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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1954
Page
1
Elgin Echo Dial is a weekly newspaper from Elgin Iowa published every Thursday by Strauch and Herman. It is entered as second class mail in Fayette County under the 1891 act and circulated through the local post office for the Elgin area.
Church, society and school notices with admission charged and obituary poetry published at regular advertising rates.
Rich discusses the role of the press in small communities during National Newspaper Week. The piece emphasizes the paper as a community mirror, a conduit for advertising and public discourse, and notes a mailing list check by postmaster McMillan revealing delinquent subscribers.
Publishers insist on following orders while a local two-town committee is proposed to aid new projects. McGregor will host a doll furniture factory employing six workers on site with women sewing at home. The outfit previously considered Clermont but chose McGregor for stronger local backing amid a shift of small factories from cities to rural areas.
Grant Lauer of Eldorado attends the biannual international delegate convention of the American Lutheran Church in Beatrice Nebraska. The event runs Sept 30 to Oct 7 with St John Lutheran Church hosting as a major urban rural congregation. Delegates join floor committees to study work and draft resolutions for the convention sessions beginning October 4. This marks Lauer's third general church convention participation after Fond du Lac 1932 and San Antonio 1936.
The Iowa farm price index fell 7 points to 258 for the period ending September 15, down from 285 in August and 288 in September 1953. Livestock and livestock products index dropped 8 points due to poultry and egg declines, while egg prices averaged 22 cents a dozen, the lowest since June 1941. Hog prices fell $1.50 per cwt, lambs unchanged, beef cattle rose $1, calves up 30 cents, and sheep up 50 cents, driving the overall meat index decrease.
The Grand Meadow Larks 4-H Club met at Willard A. Meyer’s home on Sept 13 with all members and 12 visitors present. Mrs. Elmer Erb resigned as assistant leader. Mrs. Emil Block and Mrs. Almer Amundson were elected assistant leaders to Mrs. Willard Meyer. Officers chosen include Carol Meyer as president and Mary McNeill as vice president.
The Pleasant Valley Sharpshooters 4-H Club met at the Orth home September 27 with thirteen members present. New officers elected: Carlton Krueger president, Tony Habeger vice president, Richard Frieden secretary-treasurer, Harold Hanson reporter, Abe Habeger leader, Harold Orth assistant leader. A pancake supper for dads and new members planned for October. Harold Boulton, county youth assistant, attended.
Representatives from Arlington Calmar Coggan Guttenberg Monona Strawberry Point and Tripoli met at Arlington on September 29 to discuss forming a new football conference. Tripoli withdrew due to prior commitments leaving six schools with Al Busse as president and Dan Coffman as secretary treasurer. The conference name by laws and 1855 schedule were adopted.
The ADC program aids 6442 Iowa families with dependent children grants. Fayette county shows 81 families and 208 children in ADC. Though meeting eligibility, each family faces unique problems in creating secure homes as relatives and single parents handle care. Death, divorce, desertion, non support, illness, accidents, and imprisonment trigger eligibility.
Four Jefferson youths enjoyed water melons from the Fred Huppy patch near Adel. Total cost, including fines, was 126 dollars for the four involved.
Ill and hospitalized reports from Postville news show L G Lehman and family visiting Rochester Clinic for a check up. Lee Boleyn, son of Raymond and Mrs Boleyn, broke his left leg and left wrist after a tree fall, treated at Postville Hospital. Mrs Lew Gruver admitted for medical care. Mary Hofer, daughter of Clarence and Mrs Hofer, taken to University Hospital Iowa City for observation with parents present.
Crawford county farmer John Jesse suffered the loss of his left arm when his silage chopper entangled him during operation. The incident occurred a few days ago on his farm.
Jack D. Lane of Wadena spent seven days in Japan on rest and recuperation from the 3rd Infantry Division in Korea. Recreational facilities at Camp Kakata offered a view of Oriental culture, with Lane entering the Army in May 1953 and arriving overseas last January. Fort Lewis hosted Universal International Studios filming a scene for To Hell and Back on Gray Field as the 123rd Infantry Regiment, including Gene Snyder, paraded. Change of address listed for Sgt. Robert G. Dennler and Battery B, 96th Field Artillery Battalion, APO 358, San Francisco care P.M.
William Wilkens of Decorah won division 1 while Mrs. Ethel Brink, Leonard Gamm of Arlington, took division 2 and Ray Lange of Garnaville won division 3. Harvey R. Wickler of Farmersburg was runner-up in division 1, narrowly missing victory. Eleven counties are represented in region 7: Clayton, Bremer, Blackhawk, and others.
The list includes Fayette Butler Floyd Mitchell Chickasaw Allamakee Howard and Winneshiek counties as part of the regional reference.
Readable text notes housing options for aging hens and pullets entering the range, suggesting a corner shelter or broodery setup as appropriate. The fragment mentions range housing terms and applies to poultry care practices.
Town’s regional champion soil conservation farmers named in the 1954 statewide program. Three divisions exist: Division 1 owner operators, Division 2 tenant operators, Division 3 new co operators signed up since Jan 1 1952. A state winner is chosen in each division plus a sweepstakes award of a $500 U S savings bond.
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