Christmas Trip Plans Include Rose Bowl Visit
Mr Whitworth outlines holiday travel from Des Moines to San Antonio then home with his wife’s family. Merlin Chapman vows to take it easy and eat well, while Kent Falk heads to California to visit relatives. They plan to attend the Rose Bowl game and parade with hopes Iowa defeats Oregon State.
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Mr. Whitworth
Des Moines
San Antonio
Texas
Merlin Chapman
Kent Falk
California
Iowa
Oregon State
Charles Capper
Los Angeles
John Mitts
Vonda Boleyn
Mr. Petratz
Badger
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lois Clark
Delwein
Bill Torkelson
Orth
Fayette
Linda Thiesen
Eliader Eae
Tiger Tales and Klass Komments at Local School
Friday's science class explored heat effects on a sugar solution, yielding a tasty candy. Senior English students study Lord Byron and other 18th 19th century poets while junior high boys lost 33 to 25 at Clermont.
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Laverne Nims
Clermont
Senior Personality Bill Torkelson Profile
Senior Personality Bill Torkelson, son of Mr and Mrs Wm Torkelson, born June 9 1939, lives eight point five miles southeast of Elgin in Dutch Bottom. He attended Elgin public school, participated in many activities, sings baritone in choruses, plays cornet in the band, and has been an ag boy for four years.
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Bill Torkelson
Wm. Torkelson
Bill
Elgin
Elgin Public School
Christmas Party At Elgin High School Sets Holiday Tone
Elgin High School held its traditional Christmas party in the study hall on Friday December 21 with carol singing a gift exchange and a post program movie including sports and Christmas reels. Santa arrived with gifts and school dismissed at 2 30 for vacation.
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Elgin High School
Santa Claus
Olson Seals Tie With Late Layup In Tight Contest
Olson led a late scoring sequence with a layup to tie the game at fifty fifty. A free throw and a field goal gave Maynard a three point edge they held until the final gun sounded.
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Olson
Maynard
Elkader crushes Clermont-Elgin 81 to 45 in league rout
Elkader built a 2-0 early lead and widened it to 81-45 over Clermont-Elgin as Daryl Dahling scored 22 points and Merlin Chapman led C-E with 15 for the losers. C-E drops to 1-3 in the conference and hosts Maynard next after a Jan 4 trip. Elkader reserves topped 37-23 in the third quarter.
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Elkader Whips
Tigers
Elkader
Clermont-Elgin
C-E
Daryl Dahling
Gary Woods
Warriors
Dahling
Merlin Chapman
Maynard
Clermont- Elgin
Decorating the tree and kindergarten pageant notes
Children decorate a Christmas tree with ornaments and a miniature town. A noon hour electric train circles the scene after last week’s removal to place presents underneath. Kindergarten performers mime toys and carols in a Merry Christmas show with poems and songs.
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Mr. Snowman
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Hellum Produce
Mrs
John Hellum
Gehring Hardware
Mr. and
Chas. Gehring
Lehman’s Standard Service
Ting
W. F. Kohler
R. A. Crider and Family
Mar Mac
Aurora
West Union
Postville
Keith Snodgrass
Wayne Odekirk
Bluedevils
Clermont - Elgin
Snodgrass
LaVerne Swenson
Jim ‘Hanson
Elliot Olson
C~e
Tiger
Oee
Irvin Metzger
Our
Oscar Mayer & Co
Millard Nelson Dial
Cliff and
Arlie
Andrew
Bud
Tiger Tales
Elgin Ins
F. D. Welch
Highland Lutheran Church
Luther League
Billy
Tenton
Maynard Lantz Barber
Standard Oil Service
Dale Jensca
Kiple
M. F. Sehlein
Gene’s Tavern
Gene Schori
Elgin Clothes Shop
Eddis and
Edna Kenneth - Karenepee
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