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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1942
Page
2
The Elgin High yearbook page covers student roles, a feature on morning life and cheer leader Marcia Ann Wolf, Valentine parties, a Home Economics club event, and plans for an operetta When the Moon Rises. It notes class activities, birthdays, and a senior class play in March alongside basketball results including losses to Clermont and Luana.
Mr and Mrs Herman Larson were surprised by about seven ty relatives Sunday for a noon picnic style celebration of their 25th anniversary. A large decorated wedding cake made by Mrs Larson s niece Arthur Groth anchored the table and a purse of money was presented to the couple. Several relatives from Decorah Fayette West Union Elgin and Voigs attended along with friends and Red Cross activities were noted in nearby West Union.
The team trailed 18 to 5 at halftime but rallied in the fourth quarter. No substitutions were made. a spark finally came. The final score stood 37 to 19. On Tuesday night we faced Water Vile in another non-conference game.
The N E Iowa Press Association elected officers on Friday afternoon with G W Beveridge as president and R A Nehls as vice president. Other officers include Paul Lindemeyer secretary treasurer and Justin Hammond director. A second business meeting was planned for Postville on the 27th. News from London reported Churchill announcing the fall of Singapore and Japanese military moves in Sumatra and Java as Allied bombers targeted enemy shipping near Macassar.
The report describes a noon buffet with tamale pie whole wheat rolls carrot strips orange prune whip salad and crackers. After dinner lessons covered whole cereals and their use in diets plus budgeting for canned goods. A new member Mrs Louise Avieril joined the group and the next session was set for March 10 at Mrs T Frey's home with Mr and Mrs Walter Ross and Jarety of Volga as supper guests Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Floyd Patterson.
Lois Olson hosted a class Valentine party for eleven girls and Mary Ann Nelson at her home Friday. The eighth graders listed include Margaret Morris and others. After the party, Lois’s mother served refreshments. The piece also notes visits to Dubuque, Des Moines, and various local gatherings, with family and neighbors attending stork showers and birthdays, plus a military physical exam involving Clarence Helgerson.
Twenty five years ago Frank Pringle's corner restaurant, pool room and ice cream parlor, housed in three adjoining two story frame buildings, were totally destroyed by fire Monday. The blaze, started from the furnace, left no chance of saving the property due to lack of fire protection. The Clermont Lutheran church hosted a wedding Thursday February 8, 1917, uniting Lillian Irene Kittleson and Joseph Theodore Olson in matrimony. Additional items note Carl Appelman visiting Armour, S. D., Mrs. W. R. Blake's trip to Cedar Rapids for spring millinery, two Clermont youths marrying at St. Peter's Church, Helen Appelman returning from Iowa City, a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lubke, Anna Larrabee's return from Chicago after an appendectomy, Mabel Paulson and William Burrow's wedding at the Lutheran parsonage, and jurors Wm. Kelly, Wm. Cummings and Clarence Wagner in West Union.
Philip D. Reed, chairman of General Electric, argues that no amount of legislation or money can increase a nation’s wealth or living standards without productive effort. He states wealth can be redistributed but new wealth is created only by people and the machines they control.
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