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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
3
The Clermont Enterprise from Clermont Iowa lists Marjorie Scheel Lotal as editor and a member of the Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association. It notes postal matter status as second class mail at Clermont in Fayette County Iowa.
The piece describes Brean and Valentin clashing with Brean attacking the administration while Valentin spars cautiously. A Republican caravan plan aimed to showcase all governor candidates and pressure Gross, who cannot travel much due to budget limits.Observers see harmony for fall but expect sparks before primaries.
In May Iowa hosts Republican hopefuls eyeing the White House. Senator Robert Taft, District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, and publisher Frank Gannett visit for close scrutiny. Wendell Willkie appears in Des Moines on May 17, with Paul McNutt in Waterloo on May 20 and Jim Farity in Burlington later in the month.
A roundup notes Willkie as a republican dark horse and McNutt Farley vying for the democratic nomination while Wallace, a native son, is already well known in Iowa. The piece comments on the difficulty for outsiders to grasp farm issues, cites Publisher Gannett’s guarded view on agriculture, and recalls a cousin anecdote involving State Senator A. Claire Dewey and Thomas E. Dewey.
Eighth grade commencement exercises at Clermont High School gym on May 22 begin with the school band overture and marching, then presentations by grade levels, a piano duet, and certificate ceremonies led by Supt. Long and Supt. Ressler.
A Charles City pastor is set to give the commencement address at the local school. The event will take place Thursday along with the annual program, with the auditorium hosting the ceremony and seating for attendees.
The West Clermont Lutheran church organized on March 31 1915 and dedicated May 28 1916 with Rev C H Hjortholm and later pastors. It notes 350 baptisms 320 confirmations 120 weddings and 200 funerals over 25 years, with active groups and choirs under Rev E E Ramsey. The piece honors founders, members, and the church’s mission through verse and reflection.
A countywide tuberculosis program began with a nurse recording cases and tracing exposure. The effort aims to detect disease early, educate the public, and follow up with treated individuals as work programs and a county conference proceed.
Mrs Bertha Frisbie visited Friday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Gus Gunderson in Elgin. Several families shared Sunday visits in various homes including the Gress, Grover, Belsehner and Burrow households in Elgin and Hawkeye. The Crossroads rural school near Castille ended with a picnic, and many townsfolk spent weekends with relatives in Cedar Rapids, Festina, Albia, Pella and Luana while Foresters hosted a May breakfast.
The article lists a busy social week with Bridge club luncheon at Mrs Baylor’s, visits by Mr and Mrs John Wells and Mrs Oliver Fay, plus family gatherings at the homes of the Larrabee and Crowe families. Clermont seniors attend Upper Iowa University Senior Day. mixed showers and bridge prizes noted. Mother's Day visits documented. local ads urge results from want ads.
Delegates at the convention hall in Chicago nominated Roger Robson as the party's presidential candidate amid speeches denouncing New Deal policies as immoral and bankrupt.
Report notes countries withstand the Nasi assault during a Brussels gathering. Queen Wilf of the Netherlands and King Leopold of Belgium attended with other officials in a formal session. The caption credits Scho Exclusive Photo Service.
A destitute Rhodes family, from Athens Ohio, travels toward Idaho seeking work on a friend's farm. The caravan includes grandmother Lanna Marcum, mother Mrs. Rhodes, Paul Rhodes, Louise 12, Frances 4, and the four other members aged 56 down to age 4. Eleven days after leaving Athens they had not eaten a meal and found no steady shelter.
Irregular clipping notes a pig gift to Dewey from the People of Iowa presented by Irving W. Myers. The event refers to a mortgage lifter claim and mentions Keene and Sons of Le Grand raising a pure bred Ches Whitt pig.
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