Elgin High School Echoes Holiday Season and Sports
Fayette residents Luetide Berndt and Ethel Rennison visited on Friday. Elgin defeated Waucoma in a double header with the second team winning 9 to 7 and Fleet Frieden starring. First team 32 to 18 victory honors Elgin’s undefeated conference champions. Junior typing class prepares to send exams to New York for certificates. holiday recess begins Friday for two weeks. Upcoming games, honor mentions in the Des Moines Register, and a post on the basket social. Classroom activities include Christmas candy making, perfect spelling awards, birthday celebrations, and a Bethlehem sand table.
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Luetide Berndt
Fayette
Ethel Rennison
3. H. Foxwell
Elizabeth Foxwell
Elgin Boys
Waucoma Boys
Fleet Frieden
Bigin
New York
Robatteele
Des Moines Register
Faya County
Jwein
Elgin
Des ‘Oines Register
Realdes Gay
Lois Leonhart
Minnie Monnahan
Lewis Carter
Bethlehem
Lord Jesus
Bunnies
Jack Adrian
Junior Boyer
Mabel Grimm
Verna Groth
Gene Haheger
Ralph Hoag
Ralph Houg
Gene Habeger
Fayette County Court News Auto Registrations Compared
The total automobile licenses issued in the past year ending December first fell to 7 884 from 8 286 the previous year, a drop of 402 cars. Trucks rose to 810 from 690 in 1980 due to a law change reclassifying boxed pickup trucks as trucks, and November saw 21 new car purchases by Fayette County residents. Sheriff Attends School of Instruction Sheriff A A Robertson will attend the Des Moines school for sheriffs and peace officers March 15 16 17, focusing on crime prevention and evidence in robberies and burglaries.
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Fayette County
Willys
Nash
DeSoto
A. A. Robertson
Des Moines
Bootlegger Geta Seago Pleads Guilty in Arlington
N G Seago of Arlington pleads guilty before Judge Carl W Reed to bootlegging. He receives a $300 fine and costs and a three month sentence in Fayette county jail at hard labor. Inability to pay could extend his time to six months in jail.
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N. G. Seago
Arlington
Carl W. Reed
Fayette County
Wollen
Allison
State of Iowa
A. A. Allison
Local Driver Licenses Distributed in County Till Decline
A fragmented report notes sheriff office activity on issuing driver licenses in the fifties era. It cites a total around 9,500 licenses issued with expectations of 20,000 in Fayette County, but actual numbers fell short amid declining demand and unclear factors.
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Éarlise
Fayette County
County tax sale draws bidders at delinquent auction
In a Monday sale, about 21 bidders competed for delinquent tax and property parcels. The top bid exceeded 8600 dollars on several lots as investors pressed to acquire farm property amid the county tax forfeiture.
Jury Drawn for 1982 Court Terms in Iowa County
The 1982 juror panels list grand and trial jurors to serve at January term. Names include Louis H. Buenneke Maynard Henry Brickman Oran F R Frisbie Clermont Bert Gray Fayette J H Henderson Oelwein Olaf Hong Elgin J W Irvine Emil M Steen Hawkeye E M Phillips West Union C L Pooler Max Thome Elgin Phil Wagner Wautoma. Trial jurors report January 18 for Elgin Clermont Wadena Arlington. County Attorney Martin M. Cooney withdraws. Leon R. Layton and G P Linville of Cedar Rapids appointed prosecuting attorneys.
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Aldo
Patit
State
Lowa Va
Henderdon
Louis H
Buenneke
Maynard
Henry Brickman
Oran
F. R. Frisbie
Clermont
Bert Gray
Fay-ette
J. H. Henderson
Oelwein
Olaf. Hong
Elgin
Henderson Cane
Martin M. Cooney
State of Iowa
Charity Workers Read Notice On Union Meeting
There is a somber note about charity workers planning winter charity work and a union meeting in town next Sunday evening December 21 at 8 o clock. The aim is to organize the work to ensure credit for all labor. Each society should have one or two men as president at this meeting. Little, Witt Atk pledge to do big jobs at small cost, and give men a trial.
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Tid
Anita Fra
When Fire Truck Leaves Town Insurance Still Good
The Des Moines based Iowa Insurance Service Bureau says absence of the town fire truck does not void property insurance for fires in town. It notes towns often send aid with hose and crew, suggests a hand cart with 500 feet hose for in town use, and recommends a second truck funded by farm owner subscriptions for country calls.
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Iowa Insurance Service Bureau of
Des Moines
Asaya
Des Moines Tribune
Christmas Greeting Card Notice in The Echo
After Christmas the Echo announces it will run as many Christmas greeting cards as possible on Thursday, the day before Christmas. People may phone or call to be included. it is an old fashioned custom to wish friends and customers a Merry Christmas and the paper will handle the rest.
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Echo
Unclear fragment signals quirky diner dialogue
Fragmentary OCR text shows a waitress listing items and odd phrases including kid toys red Aver bald Heart boiled tongue trng legs and tamer urging not to tell Girlie, followed by a demand for nine ham.
Weekend Visits Highlight Local Social Ties
Mr and Mrs E L Morris of Marquette joined the John Falk household for a weekend visit while Mr and Mrs Ed Anderson of West Union were guests Sunday in the F R Berg home. The article notes government costs rising from 3 billion in 1913 to 12 billion in 1927 and near 15 billion annually, calling the tax burden aptly named.
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E. L. Morris
Marquette
John _Falk
Ed Anderson
West Union
F. R. Berg
Chevrolet Unveils 1932 Great American Value Cars
Chevrolet displays the 1932 lineup featuring silent Synchro-Mesh transmission with free wheeling, stating twenty standard and deluxe models. The Great American Value for 1932 emphasizes advanced features, redesigned front end, streamlined bodies, and extensive standard refinements across models, with production active in 21 plants and over 30,000 cars built for dealers.
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Chevrolet
Mdébeis
Alec
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