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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1931

Page

3

Local Breezes and Business from Clermont News

Mrs Mary Hass and daughter Anna Mae returned from Cedar Falla to spend holidays with Kathryn Kruger and Esther Hoag who are visiting at their homes during vacation. A trial offer for Elgin Echo and Clermont Enterprise runs three months for 26 cents to Fayette and Clayton counties residents. City matters note a rebuilt city truck for the fire department and old truck disposal. Local residents include A J Olsons auction, Rev J F McCaffery mission meetings, and Frank Pringle’s early winter hunting exploits with two red foxes.

Mary Hass Anna Mae Cedar Falla Kathryn Kruger Esther Hoag Elgin Echo Clermont Enterprise Fayette Clayton Albert Halverson West Union Gilbert Anderson Melvin Anderson J. F. McCaffery Decorah Fr. McCaffery St. Peter’s Church St. Patrick's Church Anamosa Ames Falk & Sons Elgin Marvin Johnson City Drude W.C. Cahalan Frank Pringle

Union Sunday School Christmas Program

The Union Sunday school presents a Christmas program with songs readings and costumes led by Marjorie Olson Helen Halverson and others. The service runs on Christmas Eve from 7 o'clock with choir solos and groups performing pieces such as The Babe and the Star Starbeams and Silent Night.

Union Sunday School Choi Marjorie Olson Helen Halverson Clarice Dugstad Laird Cline Dorothy Brorby Barnabetta Olson Franklin Olson Bertha Shipton Amazette Henderson Bethlehem Eleanor Pribyl King Janet Larrabee Lavanda Carr Betty Conner Keith Palmer Jane Henderson Stanton Halverson Harold Vinton Jackie Halverson Donald Hanson Bernard Hanson Star of the Ages Ss Choir Pine

Cedar Rapids Reporter Tracks Gopher, Ducks and Pheasants

Trapa White of Cedar Rapids notes a 62 year old trapper William Shrope caught two mon gophers, the newest with dark nose and tail spots, while claiming 8664 gophers last year. J W Ford of Cedar Falls reports excellent coon hunting, bagging twelve on four trips. Duck reports show a party near Eagle Lake claiming ninety ducks on opening day. Sheriff Stansberry’s tale of pheasants ends with four birds left in his car after a theft. Deputy Raymond Grobaty reports seven arrests for carrying guns in autos. six fined, three jailed. Needy Waterloo families receive four tons of carp from a state fish drive in Lansing using a 1000 foot seine.

Cedar Rapids Wm. Shrope Shrope Wellaburg Grundy County Eagle Lake Iowa Raymond Grobaty Britt Des Moines Waterloo State Fish and Game Commission Otto Koch Robert Cooper Lansing

Brussels Seeks Broad Public Information On Fish and Game

The fish and game department reports heavy demand for information from Iowa residents and others as the 26 year plan begins. The agency notes substantial interest from foreign countries and has received a letter from Tordis Graim, chief information department.

Brussels Fish and Game Department Iowa Tordis Graim

Annual Ball Plans and Fire Truck Sale

Local groups prepare for the annual ball on January 15 with a promised rattling good orchestra. Simultaneously the old fire truck will be sold as the town upgrades to new equipment, claiming the old unit is no longer needed for ordinary fire protection.

Beaver caught by Rock Rapids man weighs 46 pounds

Trapa Big Beaver Jog Zeug of Rock Rapids trapped a beaver on the Rock River. The animal weighed 46 pounds and measured about three feet. Beavers are scarce in Iowa and there should be no open season on them. It is unfortunate that the law allows this.

Jog Zeug Rock Rapids Rock River Iowa

No Duplicates for Licenses in Legislative Enactment

A legislative enactment states that duplicates for hunting fishing or trapping licenses cannot be issued if licenses are lost or mislaid. Supplying duplicates costs as much as issuing a new license. Be careful of your license.

Local Echo Ad Promotes Home Trade And Low-Cost Films

A brief Echo I Want Ad column notes a novel approach to selling locally, with a woollen picture official promising a ten cent movie will soon return. The piece hints the revival has begun at fifty cents and urges readers to tell sellers they saw it in the Echo. It touts trading at home as the smart move.

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Clermont community notes and local business updates

The Clermont area parades celebrate families and community figures with births and engagements while officers to be installed January 8 are announced. Local bankers Everett and others manage multiple banks in the region, with progress toward full return of deposits and cautious optimism about closures and settlements.

G.C. Eiverett Wadena al Fimet Clermont Everett Lamont Volga City Dundee Chermont Oelwein State Department

Also Mentioned on This Page

A. J. Olson Times Olson Helen Larrabee Grinnell Ferry Hall Lake Forest D. Dwyer Margaret Crowe Dwyer John Crowe Wm. Larrabee Merry Christmas Walter S. Wenger J. W. Ford Cedar Falls Mr. Ford Belgium Sherif Iumune Sheriff Stansberry Jefferson County Cary Trapa Grimm & Hellum Crosley Electric Mabel Johnson Tad C George Washbire Thei Tan Pan Ting I. G. A. Grocer Your I. G. A. Grocers N. W Iy Osborne ———m Bert Weber
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