Dedication set for new West Union High School
The West Union High School dedication is set for December 5. Agnes Samuelson will attend as state public instruction official with a principal address by another state official. The 278 seat assembly room, 750 gym seating, and 1,200 entertainment capacity stage highlight the new building completed by Currie Construction of Waterloo.
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West Union
Agnes Samuelson
Annother
Currie
Aterloo
Elgin
Fayette County Fair Association Officers Reelected
The Fayette County Fair Association reported its finances in splendid condition and that all old officers were reelected. Officers include Probert as president E A McIlree as secretary Chas Hunsberger of West Union John Wilbur of Hawkeye Harry Humphry of West Union and Max Sakagiver of Elgin as directors for a two year term. Eight directors exist with four holding over to alternate year elections.
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I Fayette’ County Fair Association
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Warns of Seed Corn Shortage Across States
Prof. F P Buswell of the New York State College of Agriculture urges farmers with early dent corn like Cornell or Golden Glow to save seed this year. He notes acute seed shortages in Lan caster and York counties in Pennsylvania and an estimated nationwide shortfall of nearly 800 million bushels, increasing demand for corn and especially for aged corn.
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Cornell
Golden Glow
F. P. Buswell
New York State College of Agriculture
Lan‘egater
York
Pennsyla
United States
Play and Basket Social at Duff School Dist No 9
A play and basket social will be held at Duff school district No 9 Highland two on Wednesday evening November 26 at 8 o'clock. The play Bashtu Mr Bobbe is presented by local youths to benefit schools in districts 9 and 4. Admission is 20 cents. Ladies bring trimmed baskets. Hazel Probert and June Kerr are teachers.
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Duff School
Highland Two
Bashtu
Bobbe
Hazel Probert
June Kerr
Faculty to Entertain Board Dinner at School Friday Night
Invitations have been issued to school board members and officers and their wives for a dinner at the school building on Friday evening November 21. The faculty and Home Economics class will be the hosts.
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Home Economica Clase
Bpate
Man shoots female rattler with five young on Schweitzer farm
Fred Pinney found a female rattlesnake with four young near Schweitzer farm on Friday November 14. He killed the mother and four offspring, the fifth young snake escaped. The catch earned Pinney a $2.60 bounty. The old snake bore nine rattles and a nearly decade old age.
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Schweitzer
Fred Pinney
Pinney
Butter Heist Hits Postville Creamery Eleven Tubs Stolen
Postville Herald reports eleven tubs of butter, each sixty four pounds, stolen from the Postville Farmers Co operative creamery after a break in at the back door Monday night. The theft leaves no clue to the perpetrators and prompts talk of hiring night watchmen and buckshot as defense.
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Postville
Co-operative Creamery
Postville Herald
We Gotta Have Gas Says Local Letter to Editor
A Benton store customer used a charge account to buy a dozen eggs for 260 and sold them for 20 cents cash at another shop before buying gas at a garage. The piece warns that despite hunger or cold, people will keep cars running this winter.
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Benton
Heck
Scott, Co
Democrat
Chevrolet Displayed Here Last Saturday
Chevrolet's new car for 1931, priced below current models, went on display Saturday morning at Falk's Garage. The line features a longer wheelbase, roomier Fisher bodies, improved insulation, rustless chrome, four Lovejoy hydraulic shocks, weatherproof four wheel brakes, and a deeper radiator. Prices range from 475 to 650 with a long list of mechanical refinements and styling updates. Falk and Sons report three cars delivered and orders for more, likely this week.
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Chevrolet
Herald
Falk
Fisher
Lovejoy
Attenton
Falk and Sons
Benefit Night Bridge and 600 Players at Masonic Hall
A library fundraiser will be held at the Masonic Hall Monday evening November 24 with play beginning at 8 16. Admission is 26 cents including lunch, tickets sold at the door. Everyone welcome.
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Masonic Hell
Lights Out Again Darkens Town Overnight
A citywide power outage left Elgin in darkness from 8 05 Sunday evening to 3 00 a m Monday, inconveniencing residents unprepared for the break in service. Clermont also reports brief outages with short interruptions lasting only minutes.
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Elgin
Clermont Alo
Annual Farm Bureau Social Next Week
The Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau will hold its annual program and social next Tuesday evening November 26 at the Elgin high school auditorium. The program will be followed by a pie supper and all are invited to attend.
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Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau
Elgin High School
Echo Announces Publication Day Shift for Thanksgiving
The Echo informs readers that the next issue will publish on Thursday, November 27, one day earlier than usual due to Thanksgiving. Correspondents and advertisers are asked to have their copy ready at least one day earlier.
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Echo
The Error Still Persists in Town Belief About Road Costs
Vivid tongue in a Manchester Press note debunks the notion that paving costs come from property taxes. The piece mocks reader belief and references billboards from Hostetter's Almange as evidence of folkish confusion.
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Hostetter
Manchester Press
Yowa Cities Gain Rural Areas Show Loss
Final population figures for Towa have just been issued by the Censua Bureau in bulletin form. The total population of the state on April 1, 1930, was 2,470,989, which represents an increase of 66,918, or 2.8 per cent, over its population on January 1, 1920. With the one exception of the census period of 1900 to 1910, when there was a slight decrease in the population of the state, this is the smallest gain, both in actual numbers and in rate, that the state has shown in any census period since the first enumeration of the area as a territory in 1840. The average number of inhabitants per square mile in Iowa in 1930 was 44.8, compared with 43.2 in 1920. There are 915 incorporated cities and towns in Iowa, of which 16 have been incorporated since 1920, and their population is separately shown for the first time in this bulletin. The largest of these newly incorporated places is Williamson, in Lucas county, with 814 inhabitants. The smallest incorporated place in the state is the town of Donnan, in Fayette county, with a population of 37.
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Towa
Censua Bureau
Iowa
Williamson
Lucas County
Donnan
Fayette County
Nationwide Ad Boost Aims For 1931 Spending Rise
Sixty leading advertisers plan higher outlays in 1931, with increases from 5 to 200 percent, as revealed at the Association of National Advertisers convention. Experts deem newspaper ads the most efficient way to lift business and profits, stressing persistent effort.
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Association of National Advertisers
Bae
Home Talent Play Postponed Indefinitely
The M. B. Aid Society home talent play scheduled for November 19 is postponed indefinitely after the death of Mrs. C B Schort's father Arthur Carpenter of Corydon. A substitute is needed for one of the lead roles and announcements will follow in several weeks.
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M. B. Aid Society
C. B. Schort
Arthur Carpenter
Corydon
Arthur Carpenter Dead in Corydon Area Funeral Held
Arthur Carpenter of Corydon died suddenly Monday morning. His body was brought to the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Schori, with funeral services the following afternoon. Burial was at Elkader. He was father to Mrs. C. G. B. Schori and four daughters Gertrude, Roth, Loraine, and Mary Carpenter. He was well known after living in Elkader and Fayette.
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Arthur Carpenter
Corydon
C. B. Schori
Elkader
Mr. Carpenter
CG. B. Schori
Gertrude
Roth
Loraine
Mary Carpenter
Fayette
Echo thanks readers for sending in news items
The Publisher thanks readers who write and send in their news to the Echo office. Appreciation is extended for continued courtesy and participation in the paper.
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Echo
Expressions of thanks and local notices from residents
The notice expresses gratitude for hospital support from Ed Hatsort. Funeral car service by F C Muehlethaler transported Arthur Carpenter from Corydon to Elkader for burial after services at the C B Schori home. Mrs Alfred Buckdashel underwent a surgical operation at Dr L Coty in Clermont and is improving. The Arthur Nesteby family moved to a new home in Pontville.
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F.C. Muehlethaler
Grinnell
Arthur Carpenter
Corydon
C. B. Schori
Elkader
Mr. Carpenter
Alfred Buckdashel
Dr. L . Coty
Clermont
Arthur Nesteby
New Pontville
Quartettes Remember Old Friend At Heller Obituary
Mr and Mrs John Falk learned Sunday that George Heller of Baltimore Maryland died shortly after noon. He once ran a Elgin barber shop and later operated a laundry in the east. Survived by widow two sons and a daughter. He was over 70. The Heller family visited Elgin three years ago and made many friends. Plans outline annual county farm bureau meeting at Fayette on Monday December 15 with nominating and auditing committees named. Male quartette competition among township bureaus and free trips to Des Moines in January for top fundraisers noted.
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John Falk
George Heller
Baltimore
Heller
Boe
Elgin
County Farm Bureau
Fayette
Roy Cummings
William King
Thos. Burke
I. ¥. Shaffer
W. R. Turner
G. R. Carpenter
C. W. Stevenson
Henry Hettler
State Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
New Fire Fighting Equipment For Fayette
Fayette plans a modern fire outfit costing 4600 dollars, funded from emergency and other sources with no tax increase required if budget director approves. The Reo truck carries a 500 gallon pump, 80 gallon booster tank, and dual 1.5 inch hose streams enabling internal and external attack with limited water for efficient house-fire response per Fayette Leader.
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Fayette
Mill Worker Dressed Historic Stone Burrs at Weibel Mill
Walter Wenger completed dressing the old flint stone burrs at the Weibel Mill marking the first non-family labor on the mill in 85 years. Wenger, six years on the job, earned trust from A M Weibel to perform this task. The mill, famed for buckwheat and corn meal, uses stone burrs for cooler grinding and unchanged product quality.
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Walter Wenger
Weibel
A. M. Weibel
Alfred
Walt
Thanksgiving Program at Sunny Dale School
Sunny Dale School east of Elgin announces a Thanksgiving program next Tuesday evening with supper to follow. Georgia Meyer, teacher, invites all to attend. In related news, a midwestern city reports 76 percent of tested brakes faulty or improperly adjusted, highlighting the need for safe driving and brake maintenance.
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Sunny Dale
Elgin
Georgia Meyer
Illyria Play Pleases Audiences With Youth Cast
Illyria presented last Wednesday and Thursday as a benefit for Higin and Syris churches. The Illyria orchestra and a young cast provided entertainment though patronage lagged, likely due to many events in close succession. No figures available yet.
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Illyria
Higin
Syris
Diyria
Two Sales Open Fall Sale Season In This Vicinity
Last week featured two sales east of here opening the fall sale season. Mrs. Neta Cold sold household goods last Wednesday with good prices. H. H. Wikan held a farm equipment and stock closing sale last Thursday. he was fairly satisfied at first and more so after hearing other places fared worse.
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Here
Neta Cold
H. H. Wikan
Wikan
Pleasant Valley Project Leaders Meet At Appelman Home
The Pleas ant Valley and Clermont township project leaders will gather at Mrs Lucian Appelman's home near Clermont on Friday November 28. The township chairman asks each leader to give their lesson an infant feeding prior to the meeting.
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Pleasant Valley
Clermont
Lucian Appelman
Bank Directors Hold First Meeting At Elgin State Bank
The directors of the new Elgin State Bank held their first monthly meeting on Monday of this week with limited routine business. The gathering served mainly as a preparatory get together for forthcoming work.
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New Elgin State Bank
Elgin State Bank
Postoffice
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Saya
Waterloo Tribune
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Gress
Ida Baldwin
Waterloo
Lew Grover
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