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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1937
Page
7
A seasonal business owner who spends about one hundred dollars yearly on advertising says newspaper space is a near dead loss for any advertising. He cites that newspapers are read carefully by almost every reader, unlike other media, and notes that more money is spent on newspaper ads than all other forms combined, proving newspapers deliver the best return.
Iowa reports total corn crop near 458 million bushels for the season with Sept 1 condition at 85 percent. Drought in western counties trimmed the expected 46.0 bushel per acre to about 41.5, hindering a new state record. Reporters note advanced maturity and frost-safety estimates of roughly 48 percent protected by mid month and 80 percent by month end.
The Clermont Union church guild met at Mrs. Edmund Dugstad’s home on Wednesday with twenty ladies in attendance. President Mrs. Corsepius led the session and Mrs. Fred Cline read a paper on The Prophet Islash. Refreshments followed. Morris Cahalan of Cedar Rapids visited relatives in Clermont. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Appelman and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nelson returned from a Wisconsin vacation. Ole Houg and son Sam Houg with wife from Moorhead, Minnesota, visited relatives. A family gathering at A. S. Houg’s home brought together all six Houg brothers. The Hougs then visited St. Ansgar to see relatives.
O W Beeler state organization director spoke at the Farm Bureau Board meeting on September 7 urging township directors to act. The by-laws change to set Fayette County Farm Bureau dues at 16 dollars for 1988 was approved. A leaders meeting is set for October 5 with R J Hamilton as speaker to justify the change. Main features of the 1988 program will be drafted in October with county leaders interviewed and township discussions guiding the new schedule. The county program planning committee will consider input from rural and farm interests and agricultural planning groups. Twenty five dairy heifers will be shown at Waterloo by 17 4 H club members representing Fayette County dairy heifer club, including Jerseys Guernseys and Brown Swiss. Rural music leaders will train in Ames September 16 and 17 at Town State College under Prof Tolbert MacRae to improve music programs for farm women’s choruses and 4 H extension work. Rev Fr McCaffery and Lena Brecht of Masonville visited Clermont Tuesday.
Peter Solar a former Upper Iowa athlete and Clermont Livermore coach will teach biology and assist in coaching junior high and sophomore athletes at West Waterloo. He replaces Kenneth Flanagan who resigned to take a job in Peoria Illinois.
Osage Press argues profanity has entered polite society and lost taboo status among youth. It contrasts church guidance with common usage of terms like hell and damn, asserting scripture should guide discernment and urging practice in conversation.
Rev Gustav Gunsten thanks the Enterprise for courtesies and generous space given to church activities. He notes the paper feels like a letter from home and praises coverage of churches and schools as uplifting the community. He provides a temporary address in Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Swenson hosted Lavonne Swenson and family, with guests including Mr. and Mrs. John Stahl of Volga City, Mr. and Mrs. Swen Swenson, Mrs. Alma Anderson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Torkelson and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Swenson and family, for a Sunday birthday gathering.
The Iowa State Safety Council urges drivers to slow near schools and areas with children. It notes half of U.S. pedestrian accidents involve kids and stresses giving children right of way and driving at speeds that allow instant stopping. If it were your child injured, you'd care.
The Ladies' Aid Society sponsored a well attended chicken dinner with over 150 plates served. After the meal a program at the opera house awarded prizes including Charlotte Tebbe of Elgin for dinner ticket and prizes, Thelma Christiansen and Sheldon Moats for other prizes, and Robert Steele for a wool mittens prize. Local families visited and dined with neighbors in Boscobel and Decorah areas.
West Clermont Lutheran Sunday school held annual promotion exercises with Rally Day on September 12. A short program featured songs and recitations by Doris Gilbert Seanna Osmundson Veryle Ann Paulson Helen Anderson Gladys Peterson and kindergarten and primary classes. New secretary Doris Landsgard and treasurer Irene Erickson were elected. teachers include I. C. Jerdee Hazel Johnson Agnes Anderson Helen Anderson Gladys Peterson Sadie Peterson Eva Olson Agnes Bilden Mrs. Martin Nelson and Louise Amundson.
Clermont Union Church announces no services Sunday evening while Mrs. E C Olson visited relatives in St Olaf last week. Marjorie Olson left for Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. For sale in Clermont a five room two story brick house with city water on State street near the high school. frontage about one hundred feet two blocks from business district.
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