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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1941
Page
2
A school paper piece shows editor Mavis Durscher Anet and staff urging timely work. It reflects on student editor duties and newsroom logistics, then shifts to a Trail Seekers flag duty, magazine drive, and Home Economics Breakfasts with autumn, Halloween, and fall decor themes.
Nov 6 marked pumpkin planting and a growing project. Students wrote and drew animals, studied weather, and created bulletin board displays. Fifth graders studied western states capitals while sixth graders work on transportation notebooks. Debates over absences noted and class intranet news mentioned Campfire News hike to the shore.
After the junior class play, work begins on the declamatory program directed by Mrs Schori. The home contest is set for November 25 and 26 with the preliminary round planned for the first week of December.
School undertakes a books inventory with new pockets added to each volume and asks students and staff to cooperate in keeping the books in good condition.
The seniors posed for pictures taken by Ballard and enjoyed a rare half day from school. Most proofs arrived undamaged and many portraits look excellent though a few not fully Bratisfied.
A student column asks for fresh freshmen input on the junior class play Three Bears and ponders Odd topics from whooping cough to Aunt Jemima likenesses. The 1942 annual staff is named with Eleanor Butikofer as editor and Harlan Blockhus as assistant editor. Salesmen Russell Wenger and Harvey Gilbertson begin selling early to secure paper amid rising costs.
Elgin opened with a kickoff and a swift drive ending in a touchdown as Hawkere scored on a pass. The game swung to Elgin after 33 7, with Coach Strong rotating in second stringers. Hawkeye added a late TD for 33 14 final. Seven seniors played final game. Gilbertson injured early. Tripoli undefeated in six conference games, Elgin Arlington tied for second. Annual banquet held November 12.
Neighbors hosted a farewell dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Smock with a purse presented as they plan to move to a farm near Colesburg in December. Auction Bridge club gatherings produced prizes for several members. Various visits, dinners, and travels tied residents to Greene, Oelwein, Cedar Rapids, and nearby towns, with multiple family and social engagements and a funeral in Oelwein.
The Mink Creek Study Club met November 8 at Mrs. Robert Ernst’s home for an all day session. A nutrition lesson by Mrs. Wilder Mattocks and Mrs. Ralph Shaffer covered essential foods and minerals. Lunch featured baked potatoes and deviled eggs, with charts given on calcium iron and iodine for family health.
Despite beliefs, snuff use remains strong with production rising from about 4 million pounds in 1899 to over 41 million pounds in 1929. Official figures show last year output near 38 million pounds.
A tin box in the cornerstone of the razed old Presbyterian church in Coon Rapids contained two old newspapers, the Coon Rapids Enterprise and the New York Evangelist, both dated September 1886.
Maxim M. Litvinoff, former Soviet Foreign Minister, selected to succeed Constantine Dumansky as Russian Ambassador to the United States. In 1918 he was named Ambassador to Washington, but the U.S. did not recognize the Soviet government and refused him entry for 15 years.
An 80-year-old Northwood resident T E Bolton celebrated with venison on his birthday. The deer was shot in Utah by his son Police Officer G E Bolton of Los Angeles while en route to visit his father.
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