Elgin Falls 6 0 to Postville in Season Opener
Elgin's football team opened the 1936 season with a 6 to 0 defeat at Schori Field as Postville led by Sebastian pushed in the only score. Elgin threatened three times but penalties and fumbles halted drives. Grover and Sebastian starred in the backfield. Frederick Schupbach's return will bolster the line for the Calmar game Friday at 3 o'clock. The Girls' Athletic Association elected Vergil Cook president, Marie Grimm secretary, and Betty Wenger treasurer. home economics girls sew curtains for Mrs Steinmetz. New physiology books arrive for eighth grade as classes organize art music and penmanship for grades three to eight. Leland Capper returns after a two-week Ohio trip. fifth and sixth grades report perfect attendance in two weeks. The fifth grade studies New England, the sixth the British Isles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Weinermont
Postville
Sebastian
Grover
Calmar
Frederick Schupbach
Girls’ Athletic Association
Vergil Cook
Marie Grimm
Betty Wenger
Mies Steinmetz
Schori Field
Peterson
Lindaman
Steinmetz
Buddy
Billy Lou Henderson
Leland Capper
Ohio
New England
British Isles
West Union Clinches Little 8 Championship Title
West Union defeats Wadena six to four to win the Little 8 League championship for the 1936 season. After splitting the first and second halves, a three game playoff was set. West Union won the first two games to clinch the pennant. Wadena produced a standout homegrown squad from a small town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadena
West Union
Farmersburg Band Day Draws Crowd From Elgin
Farmersburg annual event drew attendees from Elgin to enjoy Our Little German Band, games, sports, free attractions, and a speech by Congressman Fred Biermann. Mr and Mrs H B Moore of Pittsburgh PA announced the birth of their daughter Judy Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
Elgin
Fred Biermann
H. B. Moore
Pittsburg, Pa
Judy Ann
Calmar Youth Accidently Killed in Truck Incident
Dale Hathaway, 24, unemployed Calmar resident, died instantly at 4 30 near West Union when he fell from a truck of Calmar Bottling Works. The wheel ran over him after he lost his balance on the running board. Survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Guy Hathaway and sister Ruth, all of Calmar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Hathaway
Calmar
West Union
Bud Brobigher
Calmar Bottling Works
Hathaway
Guy Hathaway
Ruth
Selma Nelson to wed Milton Schieroltz
Selma Nelson of Elgin and Milton Schieroltz of Luana were married Thursday at 5 pm in Clermont Lutheran parsonage with Rev. G Gunsten officiating. Witnesses included Myrtle Nelson and Milton Oldag. 115 guests attended a reception at Clermont church. The couple planned a two week honeymoon to Chicago Detroit and Niagara Falls before settling on the Schieroltz farm near Luana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma Nelson
Elgin
Milton Schieroltz
Luana
Clermont
Rev
G. Gunsten
Myrtle Nelson
Chicago
Milton Oldag
Elzer Schieroltz
C. Nelson
Clara
Schievoltz
Elgin High School
Martha Berg
Lillian Nelson
Rev. G. Gunsten
A. M. Weiber
Clermont Lutheran Church
Annabelle
Clara Nelson
Annabelle Loftegard
Signy Hanson
Gunston
Masonic Meeting Here Friday Evening at Elgin
The Northeast Iowa Masonic Fellowship Association will meet in Elgin on Friday evening September 25. The local lodge hosts and serves lunch, with Rev. Geo DeFisher of West Union as guest speaker on The Spanish Revolution, a discourse aimed at broad interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Iowa
Fayette County Appears Strong At Dairy Cattle Congress
Fayette county will be well represented at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo September 25 to October 4 with entries in Holstein Guernsey Jersey and 4 H divisions. Names from Fayette include Grover Miché C T Hanson W F Lauer and Mrs E E Krider among others plus 4 H teams and demonstration contestants led by Dean Platt Joe Hall and coach Harlan Geiger. The Dairy Cattle Congress is Iowa’s premier nation wide dairy and livestock exposition and the only permanently located dairy cattle show in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Waterloo
Holstein
Grover Miché
Maynard
Paul P. Stewart
C. T. Hanson
Randalia
Max Graffenburg
West Union
Guernsey
J. H. Bassett and Son
Arlington
W. PF. Lauer
Eldorado
Jersey
E. E. Krider
Oelwein
Noah Metzger
Elgin
Robert Scharnweber
Sumer
Donald Oelrich
Lamont
Paul Harrison
Leo Sinnott
Laverne Gremmels
Robert Bassett
Dean Platt
Ardis Pagel
Wileen Friedlay
Sumner
Frances Edmonds
Darlene Benter
Lilian B. Lewis
E. C. Knight
Monica Petratz
Jefferson Good Luck Club
Maxine Alshouse
Elaine McSweeney
Mae
Margaret Platt
Mary Delight Bell
Georgia King
Jean Miller
Vanita Lubos
Gladys Teague
Donna Day
Eleanor Chse
Laverne Bahe
Mae Beckner
Arthur Duckett
Fairbank
Duckett
Iowa
United States
Baptist Cradle Roll Party at Baptist Church
Cradle Roll children were entertained at the Baptist church last Friday afternoon with games and songs led by Ethel Rennison Cradle Roll superintendent. Rev Zoschke prayed for mothers as Mrs F C Muehlethaler told an illustrated Bible story. Refreshments of ice cream and wafers followed. list of Cradle Roll members includes Norma Miller Yvonne Chapman Evelyn Miller and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Edward Krueger
Jesus
Ethel Rennison
F.C. Muehlethaler
G. H. Hackmann
Paul Zoschke
Zoschke
Cradle Roll
Norma
Joanne Miller
Yvonne Chapman
Evelyn Miller
Clarence ‘Ruckdaschel
Vergil Boleyn
Mavis Miller
Duane
Bonnie Pinney
Donald
Doroth
Miller
Donna
Vi.Déan
Jo Abie Houle
Jimzate Brudg
Lorraine
la Fonda Miller
Marilyn
Barbara Boleyn
LaVern Lyons
Marilyn Kohls
Marlene Durscher
Neva Jean Hop
Leland Probert
Elgin Postmaster Hans Keiser Dies After Illness
Hans Keiser aged 68 died at his Elgin home after a prolonged illness. He leaves a widow and two children, Mrs. C. L. Huisinga of Aplington and Dr. Harry Keiser of Chicago. A Baptist church and Sunday school leader, he also taught music and worked in insurance. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 PM at the Elgin Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Paul F. Zoschke. An obituary will be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Keiser
Elgin
Keiser
C. L. Huisinga
Aplington
Harry Keiser
Chicago
Baptist Church
Insurce
Elgin Baptist Church
Paul F. Zoschke
Democrats Rally and Fish Fry at Guttenberg
Democratic rally and fish fry drew about three hundred fifty attendees at the Lakeside ballroom Guttenberg with Gov. Herring Secretary of State Mrs. Miller and Congressman Biermann among prominent guests. The crowd swelled to near eight hundred after supper to hear the speakers Herring and Biermann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Samuel and
Gordon Mosby
Laurence Knudtson
M. Zurbriggen
Guttenberg
Lakeside
Gov. Herring
Sec
Miller
Fred Biermann
Supreme Court
Kintzinger and
Steiger
Herring
Lorence Muehlethaler Becomes Licensed Embalmer
Lorenca Muehlethaler, a recent graduate of Hohenschuh- Carpenter College of Embalming, has passed the Iowa State Board examination. He is the third generation in the trade, following grandfather L. Freiburghaus, license No. 614, and father F. C. Mushlethaler, license No. 1788. Lorence is now a registered licensed embalmer and will assist his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenca Muehlethaler
Hohenschuh- Carpenter College
Emba
Ming
Iowa State Board
L. Freiburghaus
F. C. Mushlethaler
Lorence
Car registrations and gas tax totals grow in Iowa
Fayette county licensed 8016 motor vehicles this year generating 103065 in fees. Gasoline taxes 50 for have reached 144781. Combined revenue from car licenses and gas tax totals 247346 in Fayette. Iowa totals show 702440 autos registered and 22442807 in license and gas tax revenue.
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Fayette County
Iowa
Fire Prevention Week Focuses on Safety Efforts
The week of October 4 to 10 is officially Fire Prevention Week. Town officials civic organizations schools and citizens are urged to join the movement to make property safer from the risk of fire. There are many openings for service in every town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovery Town
Elkader Church Contract Awarded to V. E. Schneider
The Evangelical Church of Our Redeemer let the building contract for a new English chapel style church in Elkader to V. E. Schneider. The structure will seat 150, include a tower and full basement, and stand on the lot behind the M. J. Paull home at the corner of Highway 66 and Davis Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
V. E. Schneider
Evangelical Church of Our Redeemer
M. J. Paull
Highway No. 66
Davis Street
Wilson Resigns Senate Seat To Avoid Special Election
Senator George A. Wilson, Republican candidate for Governor, resigned from the thirtieth district seat in Polk County to cut election costs for a successor. His term would not have ended until 1939. Both county committees plan to convene this week to name candidates for the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Wilson
Polk County
Wilson
Democratic
Elgin Chapter to Celebrate Forty-Second Anniversary
Elgin Chapter No 162 C E S marks its forty second anniversary with a 6:80 picnic supper at the lodge hall on Friday October 2 for C E S members and guests. A program and social evening in the chapter room will follow. Bring a covered dish sandwiches and own dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Lodge
C. EB. S
Town Band to Start Regular Practice Tonight
The Elgin town band will resume regular weekly practices beginning next Monday night at the town hall. All able to play an instrument are urged to attend as plans include another band festival this winter and aims to surpass last year. Dr. Harry Keiser of Chicago arrived here earlier Wednesday due to his father’s illness and death occurred about nine o’clock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Harry Keiser
Chicago
Shaffer Returns to Farmers' Coop as Feed Store Operator
Howard Shaffer will return to the Farmers' Coop on October 1 to serve as operator of the feed store, replacing the past year’s interim management by Howard Boyle. Shaffer left the Coop about a year ago to farm and plans to move to Elgin once a suitable home is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Shaffer
Farmers’ Coop
Howard Boyle
Shaffer
Farmers' Coop
Elgin
Snyder to Conference Indicates Return to Elgin
Rev J J Snyder departs Tuesday with Rev Nielson for Marshalltown for the annual Methodist conference. Officials hope he will be reassigned to Elgin. Mrs Snyder and the children plan to travel Saturday, spend the weekend there, and bring Rev Snyder home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Marshalltown
Nielson
West Union
Corn ears from 40 acre field near Post ville advertised
Hans Grether reported two ears of corn 12 and 13 inches long from a 40 acre field on his Post ville area farm he is advertising this week. A three act play One Minute at 12 will be presented by the Illyria church Comrades class on Friday evening Sept 25 at 8 o clock admission 26c and 50c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Grether
Postville
Mr. Grether
Illyria
LbBc
Adv
Autumn ushered in at 11 26 p m Tuesday Sept 22
Autumn arrived officially at 11 26 p m on Tuesday September 22 marking the seasonal transition. The moment was noted in official records signaling the start of autumn.
Elgin Study Club Meets With Garden Theme
The Elgin Study Club opened its year with Mrs. G. H. Falb as hostess on September 15. The program titled Art in the Garden included roll call on the Layout form and segments on Permanent trees and shrubs by Bernice Falb, Harmony of Colors by Frieda Crnder, and a gardener segment by Clara Baum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Divisional Aid Meetings Set for October First
The M. E. Ladies Aid Society will hold divisional meetings next Thursday October 1. The 1st division meets with Mrs. Max Thoma the 2nd division with Mrs. Albert Schori and the Aid division with Mrs. Lulu Schmid. Members urged to attend for year ahead business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Max Thoma
Albert Schori
Lulu Schmid
Successful Rally at West Union Picnic Draws 4000
A crowd well over 4000 attended the Republicans picnic at West Union fair grounds in the fourth district. Ideal weather aided turnout from all counties. The program began at 1 15 with the high school band, the Republican Women’s Chorus sang, and eight acts pleased the crowd. Speakers Berry Halden and H C Tal le spoke after presiding John A Senneff introduced them. Halden brought a personal sound track, aiding clear hearings, followed by vaudeville. County groups and the Central Committee co-sponsored the rally, praised as the most successful outside larger cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republian
Fair Grounds
West Union
West Union High School
Republican ‘Women’s
John A. Senneff
Mason City
Berry Halden
Chariton
H. C. Talle
Decorah
Halden
Central Committee
Elgin Canning Company completes 1936 pack for season
The Elgin Canning Company finished its 1936 pack on Tuesday and closed down for the idle season. A few regular helpers will remain briefly to clean machinery and prepare storage. The 1936 pack met early estimates with corn in warehouses at 30 to 40 percent of normal. late corn yielded similarly to earlier in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Canning Company
No School Activities Set For Church Evenings
Fayette County Schoolmaster's Club met in special session to bar all school activities on Wednesday evenings to leave time for church activities. Seated guests included Mr and Mrs Jad Conner Mr and Mrs Albert Moschel Mr and Mrs Albert Dummermuth Eldred Kitty June and Derry Mrs Donald Jensen and Irene Neuman enjoyed a picnic Sunday at the John Fay home in Wadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Jad Conner
Albert Moschel
Albert .Dummermuth
Eldred
Kitty June
Derry
Donald Jensen
Irene Neuman
John Fay
Wadena
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Bride OF
Baptist
Lorence Muehlethaler
Elkader Church
Senate
Farmers’ Co-Op
Rev. Snyder
Halden and
Talle
Antietam
Palmer
New Amsterdam
Gov. Kiely
Art US S
Senie
Fis
Upton Sinclair
Nathan Hale
Garefield
Cleveland
Gen
Oma
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