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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
1
The Elgin Egho Dial publication in Elgin Iowa numbered 3711 was entered as second class matter at the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa. The filing was processed under the 1852 act on March 3 1852 and confirms status as a government compliant periodical.
In May 19 Echo items Monticello school team beat Postville 9 to 7 with strong hitting. News includes births Leo and Mrs Schori welcome eight pound boy and Will Christ wife welcome nine pound boy. Georgia Mae and Ernestine Schori return from Mt. Vernon May Festival Cornell College. Weather notes frosts rain and a pig death at H W Falk's barn after tying a tethered hog.
Memorial notices recount Gerald E Boleyn missing in action after his plane failed to return in 1945. He received posthumous Air Medal and Purple Heart with a tribute from President Truman. He died aged 23 years 18 days, survived by parents five sisters two nieces and two nephews. Card thanks expressed for kindness during bereavement.
Plans to raise fifty thousand dollars for a Memorial hospital to be built in West Union were approved at a committee meeting. With forty one thousand pledged, the county drive will begin with a June campaign, opening dinner June twelve at the West Union Country Club. Raffle winner Mike Williams of Albia, a Legion benefactor, reflects on the recent sale.
The Lutheran World Action rally will be held at St Pauls Lutheran Church in Postville on Sunday evening May 26 at 8 oclock. Speakers include H C Hoyer Chicago executive secretary and director of rallies for Lutheran World Action, Hermann W Siefkes of Waterloo, N Astrup Larsen Decorah, and Victor Hackbarth Garnaville. Over thirty congregations from the American Lutheran, Norwegian Lutheran, and United Lutheran churches participate in the event.
Clayton county Farm Bureau will hold its annual picnic at the Elkader fair grounds on Sunday June 2. Herb Plambeck WHO farm editor Des Moines will be guest speaker. Plans are being made for a sports program.
Farmers who lack enough corn can feed pigs after weaning with a mixture of half corn and half oats. This practice helps stretch scarce grain while sustaining pig growth.
The article notes planting cucumber seed one inch deep and the common practice of sowing cucumbers in hills spaced two feet apart along the row. It reflects typical home gardening advice on depth and row spacing.
A nine day Vacation Bible School starts Monday May 27 and runs on school days through Friday June 7, with a 9 a.m. worship service and 11:30 a.m. program end. Classes cover The World that God Made The Word that God Gave and Customs and Manners of Palestine. Marian Probert teaches Beginners, Mrs Guy Probert Primary, Mrs Harry Johnson Intermediate, and Mrs Leon Jacob leads the older class. Work books provided and daily missionary offering collected.
Walter Durscher and wife transfer to W H Scott and Robert Scott for $1.00 property in sections 1-2 SE 1 and N 1-2 NE 12-94-28. E O Lien and wife transfer to Clarence Thorson for $1.00 all north of road in SE and part of E 1-2 SE 36 and NW SW 36-35-7. Mabel Holzer to Robert Wilson for $1.00 SE SW 22-94-7, 10 acres.
The Elgin Study Club reports a Cancer Control Campaign total of $210.31, short of the $300 quota for Elgin and Pleasant Valley township. Funds go to the state American Cancer Society committee for research and equipment improvements to fight cancer. Indes of the Study Club thank donors for their generosity.
In Alta last week burglars used a cat-walk over septic pools to open a sewer gate in what authorities describe as a puzzling break in. Marshall Geary questions the motive, noting a septic tank is an odd place for idle time.
Cashed BaSH sustained minor injuries after being thrown from a horse during a visit to West Union. He remained there to recuperate until Tuesday, and no bones were broken in the fall.
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