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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1942
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is published every Thursday by R. P. Strauch and is entered in the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
An advertising notice lists items for sale including memorial cards and resolutions of respect. It notes church meetings and school notices with admission charged and obituary poetry, dated Thursday November 19 1942.
A column of lighthearted quips and wartime mood notes from Rich's era includes rationing humor about liquor shoes and Christmas packages abroad. It features living wisecracks on marriage, optimism versus pessimism, and a tale from Bellevue Leader about a clergyman losing teeth and a Green Island man hooking them with a chicken bone.
A colored man and his dark brown sweetheart arrive at a southern court clerk to wed. The clerk, shocked by the mixed crowd, remarks that their children are grown. The bride pleads the readings are poor. a passerby comments on speed limit fudging, rationing, and scrap drives. The item blends quips and social notes from wartime life.
Creditors of Cecil J Buck proprietor of Jenning's Flower Shop in Oelwein Fayette County Iowa are notified that on October 31 1942 Buck assigned all nonexempt property to assignee B L Belt for creditors in proportion to claims The assignment was recorded and filed in Fayette County Iowa You must file your claim sworn to and stated in the Fayette County Clerk of Court office West Union within three months from first publication dated November 5 1942
A wartime public service message urges daily remembrance of Pearl Harbor and promotes buying U.S. Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps to support national defense efforts.
Yankee Doodle Dandy, a hand some black and white bull calf, is touted as the world's most valuable calf born at Carnation Milk Farm near Seattle. He stands beside his famed mother Carnation Ormad y Madcap Fayne, the all time milk record holder who produced 41 943 4 pounds in one year averaging 58 quarts daily, matching nine ordinary cows.
Expected Home from Alaska says the Klondikers may land in good Iowa on Friday November 20 though one wife doubts the timing. The Weldon Bros. group from Iowa Falls plans to reach town together after leaving June 26 to build roads in Alaska. The men are James Bailey and Grant Dawson of Elgin, C A Westpfahl of Clermont, and Art and Pete Knudtsvig near Ossian.
Lawrence Brause is in a hospital in Rochester Minnesota where doctors plan an operation this week on his broken leg. The procedure will cut the bone and join the parts with a plate and expects his return home around Christmas according to his father Gus Brause.
A western Iowa paper notes the Rock Island depot and surrounding yard buildings have been repainted improving their appearance. The piece playfully asks why Elgin was not included and laments needing similar improvements locally.
Marion Loftsgard reports from England during World War II describing travel, camp life, and daily sights. She notes the Manor building, old stone houses, left-side driving, scarce light at night, courteous British soldiers, and a church service near her quarters. She asks friends to share her address and mentions a need for vitamins for Britain.
The 1942 Iowa corn crop is estimated at 694,872,000 bushels from 9,752,000 acres with an average yield of 61.0 bushels per acre. The crop exceeds the 10-year average by about 49 percent while acreage trails by 9 percent. Reports on Nov 1 show bean harvest at 40,340,000 bushels from favorable late September weather. Feeder cattle receipts in October reach 284,151 head, the largest monthly cattle import total since 1934. Feeder sheep and lambs shipments in October total 163,337 head, about 13,000 more than last year.
Richmond Calif. a new world record for Liberty Ships with a 4 day 15.5 hour construction to launch time. The Robert E. Peary slid down the ways last week at the shipyards. Photo shows after peak assembly. Slower driving prevents accidents saves lives and tires.
J. F. Phillips marked his 84th birthday on Tuesday November 1 at his Fayette county home. He enjoyed good health for his age despite a hip fracture last year and was joined by his sister Mrs. F. J. Keeling of Volga. He has spent nearly all his life in Fayette county, with a brief period as a farmer at Riceville.
A Tuesday evening party at the Baptist church honored Mr and Mrs Erwin Miller and family. Gus Krueger presided as Master of Ceremonies with scripture prayer by B J Baumgartner solos by Mrs Clarence Muehlethaler Ruth Krueger and others performed poems and duets followed by a benediction by Rev Zoschke. Refreshments were served after the program.
Lydia Thoman daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Thoman of West Bend married Lieut Donald T Gordon in Washington DC on November 5. A West Bend High School and business college alumna she has worked as a secretary in Washington for two years. The couple will reside in Granby Connecticut near Bradley Field.
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