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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1954
Page
8
Syria News reports a Shaffer reunion at West Union fair grounds and a Farm Bureau meeting at the church. Numerous local visits, dinners, and social gatherings are listed among residents of West Union, Postville, Elkader, Arlington, Clermont, and surrounding areas with multiple families mentioned. The piece also notes travel to Des Moines and Iowa State College, hospital reads, and upcoming cemetery and Ladies Aid society events.
Cherry Valley News notes multiple social visits and travels among local families. Herman Zimmerman and Ernest Christen visited relatives in Rock Valley and attended a Zimmerman reunion in Monroe Wisconsin. The Good Neighbors Club meets September 14 with Irene Minihan assisting. Numerous residents visit, host, or travel to Madison Chicago St Olaf Fairfield and Postville areas, with birthdays celebrated and kinship ties highlighted.
Don Lindsay and Janet Swartz visited Saturday evening. Robert Nickels of Mather Air Base Sacramento is on a 30 day leave. Owen Nickels of New Sharon and Carol Sue Nickels of Omaha joined the weekend stay. Other Sunday diners included the Lester and Floyd Chase and James Hermen families. Howard and Orlin Mason visited Lansing on Sunday and stopped at the Chas and Hazel Gehring homes in Elgin.
Mr and Mrs Howard Hanson and family of Strawberry Point and Nellie Henson visited in the Otto Gisleson home Sunday afternoon. Harlan Henkes and Larry of Cedar Rapids spent the weekend with the T J Olson family. Gilbert Loftsgard and Karol visited Sunday afternoon with Kenneth Kjosa. Merlin Hellum hosted supper for Helmut Haack and family from Minneapolis, and John Hellum with Elaine. Kenneth Hellum family of Luana visited in the evening. Otto Gisleson and Joan visited Gilbert Loftsgard Sunday evening. Mrs Silas Bulikofer and children were Monday guests of Mrs Myron Hoag. They were overnight with Mr and Mrs Robert Bullock in Des Moines and attended the state fair. Clarence Kirkeberg of Postville and Cornelius Reierson and families spent Sunday to Friday at Canistota South Dakota. Mrs Joseph Reierson and Mr and Mrs Elmer Eberling of Postville visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Cornelius Reierson. Mrs Reierson was an overnight guest there. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Reierson and family and Mrs Joseph Reierson and Mr and Mrs Cornelius Reierson visited Mr and Mrs Mervin Reierson Sunday evening.
Arnold Beemer, once of Remsen, who lost an arm in a corn picker accident at Round Lake, Minn, survived a second scare when a tractor ran over by a railing load of feed. He rose and shut off the power. Five generations marked Mrs. E J Brauer’s 98th birthday at Lake View with Douglas James, four months old, among the descendants.
Two key factors in achieving efficient growth for growing pigs are ample water supply and sufficient drinking space. Recommendations call for a cup or drinking space for every 20 to 25 pigs to ensure adequate hydration and performance.
Simple home fix for loose knobs. Cut a small washer from fine sand paper, slip it onto the screw with the abrasive side facing the drawer, and tighten. The washer creates friction to hold the knob firmly, preventing future loosening.
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