Wadena Community Club meets. officers elected
The Wadena Community Club held its annual meeting and election of officers on Monday at the school gym. Funds from the variety show were allocated to the school activity fund and playground equipment. Members highlighted club activities and a February song, a Cynthia Jones and Jerry Inkle telephone skit, and a Randy Alderson piano solo closed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadena Community Club
Cynthia Jones
Jerry Inkle
Randy Alderson
Donald Dugan
Waterloo
Flossie Voshell
Uth Hall
Jim Hall
Oelwein
John Wood
Chicago
J. R. Wood
Tom Sniffin
Francis Corktry
Jim Gilchrist
Sniffin House
Jim
Howard
International Harvester Announces Liberal Credit Plan
International Harvester offers new farm equipment credit terms via Falb and Light. Farmers may pay as little as 20 percent down with the balance over up to three years, making McCormick Farm equipment more affordable across much of the United States. The move signals confidence in American agriculture and farmers’ solid credit history as producers seek cost reductions in 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Harvester Company
Falb & Light
McCormick
United States
Harvester Company
Lions Hear European Slides At Elgin Meeting
The Elgin Lions Club met at St. Pauls Methodist Church for dinner and a brief business session. Mr and Mrs Fred Gernand of Volga presented slides of their European trip with narration, inviting public attendance which was lightly attended.
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Elgin
82nd Birthday Picnic at Gisleson Home
A family gathering marked Mrs Gunda Gisleson’s 82nd birthday at her home on Sunday February 26 with Pastor S J Strandford and many Amundson relatives present. The other attendees included Louie, Henry, Theo Loftsgard, Marion, Lawrence Naylor, Milo Gisleson and Gerald Winter among others. A note on chick mortality suggests feeding newly arrived chicks promptly to reduce losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Gisleson
Adoor
Gunda Gisleson
S. J. Strandford
Ole Amundson
Louie Amundson
Henry Amundson
Martin Amundson
Wayne
Theo. L. Loftsgard
Marion
Lawrence Naylor
Milo Gisleson
Gerald ‘Winter
Political Party Meeting Dates Set
The Town Press Association reports set dates for Republican and Democratic meetings ahead of the 1956 conventions. Republican caucuses begin by March 2 with county and state events, while Democratic local caucuses start March 28. Key dates include Republican county March 16, state April 6, and national August 20 in San Francisco. Democratic county April 6, state June 1, and national August 13 in Chicago. The piece also notes farm subsidy debate and Iowa tax data from 1954-55.
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Towans
San Francisco
Chicago
Iowa Tax Commission
Notice of Regular School Election In Clermont Elgin
Electors in Clermont Elgin Consolidated School District Fayette and Clayton Counties Iowa are notified the regular school election will be held at Elgin Town Hall and Clermont Larrabee Building on March 12 1956 from 12 00 Noon to 7 00 pm A three year term director will replace Max Medberry and a one year term treasurer will replace F D Welch Dated February 21 1958 Gladys Hanson secretary
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Clermont Elgin
Clermont
Elgin
Fayette
Clayton
Iowa
Larrabee
Max Medberry
F.D. Welch
Gladys Hanson
March of Dimes Drive To Date
The Elgin Study Club Progress and Tertia Clubs report final totals for the March of Dimes Drive. Contributions include Porch Light Drive 2.00, Coffee parties 37.07, basketball half 12.24, school coin cards 62.0, Progressive Home Study 5.00, Pleasant Point Club 5.00, Elgin Study Club King and Queen contest 38.05, Lions Club 5.00, American Legion Auxiliary 0.00, Coffee parties 9.50, school coin cards 0.30, percent of Elgin Wadena game 4.89, Community Club 25.00, coin boxes in stores 32.81, totaling 460.54.
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Elgin Study Club
Progress
Tertia Clubs
Tertia Club
Pleasant Point Club
Lions Club
American Legion
Elgin Wadena
Veterans on Farm Training at Postville
Sufficient interest shown for a veterans on farm training program at Postville. All interested veterans are invited to a meeting Thursday March 1 at 2:00 p.m. in the vocational ag rooms of the high school. An official from the Veterans Administration Des Moines will outline qualifications and program details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Veterans’ Administration
Des Moines
Gehring Sale Tops Prices for Holsteins Over Shorthorns
Prices at Gehring Sale saw Holstein cows outsell purebred Shorthorns last Wednesday afternoon. Top Holsteins reached 202.50 while the leading Short horn sold for 165.00. Clerks W. F. Kohler and R. E. Kohler noted a strong sale with many farmers from the neighboring area purchasing most of the property. Machinery sold well, including a 1952 H tractor at 900.00 and a corn picker at 500.00. Eight brood sows averaged 46.00 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Gehring
W. F
R. E. Kohler
Pastor Vanderbeck to Lead Christian Life Meetings in Tyndall SD
Pastor John Vanderbeck will conduct two week Christian Life meetings in Tyndall and Danzig Baptist Churches South Dakota. Guest speaker for Sunday will be Dr Ralph Powell professor from North American Baptist Seminary of Sioux Falls. Special Thursday programs on March 1 and 8 include films of interest.
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John Vanderbeck
Tyndall
Dak
Christian Life
Danzig
Ralph Powell
North American ‘Baptist Seminary
Sioux Falls
Move to Town as Larson Couple Relocates in Elgin
Mr and Mrs Elmer Larson are moving to Elgin this week after purchasing the Mel Kehler home. The Kehler family has moved to the second floor of their former residence and plans to build later. Their farm has been sold to Mr and Mrs LaVerne Larson who will move there this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Larson
Elgin
Mel Kehler
LaVerne ‘Larson
Mrs. Kehler
Increase Housing At Fair Grounds
Forecast of a sizable rise in the 1958 Fayette County Fair junior livestock show prompts the board to add fourteen outdoor pens for entries. They will also install a galvanized steel roof on the hog pavilion and apply roof coating to the township building and bleachers this summer. Board members will donate much of the labor as part of a broader three year improvement program that included new roofs on two barns and painting nine buildings and the amphitheater.
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Fayette County
Clermont Elgin Consolidated District Cited as Good
The Iowa Educational Bulletin cites the Clermont Elgin Consolidated School District as a model good district formed between 1951 and 1953. It spans two towns four miles apart with 109 pupil high schools in each and a total enrollment of 700 K-12 students. A new six million dollar valuation district plans a senior high on a site midway, with a $525,000 bond approved, and a contract for the new high school let for completion in summer 1957.
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Iowa Educational Bulletin
Clermont-Elgin
Fayette
Clayton
Snyder
Polk County
Clermont
Elgin
Red Cross Drive To Be Made In March
Mar National Red Cross month drives raise funds for flood relief and swimming programs. Carol Cumberland of Jesup will wed Dale Patterson of Jesup, a third Patterson marriage this year. Local officers urge house to house canvass and generous gifts beyond a dollar per adult to meet quotas.
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Red Cross
Carol Cumberland
Ben Thompson
C. M. Cumberland
Jesup
Dale Patterson
Floyd Patterson
Wadena
Miss Cumberland
D-X Sunray Oil Co
Waterloo
Mr. Patterson
K. & B. Watchery
Patterson
Red
California
G. H. Faith
Elgin Study Club Meets At Gehring Home On Feb 21
The Elgin Study Club gathered at Mrs. Charles Gehring’s home on February 21 to discuss education in health. Mrs. Mulford spoke on Cancer in the Pituitary Gland, and Mrs. H J H Wolf reviewed Iowa’s cancer magazine New Horizons. A Crusade for Freedom contribution was made, and Mrs. Karl Meinhard showed a film on safe driving. Mrs. Clara Baumgartner will host the March 13 meeting, with a youth talent program and a noted change in meeting place and program.
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Elgin
Charles Gehring
Mulford
H. JH. Wolf
Iowa
Auxiliary Meeting Set for March Eighth
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting on Thursday March 8. Hostesses are Molms M J Blockhug Robert Boleyn Earl Kiple and Ruth Loltsgard.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Molms
M. J. Blockhug
Robert Boleyn
Earl Kiple
Ruth Loltsgard
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Wadena News
Lions
Demos
Town Press Association
Howard Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau
Washington
Congress
Soil Bank
National Grange
National Farmers Union
National Farm Institute
Herschel D. Newsom
James G. Patton
Farmers Union
U. S
Ezra Benson
Gehring
Opportunity
Want
Antony A
Political Machine
Vanderbeck
South Dakota
Fair Grounds
Clermont-lgin
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