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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
5
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The piece profiles candidates Charles J. Knickerbocker and others with military service, business and community ties across Iowa. Knickerbocker, born 1883 near his hometown, attended Iowa State College, partnered in horse dealing, led Linn county selective service, and served in the House of Representatives after 1946.
Townspeople discuss a park and picnic area development to become a central recreation site. Volunteers plan to bring tools and begin work in the afternoon, cleaning and shaping the grounds for a future communal space near the park.
Farmers test a pre emergence spray on newly planted corn to kill weeds as they emerge. The sprayed ground avoids harming corn and allows comparison with fields cultivated by traditional methods. Chemists study using chemicals on crops to reduce or eliminate cultivation from planting to harvest.
A linen shower was hosted at the George Hanson home last Friday for Hazel Gilbertson and Signe Hanson. Attendees included Mrs. Ole Thorson, Mrs. Julia Helgerot, Henry Peterson, Mrs. Galigre, Mrs. H. H. Gil ls, George Hanson, Arlene Amundson, Ardis Selmer Groth, and many others.
The Camp Fire Girls express gratitude for support during a waste paper drive held last Wednesday. The note acknowledges cooperation and thanks participants for their local service effort.
H. E. Jack Johnson Davenport will be the main speaker at the Lions Club Charter Night dinner Thursday evening. Johnson is a director of Lions International and former Davenport district governor from 1944 to 1946, with past roles as tail twister vice-president president and director. He is a manufacturers agent for electrical equipment.
Dorell Mitts and Ethel Mae from Cedar Rapids spent the weekend with relatives here while Mrs. Mel Kohler Mrs. F. D. Welch and Ruth Schupbach drove to Rochester Minnesota Monday to fetch Bess Stohr discharged from a hospital there They returned Monday evening Evelyn Hoefer and Dorothy Torkelson of Postville and Don Fauser of Oelwein joined in the weekend at the Oliver Torkelson home Mr and Mrs Robert Burg Mrs Norris Capper and Mrs Elmer Pinney Jr drove to Iowa City Friday to bring Leland Capper
Announced Miss Broadbent a Hawkeye High School graduate class of 1947 attended Iowa last summer and taught rural school near Hawkeye the past season. The couple plan to make Elgin their home.
The Elgin Fish and Wildlife Association sponsored a first annual fish fry drawing around 850 attendees. Ed Alexander and a conservation department member fried the fish, while local businesses donated about 50 gifts adding 113.75 to proceeds. Total receipts reached 458.75 after expenses, with plans for a yearly event and thanks extended to contributors.
The Camp Fire girls of Elgin spent a busy Wednesday collecting four tons of waste paper in and around Elgin. The material was sold directly to a junk dealer who transported it away the same day. Had they known the total in advance they could have used a Tama mill route to earn more.
Mr and Mrs C O Torkelson and Otis were business callers at Waterloo on Tuesday.
Voters are urged to participate in the primary held Monday June 7 with polling from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Emphasizes the importance of party candidate selection and the American right to vote, urging all to cast ballots.
Dr and Mrs Harley S Wright of West Union announce the engagement of their daughter Barbara to James Christ son of Mr and Mrs C O Christ of Elgin. The couple plans a June 7 wedding in Lewiston Montana where Barbara has taught this past year. Hosts will be Dr and Mrs Wright and Mr and Mrs Christ.
Henry Kruse and Harry from Farmersburg visited Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Emma Olson’s home. Mrs. Ray Johnson from Marion North Dakota came last week to visit her parents Mr and Mrs. Gus Gilbertson.
Memorial services at Sun day for Elgin highlight need for a public address system at open air meetings. Noise and commotion reduce half the program, and the solution is to drown out interference with a proper outdoor sound system.
Barbara Kamm of West Union presents two piano recitals with pupils from West Union Elgin Fayette Maynard Westgate and Hawkeye Tuesday and Wednesday evening June at 8 o'clock in the Methodist church West Union. From Elgin arrive Linda and Karen Kiple Janice Schori Marcia Wolf Reva Medberry Barbara Crider Bonnie Lantz Ruth Tillotson Dean Torkelson Shirley Reusser Marlene Roberta Mosby Nancy Larson Kerolin Falk Barbara Boleyn Donna Robinson Mary Brackin Roma Medberry Ruth Vonda Boleyn and Lauretta Gilson.
The Elgin Legion Auxiliary and Camp Fire girls distributed memorial poppies last Saturday with 1,000 poppies handed out during morning and afternoon and completed in the evening. The Auxiliary notes yearly growth with no saturation yet at 1,000.
John Tillotson and Ben Schori attended the annual Iowa Sheet Metal Contractors association meeting at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids. Representatives from across the state joined talks, demonstrations, and moving pictures on steel aluminum and copper wear and weathering. Mrs Florence Baldwin returned home after weeks visiting Harry Baldwin in Waterloo and Joe Kinan in Cedar Rapids.
The Elgin Lions Club will be presented its charter Thursday evening by district governor Ralph Kimball to Henry McMillan, club president. Guests from Arlington, Independence, Jesup, Manchester, Marquette, Oelwein, Strawberry Point and West Union are expected, with over a hundred at dinner. Main speaker H. E. Johnson of Devonport, a Lions International director, will preside. musical numbers and club songs follow. The dinner, at the school gym, is prepared by the Women's Society of Christian Service.
The C J Robinson family plans a summer move to Southgate California so Mr Robinson attends summer school at the University of Southern California and pursues school administration credit toward his master's degree. They will return the first week of August with Paul Zurbriggen in charge of school business in Mr Robinson's absence.
The Clayton County Farm Bureau holds its annual picnic on Sunday June 6 at El kader Recreation Park. Richard Stephens Crawfordville farmer and state Farm Bureau vice-president will be principal speaker. Adrian Gamble extension director will attend his first county wide meeting and appears on the program.
The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Association of Fayette County Iowa will hold its annual meeting at the Legion Hall Fayette Iowa on June 8 1948 at 1 PM to elect officers and address other business. All members are requested to meet at the Legion Hall at 100 PM. afterwards attend services at Illyrian. Social notes report visits by Geo Haven Kent in the Allen Habeger home and Sue Bovis Jim visiting Sheldon Boyle home.
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