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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1955
Page
2
Practical tips from Jewel Graham of Iowa State College on using plump canned corn and snap beans. Includes bean salads with celery carrots and cheese, chilled bean salads, bean soups with sour cream, and quick stove top mixes with onion chili sauce and optional bacon fat. Corn pudding and quick corn dishes with onions peppers and cheese are also described.
Elgin students Evelyn Orth and Frances Larson earned first division ratings at the pre district speech contest in Clermont on March 10 11. Reva Medherry received a second division rating and Evelyn and Frances advance to the district contest on March 26.
The Elgin Iowa Town Council met in regular session March 7 1955 with Mayor Schori and all councilmen present. Minutes of prior meeting approved. Bills audited and allowed including salaries payments for February and utilities. A snow bucket purchase from Torkelson Motor Co was approved. Severin Blockhus appointed Fire Chief of the Elgin Volunteer Fire Department and approved. Meeting adjourned.
Sioux Rapids men Johnny McLain and Al Treinen travel to Storm Lake sporting beards to advertise the community centennial. A separate incident notes two bearded Sioux Rapids men questioned on a theft charge, then released after a nervous clerk alerted the sheriff. Other items include Collis Moore retiring from the Villisca fire department after 23 years of service, Reinbeck’s 104 year old resident Ellen Granny passing away, and Iowa recommending spring wheat varieties Henry Lee and Rushmore for planting.
A hearty soup recipe yields four servings. Ingredients include potatoes, water, corn, onion, milk, parsley, salt and pepper. Cook potatoes in water covered for 10 to 15 minutes, remove bacon, cook onion in fat, combine with corn and potatoes, simmer 18 minutes, then add milk and seasonings.
Heat the mixture until boiling then sprinkle with chopped bacon and parsley for garnish and flavor.
Wool sold on or after April 1 will be eligible for 1955 incentive payments under the National Wool Act of 1954. Green manure crops of legumes provide cheap nitrogen for corn in Iowa. Iowa State College studies in 1954 show corn grown on soil with legume green manure plowed down the previous year benefit from added nitrogen.
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