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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1942
Page
2
A school note extols cooperation as vital to national duty amid crisis. It urges prompt service, collective talent, and perseverance. The piece mentions a Thanksgiving party, weight checks, and a lesson on adding in the upper grades, with students saving War Stamps and earning spelling honors.
In the senior class a well known member is Thelma Landsgard aged 18 with a birthday on Oct 30 She is 5 ft tall and weighs 114 pounds Her favorite foods potatoes day Sunday song and roses Her hobby is sewing She is active in the Girls Glee Club and secretary of the Home Ec Club Her aim is nursing training A visitor Jack Boleyn returned to Elgin High for a visit and was warmly welcomed
Students cheer as Thanksgiving break begins on Wednesday with no classes for four days. Teachers also head home for the long holiday, while families plan activities and relaxation amid the festive mood.
After six weeks of tests and report cards, students relax and celebrate with a feast of turkey and other treats, savoring the joy of vacation and freedom.
The operetta titled Days O Kerry Dancing includes primer through seventh grade pupils. A two act show features ten main characters with 82 in special choruses and a total cast of 92 students, with a performance set for December 18.
A rambling local item mentions the Dalmaceos distributing canned foods and fruits in gift baskets, cheeky remarks about Harold Johnson, Thomas Dea ler, and Ben, plus Christmas service thoughts. It notes Elva Mae’s mitten worry and Florence’s anger, with playful gossip about Alice joining the Marine Corps women’s division and Doris Hanson’s happiness. The sports section forecasts basketball tours and gas rationing challenges, with plans for practice and transportation to upcoming tournaments.
Birthday entries list November to December birthdays for Leo Schori Jr Betty Larson James Bu tikofer Jane Falk Maxine Nelson Betty Strauch Paul Pinney John Warton Verna Groth Maxine Lehman Glen Yearous Virgil Green Lorraine Larson plus service notes for Reuben Nydegger Keith Thoma Harold Conner Joseph Hanson and a wartime payroll estimate noting about three million civilians on the government payroll with one third in nonessential roles and a comparison to the Navy.
Creditors of Cecil J Buck operator of Jenning s Flower Shop at Oelwein Fayette County Iowa are notified of an assignment of all nonexempt property to B L Belt as assignee for the benefit of creditors. File claims within three months of first publication in Fayette County District Court West Union Iowa.
A World War era item notes R G Gehring won a wrestling championship cup at Fort Douglas 1917 and sent home. Walter Kohis appears in a Co D 61st Inf roster from Charlotte N C as troops head overseas. Bud Boyer, home briefly from Camp Dodge, reports good health and readiness for Camp Pike Arkansas. Elgin High defeats Lawler High 27 to 17 at the opera house with the Shakeristos taking curtain-raiser 15 to 13.
Word comes that Walter Vinton, one of Uncle Sam's boys, has been transferred to the aviation corps with expectations of his success. Dr H S Wright of West Union received a commission as 1st Lieutenant in the dental reserve corps. Carrie Frieburghaus, Margaret Grether, Florence Kohler and Theo Nicklaus return home from the U S A for Thanksgiving. A mystery surrounds the Schatz farm near West Union after unsettling incidents with milk and lard deposits on the property.
A marketing note promotes a mineralized tankage supplement for hogs as a top choice. It claims the product is 100 percent digestible and presented as one of the best corn supplements on the market.
A brief catalog of components including Tankage Oil Meal Linseed Oil Meal Soy Bean Oil Meal Gr Limestone Bone Meal Glauber Salts Oxide of Iron Charcoal and Salt used in feed production.
Independence Produce Co. MUlford manager Elgin Iowa contract notes indicate business dealings and local commerce in Elgin Iowa with MULFORD listed as manager.
A man named Warren Wattonville of Jolley, while in northern Minnesota, aimed to capture a bear seen in a hollow stump. The bear proved to be fully grown and wrestled the hunter for 20 minutes until an Indian guide intervened and killed the animal with gunfire.
A wartime appeal stresses keeping a renowned cow, Cow A, for defense production and allies. The plea urges consulting bankers and creamery managers before any sale, arguing the cow as a Foster-mother of the world and a vital food supply to save lives and rebuild herds after the war.
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