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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1946
Page
3
Subscription payments, new and renewal, may be made to Clermont Local News Editor Mrs Hess Tschantz who will issue receipts. Publisher.
A report from Carroll notes funds hinder a statewide survey inspired by the Eldora youth uprising. The committee, allotted 5000 dollars, cannot secure more without board approval, and hopes additional funds may arrive if needed. Other panels finalize reports on postwar tax, correctional institutions, and hospital surveys under Dr. Bierring. The Iowa State Guard prepares a final encampment as National Guard restarts duties.
Des Moines discussions plan April 29 events as county committees are named. Climax observance set for August 21 to 30 during state fair week. Rumors say Washington approves Interstate 6 as cross town, with No 30 urged by local officials. Administration may declare Highways 69 and 275 north south and Highway 18 east west in Iowa.
Chief S N Jespersen may announce a training school for patrol applicants as more than a hundred seek patrol positions. The patrol roster remains below the prelegislature authorized 128, while a 182 cap was set later. Lt Gov Evans urged universal driver exams at least every ten years, targeting those never tested since licensing began.
Iowa business lines showed little change from January with marked increases in building contracts. Analysts believe postwar reconversion depression has bottomed out, predicting gains ahead. Residential contracts rose 154 percent, business contracts 67 percent, and building permits 13247 percent. Employment, farm prices, and industrial payrolls each up 147 percent versus January 1946, while bad debts fell 857.
Regular meeting of Clermont town council held at noon with Mayor J B Shipton presiding. Oath of office given to Mayor Will J Nelson and councilors by Shipton and Nelson. Minutes approved. Bills paid and committees named. Health physician Dr I C Jerdee appointed. Bond and treasury clerks approved. Board of Health and Board of Review adjourned. assessments read and approved. Local residents Bruce Nelson and guests noted. social visits and birthdays mentioned.
A lengthy social column notes visits among Cedar Falls residents including Mr and Mrs Fred Bigler and extended families. Bobbie Bigler, a 53 month overseas veteran, met Miss McLaughlin in Ireland where he spent a year before North Africa. Many local families host relatives and friends from Decorah, Chicago, West Union, Leroy, and Nordwood. The piece lists numerous Sunday gatherings, dinners, music contests, and hospital visits, with movement to Elmira and Iowa City hospitals and upcoming moves and engagements.
Mr l and Mrs Ralph White iGenerel Wells and Mr and Mrs Harry Becker spent Sunday in Dubuque visiting Rose Mathias who is quite ill Mrs Richard Griebenow and Dennis called on the John Kay family at Calmar one day last week.
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