Elgin High School News Highlights from Primary to Band Practices
The Purple and White Tattler covers Elgin high news. Primary pupils craft tulips and arithmetic booklets while missed entries list absent students. Second and third grades hike for signs of spring, make kites, and note cherry blossoms. Lois Miller profiles in Who’s Who reveal plans to study at Luther College and become a band director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Larson
JoAnn Miller
Shirley Howard
Aldine Mitts
Janice Torkelson
Janice Pinney
James Butikofer
Barbara Boleyn
Bradley Anderson
Howard ‘Wolf
Bobby Daniels
Lois Miller
Lois
Luther College
Decorah
Elgin High
Maxine Lehman
Alice Becker
Bernice Blockhus
Winter Breen
Betty Schori
Paris
Ethel Boyle
Dale Kelly
Otis Torkelson
Reuben Christen
Junior Gehring
Anna Schupbach
Wintergreen
Betty Strauch
Corrine Scholen
Betty Snyder
Corrine Schnien
Anna Mae
Hazel
Gerald Frieden
Fourth through Seventh Grades School Notes and Activities
Fourth and Fifth Grades list students with perfect attendance and those returning after absences. Dean Torkelson achieved the highest English test score on bird identifications. Fifth grade reports cover South American products and a rubber processing frieze. Sixth and Seventh Grades describe Indian vase patterns, a unit on Struggle for Existence, seed planting, and a radio program with sound and program committees. Campfire Girls share First Aid lessons and a trip to see Land of Liberty, plus doughnut sale plans. archery equipment is used with Boy Scouts. New teachers fill Miss Sadoff vacancy with typing and shorthand classes. Visitors noted include Snyder, Kohler, Wenger, Cooley, and Opland. Senior Play moved to May 2 with Mrs. Schori directing. Miss Sadoff’s note: she enjoys her new work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul and
Marie Adrian
Carolyn Falk
Leo Lehman
Lavern Dennler
June Grimm
Phyllis Pinney
Robert
Raymond Boleyn
Donald Frieden
Dean Torkelson
Bobby Chapman
Jim Bovis
Elreles
Clifton Kohler
Ben Schori
Vernon Wede
Dorothy Torkelson
Joan Mosby
Jane Falk
Miss Reed
West Union
Miss Brant
Land of Liberty
United States
Cedar Rapids
Boy Scouts
Country Lawyer by Bellamy Partridge praised in review
The Book Shelf presents a Betty Strauch critique of Country Lawyer by Bellamy Partridge born in Phelps New York. It portrays Samuel Seldon Partridge and his son as they practice law in a small town, balancing humor and humanity across fifty years of village life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Strauch
Bellamy Partridge
Phelps
Samuel Seldon Partridge
America
Back Again Rope Swing Accident and Repair Link
Jim Sowers of Henderson brought a watch for repair that bore a note from 1886 about L. S. Robinson of Glenwood. The repairer, Lewis Robinson, is the merchant’s son. Dale Chaney of Millersburg escaped serious injury when a rope swing tangled and nearly choked him, leaving him unable to wind himself for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Robinson
Glenwood
Jim Sowers
Henderson
Lewis Robinson
Towa
Dale Chaney
Millersburg
Wadena notes show club meetings and community items
The Wadena News reports Ladies' Club at the Presbyterian Church elected Mrs. Ray Herwig president after Mrs. Oscar Hunsberger resigned. Auction Bridge and Square Deal 600 clubs met with various members hosting and prize winners. Numerous visits, travels, and minor incidents across local families are noted, including health, accidents, and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dante Elgin Opera House
Les Hartmann
WMT
Margaret
Rosemary Cline
Dora Frey
Dubuque
Ladies’ Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Ray ‘Herwig
Oscar Hunsberger
A. G. Herrling
Auction Bridge Club
Ed Raftis
Luther Crandall
Ray Herwig
James Freeman
Raftis
Thad Walters
Square Deal 600
Mayme Molumby
W. R. Phelps
Lizzie Kohler
Mayme Malumby
St. Paul
Minn
George Fay
Waterloo
Herbert
Gordon Fay
Jay Broughton
San Francisco
Calif
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Francis Corkery
Cecelia
Tim Corkery
Sumner
Ralph Holtzman
Gloria
Janet
Ole Johnson
Ralph Reed
West Union
Art Nes
Davis
Roy Cline
Bad Luck and Pranks Across Iowa in A Week
A sequence of small mishaps and jokes across Iowa features Billy Campbell of Bata via injuring himself in a fall and burns, Bob Abel of Sheldon swapping sugar and salt for an April Fool joke, his sister joining in, Monson Shaver and Dell Means of Corning reliving childhood crawls for a wager attracting a large crowd, and Wallace-Louden of Blanchard reported recovering from an earlier incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Abel
Sheldon
Mary Anna
Bob
Monson Shaver
Dell Means
Corning
Century-Old Iowa Work Horse Charlie Retired at Last
Special CFI photo shows Charlie the work horse with owner George Flanagan. Charlie, aged thirty-six, is among Iowa and national veterans in equine years, having carried U S mail on rural routes for nine years and worked on farms long before retirement. Charlie’s eyesight remains sharp and he embodies exceptional longevity for a horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa
Harold Benzing
Charlie
George Flanagan
U. S
Lost purse found in trousers by Reinbeck man
Two days last week John Veith of Reinbeck searched for a purse with $20 and found it hidden in the wide cuff of his trousers. Also, Independence rural mail carrier Arthur Manson was pulled from muddy roads and began a tractor run to complete his 52 mile delivery route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Scott
Titanica Marshall
Vivian
John Veith
Reinbeck
Arthur Manson
Independence
Slump in Aesthetic Effort Contrasts Shoe Output
National shoe industry data show a sharp decline in style effort while infant shoe production surges. About 96,000 pairs of ballet slippers are made annually versus 23,237,000 infant shoes each year, signaling eight notable trends in the market.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eva Boyer
Betty Schorl
Werley Bailey
Harvey Gilbertson
Opal Denaler
Rose Denaler
Phyllis Frieden
Mavis Durscher
Erma Butikofer
Betty Ann
Theresa Snyder
Robert Kohler
Robert Wenger
Norma Cooley
Norma Opland
Miss Sadoff
C. B. Schori
Echo
Wadena News
Merrill Dougherty
Indianola
J. K. Green
Corydon
Dougherty
Walter Larson
LeMars
Howard
Perry
Mallard
wWa
Dixie
J. Housman
What Cheer
Alaska
John G. Carson
Cape Yakatoga
oMaska
Billy Cole
Hopkinton
Supt
Mecklenburg
Hopkinton School
Frank Parcher
Nodaway
August Meyer
Lone Tree
C. S. Macy
Wilbur Beenker
Beenken
Billy Campbell
Batavia
Wallace -Louden
Blanchard
Elgin
Opera House
W.M.T. Band
Walned
Lehman’s Hdn
Grundy Center
Schumacher
Weibel Mill CO
Elgin, Iowa
Factory Fresh
G&j Tires
Elgin Oil Company
F. D. Welch
Love Brothers
O’neill Drug CO
Elgin, Towa
General Electric
Elgin Furniture Store
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