Advertising Rates and Subscription Details for Northeast Iowa
Subscription rates set at 2.50 per year for four Northeast Iowa counties and 3.00 per year for all outside above territory. Advance payments qualify, with 0.56 extra per year for both zones. Readers ads per line ten cents, minimum three cents weekly if cash accompanies order. otherwise six cents. Blind ads 50 cents weekly minimum. Card of Thanks 1.00, In Memoriam 1.00 up to ten lines. extra lines six cents each. Resolutions of respect and obituaries tied to regular rates.
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Iowa
Marion Mission Society Meets at Church Parlor
The Marion Mission Society gathered at the church parlors on Thursday September 10. Hostesses were Mrs Gilbert Loftsgard, Mrs Bernard Loftsgard and Mrs Merrill Olson. The meeting opened with a hymn and included scripture reading prayer and Bible study led by Mrs Cornelius Heierzon. A roll call and secretary report were given by Mrs Harvey Anderson. The group reported $34 in cash for the Postville hospital stand plus baked goods. Members were elected to collect subscriptions for the Messenger and Portals of Prayer and for the Mexican Mission project. A program followed with a duet by Mrs Mervin Anderson and Mrs Maurice Amundson. Readings Be a Farmer by Mrs Lloyd Reierson Guidance Through Prayer by Mrs Christine Rypestol. A September Nature emphasis featured a skit Recipe Exchange by five members. Birthday songs and free will offerings were collected, PTR prayer read by Mrs Christine Rypestor and Corrine, meeting closed with table prayer and the Lord’s Prayer.
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Marion Mission Society
Mdma
Gilbert Loftsgard
Bernard Loftsgard
Merrill Olson
Cornelius Heierzon
Harvey Anderson
Postville Hospital
Orlando Loftsgard
Messenger
Portals of Prayer
Maurice Landsgard
Louis Kjosa
Robert McNally
Mexican Mission Project
Mervin Anderson
Maurice Amundson
Lloyd Reierson
Christine Rypestol
Mdris
Morris Amundson
Olvin Olson
Otto Gisleson
Society
PTR
Christine Rypestor
Corrine
Cornelius Reierson
Shelley Rae West Baptized Sunday
Shelley Rae West infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard West of Cedar Rapids was baptized Sunday Sept 13 at Elgin Lutheran Church by Pastor Dennis Stutrud. Sponsors were Yvonne West and Merrill Knapp. Dinner followed at the Laurence West home with relatives from Dubuque Cedar Rapids West Union and Elgin.
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Shelley Rae West
Leonard West
Cedar Rapids
Elgin Lutheran Church
Dennis Stutrud
Yvonne West
Merril Knapp
Anl
Laurence West
Kenneth E. Larson
Dubuque
Laveral Manson
Shelley
Millard Knapp
Larry
West Union
Glen Relerson
Elgin
Lutheran Sunday School Institute in Monona Sunday
More than 300 Lutheran Sunday school teachers from northeast Iowa will gather Sunday at Monona High School in a joint program by the ALC and ELC Lutheran Synods. Eight area teachers will direct a session after three days of Wartburg College training, with hosts Pastor Dennis Stutrud and Pastor R. C. Schleuter.
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Iowa
Monona High School
Monona
ALC
ELC Lutheran
Decorah
Wartburg College
Waverly
Ed Cordes
John Doerring
Luana
Nettie Knudsen
St. Olaf
James Leistkow
Mabel
Minn
Clair Kloster
Elizabeth _Cathorne
Elkader
Merlin Flesner
Farmersburg
Almer Amundson
Postville
Dennis Stutrud
Elgin
Institute
R. C. Schleuter
Hit and Miss Club Tea in Illyria Township
The Hit and Miss Club of Illyria township will hold its annual tea at Mrs. Forrest Shaffer’s home on Friday October 2 at 2:00 p.m. A photography lesson and a class on frozen salads will be given. All women in Illyria township are urged to attend. The saying Women has her way is noted.
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Hit and Miss Club
Illyria Township
Forrest Shaffer
Ilyria Township
Clayton County Extension Calendar highlights events
The calendar lists upcoming 4-H and extension meetings in Clayton County. Dates include September 10 to 28 with record books, Swine Committee, Youth Committee, Dairy cattle judging, and 4-H Leaders meetings scheduled at the Extension Office and Elkader. The piece ends with unrelated notes about egg production and a fashion remark.
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Clayton County
Elkader
August 1959 Iowa egg production ranked below year prior
Iowa farm flocks produced 348 million eggs in August 1959 per the Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. The total is 3 percent less than August 1958 but 14 percent above the 1948-57 monthly average.
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Iowa
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Pleasant Valley Sharpshooters hold August meeting
The Pleasant Valley Sharpshooters met at Kurtis Krueger's home with ten members answering roll call "What my project is." Plans for the fair were completed and leader Kenneth Blockhus discussed finishing the record books due Sept 17. A social time followed.
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Pleasant Valley Sharpshooters
Kurtis
Krueger
Kenneth Blockhus
Delta Kappa Gamma Announces 1969 Theme
Phi Chapter outlines the 1969 60 education program theme with Mrs Gertrude W Grove in attendance, highlighting a focus on strengthening education through chapter activities and events.
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Delta Kappa Gamma
Gertrude Wm. Grove
Willard Hanson Named Census Field Man for NE Iowa
Willard R. Hanson of Cedar Falls was appointed as a field assistant for the 1959 Census of Agriculture by the Bureau of the Census. He will direct 22 crew leaders and 318 census takers across 26 northeastern Iowa counties including Allamakee Clayton Fayette and Winneshiek. The 1958 census collects data on farms, acreage, crops, livestock, facilities, expenditures, values and mortgage debt with results published by county state and nation.
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Willard R. Hanson
Cedar Falls
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Hansen
Iowa
Allamakee
Clayton
Fayette
Winneshiek
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Elgin Echo
Fayette County
Hermen & Bartunek
Emai
Marion Mission Soc
Hit & Miss Club
Fisher's Cheese
Morrell
Nash
Falb's Market
P. V. Sharpshooters
Phi Chapter
D.K.G
N. E
ELG Echo Printers
Elgin Farmers Dairy Co
Moore’s
Don's Jewelry
Dr. EL
Walt
Elgin Co-operative Co
Klingman’s Clothes Shop
Oneill Drog Gehring’s Hardware
Torkelson Motor Co
Fauser Oil Co
Max Thoma Jensen’s Standard Service
Elgin State Bank
Helium Produce
Elgin Furniture Store
Elgin Echo Tillotson Pibg
Hig
Elgin Insurance Agey
Frieden
Halverson's Store
Elgin Canning Co
America
Chevrolet
John
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