Local notes on births, visits, and social events
Mrs. Roseve Pritchard traveled to Springs Tuesday to acquaint with her new fiancé born to Dr and Mrs Butts. Parl Sue Bond was welcomed last Sunday at Union hospital. Families and relatives from Cedar Rapids, Mason City, Plainfield, Clinton, and Ames share visits, dinners, and bridge games. Upper Iowa freshmen and local clubs are mentioned amid social gatherings and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseve“Pritchard
Springs
New Fen
Roscoe Pritchard
J Erickson
Floueleshell
Richard
Hixon
Mason City
Paul Crandall
Lee Aeschliman
Plainfield
Hervey Aeschliman
Women's Guild of the Presbyterian Church
White Cross
Wilfred Bond
Cedar Rapids
Loretta Mattocks
Clinton
Mildred DeWald
Pleasant Ridge
Clay Keefer
Raymond Jellings
Arthur Jellings
Paul Scott
Ames
Lyle Patterson
Oelwein Hospital
Lyle
Ralph Hymer
Bob Hymer
John ‘DeWald
Floyd Patterson
Monticello
Ricky Feller
Janet DeWald
Forer
Marian Feller
Sale Dates Placed For Sept. Auctions
Sale notices list Friday September 19 for John Opland and Monday September 22 for Lyle Olson. Registered Holstein cattle and machinery with household goods are offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Opland
Holstein
Lyle Olson
Real Estate Transfers and Vehicle Registrations Listed
Transfers include Lola Wilken and Edwin Ramsey to Incorporated Own of Arlington for 600 dollars with multiple lot descriptions in Arlington. Elmer Frieden, referee, to F D Elch and wife for 6500 dollars with lots in Elgin. Ross Palmer to Shirk Oil Co. for 1 dollar with Lot 1 in Calken Arlington. New car registrations include Vincent and Opal Luce in Elgin for a Chevrolet sedan and John B Shipton Sons Clermant for a Ford truck. Families Meisner and Larson attended a birthday dinner in Elkader named Lerch home on Friday night for Lawrence’s birthday celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola A. Wilken
Edwin Ramsey
Incorporated Own of
Arlington
Elmer Frieden
F. D.elch
Hunsberger Dd
Elgin
Ross Palmer
Shirk Ol Co
Elwein
Calken
Add
Vincent
Opal Luce
John B
Shipton & Son
Clermant
Harold Meisner
Mer- Larson
One Lerch Home& Elkader
Piente Ipper
Lawrence Celeate
Ike Campaign Tour Reaffirms Iowa Visit Schedule
Dwight D. Eisenhower urged Iowans to clean up Washington while mirroring his second Iowa swing this year. He toured Davenport Grinnell Des Moines Atlantic and Omaha with crowds cheering in Wilton Junction West Liberty Marengo and Brooklyn. Local towns held sales days in Grinnell and Atlantic to draw shoppers as Indianola hosted farm policy talks by Clifford Hope and Otha Wearin. Republican leaders contested claims of McKinley’s absence, saying he was in Canada fishing and noting Beardsley received no invitation to Kasson events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Davenport
Town
Grinnell
Newton
Clifford Hope
Kansas
House Agricultural Committee
Washington
Otha Wearin
Hastings
Gongres
Iowa
Harold McKinley
McKinley
Kassan
Minn
Dwight Eisenhower
Ike
Canada
Beardsley
Pay Cut by Ottumwa Mayor in Governor Campaign
Ottumwa mayor Hershel Loveless has taken a 50 percent salary cut while running as a Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa. His mayoral pay drops to 218.50 a month for September and October, with the general election on November 4. Loveless defends the cut as necessary while he travels the state for his campaign. The council also approved 39,869 to compensate farmers and hog dealers for slaughtered hogs due to vesicular stomatitis outbreak in Iowa.
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Herschel Loveless
Ottumwa
Iowa
Loveless
Grimm Farm Rental Ties to Elgin Area Expansion
Fred Grimm of Hawkeye rents the Nelle Reusser farm northwest of Elgin starting next year. The current tenant Richard Friederich has leased a farm near Postville and farmed the Reusser place seven years. Grimm previously farmed near Elgin and plans to return. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Grimm, reside with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Grimm
Hawkeye
Nelle Reusser
Elgin
Richard ‘Friederich
Postville
Reusser
Grimm
Ernest Grimm
County Plowing Contestants Named for Payette County
Howard Medberry Illyria and Abe Habeger Pleasant Valley will represent Payette County in the Contour Plowing Contest on the William B Miller near Clermont on September 23 The event also features ten plowmen from Allamakee Clayton Dubuque Winneshiek and Fayette counties in northeastern Iowa Soil Conservation districts sponsor the contest with farm equipment dealers and earth moving contractors aiding A field day emphasizes contour tillage terracing soil conservation practices Demonstrations begin in the forenoon with the plowing contest at 2 00 p m and a contour guideline layout contest followed by more demonstrations Lunch will be available at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Medberry
Illyria
Abe Habeger
Pleasant Valley
Payette County
William B. Miller
Clermont
Iowa
Allamakee
Clayton
Dubuue
Winneshiek
Fayette
Car Accident En Route to Elgin Involves Rothlisberger Couple
Mr and Mrs Walter Rothlisberger of Wichita Kansas were in a side swipe near Lawrence while driving to Elgin. No injuries were reported to any occupants. The couple continued to Le Roy Rothlisberger and Floyd Frieden homes in Le Roy and planned to return later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rothlisberger
Wichita
Kans
Elgin
Lawrence
Rothlisberger
Elgin Study Club Opens Season With Plans for Sept 23 Meeting
The Elgin Study Club met last Tuesday evening September 9 led by Mrs Belva Snyder with sixteen members present. Plans were finalized for a guest meeting on September 23 at the Baptist church. The year’s theme is Take Time with Mrs Allen Habeger named sick committee chair and Mrs C O Torkelson as publicity chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Study Club
Belva Snyder
Plana
Baptist Church
Allen .Habeger
C. 0. Torkelson
Ill and Hospitalized Polio Patient Home
Thomas Kerr of Evansdale is discharged from University hospital after a week's stay for polio. He is recovering but cannot work as a carpenter yet. Main after effects include stiffness and weakness, though not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kerr
Evansdale
University Hospital
Trace A
Huisinga Couple Visit Mrs Keiser This Weekend
Mr and Mrs C L Huisinga of Aplington spent the weekend with Mrs Mary Keiser, sharing time and scenes in a family gathering reported in local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Huisinga
Aplington
Mary Keiser
Elgin Canning Factory Closes After Fast Packed Season
The Elgin Canning Co completed its season last Friday after operating one month and one day. Opened August 12 and closed September 12, the firm reports excellent weather and steady corn flow. Warehouses and sugar room were fully packed and labeling crews began loading a carload Saturday morning. Two large semi truckloads arrived Monday to cart away produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Canning Co
Cedar Rapids Teacher Earns Master’s Degree at Columbia
Elizabeth McMillan, a Cedar Rapids resident and Elgin High School graduate, received her master’s degree from Columbia University this summer. She now teaches in Cedar Rapids schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth McMillan
Cedar Rapids
Columbia University
Elgin
Basement Home Wm Lerch Completes Wall in Basement Project
Build Basement Home Wm Lerch has completed laying the wall for a new basement home measuring 18 by 26 feet. The builder used concrete blocks and notes the floor will also be concrete. The site lies just west of the Sheldon Boyle residence.
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Lerch
Sheldon Boyle
Hanson Couple Welcome Son Duane Adrian in Waltham
Mr and Mrs Kasper Hanson of Waltham Minnesota welcomed a 6 pound 6 ounce son, Duane Adrian, born September 3 This is their third child, with two prior daughters Mrs Hanson’s parents Mr and Mrs Ole Blockhus visited from the prior week and were joined by the Ernest Brandt family to see the new arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kasper Hanson
Waltham
Minn
Duane Adrian
Hanson
Ole Blockhus
Ernest Brandt
Pleasant Point Study Club Meeting
The Pleasant Point Study Club met with Mildred Feller and September 9 participants. Fiftees members answered roll call with ideas to improve radio. Two guests attended. A new committee and officers were elected. Lunch was served and an auction planned for October with Geraldine Wilson hosting.
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Pleasant Point
Mildred
Feller
Mabel King
Mildred Feller
Geraldine Wilson
Darlene Shaffer
Una Leuenberger
Margaret Dinan
Sec.treas
Zella Strong
Ruby Benson
Luella Patterson
MYF Paper Collection at Nine Saturday Morning
The Methodist Youth Fellowship announces a paper drive on Saturday September 20 at 9:00 a m. Residents should place waste paper on sidewalks in front of homes or businesses and tie bundles for easy handling.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Sutter Family Visits Cedar Rapids This Weekend
Mr and Mrs Lea Sutter and Susan visited his mother Hulda Sutter in Cedar Rapids over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea Sutter
Susan
Cedar Rapids
Hulda Sutter
Elgin to Welcome Three New Homes This Fall and Winter
Construction on a new Turkey River bridge may begin soon in Elgin. A contracting firm rep searched for worker housing as three homes are planned this fall and winter. Cornish Construction Co started excavation for a russ stone ranch with three bedrooms near the Kohler plot, while Thore Thompson and Adolph Henniger also plan houses nearby.
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Turkey River
Elgin
R. E. Kohler
Charles Capper
Cornish Construction Co
Hawkeye
I New
Henry McMillan
Thore Thompson
Kohler
Adolph Henniger
Carl Hackmann
Selma Schneider
Echo
Henniger
Regular Meeting of Schoolmasters Club
The Fayette County Schoolmasters Club opened at Fayette high school on Sept. 12 with Melvin E. Colbert as president and Paul Zurbriggen as vice president. Committee rosters for 1952-1953 were announced across programs sports music academics and county basketball with chairmen named for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Schoolmasters Club
Fayette High School
Melvin E. Colbert
Fayette
Paul Zurbriggen
Elgin
A. S. Morse
West Union
Colbert
Mark Risinger
Randalia
A. A. Kaskadden
Oelwein
Arthur Senior
Maynard
Robert Hall
Donald Merritt
Walter Frederick
Stanley
Phillip A. Page
Alpha
Glenn W. Behrens
Waucoma
Marion H. Moore
Clermont
F. R. Prusha
Hawkeye
Arvid Stock
Basil Rowland
Mayemards
Milton Mikesh
Arlington
Leo H. Grether
Wendell Winders
William A. Tock
Horace
Horace 8. Hoover, Qel- Wein
James Barger
Burton K. Mitchell
Oran
M. V. Kauzlarich
Wadena
In Service Receives Purple Heart
Cpl. Clarence L. Reierson, son of Mr and Mrs Ole Reierson, received the purple heart Aug 14 for wounds in Korea. He serves in Co B 9th Infantry and enlisted last October with overseas duty begun in March. His discharge expected next January. Also noted are brief hometown moves and service addresses for other personnel including Wm Dennler of Fort Custer visiting family and Richard W Luce in San Diego boot refresher, plus A3 C James E Friederich in Amarillo Texas training assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L. Reierson
Ole Reierson
Korea
Cpl Reierson
Co. B
9Th Infantry Regiment
Wea Pa
Calmar Overpowers Elgin in Ready Young Panthers Tanked
Calmar defeated Elgin 38 to 0 after a hard fought game. Elgin, a young squad, showed growth despite injuries and turnovers, while Calmar used size to score six touchdowns. Elgin prepares for West Union next, aiming to apply gained experience to Friday night’s host.
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Elgin
Calmar
T. D
West Union
Panthers
Elkader-Monona DHIA Month Ends With Strong Milk Output
Carl Ahsden, Elkader-Monona DHIA supervisor, reports August results for 25 tested herds and 598 cows. Average production per cow including dry cows reached 694 pounds of milk with 25.9 pounds of butterfat. Notable records include Rockcrest No. 1 by A J Jonason at 17 480 pounds milk and 648 pounds fat, and Schultz Holsteins with 16 020 and 14 000 pounds milk and 604 and 572 pounds fat.
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Carl Ahsden
Elkader - Monona Dhia Association
Rockcrest
A. J. Jonason
Lawrence
Robert Schultz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Gri
Ves
Elgin Canning Factory
Columbia U
Stalingrad
New Ae Times
Japan
Mukden
Manchuria
Old Ironsides
Camp McCoy, Corp
Wm. Dennler
Fort Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Ben, Dennier
Camp McCoy
Wis
Richard W. ‘Luce
U. S
NTC
San Diego
Calif
James E. Friederich
Amarillo
Afb
Texas
Lutheran Aid Meets
Elgin Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
Clarence Torkelion
Roy Geuchtenmacher
Leo Falk
LaVern Noethe
Patch Grove
Elgin Vs. Calmar
Elkader
Monona
D. H. I. A. Assn
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