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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1959
Page
3
The article discusses how love is conveyed beyond words, stressing the music of affection and the impact of actions. It notes that gestures like hugs can communicate more than long declarations, and that sincerity matters in responses about love.
A parent contends with balancing outward denials of warmth with covert attempts to show approval. The strategy centers on signaling care through selective messages while withholding open affirmation in other communications to influence the child's perception of parental support.
Local notes recount weekend visits among Volga area families including Eder, Duff, Cox, Hummel, Wiedner, and Chase households. Guests from Waterloo, Oelwein, Guttenburg, and Des Moines drop by. School and church events noted with PTA officers elected for 1959 60 and community visits to hospitals and nursing homes.
At a recent meeting members contributed funds to buy a picnic table for the former Volga Park across the river. The group plans to clean and restore the park to a suitable recreation space.
On the Robert M Schlensig farm near Dunlay a flock of 190 ewes produced 177 lambs since September including four sets of triplets several twins and a rare set of surviving quadruplets. Such quadruplets occur only once in several million births and were noted by observers.
James Whelan of Storm Lake escaped death after a nine foot fall into an elevator shaft at the Kingan packing plant. He suffered a broken left hip and extreme shock from the incident. Relic found in Webster City area appears to be a stone pulley from an early grinding mill in a 100 year old barn. Mr and Mrs L D Satterlee of Ireton plan their 64th wedding anniversary. he is 86, she is 84.
A rural mail carrier for the Armstrong area, Adolph Quastad retired after a 37 year career. He received a Safe Driving award for 28 years with no accidents. The piece notes how teens view jobs and cars as signs of growing up and independence, contrasting youth and parental perspectives and urging mutual understanding to ease generational friction.
Emery Penry of Elliot retires after 31 years as a school bus mechanic and driver for the Elliott School System. He notes pride in a career with no student injuries while aboard a bus and no passenger injuries during his tenure.
A group of couples discussed their adolescents' jobs. Parents seemed baffled by teens' insistence on working after school and on weekends. They noted their children had no objective need for income and families could easily supply more money.
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