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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
2
The Elgin High student paper features editorials on judging others, Halloween art, and social behavior. Reports cover Boy Scouts collecting paper and scrap metal, Cub Scouts activities, and Home Economics Club updates on secret friends and fund-raising outcomes.
Primary and first grade pupils drew ducks goblins owls witches and jack o lanterns for Halloween decor. Primer readers are improving. Friday afternoon held a Halloween party with costumes bobbing for apples tail drawing and popcorn balls. The class remembered the ill and sent goodies.
Second and third grades held a Hallowe'en party with games and refreshments. A new reading book was introduced and interest in more Halloween decorations was shown. The text notes dramatizing activities and a student named Fantes, with some unclear spelling and stray phrases.
Karolin Faly and Helen Wenger wrote this week’s news for the Paper. Fourth graders begin a unit on Eskimos while fifth graders study seas and capitals east of the Mississippi River.
During rainy days recess the sixth and seventh grades held a spell down using U S states as words. Kenneth Larson and Mahlon Lantz demonstrated mastery of all their states. The report notes the lesson moved into the next activities as the pupils learned.
The junior class announces a play on November 7 at 8 p.m. in the Elgin high school auditorium. Also reported, the high school has acquired 100 new books for the 6th and 7th grade rooms and students are urged to read and help keep them in good condition.
The Typing I class shows strong performance with a tight race among Bernice Blockhus and Thomas Dennler. Bernice holds a 32 rating while Thomas leads with 34, keeping the net rate nip and tuck between them.
Glen Schupbach, home from the navy for a weeklong leave, visited The Fleet's In on Wednesday, Oct. 29. Residents were glad to have him back as he is now stationed at Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
Betty Strauch avoids bowling, Wirley may be starting a fad, and the big mamma bear shows up in play practice. Macbeth in English lit class may be “killed” only in spirit. Donald Little’s face isn’t red after a fine speech. Mrs Schori weighs whether juniors will finish the play and learn parts on time. Typing 1 students ponder what cleaning the typewriters means and if all boys know how.
Brain teaser asks for three numbers whose sum equals their product in six seconds. Another puzzle states five apples and five people and asks how to distribute so each person gets an apple with one apple left, using a clever twist.
A farmer has three to nine haystacks in one corner and four to fifteen haystacks in another corner. When merged, the total equals seven to twenty four haystacks. The riddle ends with garbled text and unclear context.
A Monday evening gathering at Mrs. Bert Erickson's home organized a ladies club tied to the Farm Bureau program with eleven attendees and officers elected led by Mrs. Wm. Probert as president and Mrs. Bert Erickson as vice president. The PT A executive board also met to approve buying a movie machine for meetings and classroom use.
Harve Voshell, lifelong Arlington and Wadena resident, died October 27 1941 after a brief illness from a stroke at the Charles Miller home. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 PM at the Presbyterian church with Rev Russell P Nelson officiating. Interment followed in Wadena cemetery. Survivors include nieces and nephews. he was the last of his immediate family.
Col Herman Larson Jr stands as the leading auctioneer for farm values in this Iowa section. He has years of experience with livestock, farm values, and general auction work, earning a creditable record. For farm sales, contact Larson for dates terms and information.
John Solomonson Buckwheat of Lake Mills refused to quit after a hail wrecked corn. He sowed buckwheat instead and filled his grain bin. The crop yielded about 23 bushels per acre, above the 1940 U.S. average of 16. The grain will feed his hogs through winter.
A Postville cafe entry extols the Blue Arrow Cafe offering good food at reasonable prices. It highlights sanitary kitchens modern equipment courteous staff and flexible meal options from lunch to dinner for travelers and locals.
The ad promotes Phillips 66 products and Hein Service in Postville offering lubricants for cars trucks and tractors. It highlights easy starting, abundant power, and better mileage with Phillips products and emphasizes prompt friendly service and expert lubrication guidance.
Ben Arkfeld of Panama moved Charles Smith's house from Walnut to a farm nine miles away by sawing it in half. Six men three weeks worked to tow the two sections with tractors and rejoin them so the seam is nearly invisible. Also news from Red Oak siblings learning their mother and two sisters are well in Greece and a brother in an Italian concentration camp.
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