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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1959
Page
1
The Elgin Echo of Elgin Fayette County publishes every Thursday under the firm Hermen and Bartunek. The paper notes second class mail status with a September 1 1801 date and post office designation under federal act.
Advertising rates shown per line with a minimum charge. Blind ads and those with heavy tel and 30 Bee incur higher fees. School notices with admission charged and obituary poetry are billed at regular advertising rates.
Elgin Iowa town council in a special session discusses possible relocation of a proposed treatment plant. The mayor and council seek engineer input and plan to report at the next special session, then adjournment is carried.
The Elgin Study Club met at Mrs. Fred Muehl ethaler with Mrs. Ed Medberry co hosting. Members spoke on Easter traditions and a program by Mrs. Gordon Mosby and Mrs. Belva Snyder, with a musical monologue titled This Man Is Our Peace and piano by Mrs. Richard Wright. The club raised 960.24 for Polio in Elgin and voted to buy a memorial library book for former member Mrs. Robert Grimes. Members encouraged donations to the Cancer drive at the April meeting and signed Ballots for Better Driver Licensing as a federation program.
Executrix Sarah Schupbach appointed March 2, 1058 by Fayette County Iowa District Court for the estate of Albert E. Schupbach deceased. All debts must be paid to the executrix and claims presented to the court for allowance. Attorney Cc. W. Antes, First National Bank Building, West Union, Iowa.
Luther College announces the first semester honor roll chosen by dean O W Qualley. Students with a 2.25 GPA or higher across at least 12 class hours are listed. 124 honor roll students out of 1210. Eighteen earned straight A’s. Kenneth Crider of Elgin and Keith Crider are included.
A compact reflection notes how, despite great age, the world moves quickly in its developments and discoveries, highlighting the paradox of ancient times producing rapid change in modern perception and daily life. The observation invites consideration of how history and progress intertwine across eras.
Thompsons report fine weather in Phoenix Arizona and say they expect to return to Iowa around April first. They note a Phoenix newspaper item about a 60 million dollar home project on 100 acres with 4000 homes and a 4 acre shopping village a 40 acre hospital and medical complex a 40 acre park civic center school area and two church sites homes priced from 10 000 to 15 000. Promoters sold nearly 1000 homes last year and project 2000 this year.
The学校 thanks all who helped in routing buses and delivering pupils home during last Thursday's snow emergency. Buses operated on 15 routes from Clermont Elgin and Wa dena with several shuttles among towns. Bus drivers and staff ensured early dismissals despite busy telephone lines and dispatch challenges.
Invitations have been sent to 644 coeds at the State University who earned a B average or better in the first semester. Elgin students Norma Gehring and Barbara Medberry received invitations. Gehring is a liberal arts senior and Medberry is a nursing senior.
A compact reflection notes that wealth speaks through actions rather than loud boasts, while loud men rarely achieve lasting success, highlighting discreet financial impact over showy rhetoric.
A small Spanish speaking church shares activities for youth and families. Mr Schantz preaches using multilingual hymn books. Bible pictures and film strips in Spanish are shown with the SVE project from Elgin Baptist Sunday School. Allen, nearly 13, runs the projector while a 16 year old Spanish girl assists on piano. Weekly services include Wednesday worship and women and children Bible clubs.
Stranded for a night with 57 students from the A Capella choir of Iowa State Teachers College, Beverly Muehlethaler led the group after a breakdown on Highway 218 six miles from Vinton. A farm wife fed them bacon eggs and pancakes before they moved on to Vinton and Cedar Falls later.
During a severe snow storm on a Wednesday morning a family faced a two hour 16 mile trek from Lowe City to Ka Ning. They reached Center Point and stayed at a service station owner's home. By Friday night they arrived in Oelwein, lodging with Mr and Mrs Wm. They traveled with Keith, using a Caterpillar tractor and shovels to reopen the road to their farm. Bradley and Ramona were part of the journey.
Bradley Larson five year old son of Mr and Mrs Oliver Larson has been confined at home for two months with a congenital heart condition. He was taken to University Hospital at Town City Thursday for examination including electrocardiogram and x rays. He may return to school until May 1 then travel to Town City for three days for a final test to decide if heart surgery is needed.
Art Ahrens of Eagle Grove recently had nose surgery after a gift show visit in Omaha where a severe nose bleed struck him. The operation was performed to relieve his condition and restore safety during his travels.
Mr and Mrs Virgil March announce the birth of their child on March 4 at a hospital in Blue Bird Saint He weighed nine pounds. Mr and Mrs Dean Teelealeon of ake are also mentioned with a baby named Eric Paul born March 9 at a hospital in Blue Bird Saint He weighed seven and a half pounds.
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