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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1958
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial, 3711 Elgin Iowa, is listed as a weekly Thursday paper. It notes second class mail status since September 1, 1891, at Elgin post office, Fayette County, Iowa, under the 1852 act. Published by Strauch & Hermen.
Subscription rates are 2.50 per year in four northeast Iowa counties and 3.60 per year outside the territory if prepaid. 50 cents extra for both zones. Advertising lines include want ads at 10 cents per line with a 30 cent weekly minimum if cash accompanies the order. otherwise 60 cents. Blind ads and inquiries incur a 6 cent weekly minimum. Cards of Thanks 1.00, In Memoriam 1.00, up to 10 lines. additional lines 5 cents each. Resolutions of Respect obituaries and related notices charged at regular rates.
John F. Christ, 85, retired painter and longtime resident of Waseca Minnesota, died Tuesday at the Lau Rest Home after a lingering illness following a light stroke in April. Born August 24, 1873 in Alma Wisconsin, he moved with his parents to Elgin Iowa, then to Waseca to join his sister Mrs F.
E Bell notes Christ lived unmarried but cared for children and relatives. Survivors include two sisters Mrs. Ben Fr. Man they and Mrs. F. E. Bell Was eca, and two brothers Will Christ Waseca and Cliff Christ Bigin, plus many nieces and nephews. Three sisters Edith Lynch Elizabeth Hemingway Emma White preceded him. Funeral Thursday at Pfaff Chapel with Rev. Robert Kempelien. Interment at Bigin cemetery.
The Tews Associations for Retarded Children sponsor regional meetings from September 28 to November 9 on The Care and Management of the Retarded. An American Psychiatric Association report to Governor Loveless cites about 78,000 mentally retarded in Iowa, with 3,800 in state institutions and 74,200 in the community. A workshop in the local area will be at Maynard on October 12.
Ten members of the Fayette County Tuberculosis and Health Association attended a regional meeting for volunteer tuberculosis workers at Independence on September 18. MacKerman, field representative, called for more Christmas Seal funds for medical research. Christmas Seal Sale campaign plans were outlined for the volunteer Seal Sale workers. Attending from Fayette County
Fayette county received the attendance award for having the largest number of workers. Notable figures include Mrs. J.T. Parke vice president Maynard and county rural chair Mrs. Geo Olesen West Union, with several local chairmen named in West Union Arlington Elgin and surrounding areas.
The Clyde Wengers of Moses Point Alaska publish a long August 1958 letter to the Martin Wenger family in installments. The author explains being busy with work and fishing, notes the delayed correspondence, and describes spring transitioning quickly from winter to summer with ice and snow melting near Moses Point.
A narrator recounts summer life near Nome with snow on hills in June and possible Dolly Varden or Arctic Char trout spawning. He details a one week peak of trout fishing, sharing catches near twenty four inches, and gives away most fish to a bush pilot. Muskeg gardening succeeds after tidal saltwater exposure. Dog salmon and humpy salmon appear in June, with six to ten pound fish, and low tide fishing favored around the point where river meets bay.
A community can become a better place by providing ample, accessible facilities that support stable families and healthy living. Emphasis is on universal access to health and welfare services, empathetic social agencies, and emotionally aware hospitals and clinics to reduce worry and delay in treatment.
The passage outlines measures for a healthier society through churches offering spiritual guidance and counseling, schools aiding self-understanding and harmony, safe housing, steady productive work, and recreation facilities that complement personal resources. It emphasizes communal welfare and the role of institutions in fostering adjustment and development.
Card of Thanks items express gratitude to Dr Walsh Rev Caspers nurses and aides at Palmer Memorial Hospital Ty ria Ladies Aid and friends neighbors and relatives for gifts cards end letters May God bless them all Mrs Mabel King Batty Reierson Mr and Mrs Ivan Ande also thank everyone for cards visits and support during hospitalization and after recovery
The passage lists neighbors and relatives visiting homes in Clinton and nearby towns. Joe Kjota and Burnell Larson hosted events with the Larson and Habeger families. Visitors from Michigan and Cedar Rapids joined the Wenger and Schupbach households for a weekend, including trips to Cedar Rapids and Davenport.
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