Elgin Alumni Dinner and Local Election Report
The Elgin Alumni association hosted a dinner for the 1928 class at the M. E. church dining room with seven boys and nine girls. The association is in its 36th year with about 300 members. Primary turnout was 273 ballots, including 85 women. The Cappter Hatchery business grew at the post office. Postmaster Falb and Mrs. Davis processed over 75 COD packages. Elgin’s baseball team beat West Union 7 to 5 with Gehring and Klingman on battery. Cleve Erhardt reported 102.5 feed and C White Legterns cited a $151.20 feed bill for a flock yielding over 16,000 eggs. Bible school opened with 35 children at the Methodist church. Illyria township women held seven meetings on home economics and cookers. Funeral for Dr. Ulving held at home with Silver Leaf lodge A F & A M officiating. Ulving had purchased Dr. Hadsel’s local practice. Baptist Sunday school picnic at West Union fair grounds on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Alumni Association
M. E. Church
Cappter
Falb
Davis
Elgin
West Union
Gehring and
Klingman
Battery
Rush
Glascock
Cleve Erhardt
C. White Legterns
Methodist Church
Illyria Township
Ulving
Silver Leaf Lodge A F.& A.M
H. S. Hadsel
Fair Grounds
Teusday
Smallest post office in Iowa claimed in Luther Boone county
Iowa residents claim Luther's post office is the smallest in the state and possibly the nation, a 10 by 11 foot building housing a lobby, mail boxes, a large safe, and postmistress Mrs Clarence Barton. Nearby LeMars students wreck a school building to clear space for a new facility. Alvin Wiese of Lake Park injured by a cartridge explosion. Edna Stewart retires after 50 years teaching in Manilla. Edwin Drake survives a tractor incident in Walnut. Porky Haun loses weight after Korea service. The National Press Association, founded in 1895, aims to unite newspaper people nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
Boone County
Iowa
How Safe Is Your Play Space
A neighborhood shares play space across backyards with a jungle gym slides swings and a basketball net to keep children safe supervised and away from streets. It notes costs and nerves eased by shared equipment and outlines practical tips for poultry farmers and vegetable growers including DDT leaf hopper control and copper dust for disease control plus storage feeders and barrel waterers to reduce range chores.
Early History of East Clermont Community
East Clermont memories recount children sleeping under beds during the day and cramped meals with some standing to eat. The text notes Sven Bloekhus buying a cigar box from Anders Kullen who cultivated tobacco, and Marcus Kulien, a long time shoemaker. It mentions old spittoons once common in homes and a 1886 church record showing 12 spittoons bought for tobacco spitting on church floors, discarded about 50 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sven Bloekhus
Anders Kullen
Marcus Kulien
East Clermont
Governor Appoints New State Comptroller
Governor announces appointment of new state comptroller as part of ongoing state government reshuffles. Also notes related changes in Des Moines offices, including new corporation counsel Berry Burt taking post in secretary of state's office and prior court chief justice rotation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry Q. Burt
Des Moines
Secretary of State
Edgar C. Corry, Jr
Melvin Synhorst
Burt
Iowa state board of education election looms in 1930s era
Interest grows in selecting a new president of the Iowa state board of education as Henry C. Shull completes 24 years on the board and finishes his term June 30. Top contenders are Richard C. Plock of Burlington and W a Rupe of Ames, with Mrs. George Le Kysath a long-serving member. A new president may be chosen at the June 27-28 meeting in Iowa City or at a July special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Iowa School For the Deaf
Towa School For the Blind
Oakdale Sanitarium
Henry C. Shull
Sioux City
Beardsley
Shull
Richard C. Plock
Burlington
W. A Rupe
Ames
Plock
Lon
Rupe
Towa City
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Meinhard
Fritz Laur
Eco Office
Avalon Theater
Clermont
Maurice Manson
Fox
McCormick
L.T. N. Olson
Peter Luchsinger
Dial
Elgin Heho
Frieda Etter
D. D. Dean
Elgin Echo
Norman Amundson Postville
Echo Office
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Monarch
IRHA
Iowa City
Merle Alderson
Volga
Dell
Elginic Echo
L. C. Reierson & Son
Schori Bros
Elgin Produce
Hore Brockway
R Union
Town
DELCO
McDonald Bath Feeney
Sorlee Coleman
Mar McDonald
Mer
Monarch Electric
Meinhard Hardware
Wm. Nelson
Barney Larson
Echo
Wadena
G. W. Alderson
Kenneth Baldwin
Orvin Thompson
The
LeMars
Alvin Wiese
Lake Park
Ifn
Edna Stewart Ry
Manilla School
Manilla
Edna Stewart
Edwin Drake
Walnut
Porky" Haun
Anamosa
Korea
National Press Association
America
Uuaderstanding
Childreh
S Ponsones
Tielem
Werana Desenece Nation
Astrety Emall
Uornt
al Coupee
Iowa High’ Scholol Athlett’association
Coupee
Jay C. Colburn
WSAA
Colburn
Chief
Ralph A. Oliver
Supreme Court
Charles F. Wennerstrom
Chariton
New York World
Martin-Senour Co
Ternational Harvester
Fee Famay Hzz
Ramaa
Falb & Light
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