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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1967
Page
7
The Girl Scouts met Oct 10. The president opened with the pledge. Jill Seabrooke joined the troop as a new member. Twenty members attended. The group made corner holders for mothers. Jeanette Nims hosted the meeting. Karnes.
Army Specialist Five William O. Upton, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Upton of Clermont Route 1, earned the Good Conduct Medal Sept. 11 while with the 5th Engineer Battalion near Aschaffenburg, Germany. He served in the battalion's Headquarters Company after enlisting in 1944 and prior to overseas duty was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He is a 1962 graduate of Vue H School.
The Birthday Club met at the Union Street on a Thursday in May. Attendees included Mr Eugene Batkefer, Barbara, Doniwld Cowell, Mike, Doyle, John, and David Puke-uwwhy. A picnic lunch was served and the event moved to Mrs Amy Hovland's house for the next gathering.
Busy Beavers 1 H Club met October at the Bad Chermont Lutheran Church. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Lynch Rosell, followed by member responses and secretary notes. An awards section noted four years at Gee Was Union home win Larton.
A brief notice lists Gold Bond Stamp winners including an individual named WHE Finger and a Mr as recipients in a local promotion. The fragmentary item notes prize handouts or redemption details without broader context or dates.
Fragmented report notes a Wednesday event at Lester Hall with Dida Loftus as front figure. It mentions Phan not cenp, and references Wheatsarven Harvens Wits Union, Droned Heberty, and Sanja Haahos in attendance, with unclear context and roles.
A fragmentary report notes a meeting of a local Young Women's Club in Clute with attendees including Ms Bean and Mrs Teena. Text is incomplete but suggests discussion of club activities and community involvement.
A fragmented clipping details Woodland Study Club and Legion Auxiliary meeting activities in October. Contains garbled lines about events, participants, and an apparent community notice with multiple names and dates embedded in the text.
Fragmented text mentions life months and a coat or crease reference with names or terms unclear. The readable portion hints at a conservation or event note with partial phrases and stray names, lacking coherent actors or actions to form a complete summary.
A brief notice reports a birth at Mies Fatah for Sin Satin with a noted weight and time. Details are limited in the fragment.
Aundrea Aseepn Suauss and Cait Wad are noted in a brief, with emphasis on a clarified meeting involving the two individuals. The report highlights the key participants and the upcoming agenda without additional background.
A garbled report lists patients and visitors tied to Iowa City hospital. Names include Mrs Rachard Grihenow Mrs Lena Anderson Mrs Sophie Wasby and Mrs Wm Burrow among visitors to Mrs Lee Palmer. The text also references several others and unclear dates or events related to hospital care.
In Vietnam near Gastage tire Peet Shara Ot, Corporal Lyfe Anderson was wounded while fighting. Reports mention Teer Bautterenn and a sequence of unclear names and places, with hospital contact details and possible official avenues tied to the incident.
Fragmentary OCR text from a church notice. readable fragments mention St Peters Catholic Church and related local references. no clear event, date, or action detectable due to garbled content.
Otto Wolfs obituary records a death in a local community, listing mourners and family connections amid a blurred scan. The notice mentions multiple names and dates in a period-appropriate obituary style, with sparse legible details about survivors and services, reflecting a community tribute.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions farms, women, a moat, and local names. It includes unclear phrases about years, ages, and events, with several garbled terms and possible place references. The readable segments suggest a rural notice or brief item with names and locations, but details are nonspecific.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses nutrients and food texture, mentioning vitamins and an additive but lacks clear subjects or events. It reads as an incomplete note on dietary components and palatability for an animal, with no identifiable people, organizations, places, or dates.
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