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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1955
Page
1
A group of Legionaires purchased the Everett building in Wadena on Tuesday for 700 dollars. The two story structure measures 34 by 80 feet with large surrounding lots and is centrally located.
Wadena reports hostesses at the Gold Star Tea in the Legion hall with three Gold Star mothers named. The Presbyterian Church Women’s Guild met with fourteen members present and four children as plans included cleaning the church, a bake sale, a food basket, and fundraising goals. Other items include a Christian Approach on Communism program and visits by local residents and guests to family homes.
The Pleasant Valley Home Makers organized Tuesday September 13 at Mrs. Virgil Torson home with fourteen women. They elected officers to lead a monthly nine month year extension group and planned 1955 1956 topics on family living including a lesson on low calorie desserts. The next meeting is October 11 at 1 30 pm at Mrs Lawrence Gehrings home.
Practice judging by Bobby Swenson Ronald Lyn gans and Harold Hanson represented the CEFFA in a sub-district dairy judging workout last Saturday. Held on dairy farms in the Decorah area ten classes were judged. They covered the six major dairy cattle breeds. The event prepared contestants for the dairy judging contest at Waterloo on October 1.
Iowa boards eye selective admissions as enrollments rise with University of Iowa and Iowa State College projections near nine thousand students each. Iowa State Teachers College already turns away about one hundred annually. Toll road talks link Iowa and Illinois with Govs Hoegh and Stratton at the helm. Democrat farm conference set for October 21 22 in Des Moines to address agriculture issues. Delegates from 11 states attend. Police group names new leaders with Edward Peterson as president and three vice presidents named from Davenport Sioux City and Muscatine.
Mr and Mrs J A Medberry announce the engagement of their daughter Lois to Roger Amundson son of Mr and Mrs Martin Amundson of Postville. An October wedding is planned at Park Lutheran Church St Paul Park Minnesota with Rev A O Nesset officiating.
The Elgin Lutheran Church hosts the fall convention of the Decorah Circuit Evangelical Lutheran Church on Tuesday September 27. Delegates from 39 congregations will attend along with pastors to discuss business and hear speakers including Dr Warren A Quanbeck and Rev Z M Gjellstad with others from Decorah and nearby churches.
The 1955 state corn picking contest will be held Oct. 12 on the Joseph Goerdt farm a mile south of Dyersville in a forty acre field with another forty acres for parking. Sponsors announced the event to promote safety and efficient operation of pickers. The winner here will advance to the national contest in St. Joseph Missouri on Oct. 15.
Wadena firemen topped Elgin in a five inning donkey ball game last Thursday evening. Score was not officially recorded but estimated around 12 to 2. Players and spectators enjoyed the event and Elgin firefighters thanked Wadena neighbors for organizing the charity game.
Squirrel hunters tried to smoke out a squirrel in a hollow tree on the Elmer Frieden farm Sunday. They set the tree on fire and pulled out, forcing Frieden and his son Gerald to improvise a fire department by loading water on a truck and fighting the blaze to protect their crops. Farmers wary of trespass respond by posting their land.
The grand champion baby beef at the Big Four Fair in Postville sold for 27.25 per hundred to Oscar Mayer Packing Co. The 875 pound Shorthorn owned by Robert Kerr brought 238.43 dollars.
A brief classified note highlighting want ads as a quick way to buy sell or swap items. It emphasizes small ads delivering big results and encourages readers to use the classified section for commerce.
Cherry Valley residents hosted and visited across nearby towns with multiple calls on friends and relatives. The Good Neighbors Club met September 30 at the Hofer home, collecting 27 members, discussing remedies, gifting a wedding present, and preparing lessons on earings. An upcoming meeting is set for October 11 at the Torkelson home with Meisner and Minihan assisting.
Mr and Mrs Herman Kohls of Waterloo were supper guests Saturday of Mr and Mrs William Kohls in an informal family gathering. The visit highlighted neighborly ties and shared hospitality within the community.
John E. Kiple Jr will end farming with a closing out sale at the A J Larson farm 412 miles west of Clayton Center on Friday Sept 40. The sale features 24 cattle 62 feeder pigs hay oats standing corn a Palomino mare household goods and a large line of mostly Allis Chalmers farm machinery.
The Young People's Luther League of Elgin Lutheran Church presented a one act play Come Holy Spirit at a Youth Night on Sunday Sept 18. Cast included Leigh Erickson Leslie Lembke Anna Friederich Kenneth Staff Florence Hofer Mary Erickson Ronald Blockhus Janice Loftsgard Lavila Larson Roberta Barker Yvonne West. Reports by Ronald Blockhus and Leigh Erickson on the International Luther League Convention in San Francisco in June and Bible Camp at Luther Park Chetek Wisconsin. Morning worship installed officers for the coming year Leigh Erickson president Leslie Lembke vice president Anna Friederich secretary Janice Loftsgard treasurer Florence Hofer PTL secretary.
Mrs Anna Goff, 80, died Thursday September 15 at the home of Mrs Norris Capper. She was taken to Petersburg Ohio for burial. Services were held Sunday afternoon. Mrs Goff had lived with the Cappers since 1948. Mr and Mrs Capper and Orville Moore left Friday to attend the funeral and visit relatives in Carrollton Canton and Baltimore to see James L Capper and Herman Moore. They plan to return October 4.
Mr and Mrs Reuben Schupbach plan to move to the apartment above Falks Market around Oct 1. They currently reside at the Conner residence at the east end of Center Street.
Deputy Sheriff Mark Schatz, 43, collapsed while testifying as a witness in a Waverly courtroom. A doctor pronounced him dead. Schatz, a former West Union city clerk and councilman, is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Fayette County Treasurer W. M. Knox warns that the 56th General Assembly strengthened delinquent personal tax penalties. The law requires weekly publication of all delinquent personal property taxes for two weeks. If unpaid after final publication, a distress warrant and liens proceed, with sheriff enforcement to collect. Taxes are due Jan 1 with two installments, penalties accrue April 1 and October 1, plus 5 percent after December 1.
Sunday school week at the Baptist Church runs Sept 18 25 with the Sunday school in charge of Thursday evening worship Sept 22. Special recognition for teachers and officers occurs during morning worship and after the Sunday 25 social hour. October is rally month with a rally program Oct 3 and weekly special numbers. An attendance contest will be held.
The Clermont-Elgin Tigers defeated Maynard 13-0 on Friday night to join a four way tie for first place. Swenson scored on a six yard run in the second quarter, Mitts added the extra point, and Mitts later scored on a four yard plunge. The Tigers host Fay ette Cardinals next Friday at 8 p.m.
Bernard Ebbing of Rath’s Waterloo will speak at the Elgin High School adult agriculture meeting next Tuesday evening September 27 on Hog Finishing and Marketing. Ebbing has conducted many hog finishing experiments and will show slides. the event is open to all with lunch served.
The M Y F group met at Archie Howard's home Sunday evening with 18 members and two counselors present. John Christen reported on the paper drive and said the camp salvage cash of 46 dollars was earned from a Marion pickup. They plan a hay ride on October 23 and elect Patsy Capper as president, Doris Meinhard as vice president, Linda Kiple as secretary, and Danne Meinhard as treasurer for the coming year.
The Northeast Iowa Hereford Association held its first annual consign ment sale in Postville last Saturday. Ten breeders entered 25 bulls 35 heifers plus a few young cows and 15 club calves. Top bull sold for 975 dollars and top cow for 379 dollars. H W Helms and Sons sold a bull for 465 dollars and a cow for 340 dollars. W F Kohler and R E Kohler clerked for Elgin State Bank and Tom Sherlock acted as auctioneer.
The Order of Eastern Star will hold a benefit card party on Tuesday evening September 27 at 8 p.m. at the Masonic hall. Members are asked to bring a card table and service for one, plus cards.
Mr and Mrs Louis Thoma announce the birth of a daughter in Springville on Sunday September 14 weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces. Mr and Mrs F D Welch and Mrs Dove Jackson drove Mrs Erma Smith home to Rudd Sunday and visited the Boyd Stiles home. Mrs Smith had stayed with the Perry Medberry household since Wednesday. The Trail Seekers of Wahanka Camp Fire met at Ada Falk’s home for a business meeting and lunch was served.
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