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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1936
Page
3
Published every Thursday morning Elizabeth Priest local editor and member of Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association. Entered in the post office at Clermont Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
Clermont items include visits by Lawrence Carlin of Hettinger North Dakota and relatives in Wisconsin, plus updates on Dave Erhardt and son Raymond Mia Eddie Buser and Edwin Bucer, J F Miller family trips to Buffalo Center, a house described as uncanny, whisky misinformation about snakebites, and a report nine Towans drowned across several Iowa and nearby locations.
Mr and Mrs Sidney Nutting announce the marriage of their daughter Azalia to Kenneth Kjosa of Clermont. The ceremony occurred Saturday June 27 at 10 30 am at the Nutting home near Brainard with Rev J J Snyder officiating Laura Learn sang from Lohengrin prior to the ceremony Attendants included Grace Peters Beatrice Boyer Harris Kjosa The bride wore pale pink organdy and roses. the groom in a dark blue suit They left for a Wisconsin Dells trip after a two course breakfast and are both active in church and community affairs
Sale bills at the Echo office, visits and gatherings across Ches ter, Edmund Dugstad, Elgin, Waterloo, Stuartville, Postville, and Austin. Notables include Albert Leslie, Bertha Frisbie, Jerdee, Lloyd Aanes, Henry Frieden, Mellien Loftsgard, Roy Pixler, Jim Fisher, C. C. Peterson and daughters, P. E. Greas, Claude Gress, L. V. Candee, Ambie Owens, Pat Noonan and daughter, Mary and Mike Houlihan, Vvack Healey and niece, and funeral attendance for Mrs. George Aaret.
Four Clayton county thefts were cleared following raids in Peavyville Deputy Sheriff E C Fitzpatrick reported. A cream separator stolen from Joe Casper implement shop Guttenberg was found near Ousian Fred Bergman a gang member was sentenced to five years in the state pen at Fort Madison for his role in the raids.
Invitations issued for the June 28 wedding of Miss Lillian M. Arthur Randalia and Paul E. McElroy Fayette County agent. The ceremony at the bride's parents home near Randalia will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Virgil C. Welch of Upper Iowa University. Guests include sorority sisters and distant relatives. Arthur has been a standout 4 H girl and is a graduate of Upper Iowa University.
The opening week at the New Hampton swimming pool saw 597 swimmers despite cold weather. Echo delivery changes should be reported promptly to improve service. A pious aunt mis Identifies a doctor as a minister. A family gathering in Postville lists many relatives from Gunder Clermont Cedar Rapids and more. A Nashua Reporter note mentions Billy Topp living in a trailer house named Wiladine at the Big Four fair grounds.
A World War veteran recalls nearly eighteen years since the war ended and lists personal changes. He mentions family, aging signs, glasses, foot problems, a pipe habit, and reduced enthusiasm for war and uniforms. The Sabula Gazette frames this as a strong anti war argument.
Sylvester Marts, 38, a laborer on dam No. 10 in Guttenberg, was bound over to the October grand jury after waiving a preliminary hearing. Bail set at 1000, default detention in Elkader jail. He was arrested Saturday after threatening Marvin Luther. marshal Glen Mueller escorted him to jail around midnight. Elkader Register.
The Hawkeye Beacon reverts to eight pages after a period of six pages. A crowd estimated at 10 to 15 thousand gathered for the airport dedication near Decorah on Sunday. Speakers included Adj. Gen. Chas. Grahl representing Gov. Herring, Congressman Fred Biermann, and Martin Nelson, Minnesota gubernatorial candidate.
The Clayton county farm bureau reports 800 members signed, topping the 700 quota by about 100. Miss Gertrude Patience Pease wed Mr. Edward Lee Paine in Manly as a Fayette bride praised a brown tow. A city girl admiring Fayette livestock wished for chocolate milk during her visit.
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