16 Jun 1955
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial of Elgin Iowa outlines publication details with second class mail status since 1891. Subscription rates are two dollars yearly for four northeast Iowa counties, three dollars elsewhere. Advertising charges include per line and minimum weekly rates, plus special notes for cards of thanks and obituaries.
Rich reflects on a Sunday town inspection, noting improvements, new homes, and active business districts. He invites former residents to return for Homecoming and asks readers to share intentions. A motorist recalls a cautionary message on a car and a local knitting club names its playful origins.
Miss Clara Bane daughter of Mr and Mrs Orran H Bane of Elgin married Donald G Burchett son of Mr and Mrs Florian Burchett June 12 at Ilyria Community Church Arlington. Rev E G Steinman officiated with Harold Strong at piano. Brides attendants wore heliotrope and yellow gowns with daisies. Rings carried on satin pillow by ringbearer Robert J Shaffer.
Ray DeSart reports a break in on a minnow box with most minnows stolen while discussing an informal code among fishermen. A church greeter described, early arrival, formal ceremony, and social awkwardness. The piece wields wry humor about elections and eligibility through quirky anecdotes.
Gene Wenger and Eugene Medberry served as ushers for the Elgin and Cedar Rapids wedding with Bill Truesdell of Hayfield. Marlene Medberry kept the guest book, escorted guests, and the mothers wore navy dresses. Evonne Hartmann and Mrs Harold Alleman poured, cake cut by the bride's mother, and the couple left in a navy bolero ensemble with daisies. Mrs Burchett will teach at State Center. Mr Burchett a senior at Iowa State College majoring in architectural engineering.
Dr and Mrs Harry R Keiser of 2126 West Farwell Avenue Chicago recently completed a two month journey through Europe and the Middle East. They crossed the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth, visited Berlin, Bonn, and Weisbaden, toured Vienna Salzburg and Innsbruck, then Rome Cairo Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. They also traveled through Switzerland Turkey Greece and Israel, praising hospitality, hotels, and air travel while noting relief after the wartime period and the signing of a new treaty.
The Kaiser couple tours Europe from Athens to Rome and on to Palermo with a five day motor coach trip in Sicily. They attend the International College of Surgeons anniversary in Geneva, enjoy a Museum of Art reception and a symphony, visit Zermatt and the Gornergrat, and return to Paris then aboard the Queen Elizabeth. The trip ends with praise for returning to the best land in the world.
A midwestern snapshot recalls 1930 bandstand construction and 25 years of park life while locals discuss aesthetics. The item also notes roadwork on Primary 18 from Postville to West Union, a Norwegian visitor with siblings, local political race details, births, and various regional mentions.
A Baptist Church interior is being decorated by W F Miller and C Christ amid a week end trip return from Buffalo and Peoria with the Frank Sova and Sarah Sommers families. River bottom farmers are cultivating corn for the second time locally.
On Sunday June 5, Nora Marlene Rainey daughter of Wm Rainey Elkader wed Robert L Cousins son of My and Mrs Art Cousins of Wadena in a single ring ceremony at Nyria Community Church. The bride wore a satin lace ballerina gown with fingertip veil and red carnation bouquet. Bridesmaid Mrs Russell Friederich wore a netted yellow gown with white carnation corsage. Best man was Carl Cousins. usher Wm Dennler. Dalene Shaffer sang Because with Harold Strong on piano. Reception followed. bride a Elgin High School graduate. groom a John Deere mechanist in Waterloo. They will live near Waterloo after a Michigan wedding trip.
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