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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
5
The Iowa Public Safety Department reports 70,000 licenses mailed as renewals extend to two year validity. Superintendant Clarence Shirer notes 950,000 renewals remain and production runs on three shifts photostat 20,000 per day. Licenses for mailed renewals proceed first to ensure trouble free verification.
The T. J. Ryan road crew expects to finish its work on county trunks south of Elgin this week. They are widening several places on Kern hill, having finished the fill at the new bridge. County Engineer Finch said there is considerable repair work to be done in this vicinity but he could not be sure when it would start. Heavy rains last spring disrupted road building plans.
Washington announced by Secretary Knox that all men enlisting in the Naval Reserve will be kept on active duty through the national emergency but released to inactive duty as soon as possible after. Enlistment is for four years, but those who enlist now and the emergency ends soon may return to civilian jobs and not finish the active four year term. Applicants must be native born U S citizens except Class V 5. Details available at regional Navy Recruiting Station.
Chas. and Boies Capper returned Sunday from Wendell Minnesota where they went Friday to tend farm business. They report crop conditions exceptionally good this year with small grain threshing well and ample rain keeping other crops and grassland in good condition. Wendell lies in the west central section.
Damage occurred as glass flower containers were smashed and scattered across monuments in the cemetery. Authorities are quietly investigating to identify the perpetrator or perpetrators. Adolph Lehman was ill and absent from Thoma's store. Virtus Yack from Bristow, Oklahoma arrived Friday to visit his parents Hz D. Yack and Mrs. Hz D. Yack.
Carol Wilson and Glen Schupbach from Elgin enlisted at the Des Moines Navy recruiting office last week and will travel August 26 for tests and exams. Carol, 23, prefers electrical engineering in radio and telephone. Glen, 17, leans toward diesel power study. The Navy offers about fifty trades with strong job prospects after the emergency. The Echo provides an instructional booklet to interested trainees.
Former Corning resident Clara Stella Watenpaugh aged 76 died at her home on July 26. Born in Elgin she lived in Corning until about 40 years ago when her husband worked on railroading and they ran a West Elgin grocery. Survived by six children and five grandchildren. An aunt of Mrs. Roy DeSart of Mason City, she will be remembered by many older residents.
The East Clermont Luther League will host a social on Sunday evening August 17 at 8 15 at the Hilder Bilden home on Bilden road one mile west of Gander. A nominal admission covers a free lunch of ice cream cake and cookies. Everyone welcome.
A mail schedule that began August 1 lists southbound departures at 7 00 a m and 445 p m and northbound runs at 1020 a m and 6 00 p m This plan extends for seven months with no additional changes noted.
The American Legion Auxiliary meeting is postponed one week and will be held Wednesday, August 27, at the home of Mrs. F. W. Hughes. Hostesses will be assisted by Mrs. C. O. Torkelson and Mrs. Carl Torkelson.
Private Harold K Meyer is stationed at Camp Grant in Company D 28th Medical Training Unit Third Platoon. Donna Wenger and Harold Conner visited last Wednesday evening at the Eldred Dummermuth home.
Max Lehman’s hayfield burned about an acre last Thursday evening. Firefighters used farm chemical spray to check the blaze while neighbors beat out small fires with sacks. A 26 foot plowed strip around the area was laid out as a precaution under dry conditions.
Hareo Construction Co of Des Moines finished primary 12 from Elgin to Clermont and will move to primary 11 between West Union and Calmar. The 22 foot wide surface used a heavy asphalt oil RO4, yielding a hard durable blanket. Over one thousand gallons of oil were applied and mixed with fine gravel, then rolled.
State Conservation Commission officials urge park visitors and outdoors users to exercise extreme caution with fires due to dry conditions. They ask extinguishing all picnic fires before leaving the area and to use only designated fireplaces in picnic areas. Fishermen and others are reminded to fully extinguish matches and cigarettes.
Auto deaths for the first five months reached 13 760, up from 11 790 a year ago. Also noted, Mr and Mrs Walter Kohls were supper guests at the Howard Boyle home near Clermont on Tuesday to celebrate Mrs Kohls birthday.
D R Roberts attends Iowa American Legion state convention in Des Moines as Fourth district representative on the Americanism committee. He is a past commander of Fayette county Legion posts and serves on the state convention committee.
Elgin Canning Co begins 1941 pack with limited corn deliveries and short hours as hot dry weather dents crop quality. 4 Silver Cross Bantam variety, early maturing, is being received from a small number of growers. Manager Schori cannot predict further harvest readiness or potential shutdowns. Factory tests show many tiny ears and bare tips. eight husking machines run briefly each day. Labor appears sufficient, with steady married women workers and regular male staff. Preseason storage supports expected output, though mid-warehouse stock is low. Weather remains a constraint, and cooler days could aid operations.
The Lehman family held its 17th annual reunion in Elgin on Sunday August 10 with about 120 members attending a picnic dinner and program. JF Lehman presided. letters from Louise Schorl and Celia Rennison family of Batesburg South Carolina were read noting poem Our Ancestors by Ethel Rennison. Officers elected include Louis Lehman president F B Lehman and B J Baumgartner as vice presidents and Louise Baumgartner as secretary treasurer. The program featured songs readings and piano solos with many Lehman relatives from Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois listed in attendance.
Philip R. Weaver, Lieut. Commander, U S Navy, head of the Des Moines recruiting office, organized a local Navy Committee to aid enlistments. Members are R. P. Strauch, Chas Capper, Co Christ, C. B. Schori, G. H. Falk, G. J. Mosby and B. J. Baumgartner. Capper Christ and Schori, veterans of World War I, will share insights with interested youths.
Helen M. Reed, a member of Beta Alpha Epsilon and minor in Art, English, and biological science, has two oil paintings in the Students Art League of Iowa State Teachers College quarterly exhibit. The works are The Grand Canon and Symphony in Blue a scene of the Oregon coast. Reed taught in Elgin public school for three years and will teach in Anamosa next year.
F C Muehlethaler selects a cream trim for his store building as it receives composition brick siding. The project includes maroon screens and storm windows. Mrs J Butikofer spent last Thursday in Mrs Anna Schupbach’s home. Guests over the weekend included Mr and Mrs Frank Boyle of West Union Mrs Martha O Neill of Volga and Simon O Neill of Cedar Rapids visiting Mrs Dora Boyle.
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