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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1953
Page
2
A school notes page lists staff roles from editor to assistants and reporters. Fourth Grade reports on a class newspaper Go Getters, Halloween plays, goldfish Abe the tadpole, and vowel sounds practice. First Grade celebrates reading progress and manuscript writing. Kindergarten shares house construction observations and Halloween crafts.
The Yayette County School masters met Thursday night in Arlington with Paul Zurbriggen presiding. A chicken dinner preceded speaker Mr. Pritchard on the United Nations. Wives attended. Elgin delegates listed. Also notes on senior pictures junior class rings and annual staff for 1953 54 with names and roles. Sixth and fifth grade classroom activities and Red Cross drive mentioned.
The Elgin Iowa town council met in regular session with mayor and all councilmen present at the town hall. Minutes of prior meeting approved. Various bills audited and allowed from General Fund and Waterworks Funds including salaries for September, labor, coal, lumber, repairs, gas and oil, publication, election supplies, dump service, social security, withheld tax, and utilities.
Street lights funding discussed with Interstate Power o. and Light Fund items totaling 128.00 and 21.52. Several mailers were discussed but no action taken at this time. Motion to adjourn carried by Mayor G. B. Fals and Town Clerk RK. E. Kohler.
Ill and hospitalized notes report Jeffrey Schlee 3 of Postville broke his left leg and was casted at Postville hospital. Other entries include major surgeries in Rochester and Des Moines, fractures from a swing accident, and various hospital stays for Cedar Rapids and New Hampton injuries.
A Kalona historian explains how the Iowa town got its name. When a railroad station arose on John Myers pasture land he was allowed to name the new town. His first choice Myersville was rejected, leading to Kalona after his herd sire Kalona.
An Iowa State College extension nutritionist discusses grass fed beef leanness and suggests economical cuts. Instructions describe preparing calf or beef heart with stuffing, browning, baking at 300 degrees for several hours, and serving with apricots, glazed carrots, lettuce wedges and apple crisp.
A practical guide listing small demand cuts for soup such as neck and shank and methods to use cubed shank or brisket for stew or bagout with spices, onions, peppers, celery, parsley and paprika. It covers browning, simmering for 2 12 to 3 hours, thickening gravy, optional additions, and serving ideas. It then details flank steak uses with moist heat braising or quick broiling, stuffing, roasting, and slicing against the grain with gravy or butter garlicked.
A short note urges trying boiled beef heart once as a flavorful, vitamin B-1 rich protein source. It claims family appeal and notes it as a good buy, though the text is fragmented and ends abruptly.
Sen Born to Oliver and Mrs Larson at Postville hospital on October 11 the newborn Bradley Dean weighs 8 pounds 15 ounces and is the couple’s second son. Edna and Elmer Hunsberger visited Mrs Lloyd Meyer on Friday to meet the new granddaughter born October 16 weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces. Roy and Mrs Steele of Oelwein welcome daughter Judy Kay born October 16 weighing 6 pounds 5 1/2 ounces. Bruce Mey itt returned home after visiting.
In Parkersburg a warm spell lifted the thermometer by 20 degrees in ten minutes. Wallace Sherlock retired from the Pairfield Ledger after 56 years in newspapers now at age 80. New London features a village smithy under a spreading walnut tree as Ropy Shipley marks his 50th anniversary as a blacksmith. A large corn cob pile belonging to Quaker Oats burned at Radcliffe, about 1700 tons, with the blaze lasting two days.
An Iowa State College study notes benefits of clipping forage daily and feeding it fresh to fattening steers in drylot, while county seed committees prepare to distribute Climate seed cats for 1954 planting. Parity prices link to national employment, with meat and grain outputs down from prior years but August Iowa production up modestly.
Fragmentary text notes two gas production entries under certification and that growers are bound by contract to sell their seed through county seed distribution committees, indicating a regulated agricultural framework reflected in the article.
Don Ne Areavy aged 28 and his six year old son drowned in a speedboat accident on the Mississippi River after moving from Delhi to Wisconsin. The report notes the disaster occurred shortly after the family settled in their new home. The Echo newspaper advertises job printing services.
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