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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1964
Page
5
Illyria Community Day on Thursday June 25 features a morning fried chicken family meal starting 11 30 free program at 2 with Fayette County Attorney Walt Saur as speaker, luncheon at 6, and an 8 o clock home talent play Peck s Bad Boy concluding events.
Congressman Bromwell toured Elgin area last Sunday after the bridge dedication with De Sart and Lorenice Muehiethaler. They highlighted the Turkey River threat to Elgin and Bromwell planned July meetings with army engineers and town officials to discuss river straightening. DeBart said Bromwell was also shown the Valley Recreational project and potential government agency assistance. He was accompanied by Clem Crahan, his campaign manager.
Extension Service calendar lists Dairy Days events including dairy parity contests heifer show and various State 4-H activities. Also notes health and conservation camps, Dairy Princess contest, 4-H meetings, club tours and record books due for State Awards with several meetings at the County Extension office and other local sites.
The Fabricate Club entertained families at a picnic and evening at Elkader park. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Larry Butikofer Mr and Mrs Robert Medberry and the families of Robert Chapman Richard Frieden Harold Halverson Keith Johnson Ronald Lofts gard Earl Seitz and Dale Seitz.
In Wadena the American Legion and Auxiliaries held a regular meeting on June 4 in the Legion hall. The agenda covered roll call, minutes, and treasurer's report showing $45. A bill for repairing a poppy window was to be paid. Members attended a Fayette county meeting with reports, and plans were made to host the next county gathering on June 23.
A crowd of several hundred attended the formal opening of the New River Bridge between Elgin and Clermont on Sunday. Will J. Nelson and Lorence Mueh-Jethaler cut the tapes with Bromwell of Rapids as featured speaker, following a luncheon at Bettys Cafe attended by about 50.
A series of 4-H and extension events listed for June in Clayton County. Items include clothing project training in Elkader on June 12 and June 19 at 1:30 p.m., a conference at Ames on June 13, Marion Happy Hustlers skating party at Art's Roller Rink Ossian on June 15, St. Olaf Jr. Farmers tour on June 17, and a 4-H committee meeting with senior records due June 18 to qualify for state and national awards.
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet June 16 at the Legion rooms. Hostesses are Mrs. F. D. Welch and Mrs. Clifford Gisleson. Cookie committee members are Mrs. Orlando Loftsgard, Mrs. Ole Loftsgard, Mrs. Ellen Mason and Mrs. Derryl Leonhart.
Friday evening visitors at the John Gage residence helped celebrate the granddaughter's birthday. Mr and Mrs Charles Clark Jr of Waterloo were week guests of her parents the Clement Messeries. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Wayne Belden and family of Cedar Rapids and the Dan Messerli family of Anamosa.
Jerome Yearous sold his 80 acre farm along Highway 66 to his tenant Orville Bonjour of Yo. Yearous has lived on the farm since 1912 and plans the move to a new home on the property.
Sylvia Hanson traveled to Des Moines Sunday with her parents and friends, joining a group of 12 Iowa track girls and two coaches. They left early Monday by car to Corvallis, Oregon, for the National Field and Track Meet on June 12 and 13 at Oregon State University on Bell Field.
Methodist men met Thursday evening under President Norris Capper with six members present. Devotions from Matthew read by Don Gardner. They began assembling a future storage cabinet for Sunday School children. Refreshments served by John Tillotson. A tentative July picnic is planned for July 22 on the Elgin School grounds for all Methodist Men and families.
At the June Fayette County Soil Conservation District Commissioners meeting three new cooperators were approved: Herbert M. Ash of Pleasant Valley Township, Lewis A. Rechkemmer of Scott Township, and Seine L. Olson of Windsor Township. A soil conservation plan was prepared with help from U.S. Soil Conservation Service technicians for Charles McBride’s Center township farm.
Elgin community club seeks contestants for Queen Of Conservation. Businesses will stay open Wednesday and Saturday evenings starting the week of June 4, per Dean DeSart. A band concert is set for Friday at 8 p.m. with the next concert on June 24.
Parents are urged to enroll children in the Public Library summer reading club. Librarian Blockhus announced the program running June through August. Each sixth grader may join and log books read on a registration card. Ten books displayed in the library window will earn awards at each grade level for top readers.
Mrs Blockhus the librarian invites area children to Story Hour at the Elgin Public Library on Tuesday afternoons starting June 16. Sessions run 2:00 to 2:30 for 2nd 3rd and 4th grades and 2:30 to 3:00 for pre schoolers and Kindergarten. Guest story ladies may join in the summer months. Helpers may contact Mrs Blockhus.
Mr and Mrs Allan Anderson will celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary with an open house at Elgin Lutheran Church from two to four p m on June 14 Marie Sutter and Allan Anderson were married at West Clermont Lutheran Church June 8 1938 and have lived in the area all their married life Mr Anderson farms and hauls milk for Maa voketa Valley Co op They are parents of a daughter Mrs LeRoy Larson Cedar Falls and Stanley enrolled in a floral art school Chicago Danice and Stanley invite relatives and friends to attend A short program will precede the reception
Carolyn Ash of Webster City and Sherri Ash of Beaman Iowa visited Monday as callers in the Nd Medberry home.
The monthly Baptist Tabitha Society meeting will be held June 17. Devotions titled A Full Time Job will be led by Mrs. Paul Zurbriggen, with music by Mrs. Edward Krueger. Program chair will be Mrs. Lester Trautman for Lost and Found. All call will be a Bible verse on Life. Visitation committee and hostesses are Mrs. Archie Schroeder, Mrs. Carlton Kreuger, and Mrs. Leo Lehman.
Cedar Falls reports the 87th Annual Commencement at the State College of Iowa on June 4. President J. W. Maucker presided as 524 Bachelor of Arts, 51 Master of Arts in Education, and four specialist in education candidates were named. Local graduates include Dorothy Juneway Arlington, Rodger W., Dixie Lou Rureden Postville, Serge Gust Gundaker Strawberry, Barbara Jean Smith Strawberry Point.
Bob Trautman of West Union and Kenneth Klingman joined hitchhiker pursuit from Garnaville Saturday morning. They reached Washington D C Tuesday night at 6 30 after 34 rides. They started from Garnaville at 7 30 and had four rides to Guttenberg then twenty four more toward Cincinnati Ohio. A Cincinnati businessman picked them up 150 miles out and showed sights in the city before they spent several hours there.
David Blockhus a Luther College graduate and Valley High School 1960 alum left for Chicago to assume a management trainee role with Jewel Tea Co He has spent the last three summers with Jewel’s LaCrosse branch and is the son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Blockhus
Two winners were drawn in Elgin on Friday evening Gene Schori won 15 dollars and Leo Friederich won 16 dollars The winning numbers drawn were 1865 1295 216 648 3216 1712 756 1100 510 1654 877 1015 1583 569 1183 404 1503 364 238 1422 101 49 947 328 1983 1527 461
Mr and Mrs Robert Musser announce the birth of a son named David Robert at Palmer Memorial Hospital on June 5 weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. He has two sisters, Jeanne and Karen.
Iowa seeks a single girl aged 18 to 21 from farms to be named 1964 Queen of Conservation. The winner receives 250 dollars and a wrist watch and will host at the field day and contour plowing event near Van Meter. Fayette County contest slated August 3 at West Union during Town and Country Barbeque.
The Wilson family reunion was held Sunday at the Elgin Lesson with numerous attendees. Relatives listed include Mrs. W. J. Leighty Boise. Mrs. B. Alver North Hollywood. Mrs. Kate Rebham Long Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howard Sycamore. Mrs. Charlotte Conner Rochester. the Don Dominy family Waverly. Cletus Birdsell family Dispatch. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cannon and Larry. the Clarence Cannon family West Union. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ogle Joe Ogle Duane Strong Donald Sutter. Mrs. Alice Winkler. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Wilson and Mike. the Robert Wilson family. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Howard and Ann. the Kenneth Strong and Roger Howard families. and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Howard.
The Fayette County Corn Club of Fayette sponsors an Iowa Master Corn Growers contest in Lut open to growers with 10 or more acres in a single Iowa field. County Extension Director Melvin C. Wangsness notes rules require a 6 acre plot from a 10 acre field with one fourth harvested and yield calculated per acre.
Special honors were conferred upon graduating seniors at the State College of Iowa Thursday at the 7th annual Commencement exercises held in O. R. Latham Stadium. Traditional Purple and Old Gold awards for meritorious scholarship were presented to Susan Kay Corlett of Farmersburg and Dorothy June Day of Arlington.
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