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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1947
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial is recorded as entered for second-class mail on September 1, 1891, at the Fayette County post office in Iowa under the act of March 3, 1852.
Rich notes tall tales from Elgin and Clermont threshers amid ongoing harvest. He records several heavy yields easing the barn crop shortage while some oat fields yield little. A light shower reached the territory last Saturday morning, gauge tallies a quarter inch. A quirky line notes a 50 pound ausión joke and college-returned woman enthuses about benefits.
A collage of quips on physical culture and daily life, local travel tales, and a town meeting report. It mentions Elgin in Wisconsin, a planned community club, and a car trip of 942 miles from Waukegan to Elgin. The piece also notes Clermont and Hawkeye standings and tentative local sports activity.
The west town addition named Hackman's has been platted and staked by engineers and surveyors in preparation for a big public sale on Saturday August 12. Elgin Lands Company will manage the sale with auctioneers to be announced.
Notice is given that a corporation titled Community Investment Company has been organized under Chapter 491 of the 1946 Iowa Code with principal business in Oelwein Fayette County Iowa. The purpose includes buying and dealing in conditional sales contracts, owning and selling such contracts for autos, appliances and personal property, and conducting related business in Iowa and beyond. Authorized capital stock is 25 000.06 dollars in common shares of 10 dollars each, commenced June 1947 for 20 years. Incorporators are J P Gallagher and L B Palmer of Oelwein Iowa. Directors: a board of at least two elected at the annual stockholders meeting on the second Monday in May at 7 30 PM, principal place of business. Until the first annual meeting in May 1948, directors are J P Gallagher and L B Palmer with others to be named.
Gallagher and Baliter and officers of said corporation named J P Gallagher President and Treasurer and L B Palmer Vice President and Secretary both of Oelwein Iowa. The private property of stockholders to be exempt from corporate debts and liabilities. Articles may be amended by vote of all stock outstanding at regular or special meetings. By J P Gallagher President Attest L B Palmer Secretary E B Shew Attorney for Incorporators 48-B1e.
Aug 2 marriage licenses list Richard Henderson and Helen McNulty, John Bush and Lucille Lubke. Aug 4 Jene Shellenberg and Lillian Mazzio tti. Aug 6 Gerald Nesteby and Dorothy Gamm. Aug 7 Allen Arveson and Janice Gehring, plus Glenn Rittenhouse and Helen R. Henn. Aug 8 Lawrence Fritz and Helen Stee. Civil actions include bank note cases and partition suits. criminal case State of Iowa vs George Lemkuhle for resisting an officer. Bubble Gum contest notes Vincent Kraus blew 25 sticks to win a ten-way tie with no bubbles.
Miss Eileen Frieden and Milo Olson united in a candlelight double ring ceremony at St. Pauls Methodist Elgin with Rev. Bruce Jones officiating. The bride wore a white satin gown with lace accents and carried pink roses. attendants wore pink and blue gowns. A reception for about 400 followed at the church. the couple plans to reside in Elgin where the groom will work at Baumgartner's Jewelry Store.
Maude Webb Wilson, born May 20 1874 in West Union, died August 5 1947 in Delwe at age 73. She lived in Strawberry Point, Elgin, and Celwin. She married Dr Edmund Fitzgerald in 1897 and had one son Harry Fitzgerald. Later she married William M Wilson and spent her remaining years in Celwin. Survived by husband, son, two sisters, five grandchildren, two nieces, three nephews.
A horned toad named Oscar was found by two Deniton boys in an alley near Arizona. The finder’s origin remains a mystery. Betty Lou Nelson, two, suffered an interza hemmorrage at home, was taken to a hospital in Postville, but the hospital was full. On the trip home, Betty Lou died.
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