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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1948
Page
1
Rates for display and classified advertisements listed including foreign display per inch thirty five cents local display per inch thirty cents readers per line ten cents classified per word ten cents advance payment minimum twenty five cents no agency commission cards of thanks one dollar memorial cards two dollars limited to ten lines resolutions of respect notices where admission is charged obituary poetry at regular rates.
The column notes the Commerce Department disclosing gift package distribution through a European black market and mentions CARE not on the offending list. It also mentions Elgin home starts and local chatter about weather, Fayette county banks, taverns, hotel workers, trout fishing, and anglers targeting cats. The piece ends with a reference to the Herald.
Elgin relatives learned Bertha Bauman wed Ed Nesby about two months ago in Sioux Falls. Mrs Fred Gehring and son Charles and Mrs Wm Wilson attended the funeral of cousin Mrs Maser in Kansas, with wintery snow flurries reported on Tuesday morning.
The Elgin senior class led by Mr. Zurbriggen joined 17 schools at Upper Iowa University for a day of activities. A gym program featured welcomes, music, and a one act play followed by track demos and campus tours. A noon picnic at the city park preceded a free ball game and refreshments after.
The meal plan lists daily options from Monday through Friday with main dishes such as goulash meat loaf maid rites navy bean soup and escalloped potatoes. Each day accompanies sides fruits desserts and beverages ensuring midweek variety and nutritious offerings for students.
Harold Gunderson heads Clayton County Fly Control program kickoff in Elkader on May 13 at the Court room. Representatives from all towns and farmers invited to attend the public meeting with a special feature the showing of the new sound and color film Goodbye Fly.
Court house notices list transfers: Andine L Valley to William B Miller and wife. Maggie Kennedy et al to P W Raftis. Raftis and wife to Walter Messerli. Trade names Clermont Motor Co and Clermont. Flax yields rose from 4 to 6 bushels per acre with 100 to 125 pounds ammonium nitrate per acre in 1947 statewide trials.
The piece previews a May safety theme from the National Safety Council urging Iowans to self check driving habits. It lists eight questions on signaling, full stops, obedience to traffic signals, pedestrian courtesy, school zone speed, speed limits, parking, and avoiding alcohol while driving. It notes uncertainty about county line road work and reports local supervisors expect road placement on the 1948 building program.
J. R. Moses of Monona was named chairman of the Clayton county board. The board, in session last week, approved the assessment rolls submitted by the assessors. Other members named were F. E. Davis of Strawberry Point and F. J. Friedlein of Guttenberg.
Ambassador Wilhelm Muenthe de Morgenstierne of Norway will visit Decorah on June 23 as "Norway Day" opens a four day precentennial festival. Decorah marks its 100th anniversary on June 10, 1949.
April saw 32 traffic deaths, equal to March, leaving 1948 with 113 fatalities by end of April. First four months of 1948 totaled 143 deaths, while the 10-year April average stands at 127. April’s 32 deaths were three below last year’s April total but three above the 10-year average.
Iowa's bluegrass seed output tops all states in 1947 while farmers aiming to certify small grain crops are urged to file by May 15. Applications go to Joe L. Robinson, secretary of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association in Ames. Towa reports its 1947 corn crop as the smallest in ten years, with butter reserves at a record low.
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