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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1943
Page
8
Illyria society notes list frequent visits among West Union residents and neighbors. Families like Westcott Kimball and Foxwell connect with Oelwein and Postville hospitals while Farm Bureau and 4 H plan church programs. Multiple gatherings feature Chapmans Yearous Peters Rothlisberger and Moore with neighbors at home and in Prairie du Chien.
Glendola Knake visited her parents at Strawberry Point over the weekend and stayed with Henry and Mrs Knake. Edwin Loftegard hosted Floyd Frieden and David for Sunday evening. Corp. Virgil Troyer from Camp Claiborne, La., was a guest Tuesday through Thursday at the Wenger Bros. home.
Lawler residents Mr and Mrs Jerome Tupy visited in the Fred Butikofer home while many others spent time at local houses including the Dennlers Pollocks and Christen family throughout the past week. A Cheery Valley Farm Bureau meeting at the school featured a music program and talks by Wickler McWilliams and Paufar with refreshments served.
A Marion church reception Sunday evening honored Mr. and Mrs. Harold Opland with a program of vocal duets and readings by Milo Olson, Arlene Hanson, Selina Olson, and others. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nelson of Anamosa. Lunch followed, and neighbors offered best wishes and gifts.
Brainard items note Mr and Mrs Levi Learn and Rev and Mrs A E Burroughs as supper guests in Hermann Boyer home Sunday Laura Appelman of Wichita came Sunday to visit her mother in Glen Boyer home with relatives and friends W C T U met Friday Nov 6 at Mrs Levi Learn s home Oran Nutting spent Sunday in the Nutting home Mr and Mrs Leo Boyer and Leona Kimpson spent last week in Rochester Minn
Mr and Mrs Robert Kerr visited the Herman Boyer home Sunday evening. Junia Cummings recently discharged from Rochester Minnesota hospital returned home Sunday. Mr and Mrs George Boyle were guests in the Wm Nutting home Sunday evening.
Mr and Mrs Warren Joyce of West Union visited John Howard sr home Tuesday and I F Shaffer near West Union was a dinner guest in Harry Gilson home. Several neighbors called Thursday afternoon at Fred Krueger home and Mrs Harry Gilson spent Wednesday with Wm Frederick at West Union. Clint Crooks shared a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs John Howard sr. Mrs Earl Jacquette of Dubuque joined guests in Harry Gilson home Friday and Saturday. DeFrances Krueger was honored at a surprise birthday party with Mrs E K Jacquette, Mr and Mrs Harry Gilson, Mr and Mrs J M Shaffer and Reynold, Wanda Shaffer, Clifton Powell and Kathryn, and Mrs Stella DeFrances of Nempa Idaho has been visiting Mrs John Howard the past week.
In Grand Meadow the community was active with visits to multiple homes including the Olson, Halverson, and Erickson households. Several residents plus guests from nearby towns spent time with family, and a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Helgerson at the Postville hospital last Thursday.
Michael Jacob Herway of Indianola has 30 godfathers serving as pilots in the 377th fighter squadron at Mitch ell Field New York His father First Lieutenant Loren Herway also serves in the squadron He was the first baby born to the unit and received a B20 war bond in gratitude Sold through a Want Ad.
The article covers curing gladiolus bulbs for storage, best times to buy cattle for feeding, rising farm wage levels, corn versus soybeans in field culture, hog house insulation, contour farming planning for 1944, a new fertilizer formula 4-12-4, poultry feeds with vitamin A considerations, grain imports to offset feed shortages, signals for culling late-maturing pullets, and wartime grain feed shortages emphasizing protein content.
Article notes high returns from legume hay to dairy cows, suggesting alfalfa reduces need for high protein grain. It discusses beef price ceilings prioritizing war beef, the advantage of finishing feeder cattle to good grade, and farmer rights to consume or have meat produced on their farms without surrendering ration points.
A certification states meat acquired is primarily for family food and produced from livestock raised on the farm. The producer is defined by birth to slaughter, or at least 60 days feeding prior to slaughter, or holding the animal and increasing its weight by 35 percent before slaughter, to be sold via a Want Ad.
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