teams clash for first place, following a prior tie at Calmar in hot innings last week. Other local visits noted include Mr and Mrs Jake Gehring and son with Mr and Mrs Geo Butikoffer in McGregor and Arthur Hermen family visiting Len Hummel near Wadena.
Ernest Loertscher born April 30 1878 in Washington Noma Green County Wis died July 16 in Elgin at age 78. He came to Elgin in 1892 after living in Decorah three years and worked as mason and plasterer loved animals. Survived by sisters Pauline Petratz Jacob Miller Anna McNeill and nephews Milton and Douglas Miller. Funeral at Muehlethaler chapel on Monday July 19 officiated by Rev H John Vanderbeck.
Egg production on Towa farms during June is estimated at 406 million eggs, about 5 percent above last year’s 388 million and near the 1943-52 June average of 407 million eggs.
Towa farms produced about 638 million pounds of milk in June, roughly matching June 1953 at 640 million and 50.7 percent below the 1943-52 ten year average of 691 million. The dip reflects fewer milk cows, while production per cow remains steady with June 1953.
The article argues distasteful chores are not valuable for child learning. It cites studies showing kids learn faster when engaged and enjoying tasks. It urges shared family tasks, parental modeling, and letting preschoolers choose tasks they like to do.
A mother reflects on masking toddler tasks with care and how permitting kids to experiment, even imperfectly, fosters interest and learning. The piece argues for allowing children to pursue their interests rather than reserving only perfect tasks. Economical-Effective-Want Ads.
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