Ladies' Aid Society meets in Fredericksburg at Deaver home
Local newsletter records a series of social visits and events. The Ladies' Aid Society gathered at Rev. Frank Deaver's Fredericksburg home on Wednesday October 20. Families including Boyers, Helms, Grimes, Reeder and Kerrs hosted dinners and attended a church rally in Cresco. A wedding in Lansing, Illinois drew Betty Patterson and Bob Brinkley relatives, while Mrs. Ray Gilbert celebrated her birthday with a neighbor gathering.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Frank Deaver
Fredericksburg
Glen Boyer
Tom Boyer
Harry Anderson
Marshall Helms
Andy Grimes
H. W. Helms
Lulu Randall
Cedar Rapids
Vern Boyer
Alice
Lula
Don Reeder
Platz
Cresco
Gordon Ruroden
Gilbert Ruroden
Clifton Kerr
Robert Kerr
Sidney Patterson
Wilson Patterson
Chloa Lyon
Lansing
Ill
Beryl Patterson
Bob Brinkley
Miss Patterson
Paul Patterson
Alice Boyer
Peggy Helms
Kathleen Peters
Barbara Gilbert
Billy Peters
Ray Gilbert
Lorraine
Bob
Dan Craft
Elgin Council Approves Funding Bonds Sale and Issuance
In Elgin Iowa Fayette County the town council met August 23 1948 in special session to consider funding bonds to pay overdue warrants. No sealed bids were received only an oral bid of 2000.00 from the Ladies Cemetery Association at par 4 percent interest. The council adopted a resolution to issue twenty 100.00 bonds dated September 1 1948 bearing 4 percent interest and payable annually with repayment secured by a property tax levy.
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Elgin
Fayette County
Iowa
George Falk
Robert Kohler
Sheldon Boyle
Larence Muehlethaler
Chas
O’neill
D. O. Dean
Leo J. Schori
Elgin Echo
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
O'Neill
R. E. Kohler
Boyle
Muehlethaler
Awit
County of Fayette
Towa
United States of America
Fayette
State of
H. Falb
Elgin Iowa Bond Coupon Text With Endorsements
A fragment from a town financial document outlines coupon payments on a funding bond of Elgin Iowa dated September 1 1948. It details bearer coupons endorsements by the Town Treasurer and signatures of the Mayor and Town Clerk, with delivery to the town treasurer after registration.
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G. H. Falb
Elgin
Iowa
R. E. Kohler
Pleasant Valley 4H President Don Frieden A Student Leader
Don Frieden serves as Plea sant Valley 4H Club president and Legion vice president. He excels in sports football basketball and baseball and sings bass in Boys Chorus and Mixed Chorus while playing the alto horn. He commutes to school daily in a gray Chevy.
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Pleasant Valley
The
Legion
Don Frieden
Don
Funeral of Former Resident in Mora for Mrs. J. A. Enyart
Funeral services were held in Mora Minnesota on October 11 for Harriett Alice Enyart 75 born December 7 1872 in Illyria. She lived in Postville Cresco Oelwein and Waterloo as a nurse before living near her children in Iowa and Minnesota until her death from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was mother of five Ralph Chester Lloyd Adda Robbins and Thelma Jones and survived by four sisters and a half sister. She attended Highland and Clermont schools and was a longtime friend and former classmate of Mrs. Edward Klingman.
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Harriett Alice Palmer
Illyria
Clermont
James A. Enyart
Postville
Cresco
Oelwein
Waterloo
Iowa
Minnesota
Ralph
Chester
Lloyd
Adda Robbins
Thelma Jones
Enyart
Highland
Edward Klingman
Gin
Elgin couples share Sunday dinner visits and calls
Elgin residents report Mr and Mrs Martin Hanson and Gladys, along with Mr and Mrs Archie Howard and family, sharing dinner Sunday at the Howard home. Mrs Floyd Arnold of Manchester visited Chris Schweitzer and Mai Kohler homes. Mrs Carl Torkelson and Mr Earl Sorem spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Edwin Olson home in Maynard.
Marion Busy Bees Meet and Install New Officers
The Marion Busy Bees held their second meeting of the year on Thursday October 14 at the home of leader Mrs Bernard Hanton. New leader Mrs Harley Swenson presided as four visitors joined members. Officers installed were President Clarine Olson secretary-treasurer Eleanor Gisleson historian Marilyn West. The 4 H ceremonial song was sung and the project for the year is clothing with head scarfs begun. Corrine Rypestol gave a demonstration on Different Ways of Making Sewing Basket and the club pledged allegiance before lunch.
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Marion
Corrine Rypestol
Railroads Handle Most Mail in United States
Railroad mail volume shows railroads manage over 90 percent of national mail, totaling nearly seven billion pounds each year.
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United States
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P. K. Peterson
Echo Office
Ruthless
Avalon Theater
Courthouse
Henry Suckow
Castalia
Echo Stationers
Walnut Grove
Clair Smale
Bute
Walt
Dummermuth
At- Echo
Tttc
Leallen Knox
Wadena
B. B
Gerhard Blockhus
Melody Time
Ferguson Tractors and Implements
B. & E. Tractor & Implement Co
Decorah
Henry Reierson
St. Olaf
Echo
American Band Saw Co
E. Lake St
Minneapolis
Minn
South Bend
Herb. Martin
Cedar Rapids Piano Co
1St Ave
Town
Perry Paulson
G. L
Casper Syes
West Union
McCormick- Deering
Binder
John Deere Hay
Anna Walter
Volga
Stationers
Elmer H. Larson
Poland
Frank Christen
Dial 2602
Rock Road
Donald Williams
jJohn Schultz
REA
Ferry Larson
Martin Wenger
Stie
Larry Grimm
Dial
Elgine
R. P. Strauch Elgin
Gander
Selmer Holm, Oc
BOR
Geo. Cook
John Christen
Rex Mulford
Brainard News
Co-op
National Farm Loan Assoociation
Fedors Land Bank System
West Union National Farm Loan Association
Darrell R. Peasley
Sec’y Treas
Noel Brockway
Council Proceedings
Ayme Te Gang Sia
Hoyle
State of Iowa
Panther
Imholte
Pave
Miss Fosse
Severa
Luella Little
Shirley Howard
Barbara Rainey
Zebbie Davis
Georgana Howard
Beulah Hofer
Donna Jacobson
Verla Benson
Ardis Butihofer
Carol Sue Nickels
Donna Hofer
Mora
J. A. Enyart
Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
Walt Disney
Fred Astaire
Judy Garland
Zachary Scott
Louis Hayward
TITAN
L. A. Wooldridge Fayette
Lawrence Gehring
Postville Rendering CO
Wallkon
Sunderman City Service
Monona
Mr. Zeigler
Ossian
West Union—Farmers' Service
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Individes
Laurence Knudtson
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