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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1938
Page
5
The Echo marks its forty-eighth year with a seven-column, eight-page front in line with Iowa state standards. The publisher notes modernization to keep pace with larger papers and to better serve advertisers and readers, promising further changes to be announced later.
A community notice invites members to a Tilyria Farm Bureau gathering with program items including Carl Gehring duets, Helen and Opal Dennler travel talks, a male quartet reading, a Geraldian Yearous skit, and a Harold Strong picture show. Attendees bring lunch in a paper bag and are urged to attend in good numbers.
Relatives and friends gathered at the Elgin opera house last Tuesday evening for a shower and dance in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Loftsgard. Mr. and Mrs. Don Stringer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, arrived Friday and visited through Sunday at the Chris Schweitzer home.
A teetotaler mayor in Woburn Massachusetts removed 15 relief recipients after finding they were drinking beer or highballs in taverns and cafes. The Saturday action targets welfare roll abuses amid enforcement of sobriety rules.
Prices across corn hogs and beef cattle declined in the July 15 to August 15 period. Corn 89 cents, hogs valued at 100 pounds equal 20 bushels of corn on August 15 1938. Beef cattle at $8.00 per hundredweight, butter 26 cents per pound, soybeans 70 cents, wheat 54 cents, oats 15 cents. Cattle on feed up 12 percent in Corn Belt and 22 percent in Iowa year over year.
A Saturday fire in Rowley wiped out eight business buildings, costing about 50000 dollars. The blaze began around 2:30 am in the community hall during a wedding, burned for over an hour, and investigators suspect a cigarette butt as the cause. Rowley, population about 300, lies in Buchanan county 30 miles north of Cedar Rapids.
The Republican Woman's club of the county sponsors four fall rallies at Westgate Hawkeye Arlington and Elgin. The first occurred at Westgate on Labor Day eve. Hawkeye hosts the second in September, Arlington the first week of October, and Elgin the third week of October with all GOP groups backing the effort.
Mrs. M. J. Channer announces Jessie Parker Republican candidate for superintendent of public instruction will visit Elgin in the third week of October. Parker will address the Northeast Fay County Rally as the Republican Women's Club expands from 1,000 to 2,000 members by October first and 3,000 by November first. Mrs. J. H. Johnson of Council Bluffs visited with her aunt, Mrs. J. Schricker.
The Echo subscription list was corrected up to and including Sept first. Payees who recently settled payments at the office or with Mr. McNamara should verify their address tag date for proper credit and notify the office if receipts disagree. Thanks are given to those who visited the office and to Mr. McNamara for delivering along local routes.
The Elgin school opened with a devotional period led by Rev. E. L. Ramsey as Supt. Roberts arranged the assembly. Enrollment is about normal, with tuition pupils outnumbering local ones in the freshman class. First grade has 24 pupils, 20 new. total grade enrollment is 106, up 46 from last year. Football practice drew 18 players and a schedule lists six games starting Sept 22.
Fayette County farm tenants and laborers can still apply for Tenant Purchase Loans as the acceptance deadline has been extended from August 31 to September 10, 1935. Supervisor Jerry N. Spencer stated the ten day extension ensures broad access. no further extensions are planned. The program, under the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act, aids those lacking capital to buy farms and gain security through ownership.
Elgin native Elia M Lehman and Waterloo resident Robert F Sheldon united in marriage at Elgin home on Sunday Sept 4. Rev J J Snyder conducted the single ring ceremony at 3 PM. Bride, groom, and guests including Mr and Mrs Wm Perrin and others attended. The couple will reside in Waterloo after a wedding dinner and departure to their new home. Mrs Lehman is a St Luke nursing graduate now living between Elgin and Waterloo. Mr Sheldon works for Coca Cola with Waterloo HQ.
The Fayette County Young Democrats held a Tuesday evening assembly room at the courthouse meeting called to order by president C. W. Stockwell. Congressman Fred Bierman addressed the group with Elgin attendees G. J. Mosby Max Hunsberger and R. W. Muehlenthaler present.
Dennler has improved his newly acquired Elgin home formerly the Reusser place. He tore down the old woodshed behind the house and used the lumber to build a neat garage a short distance north. He plans additional interior changes later. Phone your news to 20 early.
Mrs. Louisa Lehman and Mr and Mrs Max Lehman with their family and Ruth Schupbach were dinner guests at the George Butikofer home Sunday evening.
At Elgin on Saturday the two major party congressional hopefuls, Democrat Fred Biermann of Decorah and Republican H. O. Talle of Decorah, will share a platform. They will avoid party issues and address non partisan topics, offering locals a chance to see and hear both candidates.
The state fair grand champion baby beef, owned by Herbert Olson of Newhall, sold Friday for 1.00 per pound, a record price for the exposition. The 1,010 pound steer brought $879.79 after 3 percent shrinkage. last year's champion sold for 51 cents per pound.
The Fayette County Schoolmasters club holds its first meeting after summer vacation at the M E church here on a Thursday evening with a 6 30 dinner by the Ladies Aid Society. Supt. D R Roberts, new president, will lead the session and Dr. Vivian T. Smith of Upper Iowa University will be the main speaker. The event offers a chance to meet new county men and discuss the coming year’s program. County Supt. L G Meyer of West Union is secretary and M T Nedland, West Union superintendent, is treasurer.
William Weibel returned to Elgin after a week in St Paul in convention with Central Blues Power Light officials seeking a position. He secured a job in the light conditioning department and will begin on call, accompanied by an experienced staffer, at Fayette Maynard Oelwein Manchester and southern Minnesota.
The new bridge east of Elgin opened last week with the full road usable. Travelers can now enjoy the route built by Fayette county and praise the improvement over the old blind curves. Clayton county is urged to grade two miles to Gander, with Marion township farmers planning action. Fayette plans to surface the road this fall.
The Dairy Cattle Congress at Waterloo runs September 26 to October 2 and is expected to be the most attractive dairy show in history with over 200 manufacturers and dealers exhibiting. Premiums in dairy cattle and the National Belgian horse show are the largest since the exposition began. A school social will be held at Brorby school in Marion district No 2 on September 14 with lunch. all are welcome.
Arrangements are complete for the Elgin Farmers Dairy Co Farmers Picnic this Saturday in Elgin. The program begins at noon with lunch for creamery patrons and music by the Elgin band, followed by a 1 30 address by Congressman Biermann, street sports at 2 30, and a 7 30 evening program with the Elgin German Band. Free buttermilk and games will be featured, ending with a nine o'clock dairy cow giveaway and a big dance at the opera house.
Elgin teachers arrived over the weekend and settled in various rooming houses around town. Agnes Crowe and Emma Jansen stay with M. V. Kiple, Helen Wegner with W. C. Falk, Lulu Francisco with Mrs. Tille Hanson, Helen Reed and Ruth Reed in Mrs. Celia Rennison’s home, Jeanette Lindaman at B. J. Baumgartner, Genevieve Dunkle with Allen Habeger, and Betty Crowell at Clarence Muehℓthaler’s apartment. Supt. Roberts and Coach Tate spent the summer in Elgin. Spahr Cashman and Dick Metcalf visited Elma friends Saturday.
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