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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1958

Page

3

Valley Community School District Quarterly Financial Report 1958

Valley Community School District Fayette County presents its quarterly financial statement for the quarter ending September 30, 1958. It itemizes balances from the Schoolhouse Fund and General Fund, receipts, expenditures totaling 57 364.61, and payments for July August and September including salaries, supplies and services. The report is certified by secretary Gladys Hanson and sworn by notary G J Mosby.

Valley County Fayette Gladys Hanson Lamborn Alderson Amundson Nynex’s Fayette County Board of Education Legal Services-Valley Community Dist Towa Association of School Boards Gladys Nson

Colleges consider requiring nonrefundable $50 tuition payment

State College presidents proposed a policy to limit applications that avoid deposits by taking the best deal. A $50 nonrefundable tuition payment would be required during admission, possibly applied across state schools, with no final decision yet on implementation. Department officials say state aid must nearly triple by 1962 to fund education for township children, needing about $325 per pupil and total aid of $73 million annually, prompting a recommendation to raise state aid from $23 to $53 million.

Association of Town College Department of Public Instruction Board of Public Instruction

Ownership and circulation of The Elgin Echo

Statement of Ownership for The Elgin Echo weekly at Elgin Iowa dated October 1 1957 lists publishers R P Strauch and James Hermen Elgin Iowa with editor and managing editor R P Strauch and business manager R P Strauch. Owners are R P Strauch and James Hermen Elgin Iowa with bonds and mortgage holder listed as unknown.

Elgin Echo Elgin Iowa R. P. Strauch James Hermen Bondhalderg Mort

Board of Control seeks higher 1959 61 prison funding for Iowa

The state board of control urged Governor Loveless to boost 1959 61 appropriations for Iowa’s eight prisons to 7,977,082 dollars starting July 1, up from the prior year’s 5,127,793. Diesel tax crackdown targets nearly 100 dealers in 34 counties for selling without permits and losing 7 cent per gallon truck tax revenue. Roy Pell, 60, longtime Marshalltown attorney and veteran leader in the American Legion, died in Chicago after a heart attack at the national convention.

Board OF Control State Board of Control Herechel G. ‘Loveless Iowa George Marchi Marchi Pell Roy Pell American Legion Chicago National Legion Marshalltown Iowa Legion

Real estate transfers listed for September 1958

Henry H Wolf and wife transfer Lot 12 in Hunsberger 1st add to Robert E Moore and wife. Robert B Kohler and wife to Henry H Wolf and wife tract along south line of Franklin Street in Clermont. Milford J Knutson Estate to Roy Torson Part Lot 3 Block 12 Clermont dated September 25 1958. C C Corbin and wife transfer to Clifford H Wheeler and wife SW SE 30 and NW NW NE 31 93 7 dated September 26 1958.

Wolf Henry H Robert E. Moore Hunsberger Kohler Robert BE Io Henry H. Wolf Franklin Street Knutson Milford J Roy Torson Clermont Corbin C. C Clifford H. Wheeler

Fallmer Don and Wife to Reva Torkelyon Lot Elgin

Property transfer dated September 26 1988 records Fallmer Don and wife transferring N60 lot 2 block 8 Elgin to Reva Torkelyon. Also notes new car registrations for Grimes Robert L Elgin and a license to wed Robert Richard Rogers and Karen M Cowlishaw. A child Billy Hay formerly of Everly injured his arm while retrieving a toy jeep from a mailbox, requiring removal of a bent mailbox from the stucco.

Fallmer Don Reva Torkelyon Elgin Robert Richard Rogers Arington Karen M. Cowlishaw New Hampton Billy Hay Everly Billy

Forest City man killed in spring tied to combine accident

Kenneth Lemke of Forest City died in a freak accident while helping stretch a five foot spring to a combine. The spring recoiled after the attachment failed and broke his neck, officials said.

Kenneth Lemke Forest City Mr. Lemke

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