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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1941
Page
4
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Elgin residents and relatives gathered for numerous visits and social events over the week. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ash with Crayton James baptism. Mrs. H S Steele and family. Elgin and Clermont guests in various homes. several trips to Waterloo, Decorah, and Cedar Rapids. and military notices for Dale DeSart.
Mary Ames shares a step by step guide to making a slip cover for a wing chair using Farmers Bulletin No. 1873. She details measuring, fabric choice, sewing seams, darts, and finishing to rejuvenate furniture with plain and corded seams for a neat fit.
A family tired of winter beans mixes canned string beans with a veggie topping. Butter, dry breadcrumbs, grated carrots, parsley, and onion create a savory finish.
Melt butter and add bread crumbs then remove from heat. Stir in carrots parsley onion and salt. Heat string beans and place in serving dish. Sprinkle with the crumb topping for a simple side dish.
Mrs. Carrie Weibel of Waterloo visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Greenley and A. M. Weibel on Friday. Several relatives from Montana, Sumner, Bloomfield, Palatine and Rochester traveled to Elgin or nearby towns for visits, with gatherings and homecomings noted. A farm news item mentions coons spotted between Clermont and West Union after high water. Charles Wilson of Illyria, now at Camp Jackson Miss, is married to Cathryn Ogle. Fayette county farm women's chorus named to state fair tour. Local visits from Mitchell and Des Moines families, birthdays celebrated for Wilma Scheer, and multiple extended family visits documented.
Mrs. Wm Grover has been ill and confined to her bed for several days. Mrs Wm E Baumgartner underwent a tonsillectomy at Decorah hospital. Thus Desmond of Wilburton Okla visited H D home. Mr and Mrs Carl Torkelson spent Sunday in Rushford visiting sister Mrs Earl Sorem. Mrs Ern Baechler and Mary Marie Grimm and Mrs Celia Rennison and Anna were business callers in Dubuque last Thursday. Mrs Arthur Herrling and son Arthur Schori were released from Mercy hospital at Oewel and returned to their home in Wadena. Mrs Vern Boyer and Leo took Ron Boyer to Rochester for tooth infection treatment. Mrs F W Hughes, Mrs Fred Gehring, Mrs Sam Lehman and J F Berndt took the prize for early peas this year as they have enjoyed them this week.
The Future Farmers met at Robert Hanson's home on Friday May 23 with nine members present. Roll call named a breed of hogs or sheep. Lyle Jones answered member questions and noted a potential new project a grade dairy heifer requiring a purebred bull and cow of the same breed. Ten visitors attended. The next meeting is set for Noel Smith's home on June 20, reported by Glen Yearous.
California bound Mary Baechler travels with Mr and Mrs Alfred Baechler and Wendell and Mrs Haas of Clermont. They left Sunday for California and Oregon visiting John Baechler family in San Jose and Haas relatives. They plan to tour Bauman families in Colorado and see notable sites along the route.
Walter Plaht of Clermont led association No 2 with 1141 pounds milk and 46.3 pounds fat. Karl Miller, also Clermont, had 885 pounds milk and 34.6 fat with 16 cows milking. Baumgartner & Kohls own the high Milking Shorthorn cow at 961 pounds milk and 37.5 fat. Association No 4 saw Jerry Spencer top with 1109 pounds milk and 65.3 fat. Other top finishers include Arbe Schroder Clermont 1220 milk 48.8 fat, Kenneth Kerr Postville 1138? milk 48.1 fat, Olson & Estey Clermont 1203 milk 43.7 fat, Tom Hanson Elgin 742 milk 142.6 fat, Max Medberry Elgin 866 milk 40.5 fat, Irving Deering Clermont 1032 milk 39.8 fat, Harry Cline & Sons Elgin 732 milk 39.7 fat. Holstein high is Irving Deering with 1590 milk and 77.9 fat. Guernsey high is Jerry Spencer with 1451 milk and 81.3 fat. Milking Shorthorn high is Max Medberry with 1442 milk and 72.1 fat.
Excitement rose Monday noon at Thoma's store as a chair cushion on a desk chair caught fire. Bystanders including Roy Knight and Harry Johnson, described as heroes, helped extinguish the flames before the fire department arrived.
Residents in Decorah reported a strange display of giant firework like flashes after a storm as an electric wire became ghosted. Power company worker Joe Mista cut the wire, ending the danger and the spectacle.
A scattered clump of ad pitches and witty chatter references Fire Guard Stokers price rise next Monday and a cornucopia of quips about doctors, color paint value, a naval surgeon, and a long miscellaneous closing line from SCHORI & KUSTER LER.
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