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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1953
Page
4
Mrs Mervin Larson of Elkader calls at the Echo office to claim two complimentary tickets for the show Taxi at the Avalon theater, scheduled for June 23 and 24.
Five used Buicks with detailed prices and features from 1950 to 1951, plus several Chevrolets and Fords priced $895 to $1325. Also listed are a 1948 Chevrolet 1-2 ton pickup in refinished condition for $695, and local ads for Elgin beef, spring fries, and window screens with contact numbers.
Elgin residents Mr and Mrs Barney Larson and Shirley and Mrs Robert Barker visited Mrs Don Parkins in Manchester hospital to see the new granddaughter. Rex Medberry Postville and James David with families stopped by the Walter Medberry home Sunday evening to call.
Continued from page one. Des Moines reports that 43 percent of Iowa's 3444 army reserve officers are quitting the reserve program. Of the total, 1942 accepted indefinite term commissions while 1054 turned them down and 448 ignored offers. The state comptroller seeks legal guidance on judges' living-expense claims in Des Moines. A tax commissioner doubles as a window washer, washing lower windows twice yearly in the new five million dollar state office building opened in 1951.
Observers note the new building doors remain dark green from lack of polishing over several months. The speaker claims he is not a steeple jack, linking to maintenance concerns about the upper sections.
Fayette County Iowa Board of Supervisors votes to call a June 2 1953 special election on a County Home project. It notes an $86000 bond issue and property tax levy not exceeding two tenths of a mill, with polling places listed across townships. Participants include Chairman Robert Wilson and Supervisors Wolfe and Gilley.
The notice announces a special June 2 1958 election in Fayette County Iowa to authorize issuing bonds up to 86000 for a new county home building with a tax levy not exceeding two tenths of one mill annually. Polls open eight to eight except Oelwein seven to eight. Precinct polling places listed. judges appointed. notice to be published weekly for four weeks.
A fragmentary item lists Center Township clerks and nearby officials including Sinnott, Kimbrell, Warren, Neldemann, and Peterson, with scattered phrases about precincts and town site. The text ends with an unrelated line about fod printing.
A quirky column lists casual notes about summer yard closures on Saturdays from June through August and a local call line for emergencies. It pokes fun with jokes about a young doctor, Mrs O Leary, Mrs Murphy and a wedding etiquette quip about the crying of mothers at weddings.
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