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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
2
The weekly Elgin schools publication lists staff roles from editors Betty Schneider and Betty Schori to class editors and reporters. It documents activities including Camp Fire Girls bingo plans, alumni updates, and student projects, with vivid notes from the roving reporter on the April 1 gathering and attendee vibes.
Fourth and Fifth Grades study South America and China as final geography stops. Fifth grade dramatizes Robin Hood while reading and tackles safety unit themes. Arithmetic covers areas perimeters and measurement units. Spelling top scorers Bonnie Howard Norma Miller. Art includes Feeding Her Birds and tulip drawings. Burton Wolf out ill. Sixth and Seventh Grades review punctuation capitals and decimal addition. Towa History scenes of pioneer days. Circle work in Grade 8 geometry. Freshman News notes new teachers Mrs Schori Mrs Strong and Jim Christ in various subjects.
The young George Loring Brown, later a noted American landscape painter, finished his first painting as a boy. A wealthy critic offered to pay 50 cents, but the boy blurted $50 and the critic paid it, launching him from a wood cutter's apprentice into artistry.
A Perry visit by British soldiers led Mrs. Harry Heaton to write Queen Elizabeth praising the boys. The queen’s lady in waiting replied with royal appreciation. A Bigelow hatchery lost 100000 eggs to a sleet storm when power failed from Monday night to Wednesday afternoon. Proprieter Leo Lane could not obtain new generating equipment as WPB would not approve. Dr Phil S McQuirk of Audubon secured a furlough for a private to marry, after contacting Seymour Johnson Field officials. Henry H Hutson’s car hit a crib and barber pole, smashing a plate glass window. damage $150.
Lightning strikes kill an estimated 400 persons yearly on farms and injure between 800 and 1,000, impacting farm families nationwide with recurring storm dangers and the need for safety measures.
Elgin Iowa council met at town hall with all members present. Bills audited include Elgin Echo printing 2.70 mayor Falk 14.00 salaries for ONeill Schori Dean Muehlethaler Kohls 12.00 each treasurer Thoma 2.40 clerk Harrington 75.00 power company lights 51.09 street hall 1.18 pumping 24.39 janitor and marshal Larson 14.59 etc. Treasurer’s annual report examined. part approved and filed. Board of Review adjourned to Thursday at 8 pm to inspect the assessment roll.
A four engine bomber at top speed consumes fuel at a rate equivalent to the average family car using six months of fuel in one hour. The warning highlights wartime efficiency needs and resource strain from heavy air power.
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