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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1956
Page
3
Clermont locals recount visits from Waterloo and Decorah families and friends across Calmar Postville and West Union. Individuals include the Krobingers Olsons Knutsons and Vennards with trips to Miami Washington Indianapolis and Kansas City. Notable items feature Marlan Schultz earning a top insurance rank and receiving a gold wrist watch.
Mr and Mrs Jerry Ironside and Terry returned to Iowa City Sunday evening after a ten day visit with her parents Mr and Mrs John Finnigan. Wilbur Thornton family of Waucoma and relatives visited in the Joe Wander Frances Krueger and O K Kittelson homes. Krueger spent last week in Charles City with Mrs Bessie Sullivan and at the Kittelson cottage on Cedar River. The Mott family were weekend guests at the Barker home in Dubuque and visited here with Vicky Dickie Barker and Duane Barker who had stayed in Dubuque. Louis Jacobson of Nora Springs visited Sunday with Harry Vauslin. The Hosford family Emma and John of Mesa Ariz were dinner guests Monday with John Shipton. they attended their son Johns graduation from St Johns Academy in Delafield Wis and planned summer at Flat Head Lake Montana. The Hosfords were overnight guests Monday at the Louie Olson home before leaving Tuesday.
John Jacobson and Louis of Nora Springs visited Selmer Holm Sunday along with Mr and Mrs Harry Yauslin. Callers at Gilbert Lofts gard home Wednesday included Mrs Charles Bigler and a Cedar Falls friend. Katherine and Elizabeth Bilden stayed a few days at Lloyd Loftsgard home. Joe Reierson attended baptism at U B Church where Gary Dean Monroe was sponsor. They dined at the Monroe home. Gilbert Loftsgard visited Henry E Larson home Clermont. Edward Leath Bruce Ricky and Roger Holm spent Thursday with Selmer Holm. Bruce and Ricky stayed for a visit.
Sunday gatherings included Leroy Leath and Helm families at the Helm home with Bruce and Ricky returning home. Somerset notes tell of multiple callers and dinners with Olson, Loftsgard, and Amundson households, plus travels of Mark and Jean Garbee in Missouri and Kansas.
Real estate transfers show George E Barrack and wife conveying Lot 44 B 8 L 123 B 16 Arlington to R L Wilson and wife who then convey to Wayne F Seedorff. Ferdinand J Schroeder Estate via Marvel Messerli trustee acquires part NE SE 27 93 7. Esther Woods transfers E SE and NW SE 36 91 7 to John H Riley Stacy Woods and Helen H Woods.
Mrs. Robert Hanson and son Tommy Clarence returned home from the hospital Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Butihofer welcomed a son at Postville hospital. Saturday, June 9, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Christen visited Richard Hofer. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Butikofer Jr. and Deborah attended a family event.
A Sunday school picnic was held at the El kader fair grounds for Kay Pratt with numerous local families attending. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Walter Dennler Dennis Meyer and others from Frank Christen home and Canton South Dakota. Several relatives visited, weddings were noted, and travel included trips to Denver Portland and California with extended family gatherings and a Rose festival in Portland.
The famous TV chimp will perform Thursday afternoon at the Fayette County Fair in August. He regularly appears on the Gary Moore morning show and has guest starred on Ed Sullivan Steven Allen Arthur Godfrey and Kraft Theater programs.
An elderly voice recalls youth allowance and contrasts it with modern demands for a guaranteed annual wage. A farming tip advises spreading fresh yard manure onto the soil promptly after collection from the barn to maximize nutrient uptake.
Jay-walking causes more pedestrian deaths than any single action. If everyone crossed only at corners, headlines would be fewer and Iowa's pedestrian safety record would improve.
Mrs. Joe Verschoor of Hospers suffered a bad cut and facial injuries when a pheasant smashed through the windshield of her car. Several teeth were loosened and she received treatment for the facial wounds.
Grain sorghum will about equal corn in your dairy cattle ration. Roll or grind it for highest efficiency.
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