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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1943
Page
3
Agnes Paulson serves as local editor and is listed as a member of the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association. The piece notes her role and professional affiliations in a clerical publication context.
Rural Iowa senators challenged city colleagues as the fiftieth General Assembly opened. After a pomp-filled week, committees were formed amid a rural city split over leadership. Lt. Gov. Blue, new Senate presiding officer, faced a precarious position as factions clashed over floor leadership and committee posts.
Floor leader Hunt, a popular former school superintendent turned attorney and newspaper owner, serves in his second session of his first term. His quiet, broad minded leadership stands out as Moor leader prospects rise amid careful respect from fellow lawmakers. Farmers Gay Bourke B. Hickenlupper.
Farm couple Mr. and Mrs. Nathan O. Hickenlooper from Blockton, Taylor county, attend the inaugural events for the new Iowa governor. Their son and friends are noted, with Mary Wilson and Jane Hickenlooper also present. Details cover reception chaos, photographer flash bulbs, and remarks by Lt. Gov. Blue. Also noted are liquor rationing impacts, highway fatalities, and plans for the 1946 centennial committee.
Des Moines planning committee members including Bob Burlingame convened last week to prepare a plan for the legislature before adjournment. Work will be general due to the war situation. A related Iowa survey by Cecil F. Rooks of the Horse and Mule Breeder's association finds parasites reduce draft power by about 33 percent and 37 percent need dental care, urging farmers to act in the next six weeks to boost production.
Twenty five years ago Clermont endured a severe blizzard with trains annulled on Friday and Saturday and some routes still running. Notable items include Prudence Appelman leaving for Chicago to pursue nursing training, Everett L. Crowe arriving in France with the American forces, and John Stotenberg and Lelisa Conner marrying at West Union. Also noted are H F Shipton's son ill at League Island Naval Hospital, Walter Sullivan enrolling in Cedar Rapids Business College, assessors visiting West Union for tax books, Marguerite Sullivan teaching in Garner, and Christmas flowers sent via the Red Cross via Washington and Emil Sling.
Washington scene shows John L. Lewis yawning at a War Labor Board hearing on the anthracite miners strike. The board orders 15,000 miners to return to work, but Wilkes-Barre workers vote to extend the 19 day walkout for a second time.
Clermont School reports a boys team 31 to 8 win over Elgin and a 18 to 16 loss for the second team on Elgin’s floor. Visitors include Floy Miller, Don ald Butts. Declamation winners head to Pontville, with Halverson and Cooley taking first place. Ina Moen’s mother died, school expresses sympathy. Jan 22 hoops with Calmar on our floor. Spelling, attendance and class notes across grades, with a total room enrollment of twenty two.
Seventh and Eighth grades recorded one-day absences for Henry Follett, Joseph Olson, De lores Thompson, and Lois Yauslin. In social studies, 7th graders started the second book Changing Civilization in the Modern World, while 8th graders read and reported on Tales of Travel.
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