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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1943
Page
1
Agnes Paulson, local editor and member of the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association, is published by the Cler mont post office in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
Continued from page one, Ames report notes Fort Des Moines hosts Republican trade while WAACS occupy a hotel. Typewriter shortages threaten legislative work as clerks rely on 1935 models or earlier. Iowa Tax Commission records show cigarette receipts up while beer taxes dip. Taxpayers face March 13 deadline. governor hints at possible 50 percent income tax reduction, per legislative stance.
A Wal lace Iowa Homestead survey probes farmer views on hiring Japanese ancestry Americans for farm work, with women largely opposed and men mostly against. It also asks about Kentucky farm couples, noting potential labor shifts from the south to expand farm employment and free up nearly a million families for other work.
Clermont hosts Waterville for the Friday night games on January 8 with girls winning 31 26 and the boys 38 20. The upcoming schedule includes January 15 away at Monona and January 19 home against Arlington followed by January 22 home games versus Calmar. Seventh and eighth graders show strong attendance and many students earned perfect attendance across the six weeks.
The list honors students who have neither been absent nor tardy during the six weeks period, including Kenneth Wedo and Don.
A list of students achieving perfect spelling lessons last week includes Ellen Kneeland Mary Martin Judy Paulson Marguerite Sullivan Leland Probert Junior Larson Ramona Olson Billy Swenson and Wanda Lou Wilson as the semester closes with hard work by all.
Arthur Cornelius Nordhus aged 48 of Clermont died in Warren Arizona after a railway motor car collision. He worked twenty years for the company as an inspector and earlier as a guard in Fort Madison. Born 1894 in Clermont he married Swatner in 1925 and is survived by his parents two sisters and a brother with one sister and two others noted as deceased. Funeral held in Warren with burial there. mourners note faith and loss.
Herman Buraas was born October 27 1860 on a farm in Clayton county Iowa and died January 7 1943 at his son's home after a brief illness at eighty two. He married Ragnhild Olson Asnes November 17 1883 and they had two sons Gilbert and Alfred. He lived on the home farm until 1919 then moved to Clermont where his wife died seven years ago. He leaves his son Alfred two sisters Mrs J P Tingelstad Northwood North Dakota and Mrs Mina Anderson Albert Lea Minnesota and four grandchildren with many relatives and friends. His son Gilbert preceded him in death two years ago. He had been in poor health about twenty years and recently fractured his hip. He was laid to rest in faith in Jesus Christ.
Funeral services were held Monday at East Clermont Lutheran church with Rev. Axel Shefveland officiating. Casket bearers named, relatives from Northwood, ND attended. A card of thanks expresses gratitude to neighbors and helpers. Clermont community calendar notes club and society meetings for January. U S Defense Bonds and Stamps urge readers to support national defense.
Washington D C Senator Charles L McNary of Oregon was re elected minority leader of the U S Senate last week after a meeting of Republican leaders A group of newly elected senators appears in a photo with McNary seated and others standing including Edw V Robertson Chapman Revercomb Harlan Bushfield Albert Hawkes Kenneth Wherry and Homer Pfu t ven Ed H Moore is also mentioned in the caption
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