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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1957
Page
1
The Elgin Echo of Elgin Iowa notes it is a weekly Thursday paper published by Strauch andhermen with second class mail status since Sept. 1 1891. The notice lists Fayette County Iowa as the post office location and cites the 1852 act governing publication.
Rates for subscriptions and advertising listed for northeast Iowa counties with 2.00 yearly in four counties and 2.50 elsewhere. Obituary notes for Richard Van Diepen of Boyden report crushed fingers while guiding a belt on a pulley. Burial in West Union cemetery noted for the deceased.
Funeral services for William Will Meyer 70 were held Saturday November 2 at St Pauls Lutheran church Maynard with Rev C Schreitmuller officiating Burial was in Long Grove cemetery He died at home after a long illness Survived by wife three sons Elton Hazelton Russell Fayette Merle Westgate and five daughters Arlene Schmidtke Betty Furay Lucille Byerly Winifred Rogers Fern Williams Westgate Seventeen grandchildren seven great grandchildren two sisters Lizzie Chase Anna Hanson He was predeceased by son Geslie and first wife Veryl Smith
Charley Theodore Odegard born January 1 1884 in Clayton county died October 23 at seventy three. Survived by widow Lydia Hofer nine of ten children Floyd Lavern Glen Joann Gladys Martie Verna Nutting Jane Nyborg Selma Dennis Mildred seven grandchildren and one son Robert preceded in death by parents and one son. Funeral at Muehlethaler with Rev Bruce Boyce. burial in Gunderson cemetery. Pallbearers named. Card of thanks from Odegard family.
Robert I. Reinhart 67 of Waterloo died Sunday after a long illness born March 7 1890 in Clermont son of Reinart and Ingeborg Ugland Reinhart. He married Inger Johnson November 21 1916 and lived in Fay.
A mother asks how to get her son Tom to do what she asks. A school social worker observes and suggests praising small successes to match a child’s short attention span. Additional stories show misjudged intelligence and the need for parents to adjust expectations to a child’s developmental stage.
Sen Born near Guttenberg becomes parents to a son born Saturday at the Guttenberg hospital weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. The mother Roma Jean Medberry formerly of Elgin, is wife of John Kiple Jr.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Mayer of Postville announce the birth of a son on Wednesday November 13 at Postville Hospital. Mrs Mayer is the former Maxine Hunsberger. The Meyers already have three sons and a daughter.
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