Comradeship and Campfire Girls Highlight Elgin High Yearbook
In this Elgin High edition edited by Mavis Durecher and Betty Strauhn, student writers profile comradeship across school life. Senior spotlight features Mabel Grimm at 17, detailing basketball forward play, algebra, glee club, Home Ec treasurer role, staff involvement, and her dream of guiding younger students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavis Durecher
Betty Strauen
Harvey Gilbertson
Anna Schupbach
Lois Milles
Mabel Grimm
Girls’ Glee Club
Home Ec Club
Mabel
Third and Second Grades Present The Tongue Cut Sparrow
A 2nd and 3rd grade program titled The Tongue Cut Sparrow was performed for teachers Miss Krohn and Miss Burrington. Marilyn Boleyn brought pussy-willows and students crafted a Friendship Bus featuring children from distant lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Fourth and Fifth Grade Student Highlights and Campfire News
In grades four and five students are named for recent weeks with winners in arithmetic races Marilyn Falk Charlotte Febbe Bobby Chapman and Dean Torkelson in fifth grade and Norma Miller Marlene Mosby fastest in fourth grade Barbara Crider celebrated a birthday with treats. Campfire Girls mark 40 years on March 17 with a week of events and history noting founders Dr. Luther Gulick and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Frieden
Marilyn Falk
Bobby Chapman
Burton Wolf Duane Pinney
Bonnie Pinney
Netherlands
Charlotte Febbe
Dean Torkelson
Norma Miller
Marlene Mosby
Campfire News
Campfire Girls
Campfire
Methodist Church
Everning
Baptist Church
Campfire Girls Organization
Luther Gulick
Schoolmasters Meet Thursday in West Union
The county Schoolmasters Club and home economics teachers will meet at West Union on Thursday March 12 with a dinner at St Olaf Lutheran Church. Dr Hippka of Ames Iowa State College will speak. Fifty two of sixty six students returned tuberculosis x ray cards from the West Union program held Tuesday March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Hippka
Ames
Iowa State College
J. R. Wood
Presbyterian Ladies’ Club
J. H. Wilson
Roy Leonhart
Ray Herwig
Margaret Bigler
Lunell
Marjorie Herwig
Berdinia Wawner
Oelwein
Wilson
Volga
Tom Phillips
San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Aircraft Corp
Phillips
Standard Battery Co
Ronald Hasbrook
Walter Mattern
Jimmie
Arlene Welch
Frank Welch
Bookkeeping and Basketball Notes From School
Bookkeeping sets juniors and seniors progress. most first month statements done and second month work begun. Girls basketball practice last Tuesday in the gym. teachers and alumni present. Aiming for a Friday the 13th victory. hoping for luck and good turnout.
Fragmented exchange on domestic help and football scrub team
A dialogue fragment features two women joking about hiring a maid and a football team’s cleanliness. One woman quips about handling China unlike Japan, while the other questions how players stay clean, and mentions a scrub team in a sardonic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Ticklers
China
Japan
Who Am I Teaser Sparks Townwide Speculation
The Echo Enterprise teases a mystery question “Who Am I?” with ads hinting at a forthcoming feature or product. Advertisers have not explained the campaign, leaving residents guessing whether it heralds a movie, a new product, or other news to appear next week. Victory bonds are also mentioned in the defense savings drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo-Enterprise
Tay
Funeral Held for Ore Hall at U B Church
Services conducted Saturday afternoon for Ore Hall at the United Brethren Church with Rev. O G Braddock officiating. Burial followed in Wadena cemetery. Surviving are Emma Hall and children Floyd Glen Ruth Gilbert plus additional relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ore Hall
U. B
O. G. Braddock
Frank Everett
Geo. Fay
Wadena
Wayne Hall
James
Lavina Hall
Emma Hall
Floyd
Oelwein
Glen
Ruth
Gilbert
Merle Voshell
Elver
Dan Hall
Fayete
A. G. Herrling
Keen-O-Bridge Club
Wm. Nelson
Lawrence Whitcher
Amelia Kuhn
Roy Leonhart
J. C Kennedy
F_. H. Everett
Ed. Raftis
H. H. Whitcher
Wadena High School
Donna’ Johnson
Bernadene Raftis
Robert Longmuir
Lee Aeschlimap
Emma
James Freeman
R. L. Learn
Tom Sherlock
Arthur Herrling
Robert, Minger
F. W. Nelson
Glen Minger
Square Deal 500
Roy Heyer
O. D. Hunsberger
Ted Klipper
Frank Welch
Ole Johnson
Chas Gehring
P. W Raftis
Bernadene
J. D. Raftis
Donne Johnson
Mary Sniffin
George Jones
Harold Oelberg
Mary
William Muench
Eskader
Irvin Etter
Janesville
Wis
George Jones, Jr
Edgerton
Harold Whitley
Velma
Wm. Jones
Fayette
Milford Jones
Hollywood
Calif
Francis Jones
Chicago
Lew Dennler
Elgin
Chas. Wilder and Lester
Lima
Richard Jones
Volga
Russell Jones
Esther Sherlock
Corn shipments move fast to multiple depots
Government orders 70 carloads of corn totaling about 114000 bushels moved to Akron Colorado and Buffalo New York in the Ringsted area recently. Earlier 20000 bushels were sent to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Ringsted
Chicago
Better now VICTORY GARDENS
A gardening column urges retiring worn plots and selecting new patches to maximize high quality productivity with minimal work. It details fall plowing, spring prep, soil enrichment, cleaning, burning debris, deep plowing, and regular insect and disease control, noting asparagus as a hardy starter with planting tips and sources for more guidance.
Iowa Shipper Sets New Heavy Steer Price On Chicago Market
A near Bloomfield shipper G. S. Barker set an unprecedented top price for heavy steers on the Chicago live stock market in the last week of February. The sale brought $14.00 per hundredweight, about $221 per head for two steers averaging 1,583 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Chicago
S. Barker
Bloomfield
Wilford V Clark seeks county attorney nomination
Wilford V Clark of West Union announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for county attorney. He has practiced law four years and served as justice of the peace for about the same time, handling most criminal cases that reached the circuit court and gaining strong experience in criminal evidence and code matters. He asks supporters to back him in the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford V. Clark
West Union
Echo Enterprise
Justice of the Peace
Circuit Court
Clark
Return of horse drawn travel teased in city notes
The Dyersville Commercial comments on a possible revival of horse drawn transport and reprints the city’s historic traffic ordinances. The list includes the old bridge warning that a five dollar fine was charged for driving a horse over the bridge faster than a walk.
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Dyersville
Red Oak Cut By Lester Chase At Gehring Farm
Lester Chase and Sammy Frieden cut a large red oak on the Jacob Gehring farm last week producing four cords of wood. The tree’s size is noted as unusual for the area with few trees of that caliber nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Chase
Sammy Frieden
Jacob Gehring
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Purple and White Tattler
Elgin High
United States
Jane Falk
Alma Ruth Grimes
Geraldine Pinney
Joan Mosby
Georgan
Falk
4 Nation
Werley
Tommy
United States Defense
Wadena News
Victory Gardens
Better
Ghe
Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
Greta Garbo
Melvyn Douglas
Great Garbo
Wosssoo
Joe E Brown
Adele Mara
Jane Withers
Cobina Wright, Jr
Deb
Soocosos
Robert Taylor
Lana Turner
Johnny
Lew Ayres
L. Barrymore
Dr. Kildare
Ery B
Gay Gooneye
Winter Pisco
Green Cove
Green Colonials
Green Colonial
Lehman’s
Hdw
Eigin
Perlex Company
Southern Bldg
Perlex
Deetise
Eny
Elgin Echo
Cate
Apa
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