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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1942
Page
1
A Decorah mayor’s ad in the Journal thanks local kids for not destroying property on Halloween. The item notes community pride and recalls “thank you” as a memory future generations will keep.
In a collage of sardonic notes and quotes, readers mock fuel and tire rationing touching sheriffs and undertakers, joke about jail and cemeteries as travel options, joke a jury reply, tease hair restorers, skeptically note farm bonus schemes, and settle on Thanksgiving being fixed on the 26th.
J A Boleyn resumes business in Elgin with his westside building converted to a store. The Elgin cemetery memorial monument, praised for its beauty, credits erector H F Roggensack and the committee including Gus Gunderson C J Harrington Albert Schori James Boots and A D Chapmar who oversaw the stone. Nurse Ida Habeger writes from France about safe arrivals and surprising comforts, while Dr and Mrs Clint Cooley visit from Chicago. A M Weibel returns from Brookfield Missouri, Joseph Butler's health is deteriorating, and American serviceman A R Reidel sails for France.
Public safety warns drivers on how to handle military convoys. Do not pass or cut between vehicles at intersections. If a convoy is met, pull to the roadside and let it pass. If overtaken, stop and let them go ahead or take another route. Army officers with convoys may arrest.
Six generations connect a Hartwick area farm now owned by Mr and Mrs Horace McLennan. The 400 acre tract traced to the government purchase by great grandfather Thomas Patterson, a non resident, with Patterson descendants remaining on the land through time. Good intentions are mortal like mellow fruit.
Creditors of Cecil J. Buck of Jenning's Flower Shop Oelwein Fayette County Iowa are notified Buck assigned all nonexempt property to Assignee B L Belt for creditors in proportion to their claims The assignment was filed November 2 1942 Claimants must file sworn claims with Fayette County District Court West Union within three months from first publication November 5 1942
The Gazette argues price ceilings misplace responsibility on manufacturers and wholesalers, not retailers, and have driven merchandise from the market. A local merchant faced a $2.25 bill for a ceiling-priced item and returned it, while another Elgin merchant reports a manufacturer raising prices on a long-handled item by changing the stock number.
Sidney Telford, 36, of the British Navy, visits his mother Mrs. Fred Telford of Denison after 32 years apart. The pair, long separated by emigration, meet during his assignment on the Queen Mary liner in an American drydock. He has newly reconnected with siblings he had never met. Slower driving saves lives and tires.
Elgin Iowa council met in regular session at the town hall with Mayor Falk and councilors Muehlethaler ONeill and Dean present Absent Schori and Kohls. Minutes approved. Bills allowed including state sales tax, salaries, supplies, meters, street lights and telephone service. Adjournment motion carried. Clerk J Harrington recorded the session.
A recent order from Selective Service Headquarters temporarily cancels inductions for men linked to farming and delays mailing orders for November call. No action will occur until Washington issues definite instructions. Policy remains to reclassify married men already 3-A, with plans to call those married after September 17 1940 first, followed by married men without children in non essential occupations.
Hass, driver near Central City, recalls striking what he believes was a horse at night. Horse hair and meat found on the radiator after the incident, but no sign of the horse or its owner. Elmer asks what became of the horse amid notes recalling Pearl Harbor and defense bonds.
The Pense Court of Iowa in Fi County orders sale of the Chris Wenger farm in Tyria and Highland townships about 260 acres with buildings in fair shape. Interested parties write to Leon R. Layton, Referee, West Union, Iowa. 10-11c Want ad ads 5 lick for sales.
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