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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1949
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial announces second class mailing status for the publication with matter dated September 1, 1891, filed at the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa under the 1852 act.
Elgin gears up for its sixth triennial homecoming and centennial August 18 to 21 with public input invited. Committees seek dorm residents' addresses, noncommercial concessions run by Community Club and Legion, and home talent acts. Local church groups may host speakers while parade, band, and entertainment details are coordinated by Ray DeSart and Gordon Mosby.
Prof C M Green and Nick Rennison traveled to Rochelle Illinois last Thursday to work in a large canning factory during the packing season. Clarence Schneider and Elizabeth Schupbach are convalescing at West Union hospital after rabies last Friday and expect to return home by week’s end. Mr and Mrs Henry Beyer of Morton honeymooning in Edward Grimm and Eli Sutter homes. Flossie Kiple had tonsils removed at West Union hospital and returned home yesterday. Reuben Schupbach has gone to Jerome Yearous farm for the summer. A M Weibel moved his building from near the old livery barn to the mill grounds west of the warehouse.
Entomologist Harold Gundergon told Extension Director Wangsness that corn borer moths will peak in egg laying this week. Farmers should count eggs on corn thirty inches tall every two days. If fifty or more egg masses appear on 100 stalks, fields should be sprayed with DDT. Many farmers have sprayed. rapidly growing corn may still be infected, especially if warm, rainless nights return.
Duff displayed a stem of strawberries at Stuart last week showing six berries on the stem, each nearly three inches in diameter.
Miss Leona Catherine Kimpston became the bride of Curtis L. Gremm at Elgin Methodist Church in a June ceremony conducted by Rev. Bruce D. Jones. The couple plans to farm near Ossian after a wedding trip to northern Minnesota and Canada.
Mrs Gerald Schneider spent Wednesday at the Andrew Anderson home in Clermont. Mrs Leo Larson and Ruth Larson hosted Wednesday afternoon calls. Families including Halversons Lyngaas and Raney enjoyed visits and a Mothers Club picnic at a park near Postville. Janice extended her stay with the Leo Larson home after weekend visits.
Eight boys from Fayette county 4-H clubs travel to Ames for the state short course under Extension Director M. C. Wangsness and Youth Assistant Aldinger. They will tour experimental projects in crops soils and livestock and enjoy evening recreation aimed at guiding local club programs. They attend Monday through Thursday noon.
E D B James president of the Fayette County Farm Bureau announces Stanley Aldinger as temporary youth assistant for Fayette County. Aldinger, from Rowan, has three years of college work at Iowa State College in animal husbandry and is a former 4 H member. Appointment runs until September 17, aiding 4 H livestock clubs this summer.
Reported by Mr and Mrs Milo Olson and Mr and Mrs Eugene Schori who returned Sunday from a week near Deer River Minnesota. They enjoyed good fishing and more fish than they could eat with Mrs Olson landing a 30 inch northern pike. Also Mr and Mrs Lorence Muehlebauer and Mr and Mrs Gus Krueger fished Mission Lake Minnesota and came home Saturday. Louis Lehman Gordon Mosby Max Medberry and Henry MacMillan returned Monday from a weekend trip to Federal Dam and Mission Lake Minnesota with excellent fishing but no big catches.
A skunk wandered into Arnold Driscoll's farmyard in Olin. Mr. Driscoll fired his last shell and missed. Mrs. Driscoll threw a rock and killed the skunk.
Mrs Conner Dummermuth entertained a group of women with a pink and blue shower last Thursday afternoon. Readings by Mrs Fred Schaer and hostess contests provided entertainment. Lunch was served. Present were Mrs Wm Mueller, Mrs Andrew Dummermuth, Mrs Herbert Haas, Mrs John Schaer and daughter, Mrs Herman Jacobson, Mrs Albert Halverson, Mrs De Vere Halverson and Larry, Mrs Herbert Dummermuth and Mrs Oliver Torkelson, Dorothy, Delores and Janice.
Fayette county attains 78.07 percent of the Opportunity Loan quota with $292,965 sold toward a $503,326 target. Sioux county leads state at 139.12 percent.
Proper feeding and grazing practices are essential to prevent off flavors in milk. Farmers should monitor feed quality, balance pasture nutrition, and rotate paddocks to minimize flavor contamination and ensure consistent dairy quality.
Elgin took a 7 to 4 win over Volga Thursday at the Wadena Legion celebration. Elgin pitchers struck out 12 in 7 innings as Jack Erickson delivered a bang up performance. Noel Smith caught for Elgin while Volga used three pitchers after opening with a win over Wadena.
Earl Russell of California traveled through Humboldt, former home of his son Jack, then to Chicago to pursue leads on the missing younger Russell. The journey began around May first when he and his wife left Chicago in a light ship and have since vanished from any known contact.
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