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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1951
Page
4
Local ad for Crick Supplies offering baby chick essentials in Elgin. Features Nutrena Starter and Grower feed peat moss Dry Bed grit feeders and waterers along with Elgin Produce contact dial 3231.
Elgin area residents note weekend visits and guests in multiple homes. Maywood Calmar Elkader Manchester Volga Sumner Fayette Waltham Minn visits listed with families and individuals visiting for dinners and Sundays. Occasional travel to Winthrop Harvard for a relative's funeral.
Report on a state legislative committee with ten members, split six Republicans four Democrats, controlling a 2 million dollar interim purge. Discusses Eldora training school rebuild estimated at 250000, beer and liquor enforcement debate, attorney general stance to avoid a broader crackdown, and pay increases controversy. Also notes safety program expansion urged by Alfred W. Kahl at a statewide Safety Congress.
In a discussion on highway safety, officials note the need to avoid extra tax costs while expanding enforcement. The 1961 program will broaden participation by local groups and emphasize community involvement. A 200 bushel 18 foot feeder channel is described, feeding about 100 pigs for a month.
Automobile dealers in Elgin and Clermont join a May voluntary inspection drive for cars and trucks. Participating dealers issue green and yellow windshield stickers to cars checked for safety. Endorsed by the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association with safety groups urging checks of brakes lights tires and more.
Mrs Clara Baumgartner stayed overnight at the Fred Borow home. She joined Mr and Mrs Ray Tomshek for dinner at the Rex Medberry home in Postville. Genevieve Dunkle and Betty Cline visited Waterloo and Oelwein respectively while other pairs spent weekends with the Blockhus Krohn and Wilson families.
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