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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1938
Page
1
George Waldron declares for the June 6, 1938 Republican primary for the office of sheriff in Fay ette County subject to Republican voters' decision.
Announcer seeks renomination for the office of Fayette county treasurer. The candidate asks Republican voters to consider the bid at the primary election on June 6, 1938.
A 1939 term supervisor candidate is named for the board of supervisors with term to begin January 1, 1935, conditioned on the outcome of Republican primaries and party vote appearances.
Candidate for nomination to the office of supervisor for a term beginning January 1 1939 subject to Republican voters decision at the primary June 6 1938 Harry R Humphry.
A candidate for the nomination of Sheriff seeks support from Republican voters in Fayette county in the June primary. Art Frisch, Sumner.
The notice states the supervisor position for 1939 is subject to the decision of Democratic voters in Fayette county at the June 6, 1938 primary election.
For supervisor, 1940 term candidate for the Republican nomination for supervisor for the term commencing January 1, 1940, subject to voters at the June 6 primaries. M. J. Schneider, Fayette.
The Iowa Safety Council will issue courtesy cards to auto drivers praised for especially courteous highway acts. Reports come from the observing driver on a card sent to Des Moines headquarters, with a card acknowledging the act and location. The program mirrors existing traffic violation cards and supports the “Save 100 lives in 1938” project.
Readers report a rangy rumor circulating in the Echo about an unusual event. Local residents, including several neighbors and shopkeepers, say they saw something unexpected near the riverfront and are waiting for official confirmation.
L L Kiple returns to school after illness. Senior class includes Frances Benson Grace Boyer Earl Greenley Max Hunsberger Ern Bauder. Notices announce Miss Anna Mae Anderson and Mr P H Larson marriage. Ash Olson dies near town. Amelia Walther marries Lewis Stalbaum at Elkader. Frank Kimball buys Rudy Jackwitz restaurant. Frank Greenley takes drag line. cemetery work. five concrete arch bridges planned. Chancy Hill home chimney fire. K Jons horse treated for kidney trouble. Weather turns cold after warm spell with a snow storm April 27.
Readers weigh in on Center Point high school sit-down victory over public school authorities. Editorials condemn student tactics while urging adult resolution and caution about imitation in adolescence. A father warns drivers to protect children and avoid harm near schools.
Leslie Birdsell, the Fayette star route carrier, halted between Elgin and West Union to help a farmer and wife whose car had skidded into a ditch. He built a partition in his truck to separate calves from the mail, loaded them, and delivered the calves to the West Union auction on time, while the couple’s car was repaired and they reached the sale with funds in hand.
A leading executive defines life insurance as a savings plan that matures even if you don’t. The concept is described as the installment purchase mom won’t finish paying for and a monthly reminder when she gets the check about his character. INGOs Slwaye promotes optimistic messaging in advertisements.
A quoted test of pronunciation from a bulletin shows a Harvard group failing to read a sentence correctly. The text humorously notes misreadings and recalls a Kentucky flood telegram about returning a boy, followed by a report of forty lumbermen attending a turkey dinner at the Rex Hotel with a subsequent business meeting.
The term cathedral comes from the Greek Kathedra meaning portable chairs used by philosophers to deliver orations. This etymology notes how early sacred spaces borrowed the chair as a symbol of authority in teaching and worship.
Mrs Lena Clark in Marion township chaired a Friday meeting to reorganize for next year. Officers elected include Township Chairman Mrs Ern Lerch and Publicity Chairman Mrs Floyd Reavis with Music Chair Mrs L O Reierson. Leaders and co-operators named, next year’s work will be a third year Clothing course by Mary Wood of Ames.
A Greene Recorder piece notes that readers favor practical concerns like golf and gardening over distant politics. The author urges safer streets as children play, praising parental guidance and urging law enforcement to boost driver cooperation for safer highways.
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