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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
3
A Clermont publication notes it is entered as second class mail matter at Fayette County Iowa post office under the 1852 act.
Iowa figures show beer tax 1943 at 1 233 477 11 dollars versus 1 085 372 73 in 1942 as cigaret tax receipts reach 2 638 733 49 in 1943, with 31 805 more cigarette packs consumed daily. Pharmacy staffing drops, 10 percent of drug stores closed, more women enter training. real estate notes Burlington housing moves and public housing plans. liquor rationing boosts war bond sales. looming eight congressional races face primary opposition.
Roy P Hanna of Ruthven runs sixth, while State Senator Ross Mowry of Newton seeks the nomination against Rep Earl M LeCompte of Corydon in the fourth district. Other incumbents planning re nomination include Rep Thomas E Martin Iowa City first district Rep John W Gwynne Waterloo third district Rep Paul Cunningham Des Moines fifth district Rep Ben F Jensen Extra seventh district and Rep Charles Hoeven eighth district.
Newsmen joked about Willkie’s Des Moines schedule as Iowa headquarters listed a 9 30 conference with Ralph Cake at the Green Room on the mezzanine. The event would bring together state politicians and potential delegates to the national convention, with Willkie meeting them in his suite and filling the eleventh floor halls.
Correction note for last six weeks confirms Willet Miller was not absent or tardy. Clermont girls beat Calmar while boys lost on Friday February 18. Boys defeated Elgin 31 to 18 in a home game last Tuesday. Second team narrow loss, first team win. Upcoming sectional at Postville March 2. Former students visited, including Leon Lofts gard on Navy life. Lorraine Follett and Louis Schrader visited. Educational movies shown. Mary Ann Johnson left. June Rooker named as new teacher. Bertha returned to school and read about writing to a service man.
Local column recalls social chatter from students and teachers about friendly plans at the Old Maids Club. Notes include calls, lovestrucks, recent school activities, library reads, spelling contests, and a new baby in the Kurth family.
Fifth and sixth graders finished health booklets while the seventh and eighth grades performed a patriotic program Tuesday. Geography discussed the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands. Minnie Kist misses two weeks with measles. Seventh and eighth grades do daily Know Your America Quiz preparation with March tests. The top scorers win prizes from the American Legion Auxiliary. Eighth graders study the Iowa Official Register for civics. Donald Steffens was absent with measles last week. The seventh grade literature class continues.
Clermont locals report family trips to Festina for Mrs Schupanitz birthday at eighty five. Mrs Johnson and Sadie Peterson visit Chas Peterson in Charles City and enjoy an operetta with niece Gladyce Peterson. Helen Halverson returns from University of Dubuque for a spring break before resuming studies March 5. June Rooker starts as Clermont’s 3rd and 4th grade teacher, replacing Mary Ann Johnson who married. Dinner guests at the Burrow home include Stones, Paulsons, Gricbenows, and Dennis, with more visits by Wendland Raney and others from West Union and Oelwein. Doris Sampson returns from Chicago after nine months away. Mynnie Bruner heads to Chicago March 5 for a hairdressers’ convention, returning Tuesday. Norman Sampson attends Pearl Olson’s funeral in Kensett. Clermont Union Sunday school pledges $20 to Red Cross in honor of fifteen names on the service plaque.
In Postville on a Sunday evening, Mr and Mrs William Burrow hosted a gathering with Herman Griebennow Mrs Richard Griebenow Dennis and Mr and Mrs Thomas Cummings to celebrate wedding anniversaries. February births of John Kaveny and others were noted with entertainment and a luncheon.
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