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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1957
Page
5
Diner guests and Thanksgiving plans fill a weekend roundup across communities. Names like Wedo Hiatt Tillotson Meyer Kohler Muehlethaler Zurbriggen Weibel and many others are listed with visiting relatives from Cedar Rapids Postville Sumner Estherville and Chicago. The piece notes dinners and gatherings, with several families traveling to spend Thanksgiving with kin in nearby towns and townspeople hosting holiday meals.
First Iowa paving contracts for the 730 mile federal interstate program will be set at the highway commission’s Ames meeting on December 10. Initial work covers 58 miles starting in 1958, with 46.6 miles on I-35 and I-29 to be paved in Portland cement concrete. Interstate 35 runs north-south while 29 lies in southwest Iowa.
Past President Howard Bowen of Grinnell College has been named chairman of the executive board of the governor s commission on social and economic trends. Oth continues to last page.
Coach Ted Kjaer has booked Tait Cummins of Cedar Rapids as the speaker for the football banquet at West Clermont Lutheran Church in Clermont. The event starts at 6 30 p m on Monday December 2 with about 30 dinner reservations. Contact F J Welch to reserve. A dinner ticket is five dollars and includes an athlete as guest.
The Illyria township Home makers club Hit and Miss met at the home of Mrs. Richard Ott in Wade na on Friday afternoon November 22. Twelve members attended. Mrs. Harold Strong and Mrs. Reynold Strong led a lesson on freezing food and using a home freezer. Mosaic tile samples were shown by Mrs. Reynold Strong and Mrs. Orran Bane. A Mosaic tile workshop is planned for December 13 at 1 00 p m at Mrs. Orran Bane’s home with Mrs. Gene Wenger and Mrs. Reynold Strong in charge. Also that afternoon Mrs. Bane and Mrs. Will Christen will demonstrate cookie and doughnut making methods. Harold Strong outlined the young adult program inviting a senior or older unmarried student from each township. Stanley Shaffer and Betty Bennett will be contacted to attend for Illyria township.
At the request of Dr Garbee Mrs John Foster of Amherst represented Upper Town University at the inauguration of Dr Gettel at Mt Holyoke College in South Hadley Massachusetts on November 9. Representatives of nearly 350 institutions attended the academic procession including 40 college presidents.
The 12 turkey winners at Elgin Park on Saturday November 23 include Marie Brackin Elsie Hanson Mrs Thos Howard Mrs Nels Olson Mrs Win Pfister Ruth Rothligsberger Curtis Staff Ed Wenger Marlene Korsgaard Mrs Jerome Yearous Nancy Miller and Patsy Schultz.
New car registrations list Jacob M or Eileen M Schneider Elgin Chevrolet sedan Albert C Aylsworth Wadena Ford two door Virgil R or Patricia J McClain Arlington Chevrolet four door Real estate transfers include Eppard M K to Chester Vogelsang QOC Lots 4 11 12 Block 3 Calkin Add Arlington Geer C C and wife Robert Bigler and wife to Joyce Wheeler WD Lot 4 2 Block 3 North Side Add Wadena Wenger Carl D and wife to Am prose Arnold wife QCD NE 8 SW 6 34 7 Real estate contract Peters Joe L and wife to Walter Pritchard buyer Buildings on land in SE NE 30 047 Peters not selling the land
Falth and Light announce their annual Christmas party to thank customers. The event is Tuesday afternoon December 3 with door prizes from registration cards, gifts for all, lunch and a movie, and an invitation to all to attend as guests.
The Marion Mission Society met at the church parlors on Thursday November 14 Hostesses were Mrs Landsgard Mrs McWaly and Alvin Olson Mrs Bruce Boyce led devotions Reports on the WMF conference were given by Mrs Amundson and Mrs Louis Kiosa Slides from the Nome Alaska Mission were shown by Rev Boyce Readings were given by Mrs Mervin Reierson and Mrs Bruce Boyce Bank offering envelopes were collected Birthday songs were sung for five members Remarks by Rev Boyce concluded the meeting.
Albert Schupbach hosts a family dinner with Ruth Schupbach and relatives from Park Ridge Illinois. Neighbors and friends from Oelwein and Cedar Rapids attend as Elizabeth Hendershott visits before winter in Topeka. The group includes the Cotrells of Quincy and the Klingmans. Ruth Schupbach returns home Monday.
A Social Security Administration district representative will be at the West Union Court House on December 3 and December 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon to help residents file applications for Social Security old-age and disability insurance benefits.
About sixty members of the Fayette County Educational Association attended a dinner at West Union on Thursday November 21. North High School students provided musical and dramatic entertainment while Dr. Oscar Thompson of Iowa State Teachers College spoke on benefits and services of ISEA and NEA memberships.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at St Pauls Methodist Church will hold a meeting on Thursday December 5 at the church with hostesses Mrs Archie Howard and Mrs Charles Wenger. The program will feature Mrs Mel Kohler and Mrs Donald Caspers. Mrs Celia Kohls entertained Lena Baumgartner and Mrs Rose Baechler and Melbert at a picnic dinner Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Kiple of Garnaville were dinner and supper guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs Walter Medberry. Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mr and Mrs C O Torkelson will be Mr and Mrs Dean Torkelson of Quimby and the Otis and Ivan Torkelson families. Mrs Joseph Regan of Mound Minnesota, formerly Rose Boyle, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Boyle who lived in Clermont for many years, died suddenly at sixty seven. Mrs H H Wolf will accompany Douglas Chapman to Ames Tuesday and spend about ten days in the B T Wolf home. Dr Wolf and Marcia will go Thursday morning to spend Thanksgiving. Mr and Mrs Howard Wolf of Iowa City will also be guests. Rev and Mrs Donald Caspery and sons will spend Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs Tobe Caspers at Monticello. Glenda Wede is working as a nurse’s aide weekends at Palmer Memorial Hospital, West Union. Mrs Julia Boyer visited Thursday and Friday in the John Howard Sr. home.
The Tertia Club met at the Lutheran Church Friday evening with members and guests. A silent auction was held after gifts were brought, and readings by Mrs. Ted Kjaer and Mrs. Harry Cline accompanied piano music by Mrs. Leo Lehman.
The Tertia Club gathered Tuesday evening November 12 at Mrs Otis Torkelson's home with Mrs Jack Adrian assisting. Mrs Adrian read a Thanksgiving poem. Roll call noted each member's favorite television program. A silent auction was held on November 22 and a debate on television's effect on children was delivered by Mrs Harry Everett.
Bell Telephone is now available at Valley High School after prior contact difficulties due to no telephone. A Northwest Bell dial phone has been installed and the number 2941 should be written in the directory for use by staff and students.
Dr R A Crider and wife traveled to Rochester Minnesota on Monday for a check-up at Palmer Memorial Hospital. Mrs Reuben Miller remains a pneumonia patient at Palmer Memorial Hospital West Union. Clara Baumgartner has returned home from Poseville Hospital and is improving while Clara Muchlethaler stays with her. Major surgery was performed on Mrs F L Schupbach of La Mosa California last Wednesday and she is reportedly getting along nicely.
Address lists A B William E Torkelson and Robert O Neill visiting relatives in Minnesota and Iowa. The O Neills plan Thanksgiving with Brockways in St Paul and West Union, with multiple local guests from Postville and area families attending meals and gatherings before returning home.
Carlyle Kirkeberg has scheduled a thorough closing out sale at the farm 12 miles east of Elgin on the Elgin Gander road. The sale on Thursday December 5 begins at 11:00 with 52 head of high grade Holsteins, 43 feeder pigs, corn hay straw oats a Dodge pickup dairy equipment and a line of machinery. Thiele Bros. conduct the sale and Elgin State Bank handles clerking.
H E Duke of Northwestern Bell reports higher costs force rate increases for local Iowa service. Wages rose over 30 percent in six years, with 1957 Iowa wage payments over $30 million and 1951 payments $20 million. Construction and maintenance costs also climbed, lifting average investment per line from $209 to $275.
In the Wapsipinicon area 51 Boy Scout troops collected 17 518 filled bags of clothing on November 2. Elgin sent 135 bags, Clermont contributed 4 dollars, Wadena 34, and Arlington 118. The garments were mailed to Goodwill Industries in Sioux City.
Popular band Hary Frieden has booked the Six Fat Dutchmen for a Monday night dance on December 2. This marks a return engagement for the popular act at the local venue.
Mr and Mrs Henry Holzer 1934 River Drive W E Rogers Tempe Ariz Dr and Mrs R V Brandt 442 N Olive Drive Mesa Ariz Thore Thompson 1636 East Pinchot Phoenix Ariz Clarence Becker General Delivery Stickard Mo This brief notice lists several new addresses and residents across Arizona Missouri with emphasis on street designations and city names.
Mr and Mrs Robert Prestley and Donald of Clinton and Mr and Mrs D Doan left Friday by car for Orlando Florida to spend there weeks with Mr and Mrs Orville Henke Mrs Dora Lehman and Mrs Lulu Schmid will be dinner guests on Thanksgiving of Dr and Mrs D E Tinker at Postville Mr and Mrs Ed Anderson and Mrs Edith Berg of Waterloo and Mrs Dora Lehman were dinner guests Sunday of Mrs Lulu Schmid Mrs Berg returned to her home with the Andersons Mr and Mrs Ray DeSart were dinner guests Monday evening in the Dale DeSart home to celebrate Dales birthday
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