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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1945
Page
5
The piece discusses Americanism in relation to the Good Neighbor policy and religious tolerance. It quotes James F. Byrnes on enduring peace and asserts the need to foster tolerance at home, noting postwar shifts in population, politics, and regional views, with rural areas shaping true Americanism.
The 92nd Fayette County Fair will run August 21 to 24 at the West Union fair grounds. Daily events include Ernie Young's Revue, Clyde Miller's Rodeo, a society horse show, harness racing on Wednesday and Thursday, and baseball each afternoon. Kids Day is Tuesday with free gate admission for children up to high school age. Entries must be in by midnight August 18.
The Fayette County War Chest drive runs Oct 1 to Oct 13 with a meeting of the executive committee at West Union on Monday Aug 27. Quotas will be set, and credit will be allowed for 1943 collections over the quotas. A mid September meeting for all local chairmen will receive instructions and supplies, followed by early October meetings for local chairmen and workers. Dates for speaker programs to be provided by the State Organization. A S Morse County Co-Chairman.
Mrs Maud Peters announces a closing out sale at her Elgin home this Saturday before moving to Clinton Illinois where her brother lives. The Elgin house was sold to Mrs Mary Alen.
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet next Thursday evening August 16 at the home of Mr and Mrs Ed Wenger with Mrs Martin Minihan and Mrs John Anderson assisting. Gilbert Anderson of Minneapolis arrived for a week’s vacation. he has worked for Moline Implement Co for three years. Mrs Roy DeSart of Mason City visited at the DeSart home and with relatives.
August birthday honors at his farm 312 miles east of Elk River as relatives and neighbors gather. T. H. Thorson, born August 5, 1850 at sea crossing from Norway, is the oldest member of East Clermont Lutheran church and Marion township. Sixty-nine attendees from nearby towns join in greetings, cake, and lunch.
The Grether family gathers at Hans E. Grether residence in Elgin with visits from Leo H. Grether and family from Cincinnati, Ohio Lloyd F. Swartley from Duluth, E. E. Ehrhardt from Los Angeles and Mrs. Harold Rossman from Washington DC. A Sunday flight to Chicago with arrival in Prairie du Chien at 7 36 joins the gathering while the C M Greer family of Pasadena remains missing.
Paul Waters entered University Hospital in Iowa City as a patient of Dr Steinler after injuring his shoulder. The doctor set the joint Tuesday and allowed him to return home on game day. He will report back in about three weeks and may be up and around but must avoid jolts or jars to prevent re dislocation.
Readers wonder about the Echo Enterprise delay last week. The press ran hot and molten that caused the second run to stall Wednesday night, forcing publication to finish Thursday morning. The heat disrupted printing with a half day delay.
Mr and Mrs R P Dunham and family from Rockford Illinois spent the weekend in the Ray DeSart home, sharing time with friends and relatives.
A collection of wartime letters recounts postings in Europe and the Pacific, including transfers between armored divisions, mentions of Nice France and Monte Carlo, and observations on German camps. Messages describe home addresses, ship voyages from Frisco to Pearl Harbor, and a Miami Army Air Field reunion after 30 months overseas with details on awards.
The one room school building in district one Pleasant Valley township sold to Alfred Jacob for 275 dollars on Saturday evening August 4. It was the only bid and the board accepted it after a recent school election authorized disposal of the idle building. Further township buildings may be offered for sale later.
A series of local improvements in Elgin highlights efforts to maintain neat homes and pleasant surroundings. Will Kohis completed white with green trimmed painting. Sheldon Boyle remodeling and adding a south porch. Adolph Lehman had carpenters laying shingles. Glen McKellar and Kohis and Baumgartner pursued extensive remodeling and repairs.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Pinney Mrs Soren Sorenson and Janice Sharon Jerry and Fred Pinney drove to Decorah Sunday for the Sorenson family reunion. Soren Sorenson and the Floyd iGannon family joined others including Mr and Mrs Aler Umdahl Frieda Sorenson of Rochester Minn Chester Norton family of Minneapolis Helen Bisbane and Mrs Jorgenson of Chicago Ash family of Oelwein Morse George and Harry Olesen families of West Union and Oscar Reeder and Morse Sorenson families of Rochester.
Elgin's Little Swiss Band played Tuesday afternoon to support a municipal hospital fund raiser at Sumner. Their former teacher Matty Zurbriggen joined the group, completing the ensemble as in past appearances.
Mr and Mrs Wm Grove took S W Kuster to Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo for observation and treatment Saturday Doc is reported feeling much better with Mrs Grove staying with her father and latest reports from the hospital indicate improvement
Severin Block reports recent start of threshing on Tuesday in fields of early oats east of Elgin. The sandy bottom lands hasten maturity and yields are described as good in both quality and quantity, though no figures are available yet.
Gov Robert D Blue weighs hiring a state aeronautics director at a salary between four thousand five hundred and eight thousand dollars a year. The commission favors seven thousand two hundred, while the governor argues for a lower figure to grow the division postwar. Also notes Young Democrats organizing plans, tax study committee appointment, paper shortages delaying the Iowa Official Register and Iowa Code, and a day in the governor’s life dealing with state matters and a labor standpipe issue.
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