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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
4
Vacation Bible school will be held at the Methodist church starting Monday morning June 2 at 9 o clock. The annual picnic is set for Friday June 6 and Children’s Day exercises on the following Sunday. The theme is God's World with study topics for each group and hymn work. Instructors include Lois Brandt and several church members led by Rev. Warton.
Anna Falk, ill for a week, improving. Mrs. Mary Skarshaug to keep house at Andrew Thorson farm for weeks. Mabel Grimm to Chicago for summer work with sisters. Harry Frieden family visited Mrs. Fanny Frieden. W Rubyer of Randalia visiting friends and checking property. Echo-Enterprise urged to send to the boy in service. costs one dollar. Winifred Schmid home from Miles City teaching. summer at home. Robert Steele of Ames home for weekend. to graduate June 8 and start at Public Service Utilities in Chicago as electrical engineer June 9. Frank Bauder to graduate from Coe College June 9. Ednah Mae and Harold Kamm to graduate June 2 from State Teachers' College and Upper Town respectively.
Genevieve Wendell of Wiltshire Ohio, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Wendell of Chatta Nooga, chosen queen of the Ohio Peony Festival to be held June 1. She won over 12 contestants from Van Wert County high schools, earning the honor in a special CFI photo submission to the Echo by Simon M Schwartz.
Carmel Indiana special photo shows Dianna Taft with Mar tigue, a Percheron mare from Lynnwood Farm. Taft notes an extra bucket of oats can earn prize ribbons at the National Percheron Show in St Paul as farmers nationwide prepare for a bigger show season.
A foundation tapioca cream recipe uses milk eggs quick-cooking tapioca sugar and flavoring. Variations include rhubarb strawberries peaches bananas and even fig sauce with dried figs to create colorful tasty sherbet served with whipped cream and nut meats.
Wilted lettuce recipe uses 3 bunches or enough for portions. Salt pepper bacon and vinegar provide a warm dressing. egg sprinkled on top. Chopped green onions or radishes from the garden add color. Americans have seen life insurance payments mature by death, cash in, or lapse in year studies.
Mrs R L S explains a method to make rhubarb juice by cutting fresh rhubarb, simmering with water, straining, and sweetening with sugar. The juice is bottled hot and sealed, best colored when mixed with cherry or strawberry juices, with one pint flavoring three quarts of fruit juice.
The bulletin covers meat yield per pound for four servings, pig weaning ages, late season raspberry transplantation, and the impact of rain on Iowa strawberry yields. It lists primary noxious weeds, advises cutting tulip seed heads after bloom, and notes virus control. It discusses the declining but still vital role of horses on farms, farm power costs, and potential profits from drug plant patches including bass wood flowers and ginseng amid wartime shortages. Turkey poults need appropriate feeds.
Iowa communities plan events for Soil Conservation Week June 2 to 7 as the fourth annual observance. Governor Wil son notes eight counties have formed soil conservation districts under a state law passed two years ago to educate on erosion control and soil building practices.
The governor proclaims Soil Conservation Week has spread through 85 counties last year and voices confidence in farmers’ growing conservation mindset. He notes plans to expand agricultural progress by enhancing farming and improving statistics on grain, fruit, livestock, poultry, and dairy. Soil conservation is rising as a vital production science.
Fayette county farmers expect record milk production with five year high butterfat prices. Production to date is five percent above last year, pointing to over 7.3 million pounds of butter in 1941 if the trend continues. Market demand and British cheese and canned milk buying influence prices while butter output remains ahead of 1940.
Auxiliary members report all 500 poppies sold and demand would have been higher. Larger poppies also sold out except two, with total receipts near $50,000. Echo note: tell them you saw it in the Echo.
A Broadcaster column cautions readers about deceitful salesmen in paint and roofing, noting materials can be improvised from straw or sand. It stresses checking the seller's legitimacy and longevity in business, alongside thoughts on mental attitude and timely action. The piece also includes humorous vignettes about marriage, manners, and a few light anecdotes.
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