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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1944
Page
1
The biennial budget estimation for Iowa state departments and subdivisions is due by year end. Budgets cover July 4, 1945 to June 30, 1947, with postwar uncertainties shaping revenue and need forecasts for prisons and care institutions. Officials weigh whether revenues rise or fall and how many inmates or services will be required in the next two years.
The social welfare board faces a budgeting puzzle for old age pensions. Before and during the war pensions peaked around 58,000 with $25 monthly checks. wartime employment reduced rolls to about 50,000 while payments rose to just under $30. The board questions if pensioner numbers will rise after the war and, if so, by how much, and how much to request for the two years ending June 30, 1947, to keep the $30 average.
E Baumgartner returns from Rochester Minnesota hospital where he spent about three weeks after an appendectomy He reports feeling much better but will not work this week to rest and recover away from duties
County and township chairmen, citizens, and workers will mobilize for a Fayette rally on September 25 to back the War Chest drive for nearly 30 000 in relief funds. Guest speaker Miss Flavel Barnes, famed wartime traveler and UN relief organizer, will headline. The drive runs October 9 to 14 with local chairs Ray DeSart and Edmund Dugstad named.
In Rochester Minnesota Mrs Earl Kipple Mrs Fred Burrow and Mrs Max Lehman accompanied Tofield Heck to visit Mrs Heck who had undergone surgery about ten days ago. They found her recuperating nicely and she expects to leave the hospital at the end of the week but must report daily for another week before release. Mrs Heck is now at 101 St. Marys Hospital.
Martin Blockhus, formerly county deputy sheriff, has received a medical discharge from the Coast Guard and enrolled in the U S vocational training program. He studies accounting and parts department management at Falles while the government funds an 18 month course with shared costs between employer and state.
The annual Marion township Farm Bureau meeting is set for Monday evening September 25 at Center school house. Talks, moving pictures, performances by Marion Two Girls 4-H Club, and election of a director will be on the program. all residents are welcome.
The 1945 birthday calendars issued by the W S C S of St Pauls Methodist church are now on sale at Homa's Kohler's Klingman's and Feller hardware. Advance orders will be filled at these outlets. Mrs Max Thoma chairs the project. Mrs Harold Asmus returns home to Menasha after two years in a Winnebago sanitarium, with her Ed and Mrs Boleyn noting gradual improvement but a full year of rest needed.
The Echo Enterprise extends a weekly hello to new readers and hopes they will enjoy the paper and stay on the mailing list for many years.
Marriage of Nels Magne Strandford and Margaret Fry solemnized September 10 at Trinity Lutheran Church Chicago led by Rev P Hack with Rev B Strandford assisting. Attendants included Anna Jane Fry maid of honor and bridesmaids Eunice Strandford Virginia Hack Betty Hack. Best man Philip Ambuel. ushers Philip Lindahl Rolf Strandford Arne Strandford. Reception followed in church parlors.
Pvt. Gerald Boyer returns from Camp Hood Texas for a Friday home visit with his parents Mr and Mrs M A Boyer. A Sunday picnic honors him with relatives and friends listed. Geo H W Mueller now at Selfridge Field Mt Clemens Mich moved from Keasler Field Miss. Capt D E Tinker from Fort Riley Kans arrives for 10 day leave at Lehman home. Pvt Arthur Herriing departs for Fort Meade Md after furlough with wife and son. Sgt Keith B Thomasow in England notes tea dominates drinks and APO number updated to 123 NYC.
Albert Schori of the Canning Co. announced a temporary closure starting Tuesday evening with a possible reopening in about a week to clean fields. The plant operated a similar period as last year from August 18 to September 19, with total output near 1943 and mostly contracted by the government.
Many towns have drawn up plans for V Day with businesses closing shortly after news. If announced before noon shops stay closed the rest of that day. if in the afternoon, closures extend to the balance of that day and the next noon. Churches organize meetings to promote thanksgiving and curb wild celebrations.
Jess Moody returns from Des Moines Veterans hospital claiming arthritis and no relief there. He plans to ease his workload to improve health, while the note hints farmers’ worries extend beyond corn.
Opal Dennler of Elgin became the bride of Arnold Sanders of Winsboro Louisiana at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday September 14 in a Baptist church in Wildwood New Jersey. The bride wore a brown beige suit with brown accessories. Attendants were May Belle Latener of Chicago and Kenneth Medberry, bride’s uncle. The bride graduated from Elgin High and worked as a bond filling clerk in the Army War Bond Office Chicago. The groom, a Navy MM3/c, had enlisted after helping on his father’s farm. They will reside in Wildwood New Jersey where he is stationed.
The 1944 duck season begins at sunrise on September 20 and runs until sunset on December 8. Officials expect heavy hunting crowds opening day despite ammunition concerns. Reports cite a strong increase in waterfowl in major duck-producing areas and locally abundant ducks. The daily bag limit remains ten, plus an extra five ducks from mallards, widgeons, or pintails or any combination of these three species.
Paul Nieman Construction Co. Sumner moved its equipment to the Falb gravel bank Monday and is crushing and spreading gravel for county roads in this vicinity. Eleven men started placing a maintenance coat of about 300 yards per mile on the county trunk from Elgin to 56. They have about 4,000 yards to move across Elgin area roads.
The Ripley carpenter crew of four completed weeks of work at Christen Bros. farm by shingling two large barns, building a 24 by 40 chicken house, and making other improvements. This week they covered Mrs. Nellie McKellar’s residence with slate shingles and added a sun porch. The Fayette Legion Post paid off its mortgage on their hair and celebrated with a melon feast and mortgage burning.
After the war, many local business properties are planned for major remodeling and new construction. The Echo-Enterprise cannot disclose specifics, but five business sites are under consideration and homeowners anticipate extensive home improvements, signaling strong work for carpenters, plumbers, and electricians.
M ot TM c. H'vald leads a drive initiated by the Motion Picture industry to collect used clothing and shoes for Russians left destitute by the German invasion. The drive runs September 23 to September 30 with donations accepted at the Elgin town hall.
Get Acquainted at Hawkeye Co. M. Westerfield and BR. P. Strauch attended a meeting of businessmen at the new Hawkeye bank last Friday evening. Plans were made to revive the Beacon, a business club now meeting monthly. G. W. Aspinwall is president and H. F. Hauth secretary. A Community Club includes farm members and town men not connected with big business intervals.
The Elgin Chapter C B S sponsor a bake sale Saturday after noon Sept 23 at the town hall starting at two o'clock Proceeds go to the Iowa Service Men's Fund Do not bring canned food for the Boone home Plans to send a case of corn from Elgin for the drive Sugar available at Kahler s or Thoma s stores Also notes social visits in Volta Me and Charles City regions and a nudge to use want ads in these columns
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