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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1942
Page
2
A 11th grade school paper outlines staff and features with a long feature essay on cooperation for defense. It highlights class reports on nature study milk animal science geography and poetry, plus short bios of senior Dale Francis Kelly and club activities including Home Economics and Cubs.
The piece covers sixth grade art class on free-hand fruit basket drawing and business letter study, names Mahlon Lantz Mario Adrian Phyllis Pinney as top writers, Bertha Jane Casper as best speller, and notes on a spell-down. It reports Campfire News purchasing five new songs and a Cub Scout luncheon event with red, white, and blue decor and a Washington Lincoln program, naming two new members Bur ton Wolf and Lloyd Capper.
Miss Williams selects the operetta When the Moon Rises a two act musical comedy based on a Roman saying. Try outs for boys began last Friday and for girls this week. Rehearsals expected soon at Cedarglades resort hotel in New Hampshire.
A semi carnival style benefit game is set for March 13 in the high school gym. Alongside the main attraction, a high school versus town teams game and a girls’ game are planned. Town team practice days are March 6 and 12. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
A state wide tuberculosis drive promotes a miniature X ray film survey at West Union High School on March 10 with no pupil cost. Funds from Christmas seals cover all expenses and participation is voluntary for pupil benefit. A brief assembly program featured Mr. McKay and a documentary on tuberculosis.
March birthdays listed for Barbera Crider Reuhen Christen Ben Schori Harlan Blockhus Paul Pulfer Ruth Boleyn Irene Kennedy Flower Jack Adrian Darlene Schneider Junia Dorothy Grimm with dates ranging from March 3 to March 20.
Mr and Mrs Francis Walters purchased the Humphry dairy building from Robert Frey and opened Monday. Several from Wadena attended a reception in Elgin for Mr and Mrs Russell Jennings. Mrs George Jones Sr ill but improving. family from Janesville and Chicago called home Friday. Various local visits. farm moves include Floyd Smith family to Frank Smith farm near Fayette and Keith Jennings moving with baby to the Chas Carnal farm near Arlington.
The piece urges citizens to grow fruits and vegetables at home to bolster national security. It emphasizes healthier diets for morale, reduced civilian consumption as Allied needs grow, and the coming strain of wartime production and mobilization. Gardening is a patriotic duty for both farm and town families.
Plowed up, but many small town people who have been gardening in the past can well afford to do a better job. If you have any gardening questions, ask your local cooperator, your county agent, or your home demonstration agent. Or write your questions to Better Iowa Gardens in care of the Echo.
Iowa leads the nation in Grade A land and ranks first in corn hogs oats soybeans poultry and grain-fed cattle production. Farmers should use phosphorus fertilizer on crops with best response, favoring legumes alfalfa and clover to boost protein for livestock. Mixed seeds and uneven ripening lower oat grades, along with light weight and weathering reducing market grade.
Article urges every Iowa community to form a defense council or victory committee to coordinate civilian efforts. It argues that organized local groups, with help from county councils or Iowa State College, can turn central plans into tangible war programs and promote cooperation among communities for victory.
A practical note for jelly powder desserts advises not adding fruit until the jelly has cooled. Adding fruit while the jelly is hot results in softer texture and a bitter taste.
The Poling couple of Lisbon own an Australian golden crescent cockatoo named Cuckoo. Imported years ago from Sydney, the bird imitates people and repeats words clearly. The piece notes rigid U S customs rules limit such birds entry and mocks efficiency experts who favor right-to-left dishwashing for right-handed people.
During the first eight months of 1940 the United States recorded 20,640 traffic deaths, marking a 7 percent rise.
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