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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1953
Page
8
Community Church EG Steinman ministered with a Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship service at 11 15 a m. Numerous local families and guests attended meals visits and social gatherings including Shaffer Ogle Medberry Patterson Yearous and other area residents with many dinner supper and house warming events noted across Volga Elkader West Union and Cresco areas.
The Dorcas Society will hold a meeting at church parlors on Saturday March 21 with Mrs Cornelius Reierson Mrs Clarence Kirkeberg Mrs L O Reierson and Mrs Ole E Olson serving as hostesses. Several local residents visited relatives and neighbors including Henry Reierson of St Olaf and families from Monona McGregor Decorah Postville Cedar Rapids and Clermont with gatherings at various homes.
The Good Neighbors Club met on Tuesday March 10 at Anna Hanson’s home with 31 members present. Guests included Martha Chaplan and Alice Howard. Donations of $5 to the Red Cross were approved. Readings on worry and prayer were shared by Alice Howard and Ella Christen. Door prizes went to Elma Christen Ber nice Nickels and Rose Dennler. Various members and guests visited others in the area over the following days.
Sunday visitors gathered at Christen Bros house to celebrate Walter Christen and Roscoe Larson birthdays with a family supper.
Mrs Clarence Olson accompanied the Orvin Olson family to their Iowa City home for a few days. Alfred Burnas spent Sunday with the Alvin Halversons. Mrs Louie Amundson and Mrs Palmer Larson of Eagle Grove visited the Ames Olson family. Mrs Harry Helgerson and Mrs Enoch Mark visited Rochester with Mr and Mrs Jim Olson. Helmer Lyngaas and Marcia with Bert Lyngaas visited the Albert Tinderholt family near Decorah. Carrie Thorson visited Clarence Olson. Arthur Olson’s family spent Friday with Mrs Julia Landsgard. Gerhard Halverson returned from Postville hospital after minor surgery. Helmer Lyngaas, Marcia, and family spent Monday in Cedar Rapids. The Larson families joined Orvin Olson’s clan Sunday to celebrate birthdays at the Almer Amundson home.
Fragmentary ledger style notes list payments to individuals such as Henry Wolf Med and Webster Stothars for various services, rent, wiring, and materials. Other entries show Cecil Welch rent for the poor and Paul Ward’s ap lary, indicating a routine but incomplete supervisor proceedings record.
The Fayette County Board of Supervisors met November 24 1962 in the Court House with all members present. They fixed 1:00 PM for assessing real estate costs for destruction of noxious weeds and authorized signing a contract to collect institutional support funds from liable persons.
The Fayette County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a five year contract with Interstate Power Company to light the county court house grounds. The rate remains 25 dollars monthly until the new lighting is in service, with underground cable work at Interstate Power Company expense and turnover to the County at no cost. Minutes note adjournment to December 18, 1952.
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