Wadena 4 H Club meets at home pledges and awards
The Wadena 4 H Club held its regular meeting at the home of the pledge to the American flag and shared a program of songs and poems. Joyce Erickson taught new songs, Martha Mattocks recited creeds, and Mrs. Matlocks presented new books for future work. An upcoming award tea for mothers and daughters is planned for Fayette on Saturday, November 15.
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Wadena
Wonder
Joyce Erickson
Martha Mattocks
Fayette
Clyde
Bond
Charlea ‘Gehring
Wilder Mattocks
Ole Johnson
Flossie 'Voshell
Harold Corbin
Ike Lambertson
Sterling, Colo
Donald Leonhart
Leonharts
Donald Orr
Gerald Everett
Douglas
Fred T'schantz
Boone
James Rubens
Wadena Riverside Livestock Club
Mu Boilton
Diane Mattacks
David Jellings
Michael Baldwin
Diane Mattocks
Howard Shaffer
Dean Probert
Volga
Roy Leonhart
Basil Stockwell
San Bernardino
Calif
Ted Walsh
Ojai
Woodrow Leonhart
Pella
Darryl Leonhart
Lynnville
Herwig Hall
Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids hosts three day Masonic degree work
Max Medberry of Town Consistory Cedar Rapids attends a three day midweek Masonic degree course. He is in the Iowa Consistory class alongside a Postville Mason. Degree work began Tuesday morning.
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Max Medberry
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Postville
School Program at Qixler Grandl No 3 Students
The children of Qixler school Grandl are holding a post sale and program on November 21 at 8:00 p.m. Lunch will be served. Everyone is welcome. Virginia Goodin, teacher. Mr. and Mrs Pete Sands of Detroit arrived to visit the Gust Gilbertson home. Mrs. Sands and Mrs. Gilbertson are sisters.
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Qixler School
Grandlarette No. 3
Areel
Virginia Goodin
Pete Sands
Detroit
Mich
Gust Gilbertson
Sands
Gilbertson
Legislature Changes Create Battle For House Speakership
Iowa voters produced a GOP landslide thinning Democratic ranks with many incumbents defeated. Incoming lawmakers include Putney, Goode, Butler, and Palmer amid opposition to Beardsley’s ascendancy. The article notes Beardsley’s slim re election, Scott’s return to liquor commission, and October weather in Iowa ending with a page continuation.
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Phobe
Towa
Leslatuve
Eisen
House
Lynes
Lawrence Putney
Tams
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
Gee
Paul
Brooklyn
A. C. Hanson
Inwood
Guy G. ‘Butler
Rolfe
Ernest Palmer
Fort Madison
Ike
Earl “Augustine
John
Hansen
Dedham
Lietoy
Mercer
Wally
Clift Nolan
University of Iowa
William S. Beardsley
U. S. Senate
Beardsley
George’ Scott
Elgin Progress Club Meeting Notes
Edna Hunsberger hosted the Elgin Progress Club on Monday evening. The study topic centered on Freedom of Individual Liberty of Selection with discussions on silverware patterns, dish choices, and personal preferences. The next meeting will be held at Mrs. Laurence Knudtson's home.
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Elgin
Elgin Cream Routes To Be Let Nov 18
Notice to all persons interested that the Directors of the Elgin Farmers Dairy Company will set several cream routes to the lowest bidders. Letting will be held Tuesday afternoon November 18 at two o'clock at the creamery office Elgin Iowa. Bids must be submitted by noon that day. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By Order of Board of Directors. Robert D Wilson, Sec'y.
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Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Creamery
Elgin
Iowa
Board of
Robt
Wilson
Sec'y
Legion Stag Party and Supper at Elgin Post
The Elgin Post American Legion invites members to a stag party and supper at seven o'clock Thursday evening November 18. The menu features ham and peng pus pork pie and pumpkin pie. The following Tuesday evening November 18 will host the regular monthly business meeting.
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The
Elgin Post American Legion
Builders undertake new sidewalk at St Pauls church grounds
A crew of volunteers worked Monday at St Pauls Methodist church grounds tearing out the old concrete sidewalk. Plans call for a complete new walk along the south of the church and the parsonage. The old sidewalk was too low for drainage and winter ice persisted.
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St. Paul's Methodist Church
Notice to save and return COF fee strips
Community notice urges members of the East Legion Auxiliary to save their COF fee strips and turn them in promptly, promoting a quick results process for local Echo Want Ads Pay.
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Eft Legion Auxiliary
Ash Family to Spend Winter in California
Mr and Mrs Herbert Ash and their family will depart November 20 for California to spend the winter. They will stay with Mrs Ashs sister Mrs C L Northrop and may relocate there if they like the area.
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Herbert Ash
California
Ash
Falks buy corner residence lots near church in Elgin
Mr and Mrs W C Falk have purchased 66 by 120 foot corner residence lots just south of the Elgin Baptist church and east of the Paul Zurbriggen residence facing Main street. Former owner was the Baptist church which reserved them for home building. No definite plans for building at present.
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W. C. Falk
Elgin Baptist Church
Paul Zurbriggen
Main Street
The
Baptist Church
Couple observes wedding anniversary in McGregor
Mr and Mrs Clarence Buroden were dinner guests Sunday at the Alvin Johnson home in McGregor to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
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Clarence Buroden
Alvin Johnson
McGregor
Engagement Notice for Arlene Schultz Pollock
Mr and Mrs Lloyd W Schultz of Postville announce the engagement of their daughter Arlene to Gordon Pollock son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Pollock of Elgin. One concrete pier of the new Turkey River bridge was completed last week and crew hopes to finish all but one abutment this winter with deck next spring. A small crew of six to eight works on site as power equipment handles most tasks. They hit solid rock seven feet below water and had to drill two feet for anchorage. The deck will rise about eight feet above the present bridge and be reinforced concrete not beams as first planned.
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Lloyd W. Schultz
Postville
Arlene
Gordon, Pollock
Thomas Pollock
Elgin
New Turkey River
Anchorage
Masonic Institute at Guttenberg November 24
The third annual Masonic Institute will be held at the Masonic Temple in Guttenberg on Monday November 24. Three sessions are scheduled at 10:00 2:30 and 6:15. The event is arranged by the Iowa committee on Masonic education with local lodge cooperation.
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Masonic Temple
Guttenberg
Iowa
Area Mapped Would Include 130 Sections
The Clermont Elgin school districts move toward a consolidated district. An executive five member committee has drafted a map of the proposed area and is arranging petitions for qualified voters in the territory. The committee comprises W C Follett chairman Max Medberry E W Hilgemann Paul Zurbriggen and Clarence Tatro.
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Clermont-Elgin
W. C. Follett
Chm
Max Medberry
E. W. Hilgemann
Paul Zurbriggen
Clarence Tatro
Proposed Area Outlined for School Consolidation Near Clermont
A map and legal description outline a consolidation area of about 130 sections around Clermont and Elgin. Real estate valuation is about ten million with a taxable value near six million, projected to rise to around eight million with personal property and credits. Public school officials view the base as favorable. taxes would be nominal. The Echo publishes a map this week and it will be attached to petitions for mannetereuse.
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Clermont
Elgin
School census shows 680 students in local area
The area’s census lists 485 elementary and 196 high school pupils totaling 680 as of today, down from 738 on July 1, 1952. Educators and officials support consolidation, noting larger districts encroach on Clermont and Elgin areas but proposing an area that remains within historic bounds.
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Clermont
Elgin
Clayton County
No School Debt in Clermont
Two independent school systems in Clermont report no indebtedness and strong year end balances. No immediate building plans are on the horizon beyond a possible small shop and agriculture unit. District voters will guide future tax levels when action is due.
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Drytowa Towans
Dalk
Keokuk
Weather Bureau
Edna Hunsberger
Progress Club
Legion Activities
Masonic School
West Union
Iowa Masonry Grand Lodge
Allevs
Masonic Institute
Cler Mont-Elgin
Beton
Clermont Sin
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