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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1948
Page
1
Illyria community items list Sunday school at 10 AM morning worship at 11 AM and Family Night Thursday evening at 8 PM with games for all ages. Fall church night activities emphasize overalls and house dresses, bring fruit salad cookies or cake. World-wide Communion Oct 3, Roll Call Oct 10, class contests Sunday.
A long list of local visits and travel as Clermont residents host and visit relatives and friends across Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Notables include Mr and Mrs Chester Perry, Lois, Alma Perry, Mrs Roy Campbell of Castalia, and extensive family visits led by George Rounds from Madison, Wisconsin, en route to Dayton Ohio and Washington DC. Also recorded are fishing trips, birthday observances, and multiple trips to Oregon and California, reflecting a busy social network in small town life.
The Marion Busy Bees 4-H Club held its first meeting of the year on Friday night September 10 at the home of Marilyn and Shirley West. Eight members seven visitors and one leader attended. Elected officers for the year include Clarine Olson president Ida Mae Hanson vice president Eleanor Gisleson secretary treasurer Marilyn West historian Nona Mork music chairman and Jananny Mork news reporter. One demonstration on Different ways of Serving Soups was given by Eleanor and Joann Gisleson. The group recited the pledge sung songs and enjoyed lunch hosted by Mrs. Walter Beals. A kitten事件.
Miss Dorothy Chickering and James Dawson united in marriage Sunday afternoon September 1 at the Monona Methodist Church. The ceremony featured a double ring service with vocal selections and organ accompaniment. The couple will reside in Monona.
The September 1 1948 Iowa crop report shows corn prospects at about 624,602,900 bushels with a decline of two bushels per acre from a month earlier due to heat and moisture shortages. Rain improved some areas, but the northeast suffered most on thin soils. The small grain crop performed well with oats at 273,375,000 bushels, a record versus 180,609,000 last year and the 10 year average of 194,406,000.
Elgin fell to Littleport 7 to 2 in the final game after a hot start to last Thursday’s Elgin Volga match. The scoreline, after about seven innings, ended with Littleport dominant and Elgin unable to close the gap.
In the innings Elgin scored 19 to Volga 6 with Elgin collecting 10 hits to Volga's 3. Numerous substitutions and a challenging score-keeping job marked the game as error heavy. At Hartford Mrs. Dean Scholler had a large egg incident with a 9 by 8 inch circumference and a second egg inside.
Farmers are advised to collect early fall samples for lime and fertilizer tests and to identify fields that underperformed this year. The effort will help target deficient areas and improve upcoming crop results.
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