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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1931
Page
2
Local residents hosted and visited friends across Wadena and surrounding towns. Among those noted were Clyde Cushion in McGregor, H H Whitcher in Waterloo, John Crandall of Chicago with Luther Crandall, Joy Jennings in Newton, and many others visiting relatives or conducting business. Community groups held gatherings such as the Altar Society meeting at Ed Raftis home and a pie party by the Legion Auxiliary.
A flood of Friday through Sunday social visits fills local homes. Ted Larson and sons of Waterloo spend weekend with B A Jennings family. John Corkery hosts and hosts relatives from Sumner and Volga City. numerous calls and dinners follow in Otterbein area with extended family. A boy, Duane Arthur, born October 25 to Arthur Jellings’s family. cemetery association holds annual meeting Friday afternoon. Frederick Schroeder of Dundee passes away Sunday. several residents travel to Iowa City and Cedar Rapids for hospital and other engagements.
Rev. H C Rundell invites all to Sunday school at 10 and morning worship at 11. Choir practice is Saturday evening. The men host a Hallowe'en party in the church basement with a pot luck lunch and admission unspecified. Wear a mask.
Rev C L Randall presides over Young People prayer meeting at 7 30 p m and mid week gathering at Mrs Maggie Johnson home. Harvesters elect Vera Voshell president Jennie Johnson vice president Lucille Davis secretary Gertrude Frey asst secretary Amelia Faye Moore treasurer. 16 attend. Mission Society selects Forest Moore president Max Jennings vice president Marie Johnson secretary Lawrence Welsh treasurer Marian Davis chorister Mrs Ethel Frey pianist Russell Frey Harry Johnson Wanda Everetts collectors. They plan a play this fall. Missionary Society meets Wednesday Navy 4 at Mrs Maggie Johnson home.
Primary pupils decorate for Hallowe en. Perfect spelling season honorees include Olmer Clark George Harris Bessie Jennings Derry Leonhart Leona Lowe Vivian Minihan Bernedene Raftis. First grade students with no absences or tardies are Harry Chapman Lucy Jones Betty Ruth Johnson Derryn Johnson Lester Johnson John Murray. Lauren Trude and Oscar Johnson moved up to junior high. Seventh grade officers are La Fonda Gell president Betty Minihan vice president Lucilla Davis secretary treasurer.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Holt spent Wednesday at the Paul Cooley home in Independence. Ed Johnson finished threshing last week, his final work at the Ole Peterson place. Lillian Halverson helps with house work at Clarence Nelsons in Gander. Mrs Clarence Olson and Quinten visited Ole Thorson’s home last week. Clifford Osmundson and family spent Wednesday afternoon at the Bert Lynganss home. Mr and Mrs Cited Kittieson entertained relatives and friends at their home Sunday. Dir and Mrs Henry Olson spent Thursday afternoon at the Estes. Hamiagerd Shomia and Gilbert Buraas met Timeday at Alfred Buraas’s home and helped with butchering. Mrs Nels Lyngess has been sick recently. Bir and Mrs De Brockhus and family were dinner guests Sunday in the Ole Thorson home. Erickson Bros shipped a carload of potatoes from their farm at Erskine to Clermont. Ardes Olson spent Sunday afternoon at the Ester Landsgard home. Irene Lyngaas attended a shower at the John Nelson home on May evening in her honor. Mr and Mrs Alfred Burnas and family spent Sunday evening at Arthur Olson’s home. Minerva Thorson is visiting her grandparents, Mr and Mrs E O Lien.
Over the past ten days Mr. Knox dismantled his Tiny golf course, once flourishing but now an awful flop as players quit and no sale occurred. The piece muses on whether the regular golf craze will endure, noting golf’s enduring appeal as a Scotch game for all ages while promoting heaters and hardware from Feller's Hardware in West Elgin.
Six months in jail were meted out for plumbing repairs and related offenses. Fred Rothlisberger and Arthur Humphry drove to Iowa City and back the same day. Mrs. Celia Rennison and daughters visited Anna Bennizon, who is improving after illness. A county meeting in Waterloo recommended 25 percent salary cuts for officials and longer terms with fewer elections, plus repeal of the Primary law. Mrs. Rosa Muehlethaler and Katia Bachman plan to winter in Forest Park Illinois with the Dons family.
Franc DeSart notes a parsnip with a five foot root reaching deep for moisture during a dry summer. The top stayed exposed while the root extended, showing how vegetation seeks water and thrives underground despite drought conditions.
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