For Sale 1949 Ford and Picket Fence Sale
For sale a 1949 Ford in A-1 condition with new winter seat covers and 5 tires plus 2 good snow tires. Radiator filled with Prestone. Insurance until Jan 1 1958. Also 36 ft of picket fence 20 in high and 34 x 30 oak garden lawn items with steel posts. Contact Verni Engle or John Bakewell Clermont. Bring your Echo to town Saturday afternoon for prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Verni ‘Engle
John Bakewell
Clermont
Deere 365 Tractor Sale Ad With Price Details
An advertisement notes a Deere 365 tractor offered with installment terms totaling 495 dollars upfront or over five years at 150 dollars per year. The brief listing highlights pricing options and financing terms for the equipment.
Elgin Local News Family Visits and Health Updates
Elgin area residents report Mother's Day gatherings with the Northrops in Cedar Rapids and Fayette visits by Leuchtenmacher and Dickenson families. Anna Schupbach returns from eight weeks away in Michigan and Illinois with news on Glen Schupbach’s health. Dr. Wolf attends a county medical meeting in Oelwein. Robert Mueller and Nelle Heusser join Carl Mueller for Mother's Day dinner at McGregor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Northrop
Cheri
Gary Northrop
Randy
Cedar Rapids
Herbert Ash
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Harry Dickenson
Fayette
Anna Schupbach
Albert Lee Schupbach
Drayton Plaines
Mich
Glen Schupbach
New Addresses Listed
Virgil L. Troyer is back at Cudahy Wisconsin with a new street address 36 23 Morris Ave.
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Virgil L. Troyer
Cudahy
Wis
Morris Ave
Two births announced from Evansdale and West Union
Mrs. Francis Butikofer and spouse welcomed a daughter born Mother's Day May 11 at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo weighing 7 lb 10 oz. Grandparents Raymond Brandt Clermont and Fred Butikofer Gerald Winter signaled as parents of a daughter born May 10 at West Union hospital weighing 7 lb 10 oz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Butikofer
Evansdale
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Raymond Brandt
Clermont
Fred Butikofer
Gerald Winter
West Union Hospital
Smiths Visit Son Then Observation At Rochester Hospital
Lynn Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Smith, is a patient at St Marys hospital in Rochester Minnesota for observation. His parents visited him Tuesday and again Saturday. Mrs Harold Bennett underwent major surgery Saturday morning at Rochester Methodist Hospital. Hospitalized are Mrs Hannah Lantz at Postville Hospital after going there Saturday.
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Rochester
Minn
Lynn Smith
Paul Smith
St. Mary’s Hospital
Guernsey Smith
Uate
Harold Bennett
Baturda
Rochester, Minn
Methodist Hospital
Reuben Schupbach
Doyle ‘Bennett
Justin Baker
Oelwein
Hannah Lantz
Postville Hospital
Real Estate Transfers and Notices Aired
Court House News lists real estate transfers including Grankvist to Myra Corbin Anderson Lot 59 Block 2 Arlington dated 4 2 57 and Probert to Floyd M Patterson Lots 12 Wittenbaugh Add Wa dena dated 5 1 58. Trade name Clermont Hardware Clermont owned by Grace Miller Simek dated 5 2 58. License to wed Duane Paul Schroeder and Janet L Behrend dated 19 Arlington. Contracts Behrens Otto and wife to Richard Opperman and wife NE SW 12 92 7 4 58. Cousins Clyde and wife to Daryl Humphrey and wife N NE 9 92 7 1 2 59.
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Grankvist
Leander
Myra Corbin Anderson
Blk
Arlington
Probert
J. O
Floyd M. Patterson
Wittenbaugh
Wadena
Schroeder
Duane Paul
Randalia
Janet L. Behrend
Behrens
Otto
Richard Opperman
Cousins
Clyde
Daryl Humphrey
Last Week's Visit Notes From Volga Area
Mrs Fred Smith and Carol of Oelwein visited her parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Lamphier over the weekend. Mrs Lamphier has been quite ill lately. Mr and Mrs Orville Lamphier and Duane were in Iowa City Monday for Duane's checkup. The Donald and Lyle Lamphier families and Mr and Mrs Erwyn Lamphier visited Mr and Mrs Oscar Lamphier Sunday. Mrs Bera Robinson visited in the Eldon Knoecke home near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Smith
Carol of
Oelwein
Oscar Lamphier
Community Notes From Elkader And Surrounding Towns
Greeley area social visits highlighted by Boyd Styles family staying with D Crain and Linda Smith homes and other local visits. Earl Raymond Oldfather and family spent weekend at Glen Oldfather home. Rev Ferris and family visited Winthrop. Local gatherings included Luther League rally at Independence and hospital updates for Mrs Follon. Fred Rinkert dies after heart attack. spouses Eva and Ralph relocate to Des Moines. Crandall’s Market wins Elkader women’s bowling title. Richards Locker wins booster league.
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Gary
Volga
Howard Crandall
Oelwein
Willard Crandall
Stella Puffett
Lester Wenger
Diane
John Follon
Vis
Follon
Manchester Hospital
Eva
Ralph
Des Moines
Tommy Conboy
Anchorage
Alaska
Eva Conboy
Hallie Blake
Guttenberg
Robert Troester
Blake
Crandall
Birth of Daughter to Mr and Mrs Donald Ride Nour
A daughter was born recently to Mr and Mrs Donald Ride Nour of Red Oak two months early weighing 2 pounds 15 ounces at birth. She has been in an incubator since birth and fed via stomach tube every three hours. Nurses report she is gaining.
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Donald Ridenour
Red Oak
Fall five year old Ayres falls from tree in Red Oak
A five year old boy, Larry Ayres of Red Oak, reportedly fell 16 feet from a tree. He came out with scrapes and injuries, and a nurse or bystander noted fright and shock before medical aid arrived.
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Larry Ayres
Wilixa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dan Jr. Bulikofer
Iowa Committee On Professional Journalism
Iowa Press Association
Iowa
Alfred Meakin
England
Nellie M. Koevenig
Hill City
S. C
Cc. J. Mulford
Florence Blockhus
Elgin
Smith-Corona
Echo
Robert
Bob
Elgin Produce
Orvin Thompson
Elgin Co-op. Co
Nelson
J. L. Traufman
L.J. West Union
R. P. Strauch
Arcana
Best Buy
John Deere
Ower
Falb & Light Elgin
John Falk & Sons
Elgin, Iowa
France
Detroit
Constantinople
Court House News
Clermont Hardware
Grace Miller Simek
O’neill
Drug Elgin
Wadena Livestock Exchange
Carl G. W. Alderson
Wadena Orvin
Chedee
Martin - Senour House
Schori & Kuster
Wood& Steel
FELCO
Elgin,jowa
Goodyear
Rev Ko Maers
Fauser Oil Company
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