Elgin Beats Elkader In Tight Sunday Baseball Clash
Elgin edged Elkader 5 to 4 after a back and forth afternoon. Jellings made a key foul-line catch, Herrling scored repeatedly, and Kiple battled through eight innings before relief. Elkader’s Cain and Wintrick contributed two hits each as Elkader briefly surged, but Elgin held on for the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Elkader
Hikader
Cardinals
Johnson
Kregel
Pinch
L. L. Kiple
Jimmie Jellings
Art. Herrling
Casaplain
Herrling
Jellings
Jimmy Cain
Ampa
Christ
Berndt
Elgin Abree
Eiple
Fes
Falb
Graver
Pineh
Grether
Rucens
Elkader Abree Oelke
Neimeyer
Sangling
A Cain
Wintrick
Jungblut
Witherall
Burlingame
Horrling
Cain
F. Kiple
Kiple
Wistrick
Foxwell Family Third Annual Picnic Held at Alyria
The 1980 Foxwell family picnic gathered at the old home in Alyria on Sunday July 27 with most members present. Attendees included H Foxwell and family Mary and Ella Foxwell Katie Foxwell Richards Amy Richards Bert Hall West Union I F Shaffer Alden Peters Leone Kerr Fred Rothlisberger Arthur Humphry Ivan Medberry Elgin Ed Knoke Ruth Robbins Decorah Charlotte Medberry Fayette Francie Robbins Jessie Vivian Medberry Oelwein Wm Kanner family Oelwein Rev J J Snyder Phillip Snyder Lenora Wilt Mrs B G Anderson Olive Myron Duckett Wisconsin. The 1981 picnic will be held in Waste Union with Katie Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
H. Foxwell
Mary and
Ella Foxwell
Katie Foxwell Richards
Amy ‘Richards
Bert Hall
West Union
I. F. Shaffer
Alden Peters
Leone Kerr
Fred Rothlisberger
Arthur Humphry
Ivan Medberry
Elgin
Ed Knoke
Ruth Robbins
Decorah
Charlotte Medberry
Fayette
Francie &. Robbins
Jessie Vivian Medberry
Demonstrate Sprays for Gardens by Extension Service
On Tuesday August 5 from 10 to 11 a m G E L Fitch of the Extension Service will exhibit spraying methods at the County Farm to protect vegetables from insects. Fitch is on a 1600 mile state tour and will discuss tackling cucumber beetles potato bags and cabbage worms. Citizens are invited to attend this hour with Mr Fitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Extension Service
Fayetta County
West Union
Smithfield Township
Harlan Township
Eden Township Club
Banks Township Club
Pleasant Ridge
Illyria Township
Putnam Township Club
G. EL. Fitch
Fitch
Unusual Celebration Commemorates Norwegian Christian Arrival
Decorah hosted a church event last Sunday marking nine hundred years since Christianity entered Norway. Attendees from Elgin included Mr. and Mrs. Mel Kohler, B. M. Benson and daughters Belva, and Mrs. Moellerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Decorah
Elgin
Mel Kohler
B. M. Benson
Belva
Moellerman
Echo Want Ads Show Next Sunday Matchups
Echo lists next Sunday games featuring Elgin at St. Lucas, Waucoms at Clermont, Elkader at Ft. Atkingon, and Arlington at Hawkeye for readers to plan upcoming sports or recreations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Waucoma
Fort Atkinson
St. Lucas
Hawkeye
Clermont
L Pet
ELGIN
Waueeins
Waucoms
Elkader
Ft. Atkingon
Adlington
Elkadey
Elgin High Adds Commercial Course With New Teacher
Miss Lorna Stewart of Manson Tows was elected to head the commercial course at Elgin high school. The program runs four years and includes typing bookkeeping shorthand and business law. Interested students should contact secretary Samuel Mosby or the school board as opening day approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorna Stewart
Manson, Tows
Elgin High School
Stewart
Manson High School
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Samuel Mosby
Small Town Parking Problem Urges Walking to Shops
West Bend Journal cites Fenton Reporter and Ringsted Dispatch arguing farmers and country customers are discouraged by downtown parking. On busy nights adults should leave cars at home and walk to stores to free spaces for out-of-town patrons. Farmers may stop patronizing local shops if parking isn’t managed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton
Ringsted
West Bend Journal
Elgin Show praised by visiting Duluth family
The Ed Nordhus family of Weat Duluth Minnesota visited Clermont last week for a month long stay. Nordhus, Doric Theatre manager at West Duluth, praised Elgin showing the same pictures as Duluth theatres and often earlier, noting Elgin ads in the Echo beat Duluth houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Nordhus
Weat
The
Echo
Elgin Theatre
Duluth
4-H Club Meeting Delivers Bread and Fair Prep
The Happy-Go-Lucky 4-H club met July 24 at Eva Mae and Alvina Frieden’s home starting at 10 am for an all-day session. Miss Brainard demonstrated whole wheat bread and Swedish tea rings, followed by county fair practice. The afternoon featured a short program and business meeting with visitors Mrs. Louise Miller and daughters Grace and Chrystal of Clermont, Mrs. Amanda Hack of Sioux Falls, and Mrs. Celia Rennison at the Mra. Fred Moser home in Strawberry Point, while Don Cross of St. Paul visited A. M. Weibel home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Mae
Alvina Frieden
Miss Brainard
Louise Miller
Grace and
Chrystal
Clermont
Amanda Hack
Sioux Falls
Echoes From Anamosa Inmates Trust In Local Paper
A letter from a young man at the state institution in Anamosa thanks the paper for continuing his subscription. The publisher notes sending Echo to several state inmates on credit with no reported cheating, while criticizing outsiders who will not pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
The Honker and Harsh Horns At Intersections
A humorous notice lampoons the arrogant motorist who blares a horn at crossings and races through. It warns that horns do not grant right of way and urges drivers to brake and stop for safety, not for show.
Hadsel Building Undergoes Improvements for New Tenants
The Hadsel building on Center street is being upgraded for new tenants arriving about mid August. City water and drainage are installed, front first floor to house Dot Beauty Shoppe with plumbing fixtures. Interior changes and redecoration planned. Mrs. Anna DeSart and daughter Dorothy will occupy rear first floor living quarters and run millinery and beauty shop in front room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadsel
Center Street
Anna DeSart
Dorothy
Grain with Pasture Uplifts Butterfat Output for Dairy Herd
A South Hardin dairy farmer in the cow testing association fed grain on pasture in June and saw butterfat rise to 40.8 pounds per cow from 29.6 in 1929 with no pasture grain. John P. Jones reports to Iowa State College Extension Service that the June increase was 11.2 pounds per cow, yielding $3.18 more income per cow above feed cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Hardin County Cow Testing Association
John P. Jones
Extension Service
Iowa State College
New Pump Arrives This Week For City Water System
The city council approved a Layne centrifugal pump with 150 gallons per minute capacity to be delivered to Elgin by midweek and installed immediately upon arrival at a total installed cost of 892 dollars. Mr and Mrs Hans Keiser visited the Huisinga family in Aplington yesterday for a brief social call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Hans Keiser
Aplington
Claude Ti. Huisinga
True to the Navy featured at Elgin Opera House
Navy department technical advisers helped create a exact set for Clara Bow in True to the Navy. Fredric March stars as a first class gunner’s mate while Frank Tuttle directed and Harry Green appears in a strong supporting role. The film shows at the Elgin Opera House Sunday and Monday August 3 and 4 with authentic warship interiors replicated at Paramount studios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department of
United States
Clara Bow
Paramount Studios
Elgin Opera House
U.S. S. Mississippi
Motion Picture
Navy Department
Fredric March
Frank Tuttle
Harry Green
Kibitzer
Old Timer Visits Former Stamping Grounds
Mr. Zimmerman of Madison Wisconsin visited Elgin seeking details on his birth father George Zimmerman who left Elgin in 1866 and headed to Wisconsin. Local elders recall a Civil War veteran who ran a wagon shop where a furniture store now sits, and Mr Zimmerman, now 94, still resides in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimmerman
Madison
Wis
Elgin
Geo. Zimmerman
Panilly
George Zimmerman
Wisconsin
Food shortfalls drive jobless to beg in Anoka area
Melchr Luchsinger of Anoka Minnesota wrote that extreme heat damaged crops and low prices for farm products forced farmers to dismiss hired help. Every day hungry men from the Twin Cities arrive seeking food or work for board with a little money for clothes and shoes. Anoka lies about 25 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melchr Luchsinger
Anoka
Minn
Joblasa
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Notice of Store Closure and Tailoring Availability
A clothing store posts a notice that no service work will be performed from August 10 to 18 due to staff vacation. Theman in charge will be away for hay fever around August 23 for two weeks. customers are urged to arrange tailor made services before then with Fred R. Berg signing the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borg
Fred R. Berg
Darwin Skeptics Question Tree Sitting Fashion
A reader disputes Darwinian evolution remarks, calling tree sitting a needless publicity stunt with no real skill or science involved, arguing it undermines Darwin’s theory. The note dismisses the activity as mere notoriety and claims it contradicts evolution.
Postville Hospital Clinic Held Tuesday Forenoon
The eye ear nose and throat clinic of the Postville hospital will be held Tuesday forenoon. August. Celia Lehman of Gunnison Colorado has written friends here that she expects to return to Elgin about the first of October. She is enjoying her stay there and said that the weather there was quite comfortable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville Hospital
Celia Lehman
Gunnison, Colo
Elgin
Fishermen Held for Sinking Boat in Guttenberg Area
George Frey aged 20 of Clayton and Harold Wolter aged 26 of Guttenberg are jailed in Elkader on malicious mischief charges. They allegedly sank a motor boat owned by the Town state fish and game department used near Guttenberg by Ted Bauer and deputy Warden John Fahey. Arraigned before Justice Gleason and held to the Clayton county grand jury. Frey bond $4000, Wolter bond $500. bonds not furnished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Frey
Clayton
Harold Wolter
Guttenberg
Clayton County
Elkader
Frey
Wolter
State Fish and Game Department
Ted Bauer
John Fahey
Dubuque
Justice of the Peace
Gleason
Walter
L C A Meeting Set At Mrs Stockr Home
The next meeting of the Lailiva Cemetery Association will be held at the home of Mrs Hulda Stockr next Wednesday evening August 6. Open the gates to new customers advertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lailiva’ Cemetery Association
Hulda Stockr
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Wil
Foxwell
Alyria
Honker
NAVY
West Union Board
West Union School Board
L. C. Beamer Tire and Electric Co
Waa
Twin City Scenic Co
Northwestern School Supply Company
Fort Washington
Fayette County Boosters
Robertson
Bilis
John Glynn
Ersline Seavel
John Scovel
Etta Johnson
Andrew Johnson
California
District, Court
George A. Richardson
Alpha
Nellda Davis
Wilbur F. Grove
Waterloo
Grace Elizabeth Chicken
J. Leslie Cline
Iva D. Cox
Postville Hospital Clinic
L. C. A. Meeting
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