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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
6
Residents report varied holiday travels and gatherings across Elgin Ossian Decorah and surrounding towns. Numerous dinners New Year visits and returns to teaching posts highlight a festive period with relatives from Dubuque Manchester Waterloo and Chicago, plus several moves and arrivals in local homes.
St Pauls sets worship at 10 a m and church school at 11 a m led by Supt Myria Shaffer. Union Church holds worship at 7 30 p m with a welcome to all without a church home. Pastor J C Warton invites and addresses the community.
Sunday worship and communion at 10, Sunday school at 11, junior meeting at 2, worship service at 2, Week of Prayer services each evening. Invitations extended. Local obituaries and social visits listed, including Hendricks, Baumgartner, Warton, and various gatherings at homes and colleges.
District Court in Fayette County will hear whether a lost will of George J H Kiple, late of the county, should be admitted to probate. The hearing date is January 15, 1940, in Wet Union Iowa. Clerk Herbert D Klammer issued the notice December 12, 1939, with Deputy Ruby Boyle assisting.
Bids for coal and fuel needs of the balance of the 1939 1940 school year will be received by the secretary of the Elgin Iowa Independent School District at the Elgin State Bank up to January 9 1940. Bid coal to the No 6 Seam Western Kentucky 134 inch prepared stoker coal oil treated delivered as needed to the school building. Bids subject to Iowa Code provisions including a state grown preference and right to reject any bid. Specifications may be obtained by writing B J Baumgartner Secretary Elgin Iowa.
Spokane area sailors trailer their craft between 70 lakes in eastern Washington and northern Idaho seeking favorable winds. With Grand Coulee’s lake expected by 1942, more than 100 craft patrol waters around Spokane and Lake Coeur d’Alene, from Moth to 24-foot boats, costing 50 to 8000 dollars, as the sport grows from a pastime to a regional hobby.
Fred Stanford, 37, returning from a trip, grows thirsty and lifts a beer stein in Salt Lake City. As he sighs, his jaw dislocates, attracting attention until Patrolman Clarence T. F. Smith helps reset it.
Paulding Ohio reports a sink hole lead Richard Lieder to uncover an abandoned well believed built by Gen Anthony Wayne. The well lies on the old Wayne trail near the historic camp site used during Indian conflicts 150 years ago. The log casing appears hollowed by hand.
ST. JOSEPH MO For the first time in 12 years Mr and Mrs Paul Westpheling have no diploma to hang on the wall The family has collected almost enough sheepskins to paper the wall The diploma collection includes 16 from nine different schools They were collected by six children Four children are still in school and the diploma yield is expected to start again next year They expect at least eight more graduating certificates
War conditions in North China have turned villages into fortified zones. Instead of walls they use barbed wire entanglements charged with electricity at night. Villagers herd livestock within these fortified areas at sundown and release them at dawn to roam the countryside and survive.
In Lillington North Carolina a fire truck reportedly reversed its usual duty and sped away from a fire at the station. Separately in Miami a pedestrian hit by a car was issued a summons for impeding the vehicle.
Mrs. Robert Clothier assists with invoicing at Falk's garage. Eri Boyle returns home with Helen Reed after Christmas in Lineville. Burton and Howard Wolf visit Albert Schupbach home Friday to Tuesday. Gene Habeger ill at home Wednesday. Faculty return from holiday visits. School resumes Wednesday. Russell Baker Decorah and Co B Schori Elgin depart for Des Moines on business, to return Thursday.
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