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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1959
Page
8
Sunday visitors filled homes across Volga and nearby towns with dinners and calls. People staying with or visiting relatives included the Shaffers, the Thormans, the Leuenbergers, and many married couples. A church supper is planned for March 26 at the Mervia church, and a funeral service was noted for Anne Nydegger.
John Christen left Sunday for Washington D C where he serves as one of Clayton County Farm Bureau delegates. Mrs James Duff and Jimmy visited the Christen home last Monday in Cheery Valley.
Mr and Mrs Dan Butikofer visited Wednesday at Myron Houg home in Gunder. Emory Landsgard dined Sunday with T L Loftsgard family. Mrs Kenneth Kjosa and San Ito visited Selma Groth and Mrs T J Olson Sunday. Calls at Ole and Martin Amundson homes Wednesday afternoon. Otto Hanson Jr and Bernard Loftsgard hosts Sunday. Henry Christianson Jr and Craig dined with Mrs Mathilda Christianson Sunday. Selma Groth visited Kenneth Kjosa Saturday. Kenneth Kjosa hosts Wednesday with Joseph Rejerson and Dixie. Arthur Amundson family and Ole Amundson visited Morris Amundson Sunday. Charles ONeill y and Sharry supper guests of Orwen Loftteg Wednesday. Dies Nina Duryea, 9, an Algona resident and former teacher, recently died.
The Ly ria Homemakers Hit and Miss Club met at Mrs. Jim Probert's home in Wadena on Friday February 27 with nineteen ladies present. The meeting featured a lesson on quick breads with samples including quick pecan rolls date surprises cranberry nut muffins fruit cobbler and breakfast bread. Members brought grape nut bread peanut butter nut bread and blueberry bread and Mrs Merle Bovis presented slides on quick breads. Mrs Forrest Shaffer announced the annual Farm Bureau Women's Day at Maynard on March 30 with speaker Mrs Witmer on Agriculture Our Business and a township chair man skit. A two crust pie contest will award prizes and all pies will be sold.
More than 100 county Farm Bureau leaders depart Iowa Sunday March 8 for Washington DC to meet with Iowa's senators and representatives on national issues. They are joined by 15 county membership workers after winning membership contests and include Lyal Mitchell Monona John Christen Elgin Rodney Drewes West Union Lynn Daker Calmar Joel Clark Elkader Rodney Smith Postville. The legislative committee of the Town Farm Bureau board of directors, led by John In- is also on the trip.
Maynard hosts Farm Bureau leaders who will stay at the Congressional Hotel in Washington. A banquet and breakfast are scheduled at the hotel during the stay.
A school safety notice urges children to look in all directions before crossing streets. Pedestrians often fail to notice approaching turning cars after stepping off the curb, risking serious accidents on daily trips to school.
A $12,000 stainless steel Vane churn began service at Sioux Center Farmers Mutual Coop Creamery, replacing two wooden churns used for nearly 25 years and capable of producing about 2200 pounds of butter per batch.
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