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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1941
Page
5
Iowa public opinion shifts toward mandatory and frequent driver tests with a 92.2 percent in favor in state fair surveys. Deaths on Iowa highways rise, prompting calls for stricter laws and safety education in schools as driving classes spread.
Dear Editor Elgin Echo letter from K. S. Groth of Mayville dated September 26 1941 expresses nostalgia after 52 years away from the home paper. He notes a wet September delaying threshing and encloses a $2.20 check with warm greetings to readers and friends.
The Rev R P Bronleewe of Minneapolis Minn will be guest speaker for two weeks of revival from October 5 to October 19. He has led Iowa pastorates twelve years and now devotes full time to evangelism. Mrs Bronleewe accompanies him on broadcasts and travels in a trailer home. Evening services start at 8 o'clock each night except Saturdays. A farewell dinner for Frederick and William Schupbach Jr was held in Monona at the Everett Wiethorn home.
Gerry Alton Follett 73, longtime Richmond resident and building contractor, died Wednesday Sept. 17 after months of illness. Born 1868 in Elgin Iowa he moved to Richmond in 1902 from Lakeview Oregon and helped shape the harbor paving and city government. Survived by widow Effie Follett and five sons and two daughters.
Frederick and William Schupbach Jr left for Bur bank California to join Lockheed Aircraft Corporation training. They travel with Mr. Wagner of Fayette and report October 9. William Jr enters riveting school with $2 daily aid for 15 days, then factory payroll. Frederick, with auto mechanics experience, starts on the installation line immediately.
The Elgin Study Club met Tuesday evening September 23 at Mrs S W Kuster with eighteen members present. Mrs C J Robinson read a paper on Short Wave Radio and Stories in Connection. The club plans Penny March at each meeting and the next gathering will be at Mrs B H Brackin’s home on Monday October 6.
Will Lantz entered Decorah hospital last Wednesday to receive treatments. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burg returned from Rochester, Minnesota, after his weeks in a canning factory job.
The annual 4th district meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary is set for Osage on Thursday October 9. Registration opens at 11 a.m. business sessions start at 1 30 p.m. A joint banquet and program at 6 30 features Carl Conway a humorous speaker. Frances Hakes and Thomas H Tracey will give principal talks. An evening parade with colors lights and floats is planned and dancing will follow.
Pvt. Gerald A. Schori of Elgin was inducted May 3 as one of 69 selectees over 28, relieved from active duty at Jefferson Barracks Air Corps Replacement Training Center, and moved to the Enlisted Reserve Corps. He received a travel allowance of five cents per mile and could take one complete issue of army clothing. Jefferson Barracks, the nation’s largest Air Corps replacement center, is near a $5,000,000 expansion to serve 20,000 to 25,000 Air Corps soldiers.
Lars and Millard Larson, a father and son duo, rent two adjoining farms about 4 miles north of Clermont totaling 520 acres. One farm of 200 acres from A. T. Anderson has no buildings. The 320 acre Hangartner farm is tenanted by Henry Matthys. The Larsons will pursue stock farming since most land is already in grass.
Mr and Mrs Jack Wenger of near Kasota Minn visited here over Sunday with the former s parents Mr and Mrs Chris Wenger They brought ears selected from their field over eleven inches long two ears weighed 214 pounds Jack claimed the field would yield between 75 and 80 bushels to the acre This corn is described as better than any Iowa corn brought to the Echo office and Iowa s reputation is at stake
Mrs. Tryphe Knudtson of Wadena is now a grandmother as daughter Marilyn Kristi was born August 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd A. Knudtson of St. Paul Minn. The family plans to attend Jehovah Lutheran church.
The first fall frost of 1941 occurred Friday morning September 26. It was not a hard frost and left no damage to vegetation. A second light frost was reported on Monday morning with some observers noting a thin ice film.
M. V. Kiple and his crew have rapidly framed and sheathed Capper's new poultry house on town outskirts. In five days they used a keg and a half of nails, indicating steady progress. The structure measures 210 by 30 feet.
Clayton County courthouse offices resume previous business hours effective October first. Offices will be closed at noon. new hours are eight to twelve and one to five.
Two social showers took place at the Elgin opera house over the past week. Friday night honored Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Halverson, while Monday night celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Willy Christen.
Mrs. D E Tinker hosted the Progress Club Monday evening with the program On the Stage. Edna Hunsberger reviewed There Shall Be No Night and Mrs Tinker reported on the Central City play festival. New members welcomed were Mrs Arthur Lantz Mrs Louis Lehman Jane Krohn and Vida Burrington.
A supper at Traer Methodist church celebrated the return of Rev. J. J. Snyder for his fourth year. Ottosen visitors included Fr Lang, Mrs Schneider, Mrs Shursen, and Charles Lang. Allen Habeger and Gene joined J. A. Habeger for Sunday dinner.
Mr and Mrs Chas O Neill were business visitors in Dubuque last Wednesday Anna Barbara Kamm was a dinner guest in the Ray DeSart home Friday evening Mrs Louisa Bruil of Hawkeye spent last Thursday with her daughter Mrs Ernest Baumgartner Lavern Retz and Mr and Mrs Thompson of Arlington came here Saturday evening after the formers wife who had been spending several days with Mrs George Vaughn
Roosevelt and Wilson issue proclamations observing National Newspaper Week from October 1 to October 8 1941. The slogan The Newspaper Lights the Way of Freedom highlights the free press as central to national service and democracy.
The White House on August 21 1941 urged renewed determination to defend and sustain a free press. President Franklin D Roosevelt emphasized unfettered journalism as a patriotic duty and an incalculable blessing, calling Americans to uphold truth and public welfare during National Newspaper Week.
Civic organizations and others join in directing attention to National Newspaper Week praising the press for its unselfish efforts in promoting fair communities state and nation.
Governor Geo A Wilson designates October 1 to 8, 1941 as Iowa Newspaper Week urging citizens to honor the free press by reading and supporting local newspapers and observing related observances statewide.
The inaugural National Newspaper Week highlighted the free press and its role in communities and the nation. The event aimed to educate readers on the meaning of a free press and its daily impact, with the theme The Newspaper Lights the Way of Freedom.
Ivan J. Flower of Wadena is among county draftees selected for the 20th call. Twenty two draftees are listed with two alternates. they report October 7 at West Union. Rev and Mrs H W Wedel were guests in the Hans Grether home during the conference this week.
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