Elgin Girls Basketball Review and School Class News
The Elgin High School girls team posted 14 wins and an unclear number of losses during the 1952-53 season, totaling 1023 points for and 892 against. Notable players Geh Ying and Brackinigh averaged 12.9 and 16.3 points per game respectively, with local wins over Fayette and Clermont. Free-throw standout Wonnie Gehring earned a gold trophy after making 19 of 25 at Arlington. The article also covers Fayette trouncing Elgin in boys’ play, summaries of Elgin’s games at Wadena, and classroom reports from business law, speech, shorthand, and various sophomore, freshman, and home economics activities.
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HHS
Brackin
Geh- Fing
Wornie Gehring
EHS
Arlington
Norma
Arlington Hi J defeats Elgin Junior High 31 to 19 on Moor
Arlington Hi J defeated Elgin Junior Hi 31 to 19 on the Arlington Moor. Keith Crider led Elgin with 11 points. Elgin won its second game of the week at Clermont 40 to 19 as Ken Rider scored 15 and Weston added 1.
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Fayette
Elgin
Elgin Moor
Don Gutter
Clermont
Stan Wapper
Arlington
Senior Class News on Consumer Economics and Shakespeare
The American problems class studied consumer economics and consumer protections for buyers. A geometry and algebra review is planned for the trig class. Biology covers digestive and circulatory systems, focusing on humans. English discusses Shakespeare's Macbeth, noted as one of his four great tragedies.
Junior Class News and Lessons in Labor and Science
The American history class studies labor and the machine age focusing on strikes and unions. In physics class students read about electromagnets and their many everyday uses. This unit has
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Ho Jacques
Bastiles
Two Cities
Special Election Notice for Clermont Elgin Consolidated District
Voters in Fayette and Clayton counties Iowa are notified that objections to forming the Consolidated Independent School District of Clermont Elgin have been ruled on. The district would cover a specified boundary beginning at the north line of Fayette County and extending east 3.75 miles, then along section lines to define the approved limits. The notice confirms the filing period closed and objections upheld.
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Fayette
Clayton
Iowa
Clermont- Elgin
Fayette and
Fayete County
Township
Section
Township 95
Township 9
Township 94
Haston Quarter
Township 92
Turkey River
Township 93
Township 83
Meridia
Niles
Public Road
Court House
West Union
Towa
Consolidated Independent School District election notice
A detailed land description outlines territory for a proposed Clermont Elgin consolidated independent school district in Fayette and Clayton counties Iowa. The notice sets a March 2 1953 election date at Larrabee School Clermont Elgin Town Hall Clermont Airport Clermont, with separate ballot boxes for Clermont and Elgin voters and a central box at the Clermont Elgin Airport Building No 173. MORSE County Superintendent of Schools issues the filing at West Union Iowa February 16 1953.
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Elgin
Iowa
Clermont
Clermont-Elgin
Fayette
Clayton
Clermont Independent
Larrybee
Town
Elgin Independent School District
Fayette County
West Union
Fire crews battle Pontiac blaze in Bedford run
Bob Jackson’s Pontiac caught fire and was towed by Cliff Han Thaw to Bedford fire station. Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames and secured the scene.
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Bob Jackson
Pontiac
Bedford
Cliff Hanthaw
Farmer Ray Reis Shotgun Death in Monroe County
Ray Reis, 24, a Monroe County farmer, was killed last week when a 12 gauge shotgun discharged as he pulled it from his truck. He told friends he had seen two foxes in the area and carried the gun for that reason.
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Raymnnd Reis
Monroe County
Fox
Shapely Eyebrows With Pencil Guide Highlighted
A sharp pointed eyebrow pencil heightens the arch and darkens or lengthens brows. Choose a color that matches hair tone, with black for dark hair and brown for lighter shades. Light, short strokes follow natural hair growth to create fuller brows.
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Balitor
Janice Pinsey
Karen Kiple
Jeanine Cook
Loreen Ittermann
Frederick Mosic
Roberta Moats
Lane Ash
Kenneth Crider
Mary
Zilgin
Norma Geh- Ying
Miller
Elgin Ginig
Wadena Girls
Wadena Re Gehxing
Brackinigh
Ign
Irgadh
Wadena
Elgin Boys
Sutter
Panthers
Payette
State OF
Larrabee
Morse
A. S. Morse
Helene-Curtis-Products
Beatty
Elgin Echo
DeSoto
Chevrolet
Frazer
Ford
Chrysler
Astor
John Falb
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