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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1954
Page
1
Elgin Echo Dial published each Thursday from Elgin Iowa Fayette County. Entry as second class mail matter Sept 1 1891 at Elgin post office under act of March 3 1852. Copyright and mailing details listed.
Resolutions of Respect church society and school notices where admission is charged appear at standard advertising rates. Obituary poetry and related items follow the same pricing.
Geo H Falk and Ed Fahey traveled to Postville and Monone to collect mail amid drifting roads. The Dennler baby Margie Marie is welcomed. Geo Landsgard will take over the Erickson farm March 1. John T Anderson will move April 1 after selling to Ole Benson. Clarence Kirkeberg welcomes a 10th son on Feb 28. Max Thoma and wife mark 16th anniversary on March 4 after a honey moon in New Martinsville, West Virginia delayed by Ohio River flooding.
Edna Hunsberger went to Rochester Minnesota on Monday for a check up. At Palmer Memorial Hospital B H Brackin was taken to West Union hospital Monday for treatment. He was quite ill and was given a blood transfusion. Gene Schori was a blood donor and a number of others volunteered.
USU announces its 1954 spring baseball slate with games against Minnesota Westmar Buena Vista Loras Wartburg Platteville Luther Lotus Coe and a conference playoff. Senior Day noted for Wartburg May 4. final line lists potential schedule additions amid Iowa egg production reaching a new peak of 5.25 billion eggs.
A local analysis explains school district finances for bonds. It states actual valuation 10.5 million with 60 percent assessment of 6.3 million, bonding limit 525,000, 20 year max, seven mills annual tax, and debt retirement cost per 1,000 assessed value from 6.19 to 4.23 over time. It urges voters to consider these facts in upcoming measures.
Mrs W C Falk Mrs C J Robinson and Mrs H H Wolf attended the first practice at Fayette Wednesday evening for the Fayette County Federated Clubs music group. S A Ballantyne is the music chairman. The group plans to perform at the county convention in April and will meet again at the school house in Elgin on March 8 at 8 p.m. Members from Elgin showed the strongest turnout and may host future practices there.
Real estate transfers include Yearous Jakie to Albert Dennler for $1 in Ne NW 3 93 7 Deeds, Lehman Wilbur to Milo Olson for $1 in Lats 6 7 28 29 Blk 10 Conner Add Elgin, Nagel John A to Kunt Evenson for $1 in SE 27 and NE 34 95 8, Frederick Theodore and wife to William C Kamper for $1 Parcel in NW 27927. New car registered Wm. E. Cheney Elgin Studebaker Sedan.
In Des Moines a banquet honored Fayette County winners of the National Selected 5 Acre De Kalb Corn Contest. Clarence King of Oelwein earned the county championship with 135.22 bushels per acre, Roy Peeper of Arlington was second with 122.68, Dale Williams of Oelwein third with 114.08, and Rodney Drewes of West Union was fourth with 109.95 bushels.
The Batoffee Club and their husbands held a housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Match Sunday evening. A picnic supper followed by bridge accompanied the celebration. A housewarming gift was presented to the Falks and the club gave Mr. and Mrs. Mel Kohler a memento for their 40th wedding anniversary on February 23.
Postville farmer Ben Erickson's Holstein yielded 567 pounds butterfat and 14,922 pounds milk in a 269 day lactation. The cow averaged 26 quarts daily, about 23 times the national average.
The Monona consolidated school district seeks to enlarge its area. The proposed addition would bring the district to 81 sections and a tax base of six million dollars, up from four point two million.
Parents are warned about water-filled holes, abandoned cars, crumbling walls, unguarded sewer openings, sand piles, damp areas, exposed girders, crumbling foundations, open wells, exposed wires, unlocked tool sheds, old ice boxes, deep holes, abandoned houses, fish pools, and unrailed ledges as hazards for small children who naturally explore.
The Progress Club will meet Tuesday March 9 at the home of Mrs Arthur Lantz. The study topic is Windows of the Mind with roll call Your Pet Neurosis They Doctor Each Other 12 Steps and Mrs Gus Krueger and Mrs Herbert Ash mentioned.
Dora Frey of Wadena wed Kenneth Medberry of Elgin in a 7:30 PM Wednesday ceremony at Presbyterian Manse Wadena. Rev Charles Carlston presided with Howard Medberry as best man. Bride wore beige suit with brown accessories. groom and Howard wore dark grey suits. After a southwest honeymoon, the couple will reside on a farm near Elgin.
Camp Fire notes record the Wahonoka group meeting on March 1 at Eloise Lantz home with nine members, Gladys Feller sharing California films, and refreshments by Eloise and her mother. A tragic accident near Marquette claims 11 year old Joe Slattery as a rock falls from a bluff onto a highway vehicle on February 14.
G H Falk chairs the Red Cross annual drive announcing a house to house canvass in Elgin this week. The 1954 quota is 350 dollars, same as last year, with some overages needed as last year’s total fell short. The usual contribution is one dollar per person, with some adding another dollar or two to help. Will you do your share when the solicitor calls.
WMT will air the girls' basketball semi finals Friday and the championship Saturday with WMT sports director Tait Cumming providing play by play. Broadcasts begin at 7:30 each night.
Progressive Home Study Club met Feb 24 at Helen Rothlisberger home with Coro nel Frieden assisting. Eighteen members and two guests attended. Club voted $5 to March of Dimes. Officers elected Coronel Frieden president Inez Christeny president Grace Gehring secretary Leone Shaffer alternate. Sunshine committee Eva Medberry Wilma Rothlisberger Flossie Ogle. By laws read. Program featured poems by Margaret Paxwell Esther Kiple readings The Happy Door The Character I Couldn't Kill read by Leone Shaffer song Brighten the Corner Where You Are. Contests awarded to Emma Strang Mary Flanagan Inez Christen.
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