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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1941
Page
8
Illyria items report sick list for Klingman and measles at sister’s home. Readers note social visits, rock parties, Sunday school, cantata prep, farm bureau meeting, and numerous guest meals across West Union Elkader and nearby farms with many names and dates in March.
Oak Grove News and Douglas visitors were in the Martha Chapman home Saturday. Dozens of local families hosted and visited throughout the weekend including Hattie Torkelson and Roy Leuchtenmacher, the Wartburg choir in Eldorado, and 500 card club hosts the Dennlers.
County Line News lists numerous visits and gatherings. Families including Helgersons Hanson Gibertsons Reiersons and Hoags share meals and time with relatives across local homes. A trip to Omaha accompanies illness news from Mrs Gibson’s sister Ella Richards.
Wander home Saturday. Mrs M J Blockhus and family visited Anna Blockhus at West Union hospital. Olaf Berg home hosted Sunday guests. Roy Halverson visited friends. Dinner guests at Ole Rejerson included Henry Anderson and Mildred and Donna Thorson. Georgiana Frobert visiting aunt Anna Gibson Lyons Ind. Special photo feature by Simon M Schwartz. Fred Jordan owns Billy the Saanen goat which produced a developed udder at age three, has sired 20 plus kids, milks August through spring, and is exhibited at state fairs.
A Georgia driver on West 48th Street cleared snow from his windshield amid one of the heaviest snow storms to hit the eastern United States in years.
Ode Paul of Newburg was severely bitten by a horse last week. Authorities believe the horse may have rabies. Other farm animals were bitten and may require vaccination.
British forces conducted a surprise raid on the Lafoten Islands off Norway last week capturing 225 prisoners. The detainees were marched blindfolded to British ships as the raid destroyed a glycerin plant and sunk or burned eleven ships totaling 18,000 tons.
Chase Capper names Frank Pinney manager of the New Clermont Hatchery which is set to start operations this week after incubators were installed and wiring and water connections remain. Donald Gilson placed in charge of the hatchery force at Elgin. both Gilson and Pinney are long‑serving top officers of Capper’s operations.
Gladys June Vannausdle of near Red Oak and Orval P. Briggs of Bremerton Washington wed after long-distance telephone links finally connected them though they were about 1500 miles apart. Briggs serves on a ship in the Pacific fleet, requiring multiple attempts to establish the call.
Two primary school boys spent an afternoon collecting keys left in cars on Eldora streets. They turned over some keys, discarded others when too heavy. Key specialists stayed busy for six hours, farmers were delayed, a traveling salesman stayed overnight, a used car could not be delivered, and the boys had fun before returning home. One hundred sixty five young children attended six Saturday story hours at Waldorf College in Forest City.
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