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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
4
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Classifieds list items for sale including a white enameled child's bed and high chair, an Altwater Kent electric cabinet radio, and insurance ad copy. Public notices include Seabee unit service details, furloughs and returns of service members, and local social notes from Clermont Iowa with names and addresses mentioned.
Clermont area social notes mix with military updates as families await reactions from relatives overseas. Corporal Charles Vine Gress in France near Paris and Pvt Virgil Gordon reported drowned at Camp Wolters, Texas, while Kenneth Gress expects to return home when transport is available. Local residents hail leave announcements and new discharges as broader war efforts reach Iowa farms with silage and corn harvest tips.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Jacobson were visitors Wednesday at the Andrew Reinhart home. Bert Lyng spent the last afternoon at the home of Julia Landsgard. Mrs Edward Johnson and Doris spent Wednesday evening at Gilbert Anderson’s home.
Comdr and Mrs D B Williams and daughter from Laguna Beach Calif arrived Friday to visit her grandparents Mr and Mrs S K Langsdale in Elgin on their way to Norfolk Va. Several locals were mentioned visiting relatives and recovering from hospital stays with multiple trips to Chicago and Des Moines for medical care and family visits.
A compact saying warns that polishing tin too hard may strip its protective coating and expose the metal, risking rust. The line cautions against overbrightening and losing the tin’s outer layer.
Wadena begins the school year Monday September 3 with Richard Benesh as superintendent and Mrs Chet Hall as principal. Teachers include Cecil Flanagan Mrs Blanche Clute and Mrs Helen Westbrook. Several staff changes occur as Mrs Gilbert Leonard resigns and Mrs Merle Voshell becomes operator. Local churches schedule services and Sunday school across the week.
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