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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1941
Page
5
The 49th Iowa General Assembly opened in a serious mood and began work quickly. Leaders warned of possible wartime measures, mirroring 1917, as state officials urged readiness for potential extraordinary action.
The Spur reports legislators, facing higher federal taxes and a strong national defense program, are moving to cut operating costs and consolidate state government. Ahead of inauguration, the plan calls for modern bookkeeping and accounting to strengthen finances and help the people meet rising living costs.
In his inaugurial message delivered two days after taking office the chief executive urged cooperation among the legislature state government and the people for a united public service program. The legislature moved quickly. The House passed six bills and scheduled others. by week’s end nine bills on calendar call and 32 introduced. The Senate held one public hearing on two major bills and considered 47 more measures. Seven bills were enacted in the House chiefly to correct imperfections in the motor carrier act and in agriculture department procedures.
Legislative action centers on two measures, a 60 percent assessment basis and a 5 percent assessment ceiling for debt limits of municipalities. Public hearing occurred in the Senate Committee of the Whole, with the bills ranked No 1 and No 2 in Special Orders this week. Iowa has used 80 percent for years until the state supreme court required 100 percent in the absence of statutory authorization.
The Elgin State Bank last week had F C Muehlethaler install venetian blinds on all first floor windows. The addition improves decor and convenience and provides privacy for the office staff after hours. It also helps protect against window tapping after closing.
The Gunder Co operative Cheese factory held its annual meeting Monday to elect officers for 1941. P. N. Peterson was chosen president, Arno Mueller vice president, and Henry T. Olson secretary treasurer, with ten directors named. The farmer managed non profit co op sells via a Wisconsin agency that pools output. Olson notes 1940 business more than doubled 1939 due to new customers and increased farm production.
Joe Hanson and friend Joe Hall traveled to Acapulco on January 3 and planned to return by January 6. Hanson wrote an account of the journey to his parents, Mr and Mrs George Hanson of Elgin, and The Echo hopes to print part of the letter for readers.
Town Council orders the seizure of unlicensed or stray dogs and holds them for several days before disposal. Owners must keep dogs on property or be properly identified with a license tag. By order of Mayor G. H. Falb.
The Marion township trustees are Theodore L. Loftsgard George Hanson and Orvin Thompson with Marion Lind as assessor and Albert Gulsvig as clerk. This notice repeats the official family for public information.
J F Ingall of Randalia was elected president of the Fayette County Farm Bureau at the annual Fayette meeting. He succeeds W S Rothlisberger of Elgin. Sylvan A Hoag of Elgin was named vice president Irving A Partridge of Maynard was secretary and H J Niehwoehner of Westgate was treasurer.
The general meeting of the Wom men's Society of Christian Service will be held Thursday, Jan. 30, at the home of Mrs. C. J. Robinson. A committee from Circle A including Mrs. Max Thoma, Mrs. H. W. Helms, Mrs. C. J. Robinson and Mrs. Ern Schori will serve.
N E Glesne, prominent Elkader business man, retires from the grocery and dry goods trade after forty years of service. Willard Wagner of Waukon buys Glesne’s interest and becomes partner with Mike Miller. Ed Riser rehired as butter maker at the Postville creamery for the coming year with Wm Ewing as first helper, Gale Welzel as bookkeeper, and Dale Suckow as second helper.
Dr John Dorman longtime Upper Iowa football and baseball coach will speak to editors at a U I U session on the Northeast Iowa campus Thursday January 30 He is famed for his championship teams and droll fan rapport The event includes informal talks by Earl Hall Don Reid Leon Barnes George Dobry and Earl English with a St Ambrose Upper Town basketball game as the evening entertainment.
The Iowa Tuberculosis Association visual health education service comes to Fayette County the week of January 27 with free sound motion pictures and talks. D R Roberts West Union organizer, and Lawrence Dennis Town Tuberculosis Assn representative, will present sessions at sites including Wadena Elgin Clermont high school and Clermont Women's Club. Schedule lists January 29 events starting 9:00 a.m. in Wadena and 10:45 a.m. in Elgin with further talks at Clermont locations in the afternoon.
An Iowa writer argues that defeatist attitudes doom small towns to fall behind as conditions change. He criticizes nostalgia for the "good old days" and says towns resist necessary change and that dismissive phrases like our town is too small seal a town’s decline. Successful towns adapt despite roads, cheap cars, and innovation.
After a failed farm bond election in McGregor the fire chief William Walters announced the fire company will not answer rural fire calls from this date forward. The election, run by the McGregor firemen, planned to house and man rural fire equipment if property owners funded the gear.
The Joe Potter railroad crew left Monday morning for Shellsburg to finish a bridge span replacement west of Brainard. They arrived the second week in December and since then have been working on the span before heading to Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Joe De Ford of Fairbanks arrived in Rockwell City to pursue establishing her birth record. Tractor upset injured Jolley driver C. Fisher after hitch loosened and tractor rolled twice. Seven head of cattle owned by Joe G. Gingerich and son died from eating exposed paint. New Sharon students enjoyed a few days off due to a broken heating plant. Firehouse access restricted. non firefighters face a $5 fine per Elgin Fire Dept notice.
Philip K. Meskel 33, former Fayette county Clerk of Courts, died early Thursday Jan 16 after a brief illness. Heart failure listed as cause. Funeral held from Holy Name Church by Rev James A Roche. Survived by widow, two brothers, two sisters. parents deceased in recent years. Meskel operated Waldron restaurant in West Union.
At the annual stockholders meeting 107 in person and 93 by proxy, two thirds of voting strength, approved a 5 percent dividend and a $3,700 transfer to bank surplus bringing totals to $10,000. Max Thoma chaired. Capper joined the board replacing Reichert who retired after 25 years.
The Tabitha Society gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist church with Mrs. Len Simek and others hosting. Devotions were led by Mrs. Alfred Jacob, a paper on Methodist origins by Mrs. Frank Pinney, and a piano solo by Mrs. Aobie Schroeder. A postmeeting shower honored Mrs. Richard Hangartner and Mrs. Oscar Hangartner. An entertainment segment featured a solo by Mrs. Clarence Muehlethaler and a poem by Mrs. Fred MuehIethaler.
An x ray last Wednesday showed J S Phillips fractured pelvis after a fall on the ice that morning. He endured pain from the shock and fracture but has rested easier since without a hip cast, aiding his comfort.
Marjorie Downie Leath, the new Clayton county recorder, urges homeowners to follow her procedures before applying for exemption with the assessor. The guidance aims to prevent delays and annoyance when completing the homestead exemption forms and to help concerned readers benefit from the recorder's service.
Cattle on feed in Jawa rose 20 percent on Jan 1 from a year earlier, marking the fourth straight yearly increase. Nationwide 11 percent more cattle were on feed for market in the Corn Belt on Jan 1 this year, with most gains in states west of the Mississippi River.
Mr and Mrs Sheldon Boyle traveled to Oelwe on Sunday and spent the day with Mr and Mrs Robert Miller and son, Mr and Mrs Louis Lehman and sons, and Ruth Schupbach who were dinner guests in the Albert Schuppach residence.
The first month of 1941 has been dull with few clear days and frequent mists or light rains. Temperatures rose above freezing at times but overall the weather has been sloppy and gray, not the usual for northeast Iowa in January. A stronger snap would help local business.
W A Kneeland cashier of the Postville State Bank was named chairman of the banking analysis committee of the Iowa Bankers Assn for 1941. Kneeland, a Clermont native, was assistant cashier of the Farmers Savings Bank Clermont before his current post. The McCauley Brothers of Decorah bought equipment and lease of the former Earl Becker clothing store Elkader and will reopen soon. Mr and Mrs T W Duan returned home after a week in the Rob Grimes home. Clara and Amelia Muehlenthaler were dinner guests in the Wm E Baumgartner home. Alma Ruth Grimes has been ill with a boil and has been absent from school. Mr and Mrs George Vaughn visited relatives in Arlington over the weekend.
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