For Sale and Notices Items From Local Advertisements
Multiple classified items include FOR SALE on Franklin street Elgin a modern 2 bed home, contact Robert D Wilson. free items on Clermont-Gunder road at Fay ette County Feed Service. Singer electric sewing machine with balance payments of 6.45 or discount for cash. Local road safety update cites highway marking progress. Iowa Census reports 1980 preliminary population 2,736,408 with final due this fall. Board of Regents requests over 95 million for 1961 63 to fund Iowa University Iowa State University and Iowa State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Elgin
West Union
Elgin-West Union Road
Walter Follett
Iowa
Singer Electric
Rochester
Minn
U. S. Census Bureau
Board OF Regents
State Board of Regents
Iowa University
Iowa State University
Iowa ‘State Teachers College
State cuts school districts as reorganization advances
A report from the state department of public instruction shows progress in district reorganization. The total districts dropped from 2052 to 1575, with one room and high school districts combined. six years earlier there were about 4500. High school districts fell from 819 in 1954 to 583 in 1960.
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State Department of Public Instruction
Wadena News: 4-H program and church picnic reported
ident Tom Sniffin led a business meeting as the 4-H Girls Club presented a program. Mary Beth Baldwin spoke on Wadena Wonder Workers, Maureen Baldwin read Why I Left the Farm, and Dennis Tope described a trip to Ames. The Presbyterian Church Women held an annual picnic with ten members and eight children present. Mr and Mrs Lyle Herrling visited from Kansas City and traveled next to Spooner Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Sniffin
Mary Beth Baldwin
Wadena Wonder Workers
Maureen Baldwin
Dennis Tope
Ames
Women's Guild of the Presbyterian Church
Lyle Herrling
Kansas City
Laura Herrling
Spooner
Wisc
Herrling
Bud Ashley
Wolf couple welcomes son Jay Anthony in Des Moines
Dr and Mrs Howard C Wolf announce the birth of their son Jay Anthony on Sunday July 24 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. The infant weighs 7 pounds 11 ounces and has a brother named Jeffrey.
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Howard C. Wolf
Jay Anthony
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Jeffrey
Ill and Hospitalized Discharged from Mercy Hospital Oelwein
Mrs. Arthur Hermen, a surgical patient, was discharged from Mercy Hospital Oelwein Tuesday and will stay with her daughter Mrs OliVer Heins. Terry Wedo, son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Wedo, was admitted to University Hospitals Iowa City last Thursday, had surgery Friday, and his family visited.George Falk was a medical patient at Postville Hospital from Thursday to Tuesday.
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Arthur Hermen
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Oliver Heins
Terry Wedo
Vernon Wedo
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Arden Greener
Larry Wedo
Postville Hospital
George Falk
Busy Beavers 4-H Girls Local Achievement Show Report
The Busy Beavers 4-H Club held its local achievement show at Gun Der Lutheran Church on July 19. Participants included Kathleen Amundson and several junior and senior demonstrations such as Pockets at Last, First Aid to Sewing, Waste Not Want Not, Good Beginning Happy Ending, and Washday Blues. Canadien delegates Margaret Hanson and Kathleen Amund were introduced. A style show judged by Miss Helfwig and Mrs Hanson crowned senior winner Margaret Hanson and junior winner L Myra Anderson. A silent auction and tea followed for 65 guests, with each girl contributing clothing donations the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Beavers
Gun“der Lutheran
Kathleen Amundson
Bonita Kjosa
Marlys Houg
Cheryl Anderson
Inga Hanson
Patty Amunds
Diane Frieden
Karen Cummings
Diana Hilden
LiMyra Anderson
Canadien
Margaret Hanson
Hel‘wig
Hanson
Style Review
L'Myra Anderson
Demonstrations Chosen for Clayton County Fair
Mrs Atmus Bruns and Mrs John Christen judged summer trainee demonstrations. Irene Waterhouse directed the judging. The two demonstrations selected to go to the Clayton County Fair were First Aid to Sewing and Pleating is Fun.
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Atmus Bruns
John Christen
Irene Water‘house
Clayton County Fair
Illyria Clipperettes Meet at Illyria Church
Dorothy Helgerson presided the meeting at Illyria Church with 16 girls and two leaders present. The group recited the pledge roll called, held a workshop, made blouses, and discussed old and new business before adjournment.
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Dorothy
Helgerson
Illyria Church
Extension Service Calendar of Events
Extension Service calendar lists activities in early August. On Monday August 1 the 4-H Livestock Clubs take an Educational Trip to Waterloo. On Wednesday August 3 the Putnam Peppy Pals hold a local achievement show featuring Deloris and Roberta Ray at 7 30 p m. On Thursday August 4 the Fairfield Indians 4-H meet at 8 p m with Frank Phillips. On Friday August 5 the Holstein and Black and White show at West Union and the Union Eager Beavers 4-H meeting with Carl and Nancy Wagner at 8 p m.
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Waterloo
Putnam
Deloris
Roberta Ray
Fairfield Indians
Frank Phillips
Holstein
West Union
Union Eager Beavers
Carl
Nancy Wagner
County Soybean Support to be $1.83
The 1960 crop soybean price support set at 1.83 per bushel in Fayette County aligns with a national average of 1.85. Support will be provided through loans on farm and warehouse stored soybeans and purchase agreements. Eligibility follows No. 4 soybeans criteria with moisture capped at 14 percent, production in 1960, loans and agreements available from harvest to January 31, 1961, with loans maturing May 31, 1961.
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Fayette County
New Addresses for Mrs Zimmertin and Pvt Neumann
Mrs G V Zimmertin receives a new address at 1606 6th Ave No Fort Dodge Iowa. Pvt Richard W Neumann is listed with service number N G 26814879 Co A 32 Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
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G. V. Zimmertin
6Th Ave
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Richard W. Neumann
N.G
Co. A
Ft. Leonard Wood
State News Edge Markings Warn Drivers on Curves
State safety commissioner Donald Statton reports that edge markings on bridges and underpasses help drivers detect pavement edges and reduce run off accidents on curves. The advisory notes many wrecks occur when vehicles drift toward the edge and recommends not marking curves on pavements under 24 feet wide to discourage crowding the centerline.
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Statton
Ior
Donald Statton
Commission
Card of Thanks From Duff and Hoskyn Families
Acknowledgment of gratitude from Mr. and Mrs. Jim Duff and family and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoskyn and family of StuttgartArk for cards sympathy and help after a bereavement. Kenneth Duff CheyenneWy and Mrs W D Jones Ogden report yucca blooms in back yard four feet tall plants now seven feet tall after three years absence.
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Jim Duff
Charles Hoskyn
Stuttgart
Ark
Kenneth Duff
Cheyenne
Wyo
W. D. Jones
Ogden
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Kwant
Abs
John Tillotson
Alton Medberry
Moore's
L. H. Appelman
Millard Nelson, Jr
Leo Wolfs
J.L. Trautman
L.J. West Union
Franklin Street
Robert D. Wilson
Clermont-Gunder Road
Manila
Echo Stationers
Tfp
Calvin Bechtel
Waukon
Ence Eess
P. W. Minihan
McCormick Deering
Jacob Gehring
Massey Harris
John Deere
Winpower
Bob Falb
IMPL
Elgin, Towa
Rudd Oee
Hef Oe Ee
Suckow
Postville
Clinton Engines
Nelson Shop Clermont
Jim Yearous
Echo Office
Echo
Sheldon Boyle
Millard H. Larson
Clara H. Krueger
Ilowa
Kathryn L. Johnson
Towa
Mason
Harris Kjosa
Wadena News
Illyria Clipperettes
Extension Service
Dee
Ossian
Wadena
Dayana
Orie Benteg
THE
Elgin Echo
Case Combine
Schori & Kusterler
Soil Conservation Service
Clermont Dairy Days
Plowman’s Banquet
Guthrie Center
Cotayee Y
Elgin Co-operative Co
Keith Kohler
Elgin, Iowa
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