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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1966

Page

3

Birthday suppers and visits fill local pages

A busy week of social hosting and family gatherings fills the local page. Numerous households in Postville and nearby towns welcome relatives and friends with dinners, visits, and birthday celebrations including Lynne Marie and the Anderson family. A hospital birth adds Tami Dee to the community, while grand openings and sales promos punctuate the weekend.

Georgie Lauer Lynne Marie James Taylor Sylvan Taylor Ricky Lari Clara Velda Mae Lauer Eugene Ellis Kenneth Ellis Post*ville Curtis Gilson Elgin Eugene Euttis Dennis Olson Jill Cedar Falls Olson Detmer Kingery Joe Wander Glen Shave Gander John Dundee Postville Ed Hawkins Waukon Phil Steffans Jerry Anderson Community Hospital Tami Dee Edwin Anderson Verle Anderson Decorah Henry Follett Laurie Steven Leland Probert Davenport Ernest Helgerson Sharnell Sheila Ruth Schott Rochester Minnesota Harry Helgerson

Clermont Social Round: Local Families Host, Visit

The Arthur Amundson family held a picnic in Freeport Illinois for Harold Opland’s birthday. Louise Vick visited relatives in Decorah. Several families and individuals from Greene, Vernon Anderson Ahome, Ossian, Oelweirt, Canton Minnesota, and Chicago areas gathered for visits and dinners including the Knox, Raleyn, Erickson, and Skelton households with multiple guests from Waukon, Cedar Rapids, and West Union.

Arthur Amundson Freeport Illinois Harold Opland Louise Vick Decorah Albert Tinderholt Greene Town Vernon Anderson Roger Raleyn Guibert Meyer Postwille Henry Nelson Fa. Oelweirt James Taylor John Erickson Dean Jlers Carlin J. H.skelton Chicago Wesley Schultz Detroit Michigan John Finnegan Frank Cassidy Rochester Minnesota Lee Palmer Waukon Charles Regan Janice Nims Cedar Rapids Robert Minger West Union Don Cowell Joe Weber Volga Arlo Klein Don Snitcher Rossville Dean Mitts

Valley Students Earn Letters of Commendation

Valley Principal Paul Faubriggen announced two students Cheryl Anderson and Cynthia Jones awarded Letters of Commendation for high performance on the NMSQT. They are among 38,000 U.S. seniors in the top two percent of the 1967 high school graduating class, just below the 14,000 Semifinalists named earlier by NMSC.

Valley Paul Faubriggen Cheryl Anderson Cynthia Jones United States National Flerit Scholarship Corporation NMSC

State Aid for Driver Education Granted to Fayette County Schools

State aid totaling 8190 dollars supported Fayette County school districts for 1965-66 and summer driver education programs through June 30, 1966. District allocations include Fayette Community School District 570 dollars and North Fayette County Community School District 33,330 dollars, with 20 dollars allocated to Dover No. 6 School District before its July 1, 1965 consolidation. Turkey Valley Com-

Fayette County Fayette Community North Fayette County Community Dover No. 6 North Fayette County Turkey Valley Com

Driver Education Aid Tied to State Law for Districts

The program provides $30 per student completing an approved driver education course to Valley Community School District and others, based on a General Assembly law requiring districts to offer or make available driver education to all resident students.

Munity and Valley Community Glat General Assembly

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