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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1956
Page
3
Clermont school notes celebrate Gloria Hyde birthday treats and a robin nest project. First graders read A Home in a Tree about robins and eggs while bulletin board displays appear. Kindergarten enjoys a rabbit visit. students log health habit themes and prepare a home health booklet.
Long list of county expenses shows payments to fuel suppliers, medical and burial costs, and salaries. Names include Marie Solomon, Ellen Stevens, Dr. A. W. Swengen, H. Sanford, and others. items cover fuel, drugs, equipment, and services for the Co Home, roads, and public programs. totals reach into hundreds of dollars with numerous small charges.
Denise Pratt spent most of last week with relatives while parents established a new home. Virgil Pratt family lost home and belongings in a fire early last Wednesday morning but escaped unharmed. Dinner guests Sunday at LaVerne Larson’s included the Ames Olson and Larson families with Howard Kluss and Louie Amundson. Mrs. Marie Stahl hosted Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bloomer, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Johansen of Cedar Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Don Fauser, Paul Becky and Jil, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Everett and Janet, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Torkelson of Elgin. The Stahl birthday, April 27, was celebrated. Visitors Friday evening at LaVerne Larson’s were Mr. and Mrs. Ames Olson, Sandra and Anita. A group gathered Tuesday evening. Lena Wolfs celebrated a birthday, with Joe, Arthur and Earl Wolfs families, Mrs. Inga Evenson, Harley and Marjorie, Anna Wolfs, Inga Larson, Mr. and Mrs. Almer Anfinson and Lorraine of West Union. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heiser and Mrs. Ruth Starkey dined with H. A. Lubke. Franklin Shipton of Fort Bragg, N. C. spent a three day leave with his parents, J. B. and Mrs. Shipton. For results use the Want Ads.
A Volga family gathering at the Allen Robinson home welcomed Mr and Mrs Geo Wond of Houston Texas. Various neighbors and relatives from Wadena Waterloo Randalia Guttenberg Cedar Rapids and Dubuque attended dinners and suppers at several homes. News notes include births visits hospital stays and a charity drawing for three corvettes with tickets sold at local stores. Pfc Kenneth Burns home on furlough from Camp Lejeune enlists for four more years in the Marine Corps.
A Madison Wisconsin resident visits family in Oelwein and Eliden der as various relatives share time together. The text then shifts to parenting guidance emphasizing gradual independence, affection, and social cooperation to support a child's emotional development over years.
The text argues that emotional growth comes from allowing children to make choices suitable to their development and face the consequences. It stresses social interaction with peers and adults, learning to cope cooperatively, handle difficulties, accept fault, and endure frustrations without temper tantrums, with parental guidance to avoid rewarding outbursts.
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