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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1947
Page
3
Subscription payments for new and renewal are accepted by Clermont Local News Editor Mrs Lucy Engle who will issue receipts. Publisher.
The report notes new library books in the room with favorites Millions of Cats and The Matchbook Gun. It lists top performers: Charles Thorson and Sandra Qison with 100 percent in semester arithmetic, Mary Ann Martin and Glendal Nygard with A grades, and English excellence by Mary Ann Martin, Ellen Kneeland, and Kay Jacobson. Wayne Olson was absent due to illness. pupils enjoyed a puppet show at the high school gym.
Parish life and family visits fill a Clermont page with many names and places. Funeral attendance for Mrs. Emily Schupanitz at Festina draws relatives from Kellys Carlin Quinns and others while Delores Schupanitz travels from Dubuque to attend. Social visits include Orval Sullivans group from Elkader and Lucian Appelman hosting a kitchen shower for Mrs. Forest Medberry. Families from Waterloo Fitchland Center Hawkeye Bangor and Loras College circulate among hosts in modest gatherings and church events.
Sunday visits mark family connections across Decorah and surrounding towns. Grandparents welcome newborns in Waukon and Altus while Postville and Festina residents attend funerals and weddings. News notes also cover clerking shifts, confirmations, and church events among local households.
Swine producers will join Iowa State College Extension Service and Rath Packing Co. officials in Oelwein on Friday Jan 24 for a type demonstration showing short chunky medium and rangy hog carcasses. Experts will discuss market demands breeding and management plus disease control. Carcasses display at 12 30 pm with discussions starting 1 pm first county type demo. Also reminders for Clermont girls basketball tournament Jan 22 23 24 and 25.
The piece highlights Government Savings Bonds supporting General Electric and Eastman Kodak plants and 6500 New York shops with under 40 workers, stressing future needs in radio aviation and transport. It urges farm workshops to protect machinery, noting tractors demand more upkeep and that shops can start small with a clear plan and expand later.
A report argues that discarding a single slice of bread weekly by every American family mirrors wasting about 100 million loaves of bread annually, highlighting the scale of domestic food waste and urging conservation.
A 14 year old boy Arlo Mathews from near Joice was killed while hunting near Forest City when a slip on ice caused a rifle to discharge into his shoulder. He died before help arrived. Other Iowa items note a shooting accident near Sioux City injuring four, a tractor split in half after a collision with an auto near Conrad, a Dutch brother reunion in Cincinnati, a Denison house fire killing four year old, a grain elevator watchman death in Omaha, and a 100th birthday death of a Melcher G A R member. Deer hunting incidents continue with a third deer killed near Milford and a $100 penalty under Iowa law.
Eggs are rich in vitamins proteins and minerals. Each egg added to the daily diet increases food value and health protection.
An old guide explains a method for enhancing dried herbs by a hot and cold bath. Place the measured herb in a tea strainer, dip into hot water for ten seconds, then into cold water for ten seconds, and drain to finish.
A historical note states that the plow was first introduced in Virginia in 1617, marking an early agricultural development. The brief indicates the year as a key milestone in colonial farming practices and regional adaptation.
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