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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1949
Page
3
A long list of social visits fills a Clermont note, with Dubuque Cedar Rapids Postville Elgin Decorah and West Union residents hosting and visiting friends and relatives. Birthday anniversaries dinners and theater outings share the week’s small town highlights.
Report of Condition for Farmers Savings Bank of Clermont Iowa as of December 31 1948 to the Superintendent of Banking. It lists assets liabilities and capital including cash balances government and state obligations loans deposits and equity figures sworn by Louise Miller president and J A Erickson cashier with notary verification.
The Clermont School reports a pleasant Christmas vacation and plans for semester tests. Charlotte Olson visited. Janice and Sandra Olson provided birthday treats. Ann Larson lent Uncle Tom's Cabin. Keith Aanes updated his dental card. Paul Hackmann and Janice Olson scored 10 in arithmetic self tests. Miss Rucker hopes for a speedy recovery.
In preparation for Semester tests, students earned ratings of 10 or excellent on the Arithmetic drill self test. Eighth graders Robert Frederick, Kay Jacobson, Robert Johnson, Ralph Kneeeland, LaVern Larson, Beverly Nelson, Carmen Swenson, and Marlene Durscher, along with seventh graders LaVern Eide, Ellen Kneeland, Mary Ann Martin, Glendal Nygaard, Shirley Olson, Judy Paulson, Leland Probert, Marguerite Sullivan, and Joann Swenson, are noted. Dairy men report milk output rising 10 to 20 percent due to faster milking.
In Cass county Red Oak area Henry Stevens and relatives receive handmade Christmas gifts carved from a walnut tree once on his wife's grandfather’s land. Stevens, a hobby wood carver, has produced 16 gifts from the seasoned timber. An advisory note cautions weed control profits vanish with impure seed and promotes Echo Want Ads.
Word reached Clermont of the Dec 26 birth of Susan Gail Gunsten in Minneapolis. Inga Larson left for an indefinite stay with her sister on a farm. Local residents hosted New Year’s Eve watchnight with multiple guests from Elkader Monona Postville and nearby families. several travelers plan six week trips to Mesa Arizona.
A son Wayne Leonard Olson weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces born at Postville hospital at 10 a.m. New Year’s Day, the first baby of the year for the hospital and likely the county. Darlene Heins, daughter of Ed and Mrs Henning of Clermont, is the mother. Relatives and neighbors shared New Year’s meals and visits across several towns, with many guests listed. The Rosary Society and Altar Guild meeting has been postponed to Thursday January 13.
In Emmetsburg a two year old, Linda Matthiesen, suffered a fractured left leg after her father, carrying her, slipped and fell last week. The incident occurred while she was in his arms bringing the child to care and treatment followed.
A brief note highlights how well designed laying houses support steady egg output. Improved coop conditions reduce stress, boost hen welfare, and sustain daily production for poultry operations.
Iowa public safety figures show 661 traffic deaths in 1948, up 12 from 1947, with 483 fatal accidents, 132 in cities and towns and 351 on rural highways. Rural breakdown splits 240 on state and federal roads versus 239 prior year. county and local roads rise to 111, up 24. Urban fatalities fall by 18 as safety laws aid progress.
Agricultural notes indicate weed-control recommendations for 1949 will differ little from those used in 1948. The guidance suggests continuing established methods and materials, with minor adjustments based on field conditions and emerging findings from ongoing trials.
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