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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
5
Breen questions Fischer over state appointments and the 1940 governor bid. He cites examinations for public safety workers and alleges some hires bypassed tests, noting party shifts and patronage concerns. Republicans claim reorganization saves money. Democrats dispute. A car dispatcher report shows fewer state cars in use since 1939, with Democrats operating more vehicles than Republicans.
UU opens Sept 11 with a 30 percent enrollment rise from last year aiming for about 300 students in the first semester. Freshman orientation spans Sept 11 and 12, with upperclassmen registering Sept 12 and freshmen Sept 13, drawing students from many new communities.
Oliver J. Anderson, 76, lifelong president of Decorah and Winneshiek County, died Monday morning at Decorah hospital after a short illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2:00 PM from Olson-Ivergon Funeral Home and 2:30 PM at First Lutheran Church. Survived by his wife and five children: Mia Capper, Chas Capper, Elgin Thulin of Cedar Rapids, Mrs J E Heinen of Denver, Cole Anderson of Decorah, and Oliver Anderson Jr. of Wash.
A large crowd attended a ceremony unveiling a marker for the inventor of the world’s first gasoline tractor. The tractor traveled the same course Froelich’s original machine did 47 years earlier. Col C H Froelich of Bethlehem, Penn., the inventor’s only living son and an engineer with Bethlehem Steel, participated in the dedication.
Publishers from multiple Iowa and Wisconsin counties will meet in West Union on Friday September 8 for a regional session sponsored by the Town Press association. Irma Young of Cedar Rapids visited Tuesday for several days with Mr and Mrs Chas Capper.
Elgin's new school superintendent, arriving from the consolidated schools at Oran, has been in town about a month preparing for the opening on Monday, September 4. He reports that everything is set for the important day.
County Attorney Jobin L. Duffy said federal agents of the U S pure food and drug department will investigate Dubuque based Clair F Limbeck, 52, owner of the Iowa Poultry Co, over alleged interstate shipping of poultry with water injections. An information charging Limbeck with a state law violation was filed Tuesday afternoon in Justice Michael Hogan's court.
Police confiscated a hypodermic needle and other gear from a man after a Monday afternoon building confrontation. Prosecutors said the items were used to inflate poultry weights, implicating the suspect in fraud.
Clifford Gisleson of east of Elgin got a piece of steel in his right eye while removing paint from a car top with a power sander. He felt little pain at first but by night the eye was very painful and he visited his family doctor the next day to have the steel removed. He was laid up for several days but no further trouble is expected.
A small fire along Cemetery Road was contained before heavy damage. Erma Grether returned Tuesday from a Northern vacation visiting Duluth and her parents. Mr and Mrs Butikofer and Blunier families traveled from Roanoke to the Black Hills Estes Park California Catalina Island and Yosemite on a lengthy return trip via Maywood Long Beach San Demas Salt Lake City and other stops.
Max Medberry reports flax yielded about 11 bushels per acre on an eight acre plot with flax seed priced just over one dollar. Several neighbors also tried flax this season though its viability for the area remains uncertain.
The Soret canning operation ran full and lines worked with all retorts filled as warm weather hastened corn quality. Empty cans were delayed causing Wednesday deliveries to be canceled. Few damaged kernels needed trimming and staff shortages appeared for the first time in years, signaling a peak week before easing later.
Beekeepers near Elgin deliver the 1939 honey crop with price around one dollar per ten pound pail. The industry is in a slump as prices rarely stay above $1.50, with wartime highs near $3.50 when sugar spiked. Tofield Lehman and Albert, Jacob and Dan Butikofer southeast of town maintain large bee colonies.
Russell Wenger submitted to Seagate Monday for the removal of his tonsils and adenoids. He returned home from West Union hospital Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Wieland and daughters Margaret and Mildred, and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ransier of Bay City Michigan are visiting with the ladies sister and husband Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schupbach.
A Sunday afternoon fire at Postville destroyed an ice house in the business district, but firemen confined the blaze to that building. Loss was about 2500 dollars. Alfred Meyer, lessee, occupied a building owned by the Burger estate. He said the loss was covered by insurance.
Miss Coronel Rothlisberger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Rothlisberger, hosted by Mrs. Fleet Frieden and others at Illyria church Saturday afternoon August 26. Over one hundred guests from the church group and nearby neighbors attended. The bride to be will wed Floyd Frieden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Frieden, on September 4.
Winifred Schmid will leave this week for Miles City Montana to teach at the high school. Mrs. Richard Brackin visited in New Hampton with her sister and other relatives. Betty Wenger starts a country school near Sumner as classes begin Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan hosted dinner guests including several couples. Dena Dummermuth learned two brothers died in Norway, buried on the same day, Albert Ryestol wrote. Gertrude Grether visits her parents after a western trip ending in Pasadena. Advertising is an investment.
C. O. Christ buys stock and leases fixtures of the Coffee Cup Cafe from Mrs. Marie Heston and will open at the stand on Monday September 4. He is experienced in the business and will not be new to its ins and outs. Mrs. Heston, who has run the Coffee Cup for about ten years, has no definite plans for her future work.
At the Fayette county fair last week 4-H entries dominated. Jack Gehring placed fourth in the heifer Holsteins, won top honors for 4-H colts as his sucker colt was champion, and took third in the yearling draft colt. Thomas Dennler was second in the class, Margie Dennler won first in Buff Orpingtons, and Wm. Kohls of Elgin showed the grand champion Percheron stallion. The Rothlisbergers won junior champion ball with a junior yearling Shorthorn. Helms & Son led Herefords with multiple firsts. Rothlisberger entries earned numerous ribbons in Hampshire and Southdown sheep.
Mildred Steffen, 23, of Epworth, slipped near a cliff at Backbone Park Sunday afternoon and fell about 75 feet to the bottom. She died instantly from a fractured skull and neck after being rushed to a physician at Strawberry Point as her sister Celia, also present, collapsed. It was the park’s first fatality in nineteen years since opening.
Delores Nyborg of Gander ranked among the top six in the redhead loontest at the Iowa state fair. She is a school teacher and recently attended Y Iowa State Teachers' College at Cedar Falls. She will be given a screen test. Max Frederick of New Ulm Minnesota visited among Elgin friends yesterday. Henry Parnes of Chicago visited Monday with Gertrude Grether in the Hans Grether home. Mr and Mrs Donald Gilson Sunday at the Tullius son home Decorah. In the evening they were guests of Mr and Mrs H F Sersland and family celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. Mr and Mrs Edwin Krueger and Mr and Mrs Aulden Oelberg of West Union returned Monday from Des Moines where they attended the state fair. Shirley and Virgil Boleyn of Polk City accompanied them to visit their grandmother Mrs Eliza Habeger. The girls parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Boleyn and Colleen came Wednesday and will also visit here.
Supt. C. J. Robinson attended a 6:30 dinner at the Rex Hotel in West Union Monday evening hosted by County Supt. D. R. Roberts for all Fayette county town and city superintendents. Afterward the group met at the county superintendent's office to outline and discuss plans for the coming school year.
The first Schoolmasters meeting is planned for Thursday evening September 14. Supt. Owen Olson, the current president, will host. All county male teachers are members of this club.
Four new school superintendents join Fayette County for the coming year. Robinson is the only one previously in county service, from Oran. New county leaders include Theo Ressler at Clermont, Donald Hoth at Oran, and Kibbie at Maynard. A coaching shakeup also hits with nine of thirteen coaches new to their posts, and Elgin appoints R F Medemann from Alpha.
County officials announce a three county meeting for all school teachers and executives at West Union on Wednesday September 20. Arrangements are being made at the county headquarters. The National Youth Administration again has funds for youths who can work spare time, with Elgin’s 54 dollar allotment last year shared among three students.
Two more schools join the six man football movement this fall. Members of the association now include Elgin Clermont Calmar Arlington Wadena and Hawkeye.
Elgin will play six games this season with two meetings against Hawkeye. The schedule shows Wadena at Elgin on Sept 22, Elgin at Calmar on Sept 29, Hawkeye at Elgin on Oct 6, Elgin at Hawkeye on Oct 12, Elgin at Arlington on Oct 20, and Clermont at Elgin on Oct 28, all starting at 3 30 p m.
G J Mosby and Dr Wolf improved the postoffice by repainting the front in the familiar green. Plasterers work on the addition and carpenters will take a week or more to finish after that stage.
Chas Wenger is digging a cess pool and constructing septic tanks at the rear of his tavern this week. Lois Miller was a dinner guest Sunday of Maxine Lehman at the Lehman family home of Mr. and Mrs. Lehman.
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