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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1947
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial 3711 was entered as second class mail matter on September 1 1891 at the Elgin Iowa post office under the act of March 3 1852.
Rates listed for foreign and local display per inch and readers per line. Classified ads priced per word with a 25 cent minimum, no agency commission. Cards of Thanks and Memorial cards set at 1.00, above 10 lines. Resolutions of respect and obituary poetry follow regular rates.
Rich argues against federal flood control spending on dredging and dikes. He favors reforestation in hills, along streams like the Turkey, and the use of retarding dams to slow floodwaters. He cites soil erosion from removed forests and calls for more grass and timber with contour farming as the next step.
Thursday marks Elgin Legion Post first annual Fall Festival inviting all to join in. Community Club enthusiasm and neighborly cooperation rise with hopes of attracting visitors. The Echo reports a rented farm surplus next March and early picks. First graders begin giving out wedding rings, a curious sign.
School opened with 195 students in all grades including 106 in the grades and 89 in high school where 37 are tuition pupils. The canning factory nears end of season with high quality corn and satisfactory pack. Class of 1918 members Marie Falk, Georgia May Schori, Allen Habeger, Glen Schori, Charles Gruver, Harold Greenley picnicked north of town. Louis Klingman absent in McGregor. Minerva Weibel injured husking machine. Ernestine Schori to Mt Vernon for college.
Georgia May Schori leaves tonight for Chicago to enroll again as a student at Northwestern University. The item notes moving and family happenings in Rochester and Elgin, with related relocations of Arthur Landsgard and Donald Doan families, including Arthur Redwinkle’s birth and rehoming details.
Funeral services for Mrs Esley Howard were held Sunday afternoon from the Thomas Howard home and the Mlyria church with burial in the Dilyria cemetery. Rev Bruce Jones officiated. casket bearers were Thomas Reuben Archie and Robert Howard Sheldon Boyle and Harold Conner. Attending from a distance were Earl Fox and Mrs Clyde Ian of Forest City Mrs Anna Bartholomew and Mr and Mrs Mervin Brown of Vesper Wis and Mr and Mrs Robert Howard of DeKalb Ill. Esley Conner daughter of Isaac and Emily Conner was born near Elgin April 9 1858 and died at home in Elgin September 12 1947 aged 89 years 5 months 3 days. She married Thomas Howard December 25 1874 and they farmed in Pleasant Valley township and Creighton Neb until moving to Elgin forty years ago where her husband died October 2 1934. They cared for her younger sister Inez and Annie Clark Bartholomew as children. She was an invalid in later years and cared for by Thomas Howard until death. She is survived by one sister Mrs Dora Boyle and two half brothers Ray Conner and Ben Conner plus many nieces and nephews. Card of Thanks from Mr and Mrs Thos Howard.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Reed were held Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church with Rev. Bruce D. Jones officiating. Burial was in Elgin cemetery. Sarah Rosalinda Cain, born Estherville July 8 1868, died September 14 1947 at age 79. She married Leonard W. Reed January 1 1885 and left two sons Ralph W. and Guy W. and a daughter Mrs. Robert Ernst, plus a granddaughter and siblings. She lived on a farm near Elgin then moved to West Union after her husband’s death in 1935.
Of Kansas City Mo six grand children and seven great grand children Mrs Reed was a kind and loving wife and mother a true friend and a helpful neighbor.
The policy must be held by an Iowa authorized insurer or the driver may post a surety bond, cash, check, or securities with the safety department. If none of the three methods work within 60 days after an accident, the department suspends the driver’s license and registrations until compliance. The law aims to protect highway users from negligent and financially irresponsible drivers. Ignored Relatives: John R. Hall died at 88. his will shows no relatives contacted him for 25 years and most property left to charitable and religious institutions in Iowa and Nebraska, including a 320 acre farm.
An economical want ad promises to act as a small but effective salesman, delivering affordable results by reaching local readers and generating inquiries. The brief highlights cost efficiency and direct response potential for advertisers seeking practical exposure.
The Army grave registration service announced the death of Corporal Leland Faktor of Worth County, the sole Towan lost in the early war raid on Tokyo. His plane crashed in China and his body was buried about 450 miles southwest of Shanghai.
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