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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
5
Santa Claus returns to Elgin this Saturday for a final season appearance. He arrives shortly after one, leads a parade to 1:30 show time and free movies at the opera house, then distributes treats as children exit. A 3 pm community Christmas tree program ends activities, with carol singers visiting shut-ins’ homes.
Elgin stores faced crowding with packed shops and long lines as Saturday afternoon bustle reflected the Christmas Spirit. Clerks struggled to handle demand while customers remained cheerful, signaling expected higher business than last year and a record late-season rush anticipated in the closing week before Christmas.
Richard Olson of Clermont praised the John Deere Day at the Echo office for its success. He met many potential buyers, aiming to cultivate more. He recalled a previous similar event where one new customer purchased hundreds of dollars in machinery, highlighting cost savings from oil research that reduced gasoline production by three cents per gallon.
Members of the Progress Club enjoyed a seven o clock dinner Monday evening at Klingman s cafe. The Christmas party featured red and green table decorations and gifts exchanged after the second course. A social evening followed at the home of Margaret Strauch.
Ethel Boyle of Elgin won first place in the humorous division at Fayette county declamatory contest held at the Fayette high school auditorium Monday evening. Judges were Supt D L Wood of Elkader. Coaches credit to Mrs C B Schori for guiding the local contestants.
The committee selected to arrange an ice rink chose the school yard as the site. On Monday morning, Walt Kohls Rev Zoschke George Boyle and schoolboys staked out a 100 by 100 foot section and set bridge planks. They plan to flood the area and let it freeze as it fills. Weather has been mild, delaying rapid freezing, and youngsters hope for colder weather soon.
The article notes that pins were once so costly only the wealthy could buy them and a law limited pin sales to the first two days of the new year. On those days wives received pin money from husbands to shop, a custom that endured as pins grew cheaper and the phrase broadened to mean personal expenditures.
Lyle Evans, 24, of Monona, was instantly killed early Monday when the car he rode in skidded on an icy highway east of Rossville. He was crushed while attempting to jump from an overturning vehicle. coroner J L Bresnahan ruled the death accidental with no inquest. Two other occupants escaped serious injury.
A group of friends and relatives surprised Mrs John Falk with a birthday celebration yesterday. Attending were Mr and Mrs Wm Walther Mrs Fred Schultz Elka Schultz Mrs Chas Huebner Mrs L D Smith Mr and Mrs Clyde Smith and Mr and Mrs L J Stalbaum. Phone your news to 20 early.
Farmers in Clayton County review the Rural Electrification Administration program as they recall past winters. The column notes the region enjoys moderate weather this Christmas season and suggests a touch of snow might boost business activity.
Baptist Sunday school presents a multi age program featuring named participants and items such as A Bedtime Story The Best Story of All A Christmas Greeting A Joyful Wish Christmas Every Day and The Best Gift. The program lists departments and participants including Norma Miller Ruth Boleyn Mavis Miller Duane Pinney Bobby Bol, Marlene Durscher Janice Pinney Bonnie Pinney and many others with songs readings and prayers scheduled for an evening performance.
The Christmas Seal sale committee asks all contributions be completed this week and envelopes not yet returned at O Neill s drug store should be returned before Saturday evening. Thanks for supporting the fight against tuberculosis. Mrs Helen Schlitz of Dubuque will visit through Christmas with her daughter Mrs J C Warton and family.
The M E Sunday school presents a Christmas song service on Friday evening December 23 at 7 30 o clock Featuring Little Town of Bethlehem Away in a Manger Silent Night Adeste Fidelis and Why the Chimes Rang with readings by Lois Brandt Betty and Lorraine Follett and others Ushered by Eugene Habeger and Walter Bovis The program includes prayers and a Christmas lesson by 1st year Juniors and 2nd year Primaries.
The Elgin school board hired Naomi Brant of Oelwein in a special session to fill the fifth and sixth grade vacancy. She begins after Christmas, has eleven years of teaching experience including Mt. Vernon elementary, and served as critic teacher for Cornell College student teachers. Brant is a graduate of State Teachers College. The board reviewed twenty-five applications, with none solicited.
Friends of Leo Grether will want to listen in on a broadcast over W. L. W. on Thursday, Dec. 22, from 6:45 to 7:00 p.m. eastern time. The Withrow High School A Capella choir will perform a fifteen minute program originating in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The U A campus closes pledging for new members on December 15. Fay Corbin pledges Alpha Chi Omicron and Jene Kennedy, Marcia Knutson of Wadena, and Jane Dibble of Clermont also pledge Alpha Chi Omicron sorority.
Illyria Sunday School presents a Christmas Eve program at Illyria Church directed by Mrs Arthur Yearous and Viola Foxwell. The lineup includes songs like Joy to the World and Silent Night, solos by Gene Medberry and Florence Ogle, dialogues by Merle Klingman and DeWayne Medberry, plus recitations by Milo Frieden and Junior Nydegger.
Mrs. Chas Wenger and Mrs. Wayne Gilson entertained several friends at a Friday afternoon shower for Eda Zurbriggen. Contests provided entertainment with prizes to Mrs. Lyle Light and Mrs. John Falk. Guests enjoyed refreshments and the honoree opened many lovely gifts.
Mr and Mrs Harold Stoehr of Cedar Rapids visited his mother Mrs Hulda Stoehr on Wednesday and planned to spend Christmas there before she travels to Kansas City to stay with her sister Mrs E L Bucher Harold Kamm a U I A student returned from the university hospital in Iowa City to his parents home after ten days of facial infection from shaving a cold sore.
Mr and Mrs Ed Bauder and Mr and Mrs L L Bloomfield traveled to Des Moines to attend the Iowa Fair Managers association and the State Fair association meetings held Monday through Wednesday. Fayette County Fair ranked fourth in concession receipts and fifth in outside gate receipts, with further discussions on fair attractions to follow at a later special meeting.
Three women will serve on the Fayette county grand jury for the January term. Evelyn Baldwin and Margaret O'Brien of Oelwein join Nellie Nus of Arlington on the juror panel announced Saturday. Local trial jurors for the January term are Mrs. Chris Wenger, James Yearous and Richard Leahy.
The Echo will not suspend publication the week between Christmas and New Year. Next week we will solicit year end greeting cards to thank advertisers for the past year. If we miss you, call 20. Also notes several local visits and trips, including Baumgarinsys to Cedar Rapids and Bob Wilson Jr heading to Hollywood for the winter.
Six northwest Clayton county townships Grand Meadow Marion Highland Boardman Wagner and Monona hold a preliminary meeting Wednesday evening at the U B church in Wagner to investigate a federal rural electrification plan. Oliver Eno of the Clay County Farm Bureau will explain the project as others attend and further meetings are planned in the area.
Officers and directors met at their business offices on Tuesday afternoon to discuss plans for a cold storage locker plant. B W Patsey of Maynard presented a proposal from Shotwell Carver Company of Des Moines. The project had stalled after the death of Wm Hupp of Cedar Rapids who did preliminary work on the venture.
Mrs Jud Conner died early Tuesday morning December 20 at her home in Elgin after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at her home Thursday at 1 pm and at Migria Community Church at 2 pm with burial in Tillyria cemetery.
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