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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
3
Subscription payments for new and renewal subscriptions may be made to Clermont Local News Editors Mrs Lucy Engle and Mrs Bess Tschantz. Receipts will be issued by the publisher.
Iowa politics feature a feud over candidate middle names as Republicans and Democrats clash on governor prospects. The piece also discusses traffic safety with a proposed yellow center line on hills and concerns over oil and sand road treatments. Highway commission watches truck weights and road wear, noting 12 000 summons yearly for overweight trucks. State bonus for World War II veterans remains in party platforms with no agreement yet.
Clermont residents share visits and news as the community gears up for fall activities. The Study Club schedules its first meeting, urging focus on children, with Lorraine Crowe presenting “We, the Parents.” Local families host guests, near trips, and college enrollments mark the week, including Upper Iowa University and Clarke College entries.
Debate continues over bonuses for veterans with some groups backing cash payments while others oppose. The disagreement has stalled progress on final terms and amounts, delaying any clear plan.
Sunday visits feature Mrs Ida Olson hosting guests including Mr and Mrs Carl Voelz of Luana and Dr and Mrs R v Brandt of Strawberry Point. Dorothy Nevin returns from Laguna Beach after six weeks with relatives. Other gatherings include Diedrick, Kittelson, Blockhus families and travel notes from Ralph Schrader's new plane purchase.
Freshman students sand and varnish tables for the hot lunch program and learn to use planes while taking on two year long projects. Thanks issued to Mrs Bertha Hartman and Mrs Ruth Olson for loaned plano and to J B Shipton and Sons for trucking service. Baseball season opens Sept 17 at Clermont as Commanders face Luana. Student elections held in English classes electing class presidents and Student Council delegates with speeches of acceptance. Junior and senior class officers listed, Fourth graders study seasons, Fifth and Sixth graders study New England and the Old World, Seventh and Eighth graders read about animals and poems and enjoy a woods hike.
Work on the Sophomore Class Play is underway with a lengthy cast list including Mr. Martin and his family plus students like Dr. Ambecrombie and Dina Pruitt. No date set for the presentation yet. Home Economics covers color theory and dress design while Manual Training outlines projects for freshmen and sophomores.
Fragmentary OCR notes name Joane Gerner Barbara Appel and Ardis Olson as student council delegate and other names. The text is unclear but indicates a freshman class president election with scattered names and possible roles.
A description notes 108202 miles of urban transit routes in the United States and 89240 subway trains street cars trackless trolley coaches and gas buses operate across the system. The text pairs this with an unrelated culinary instruction for preparing a tomato dish with peas and a brief broiling step.
A note explains that juiceing fruit at room temperature is simpler than juicing fruit straight from the refrigerator because the latter is firmer and harder to press.
The Jordan valley remains sparsely settled and centuries of cultivation show desert soil. Lower areas near the Dead Sea require mineral salt washing for tillage. Jericho is named as a notable oasis just north of the sea.
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