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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
3
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Readers learn about a push to identify Iowa’s oldest living resident as political figures engage in campaign topics. The article notes Young Republicans appointing John Budd of Atlantic to sit in on state central committee meetings and reports on flour purchasing restrictions affecting state institutions, bread rationing, and calls to relax limits. It also covers stock pond programs, fishing license rules, and candidates’ outdoor athletic interests as the 1945 gubernatorial race unfolds.
The piece notes John Holmes, 79, of Greeley as the oldest local campaign manager while 15 year old Ted Hutchcroft of Mediapolis is the youngest. It discusses possible speakers for the 1945 house, including Rep. Harold Felton and Rep. Gus Kuester, and recounts Kuester’s past role and his support for Felton amid a speakership contest. It also covers Miss Martha R. Hull urging sex education through home, church, and school, plus a June 3 primary election reminder and related community social notes.
Patricia Kathryn Horan was baptized Sunday at St Peter’s with Rev Fr Cooney officiating. Sponsors included Mrs Irene Paulson and Francis Horan among others. The week featured numerous visits, gatherings, and a hospital update on Rev Chas Edwards. Children enrolled in parochial school. Leslie Lee Olson born weighing pounds at Postville hospital.
Mr and Mrs Louie Olson Lois and Franklin Olson spent Sunday at Lake Okoboji as part of a family outing.
Glen Paulson of Marichester spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. Etta Paulson and with Mr and Mrs Frank Rounds Mrs Margaret Hughes and Earl of Oelwein. They were dinner guests of the Brady Paulson family and also visited Mr and Mrs Frank Fay.
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