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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1940
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise notes Marjorie Scheel appointed as local editor and member of Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association. Paper is published in Clermont Iowa with Fayette County mail distribution.
Jan 17 to Feb 11 school events list with away and home games for Ossian Elgin Waucoma and Calmar. Last six weeks ends with exams. student council pencil contest winners named. Grades detail spelling drills and Iowa history unit as 1st and 2nd graders enjoy a perfect attendance streak and a visit from Elgin grandmother Mrs Greenley.
Seven and Eighth grades report perfect attendance for six weeks. Names include Gerald Aanes Alden Anderson Duane Hackett David Hackmann Irvin Scheel Doris Hanson Donna Lofisgard Iris Harris Darlene Martin Margaret Martin Lois Olson LeAnna Osmundson Delores Schupanit z. Eighth grade students praised for library reports and reading period activities while seventh graders did Conduct Readers. Fifth and Sixth Grades list of students neither absent.
Mrs. Jerry Spencer improves after quinsy. Louis Amundson returns to Indianapolis from a three week family visit, with his mother accompanying him to Cedar Rapids. Coach Banning and two girls basketball players attended a New Hampton clinic with others. A group witnessed two basketball games. Max Reed joined the group. A West Union accident left all unharmed after headlights fail. Farewell picnic at Gilbert Anderson home for the Johnson family with many relatives in attendance.
Local social notes report visits to Burnell Larson recovering from a broken right leg at Oscar R. Larson home near Oelwein. The column also notes Mrs. Anna Paulson's hand injury and related medical care, along with numerous family and church gatherings, birthdays, and social calls across Oelwein and nearby towns.
Farmers of Kellogg community vote to buy a new fire truck to replace aging equipment. Local meeting outlines funding plan and anticipated delivery timeline for the vehicle and associated gear.
The engagement of Helen Larrabee of Iowa City to Aubrey C. Land of Chicago was announced at a Thanksgiving dinner in Evanston, with the wedding set for Saturday evening December 2. Larrabee, secretary to Dr. C. S. O'Brien in Iowa City, is a Grinnell College and Emma Willard School alumna. Land, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Land of Carbondale, holds degrees from Illinois and Iowa and teaches in Maywood.
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