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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
6
Local notices report Elgin friends and area families visiting kin in Farmersburg and Grants, with travel to Griswold Bremerton and West Union. Social events include birthdays and farewell gatherings, plus a Mother's Day carnations order drive at Elgin Furniture Store and various Sunday visits across towns.
St Pauls Elgin and Ilyria Church school at 10 a.m. worship at 11:15 a.m. Union Church Clermont worship at 7:30 p.m. You are invited to worship with us. Joseph C. Warton, Minister.
Elgin Baptist Church lists Sunday morning worship at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11 o clock and an evening service at 7 45 p m. B P U meets at 8 35 p m. On Wednesday May 14 Tabitha Society meets at 2 p m with prayer meeting at 8 p m and choir rehearsal at 9 p m.
St Olaf at 9 o clock and Marion at 11 o clock will offer English services with pastor Dr J Strandford. Come to church and you are welcome at each service. In appreciation, Mrs James Muncie thanks friends for cards letters and gifts during illness.
Elgin Town Council orders strict enforcement of traffic rules due to complaints about violations. Speeding motorists will be fined. Long trucks should unload from alleys and park parallel to sidewalks to avoid hazards. Merchants and truckers urged to cooperate to prevent stricter measures. By Mayor G. H. Falb.
Clifton Kohler spent Saturday on a Sunday with the C. M. Peterson family at Postville. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson have recently moved into a home of their own after living with his father for several months. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Torkelson and Otis, and Mrs. Sheldon Boyle were business visitors in Waterloo Friday. Mrs. Fred Gehring and Hazel were supper guests Thursday of Mrs. John Falb.
Elgin jeweler Wm. E. Baumgartner faces growing mail order rivals in a crowded market. Local shop owners weigh benefits of direct sales against distant catalogs as competition heats up for customers seeking watches and jewelry.
The Elgin Iowa town council met as Board of Review on April 10 and again on April 15 1941 and May 6 1941 with Mayor Falk and councilmen present to equalize assessments compare values and approve minutes. Bills were audited including labor salaries and supplies. meeting adjourned to May 14 1941.
Mr and Mrs Ed Medberry and daughters and Mr and Mrs H S Steele drove to Decorah Sunday for a picnic dinner with Mr and Mrs Floyd Harvey and daughter and Mr and Mrs Roy Steele. The men tried trout fishing in the afternoon but results were unsatisfactory.
Big Springs trout farm faced heavy losses last year when rain muddied the spring and drowned about 8000 trout. Sink holes around ten miles north and west allowed surface water to flood the spring, now being sealed. about 28 of the holes have been closed with roughly the same number left. The spring, largest in Iowa and among the nation’s top three, yields 12,000 to 30,000 gallons per minute. Operations were crippled for a year, and fishing may resume only next year after a new hatch is ready. Residents and visitors are noted in brief social items about local visits and postponed trips.
Mr and Mrs Doyle Bennett and Mr and Mrs Ted Neumann were supper guests in the John Luchsinger home Sunday.
Staff Sergeant Roy Reed from Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, and his wife Gracie, along with Clara and Fern Hoover of Fairfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Hoover of West Union, called on the Jake Hoover residence Tuesday evening.
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