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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1961
Page
4
Job ad promises starting pay of 450 monthly with weekly payment and liberal bonus. Highlights include fast advancement to management, travel limited to local area, employer assets over 20 million, and eligibility for ages 21 to 45 with a car and high school education.
Thank you to the fire department and neighbors for help during a recent fire last week. Mr and Mrs Clair Lauer and family express gratitude for support and kindness shown.
Leo L. Schori came home Sunday from Postville Hospital where he was hospitalized a week. Albert Butiko ter remains a medical patient at Palmer Memorial Hospital in West Union. Albert L. Schori came home Wednesday from Postville Community Hospital after a hospitalization since Saturday.
Lizzie Thorson was hospitalized at Postville on Sunday after a pre car accident at the four corners on the county line road. The wreck occurred about 12:30. Her car rolled but she sustained only cuts and bruises and returned home Tuesday despite considerable damage to the vehicle.
State of Iowa Fayette County District Court notices that on November 20 1981 an instrument alleged to be the last will of George Metzgertate will come before the court for probate admission. Dated November 6 1961 at West Union Herbert D Klammer Clerk.
Dr and Mrs Kenneth Fettkether announce the birth of a son named Lawrence Burns on November 2 at Postville Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds.
Glen Snyder moves to Bensoncroft Manor at 4438 North 64th Street Omaha Nebraska. Thomas Dennler relocates to 933 Higgins Avenue Neenah Wisconsin.
October rainfall measured 4.19 inches in the local area, nearly matching October 1960’s 4.20 inches. Only three Octobers in the past 15 years have seen heavier rain. November began wet with 1.97 inches on Thursday, halting road work and corn husking.
The Pleasant Valley Homemakers will meet at the home of Mrs A B Jacob on Friday November 16 at 1 30 p m The Jesson will be making Christmas corsages.
Subscriptions should be paid to date or in advance with corrected mailing tags through Nov 4. Notices include transfers: Nellie A. Hanson to Metta A. Krueger in Elgin. William L. Beer to Bultman. Alpha Hangartner to Gordon Jacobean. Louis and Marjorie Olson. Floyd J. Frieden to Fayette County. J. A. Medberry to Fayette County. Aing Larrabee to Interstate Power Co. and licenses to wed Ethan Grant Guyer and Vivian Grace Anderson.
The Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau Homemakers club will meet Friday November 10 at 1 30 at the home of Mrs Alfred Jacob. Roll call asks for suggestions for decorations and a lesson on making Christmas corsages and centerpieces by Mrs Harold Orth and Mrs Leon Jacob. Planning for family night with Clermont township on November 27 at Valley high school lunch room. All community members invited.
Extension Service lists daily 4-H club meetings in multiple towns. Dhyria Clipperettes Wadena Wonder Workers and Smithfield Jolly Jrs in Carroll Turner home host 7 pm sessions. Putnam Foremost 4H Lamont School and district leader training at Manchester. Civil Defense meeting West Union November 14. Program Development Workshop Ames November 14-16. DALLA No 4 Board meeting West Union 00:00. District DOLLA meeting Fayette November 16. Smithfield Livewires 4-H club active.
On Saturday at 8 30 p m the winning numbers 1702 834 617 068 237 386 3249 722 1143 473 937 1056 1529 1434 1639 367 132 were drawn Ed Krueger Mellian Mark and Johnny Anderson emerged as winners The message also notes a tip to use ECHO Want Ads to remove unwanted attic items.
Dr. Marshall E. Pomeroy of Indianola is named state veterinarian by Liddy, succeeding Dr. Sundberg who becomes district vet. Allan E. Rehons named director of the Iowa Legislative Research Bureau at age 31, succeeding Clayton Ringgenberg, with a $7,500 annual salary. Rehons, Mount Vernon native, holds B.A. and M.A. in political science from the State University of Iowa. The agriculture department to conduct spot checks on turkey shipments after past mislabeling incidents, including a 5,000-bird frozen shipment discrepancy.
Republican senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper accused the Kennedy administration of yielding to Communist pressure and allowing Outer Mongolia to enter the United Nations with a full vote. He urged defeating admission rather than abstaining, likening Outer Mongolia’s link to the Soviet bloc to Iowa’s tie to the United States. State leaders discuss emergency militia planning if national guard units are mobilized.
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