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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1959
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial lists Elgin, Iowa as its locale and notes second class mailing since September 1, 1891, with publication every Thursday by the local post office in Fayette County.
Advertising rates show per line ten cents with a thirty cent weekly minimum if cash accompanies the order. otherwise the minimum is zero. Blind ads and inquiries cost fifty cents weekly. Card of Thanks and In Memoriam cards are one dollar. Notices with admission charged or obituary poetry follow regular rates, with ten lines max for notices and extra lines charged per line.
The Illyria Clipperettes 4-H Club met at Sally Stephenson home with 20 members present. New members Jeri Martin Janice Friederich Gail Light JoAnn Wilson Phyllis Hunsberger Connie Baker and Mary Lerch were initiated. A Mother Daughter tea is planned for November 7 at the Farm Bureau building. Jeannette Strong and Iva Feller demonstrated dress making and purse tailoring while Ann Miles spoke on Color and Designs for the 4-H Girl. The group worked on sewing baskets for the evening project. Guest Mrs Reynold Strong attended.
Mr and Mrs Francis West were honored on their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with an open house at the Elgin Auxiliary Hall on Sunday October 25 from two o clock.
The notice states underwear now at the new tow price of 349 each for shirts and drawers.
At 4:00 p.m. a three tier cake decorated by Mrs. Junior Christianson crowned the table, surrounded by white mums, silver candle holders and pink white streamers. Attendants included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Butikofer and Rev. and Mrs. Robert Jacobs, with other local guests and us from St. Olof, Gunder, Farmersburg and Elkader. Waitresses assisted and guest book duties were handled by Mrs. Gerald Blockhus. Rev. Jacobs offered a prayer.
Extension staff meeting on Mastitis at Farm Bureau building in Fayette. Grand Meadow Township election at Township Hall at 7:00 PM.
The 4-H Leaders Recognition Banquet honored long time 4-H club leadership with an awards presentation. Miss Louise Rosenfeld, assistant director of the Extension Service at Iowa State University, gave an address. The event occurred Tuesday, October 27, at Zion Lutheran Church in Clayton Center. Receiving the Award of the..
Clover awards for leadership given to Mrs. George Nickels of Elgin for ten years. Five year leaders include Mrs. Almer Amundson of Postville Rueben Meulier of St Olaf and Leonard Elisader.
The Odako Campfire Girls met October 27 at Barbara Muehlethaler’s home. After refreshments and business, they discussed fundraisers to afford next year’s camp, held a pumpkin carving contest with pumpkins provided by Mrs. Muehlethaler. The next meeting is at Marcia Knudtson’s on November 5 at 2:30 p.m. They will visit Oelwein and local factories.
Extension Service schedules events from November four H activities to elections. Girls 4 H Mother Daughter Award November seven at 1 30 pm at Farm Bureau Building Fayette and Putnam Foremost 4 H Club November nine. All Town Sheep Day at Daytona State University November ten. Milk Marketing Order Referendum November twelve from 10 am to 3 pm. Extension office Fairfield Township Council Election 8 pm at Arlington High School.
Winter garments return from the cleaners in fragile plastic bags that pose a danger to children. As bags are removed from clothing they should be destroyed to prevent accidental suffocation or injury.
The American Medical Association reports at least 70 deaths, mostly infants, due to suffocation from plastic bags since January. Bags used as pillow or blanket coverings in cribs and playpens pose danger. parents urged to destroy bags after use and avoid giving them to children.
There were 623 head of livestock, 205 consignors and 98 buyers at the Wadena sale on Friday October 30. Feeder cattle prices ranged for steers from 27.50 to 32.00 dollars, 20.00 to 27.50 for fair to good. heifers 22.00 to 25.00 for good to choice and 16.00 to 22.00 for fair to good.
The report lists sheep prices with choices at 17.00 and ranges from 12.00 to 16.00 for fair to good. Calves show choice at 32.00, with good 22.00 to 28.00 and fair 12.00 to 20.00. Cattle prices cover cows 18.50 for standard, 14.00 to 16.30 for utility and commercial, cans and cut ters 10.00 to 13.00. Bulls at 20.40. Steers at 26.45 for choice and 21.00 to 24.00 for good. Heifers at 24.40 choice and 19.00 to 22.00 for good.
Fayette county has 51 students registered at Iowa State University at Ames this fall according to registrar Dr. A M Gowan. Those registered from this area include Douglas A Chapman and David A Grove, sons of Arthur Chapman and Willard Grove.
The guide recommends corn moisture at 20 to 22 percent before cribbing. Use a crib width recommended by the ASC office in your area, typically 6 to 10 feet. For round cribs, cribs should be 1 foot in diameter, with corn dried to about 17 percent or lower before cribbing.
The article states an 11 percent moisture level for stored soybeans in a tight structure, with 38 percent cited as a parameter unrelated to vertical ventilators. It emphasizes maintaining proper humidity for safe storage.
Mr and Mrs Leo L Schorn spent Monday and Tuesday in Marshalltown attending the Iowa Nebraska Canner's Association convention where Mr Schori serves as a director. They returned home Tuesday evening.
Robert Grimes will depart Cedar Rapids on Thursday November 5 for Oakland California to visit Walter Houghton at his Oakland home for two days. He then plans to fly to Honolulu Hawaii to spend the remainder of his trip.
One of 1135 men living in isolation at Naval Air Station McMurdo Sound, Lloyd B. Rasmussen of Exirg, was among those who finally received mail and news from the warmer world on October 1, ending a long polar night that began last March.
Mrs. Bob Asberry of Evira suffered a broken back after a fall from a riding horse on a road near her home. A vehicle passed by while she was out riding.
Mrs Breta Invick, Winneshiek County's oldest resident, died at her Devon home aged 103. Her long life spanned three eras, with local memory of her steadfast community involvement and family ties. The community mourns her passing and honors her century of contributions.
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