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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1950
Page
2
A 1960s Elgin High School column covers senior, junior, and sophomore honor rolls with A averages, Valentine’s Ball plans February 18, and a West Union tournament win. It chronicles student profiles, band interest, Miss Ross China talk, and various classroom notes including Freshman and Eighth Grade activities and projects.
This interview profile highlights Paul Zurbriggen known as EHS head football and girls basketball coach. A twelve letter man in high school he starred in football baseball and basketball and led Elgin High to conference glory. He attended Upper Iowa University where he captained tackle and earned a BA in biological sciences before moving to Kanawha Iowa to coach.
Menu for Feb 10 to Feb 14 lists daily meals with milk. Monday offers maid rites creamed peas and carrots celery sticks cheese slices and gingerbread whip cream. Tuesday features tomato soup crackers pear cottage cheese salad egg salad sandwiches peach upside down cake and milk. Wednesday serves roast pork mashed potatoes gravy apple salad carrot sticks sandwiches and milk. Thursday provides scalloped potatoes and cheese deviled eggs buttered green beans P B bread sauce and milk. Friday presents tuna fish and noodles mushroom soup peanut butter sandwiches mixed vegetable salad chocolate pudding banana and milk.
Plans for building a simple electric pig brooder are offered by the Iowa State College Extension Service. A publication titled It’s Easy to Build an Electric Pig Brooder explains how to assemble a cost effective broodery to reduce pig losses by fifty percent or more.
Wayne Kemmerer of Oelwein announces candidacy for Fayette County Attorney on the Republican ticket. He is a veteran of World War II and a Drake Law School graduate who began practicing in 1934. Kemmerer chairs roles in the American Bar Association and Iowa Bar Association, and he is married with three children.
Clermont Clover Clovers held their regular meeting on Jan 28 at Mary Morse's home. Fourteen members attended and discussed a member’s improvement plan. The club approved donations to Farm Youth Exchange and March of Dimes, budgeted funds for party costs, and hosted a demonstration on color mixing. A seed oats treatment session followed, showing yield gains.
The piece argues true discipline is not punishment but satisfaction from work well done and wise decisions. It stresses a secure family base, constructive play, self-reliance, and a humorous, supportive home, with firm but understanding parenting as ongoing discipline rather than fear-driven control.
Dairymen advise increasing milk production by using proven rations rather than commercial feed with thyroprotein stimulant. They warn that most cows regaining gains do so at a loss of body weight.
A feed issue is linked to off flavors in milk as silage mishandling or improper feeding practices can affect milk quality. Dairy operations are advised to audit silage storage, fermentation, and ration balance to prevent odor and taste problems in the milk supply.
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