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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1957
Page
3
School news notes a party planned for March 22 at Postville. Students joke about tests appearing everywhere while pondering reading sign language in arithmetic and imagining others challenging Danny in history.
Seventh graders hope the English nine weeks test will be easy though the exact content is unknown. Social studies covers chapter report presentations. Arithmetic reviews units of measure. Health class emphasizes cleanliness and grooming as time fills lessons.
The sixth graders write stories in English and elect new Good Citizens Club officers Margie Swenson president Jerry Erickson vice president Donaline Larson secretary L Myra Anderson treasurer They buy a new library book The Secret of Donkey is land and read it during story period Activities span spelling thermometer geography and multiplication lessons with projects from discarded materials Janice Nims shows a postage stamp in Third Grade A Dutch theme unfolds as tulips wooden shoes and robins come up in weekly notes
The mother bird hops into a pool then scratches in the garden to cover her eggs with mud. Reading groups have started their new book Our New Friends and the discussion on making friends proved very interesting.
Students study March weather and practice tracing letters and numbers. Number booklets are underway. They review singing games for a demonstration at the art show on April 9. Visitors may see Elvis Presley’s hound dog and Mother Goose with her goose. Tea money goes to the Cancer Fund.
Clermont residents hosted and visited numerous relatives and friends in weekly exchanges. Families from Cedar Rapids Waterloo Bellevue and Des Moines joined dinners, birthday celebrations, and weekend stays at homes of Olson Larson Kluss Helgerson Herwig and De Sart, with hospital visits and anniversaries noted.
Mrs. Clara Gress was taken ill at West Union and ordered six months of complete rest. Her son Donald and wife from Waterloo arranged her care in Waterloo with x rays. Virus complications reported as cause. Nearby visitors include Mrs. Henry Herwig of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. G D Grimes of West Union. Burnell Anderson family of Postville visited Martin Anderson, with Sunday dinner guests Mrs. Emma Anderson and Milo.
Algona officers pursued Darwin Meyer of Woden for 16 miles at 100 mph, with Patrolman Charles McBride stating the high speed prevented the use of a police radio. Meyer paid an even $100 fine for the offense.
Heartfelt thanks from Geo V Larson and family for cards visits and kindness during illness and hospitalization. Special thanks to Father Frost and Father Edward Cooney for visits and to Joseph Leehy and Duane Kamp for daily chores.
Emma Bartman planted two tomato plants at her dooryard last fall and now harvests fruit about the size of golf balls. The story notes her home endeavor in Manchester and the unexpected early yield from the plants.
Mrs Harold Snyder of Min burn collects cups as a hobby her 30 piece collection dates back as far as 0 years old she keeps them in a display case at home neighbors say she enjoys researching the origins of each piece and sharing stories about their makers.
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