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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1962
Page
4
Classified item shows a 1952 Ford Customline four door with V engine in good condition. Kenneth Anderson of Clermont listed for sale in a brief ad.
Thanks pour from readers and families for hospital visits cards gifts prayers flowers and food after illness or loss. Notes express sincere gratitude to Elgin Methodist W S C Legion Auxiliary Good Neighbors Club Marjorie Reed Randolph Rieson and Marion Lutheran Ladies' Aid among others for support and service.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Cook of Waterloo welcomed a daughter Denise Marie at Scholtz Memorial Hospital on June 20 weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces. Mr and Mrs James Gassen of Sacramento California welcomed a daughter on June 26 weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces, their third child joining brothers Danny and Timmy, and Mrs Gassen is sister of Harry Johnson.
Elgin area residents welcomed visitors from Postville Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Detroit as they joined meals, birthdays and church events. Families including the Ander son Kohls Sutter and McMullens mingled with locals while weddings and travel plans kept many busy through June and July with trips to Vinton Muscatine Cedar Falls and Wisconsin.
In the morning Orvin Thompson led a group, Tom Sniffin and John Phillips provided pop in the afternoon, as straw was moved to the Lindy Trey farm. Women organized food support with many local names listed, including Mary Flanagan and Ellen Flanagan, Margaret Erickson, Pearl Johnson, and others. On Monday Henry Fedeler and others helped move corn to another crib.
The American Driver Education Association, a department of the National Education Association, announced American Trucking Association Scholarships for Advanced Study in Traffic Safety. Valley School District will present Donald Gardner as the scholar, the scholarship covering a two week course.
Elgin and West Union residents gathered for the Miller Baumgartner reunion in LaCrosse Wisconsin. Attendees included Richard Miller West Union Alfred Jacob Le on Jacob Arbie Schroeder Kenneth Lena Baumgartner Selina Kohls Rose Baechler Melbert Beechler Gerald Schneider Milton Miller Salome Miller John Dur Scher Clifton Miller and their families.
A Sunday picnic at the West Union fairgrounds honored Mr and Mrs Alfred Hofer of Fort Collins Colorado. Attendees included Ruel Streeter of West Union Ben Hofer and families Mariah John Hofer Fayette Paul Hofer Arlington Sem Hofer Cler ton Wm Pfister Russell Friederich and Mrs Robert Hanson and children. Alfred Hofer and family will return to Fort Collins Tuesday.
A collage of aphorisms and quotes on seasoned knowledge, longevity, gender roles, and immigration patterns. It includes figures like General George Custer at age 37 and remarks on rising savings rates reflecting feminine notions of money, plus anecdotes about daily life and a minister's question to a child.
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