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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1951
Page
8
Illyria township items note Good Friday and Easter services at Elgin and 11 15 a m infant baptism. Various local families host dinners, visitors, and backchannel social events. School directors elected Thos Ogle Elmer Embke Joe Dinan Thos Kerr Virgil Torson. Progressive Home Study club to meet March 28 with hosts.
Cheery Valley News reports multiple family gatherings and visits across Taylor Mo and nearby areas. Recurring names include the Butikofer and Dennler families with several supper, luncheon, and dinner gatherings and relatives visiting from Ft Riley and Volga.
The Wm Nutting family from West Union visited Mrs Chloa Lyon on Saturday. Mrs Walter Pritchard stayed with Isaac Monnahan on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Robert Kerr visited the Wm Kerr home on Sunday. Bob Gilbert marked his 13th birthday by sharing candy bars with his teacher and classmates. The Gordon Buroden family spent Sunday at Glen Knapp’s in West Union. Barbara Gilbert stayed overnight with Milton Miller Friday.
The infant twin sons of Mr and Mrs Harvey Anderson were baptized at Marion church Sunday with sponsors for David Keith named as Mr and Mrs Walter Follett and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hellum and sponsors for Daryl Lee by Mr and Mrs Harold Halverson and Mr and Mrs Lyle Olson. A dinner followed at the Anderson home with guests including the Follett Hellum Strandford Olson and Peterson families and the Otto Gisleson family who joined the Allen Andersons for supper.
The Clifford Wald family and Mrs. Mary Wald visited Sunday afternoon at the Mervin Anderson home. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Peterson visited the Mervin Reierson home Thursday evening. Visitors Friday included Mrs. Ruth Lottsgard, Mrs. Jacob Schneider and Beatrice, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Opland with Mrs. Rosing Anderson Thursday evening for dinner. Sunday dinner guests at the upscreen home were Orvin Thompson and Kenneth Anderson families. Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Loftsgard and daughters spent Sunday afternoon with the Lloyd Reierson family. A trip to Prairie du Chien Sunday evening brought Rosella of White Bear Lake Mina home for her Eastern vacation. Rodney Smith, Margaret and David were visitors Saturday afternoon with Ole Loftsgard. The Mervin Anderson family recently moved to the Harold Op Sand farm they rent. Sonja Kjosa, previously at Postville hospital, returned home in April.
A pretty wedding solemnized at the Ern Baechler home united Selma Baechler and John Schneider with attendants John Baechler and Mollie Schneider. The Lohengrin piece by Mabel Dummermuth accompanied the double ring ceremony read by Rev. Lauer. The couple plan to live on the groom’s father’s farm.
Parents may over time have less time for children as families grow. Nine to eleven year olds feel less fondness for overt affection and measure parental love by time, interest, and shared moments. The piece cautions against assuming kids understand parental忙 schedule demands.
Fertilizer may differentiate soft corn from mature crops in a season similar to Iowa's 1950. Moisture percent in fertilized plots at harvest was up to nine points lower than unfertilized plots. In frost damaged fields, fertilizer increased shelling percentage by as much as five points.
Farm safety note highlights that the house is the top site for accidents, with the kitchen the most dangerous area and living room and bathroom second. It urges first-aid kits in plain sight in these areas, the shop, and on tractors, recommending metal boxes to keep dust out and quick access.
Sows farrowed on Iowa farms during December through February are estimated at 177000 head, the largest three month total in 22 years of records and 15 percent above the previous high of 154000 in 1949 50.
If bees lack food, prepare a syrup of two parts sugar to one part warm water. Heat the water first and then add the sugar, as scorched sugar is poisonous to bees.
A reflective piece argues that parents often fail to show affection, noting a study where affection declines as children grow older. It asks why parental love isn’t clearly expressed and urges clearer demonstrations of care for children across ages.
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