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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1956
Page
1
Elgin Iowa located in Fayette County was entered as second class mail matter on September 1, 1891 at the post office in Elgin under the act of March 3 1852.
The notice lists SE Subscription rates at $2.00 per year for four Northeast Iowa counties and $2.50 per year for all outside above territory, payable in advance. Advertising rates include Meaders per line, Want Ads at 10 cents per line with a 30 cent weekly minimum if cash is included, otherwise 18 cents. Blind ads and inquiries incur a weekly minimum. Cards of Thanks and Memoriam Cards cost $1. Resolutions of Respect and obituary poetry follow regular advertising rates.
Miss Dalene Avis Shaffer and James W. Whitford wed at Illyria Community Church in a Sept. 23 ceremony. Rev. E G Steinman officiated as music by Harold Strong and Jo Jean Whitford accompanied. Bridesmaids and details highlighted lace gowns, pink roses, and blue satin accessories. Reception followed with local hostess committee.
Dundee and Mrs. Gerald Shaffer and Beverly Howard of Cedar Rapids attended the guest book. The bride wore a green knit dress with black accessories and is a 1955 Elgin High School graduate who studied nursing in Des Moines. The groom, a 1952 Volga High School graduate, attended USU Fayette. After a Black Hills wedding trip, the couple will reside on a farm near Volga.
Miss Lois Ann Larson and Victor H. Schneider wed in a candle light ceremony at Elgin Lutheran Church attended by 406 guests. The bride wore rosepoint lace over satin with a chapel train, accompanying bridesmaids in blue gowns. groom and party wore white dinners. After the ceremony, guests gathered for a reception as families and friends from Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, North Carolina, and beyond traveled for the event.
Eagle Grove Franklin Rochester LaCrosse Des Moines Boone Waterloo and Preston are named as key places in the report indicating regional connections. The item highlights a geographic spread across Minnesota Wisconsin and nearby Iowa locations.
The couple wed Sunday Sept 16 at Wesleyan Methodist Church Rochester Minnesota with a reception in the church basement. Miss Sharon Pinney was maid of honor and bridesmaids wore amber tortoise and bisque gowns. The newlyweds plan to live on a Goodhue farm after Oct 1.
Corncobs and cornstalks can substitute for hay in beef cattle rations. When properly supplemented these roughages often yield results as good as normal rations and hay.
Funeral services held for Peter N. Peterson 86 of St Olaf. He died Sept 12 after illness. a farmer and insurance agent, former president of Gander cheese factory. Survived by wife Mary Elizabeth Baumeister, four sons, three brothers, three sisters, eight grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren. Burial at Norway cemetery with relatives attending from multiple states.
The article advises that each set of 100 hens requires 20 feet of feed troughs to maintain good egg production, outlining a practical guideline for poultry housing and nutrition management.
Cherry Valley residents shared hospitality with numerous relatives and friends over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Orlin Mason visited in the Martin Minihan and Marvin Berse homes. many others including the Leuchtenmachers, Christen family, and the Hanson, Dennler, and Muehlenthaler households hosted or visited relatives across the area.
A group of neighbors and friends with picnic baskets gathered Thursday evening to surprise Mr. and Mrs. William Friederich as they celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary.
Russell Brown of the Iowa department of public safety cites a Pennsylvania study showing teenage accidents dropped 66 percent due to driver education. He argues education reduces accidents and violations, saves lives, and should be expanded from about half of Iowa’s 800 public high schools offering the training.
Two northeast Iowa dairies are listed in the official annual tally for high producing Holstein cows. Lyle E. Zieman of Luana and Clarence Zurcher of Farmersburg are named among the top animals.
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