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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
2
The Elgin High school paper notes staff appointments and upcoming events. Teachers plan to attend a Des Moines meeting in November and vote on no Christmas vacation. Students report visits, a fire drill, nature hikes, leaf projects, drama, science trips, band formation, and a new yell reader corps with leaders.
An assortment of playful lines from a 1920s era page includes a sanitarium joke about the run-down, campers sharing water and tadpoles, and a note titled Love Letter with fill-in words: carrot beets tulips nuts pansy aster. The quirky reader submissions hint at light college humor and social wag with nicknames like Fanny and Jim.
Elgin defeated Ridgeway 76 to 7 as Tom Barker returned the opening kickoff for a score and the Bears dominated. Ridgeway managed a single first down in the first quarter and was held scoreless until late in the fourth when they broke through against Elgin’s second string.
Students recall a lively initiation day featuring hair bows, costumes, and class stories. A football win over Ridgeway set up anticipation for Friday's game against Calmar at Short Field.
The Illyria township teachers' club met Friday evening with Vida Henrich. All members attended and three guests were present. The evening focused on school problems. Lunch was served by the hostess.
Dinner guests gathered at the Olson home and the S M Jennings home hosted a Friday afternoon party. Contests filled the afternoon as hostesses Mrs S M Jennings and Mrs Nina Davis raised funds for redecorating the U B church.
Grand Meadow listing shows Mr and Mrs Robert Wharram and Joan visiting Arthur Olson. Fern Buraus stayed with Augusta Miller at Clermont. Mrs Alvin Halverson attended a supper at Martin Halverson’s home. Numerous calls and visits among Olson, Lyngaas, Buraas, Pfister and Thorson families, plus federation meeting at Highland and a school social drawing a large crowd.
Governor Wilson sends a formal message from Des Moines praising the upcoming National Newspaper Week October 1 to 4. He emphasizes freedom of the press as a constitutional guarantee and lauds Iowa newspapers for serving their communities.
A string of social calls and visits across multiple households was recorded. Residents including Adrian Martin, Julia Landsgard, Walter Lundy, Dale, Carolyn Erickson, Simon Nelson, Ed Johnson, Willard Martin, Jens Johnson, Ames Olson, Darlene Marilyn and Sandra, and others shared time at homes such as Evan Lien, Henry Ol, Millard Olson, and Wood Lake connections, with several dinners and Sunday gatherings noted. Rose of Wood Lake and local families are mentioned among the visitors and hosts.
Fragmented OCR text mentions government owned islands and San Francisco area notes with extraneous claims about an Armazan basin containing 300,099,000 wild rubber trees. No clear event or dates given.
Advice urges using more milk in cooking to boost intake among youngsters. Recommend cooling with extra milk, cooking cereals in milk, serving custards, and increasing cream and milk sauces in soups and escaloped dishes.
The Georgian era is called the Golden Age of English furniture with influence from designers such as Thomas Chippendale, Robert and James Adam, George Hepplewhite, and Thomas Sheraton.
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