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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1941
Page
5
Iowa lawmakers paused amid the fortitude of the forty-ninth general assembly to survey achievements and prepare for adjournment. The session has processed fewer bills than typical, with under 750 measures in sight as the biennial visit looms and looks unlikely to meet usual quotas.
Surplus calendars shrink as eighty measures pass with restrained debate. Legislators rely on comptroller and governor oversight, avoiding waste while appropriations rise modestly. Budgets curb local tax hikes and capital spending, yet new revenue ideas like licensing slots and pipelines loom, with senators Augustine Urba and Johnson backing a funding plan.
John Henry Emil Freitag and Les ter Fred Luchsinger of Elgin were selected for induction by the Fayette county draft board. They must report in West Union on March 5 and will be sent to Fort Des Moines. Nine Fayette county men are listed with four extras for possible rejection.
Seven youths from Waukon and Rossville died when their car broke through thin ice in nine feet of water on the Mississippi near Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Authorities found six bodies in the back seat while the driver remained at the wheel. Clarence Sanderson is missing. his hat was found in the car suggesting he escaped briefly before being carried away under the ice.
Mary Ann Heck, 92, formerly of Elgin, died in Cedar Rapids on Saturday February 22. Her body was returned to Elgin Monday afternoon for burial with short grave services conducted by Rev. P. F. Zoschke. She is survived by two sons Ernest Grimm of West Union and Tofield Heck of Elgin, and a daughter Mrs. Emma Waetstine of Cedar Rapids.
M. Zurbriggen shuts bakery in Elgin on Tuesday and plans to relocate household goods to Sumner this weekend with a hoped opening Saturday morning March 1. Locals express regret at the farewell and several gatherings, including a church reception, mark the move. The Little Swiss Band hosted a stag party at the Coffee Cup for their leader Matty. Women's Society of Christian Service circles set meetings for March 6 in designated homes. Mrs. Jake Kurth relocates to Ely, while Archie Perkins from Arlington visits with relatives.
Clifford H. Feller, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Feller, attends a Father Son Dinner at St Pauls. He serves on the U S S Ranger and is stationed on a small island near Cuba after enlisting four months ago and training at Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago.
Elgin will switch to summer mail times on Saturday March 1 with southbound departures at 7:00 a m and 2:00 p m and northbound at 11:20 a m and 6:00 p m The change aims to connect with Fayette for chick shipments via a south route The route will return to the former schedule later in the season
The Elgin WCTU marks its first anniversary with a Friday evening gathering at the home of Revelants. President Mrs. Harry Johnson will preside and lead the initiation of new members. Marian Patterson outlines the membership plan as Mrs. Hugo Hackmann discusses Frances Willard’s example.
The Northeast Iowa Masonic Fellowship association will hold its February meeting at Farmersburg Thursday evening February 27. Speaker will be Brother H. D. Brown of Elkader. Les Hartman's WMT Band performs at the Elgin opera house Wednesday March 5. Mr and Mrs Jake Yearous visited Hugo Hackmann home in Clermont Tuesday.
Clermont Chapter O E S brought the traveling star to the Elgin Chapter on Tuesday evening and will take it to West Union soon. Mrs H B Greenley presented it to Mrs B H Brackin who accepted. A student program featured vocal solo, selections by a girls trio and mixed quartet, and a one act play. Visitors came from West Union Clermont Hawkeye and Fayette chapters.
Aunt Tena Knoll died Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs Edwin Krueger. She was 82 and had lived there seven and a half years. An aunt of Edwin Otto Richard Krueger and Mrs Alfred Wenger. Funeral arrangements set for Friday at Elgin Baptist church at two o'clock. Her life sketch will be published next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos Howard entertained the Oak Grove card club at their home Saturday evening. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dennler, Mr. and Mrs. Melbert Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. John Nydegger, Mr. and Mrs. Oran Bane, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Wilson, and Rabby Wilson. John Nydegger won the men's high score and the traveling prize, Mrs. Melbert Meyer was high among the ladies, while Clifton Wilson and Mrs. Walter Dennley posted low scores.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Christen plan to take over the Elgin hotel soon after purchasing most furniture and fixtures from Mr and Mrs M Zurbriggen. The Christens have been residing at Mrs Ida Christen home and expect to assume operation once the previous occupants vacate this week.
Henry Larson Jr the ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Henry E A Larson returned home Sunday after an operation for a ruptured gangrenous appendix at Decorah hospital. He was critically ill for several days but has now completely recovered.
Tuesday evening, Move Barber Fixtures moved the balance of barber fixtures purchased from Wm. Baumgartner. He plans to use them in St. Lucas where he is taking over his father's business. The J. B. Brackin family has relocated to Route 3 Cresco from Lime Springs. Les Hartman and his WMT Band will perform at the Elgin opera house on Wednesday.
About 130 fathers and sons attended the Father Son dinner at St Pauls Methodist church Monday evening. The event featured singing led by Eddie Kingman, toasts by Howard Strang and Gordon Mosby, readings by Rev Zoschke, accordion entertainment by the Baumgartners, and a main address by Dr C L Crider of Elkader. The gathering praised by Supt. Robinson and Rev. Warton, was deemed one of the most successful ever and plans for next year are already in motion.
A Kohls and Guyer sale drew a solid crowd despite blustery weather with bids active throughout. Prices ranged from 54 cents a bushel for corn to top cattle at 65 dollars, while pigs sold from 22 to 23 dollars and first fall pigs at 7.60 each. The sale was praised as a good showing by clerk B. J. Baumgartner for Elgin State Bank. Lou Reierson rented the Kohls farm, and Mr. Guyer bought near Clermont.
Two trucks from Thare Thompson & Sons farm delivered about 400 bushels of Town 939 hybrid seed corn to a seed dealer in Weeping Water Nebraska. The corn matures in 110 to 115 days and won the Banner Trophy for Iowa in 1939 and 1940.
The Tabitha Society gathered at the church on Wednesday February 19 with Edna Miller Mrs A B Jacob Mrs Wm Kohls Mrs Anton Kohls and Mrs Earl Kiple. Mrs Gus Krueger presented a paper on patriotic hymns including America America the Beautiful Battle Hymn of the Republic and Star Spangled Banner. W H Pollock and Elia visited Elkader Tuesday with Mrs Myron Chapman who is in hospital after an appendectomy. Naomi Brant Frances Sadoff and Genevieve Dunkle visited Sunday afternoon with Naomi’s parents.
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