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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1947
Page
3
New and renewal subscription payments may be made to Clermont Local News Editor Mrs Lucy Engle who will issue receipts Publisher confirms the arrangement for readers seeking access to local coverage.
A Clermont Sunday afternoon party at the Joe Baker home honored Justin, age 9, with gifts and lunch. Nearby gatherings included a pot luck for twin daughters Irene and Eileen and others, various visits by relatives, library hours, and local club events. Notable names include Millard Bilden, Alfred Burnas, Henry Amundson, Wede family, Hager family, Dibble, Kelly, Larson, and Cummings among many others. The community program included a Hawaiian Islands presentation and a May 28 Ladies Aid meeting with Ruth Starkey and Robert Smith assisting.
The article traces how frontier contact along the Brownsville to Tijuana border shaped American cow country speech. It explains loanwords from Spanish such as lasso lazo lariat ranch bronco pinto palomino buckaroo vaquero adobe and other terms now common in cowboy lore.
Clermont Iowa council met May 5 1947 with Mayor Will J Nelson presiding. Present were Olson Stee Riegel Tatro and Larson. Minutes of prior meeting approved and bills totaling numerous items including park work water gas seed salaries and utilities ordered paid. Actions planned include surveying for black topping streets and installing a telephone at the fire station and raising the clerk’s salary to 30 per month starting April 1.
Helen Halverson a Randalia high school teacher visits her parents J C Halverson while Randalia schools closed last Friday. She plans to travel to Phoenix to stay with her sister and attend summer school at Tempe college. Nearby residents Warren Harrington and others visited Elgin while Mrs Halverson joined for a dinner with Mr and Mrs Humphry Roberts, whose wife is nearing 90 and in good health.
A fragmented teen scene piece highlights youths mastering Debussy Clair de Lune Warsaw Concerto and Minute Waltz while duet practice with a steady partner shifts from socializing to music. It notes Teens slang via movie titles, references to Chopsticks, and a playful take on teen culture and dating, ending with a line about jealousy.
The session ends as there being no further business to come before the meeting, a motion adjourned. Geo. Durscher, Clerk.
The number of dairy herd improvement associations in Town has shown a steady increase since the end of the war, reflecting growing farmer participation and cooperative spirit in the local dairy industry.
Hair care tips advise brushing briskly every night and morning for lasting beauty. Regular washing and choosing a style that suits you keep hair in fashion. Ledger Syndicate features this guidance.
Three years after crop failures Ed Smith loses home and furnishings to auction as neighbors watch, portraying a desperate town scene of hardship and hunger.
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