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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1948
Page
5
The State Tax Commission reports that income tax returns opened so far total over 10.7 million dollars, more than twice the 8 thousand dollar amount in hand at the same point last year. The data reflects a tax rate near 50 percent, with commentary noting early receipts and larger collections.
Discussion centers on the University of Iowa medical staff compensation plan and whether it amounts to socialized medicine. The Iowa Medical Society urged caution before action, while Democrats outline caucus results and the upcoming county and state conventions to choose delegates for Philadelphia. Candidates from both parties will present at a joint program on the KRNT stage in Des Moines.
The report outlines student achievements by grade, detailing seniors and juniors with grades, fifth graders studying state capitals and collecting free booklets, and art projects like making crepe paper flowers. It notes trips to a bakery, grocery, and apartments, plus math work, booklets for weekly readers, and Mother's Day plans.
Progress club members entertained the Study club with a buffet luncheon Tuesday evening April 27 at the Methodist church parlor. The table featured ink sweet peas and pink candles. Program included piano solo by Lula Steele a report on Mexico readings and remarks by Hetty Costigan Trish Readings and Geneyleve.
Smallmouth bass nursery streams have been closed to fishing during spawning in 13 counties and will be posted to June. Spawning is completed. Local streams or sections closed include Fayette County Little Turkey River from Fast Auburn bridge in Section 26 Auburn township to next bridge. Auburn river in Section 18. Little Volga River from Maynard to bridge near junction with Volga trunk road E 3 miles north of Maynard. Volga River from bridge east of Fayette in Section 27 Westfield township to Lima bridge in Section 15 all in Westfield. Winkleshiek County Edge on Highway 325 in Spillville. from dam to bridge on Highway 24 Ft. Madison Iowa.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety urges farmers to avoid night highway use for tractors and animal drawn vehicles. If unavoidable, vehicles must have a white front light visible 600 feet and a red rear light or reflector 600 feet back, with a red light on any attached trailer or machinery.
Mr and Mrs Monty Hood of Osceola visited a Florida fishing resort where the proprietor displayed an eight pound bass caught by a guest the day before. The angler was Grace Robinson of Osceola.
The article recalls the first detection of the European corn borer in 1917 and discusses cost-effective farming measures. It mentions Mrs. Wilbur Thornton and several others visiting Mrs. Ole M. Reierson, with names including Kay, Keith, Fritz Blockhus, Joe Wander, Linda Lou, and Herman Schup.
Elgin firemen schedule their annual dance on Wednesday evening May 5 in the Elgin ballroom. Ray Alto and Hia i Cowboys will provide music with advance tickets on sale. Everyone is urged to buy a ticket to support the firemen, who help the community in emergencies.
Mrs. Sue Bovis and Mrs. Paul Jocal will lead a house to house canvass for the cancer drive this weekend. Elgin Study Club and Progress Club members will solicit, requesting ready contributions. Elgin's local quota is 135 dollars, expected to be easily reached.
Miss Genevieve Dunkle, first grade teacher, invites all children who will start first grade next fall and their mothers to visit her room on Wednesday May 5 at two in the afternoon. She urges early registration to simplify matters for pupils and teachers. Indications point to a Class 19 enrollment in first grade.
The annual spring formal will be held in the gym on Saturday evening May 8 with Pete Dougherty's orchestra providing music An advance sale aims to move about 125 tickets In Fort Dodge Norman Price of Iowa Falls died when his car collided with a truck after a tarpaulin cover blew over obscuring his vision He lost control and crashed into a ditch.
Mrs L C Popenhagen accompanied Mr and Mrs Selmer Groth to Decorah Tuesday to visit in the Arthur Groth home. She stayed with Vic lear Groth while the Groth families traveled to LaCrosse Wisconsin to visit Mrs Jim Halverson recovering from surgery. Mr and Mrs Harney Larson took their...
Nine Fayette county rural eighth graders and seven from Clayton county are set to take county exams at Elgin school on Friday April 30. Listed pupils include Shirley Shaffer Earl Lembke Lois Medberry Roze Hofer Alice Boyer Yvonne Jacobson Ellen Nutting Lester Pritchard Joseph Peters from Fayette and Carol Nickels Jane Dennler Loren Frieden Russell Frieder ich Donna Hofer James Cook Charlee Loftagard from Clayton. With 23 eighth graders already at Elgin, a full turnout could yield one of the largest freshman classes in Elgin school history.
On Sunday April 25, families from the vicinity attended the wedding of Virginia Meisner and Norris Larson at the Elkader Lutheran church. Before the ceremony Mrs Henry Vellersven played selections on the pipe organ and accompanied Geraldine Halverson who sang I Love You Truly At Dawning and O Perfect Love. Also during the ceremony selections were Always and The Lord's Prayers.
A Lutheran World Action Rally will be held at St Pauls Lutheran Church in Postville Friday evening April 30 at 8 00 oclock Speaker will be Rev H W Falk pastor The rally includes Lutheran churches from the area Also mention of Mr and Mrs John Anderson as dinner guests in the Elmer Anderson Gorge near West Union
The Elgin Fish and Wildlife Association plans a Saturday sale at the city park with an auction of furniture household goods and tools. Donald Page presides over ticket sales for a first annual fish fry, door prize fly rod and rear and line giveaway. Auctioneer Orgin Thompson and Elgin State Bank clerks will assist. sellers bring items between 8 and 12 for identification tags.
Signe Hanson and Harlan Blockhus, both of Elgin, were elected president and treasurer of the Decorah circuit Luther League at the convention held in Decorah last Friday through Sunday. More than 500 young people were registered, with attendees from Iowa and Texas.
Real estate transfers show Gottlieb Pulfer as administrator transferring Lots 21 and 12 in Block 2 Hunsberger's First Addition Elgin to Belys Snyder as administrator for $6,507. Clarence C. Tripp as administrator transfers land in NE NE to Ray Gilbert as administrator for deed duties.
Willet W. Miller and Lois R. Olson both of Clermont. Adolph J. Kuennen and Alice May Hall both of Maynard.
The State Conservation Commission has closed eleven streams to minnow seining for the year due to a critical shortage of food minnows. The affected streams include Clayton and Fayette counties Bruce creek, Brush creek to the Volga river, and Otter creek from Echo Valley State Park to the Turkey river.
Camp Fire girls plan to collect waste paper around mid May. The exact date will be announced later. They urge residents to save paper and have it ready in bundles or cartons when called.
Elgin Chapter 6 E S will meet at the chapter rooms on Friday evening as members entertain their daughters at a picnic dinner and socialize. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Thos EB Howard in the Lawrence Cannon home near West Union. Various other local visits noted among families in Forest City Ames and Oelwein communities.
Plans for a county pasture improvement contest were approved at the April meeting of county soil commissioners with support from the County Bankers Association and the Fayette County Farm Bureau. Two contests will run in 1949 on wet poorly drained soils and upland erosion areas, promoting legumes with Brome grass to improve pastures. Prizes provided by local bankers. Farm Bureau will supply rules and entry blanks.
In Osage last week two men narrowly escaped injury while draining a gasoline truck into a reservoir. Luther Seeber and the Clear Lake driver were drenched by gas and their clothing ignited as Seeber triggered a switch. the driver escaped, the plant burned, and both men were unhurt.
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