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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1952
Page
5
A health column advises mothers on feeding preschoolers who nap poorly eat less at meals. It suggests a simple rule one tablespoon per year of age, plus flexible portions. It promotes finger foods like raw carrot strips and celery to boost appeal and vitamin intake.
A tired father amid a day’s fatigue finds time for his son Billy who crawls under the newspaper to seek attention. The scene underscores trust and bonding, suggesting a timely film titled Children’s Emotions from the Iowa State University Bureau of Visual Education, renting for 2.50.
Mrs Ida Grether and Mrs Anna Schupbach departed Cedar Rapids Sunday for California to spend the winter. Schupbach will visit Mrs Margaret Weithorn and family at Angsheim and Mr and Mrs Frederick Schupbach at San Diego. Grether will visit the Harold Rosman and C M Green families at So Pasadena.
James Cook of Upper Iowa University earns a place among twelve students chosen for the all college cast of The Great Big Doorstep a three act comedy to be presented Tuesday Nov 20. Cook a 1952 Elgin high graduate is active in dramatics and is the son of Mr and Mrs Merlin Cook. Read Echo advertisements its a money saying habit.
In Jasper County a long standing voting trend prompts national attention as The Newton Daily News reports early poll results showing Eisenhower leading 54.8 percent to Stevenson's 22.6 with 22.4 percent undecided. Local party chairs caution against overinterpretation while sky-high interest remains ahead of the four day countdown. Meanwhile Iowa health officials say polio cases are peaking then beginning a decline. mid October total near 2,851 with more hospital care improving outcomes.
Otis Rothlisberger offered three purebred Shorthorn cows at the Marshall County sale. One offering topped the sale at 405 dollars. He also entered adult lambs in the Waterloo meat animal sale, with a pen of three lambs and an individual lamb drawing a flint and reserve champion, selling at 37.5 cents per pound.
About 60 Iowa counties joined a four hour Cornpicker exercise with two cars of 22 people each at the Des Moines Iowa filter center plotting 130 plane sighting calls over the last two Sundays. The drills support civil defense readiness.
Farm Bureau women’s committee leaders will convene at the Elkader Farm Bureau building on November 7 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Mrs. Floyd Dittmer will discuss township and county committee duties and offer guidance on health, library, music, school and international relations programs. A handbook with program suggestions will be provided for county and township leaders. all 1952 and 1953 members are urged to attend the all-day meeting and a picnic dinner will follow.
Mrs Ethel Kohler will soon move to Wilton Junction as a group of women gathered at the Kohler residence Saturday evening to honor her. Cohostesses Mrs Keith Kohler and Mesdames Charles Laster and Jack Gehring hosted the event with games and a gift presentation for the guest of honor.
Pfc. William Joseph Hinton, 19, Marines, was killed in action in Korea on October 3. He arrived in Korea in May after enlisting in 1954. Born August 17, 1933, he graduated from Wadena High School in 1950. Parents Mr. and Mrs Wm B Hinton reside in Iowa Falls, formerly lived in Wan dena.
The Iowa Bankers Association declares General Election Day Tuesday November 4 a bank holiday. Banks will be closed all day so plan banking accordingly. Citizens are informed that County offices and related branches in Clermont Elgin State Bank Elgin and Wadena offices will observe the closing.
Henry Fuller, a medical patient, was taken to Postville hospital Friday evening and remains hospitalized.
The Elgin Lions Club met at St. Pauls Methodist church with J attend ance. The business session discussed school matters as an executive committee of five was named to coordinate with Clayton and Fayette county boards and report progress next week. The club voted $25 to Vinton school for the blind to aid graduating students purchasing typewriters. A cake day at Elgin was announced for December 13, marking the second event of its kind.
James Short, 22, of Waterloo and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frieden, died Monday night from injuries sustained in a car accident near Waterloo Saturday. His wife is Alice Frieden, granddaughter of Mrs. Fanny Frieden.
Starting Tuesday November 4 the First Baptist Church will host two series of meetings with Rev Edwin Miller of Cleveland Ohio as guest speaker He urges rebirth of Christian love as the path to survival and happiness and cites Rutgers University Montague on love and cooperation amid dangerous self interest and ultra nationalism
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit met in the Legion room on Oct 23 with 33 members present. A report on the Sept 25 Fourth District fall conference at Oelwein was given by Mrs G H Nickels. Plans include buying flags for meetings, a family supper on Armistice Day, sending Christmas gifts to local service members, and assisting with a pancake and sausage supper for USC proceeds. A new supply of dishes will be bought for the unit cupboard and a past president pin was presented to Mrs George Boyle by Mrs M J Blockhus.
Judy, a registered Holstein owned by Ben Erickson & Sons, completes her sixth lactation reaching over 100000 pounds of milk and 3400 pounds of butterfat. Her six year average is 50 pounds of milk daily. Week end guests in the Alfred Boleyn home include Mr and Mrs Kyle Dyke and family of Waukon. Also dinner guests were Mr and Mrs Lester Luch singer and Linda.
Adolph Henninger advances self built home in Hackmann addition with roof completed over the past weekend. He handles construction tasks personally as neighbors note steady progress. A brief aside mentions Japanese flower arrangement as a national art.
A 19 year old man identified as Robert Ackerman was killed when his tractor overturned on a freshly graveled road near Eldora, pinning him beneath the vehicle. The accident highlights road conditions and rural farm safety concerns in the area.
Mrs. Ralph Grace Foxwell Landon of Cumberland writes that their eldest son serves in the Army while their second is due November 8. She praises the Echo and notes the family reads it daily. Cumberland lies in southwest Iowa, also crop rich yet dry like here.
Mrs. Ruth Loftsgard learned her son Raymond, a Seventh Division radio operator, was seriously wounded in Korea. He arrived Oct 10, was hit by artillery fire, then shrapnel and machine gun fire causing leg and hip injuries. He wrote from a front line aid station promising, Don’t worry, I will be OK.
Fayette county's farm to market road program shows $933,263.87 invested over the last three fiscal years. Iowa Highway Commission figures indicate 38 more miles of grading and 22 added miles of surfacing, part of progress under the Iowa Road Use Fund Tax plan. The county receives 15 percent of the fund, with 92 percent of the system all-weather surfaced as of Jan 1, 1952.
Four members of the Jones Allen household contract polio in a Brandon area case, with Kathy the latest diagnosed at Town City hospital after David and Rev. Jones and Rosemary, while the family shelters at Rev. Jones' parents' Brandon home during recovery.
Mrs Gene Sehori hosted a pink and blue shower for Mrs Russell Wenger last Tuesday evening. Attending were Mesdames Jack Adrian Otis Torkelyen Clifford Gisleson Robert Wilson Albert L Dennler Keith Kohler Elmer Meyer Wm Moore Harry Cline Harry Everett Don Fauser John McMillan Henry McMillan Milo Olson Robert Falk Leo Falk Harold Conner Wayne Gilson.
The Elgin Study Club met last Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. W. C. Falk. The program included Roll Call, Good Reading, and a Book Review of Windows for the Crown. Prince Elizabeth Gray were by W. J. Grove.
Chrysler plans a 1983 model launch across more than 3 000 papers with a combined circulation exceeding 52 million to reach all U S counties served by its 3 500 dealers. The rollout runs through October to December with a large national magazine campaign introducing the Most Beautiful Chrysler Ever Designed by McCann Erickson.
The Wahonka Camp Fire Girls met at Gwendolyn Ittermann’s home. thirteen members attended roll call on hobbies. Officers elected: Glenda Wede president, Sharon Pinney vice president, Eloise Lantz treasurer, Kathryn Knudtson secretary, Judy Larson scribe. Next meeting at the school house for a Halloween party. committee: Audrey Sutter, Gwen Ittermann, Lovila Larson.
Busy Bees 4 H Club met at Gayle Nickels home Saturday afternoon. Three new members signed enrollment cards. Florence Hofer was elected president, Carol Schupbach vice president, Marion Christen secretary-treasurer, and Gayle Nickels reporter. Nickels gave a talk on keeping the 4 H record book to assist new members.
The note asserts Shakespearean Macbeth as a living king of Scotland who died in 1057, and states that women are ineligible for Rhodes scholarships.
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