Waste Paper Drive Aims to Fuel National Defense
A wartime rally urges every American to save waste paper for defense. The piece lists targets and projections, noting 1,000,000 tons of paper needed per 6 billion dollars in defense spending and detailing specific paper types and amounts for battleships, camps, posters, and manuals. It urges local officials and organizations like the Salvation Army to collect and deliver paper, stressing the volume and urgency of conservation efforts.
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Iowa
National Defense
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bulletin
School Business Affairs
National Defense Program
Washington Monument
Sam
Elgin Study Club Tag Day Receipts Reported
Members of the Elgin Study Club, which sponsored a tag day Saturday as a library benefit, report total receipts of 22.50. The funds will buy new books for the public library and cover supplies for library business.
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Elgin Study Club
Brainard Social News Update
Brainard items note numerous visits and illnesses. J L Bartlett is seriously ill but improving. The Bartlett household hosted visits from Lewis Bartlett of Chicago and several local families including Vern and Herman Boyer, Glen Boyer, Nuttings, Lyon, Craft, Barker, Peters, Miller, and others. Christine Hoover assisted Mrs Lyon, and more visits occurred around Vern Boyer and Herbert Miller homes.
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Fred Wede
Vern Boyer
J. L. Bartlett
Lewis Bartlett
Chicago
Bartlett
Herman Boyer
Glen Boyer
Wm. Nutting
E. R. Nutting
Oran Nutting
Willis Lyon
Joe Peters
Frank Lyon
D. H. Craft
Ray Gilbert
Wm. Barker
Melvin Boyer
J. B. Miller
Christine Hoover
Elgin
Christmas notes from Moats home and local church program
Mr and Mrs Geo Boyle and families visited in Frank Lyon home Sunday afternoon. Beatrice Boyer left for Detroit for Christmas vacation. A Christmas program was given Sunday evening at the church by the B Y P U and school pupils. Brainard Church Notes report Sunday school at 10 o clock led by Rev U E Burroughs pastor.
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Moats
Geo. Boyle
Wm. Nutting
Frank Lyon
Beatrice Boyer
Detroit
Mich
Brainard Church
U. E. Burroughs
Des Moines Corn Show Honors Postville Grower
Martin Amundson of Postville won blue ribbon on No Va2 and took fourth on V25 Vinton hybrid corn at the Fifth Annual Radio Corn Show in Des Moines. The event drew 238 exhibitors from ten states and Canada with 702 entries and over 1600 ears of corn.
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Martin Amundson
Postville
Des Moines
Mr. Amundson
Canada
Progressive Home Study Club Christmas Meeting Summary
The Progressive Home Study Club met at Mrs W Rothlisberger’s home on Wednesday December 17. Families gathered for a morning pot luck lunch. In the afternoon men played rock while women held the regular meeting. They sang carols and Mrs Forest Shaffer read a Christmas poem. Winners were Mrs Lulu Rothlisberger and Elizabeth Foxwell in a contest by Mrs Floyd Frieden. A Christmas box was enjoyed at close. Next meeting date not specified.
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Progressive Home Study Club
W. 8. Rothlisberger
Forest Shaffer
Lulu Rothlisbeger
Elizabeth Foxwell
Floyd Frieden
Death of Mrs. Charles J. Wonser 76 Tama
Relatives here received word of the death of Mrs. Charles J. Wonser 76 Tama widow of a former newspaper editor and publisher. Services were held at the Methodist church Monday. Formerly Josephine Patterson of Elgin she is sister of the late Mrs. Ann Cooley and William Patterson and cousin of Mrs. Feller Muehlenthaler and De Sart. She helped in Methodist missionary work and was active in the Tama county Republican Women’s club. She was principal of Gladbrook and Tama high schools before her 1889 marriage. Myr. Wonser died in 1929.
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Charles J. Wonser
Tama
Methodist Church
Wonser
Josephine Patterson
Elgin
Ann Cooley
William Patterson
Feller
Muehlenthaler
de Sart
Tama County
Republican Women’s Club
Gladbrook
Myr. Wonser
Coach Strong Breaks Ankle In Scrimmage Incident
Coach Strong sustained a broken ankle during a basketball scrimmage when a husky stepped on his toe causing a pivot mishap. He misjudged it as a sprain at first and learned of the fracture after a week. He has used crutches and missed about two days of school.
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Strong
Huskies
Christmas Greetings From Elgin and Clermont Businesses
Local Elgin and Clermont merchants extend Christmas wishes to friends and patrons through the Echo Enterprise this week. The greetings emphasize heartfelt thanks for community friendship and faithful service year after year.
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Elgin
Clermont
Echo- Enterprise
Katie Bauman Celebrated Eightieth Birthday
Open house from 2 30 until 5 p m at the home of Mrs Rosa Muehlthaler and Katie Bauman Tuesday of this week honored the 80th birthday anniversary of the latter. Many friends and relatives called to express their best wishes. Join the Red Cross.
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Rosa Muehlethaler
Katie Bauman
Fayette County Farm Bureau Aims to Reach 900 Members
The Fayette County Farm Bureau reports 800 members signed in the first four days of its annual drive, including 144 new members. Officials expect the goal of 900 members to be reached easily as drive details and committee lists across three townships are announced.
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Fayette
Study Club Christmas Party at Mrs Gordon Mosby’s
Mrs. Gordon Mosby hosted the Elgin Study Club Christmas party on December 16 with 18 members present. F C Muehlethaler read carols, the group sang, and a business meeting voted $1 to the Iowa Children’s Home. Gifts were exchanged, refreshments served, and the next meeting set for January 6 at Mrs C J Robinson’s.
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Gordon Mosby
Elgin Study Club
Leo Schori
W. Kuster
Allen Habeger
F.C. Muehlethaler
Bethlehem
Manger
Iowa Children’s Home
Des Moines
C. J. Robinson
Helping Each Other in Elgin Volunteers Rally Saturday
Canvassers were active with the Elgin volunteer fire department selling tickets to the annual dance on Thursday January 15. The Study Club held a tag day for the library while others scouted for dimes. Activists say the causes are worthy and their combined costs are modest.
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Elgin Volunteer Fire Department
Study Club
Busy Saturday boosts Elgin shops and community event
Elgin stores reported solid Saturday business aided by extra help. The Community Club arranged an opera house movie for children, drawing a full house, followed by candy bars. Merchants later gave away 15 dollars in Defense Savings Stamps at the park. Mary Cook and the Brackins visited Oelwein on Friday. Louise Baumgartner arrives from Cedar Rapids to spend Christmas with her parents.
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Elgin
Opera House
Mary Cook
B. H. Brackin
Oelwein
Louise Baumgartner
Cedar Rapids
B. J. Baumgartner
Christmas Eve program announced by churches
The item notes a Christmas Eve program announced by churches. It also reports nine Fayette county men including Morris W. Amundson and George C. Crawford from Clermont leaving for Des Moines for army induction after examination. It includes President Roosevelt’s annual Boy Scouts message praising Scouting’s contribution to national strength and morale.
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Morris W. Amundson
George C. Crawford
Clermont
Fayette County
Des Moines
Boy Scouts of America
Roosevelt
Boy Scouts
White House
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Auto Damage Case Settled by Attorneys
Attorneys settled the auto damage suit Lee versus Day for 5250.00 started in circuit court at West Union. The May 15 1939 accident near Des Moines injured Dorothy Lee of Oelwein when Harry Day’s car, driven by his son Robert, collided at the Altoona Mitchellville crossing. Terms of settlement were not disclosed.
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Are
Hin Ee Ok
Paul Laters
Lee
Notice to Advertisers for Christmas greeting cards
Notice explains that this week's advertising space is mainly for Christmas greeting cards due to printer rush and contact difficulties. It invites missed advertisers to use New Year's appreciation cards next week and asks to notify the office early. CARD OF THANKS The Elgin Study Club members thank helpers for a successful tag day and note Richard Miller began work at Ames last Wednesday.
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The
Elgin Study Club
Christmas Eve church programs invite all to services
Methodist and Baptist Sunday school programs on Christmas Eve December 24 are announced. The Methodist program features multiple songs, recitations, piano duets, and a benediction. The Baptist program includes scripture, recitations, dialogues, songs, and a junior choir. All are cordially invited.
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Methodist Sunday School
Little Town of Bethlehem
Offertory
Klingman
Brandt
Mosby
Joan Mosby
Jane Falk
Warton
The
Baptist Sunday School
Shirley Miller
Leland Probert
Ann Schaer
Stanley
Carol Rorie
Marilyn Schaer
John Schaer
California Weather We Have It Now
California vacationists note real California weather this week with dismal, rainy, cloudy, damp conditions. Iowans hope for snow. Margaret Crider returns home from Cedar Rapids to spend Christmas with her parents and will resume duties at St. Luke's hospital Friday. Clermont students from Elgin and Fayette return home for holidays as college resumes January 5.
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California
Margaret Crider
Cedar Rapids
R. A. Crider
St. Luke's Hospital
Eugene Cooley
Chrystal Miller
Janet Olson
Bernard Schrader
Clermont
James Christ
Gene Schori
Dale Patterson
Elgin
U. S. A. Fayette
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Iowa ‘Press Assn
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Walter Ash, Jr
Doyle Bennett
Ted Neuman
Lester Luchsinger
Ben
Ft. Leavenworth
Kans
Delaware River
Midway Islands
U.S
Temma
Merry Christmas
Uey Russi
Coach Strong
Red Cross
Richard Miller
Ames
Elgin Firemen’s
Elgin Opera House
Mississippi Nighthawks
Methodist U. S. Program
Elgin Baptist Church
Edie Tigiete
Clarence Ruckdaschel
la Fonda Milley
Marjorie Johnson
Wendell Baechier
Beverly Muehethaler
Carlton Krueger
Ilo Sutter
Marlene Durscher
Jimmie Bredfield
Phyllis Pinney
Doris Nyborg
Margaret Miller
June Miller
Lawrence Kohls
Joan Miller
Janice Pinney
Paul Pinney
Barbara Boleyn
Evelyn Krueger
Marilyn Kohls
Ruth Boleyn
Bonnie Pinney
Evelyn Miller
Norma Miller
Mavis Miller
Bonnie Lantz
Marilyn Boleyn
Lavern Lyon
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