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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1956
Page
4
Don’t get caught with policy gaps this storm season. Fayette County Mutual fire policy and Iowa Mutual Tornado Assn. wind policy offered. Local representation by R. P. Strauch. 43tfp.
State News reports the formation of a bipartisan tax study committee aimed at recommending a fair tax structure, with the group pledging an honest effort to complete a large, important report. Also noted are four Polk County district court suits by the Iowa state board of social welfare charging sons with failing to support their parents, seeking double the aid paid if possible.
District Judge Ray C. Fountain ruled the Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Division may regulate liquor distillery sales reps. The decision upholds a quarterly limit on calls to commission staff and requires dealings with designated officials. The Foster suit, filed in November, challenged these controls as discriminatory and trace back to Gov Beardsley’s order.
A committee weighing a county manager form of government may draft a bill for the legislature. The state highway commission warns diversion of 10 percent road tax into school aid would slash the primary road program by about 3.68 million dollars and reduce funds for secondary roads cities towns and farm to market projects.
Real estate transfers include Fred A House and wife to Harold K Connor in West Union part of Lot 17 Cook Add. Lorenz E Schatz and wife to Dale Upham Lot 10 Block 2 Fuller Add West Union. Doyle Baker and wife to Robert Helms and wife Lots 9 and 10 Block 1 Hackmann Add Elgin. Contracts Millard C and Joseph L Larson to Lyle Mabb and wife Lot 156 Clermont New Cars Registered Axel Rasmussen Arlington Ford 2 door. Peter Wingert Arlington Chevrolet sedan. Walter Falb Elgin Cadillac sedan. Maquoketa Valley Co op Arlington semi trailer transport. Floyd Stannard Wauna Den? Ford sedan. Winfred Strong Elgin Mercury sedan. Elsie Jerdee Clermont Chevrolet 2 door. Chas Schroeder Arlington Chevrolet pickup.
Urban areas show lower traffic death rates than rural areas. In 1955 rural deaths exceed eight per 100 million miles of travel, while city deaths are under four. Night driving proves more hazardous than daytime driving in both settings.
The text presents a naval command line to Captain Robert J. Stroth, commanding officer of The Saratoga, with timeless prayer phrases. It combines the Eternal Father strong to save sungine and requests grace to follow Christian morality and faith in God, the Bible, and good men.
A fragment contrasts a street remark about a perpetual kicker lacking a solid stance with a witty definition of a wife who sits by in sickness and endures in health. The lines frame humor about commitments and domestic partnership.
Sunday gatherings in Elgin featured the Robert Boyle, Lawrence Gehting, and Bemiss households hosting relatives from Waterloo Cedar Falls and West Union. Week events included supper guests from Racine and Seattle and a Monday trip for Stanley Capper to the State University. Overnight visits spanned Janesville and Clermont with plans to Custer and the Black Hills.
Mr and Mrs Harold Halverson and Steven traveled to Des Moines Sunday for a G W Co convention. They were joined by Mr and Mrs Albert Halverson who visited George Schroyer in Iowa Falls before returning Monday night. A note mentions am ino triazole weed killer being nonselective and injuring any plant it touches. Newspaper advertising may be adjusted to conditions.
Recent rains may have encouraged gully erosion but added moisture helps establish reed canary grass, a native Iowa species ideal for healing gullies. Where late summer rains have provided moisture, this grass can be planted now to control gullies and restore soil stability.
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