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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1960
Page
1
Readers pay per line ten cents with a minimum thirty cents per week if cash accompanies the order otherwise sixty cents. Blind ads or inquiries sent to the office are fifty cents per week minimum. Card of Thanks and In Memoriam cards cost one dollar. memorials and resolutions limit to ten lines with extra lines at five cents each. Notices with admission fees and obituary poetry follow regular rates.
Doris Springer seeks Fay ette County Treasurer term beginning after the primary on June 6 1960. Fay ette County Recorder, Odney Oelberg, seeks primary support. Hazel Gehring Fay ette County Auditor runs in the primary. Fred A House seeks Clerk of the District Court in the primary. Herbert D B Klammer Fay ette County Supervisor term starting Jan 2 1961. J Nilea is a candidate for the same office subject to the primary. Floyd Gilley announces candidacy starting Jan 2 1962 subject to the primary.
Walter Paul Kohls born August 6 1896 on a near West Union farm died February 29 in Elgin at 63. He married Eva Marie Boyle August 18 1919 in Sumner Immaculate Conception Church, with two sons born. A WWI veteran, he enlisted May 9 1917 and served in France Belgium Luxembourg, earning a Purple Heart after a Meuse Argonne gas injury.
Walter P Kohls lived a long public service life in Elgin and surrounding towns. A World War I veteran, he served as first sergeant in Co D Elst Inf in the St Die Sector until 1919. He farmed near Elgin and Sumner before 1932, then moved his family to Elgin and worked on road projects for Fayette bounty. He served as Elgin marshal and street commissioner from 195?6, sat on the town council 1942 to 1947, and later drove a public school bus. Survivors include wife, son Shelton D. Kohls, five grandchildren, brother Gust, sister Emma Schott. Funeral services were held at Muehlethaler Funeral Home and St Peter’s Clermont with American Legion rites. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for condolences and memorial gifts.
Leo Meyer 44 son of Ernest and Lena Meyer died suddenly at his farm home on Friday March 4. He grew up on the adjacent farm, married Wanda Lange in 1939, and fathered Richard, John and Robert. Survived by wife Wanda, three sons, brother Clemence, sister Mrs Elma Reichert, and many relatives. Funeral services were held at Burtram and Wood funeral home and West Union Presbyterian Church with burial in West Union cemetery. Pallbearers named Friden, Grimes Jr, Klinger, Lueder, Miller, Bowers.
Clayton County events run through March with Boys 4-H basketball finals in Elkader Gym on March 11 and 12. March 12 hosts REA Annual Meeting at Postville High School. DHILA annual meeting with chili dinner at Farm Bureau on March 14. Youth Committee gathers March 17 at Elkader Extension Office.
The Elgin town council met in regular session at the town hall with the mayor and all councilmen present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
The council audited and allowed the General Fund bills including labor supplies and park lights. Utilities funded entries cover waterworks, street salaries, and taxes receipts. The session adjourned after approving payments and salaries for Orville Moore Leo Dennler and Alphie Reierson.
Tabitha Society convenes at the Baptist Church on Wednesday March 16 and again on Wednesday March 18. Mrs Alfred Ruchdashel leads devotions with music by Mrs Guy Probert. Mission and White Cross program hosted by Mrs John Schaer, Mrs Raymond Boleyn, Mrs Edward Krueger, Mrs Carl Hackmann, Mrs Edwin Krueger, and Mrs Max Lehman.
The Clayton County Board of Supervisors announced dust control for homes along the county secondary road system. Owners apply by May 15, material cost only, applied by county forces. First application in June, second in late August or September.
The county will charge 10 cents per linear foot of roadway with a minimum 500 feet for each application. After all applications arrive, county forces will schedule and perform the material application. The county bears the cost, offset by benefits such as material kept in place and reduced maintenance costs.
Circle Rachel will meet at Mrs Leonard Heins home with Mrs Robert Falk as co host. Mrs Donald Caspers will present the program. Circle Nora meets at Mrs Leo Schori home with Mrs G J Mosby presenting. Circle Mary gathers at Mrs R A Crider home with Mrs Walter Follett co host and Mrs Rex Mulford presenting.
The Illyria Clipperettes held a Valentine program for the mothers on January 20 at the Illyria Church. Hostesses were Lynnette Schori and Marilyn Miles with Iantha Strong as MC. A lunch committee, talks on fabric selection and use of shears, and demonstrations by several members highlighted the event.
The Hit and Miss Club of Ill yria will meet Friday March 18 at 1 00 p m at Mrs Guy Ernst home. A lesson on foreign food will be given and four highway patrolmen will speak to the group. Everyone is welcome.
The crew leader for Clayton county is Mrs. Milda Roggensack of Elkader. The report notes her leadership role and ties her to the Elkader area as the county project progresses.
Ice fishing north of the dam above Harpers Ferry was excellent in mid February according to first hand reports to the State Conservation Department. Ice on the back wall above the dam reached depths up to 18 inches and pan sized bluegills took red worms and mousses. several boats were active in the period.
Mrs Harold Strong of Illyria township was appointed one of two crew leaders for the 1960 census in Fayette county. She will supervise the north section while Paul Neubauer of Oelwein handles the south half. Appointments announced by Harry C Kray of the Cedar Rapids district office. Crew leaders oversee about 20 enumerators, begin training March 9, and coordinate recruitment, training, assignments, and review of work in the nationwide census starting April 1.
Angler reports fishing below the dam with minnows bounced along the bottom producing strings of walleyes and saager in the three pound bracket. State Conservation Commission notes cold weather may keep the area productive for some time.
Rose Richard Van Hordbeck of Belle Plaine reports a White Rock hen laid two eggs weighing three quarters of a pound in total. The eggs span nearly seven inches in length.
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