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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise notes Marjorie Scheel and local editor staff member joins Iowa Press Association and Editorial Association. Post office listing shows Clermont Fayette County Iowa as the mailing locality.
Iowa officials debate direct primary reform and caucus history, noting attendance as a flaw and contrasting the former caucus system with open meetings. The piece details state car procurement since 1939, showing 195 purchases and a shift away from Des Moines dealers to firms across the state under the dispatcher act.
Cler mont area items include Mrs Howard Moser’s appendectomy at Postville hospital and reported good recovery. Socials feature a Friday luncheon hosted by Mrs L L Carr with West Union guests, Thanksgiving travels of students and staff, and family visits. Community bridge, dinners, births, and Forester club meetings are noted with several named locals and nearby towns.
Mrs. Vincent Daugherty of Bellevue leaned on a second-story porch railing last week and fell to the sidewalk when the railing collapsed. She sustained a severe back injury.
The Ladies Aid Society gathered Wednesday at Mrs. L L Carr's home with Mrs. L R Jones and Mrs. Henry Olson assisting. Members shared fall poems and clippings, heard a Thanksgiving magazine article, and Gov Wilson's Thanksgiving proclamation. December session set for December 30 at Mrs Len Simek's home.
Mrs. John Nelson hosted a Saturday evening party for ten people to celebrate Elmer Nelsons eighteenth birthday. Guests included coach Banning and nine basketball players with gifts, cake by Mrs. Harvey Meyer, and refreshments served with help from Mrs. Theo Loftsgard. NO BATHS. Knoxville council enforces delinquent water bill collection risking water shutoffs for residents unless bills are paid.
Marjorie Roth Koth and Louis Olson exchanged vows at the Lutheran parsonage on Wednesday November 27 with Rev. E E Ramsey officiating. Attendants included Mildred Olson and Foster Roth as the couple’s siblings. A reception and shower followed at the church parlors with a program by local residents and Rev Ramsey. Clayton county officials cannot raise the courthouse flag due to necessary repairs to the flag pole.
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