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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1959
Page
4
Ill and hospitalized Harry Frieden underwent surgery Tuesday in Rochester Minnesota and is reported to be making good progress.
Mrs. Keith Waters of Postville thanks everyone for cards letters and gifts during her hospital stay in Dubuque. Gene Erickson thanks those who visited and sent cards and gifts during his hospital stay. Dorothy and Linda Gardner thank Don's Jewelry for a chance to win a ladies wrist watch.
Birth announcement: Mr and Mrs John Grimm celebrate the birth of Donald Patrick to Don and Mrs Bailey of Chicago on August 26, 7 pounds 6 ounces. The Grimms now have 22 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Also a daughter for Mr and Mrs Roy Funk of Gridley Illinois Charlene Fae born September 8 weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. A playful line notes a woman’s vocabulary may be only 500 words but a rich turn of phrase.
Marvin L. Kling of the Sister Kenny Foundation says the polio fight continues as an international conference in Washington discusses live virus oral vaccines. Tests have begun in the United States and abroad, with three strains investigated and mass trials in Colombia and Nicaragua. The U S licensing awaits final results likely within a year, with Minnesota University leading local controls under the Kenny Foundation and state health sponsorship.
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers aims for a membership exceeding 12,000,000 as it promotes home school cooperation, improved curricula, safer school environments, and emphasis on health and early childhood programs. Leaders, including Mrs. James Parker of Grand Rapids, highlight PTA achievements and the push to enroll more families, teachers, and interested citizens.
Recaptured individuals reveal guards failed to notice or report unusual events before interior guards entered the cell block, leaving the turnkey uninformed. The incident centers on security lapses cited by witnesses and ongoing investigations into prison procedures.
An exterior guard failed to observe the escape. Loveless said several steps are being taken to increase security measures at the prison. These include an accelerated instructional program for guards.
In Wadena monthly checks extend to Ford Sedan and window bars. Leonard A. and Sadie H. associated signals noted in Arlington and Ford Red Way.
Court House News notes a real estate transfer where Charles L Capper transfers property to an individual named Max. The record also lists car registration activity for Medberry and wife and contains a parcel described as SW 14947 alongside the names Robert L Cousins or Nora M. The brief item indicates multiple filings on adjacent items in the same notice.
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