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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1947
Page
4
Lost notice seeks Clarence Tatro of Clermont to claim two free tickets to the Deception screening at Avalon theater. Also mentions March 12 13 and a planter shoe repair service by A Bush in Elgin with acetylene welding offer.
The legislature debates a part time policy board for mental health as senators push to bring the Iowa High School Athletic Association under state supervision. A poll on liquor by the drink shows expected votes, while one room schools shrink to 6,760 in 1946 from 9,358 in 1930. Governor Blue’s anti poverty dams draw praise from California Governor Earl Warren and the Iowa Development Commission hails the advertising effort.
A humor column features wordplay and linguistic quips by Frank Colby and others. It discusses subject-verb agreement with phrases like together with and with, a dummy example about peroculate, and a digression on the vigesimal counting system, finishing with a note on using poor as a verb.
The Clermont Amvet Auxiliary schedules a get-acquainted supper for World War II veterans and a guest on Friday March 7 at 6 45 pm in the Halverson building. All interested in forming a county Amvet post are invited to attend and may bring a guest.
In Dallas County news, Sophie Leonard aged near 105, longtime Iowa resident and Ireland native, dies just before her May 1 birthday. Luverne businesses campaign to attract a physician by purchasing a home and office with stock funding. Wayne County man Clark Cutler visits Washington township aged relative Albert Keller 72, found in frail condition after two weeks of hunger and cold. Sheldon community to sell the Archer family home to fund a pipe organ for the Congregational Church.
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