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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1965
Page
4
A collection of thanks from residents including Carl Harckmann Dean Peterdor Leo Sehoriap Heien Wolfs and others for prayers visits cards gifts and food while in hospitals in Postville and Rochester. Special mentions to Rev Collins for visits and prayers.
The narrative recounts a long European journey from Norway to Sweden Denmark and beyond. Highlights include Stockholm landmarks such as Storkyrkan Drottningholm Palace and the City Hall, Skansen open air museum, and Wasa. The trip continues to Oslo Akershus and Tryvannstarnet, then crosses to Denmark visiting Aarhus Odense and Ebeltoft. In Holland the Rijksmuseum and Anne Frank House are seen, with canal cruises and Zuider Zee exploration. The voyage ends aboard the S S Rotterdam with 1369 passengers and crew, visiting Le Havre and Southampton before returning home.
A voyage began with rough seas and dense fog that obscured the water for two days. The ship passed the Statue of Liberty and reached New York, then an express bus brought the travelers to Chicago in 15 hours. They rode the Zephyr to Prairie du Chien and returned home by the evening of August 25, thanking all who helped at home and on the farm.
The notice lists new addresses for Sgt. Leo L. Schori Jr R A 17461721 5 81st Arty 8th Inf Div APO 09666 New York NY Annette Meyer 128 A Ave NW Cedar Rapids IA and Mary Metzger 103 N Penn Ave Apt 7 Mason City IA.
Two cash winners were announced in Elgin last Saturday Ruth Rothlisberger and Ed Butikofer each won five dollars. The winning numbers listed include 930 1436 428 861 55 43 1254 1375 136 1083 1587 297 1698 589.
At the Iowa State Convention of the Brick Layers Union a banquet was held at the Holiday Inn Waterloo on Saturday. Attending were Mr and Mrs Richard Miller West Union Mr and Mrs Leo Boley n Mr and Mrs Raymond Boleyn Mr and Mrs George Vaughn and Mr and Mrs Milton Miller. Milton Miller received a 25 year membership pin.
Rector of Corrections Coughlin, 42, succeeds Benjamin F Baer who resigned in June 1964. Coughlin’s salary is $18 000 annually.
The governor names two six year terms starting Jan 3 1964 James M Walter 45 Ames dentist to represent the fifth district and Jack D Fickel Red Oak physician to represent the seventh district both succeeding retiring members This marks the first board appointments since the 1968 General Assembly change Also Richard C Lacey Bloomfield named to Iowa Employment Safety Commission as an employer representative and liquor store employee sales rules clarified by the Attorney General with minors sales under review.
Pheasants totaling 3000 are being released in south central and southeastern Iowa including 1500 Reeves and 1500 ringnecks as part of a new long term stocking plan. Lawrence W. Quist, 40, named superintendent of the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site at West Branch to oversee land acquisition and site development. The House dismissed a challenge to Rep H R Gross of Waterloo by Democrat Stephen Peterson, ending the contest for his seat in Washington.
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