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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1951

Page

4

Textile Decorators and Insurance Ads Note Local Commerce

Textile Decorators advertise Prang Textile Color Sets with extenders and tools while Harold Meisner of Elgin offers purebred hogs. Insurance agency RB. P. Strauch promotes targeted protection. Iowa war service tallies show World War II and Korean figures. Polk County appoints D. Needham as district court judge. PMA promotes leadership moves. Driver license exams show high fail rate, patrol comments. Community notices cover visits, births, surgeries, job changes, and local events.

Milwest to Decide 1952 Election Contined from Page 1

Fowler deputy director of the state civil defense program notes final eight counties to name chairmen soon. A ground observation corps recruiting aims for 12,000 volunteers across 24 hour duty with six posts per county. Des Moines city election turnout 35 percent with 28,815 votes cast, nearing 1946 level. Ivah Green resigns rural education supervisor post, to focus on writing. Armistice Day marks ongoing Iowan war dead in five conflicts.

Fowler Des Moines Commission Ivah Green

Jean Aanes Remains Hospitalized After Surgery

Jean Aanes continues hospital care at St Marys in Rochester with a slow recovery and no homecoming date set. Bernard Schrader Jimmie arrive from Orange City for Thanksgiving at Mrs Harriett Dugstad home with relatives. Bud coaches Orange City high school. Len Simek Keith Thoma families travel to Des Moines. Michael and Jeffery Thoma stay with grandmother Louise Miller. Supper guests Sunday in the

Arthur Amundson Bernard Hanson Morris Amundson Janet Henry Olson Glen Olson Postville Postville High School Caroline Erickson Bertina Burans Bob Potter St. Louis Potter Jean Aanes St. Marys Hospital Rochester Save Jean Bernard Schrader Jimmie Orange City Harriett Dugstad Bud Len Simek Keith Thoma

Season of good cheer shadows risky holiday travel

Thanksgiving opens the winter holidays with Christmas and New Year, but increased auto crashes loom. Crowded streets, hurried drivers, and bad weather create a thicker traffic situation. Death works overtime during holidays, demanding caution when driving or walking and during festive preparations.

Broadcasters Lawyer Recounts Slow Car Injury Case

A motor accident victim is described as the car passing at four miles an hour and the victim’s long agony as the vehicle crushed him. An employee requests a day off for a 25th wedding anniversary celebration. An aviator questions a ride count while a passenger claims two rides. A minister asks a vow, and a man says he is being “took.”

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