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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1939
Page
8
Dr E R Withell chiropractor advertises X Ray and Neurocalometer services from a clinic in the State Bank Building Elkader Iowa. The note emphasizes distinct chiropractic techniques and local availability.
Mrs Lulu Rothlisberger and her mother visited in a Waterloo hospital Saturday. Numerous neighbors and families from Wa dena Gunder and Cler mont plus Des Moines and La Grange hosted dinners, callers, and business visits. Easter cantata practice announced at the church with sessions next Sunday at 2 p.m.
Mr and Mrs Wm Kerr helped Ralph Shaffer and family relocate to a farm north of Wadena last Friday. The property had recently been vacated by the Clarence Baldwin family.
Oak Grove residents hosted and visited across many households this week. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Howard and family dined with Mrs. Martins in Hanson, while Arthur Chapman spent time with his mother Mrs. Martha Chapman. The community shared meals and social calls at multiple homes including the Dennler, Howard, Wilson, Gilson, and Howard families, with guests from Elkader and Waukegan.
Cheery Valley residents report visits from Mrs. Fred Butikofer and Fran cis in John K Schmid's home. Albert Schupbach Lena and Harry Butikofer attend aunt Mrs John Grimm's funeral in La Grange Missouri. Theodore Hanson family host relatives. Reuben Christen birthday celebrated. Sympathy extends to Dennier sisters over Sara Hofer’s death.
On Friday, a son visited the L Christen home while Sam Schneider spent Sunday with the Lawrence Butikofer family. Clara Muehrenthaler stays this week at the L Christen house as many neighbors helped Mrs. Arthur Fried jerich move. Guests at Hanson Bros. included Mr and Mrs George Leuchtenmacher and others Thursday night. Dean Torkelson and Lavern Dennler joined Francis Butikofer Saturday. Earl Meyer departed for Des Moines after brief stay with the Oscar Baumgartner home. Janice Hanson left for La Grange Mo to attend the funeral of her grandmother Mrs John Grimm Sr.
Elgin primary records show Loretta Gilson and Burton Wolf absent with chicken pox while Doris Nyborg Jimmie Daniels and Lyle Butikofer miss due to illness. Fourth grade works on Holland project. several students posted six week perfect spelling. new book The Scarlet Oak read. autography by Alice Becker recounts early life events in Elgin North Dakota Atlantic and Oelwein with family travels.
A reminiscence of a disrupted school year with a rusty injury and an Atlantic Christmas trip followed by a school club meeting led by Erma Butikofer. The Ellen H. Richards Club planned candy sales for the Junior class play and listed wool projects by several girls. In the county commercial contest Oelwein dominated both typing and shorthand, with two pupils passing advanced shorthand tests.
Preliminary information indicates 80 percent of Fayette County farmers will sign up for the 1939 agricultural conservation program, up from last year’s 53 percent. Sign-up is underway, and farmers are urged to consult their local AAA committee man to plan participation. An outlining plan shows acreages, soil-building goals, maximum payments, and a farming-system map. Thirty attended a Fayette County Home Project meeting on March 3 at the farm bureau office, with discussions on organization, rural health, libraries, cooperative marketing, rural schools, and World Peace. Local women named to achievement day committees included Mrs. Chas Gehring, Mrs. Ed Wenger, Mrs. K J Kerr, and Mrs. Harold Strong.
The collection of exhibits in the National Museum at Washington is valued at more than $120,000,000. Mrs. Franc DeSart and Mrs. Roy DeSart were dinner guests in the Hay DeSart home Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Olsen and family of Hawkeye were visitors Sunday in the Geo. N. Schori home.
The Marion Busy Bees 4-H Club met March 4 at Louis Butikofer home. President Mildred Butikofer led roll call with seven girls sharing bird descriptions. Elva Mae Lerch spoke on Good Posture and Mildred Butikofer read Color in the Home. Arlene Scholen presented Se action of Becoming Curtains, showing curtain materials with magazine pictures. A lunch was served by hostesses Mildred, Eunice, and Eleanor Butikofer to the girls and their reader Mrs. Ern Lereh.
City records show regular meeting with Mayor Weibel and five aldermen present. Bills totaling 66.22 were approved including street lights power pumping salary and labor, with adjournment motion passed. Mr and Mrs Richard Erickson moved March 1 from Randalia to a farm near Arlington. Leo and family attended Reuben Christen birthday dinner at Mrs Ida Christen home.
The second annual critic music festival will be held at Upper Iowa University on Saturday, March 11. More than 500 musicians from nearby public schools attended last year, and attendance is expected to rise. Vocal performances are set for the Methodist church, instrumental in the gym, with definite times for each school. At 7:30 p.m. a mass band will perform and selected vocal groups will also appear, offering a splendid program.
An Idaho Falls farmer, snowbound for two weeks, urgently asked the county recorder to dispatch a snow plow so he could reach town to buy chewing tobacco. The Oscar Baker family has moved from McGregor to Farmersburg.
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