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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1960
Page
1
Advertising rates listed per line at 10 cents with a minimum 30 cents per week when cash accompanies the order. If not, minimum 50 cents. Blind ads or inquiries incur a 50 cent weekly minimum. Card of Thanks and In Memoriam Cards priced at 1.00. Notices with admission charged or obituary poetry follow regular rates. Additional lines 5 cents each beyond 10 lines.
A Sunday picnic at Otto Gisleson home honored Colorado Springs visitors Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Christianson. About 53 attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Grath, Rita West, and numerous relatives from West Union, Des Moines, Gowrie, Luana, Elkader, and Gowrie.
The Elgin town council met in regular session at the town hall with the mayor and all councilmen present. Minutes of the prior meeting were read and approved. The following bills were audited and allowed: Street Construction Fund Leo Dennler labor Orville Moore salary David Kiple labor Curtis Gilson labor.
Local records list salaries, utilities, and supplies for several town departments. A Class B Beer permit for Leonard Heins was presented, debated, and approved after a motion. The document also references ongoing postal machine development and rural fire loss figures for 1959 and the first eight months of the current year, plus upcoming lectures by Mrs. Lehman on higher education and marriage.
The U S Post Office Dept reports fiscal year 1960 ending June 20 saw mail volume rise to an estimated 63.6 billion pieces, up nearly 25 percent since 1953, with about one billion parcel post pieces. Revenue climbed from 2.09 billion in 1953 to 3.28 billion in 1960, aided by automatic handling and the airlift program speeding deliveries.
The Pleasant Valley Homemakers will meet Friday October 14 at 1 30 pm at the home of Mrs Lawrence Gehring. A snacks lesson will be given. Members who have read five books since January should bring a list of titles.
Rural fire losses in town so far this year run well under the rate of last year, but there remains concern about ongoing risk. Fire officials urge farmers to maintain strict prevention measures and report incidents promptly to reduce future damage.
A fragment lists safety guidance including safe handling of flammable liquids and guarding against bonfires and flying sparks. It urges safe smoking habits in all farm buildings and insists on preventive measures to reduce fire risk on farms.
A reflective line urging forgetting the past as the future looms with worry. It asserts fearlessness breeds confidence, framing the mindset as essential for facing what lies ahead.
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