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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1958
Page
1
The Elgin Echo published weekly on Thursdays in Elgin Iowa. This notice lists its dial number 3711 Fayette County and printing by Strauch and Herman.
Advertising rates listed per line ten cents with a minimum weekly charge if paid with cash. If not, minimum charge is sixty cents. Blind ads and inquiries are also charged. Cards of thanks in memoriam cards and resolutions have set advertising rates. Abstracted from a church or school notices section.
A list of candidate announcements for Fayette County offices begins with Floyd Gilley Odney Oelberg and Fred House seeking 1959 terms. Sheriff, Recorder, Clerk of Court, Auditor and other officials announce plans to run in the Republican primary on June 2, 1958.
Fayette voters head to the primary on June 2 to choose a county treasurer. Doris Springer is listed as a candidate seeking the office in Fayette County.
Mrs Orlin Mason and Mrs Roscoe Larson visited in the Wm Baumgartner home at Oelwein. Mrs George Leuchtenmacher returned home after Cedar Rapids visit. Several couples and families, including the Christens, Dennlers, Hansons, and Howards, shared dinners and afternoons at various homes throughout the week.
Cross is on the job and money contributed funds areas including swimming program. The note praises management, instructors, and volunteers who work long hours for low pay. It urges respectful treatment of solicitors and credits the American Red Cross as a top list beneficiary. Mrs. G H Fatb, Local Chm.
The District Court of Fayette County Iowa appointed Carl G Gehring as administrator of the estate of Louise Gehring Deceased on February 26 1958. All indebted parties must pay the administrator and all claims should be presented authenticated to the court for allowance. Davidson and Honn attorneys Elkader Iowa 27-29¢
Leon Smith of Albia retires after a long career spanning 47 years with the Burlington railroad. His service included extensive work across freight and passenger operations shaping the line’s modern era.
Local solicitors will visit this month to collect contributions and readers are urged to be courteous. The note cites President Eisenhower and National Red Cross leadership and references 1957 disasters draining funds, contrasting with locally unaffected areas while noting floods and tornadoes causing casualties and millions in damage nationwide.
Ml and Hospitalized Kicked by Cow. Lewis O. Butikofer was a patient overnight at the Postville hospital after a cow kicked him on the head requiring nine stitches. Home from Hospital. Mrs. Inez Shaffer returned home from Palmer Memorial hospital at West Union where she was a patient one week. Ed Metzger also returned home from the Postville hospital and is improving. Paul Waters of Postville is a patient at St Marys hospital in Rochester Minnesota in room 152 on the third floor. Elia Foxwell of Petersburg Virginia is a patient at Petersburg Hospital Room 224 after an accident. Dutch elm disease prompt yard and street tree protection with dead elm wood cleared before April 1. Oldest resident Charles S Camp dies at 161, a former Lewis justice of the peace.
Mr and Mrs LaVerne Larson welcome son James Allen born March 2 at Postville Hospital weighing 9 pounds 16 ounces. Roger Amundson and wife add daughter Sally Ann born February 26 at Postville Hospital, 8 pounds 13 ounces. Diane Kay born March 1 to Mr and Mrs Harold Halverson at Postville Hospital, 7 pounds. Susan Kay remains with grandparents as others begin family life.
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