Income gaps in Iowa farming regions shown by study
A study by the State University of Iowa found eastern Iowa farmers earn higher income per farm and per acre than other regions. It notes high gross farm incomes concentrate in eastern and western Iowa counties, with southern Iowa showing lower totals, based on 1948 to 1967 data led by Ethel Vatter. A separate item reports Governor Erbe urging home rule for cities to manage local affairs and finances. A Polk County judge dismissed a tax suit seeking immediate statewide property value increases, while a bid processing overhaul by the Iowa Highway Commission will use electronic computing to handle bids from Sept. 11, reducing manual work.
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State University of Iowa
Iowa
Ethel Vatter
SUI Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Polk County
State Tax Commission
Chet Hougen
Cedar Falls Republican
The
Tax Commission
Gibson Holliday
Commission
Hougen
Iowa Supreme Court
State Highway Commission
Extension Service Calendar of Events
Friday Sept 7 training sessions for soil testing station operators. Saturday Sept 8 Tillyria Clipperettes 4 H Club meeting 1 30 pm at the M Church. 24 Soil Testing Campaigns kick off. Wadena Wonder Workers 4 H Club meeting. Putnam Foremost 4 H Club meeting. Monday Sept 10 to Thursday Sept 13 Home Economics Training at Ames. Friday Sept 14 Iowa State University 4 H Campus visit.
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Tllyria Clipperettes
Mchurch
Wadena Wonder Workers
Putnam Foremost
Ames
Towa State University
Wadena News Presbyterian Church and Reunions
Sunday services at 8 30 and 10 30 mark church activities in Wadena. The Corbin reunion gathered 66 relatives at the Warren Tripp farm in Fayette for a noon picnic and visiting. Altar Society and local club events fill the week with birthdays, parties, and weekend travels among residents.
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Oelwein
Erwin Lamphier
Marion
Larry Evans
John Tripp
Ralph Schietty
Fayette
Estella Putffett
Dale Crandall
Willard Crandall
Paul Crandall
Volga
William M
Clark Corbin
Clarkie Voshell
Lee
Ella Voshell
Sam Smock
Howard Voshell
Gary
Jim Voshell
Elwood Rubens
Claire Corbin
Orville Lamphier
Judy Lockard
Luther Crandall
Wadena
Nomination Papers Filed for Valley School Board
Papers for nominating Dr. Henry Wolf to the Valley school board were filed Friday. He would replace Gordon Moshy whose term ends September 10. No other papers were filed for the nomination.
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The
Valley School Board
Henry Wolf
Gordon Moshy
Electric Shock Breaks Shoulder at Creamery
A man received a severe electrical shock Saturday at a creamery when he touched a stainless steel pipe with one hand and a tank with the other. He jerked loose but suffered a broken shoulder blade and was placed in traction at West Union hospital. Doctors say bone fractures can follow sudden muscular contractions.
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Eres “Friedétich
West Union Hospital
Two Year Post Graduate Course Starts at Wright Patterson
Mr and Mrs Fredrik Anderson and family of Dayton Ohio visit Ed Anderson and Edith Berg in Waterloo Elgin. Fredrik begins a two year post graduate study toward a master in aeronautical engineering at the Air Force Base Institute of Technology Wright Patterson AFB Ohio in September after five years service with the AF at Wright Patterson and Edwards AFB California.
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Fredrik Anderson
Scot
Laura
Dayton
Ohio
Ed Anderson
Waterloo
Edith Berg
Elgin
Fredrik
Air Force Base Institute of Technology
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Wright Patterson Afb
Edwards Afb
California
Kell Reunion Brings West Union and Davenport Families Together
Mr and Mrs Jennings Mitts and relatives from Los Angeles Sioux Rapids West Union Wadena and Davenport gathered Sunday to meet Kell family kin from Illinois and Missouri for a reunion.
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Jennings Mitts
Jimmy
Jeff
Jerri
Los Angeles
Calif
Dorell Cuthbert
Merry
Nancy
Sioux Rapids
Harold Conner
West Union
Bertha Mitts
Floyd’ Mitts
Wadena
Walter Mitts
Davenport
Illinois
Missouri
Kell
Fire Call Number Again 3161
For weeks residents in the Elgin area were told to call 3742 for fire emergencies between 6 pm and 8 am. The instruction is outdated. callers should now use 3161, the number in use previously.
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Elgin
August is Dry With Light Showers in August
Five showers registered in August totaling 3.04 inches. Most rain fell after the 23rd with four heavy showers. The year to September 1 recorded 21.67 inches of rain.
Grand Opening Draws Huge Crowd for Lembke Larson Radio
Large attendance marked the grand opening of Lembke Refrigeration and Larson Radio TV in Des Moines last Saturday. Visitors toured displays while coffee and about 1700 doughnuts were served. door prizes drew a crowd with Kenneth Medberry winning the first prize radio and Edward Schmid Jr. the second prize toaster.
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Lembke Refrigeration
Larson Radio
Kenneth Medberry
Edward Schmid, Jr
Des Moines
Soil Sampling Week Promotes Testing in Fayette County
Fayette County urges landowners to test soil during Sept 10 20 campaign as part of an intensified soil management effort. The program aims to raise income by guiding fertilizer use and soil recommendations for untested lands in the past five years.
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Fayette County
Valley Schools Enrollment 1962 63 Summary
Valley district enrollment figures for 1962 63 list Clermont Elementary with kindergarten to 6th totals totaling 166, Elgin Elementary total 159, Wadena Elementary total 128, Valley Jr High total 136, and Valley High School total 248. Overall pupil total 634.
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Clermont
Elgin
Wadena
Valley Jr. High
Valley High School
Elgin Chapter of Order of Eastern Star Meets Sept 12
C E S meets September 12 in Elgin with hostesses Mrs R P Strauch Mrs Charles Gehring and Hazel Gehring. Want ads get results.
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Elgin
Order of Eastern Star
R. P. Strauch
Charles Gehring
Hazel Gehring
Special Election to Extend Water Service This Friday
About 400 members of The Am. Legion and Am. Legion Auxiliary are expected to attend the annual Fall Conference of the Fourth District at Oelwein Sept. 11. The Fourth District covers 12 counties including Allamakee and Clayton. Legion meetings are in the Legion Hall and Auxiliary in Grace Methodist Church with registration at 9 am and a service school at 10 am conducted by R. J. Laird and Glenn M. Dugger. Tom Murray of Cresco will lead the Legion sessions and Mrs. Fred Murphy of Fredericksburg will lead the Auxiliary. A joint banquet at 6:30 p.m. will be held in the Knights of Columbus Hall with speakers Mrs. H. P. Borks and Donald P. Birkett.
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Am. Legion
Am. Legion Auxiliary
Oelwein
Allamakee
Buchanan
Cerro Gordo
Chickasaw
Clayton
Delaware
Fayette
Floyd
Howard
Mitchell
Winneshiek
Worth
Legion Hall
American Legion Aux
Grace Methodist Church
Legion
R. J. Laird
Glenn M. Dugger
Tom Murray
Cresco
Fred Murphy
Fredericksburg
Knights of Columbus
H. P. Borks
Donald P. Birkett
Kohler Buys Wadena Insurance Agency
Walter F Kohler of Kohler Insurance Agency has purchased the Knudtson Agency in Wadena from Laurence J Knudtson, with Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co. and United Fire and Casualty Co. The transfer was effective August 28 1962. Kohler will service existing policies and handle renewals. policyholders will be contacted about future changes.
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Walter F. Kohler
The
Kohler Insurance Agency
Laurence JL. Knudtson
Wadena
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co
United Fire and Casualty Company
Kohler
Knudtson
Pfister Couple Purchases Lutra Family Home
Mr and Mrs William Pfister bought the family home in Lutra from Harold Pfister and Mrs Frank Strums and moved in over the weekend. They had been living in the home owned by Mrs Ruel Streeter. The Streeters will move here from West Union.
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William Pfister
Lutra
Harold Pfister
Frank Strums
Ruel Streeter
Streeters
West Union
Varsity Football Schedule Feature Dale Fogle Coaching
Football schedule lists varsity coach Dale Fogle along with Alan Seabrooke and Derry Leonhart. Dates show games from Sept and Oct including South Winneshiek Calmar Sumner and West Central Maynard with home and away sites. Junior high schedule lists Galen Mack and James Cook with Elkader Postville Maynard Waukon game times in September to October.
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Dale Fogle
Alan Seabrooke
Derry
Leonhart
South Winneshiek
Calmar
Sumner
North High
West Union
Waukon
Postville
Central of
Fayette
Galen Mack
James Cook
Elkader Dairy Meeting Set for Sept 15
Officers directors and dairy producer patrons of Town Creameries Assn and related bodies will meet at Elkader Opera House at 1 30 PM Thursday Sept 15. Earl Wright Ames extension dairyman will discuss S N E testing 4 M mastitis program. Arthur Kirchhoff Iowa Creameries Assn will report on annual activities.
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Towa
Opera House
Elkader
Adolph Elvers
Assa
Earl Wright
Extension Dairyman
Ames
S.N.E
Arthur Kirchhoff
Iowa Creameries Assn
Iowa Milk Diners Assn
Iowa Milk Producers Federation
Arthur Honn
Iowa Creamery Operators Assn
Cedar Rapids
Slaughter House Near Completion At Prieden's Yard
Slaughter house at the rear of the locker is nearing completion. All concrete blocks are laid and carpenters began roofing on Monday. The building will have four rooms: holding, slaughtering, and two refrigerated rooms for carcasses and hides.
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Prieden
Homecoming for Iowa City veteran after hospital stay
William O Laughlin, a five week patient at the Veterans Hospital Iowa City, returned home Friday for a short stay. He is scheduled to go back Tuesday for four more weeks of treatment. He underwent several major operations and temporarily lost his sight. vision is returning in one eye.
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William O'Laughlin
Veterans’ Hospital
Iowa City
Legion Post 362 Plans September Meetings
The Elgin American Legion Post 362 schedules its regular monthly meeting for Monday evening September 10. The annual fall turkey supper is set for Thursday September 27 at the post.
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Elgin American Legion Post 362
The
Legion
Return From Norway Trip
Mr and Mrs Harold Opland returned Sunday from a four months visit in Norway They also made trips into Sweden and Denmark They report an enjoyable trip in spite of considerable rainy weather The Echo hopes to have more about their trip next week Mr and Mrs Keith Ostrander Wade and Todd Minneapolis were guests from Thursday until Friday in the Harry Cline home
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William Corkery
Harry Corkery
Fayette
Leo Ainsworth
W. H. Ainsworth
Norfolk
Nebr
William Brockmeyer
Decatur
Tom Sniffin
Pleasant Ridge
Wadena Park
Herriman
Albert Morse
Cleve Morse
Juli
Victor Morse
Cedar Rapids
Alvin Kelly
Palo
Lavanda Squires
Arlington
Mabel Larson
Elkader
Elmer Struss
Danny
Richard Aeschliman
Labor Day
Harold Opland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
The
Echo
Keith Ostrander
Wade and
Todd
Minneapolis
Harry Cline
Proposal for Schori addition water extension election
A special election Friday September 7 will decide extending Elgin water to Schori's addition above Creamery Hill. Polls 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at town hall. Passage requires a majority of last municipal election votes, about LIS yes votes. Proponents cite no fire hydrants and poor wells. residents may be phoned, and transport help is available by calling 2201.
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Schori
Elgin
Town Hall
Creamery Hill
Otter Creek
ECHO
LIS
The
Junior High Football Program Roster Deepens
Mr. Mack and Mr. Cook train the junior high squad teaching blocking tackling and field movement as 46 boys report 20 seventh graders and 26 eighth graders. Seventh grade players include David Alysworth Rod ney Corbin Dale Bullhofer Duane Cummings Leon Dibble Johnnie Green and others. Eighth grade players include Lee Boleyn Thomas Burrow Curtis Butikofer Allyn Caspers Robert Chapman Ronald Lee Corbin William Erickson and more.
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Mack
Cook
David Alysworth
Rodney Corbin
Dale Bullhofer
Duane Cummings
Leon Dibble
Johnnie Green
Robert Hilgemann
Dean Hofer
Steven Kittelson
Glen Meisner
Leslie Miller
Lee Boleyn
Thomas Burrow
Curtis Butikofer
Allyn Caspers
Robert Chapman
Ronald Lee Corbin
William Erickson
Larry Falk
Thomas Kamp
Gary Kleppe
John McMillan
Kendall Mark
A. D. Nelson
Greg Palmer
Duane Patterson
George Paulson
Gary Pritchard
Duane Reeder
Richard Reeder
Leon Roberts
Larry Buroden
Robert Shaffer
Patrick Sniffin
Eugene Upton
David Westcott
James Zurbriggen
Thompson Sale to Close Out Thompson Goods
A closing out sale of the household goods of the late Mr and Mrs Thore Thompson will be held at Elgin Saturday afternoon Sept 15. See next week's ECHO for the complete list of items to be sold.
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Thore Thompson
Elgin
ECHO
Canning Season Near Its End In Elgin Warehouses Full Of Corn
The canning season nears its end as late planted corn affects the crop. Opened Friday Aug 7. This year’s harvest is excellent and Elgin Canning Co. reports warehouses filled with top quality canned corn. Some was held over from 1961. Recent cool weather slowed field maturation.
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Elgin Canning Co
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Extension Service
Wadena News
Presbyterian Church
Cass Greer
Alice Bigler
Sparta, Tenn
Altar Society
St. Joseph's Altar Society
Richard Corkey
Erma Corkery
Ehm
Ellen Corkery
McKinley Gage
Avty Wrngrs
Dr. H. H. Wolf
C.E.S
W. Kohler
Wadena Ins
Elkader Dairy Meeting
Slaughter House
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