Elgin News From Area Social and School Events
Mrs. Mary Clothier is in Methodist Hospital Rochester after a fall fracturing her hip. Nita F Patterson received the Doctor of Osteopathy degree May 23 1977 at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and will intern at Dallas Medical Education Consortium. Numerous visits, trips, and weekend gatherings are listed for Elgin area residents including many relatives and friends across Minnesota Iowa and Illinois with multiple travels to Ames London and Bloomington. A scout picnic is set for June 23 with rain date June 30 and a Boy Scout and Cub program. a 4-H Clayton County exchange with Spencer County Indiana runs June 20 starting a two year program.
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Mary Clothier
Methodist Hospital
Rochester
Nita F. Patterson
Wilson Patterson
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kirksville
Patterson
Dallas Medical Education Consortium
Frank Rizzo
John
Marc
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Merlin Hellum
Clara Hellum
Gerald Hellum
Minneapolis
Minn
Otis Blockhus
New Brighton
Otto Blockhus
John Lyford
Vernon
C.B
David
Des Moines
Jeff Kittay
Ruth Loftsgard
Jake Schneider
Alexander Pollock
Mason City
Gordon Pollock
Richard Schultz
Jennifer
Town City
Aurelia Schultz
Postville
Robert Schneider
Briarwood
New York
George Butikofer
Ervin Metzger
Marie Schneider
David Lantz
Angie
Erin
Windham
Russell Medberry
Milo Halverson
Spring Valley
Mervin Hunsberger
Bessie Palmer
Clearwater
Myrton Palmer
Jimmy
Douglas
Brighton
Mich
Art Chapman
Jim Schneider
Glen Dennler
Cris
Williamsburg
Ben Dennler
Fleet Frieden
Bob Robbins
Tiffany
Melbert Baechler
Flossie Ogle
David Gerber
West Bend
Dale Moore
Eli Fisher
Eureka
Ill
Clayton County
Spencer County
Ind
Jum Hosch
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio River
Rockport
Abraham Lincoln
Santa Claus
Delaware dairy festival planned features The Gentle Touch
The June 22 Delaware County Dairy festival in Dundee will showcase entertainment by The Gentle Touch a Cedar Rapids quartet. The event will crown the 1977 Dairy Princess present awards and announce contest winners.
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Dundee
Delaware County
The
Gentle Touch
Cedar Rapids
Elkader lawyers named to Iowa Bar Association committees
Three Elkader attorneys were appointed to Iowa State Bar Association committees by president elect Philip J. Wilson of Council Bluffs. Ehrhardt joins the legal history and biography committee, Kathleen Neylan serves on the Family Law Committee, and Harold H. Palas sits on the Membership Committee.
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Elkader
Iowa State Bar Association
Philip J. Wilson
Council Bluffs
Ehrhardt
Kathleen Neylan
Harold H. Palas
Volga Churches Hold CCD Classes Involves Parishes
About 75 children from Sacred Heart Volga and St. Joseph Wadena attend Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes at the Volga church. Pastor Father B J Kalb leads with help from three St Francis Sisters Sister Geralda Leppart Sister Lane Rubly and Sister Rachel Berns.
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Volga
Sacred Heart
St. Joseph’s
Wadena
Legal Services Expands in Fayette County
Low income residents of Fayette County gain access to Legal Services through Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation. Ed Block, Fayette County Advisory Board chair, says funds from a national foundation enable the Dubuque area Legal Services Corporation to extend to Fayette. An attorney will be in the Courthouse Outreach office at least twice monthly with appointments via Outreach Aides.
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Fayette County
Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation
Ed Block
Fayette
National Foundation
Legal Services Corporation
Dubuque Area
Pork Producers Plan Tour In Delaware County
Delaware county pork producers and others in the pork industry will tour out of county operations in Cascade Scotch Grove and Lost Nation. Reservations due by Friday June 24. Meet at Manchester extension office at 8 a.m. and Delhi Park at 8:15. Return by 4 p.m. Bus transport with catered lunch.
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Dundee
Delaware
Delhi Park
Jaycees plan July 4 fete in Manchester
Manchester Jaycees sponsor a 4th of July celebration at the fairgrounds with a Superstars competition among business employees and sponsored participants. Activities include obstacle courses carnival game booths dunking tank and a fireworks display ending around p.m.
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Dundee
Manchester Jaycees
Manchester Fairgrounds
Jaycees
Fairgrounds
Becket on Championship Hand in 1968 Trials
Alvin Roth of New York staged a brilliant bridge play in the 1968 Trials. Facing East West North South cards, he rejected a diamond finesse, built on clubs and hearts, and used a clever diamond exit to thwart East’s supposed trump control. His precise discards and ruffs left East with no confident trump tricks and Roth secured the final two tricks to win the hand.
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West
Alvin Roth
New York
South
Roth
East
Declarer
Gifford Insurance Agency Changes Ownership in Elkader
The Gifford Insurance Agency in Elkader, a 35 year family business, is sold to Glen Gifford’s son Brian effective June 1. Brian and his family moved to Elkader Memorial Day weekend and began in the office June 1. Brian is a 1958 Central Community High School graduate with a doctorate from the University of Missouri and has worked at Drake University in Des Moines. The Fayette County Extension calendar lists several June activities and meetings in Fayette.
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Elkader
Gifford Insurance Agency
Glen Gifford
Brian
Elkader Memorial Day
Gifford
Central Community High School
University of Missouri At Columbia
Drake University At
Des Moines
Florence Lomax
Galena, I
Tom
Marshall
Andrew
Prices paid for No 2 yellow corn and No 1 yellow soybeans
Daily grain prices compiled from country elevators by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and USDA show the close values for Friday. Figures cover regions including Morinwest Central Northeast Southwest Southeast, with Soybeans around 7.25 to 7.50 per unit and Corn near 7.29 to 7.68 in various districts.
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Daily Grain Des Moines
Lowa
Lowa Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Malloys Held in Ethiopia Pay Demands to Return
Enclosure mentions missionaries Fred and Martha Malloy, parents of Delwain’s, detained in Ethiopia where 500 workers were employed in a handicraft business. New government rules require $40,000 in court-assessed penalties for forced closures, denying departure. Senator Humphrey arranged plane tickets, but $10,000 must be paid first. The June 15 issue urges donations to any Oelwein church, funds to be held until the Malloys are released.
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Halp
Fred
Martha Malloy
Delwain
Dan Malloy
Ethiopia
Hubert Humphrey
Register
Oelwein
Malloys
Randalia youth to conservation leadership camp
SUTHRIE CENTER June 6 Forty seven youths from 17 counties attended the first session of the Conservation Youth Leadership Camp at Springbrook State Park near Guthrie Center. Michael McFadden of Fayette county was sponsored by Westgate Conservation club to attend. He will be a senior at West Central Community School and has served as a camp counselor for three years. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John F McFadden Randalia.
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Suthrie Center
Springbrook State Park
Guthrie Center
Michael McFadden
Fayette County
Westgate Conservation Club
McFadden
West Central Community School
West Central
John F. McFadden
Randalia
The yuicuna Wild Relative of Llama Noted for Soft Wool
The yuicuna, a wild relative of the llama, is recognized for its long fine lustrous and soft wool. Its distinctive fleece sets it apart among Andean camelids and suggests potential for fiber use and breeding value.
Oelwein Library Announces Summer Activity Series
The Oelwein public library will host summer programs for area children with Monday and Thursday 2 p.m. movie sessions through June and July. Special activities include puppet show for grades 3-6 on June 29, storybook friends for preschool to grade 2 on July 6, a mime group for grades 3-6 on July 20, storybook friends again for preschool to grade 2 on August 3, and folk music for grades 3-4 on August 17. In 1941, Josef Stalin succeeded V M Molotov as Soviet premier.
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Oelwein Public
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Oelwein Library
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V.M. Molotov
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