Legislature weighs idle funds and liquor referendum plan
A Iowa legislature report notes state idle funds totaling millions will be invested to earn interest. GOP leaders back a liquor referendum to place the issue before voters, with a constitutional amendment possible in five years. Local notes list social visits and weekend gatherings across Waterloo Clermont West Union and Sumner communities.
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Robert Carson
Independence
House
Carson
Perkins bill limits Class C permits for grocers and druggists
Gov Herschel Loveless names three Iowans for the state conservation commission boosting Democrat influence to 4 3 as three new appointees Clyde Frodden from Greene Dr Albert Hamiston from Cedar Rapids and George Meyer from Elkader must be Senate confirmed They replace three Republicans and shift party control There is talk of raising the state sales tax to 3 percent with education earmarking while Loveless would veto such a move and many border and party members oppose a veto override Current rate is 2 1 2 percent set to fall to 2 percent on July 1 if not acted upon
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Tom Frey
Neola
Frey Long
Frey
Judson T. Perkins
Council Bluffs
Herschel ‘Loveless
Commission
Elmer Vermeer
Pella
Herschel Loveless
Border County
Community Social Notes and Visits Across Town
Mrs Don Peters returned home with them. Mr and Mrs George Boyle spent Sunday in the Mrs Chloa Lyon home. Dinner guests Sunday in the Reuben Miller home included Leonard Larson Ossian Mr and Mrs Leslie Thompson Floyd and Mr and Mrs Ray Mays West Union. Ron Bantz helped his parents move to their farm in Wisconsin Thursday and Friday. Mrs Lyle Bantz Fayette spent that time in the Ron Bantz home. Mrs Lyle Martin Mrs Melvin Hanson and Bob Hanson visited with Mrs Bob Hanson in the Postville hospital Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Gon Peters entertained at a party Saturday evening in the Ethel McIntyre home West Union. Guests were Mr and Mrs Joe Peters Billy Peters Mr and Mrs Harvey Howard Mr and Mrs Hubert Cummings Mr and Mrs Robert Kerr and Robert Mr and Mrs Roger Reeder Mr and Mrs John Metzger and Steven Willis Lyon Paul Stillman and Frank Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Barker
Dubuque
Dan Craft
Lewis Butikofer
Roger Reeder
Leonard Olson
Waucoma
Reuben Miller
LeRoy and
Kenny
Melvin Boyer
Wilson Patterson
Don Reeder
Don Peters
Cindy Wagts
Ethel ‘McIntyre
West Union
Billy Peters
Cindy
Geo. Pape
Clermont
Wm. Nutting
Judy
Chica Lyons
Ray Gilbert
Joe Peters
Joe Peters, Jr
Davenport
Dennis ‘Olson
Alice
Don , Reeder
Sumner
Ray Mays
Waterloo
Elmer Heller
George Boyle
Chloa Lyon
Lyle Martin
Melvin ‘Hanson
Bob Hanson
Roger ‘Reeder
John Metzger
Steven
Willis Lyon
Paul Stillman
Frank Smith
Local social notes from Elgin and nearby towns
Elgin area residents report family visits and illness updates. Mr and Mrs Louis Martie of Lyle Minnesota cared for Mrs Caroline Martie at Good Samaritan Home West Union. The Kohls and Blockhus families hosted and visited relatives in Waterloo Osage and Cler mont. Community members attended a Foresters luncheon and shared meals with extended kin during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Martie
Lyle, Minn
Caroline Martie
Good Samaritan
West Union
Joe Wander
Oscar Holden
Walter ‘Kohls
Sheldon
Osage
John Nydegger
Kenneth ‘Buroden
M. J. Blockhus
Scott
Waterloo
Bertha Lehman
Dale Jensen
Dayra
Charles O'Neill
Hackmanns and Kohls Visit West Union Home
Mr and Mrs Carl Hackmann and Mrs Celia Kohls visited at the Hugo Hackmann home at West Union Sunday. Mrs Howard McDowell El kader and Ernestine Holzer arrived home Friday after a two months visit in California and with Mr and Mrs Lyle Nelson at Seattle Wash They visited many places of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hackmann
Celia Kohls
Hugo ‘Hackmann
West Union
Howard McDowell
Elkader
Ernestine Holzer
California
Lyle Nelson
Seattle
Wash
Real Estate Transfers and Auto Registrations in Elgin Area
Real estate transfers include Frank Greenley Estate by Exec W F Kohler to R B Strohschein and wife for Lot 2 Sorg Add Elgin plus several other deed transfers dated February 1957. Additional transfers list Merton Bratton to Ralph Allenstein, Shirley Butts to Carl March, Helms to Max Medberry, Kerr to William Bennett, and Emery R Dummermuth to Riley Grimes. Cars registered include Harold M Luenberger Elgin Chevrolet sedan, Elmer Frieden Elgin Plymouth sedan, Kirk Hicks Arlington Chevrolet pickup, Karl Miller Clermont Chevrolet sedan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Greenley
Exec
W. F. Kohler
R. B. Strohschein
Sorg Add. Elgin
Merton Bratton
Ralph Allenstein
Shirley E. Butts
Carl March
Helms
Max Medberry
TWD
Land
Kerr, William & We
William E. Bennett
Harold M
Una Luenberger
Elgin
Chevrolet
Elmer B
Lena
Frieden
Plymouth
Kirk S
Carrie Hicks
Arlington
Karl Alfred
Rose L. Miller
Clermont
Prayer of guidance from Genarl Nathan F Twining
A brief prayer attributed to General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff of the U S Air Force, asking divine guidance for honorable conduct and humility in daily duties and speech.
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Genarl Nathan F
Twining
U. S. Air Force
Farm commodity prices dip in February figures
Prices received by Iowa farmers for farm products fell about 3 percent in the month ending February 15. The mid February index stood at 223 percent of the 1910 14 base, down from 231 in mid January and 200 for February 18, 1956.
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Iowa
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New Castle
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Emil Gulsvig
Rock Island Station
Postville
Echo Office
F. D. Welch
R. F
Bob
R. W. Lutzelman
First Ave
Cedar ‘Rapids
Black & Decker
Strauch & Hermen
Echo
Smith - Corona
Hampshire
Farrow
Carlyle Kirkeberg
el- Binafte
Nelson
Henry Gisleson
Luana
J.L. Trautman
Justin Baker
Elgin Produce
Alvin Thiese
Dial
Ford
Herbert Dummermuth
MR. Farmer
Massey-Harris
Massey- Harris
Torkelson Motor Co
Elgin, Iowa
State News
Tax Study Committee
Brainard News
Julia Boyer
John Barnhouse
Ron Bantz
Grotery
Opportunity
Dummermuth
Emery
Riley Grimes
Falk
H.W
Ed Butikofer
Confucius
Wadena
Carl G. W. Alderson
Wadena Orvin
Kingscrest
Northrup King
Eee
Wranid Sten Con
Albert Schori
Elgin Canning Factory
Tressa
Onakd
Bruce
Schori & Kuster Lbr. Co
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