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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is entered in the post office at Elgin Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter, indicating its mailing status for newspaper circulation and postal processing.
The city of North McGregor reels from a flood causing over 300000 in damage. Streets foul, cellars flooded, heat raises health fears. A Methodist reception honors Rev Gallagher and wife arriving in Elgin. A tuba from Farmersburg joins the local band for Saturday. Thoma Bros. give out dust pans as a home useful item. Ole Matthys visits, noting a Switzerland storm report.
Reports recount a heavy first snow in fifty years that collapsed a pavilion roof built for a singers' gathering. Other items note Harriet McKellar's surprise birthday party, local fishing on the Turkey river, a moving merry-go-round, S W Rubyer receiving a roll top desk, Mormon elders visiting, M Benson starting cashier duties in Dows, rural mail routes affected by road conditions, Elgin band members awaiting a new wagon, and their first use planned for a trip to Clermontвоз
Frank Bauder of West Union was among Coe College students awarded the Armstrong forensics prize at commencement. The prize honors a varsity debating team member who has not previously earned it and comprises a gold college monogram. Other honorees included Gordon Mindrum of Oelwein.
Ernest Danks reports his May 8 marriage to Ruth Press of Gaston Oregon. Graduated West Union High 1929, he moved to Reseda California, then traveled with bride’s friends on a long honeymoon through Washington Oregon Idaho and California visiting mountains forests and cities. They now reside in Lanoga Park. Ruth Press trained as a nurse in Gaston Oregon.
Will M. Knox Fayette county treasurer releases April and May bounty totals. April paid 97.60 for 1234 gophers 61.70 209 starlings 30.90 and 50 crows 5. May paid 117.45 for 1347 gophers 67.35 423 starlings 42.30 and 78 crows 7.80. First such payouts in years.
Maxine Gray Hudesheldt, 23, of Des Moines, was paroled in Omaha after pleading guilty to bigamy. Although already married, she wed a second husband in Omaha following a four hour courtship on a bus.
West Union justice of the peace Wilford V. Clark, visiting Des Moines to study and take the bar exam, was cited for overtime parking. He told officers he had just been admitted to practice law and was "pleading my first case." The officer tore up the ticket.
Due to illness, Preston Kreider of Milledgeville could not attend his wedding to Ruth Hoak of Chadwick. His father Asa S. Kreider acted as proxy at the Church of the Brethren ceremony near Milledgeville, at 2 p.m. The groom lay bedfast with influenza at the Kreider home before the service.
A man’s tendency to eat like a horse is cited as implying a lack of stable character. The remark suggests behavior linked to appetite may reflect personal discipline or temperament, framing appetite as a possible indicator of reliability or self-control.
Guttenberg will honor the town’s namesake with a two day event at Lakeside center. The program opens Saturday night with an amateur contest featuring northeastern Town performers. Sunday includes three WLS National Barn Dance shows with nine stars and a Monona vs Farmersburg baseball game. The Guttenberg town band and Little German band provide music all weekend.
A lighthearted quip says the June bride enjoys the shower before the wedding while the husband endures the thunder after. A politician on a recent radio broadcast is humorously labeled a human being and a bragger, reflecting playful political banter.
Gasoline stations in Manchester cut eight gallon price to 1.00 triggering a price war. Dealers say the rate makes them lose money and seek relief or restraint.
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