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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1941
Page
2
Student editors praise Echo for carrying school news and describe layout and features. Report includes classroom activity notes from primary to home economics, with student names, birthdays, projects, and club officers.
Fourth and fifth grade pupils celebrated a birthday party in Donna Dyan’s room as Barbara Crider and Helen Wenger were absent and Beverly Sutter joined this week. Students made American Eagles in art and kept health charts tracking clean hands teeth and handkerchiefs. Multiplication drills occupied fourth graders while sixth graders tackled multiplication division subtraction and addition. Miss Krohn read The Voyage by Doolittle each morning and students awaited the next chapter. In sixth and seventh grades reading featured nature stories and poems, posters of cat-tails were made, and a rainy day game named War was introduced by Miss Kennedy. Campfire Girls met Monday.
The Boy Scout troop gathered in West Union for a camp fire with all northern Fayette county troops attending. Plans for organizing this year include regular meetings on most Mondays, with the group awaiting formal setup soon. Subjects Offered At Elgin High School lists English and math underclass offerings across grades, plus manual training, homemaking, typing, and history in various combinations.
Tuesday morning all grades in the high school met and elected officers by grade. 12th Grade: Harlan Bilockhuz president Mavis Durscher vicepresident Russell Wenger secretary treasurer. ith Grade: Anna Schupbach president Vernan Groth vice president Betty Ann Schneider secretary. 0th Grade: Jack Gehring president Carroll Klingman vice president Bernice Blockhus secretary treasurer. 9th Grade: George Bovis president Eugene Wenger vice president Shirley Boyle secretary. 8th Grade: Jane Falk president Ben Schori vice-president Doris Hanson secretary-treasurer.
A quirky note opens with a proverb about wealth and success, then shifts to local news. The piece highlights the school’s new athletic field project on three acres east of the campus at Jet, plus a long list of community events, church conferences, and numerous social visits across nearby towns and households.
Local team vets six likely starters as two weeks of practice remain. The squad aims to avenge last season’s 16 to 12 loss to Wadena and open with Wadena at home after Ridgeway dropped the sport. Schedule lists Arlington, Cakmar, Tripoli, Hawkeye games set through October 31.
Mrs Lena Aeschliman was honored at a birthday dinner in her home Sunday with guests including Mr and Mrs Herv e Robbins and Robert Hawkeye Mr and Mrs Fleet Frieden and Tommy Elgin wood Aeschlimaen and Mr and Mrs H Aesch timan Also notes on students Richard Arthur sophomores Neema freshman and Auction Bridge club luncheon hosted by Mrs Frank Welch with twelve ladies present Prizes awarded to Mrs Arthur Herrling Mrs Ray Herwig Mrs D O Clark and Amelia Kuha
The local Baptist church will entertain the Iowa Association of Baptist Churches from September 29 to October 1. Rev. H. W. Wedel of Victor will speak at the opening service, with Rev. O. W. Brenner of George as moderator and Rev. John Walkup of Sheffield as secretary. The program centers on The Divine Trinity with sessions on The Fatherhood of God, The Christ, and The Holy Spirit across Monday to Wednesday.
HE Gilbertson nearly buys back his land after spring floods left deep sand across river bottom. Ryan construction crew removed the sand and hauled it north of the road, filling both sides of a dry run between house and barn. Costs nearly equal to buying new land. Similar work was done on his other farm now occupied by his son, Ryda crew completing about two days.
The September 1, 1941 Iowa crop report estimates a 433,248,000 bushel corn crop, 6 percent below 1940’s 460,184,000 and 9 percent above the 10 year average. Corn yield is 47.5 bushels per acre, third largest on record but seven bushels below July indications. The oats crop is 178,240,000 bushels with 32.0 bushels per acre, down 14 percent from last year and 4 percent from the 10 year average.
The report notes 16 000 more accidents than last year and urges drivers to improve. It stresses safer driving to reduce the frightening carnage and warns to drive safely and take no chances.
The following students from Elgin have enrolled at Upper Jown University for the coming year. Gene Schori, a sophomore, is among those listed.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Coleman moved their household goods to West Union on Monday after leaving Elgin where they lived about a year. Coleman served as the service man for Central States Power and Light Co. Leon Shephard and his wife moved into the Coleman apartment the same day as successors.
Practical laundering tip advises turning collars up to remove crease lines caused by friction. Keep collars in that position during washing to reduce wear and maintain collar longevity.
The annual Fayette County Sun convention and president Mrs R Brandi are part of an interdenominational organization. good attendance is expected as the event proceeds with detail on leadership and schedule forthcoming.
Walter Wendt of Glenwood City found an 1825 half cent while tarnished. Friends of Ivan White fund aid to fit an artificial limb for the Glenwood schoolboy who lost his leg a year ago. The Chester Williams family were warned by exploding dynamite caps during a night fire, allowing them to save nearby structures.
In San Diego California 25 over age selectees received cash sums up to 150 and service certificates marking their civilian status after just over three months in the army. W Houston Wolfe a 34 year old Alabama butcher is shown receiving his pay from Master Sergeant Split as Brigadier General Hardister watches. Camp Callan officers described the group as the first to benefit from new law freeing men over 28 where continued service would hardship dependents.
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