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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1941
Page
2
Editor names and staff items precede school notes on resolutions book reports declam contest and sports. Doris Hanson argues against resolutions while urging duty and aid to England. Reports cover class writing, annual progress, and upcoming basketball games with Luana Randalia and local scrimmages.
Barbara Boleyn has been absent due to illness. Primary pupils craft snowmen from white and blue construction paper and practice numbers on calendars. Second and third grades display snowflake art on black paper and depict a snow man scene. Fourth and fifth grades study Swiss and Southern states. poetry and snowflake posters created in art. Sixth and seventh grades explore science with ammonia mixtures, sea carvings, and arch studies. moving through Thanksgiving reflections and war debate.
Tests run Thursday and Friday to end the first term while second term begins next week. Eighth Grade science is dropped. geography added. History replaced by civics. Ninth to twelfth grade see shifts: economics, American Literature, and American Government dropped. sociology and English Grammar among electives added. vocational option replaces business arithmetic in twelfth grade.
A cluttered, playful collage of names, phrases, and snippets recalls students, teachers, and moments from a school or community setting. It hints at well worn lines, chuckles, and blurred recollections mixed with stray observations and dreamlike vignettes from daily life.
Mrs. Frank Welch hosted an eight o'clock dessert luncheon for the Auction bridge club with twelve guests including Mrs. Lyal Whittenbaugh, Mrs. Dorothy Weber and Mrs. Wesley Phelps. Prizes went to Mrs. J. C. Kennedy, Mrs. A. G. Herrling and others. The RK. N. A. lodge met at J. C. Kennedy home with officers installed led by Oracle Mrs. Rey Leonhart and Recorder Mrs. H. B. Peterman. Additional gatherings included the Keven-O-Bridge club, visits by local families, and a Square Deal 500 club meeting hosted by Mrs. Dorothy Weber with prizes awarded. A connected play sponsored by the FLT A. gS will be staged January 25 in Klingman hall titled Who Won the Revolution.
The article covers Wadena high school stage preparations for a one act play Rachel Crothers The Reelzir directed by Mrs Marjorie Learn with students Harley Frey Janice Nelson Donna Johnson Bernadine Raftis Marjorie Herwig Marjorie Shaffer and Rosemary Cline. It also lists Sunday school morning worship and Christian Endeavor at the Presbyterian church with Rosemary and Dorothy Cline leading. Rosetta Page born May 6 1867 died Jan 12 1941 leaves husband John Cline and ten children with four surviving, funeral held at Presbyterian church, burial at Nyria cemetery with sixteen grandchildren and several relatives listed.
A Wallaces' Farmer and Iowa Homestead poll reveals a 30 percent swing since 1939 in rural sentiment on selling arms to Great Britain. In the latest results 78 percent favor helping England, 18 percent oppose changing naturalization laws, and other shifts show small gains for war or aid while no opinion and other stances appear in minor figures.
In Iowa lawmakers express desire for a larger minority in both chambers but refuse to abandon their seats. Republicans hold overwhelming majorities in both houses, while Democrats hold 22 House seats and 5 Senate seats. Aiming to prevent factional squabbles, Democrats could block bills if 32 disgruntled Republicans join to form a tie when all are present.
The article describes a new winter safety booklet produced by the Public Safety Department's Safety Division led by Robert Stoyan. It covers topics such as icy roads, reduced visibility, tire chains, and pedestrian safety, aiming to reduce winter highway deaths. It also notes Gov. George A. Wilson urging a pay as you go budgeting approach and reforms to state financial procedures to cut expenditures.
The official states he favors meeting state needs but advices against increases for capital expenditures including a new state office building. He notes available funds could cover the project now yet urges lawmakers to consider rising construction costs and labor/material absorption from the national defense program. If delay is prudent, funds should be kept for future use.
Phoen ix lawmakers opened with eight senate bills and a wide set of measures from the house program committee. A general interest proposal, the prepaid Retail Transaction and Sales Tax, would replace the state tax with a 2 percent rate applied to all sales including services by utilities, with exemptions for processing resale and trade-ins.
The statement notes that the typical adult uses about 7,000 to 10,000 words in daily speech. It highlights vocabulary size as a marker of language fluency and education, with implications for reading comprehension and communication.
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