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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1941
Page
2
A school newspaper edition covers student conduct, cooperation with instructors, and the value of good attitudes. It lists primary to seventh grade activities, new students Verla and Burnell Benson, writing books, silhouettes, geography topics, and a Junior High Stamp Club. Also notes glee club plans and various classroom projects and performances.
February calendar items show a school board dinner on Friday February 14 and Luata events on Friday February 21. The entry also notes Thursday February 1 as a calendar day.
A school board dinner will be held Thursday evening at the school building. The event, on February 13, will be served by home economics girls from both classes. Members of the school board, their wives, and the faculty are to attend.
The school presents Alnwo B in the Eigin high auditorium in late February. Campfi ginis plan to sell tickets and urge fans to buy early. Rehearsals focus on each act separately, with all three acts to be run through next week before the finale.
The faculty and students of Elgin high school extend sympathy to Paul Pulfer and family in Marian Pulfer’s loss. She was remembered for singing Swiss songs with Paul in last year’s operetta at Elgin High.
The stenography class led by Miss Sadoff visited the bank Friday morning to learn how posting, check canceling, check protecting, adding, and automatic cash registers operate. Students operated each machine and thanked bank staff for the demonstration. The piece also notes a 24 to 11 basketball loss to Fayette, with upcoming games versus C lermont, Luana, and Maynard on February 21 at home.
The issue reports the marriage of Elizabeth Aeschi of Wadena to Elwin Notbohm of Sumner in Volga City with a single ring ceremony. It also notes the death of Eva Gramlich Bender in Toledo and funeral details. Other items include weddings, club events, a Valentine carnival at Wadena High School, and a rural teachers' meeting recap.
A long string of dinners visits and calls lists Jeanne Jones and Mrs. Lawrence Raftis among many guests in Oelwein Adams and Farmersburg areas. It notes Libbie Oldfather returning from Phoenix and many family neighbors attending meals and farewells near Arlington Elgin and Fayette. Arthur Herrling attended a Des Moines lumbermen’s convention. Rev Russell Nelson leads Wadena Presbyterian Sunday school and church services.
The Ladies' Club will serve dinner in the church parlors on Thursday with Mrs Harry Dean Mrs Margeret Bigler and Mrs Arthur Herrling on the serving committee. Strawberry growers are advised to check plants for damage from the fall freeze temperatures 20 degrees or lower can harm unprotected berries and the November blizzard disrupted mulching. To inspect cut the crown lengthwise. uninjured plants show white tissue while injured ones appear discolored.
Northern Furniture asserts that lumber grown in the North is harder and more durable for furniture than the soft brittle woods of the South, arguing for regional material superiority.
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