Elgin School Notes Recap Of Classes And Activities
Cen tral States light engineer Mr Stone spoke on home lighting with two slide sets. Freshmen sew print pajamas while juniors held a gym party with bingo and refreshments. Local students eye district contest at Oelwein April 16. Juniors honored Miss Wegner with an apple shower on her birthday. Elizabeth and Vida Walters moved from Stanley entering Sth and 2nd grades. Other visits noted include Ethel Rennison and Mrs Grimm.
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Stone
Central States
Miss Wegner
Oelwe
Elizabeth
Vida Walters
Stanley
Ethel Rennison
John Grimm
Henry Mark
Elgin Community Club Meeting at Klingman Cafe
The March meeting of the Elgin Community Club will be held at Klingmans Cafe on next Monday evening the fourteenth at 6 30. The regular business session will follow the dinner. Ruth Grover and Harold Fisher of Britt visited with her mother Mrs Mabel Grover and other relatives Sunday.
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Elgin Community Club
Klingman’s Cafe
Ruth Grover
Harold Fisher
Britt
Mabel Grover
Snow and Ice Hit Iowa with Slick Roads Last Week
A four inch snowfall struck this section of Iowa last Thursday night followed by a light mist on Friday that froze on contact, making roads slippery. Warmer weather Saturday through Monday cleared most streets.
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Iowa
Priscilla Club Hosts Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary
The Priscilla Club hosted a dinner at Klingman s Cafe in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Max Thoma's silver wedding anniversary. Guests included Ern Schori and spouses, Chas Feller and spouses, S W Kuster, Geo N Schori, Ray DeSart, RB W Muehlenthaler, Frank Greenley, Brn Holzer, A M Weibel, Nella Capper, and H T Knudtson. The evening featured pink candles, a silver centerpiece, and old photos shared at the Thoma home later.
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Priscilla Club
Kliingman’s Cafe
Max Thoma
Frank Greenley
Thoma
Land
Ern Schori
Chas. Feller
W. Kuster
Geo. N. Schori
Ray DeSart
Hickenlooper seeks Republican bid for lieutenant governor
Hickenlooper of Cedar Rapids announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. A Linn county representative and former House leader, he emphasized legislative work including the Farm to Market road bill. Born in Blockton Iowa, he studied at Iowa State College and the University of Iowa law school, practiced in Cedar Rapids since 1922, and served in the AEF and American Legion activities.
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B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Hickenlooper
Linn County
Kraschel
Wasorn
Blockton
Taylor County
Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Law School
University of
France
American Legion
Hold Initiation Party At Baptist Parsonage
The Baptist church welcomed new members at the parsonage Thursday evening. Archie Schroeder Aulden Oelberg Abe Huabeger joined the Kee Lover's Alumni circle. Fred Schaer and Reinben Hackmann led a brief business session electing Hackmann as successor. Lunch followed, led by Mrs. Fred Sohaer.
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the Baptist Church
Archie Schroeder
Aulden Oelberg
Abe Huabeger
Kee Lover’s
Fred‘ Schaer
John Schaer
Louis Lehman
Reinben Hackmann
Fred Schaer
Reuben Hackmann
Fred Sohaer
Elgin School Election Set For March 14
The school election is Monday March 14 with polls open from 12 noon to 7 pm. Voters will use the lobby of the Elgin State Bank. Incumbents seeking re election are W C Falk R A Crider directors and Samuel Mosby treasurer. Jake Friederich of Clermont area hospitalized at West Union last week. Robert Burg arrived from Rochester Minnesota last Friday and will stay here indefinitely.
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Elgin State Bank
Baumgartner
W. C. Falk
R. A. Crider
Ectors
Samuel Mosby
Jake Friederich
Clermont
West Union Hospital
Robert Burg
Rochester
Minn
Creameries Push for Higher Quality to Earn Premiums
The federal government sets butter price through large scale market contracts for extras with a 92 score. Creameries including Elgin Clermont and Postville sold to A and P stores at a premium of 0.5 to 0.75 cents over extras price, paid to the cream producer. Under the new plan local creameries must produce higher quality cream scoring over 92 to receive the premium, with cooperation from producers to meet this target.
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Elgin
Clermont
Postville
Bank Robbers Sentenced for Multiple Iowa Burglary Rings
Three bank bandits who confessed to numerous burglaries across northeast Iowa have been sentenced and are already serving time. They connected their pleas to the Holland bank robbery last December and cited the Thomas store break in September. The thieves removed a strong box from a safe, emptied it, and discarded the box into a school outhouse vault near Oelwein, with no volunteers to recover it.
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Iowa
Holland
Oelwein
Soil Committees to Meet in Fayette on Friday
The 1938 soil conservation program will be explained to township committees Friday at the Legion hall in Fayette starting at 1 a.m. W Bissell, fieldman for the state committee, and county committee members will lead the meeting. The county committee plans no township meetings to farmers, leaving that task to township members.
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Legion Hall
Fayette
Bissell
Fieldman
Marriage of Elgin Girl Announced
Pearl Grimm eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs John Grimm of Elgin and Hilary Woytash of Ghienga were married November 4 1937 in Chicago. Mrs Woytash a Elgin high school graduate class of 1934, has since worked in Chicago.
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Elgin
Pearl Grimm
John Grimm
Hilary Woytash
Ghienga
Chicazo
Woytash
Elgin High School
Chicago
Auxiliary Meeting of the Legion to be Held March 16
The regular meeting of the Legion Auxiliary will be held next Wednesday evening March 16 at the home of Mrs. C B Schori. Mrs Sheldon Boyle and Mrs Walter Bovis will assist as hostesses in welcoming members.
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Legion! Auxiliary
C. B. Schori
Sheldon Boyle
Walter Bovis
Ling
Blockhus quietly acquires Johnson Farm near Elgin
A three way real estate deal last week makes M. J. Blockhus owner of the 120 acre Johnson farm two miles east of Elgin while Julius Johnson holds the Clermont store building. Johnson trades his farm to J. C. Halverson for the building and Blockhus gains the farm in a cash transfer. Blockhus will live on the Smith farm next year and farm both properties. Johnson rents the Clermont building and plans to move to Clermont into the former Kate Sheehan residence now owned by Mrs. Dan Burke.
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M. J. Blockhus
Johnson
Elgin
Julius Johnson
Larrabee
Clermont
Cline
Smith
Kate Sheehan
Dan Burke
Death of Mrs Emma Reinhart at 75 in Postville area
Mrs Emma Reinhart, 75, died Saturday at her daughter's home in Postville after four weeks of pneumonia and heart trouble. Survived by four daughters Mrs Walter Dennler Elgin Mrs Henry Robinson Mrs George Robinson and Mrs George Bursell all of Postville and one son Roy Meyer Clermont. eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral held Tuesday at the Apostolic Christian church southeast of Elgin with burial in the cemetery south of the church conducted by Emil Moor.
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Emma Reinhart
Walter Dennler
Roy Meyer
Clermont
Apostolic Christian Church
Elgin
Emil Moor
Whitney Promoted to Kanawha School Superintendent
C. S. Whitney, long time Kanawha schools principal and coach, was appointed by the city school board to the superintendent post. A. S. Thoreson, previous superintendent, was informed he will take a civil service position, and the board quickly moved to fill the vacancy. Whitney taught in Elgin for years and has many friends there pleased by his rise.
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C. S. Whitney
A. S. Thoreson
Whitney
Elgin
Elgin Legion Hosts County Stag Party
Elgin will host Fayette county legion men at a stag meeting on Tuesday March 22. Dave Roberts, chairman of the program committee, is arranging a short program followed by a business meeting and social time.
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Elgin
Fayette County
Phone your news to twenty early
A terse prompt urges readers to phone in their news quickly, emphasizing speed over formality. The brief line reflects a bygone era when reader submissions or tips were gathered by telephone before deadlines.
Echo List Corrected for March Subscriptions
The Echo subscription list was corrected on Saturday March 5, and readers are asked to verify their tag matches the receipt date. New readers welcomed and invited to enjoy the Echo throughout the coming year and beyond.
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Echo
Hawkeye Boys State Set at Camp Dodge in June
The Hawkeye Boys State program, sponsored by the American Legion Department of Town, will run June 12 to 19 at Camp Dodge. About 870 boys aged 16 to 20 will participate in nonpartisan civic government practice, with sponsorship by local Legion posts and individuals. A Fayette County committee chaired by Supt. Roberts will select representatives from each town.
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American Legion Department of Town
Camp Dodge
America
American Legion
Legion
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary of
Elgin
Boyand
Supt. Roberts
Fayette County
Payette County
Mrs Rosa Schlupp Heads Five Generations Near Elgin
Mrs Rosa Schlupp of Cheery Valley southeast of Elgin is a great great grandmother who lives alone and handles all housework gardening and outside chores. She is in good health for her age and leads the five generation family including her daughter Ed LaValle and granddaughter Rose Benson.
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Rosa Schlupp
Cheery Valley
Elgin
Schlupp
Ed LaValle
Rose Benson
Benson
Johnson Sale to Close Farm on Elgin Gun Der Road
Julie Johnson, two miles east of Elgin on the Elgin Gun der road, holds a closing out sale Friday March 11. He sells everything as he quits farming and plans to move soon. His sale ad appears on page seven of the Echo today. readers are urged to review offerings.
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Juliue Johnson
Elgin
Elgin-Gunder Road
Johnson
Echo
Maple Trees Start tapping for early maple harvest
Maple sugar producers have begun tapping hard maple trees for the yearly harvest that arrives earlier than other farm crops. Some individuals rely on personal use while others operate on a commercial basis.
General Aid Society Meeting Planned for March 10
The General Aid of the M. EB. Aid Society will meet Thursday afternoon March 10 with Mrs Walter Bovis as hostess. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish and their own sandwiches and dishes for a picnic lunch.
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M. EB. Aid Society
Walter Bovis
Citizens Caucus Names Ticket for Town Election
Citizens caucus last week nominated a full slate for mayor and council. J. J. Phillips was chosen mayoral candidate, with four incumbent councilmen and S. W. Kuster as new. G. Z. Mosby named chairman, B. J. Baumgarter secretary, and F. Welch and M. Thoma nominated by acclamation. Election set for March 28 at town hall from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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G.Z. Mosby
B. J. Baumgarter
J. J. Phillips
Ern Schori
F. D. Welch
Christ
H. F. Beckar
R. P. Strauch
Leo Schori
Harry Stanton in Railroad Accident
Mrs. J. C. Halverson of Clermont received a telegram stating her brother Harry Stanton, a longtime railroad engineer, was in an accident about ten days earlier. He underwent amputation of one leg due to gangrene at Holy Cross hospital in Chicago after surgery performed Saturday. His wife has died. Stanton had about thirty years in railroad service.
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J. C. Halverson
Clermont
Harry Stanton
Stanton
Holy Cross Hospital
Chicago
Torkelsons Lose Infant Son Wayne Oliver Torkelson
Wayne Oliver Torkelson, 19 months, died Monday morning at Postville hospital after a brief illness with pneumonia. He is survived by his parents and four sisters. Funeral services were held Wednesday from the home and Highland Lutheran church. burial in the adjoining cemetery.
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Wayne Oliver Torkelson
Oliver Torkelson
Postville Hospital
Highland Lutheran Church
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