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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
2
Readers tour a fictional invisible classroom with jokes and lessons from Elgin High. The report covers student profiles Richard Kimpton and Gerald Gehring, grade activities from third through fifth, reading and geography lessons, and school clubs including Wartburg College music visit and Wahanka Campfire Girls events.
The fragmentary column sails through gossip about Shbed Merlin Elva breakups autographs backstage romances and friendly jests at West Union Elgin and local figures like Leo Olesen Dorothy Rodney Joan Shirley and Kay while hinting at junior senior banquets flirtations and minor protests about captions and shows.
March 20 Dorothy Grimm. March 24 Jennings Mitts. March 30 Ronald Jarms. Moo to the wind described as a newspaper bundle thrown from a train at Cylinder, strewn across ground. Some mail damaged beyond recognition, some partially identifiable. tractor coupons returned to ration board. A. T. Waples retires from duty as Castana rural mail carrier on March 1 after 33 1/2 years of service plus three years as substitute.
March 12 1844 readers respond to prohibition debate citing India and U S at home. Lea Baldwin Gladwin Mich questions liquor industry impact, cites statistics on alcohol and labor loss, naval health figures and calls for closing taverns to protect national effort.
Rudolf Yunker born in Bern Switzerland on March 30 1869 died March 15 1944 at age seventy four years eleven months and fifteen days after a long illness. Immigrated to America at seventeen lived in Elgin Rock Valley and farmed then settled back in Elgin. Married Regula Schiesser in 1907 survived by widow a brother Alex Yunker twenty nieces and nephews and many friends. Funeral at Elgin Baptist Church burial in Elgin Cemetery. A note of thanks from Mrs Rudolf Yunker. A giant wolf shot by Virgil Ten Hagen of Knoxville noted as first gray timber wolf in Marion county recently. Bonds or bondage savings bonds advertisement.
A St Paul subscriber from March 16 1944 encloses a 40th year payment and compliments Elgin Echo of Elgin Iowa. He recalls the friendly ties with people in Elgin and notes a balmy winter ending with a March 8 snowstorm. He signs as Fred Muehlenthaler and invites a visit to reconnect with the younger generation.
Handy Hands 4 H Club met at Anna and Clara Bane's home on Saturday March 18 with six members attending. They voted to donate 155.00 from their basket social to the Red Cross and split among three townships. Kathleen Yearous spoke on planning a victory garden while Anna Bane discussed starting and keeping a garden record book. A health discussion occurred, and members signed up for garden record books and a book club. The next meeting is set with Rosella Strong in April. A lunch was shared. An Iowa State College note on ground soybeans vs whole beans for beef cattle was included.
The report notes Kenton May and Fred B Williamson discovering a process for undistorted vision in aircraft cabin enclosures while May, now a Seaman First Class, serves in England with the Seabees on construction duties. Sergeant Nel Schissel from Decorah survived a 1200 foot plane fall at Ft Benning after both main and emergency parachutes failed.
A fragmentary record mentions Recorder Fernem Katter and days in March noting transfers and the Defense Savings Bonds program. The readable text hints at procedures or notices but lacks complete details or context.
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