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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
3
Published every Thursday Morning Elizabeth Priest Local Editor Member of Iowa Press Association National Editorial Association Entered in the post office at Clermont Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
A series of weekend visits and home stays are recorded in Clermont and nearby towns. Alice Frederick visited Ed Gass in Postville. Dan Burke hosted in Emmet Carlin’s home. Doris Landsgard stayed with Mrs. B Nelson. Carlsons and Loui Olson hosted guests for Memorial Day. families traveled between Clermont, Cedar Rapids, Oelwein and West Union for visits, schooling, and church events.
Local residents attended funerals, visited relatives in Clermont and nearby towns, and hosted guests from Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Town events included a Townsend Recovery bill talk by C. C. Crowningshield and a W C C F social at Elizabeth Sullivan’s home. Pinetown piano for sale and awards for Clermont high school student Lolita Blake noted. Ossian raiders fined for illegal possession. jail sentences suspended.
Iowa lawmakers require all motor vehicle drivers to obtain licenses by July 1 1935. Applicants must apply directly to Des Moines rather than via the sheriff. Local licenses will not be issued this year and applications will be available in towns later. The NRA vote prompted mixed reaction with small businessmen welcoming less external interference. Sell it through an Echo Want Ad.
A city man contends that no parking space exists where cars are left to suffer fender dents. Iowa dairy data show butterfat averaging 36.8 cents per pound among 63 cow testing associations during March.
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