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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
2
A farewell note from the editor reflecting on the meanings of farewell and goodbye, appreciation for edits received, and best wishes to the incoming editor. The piece aligns with school newspaper voice and period style while noting the annuals on sale and generic campus updates. The issue also covers grade forums, primary news, dial telephone demonstration, and student picnic reports.
The Women's Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. Edith Berg's home last Thursday and decided to hold a flower show around August first. Two traveling baskets raised 1 27.50. Circles A B Ruth and D meet with local ladies in Clermont, DeSart, Brandt, and Feller. All circles meet Thursday May 23. Nearby wildlife includes two wild deer seen east of Clarksville by Wm. Kleinschmidt and Clarence Wilken, part of Cedar Falls herd. First Lake Okoboji rescue reports three youths saved after a capsized boat. Triplets in the Seeley sheep flock expand from 46 ewes to 120 total. Scrapping prices rise due to war boosting scrap iron in town, while Lone Tree holds on to a long-standing farmstead record.
The last PTA meeting of the year was in the Presbyterian church with officer elections for the coming year. New officers include Mrs. Ray Herwig as president and Cec Flanagen as secretary, amid reports on the book rental project and a postmeeting talk by Liletta Holbert on France.
Elgin locals share visits and Sunday gatherings with neighbors and relatives from Elkader Waterloo Monona and Rowley. A sudden heart attack ends the life of Guy Stearns of West Union with funeral services held. family members travel for services and to support mourners.
Horse racing season opens Tuesday at Hill Hotel and its three cool-off spots runs daily through July 5. Drama peaks with Tech high school play You Can’t Take It With You and U of Omaha comedy To Meet the Prince. Leopold Brakowski leads a concert with the All-American Youth Orchestra at Aksarben Coliseum. Jane first Aksarben Den Show. meals at Jack and Jill Restaurant praised for moderate prices.
A bundle of old letters by Samuel McClintick of Independence to his son John McClintick during the Civil War resurfaced after 80 years. The messages, now legible, recount Union soldier experiences and home life while the family notes the long earning of a 39 year business relationship showing landlords and tenants got along.
Arlington high school seniors undertook a major trip to Chicago from Thursday to Sunday, April 24 to the following Sunday morning. Twenty seniors plus the superintendent and a teacher visited the Art Institute, Field Museum, planetarium, aquarium, Armour packing plant, stockyards, Brookfield Zoo, Soldier Field, and Chinatown. Arthur Patterson of Brainard attended a dinner at the Reuben Howard home.
In the film Too Many Husbands actor Melvyn Douglas eats a paper prop made of thin candy during a comic sequence. The tasty prop was consumed by Douglas’ co-stars before he finished the scene, much to director Wesley Ruggles’s satisfaction.
The text notes that the earliest date Easter has fallen in over a century occurred on March 22, 1818. It highlights a historical easter date anomaly without additional context.
An Omaha high school student born in Italy stowed away on a ship to Italy and faced possible penalties. He hoped to avoid Mussolini's draft by getting a passport back, and the American consul in Palermo was finally authorized to issue one.
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