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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1957
Page
2
The Elgin junior high and senior high classes cover literature, geography, and social studies with reports on folklore and history. Basketball highlights include a non conference loss for the Tigers and junior high girls’ tournament results. Upcoming events note Fayette county bus tournaments and a hot lunch plan for February.
A county doctors and medical association survey aims to determine polio vaccine coverage with home questionnaires for kindergarten through 12th grade. Free vaccine is available at the West Union social welfare office. In Elgin, the junior class hosted a sliding party on Brackin hill with refreshments at sponsor Mr. Kjaer. Arlington edged Clermont-Elgin 47-45 after a tight game with Arlington leading by as many as seven points in the final minutes.
In Mrs Youngberg's sixth grade health unit begun in the second semester students discuss the heart and its function, drawing diagrams. They also study the middle ages in social studies with reports on early towns map work a feudal system bulletin board and a supporting film.
The class works on multiplying whole numbers by fractions and fraction by fraction. New People and Progress finished for reading and a new reader arrives for the second semester. Eight parts of speech learned with continued practice. Merlin Butikofer brings shell collection from the Gulf of Mexico. Dixie Shepard visited the class.
February 4 to 9 features a girls sectional tournament in Fredericksburg. February 11 to 16 hosts a boys junior high tournament in Wadena with Elgin facing Randalia. February 12 includes C E versus Wadena for both boys and girls. February 16 brings a pre district speech contest at West Union. February 19 lists C E versus Montana for girls at the venue.
Local residents and families in Volga and surrounding areas shared visits, guests and health updates. Dozens of names appear visiting kin, celebrating birthdays, attending showers, and noting hospital trips and medical appointments across Fayette, Arlington, Oelwein, and Waterloo communities.
Social notes list callers in the Will Chase home last week including Mr and Mrs Weyant of Edgewood and Mr and Mrs Frank Poor of Fayette along with Mr and Mrs Roland Gray of Fayette visiting the Wil son family in Wadena.
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