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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1952
Page
4
An automobile wreck without adequate insurance could ruin your future. Tomorrow might be too late. If you have ample protection, see us now. Employers' Mutual Casualty Co, R P Strauch, local agent, dial 3711, Elgin.
Ilyria News reports Thursday forenoon visits by the Fred Schneider family and numerous relatives, birthdays for Marlene, and guests from Davenport. LaVerne Schneider hosts, Ellen Hunsberger and Jerome Yearous visit Mervin Hunsberger. Community Day is set for June 26 with the play Dictator Dad and committees named. Memorial services are noted, Cemetery Association and Ladies Aid plan next month’s entertainment, and Children’s Day is scheduled for June 8 at the Nlyria church. No Sunday School or church services on Memorial Day weekend.
A state news wrap reports on merit system morale concerns raised by N T Chadderdon of Marshalltown and the merit council’s role for five agencies. It covers social welfare medical expense limits, Iowa tax receipts, and notes on toll roads cost estimates as well as local injuries and accidents.
Morley High School commemorates its 22nd anniversary as Owen Miller delivered the commencement address. Decorah resident Henry Walker reports strong Mississippi fishing near Guttenberg with three wall-eyes totaling 20 pounds in five minutes. Dairy farmer Owen Brady near Guthrie Center began dairy farming in 1949. last year his 13 cows yielded 81 tons of milk. A tale recalls a former New York in Iowa founded 100 years ago by Orvey and Micajah Cross, with a white church 10 miles north of Corydon as the remaining landmark. Eric Dornbush is noted as a Readlyn youth in the local brief.
A slightly inebriated Scot asks for a dime to buy a sandwich while a beggar jokes about sharing. The exchange captures a street corner moment with humorous, coarse dialogue and regional speech.
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