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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1941
Page
8
Cheery Valley residents host dinners, showers and gatherings across Elm, Dennler, Meisner, Christen and Dennier homes. Numerous guests visit relatives including the Meisners, Fr iederichs, Denniers, Christens and Lembkes. Regular calls, illness of Russell Friederich, and local trips to Ames and Mason City round out a busy week.
Illyria area residents host and visit with friends and relatives over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Earl Scheffert welcomed a son Jerry Dean born Thursday January 23. The listings mention guests in Fayette Waterloo and Hawk Eye with families and 4-H activities at Arthur Yearons home.
Mrs. Mary Ogle joined the Hans Winkler home Sunday while Mrs. Harry Gilson and J S Phillips shared Thursday visit. Dozens of calls and gatherings occur with the Dennler, Winkler, Brackin, Gilson, and Talcott households. 4-H activity with Margie Dennler, and multiple dinner and supper guests mark a busy community week in Oak Grove.
The report lists visitors to several local homes including Oran Bane, Hans Winkler, Roy Leuchtenmacher, Mrs Dilla Baldwin, Clara Mae, Walter Dennier, Sid Walters, and Merle. It notes Sunday and Saturday visits among neighbors and mentions the Winkler residence as a visit site.
County Line News records a flurry of social visits with neighbors and relatives over Wednesday to Sunday. Guests include the Blockhus, Thorson, Reierson, and Berg families alongside the Kimball and Nelson households. Fritzjof Blockhus volunteers for U. S. Army medical exam in Elkader. others help with chores and share time across Decorah area homes.
Mrs. Carrie Thorson and Mrs. Ole Blockhus spent Thursday with Clarence Olson. Various locals visited relatives and neighbors through Friday and Saturday, including Loftsgard, Erickson, Olson, Martin, Lyngaas, Landsgard, and Amundson families. The Brorby school reopened after a measles related week off.
Mr and Mrs James A Smith of Promise City marked their 60th wedding anniversary last week. They have spent their entire married life in Wayne County.
At the January meeting the Anthon town council voted to provide a free light bill for December as a belated Christmas gift. The action reflects local relief measures for utility costs and sets a precedent for future aid.
Four Corydon men report a busy period of hunting and trapping with four raccoons found in one night and four mink located in a single day and night combined. The finds underscore ongoing game activity in the region.
Glenn Postel of Zearing harvested 157 bushels of corn in seven hours last week. Western Union College at LeMars paid early year bills with 5,000 silver dollars weighing 312 pounds and would stretch 626 feet if lined end to end.
Washington DC associate justice James C. McReynolds, a veteran of the Supreme Court since 1914 and a holdout of the conservative bloc, told President Roosevelt he will retire February 1. He will be 79 on February 3, creating a vacancy for a sixth Roosevelt appointee on the nine-member court.
Local ministers surprised congregations by swapping pulpits for the day. Delores Modrell of Battle Creek cut her hand on barbed wire while breaking a fall, requiring several stitches to close the wound.
Ernie Schwanebeck of Fontanelle was burned when he poured water into a car radiator containing kerosene used as antifreeze. The resulting flare singed his face.
A year after a barn burned at the Stanley Zrudsky farm near Alburnett a new blaze last week destroyed the house. Fire crews responded but the residence was a total loss with damage estimated at substantial levels to the structure and surroundings.
A Lenox resident returned to find his wife away at a party and was told to fend for himself. At supper he found an open jar of peaches and a sauce dish with two peach halves. He added more sauce and ate the dishful, later discovering the halves were actually two egg yolks.
Americans rely on airplanes for national and soil defense. Heavily armed four motor aircraft aid national defense while camera planes support soil conservation. Iowa AAA cooperators study aerial maps of farms and localities. Farmers in the lower picture inspect a map taken from about 36 miles up. These maps aid the AAA Farm Program Conservation. Similar aerial photos cover over two million square miles of U S land area.
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