Elgin High School News Highlights and Student Activities
The News Staff editors and reporters list includes Deon Pollock Janice Pinney Roberta Mosby Janana Mark Ruth Tillotson Shirley Page Janice Torkelson Shirley Shaffer Marilyn West Sara Ogle and Marijana Ogle. Music groups form in instrumental department and vocal prep for soloists with nine soloists headed to a contest. Earl J Little featured in Who's Who, born Volga March 30 1934, four years on football squad and first year basketball. avid Boy Scout. Senior sociology English biology and chemistry classes update notebooks and study habits. Agriculture students study soil formation while eighth graders read Into Your Teens and cover solar system geography and world history topics with a skating party held January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deon Pollock
Janice Pinney
Roberta Mosby
Janana Mark
Ruth Tillotson
Shirley Page
Janice Torkelson
Shirley Shaffer
Marilyn West
Sara Ogle
Marijana Ogle
Jim Cook
Jeanine Cook
Beverly Howard
Marcia Wolf
Gene Snyder
Earl J. Little
Earl
Volga
Elgin
WMT Footall
Oelwein
Morse
Gert
BHS
Clermont Socials and club events mark weekend celebrations
A group gathered at Elmer Cook residence to celebrate his birthday anniversary with a midnight lunch. Harry Amundson hosted a birthday dinner for his daughter Jean on her sixth anniversary, with the Julien Moe family and others in attendance. Business and Professional Women hosted a meeting and voted five dollars to the March of Dimes. A card party at Jim Olson’s home featured prizes for LaNora Halverson, Elmer Olson, and Wayne Shipton. Boy Scout Troop 51 schedules a 1:30 picnic at West Clermont Lutheran church Friday evening February 1 with parents and friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Cook
Mr. Cook
Messrs and Mesdames Carman Swenson
Ames Olson
Arthur Helgerson
Kenneth Mark
George Frieden
Alfred Cook
St. Olaf
Gene Wescott
Kenneth Joyce
Clarence Schuchman
LaVerne Stahr
Donald Brockway
Sylvan ‘Hoag
West Union
Dorothy
Neil Cook
Waterloo
Harry Amundson
Jean
Julien Moe
Decorah
Joe Baker
Henry Amundson
Agnes
Evelyn
Louise Bilden
Evelyn Olson
Marion Olson
LaNora Halverson
Elmer Olson
Wayne Shipton
Jim Olson
Ed Johnson
P. K. Peterson
Joseph Olson
Enoch Mark
Joe Nelson
Harry Helgerson
Clara
Myrtle Peterson
West Clermont Lutheran Church
Semester Highlights Across Classes in Junior News
The report outlines topics from American history and reconstruction to bookkeeping journals and ledger subdivision. It notes loci and circles in math, propagation of living things in science with a recent test, and English parts of speech followed by The Tale of Two Cities. It also mentions American speech coming next semester and Europe and America in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Bicum
Sheep endure cold if kept dry in winter
The article notes sheep tolerate low winter temperatures without ill effects when kept dry. It adds a common cause of poor popcorn popping is excessive dryness.
Funeral, book shower, and local notices from Elgin
A large turnout of out of town relatives attended the funeral of Mrs. Chris Lehman. The Elgin Library association hosted a book shower with 125 books donated, including a 68 book contribution from Mrs. Louis Benedict of Cedar Rapids. Paul Victor Olson, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Olson, was laid to rest in a home service led by Rev. RE Starr. John Grimm sold his Pleasant Street residence to Theodor L. Olson. Stock shipments left Elgin by carload, including six hogs and two cattle, plus Wenger Bros delivering 16 steers to Chicago at about 10.50 per hundredweight. Dr. Jerdee operated on N. W. Evans, who had arm troubles. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peters. Ed Wenger’s wife anticipates spring fries, noting seven healthy chicks in their Christmas brooder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Library Association
Louis Benedict
Cedar Rapids
Ray Helms
Waterloo
Southern Pacific Railway
Chicago
Paul Victor Olson
Elgin
Wenger Bros
Lou Wenger
Albert Klingman
Jerdee
N.W. Evans
Joe Peters
Not applicable quotation on wealth and virtue
A provocative aphorism argues men should be judged by output rather than income and claims the worst place to live lies beyond one’s earnings. It also defines a golddigger as a girl who hates poverty more than sin.
Soft versus hard corn feed value compared in notes
The article notes that soft corn or high moisture corn provides feed value roughly equal to No. 2 corn, though soft corn may not go as far. It compares feeding value and suggests practical implications for ration planning and feed efficiency.
Government Spending Sparks Public Frustration
A public remark decries government spending as chaotic and directionless, likening the situation to sliding downhill on a dishpan. The speaker questions both current and past fiscal paths.
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Senior News
Robinson
Clermont
Our Funeral Home
Fort
Muehlethaler
Opportunity
Postville
Louis Bigler
Iowa
Benjamin Franklin
R. P. Strauch
Ins
Elgin, Iowa
Thurs
Angels
Paul Douglas
Janet Leigh
Gene Tierney
Ray Mill
Red Badge of Courage
Audie Murphy
Bowery Boys
Horatio Hornblower
Starlift
Broadway
Missouri
Paris
Chris Lehman
Ole Olson
RE. J. Starr
John Grimm
Pleasant Street
Theodor L. Olson
Ed. Wengers
Bra Paulson
Dr. Jerdee
Elgin-Gunder Road
Gunder
Sale
T. B
Bangs
Harold Upland
Kenneth Kerr
Poland
China
John Deere
van Brunt
McCormick-Deering
Kalamazoo Coal & Wood
Marion Dorcas Society
Allan Anderson
Farmers Savings Bank
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