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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1953
Page
1
Official notice records Elgin Echo Dial 3711 Elgin Iowa as second class mail matter entered September 1 1891 at Elgin post office Fayette County Iowa under the 1852 act.
Advertising rates listed per line ten cents with a minimum thirty cent weekly charge if paid in cash. Non cash orders carry zero cents as the minimum. Blind ads or inquiries to this office cost fifty cents weekly. Cards of Thanks priced at one dollar and In Memoriam cards at one dollar, limited to ten lines. Resolutions of respect and related notices with admission charges follow regular rates.
Music pupils Louise Baumgartner Eileen Evans Wm Weibel Erma Grether Lucille Berndt Lois Lehman Leo Grether performed last night. Elgin high school to graduate thirteen this year six boys seven girls with officers Joseph Becker president Georgia Meyer vice president Esther Durscher secretary treasurer Marie Schneider Gertrude Hackmann Dorothy De Sart Leone Kerr Ronella Larson Otto Olgan Clarence Winkler Thomas Shaffer William Bailey Floyd Knudtson Mary Dennler on vacation from J A Boleyn store Elgin. Strawberry Point road project slated to start mid month by the same contractor paying in Fayette county Clayton Co. Reg.
Notice in Fayette County Iowa states that the will and codicil of Henry Anderson will be admitted to probate. The hearing is set for May 18, 1953, before the District Court. Dated April 29, 1953, West Union. Clerk Herbert D Klammer.
Mrs. Edith Berg received word that Trygve Husberg of Eau Claire Wisconsin died Sunday afternoon at three o'clock after an eight month illness. Mrs. Ed Anderson of Waterloo and Mrs. Edith Berg attended the funeral on Wednesday.
Fred Moser died last Wednesday in Manchester Hospital after a two week illness. He would have turned 89 in June. Funeral services were held Friday. He was the brother of Mrs. George Vaughn and George Moser. George Moser returned to Minneapolis Saturday and Mrs. Louise Little left Sunday after attending the funeral of their brother.
A humorous Atlantic breeze of dairy talk recalls Secretary Benson’s butter policy and the timeless grit of dairymen. A veteran Texan narrator laments milk prices, old churning methods, and the struggle of country life amid cheap milk and rising costs.
Merle Wood, a Denison high school instructor, claimed a check could be negotiable though not on ordinary paper. Students issued a check on an eight by eight inch pine slab and cashed it at First National Bank, while garden notes advise pruning lilac canes to combat borers.
Emma Olson born August 28 1878 in Clayton County died April 23 at age seventy four. She married Ole J Olson January 5 1898 near Elgin and ten children were born. Surviving children are Ruth Nora Miah Ida Mae Ruby Leona Dorothy and Otto with twelve grandchildren and siblings in Ames Seattle West Union and Chicago. Funeral April 29 at Muehlethaler Funeral Home with burial in Elgin cemetery. Card of thanks follows.
Neighbors sent cards flowers and kindness to the Olson family after the passing of Mrs Emma Olson. The gesture reflected the community’s sympathy and support during their time of sorrow.
The 55th General Assembly began with a large surplus and rainy day funds, but projections suggest depleted balances by the next session. The speaker notes inflation easing yet observes spending exceeded 1954 appropriations by about fourteen million. He supports House File 140 for a sound state employees retirement system, even amid Prentiss Amendment challenges.
The speaker recalls supporting an initial seventy five million dollar bond issuance but condemns the final form as a flawed retirement plan. He questions its soundness and constitutionality, warns it will remain an ongoing issue plaguing future General Assemblies.
Leo Faith visited the Echo office with a mammoth egg weighing 612 ounces from a hen at the Gilbert Loftsgard farm. It was the fourth egg of that size from the same hen, after which the bird returned to laying regular size eggs.
Virgil McKim of Bedford carries an 1850 dime now 103 years old. The coin’s age and rarity draw interest as a historical relic carried by a local resident.
The writer recalls visiting Cousin Joe who restored a worn farm taken over in 1942 using gold conservation. Neighbors were skeptical as he began contour plowing and filling gul lies. Now they unite on a large project and see potential gains, despite stubborn prejudice.
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