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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1950
Page
2
High school notes describe the Valentine's Ball to be held in the Elgin gym on Saturday February 18 at 9 00 p m open to high school students guests parents and alumni Pete Dougherty will provide music The feature king and queen of pearls will be crowned and the dance marks an active social event for students and alumni.
The Les Ellis marionette troupe from the University of Minnesota presented a modernized Abi Baba and the Forty Thieves at Elgin High School on February 9, alongside circus numbers. The piece featured hand carved, colorfully costumed puppets that have traveled across most of the 48 states over more than three years. The article also describes a school dance with perspectives from a dancer, a girl dancer, a band member, and a committee member. Elgin upset West Union 36-34, ending West Union’s nine game skid as Bengon Hanson and Howard led scoring for the teams. The Pan thers rallied in the second half to clinch the win with Becker forcing the decisive late free throw and Hanson sealing it with an 8 foot jumper. The girls’ game opener saw Stanley lead, and MeV Grimm led West Union’s gin. Upcoming games against St Patrick of Waukon are noted, along with February 20 at Postville and hot lunch menus for February 20-24.
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