Weatherbee shot by deputy in West Union arrest
Thold Weatherbee aged 28 of West Union was shot by Deputy Sheriff H G Kappmeyer last Thursday after refusing to stop. Weatherbee fled, a chase followed, he jumped from a car and was shot in the leg. Liquor containers were found at the scene. He faces contempt of court charges from County Attorney M M Cooney. Also noted are notes on about 98 rural teachers hired and teacher examinations led by Supt L G Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thold Weatherbee
West Union
H.G. Kappmeyer
Sherif
Young Weatherbee
Wetherbee
Tounty
M. M. Cooney
Supt
L. G. Meyer
Women's Missionary Society Meets at Mrs Fritz Home
The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society met last Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. N. M. Fritz’s home with seven members and one visitor. Devotions were by Mrs. Fritz and a lesson read by Mrs. Arvilla Shaffer. A demonstration on China’s field by Li Carr and others followed. the military box was led by Mrs. Ru V. Brandt. Upcoming meeting set for July 182 at Mrs. Chas Feller’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
N. M. Fritz
Fritz
Arvilla Shaffer
Schrigt
China
MM Li Carr
J. C.jerdse
Br Vs Brandt
Clayton County Ballot Tickets List Local Officials
Clayton County presents full tickets for county offices. Republican nominees include C J Orr for state senator G W Hunt for district attorney Pallas sheriff J O Connor recorder A H Berman attorney L Delke coroner F Brown supervisor 1988 term and C Fay supervisor 1934 term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayton
C. J. Orr
G. We Hunt
Audi- Palas
Jerna O'Connor
A. Hy Berman
Leslie Delke
Frank Brown
Chas. Fay
M E Sunday School Honors Attendees With Year Pins
October marked the distribution of gold year pins for perfect attendance in the M E Sunday School. Since then, members receiving pins include Kenneth Schori Serene Yack Betty Strauch Alvina Frieden Lewis Carter Ernestine Holzer Jimmie Christ Ula Boleyn Dorothy Boleyn Kathryn Powell Eva Mae Frieden Pauline Boleyn Mrs Fred Reichert Mrs Henry Frieden Helen Jean Hoag Harold Weibel Ralph Christ Victor Topp Larma Jane De Bart May Been Schori Leo Hut Groot Falk Lila Ven Boritt Bopp Bopp Shirley Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Schori
Serene Yack
Betty Strauch
Alvina Frieden
Lewis Carter
Ernestine Holzer
Jimmie Christ
Ula Boleyn
Dorothy Boleyn
Kathryn Powell
Eva Mae Frieden
Pauline Boleyn
Fred. Reichert
Henry Frieden
Helen Jean Hoag
Harold Weibel
Ralph Christ
Victor ‘Topp
Larma
Jane’De Bart
May Been Schori
Leo Hut
Groot Falk
Lilaven
Boritt
Bopp
Shirley Miller
Cost of Flood at McGregor Narrows Savings
Workmen continue cleanup after the May 5 flood in McGregor. Town clerk Wm. Stone reports $3,042.44 spent on flood expenses, $2,771 on labor and the rest on materials. Total cost expected near $4,000 as work proceeds. It also provides winter relief by employing many idle workers and aiding local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Wm. Stone
North Iowa Times
Road Work Progress on High West Union Trunk
Construction on the High West Union county trunk is progressing steadily with favorable weather. After nearly four weeks, the project is more than one third done and ahead of schedule. About thirty five men are employed and grading from the Helms farm toward the water tower in Elgin will wrap up ahead of a final westward move. The job is expected to finish by mid August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Fox Craw
O'Brien
H. W. Helms
Helms
Elgin
West
Weat Union
Pax
Helma
Pleasant Valley Peppy Pals 4-H Club Meeting Report
The Pleasant Valley Peppy Pals 4-H Club met at Elizabeth and Lillian Jacob's home on Thursday June 9 with five members present. Geraldine Brainard Elisabeth Jacob and Elizabeth McMillan led activities including making laundry bags officer elections and a business meeting. Elizabeth Jacob will attend the State 4-H meeting at Ames June 27 to 29, and the next gathering is set for June 17 at Frieda Miller's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley Peppy Pals 4-H Club
Elizabeth
Lillian Jacob
Geraldine Brainard
Elisabeth Jacob
Kent Memory
Si Geraldine Brainard
Elizabeth McMillan
Florence. Ruckdaschel
Dam Sticks-80 Far At Otter Creek Channel
A dam built last spring from about 20 old trucks and cars remains in place despite repeated high water. Debris buildup grows with each flood as the stream continues to push along the bluff, gradually filling the old channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otter Creek
Clubbing Offer for Oelwein Subscribers Announced
The Echo and Enterprise offers a clubbing rate with the Oelwein Daily Register at four dollars per year for new subscribers and five dollars for renewals. Regular rates are eight fifty for the Register and two dollars per year for the Echo and Enterprise. Call the Echo office to subscribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo and Enterprise
Oelwein Daily Register
Echo
Register
Tfp
Echo date correction prompts checks on payments and funeral notice
The Echo list was corrected on Saturday June 11 and prior payments should show correctly on the date tag. Mrs. Gus Gunderson’s tag notes her cousin L G Storbeck of Beloit Wis died Tuesday noon, with funeral Friday. Local acquaintances recall Storbeck’s visits. Dr H H Wolf and others travelled to Waterloo Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Gunderson
L. G. Storbeck
Beloit
Wis
H, Wolf
Arthur Hertling
B. Schori
Waterloo
Walter Berton
Frank Greenley marks 20 years at Standard Oil Indiana
On June 13, Frank Greenley completed twenty years of service with the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The note wonders if the company offers pensions for long service employees and suggests Greenley may qualify if such a program exists. The text also references Mrs Harold Whittenberg and a daughter from New Hampton visiting at the Brookis home.
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Frank Greenley
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil
Greenley
Harold Whittenberg
New Hampton
Braokis
Reg
Petes Sl
Stone building to be razed after sale near Chicaméry
The old stone ice house near Chicaméry was sold Saturday to John for 40 dollars. Falk contracts to raze the structure and reuse lumber for an auto shed for extra room for new and used cars. The building, idle since tobacco and ice use faded, has little salvage value and will be removed to beautify the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicaméry
John
Falk
Great Central
When a Child Won't Eat Says Dr Richardson
Dr Frank H Richardson a noted child specialist warns against coaxing and bribing a child to eat He advises placing the child at the table for a set time 80 minutes for meals and 20 minutes for snacks then sending him away regardless of intake He says the child will not starve and that relief to exhausted parents is real once this method is adopted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Richardson
Farmers Hold Voting Power in State Assembly
State Senator J H Hager visiting the Echo office said farmers are the majority in the state assembly. The composition shows farmers 86, merchants 12, lawyers 29, insurance men 7, publishers 6, bankers 6, real estate 2, plus one each of homemaker manufacturer teacher revenue collector shipper radio operator physician carpenter auctioneer and machinist, totaling 158 members with farmers ahead by 14 over all other professions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hager
Waukon
Echo
State Assembly
Assembly
Knudtsons Celebrate Silver Wedding at Family Home
Mr and Mrs O T Knudtson were honored at a silver wedding celebration on Sunday June 5 held at their family home near the Turkey River bridge midway between Elgin and Elkader. Relatives from Hayfield Spring Grove Cannon Falls Minn Elkader and Elgin attended. All their brothers and sisters and their families were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Knudtson
Turkey River Bridge
Elgin
Elkader
Hayfield
Spring Grove
Cannon Falls
Minn
Early home grown potatoes win prize for Elgin gardener
The Oscar Baker family of Elgin served newly dug potatoes from their garden on Wednesday June 8. Though small the harvest is the earliest seen this year, earning Mrs. Oscar Baker the prize for the early potato grower as the gardener in the Baker home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Baker
Elgin
Legion Auxiliary Holds Annual Co. Convention
Sixty four members of the American Legion Auxiliary attended the county convention at Delwein with county chairman Mrs. Helen Kneeland presiding. Distinguished guests included state and district officers. The program featured welcome remarks, a pledge, and a brief local program. Awards went to Elgin Fayette and Oelwein for the National Citation. Margie Strauch and Mary Agnes Paulson won poster contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Delwein
Helen Kneeland
Clermont
Jane Pritchard
Onawa
State Department
Grace King
West Union
Bernice Rust
Nashua
J. M. Smittle
Waucoma
Arlington
Elgin
Fayette
Oelwein
Wadena
Westgate
Weat Union
Kneeland
Mary Agnes, Paulson
Will Kollman
Former Elgin Resident Celebrates 83rd Birthday
On May 27 a gathering of relatives and friends at A. S. Peters home in Glendfield Glenfield North Dakota honored former Elgin resident Mr. Peters on his eighty third birthday. He has been a helpless invalid for over two years. Olga Engstrom baked the birthday cake. Mr. Peters is father to Chas Peters and Mrs. Frank Lyon of near Brainard and moved to Glenfield from Brainard twenty five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Peters
Glenfield
N. D
Peters
Mr. Peters
Olga Engstrom
Carrington
Chas. Peters
Frank Lyon
Brainard
Henry Field Arrested For Speeding In Hazelton
Henry Field the U S Senate candidate was stopped near Hazelton for speeding on his way from West Union to Independence and Waterloo. He pled guilty in Hazelton paying seven dollars eighty five cents in fines and costs. A carnival company and a Baptist union in town add to population fluctuations this week as readers are urged to see the Echo Want Ad column.
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Henry Field
U. S
Senstany
West Union
Independence
Waterloo
Hazelton
Oelwein Register
Elgin
Baptist Youre People’s Union
Echo
Local Grocer Hosts District Meeting in Elgin
H W Falk of Riteway grocery led the Dubuque district meet in Elgin on Tuesday evening with a six-thirty dinner at the hotel. About seventy five attended before moving to the town hall for speeches on window decorating merchandising and advertising by Riteway officials and J Sidney Johnson of Marshalltown. Swiss Entertainers from Elgin performed music drawing applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Falk
Riteway
Dubuque
R. Grocers
Elgin
Fath
Klingman-Becker
J. Sidney Johnson
Marshalltown
Grécere
Watch Found Inside Cow After Seven Years Tale Returns
A recalled tale about a farmer in Iowa who lost a gold watch when a calf chewed a vest pocket. The watch allegedly remained wound after seven years in a milk cow’s chest, losing only four minutes. Howard Snyder of Grandview visited the Benson home, seeking author attribution for the circulating story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Howard Snyder
Grandview
B. M. Benson
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Bupt
L.G. Meyer
Haze Mark
Irene
Ofwae
People’s. and Sundayeet Union
Jon
Jand Choir
Reuben Hacknida
Carl Sentman
Steamboat Rock
Sentmen
Immony
I. Hecker
Chicago
Grand Lodge
Sioux City
Gordon Mosby
Silverleaf Lodge
Lows Grand Lodge
Mosby
Joan
Walter Durocher
Rock Valley
Joan the Marshall
Rudy Lehman
Richard Brackin
Stone
Clayton County
M. E. Sunday School
Pleasant Valley
Oluf Olsen
Lincoln
Nebr
Legion Auxiliary
Gehring
N. Balk
Balk
Hehrling
F. Kiple
Henninger
Kiple
Olson
Klingman
Becker
Belding
T. C
Kuennen
H, Kuennen
Lf Wilson
Willis
Wilson
Hawkeye
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