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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is published every Thursday by R. P. Strauch and is entered in the Elgin Payette County post office as second class mail matter.
A 1941 diary-style column recounts a scouting trip by Rich through Decorah Cresco Castalia and nearby print and rendering plants. He notes landscaping along Route 9 costing around 50 000 for twenty miles and praises a border of flowers planted by a farmer. The piece includes commentary from Alden Primney Missouri Democrat about federal “news releases” and reflections on school start and teaching jobs as ads and job movement rise.
The Iowa State Commerce Commission sets September 9 1941 at Des Moines as the hearing date for Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative Inc to seek a franchise to erect and operate a 7200 volt transmission line across Fayette County lands roads streams and private property. Objections must be filed five days before the hearing with full authority to act. Barbara Hall 19 remakes chairs for charity and Aid to Britain.
Mr and Mrs George Vaughn and Chris Moser attended Henry Lehmans funeral in Minneapolis last Friday and the service was held Saturday. The canning factory may have a short busy season if heat continues as corn matures at once. Henry Bigler and Andrew Thorson bought a 1 passenger Chalmers from H T Knudtson this week. Lew Lehman and son sold four Shorthorn cows for 530 dollars to Hawkeye buyers, a record sale for the area. The Ladies Aid supper raised 14 dollars for the treasury. Myron and Mrs Burnside moved upstairs above Ed Klingmans barber shop while former occupants Fertig stored goods above Greenley cafe. The opera house received a fresh coat of paint. Chas Hader is recovering from appendicitis. John Berndt and wife welcomed a daughter Tuesday night August 22, making three daughters. Ward Brabham’s foundation wall is complete and work will start on the house. Miller and Miller draymen dissolved their firm, with F C Miller and Harry Miller continuing separately. The stage show The Shepherd of the Hills comes to Elgin opera house Monday August 29. A group including Schweitzer, Kohler, Schmid, Berndt, Hanson, Kiple, Christ, Greenley, Holzer, and Groth fished Sunday in Guttenberg without great success but reported a good outing. Turkey River bridge work completed by Mr. Finch, who moved machinery northwest of West Union.
In a Justice Wilford Clark court matter, 18 year old Harley Voshell of Oelwein pled guilty to reckless driving after a sign theft incident with Lyle Krueger of Elgin following a county fair ride. Voshell received a 30 day jail sentence.
Soldiers of the 41st Division set up an improvised bath depot from an abandoned bathtub to wash off field dust during ongoing war games in western Washington.
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