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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1942
Page
3
The item notes that it was entered in the Clermont post office in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
State education officials discuss licensing stamp plans for 1943 license plates and vehicle registrations, noting new two color stamps, year-long and half-year options, with numbers and sizes outlined. The piece highlights bids for 500k stamps, adjustments for trucks, and a broad set of states adopting similar plans amid ongoing changes in vehicle regulation. It also lists Iowa Farm Bureau resolutions committee members and reports on reasons for military rejections, citing eye and dental standards adjustments.
The piece notes the 1942 Labor Day context shaping a brief political campaign. Observers believe war progress will influence final votes, with victories in October boosting Democratic support and a poor war outlook driving votes against Democrats.
Twenty five years ago the district board issued a second call in Fayette county to fill the quota. Clermont listed 300 in the draft including Herman Johnson Elliott Aanes John Melvin Nelson Charles Hammond Joseph Livian Larson Melvin Stry Joseph Wm Malone Albert Scheel Jacob Nelson Harry F Becker Fred Bilden Martin L Halverson.
Tommy Lane, 93, a Dean of oldtimers at the Sac County fair, watched his son Joe Lane sweep all three heats in a harness race on Old Settlers Day. Over 100 attendees were aged 70 or older during the event.
Clermont residents share family visits and travel notes across several towns and states. Marjorie Scheet visits Cedar Falls and attends gatherings with Scheel and Olson families in Elgin and Gunner, while others travel to Rochester Minnesota for medical care.
Fall and winter egg production urged with Bolson’s Full Basket Egg Mash or Hi-Test Concentrate. Mrs. Marshall Shumway of Morrison, Iowa, reports 207 N. H. Reds laying 170 to 185 eggs, fed self-made mash with oats grit and shells, plus corn on cold days, lights at 3 15 a.m.
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