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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
7
Work on the Paulson building damage was completed Saturday after about eight men labored for a little over a week. Plans for rebuilding call for a one story structure not extending to the sidewalk line, set back to allow space for a filling station, with a slanted front from the north entrance to the adjacent building.
Clermont high school welcomes its largest football squad under Coach Kaltenbach for seven games. The schedule lists Sept 18 West Union here, Sept 22 Postville here, Oct 2 Fayette here, Oct 9 open, Oct 16 Arlington there, Oct 26 Monona here, Oct 30 open, Nov 6 Elkader there, and Nov 11 Hawkeye there. Ed C Olzon’s grocery will become an I G A store this week, operating under the Independent Grocers Alliance system by Saturday.
Divine services in English at 10 a.m. and in Norwegian at 11 a.m. East Clermont Luther League holds Sunday evening services. G. Gunsten, Pastor. Mrs. M. J. Osterhouse of Ossian visited at sister L. B. Lofstuen's home. Mrs. Robert Pond and her son stay with her parents J. P. Paulson and wife. Will Calahan leaves for Iowa City for medical treatments. Ellen Bear and Oliver Johnson of Cedar Rapids visit at Henry Rear’s home.
Frances Amelia Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Thompson died Friday afternoon near Clermont at age five after peritonitis and pneumonia. Born July 16 1926 she leaves parents two sisters Lavanda Harley a grandfather T C Thompson and many relatives. Funeral Monday from Ole Christianson home to Clermont Lutheran church with pallbearers cousins and flower girls. The family thanks neighbors friends and veterans groups for kindness and floral offerings and mentions visitors and relatives from Forest City Lagro se Alaska Le Roy Independence and Chicago.
Mrs Earl Simpson of Mt Vernon visited home folks this week while A H Follett, John Waterworth and Grover Harris families traveled to Alpha and Latimer. Several locals read of illnesses, church and school updates, and trips to Wisconsin, Minnesota, or Iowa towns. Highlights include Vernon Carter breaking his collarbone, a nurse in Austin, and Ed Delaney's ill mother, with multiple journeys to Rockford Davenport and Decorah.
Educational displays at the Dairy Cattle Congress will be larger this year led by a 200 foot United States Department of Agriculture exhibit. It showcases dairy development, herd management, feeding, marketing and includes drafts on horses and poultry ideas. The National Dairy Council display follows in size with additional state department exhibits planned to promote better agriculture.
The Business and Professional Women's club in Fairfield gathered five gallons of hollyhock seeds and 10 000 iris plants to plant along Jefferson county highways this fall. The project starts a statewide beautification effort urging uniform programs across Iowa to improve roads and provide cover for game birds.
Frank Kneeskern, serving a life term for the murder of Mrs. Charles Van Brocklin at Fort Madison, visited his paralytic father John H. Kneeskern in Castalia on Friday. Kneeskern, under prison Supt Burnside, returned to Fort Madison on Saturday.
Dover Mills notes record many visitors and family visits to West Union area households. J. Learn and Ghas Learn attend Henry Thompson’s memorial. H K Johnson and family host meals and call on neighbors. relatives travel from Wisconsin and Fayette for weekends and vacations. school paused Friday for teachers’ institute. Thelma Christianson takes vacation from Labke store duties.
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