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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1958
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial in Elgin Fayette County Iowa issues weekly under the 1891 postal act. Published every Thursday by Strauch and Hermen, the paper entered second class mail matter on September 1, 1891.
A Farm Bureau Women’s Workshop was held Monday October 20 at Fayette. County and township chairmen duties were discussed. A talk on Know Your Farm Bureau was presented by a fieldman. A skit by the county chairman described township officer duties. Afternoon workshops distributed literature and answered questions. Luncheon by the Illyria Ladies. Attendees from Pleasant Valley Homemakers included Molris, Herbert Ash, Kenneth Blockhus, Elmer Meyer, Max Medberry, Bill Bacon and Abe Habeger.
Social Hour Club met October 1 at Mrs. Clifton Wilson home with co host Mrs. Earl Kiple. Sixteen members attended along with guests Mrs. Alice Winkler and Mrs. Donald Little. Melbert Meyer spoke on Using your right to vote. An auction is planned for November 5 at the Legion Hall with each member to bring articles valued at $2 and a guest. Hostesses will be Mrs. Cleve Bennett Mrs. Virgil Towson and Mrs. Harry Gilson. The group and guests enjoyed a trip to Red Wing Minnesota on October 7.
Hog marketing from Iowa farms for slaughter in October and November is projected at 3,480,000 head, reported by the Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service and based on dairy reports of marketing intentions.
Slaughter head totals for Oct and Nov compare to last year and the five year average, with Oct projections at 1,670,000 head if hogs are marketed. Actual Oct 1957 sales were 1,764,000 head, and the five year Oct average is 1,713,000 head. Projections reflect a 5 percent drop from 1957 and a 2 percent fall from the five year average.
Elgin residents note a birthday dinner for Mrs. Clifford Gisleson at her home with neighbors including Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lantz and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Everett. Others hosted are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson and guests Ed Schroeder and family, Clara Krueger, and the Falks. Attendees also list Gret Falk and many local couples visiting for football games in Iowa City and Towa City.
Weekend guests of Mrs Ida Swenneyy Dunit and many others gathered for dinners and visits across Bunn Clermont and Luana. A farm safety note urges bamboo poles and working taillights on equipment used on highways to warn drivers and prevent fatal accidents, with patrolmen to enforce taillight requirements after dark.
State safety officials joined today in an urgent appeal to farmers to install safety equipment on vehicles used on public highways during the corn harvest. They warned that collisions between cars and farm vehicles have cost many lives in the state.
Geraldine Vander Muelen of Ocheyedan reports her spe tie cactus, typically blooming once with a single flower lasting a day, produced four blooms this Easter season. The plant’s unusual repeat bloom marks a rare deviation from its normal yearly pattern.
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