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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1953

Page

3

Read magazine school notes on class activities and sports

Grace Olson urged Do It Right with tips for friendly behavior and aiding new students. A panel led by JoAnn Moore and others formed a SUCCESS letter project. The paper lists tardies and absences, seventh grade science projects, FFA creed plans, and recent Clermont sports wins with John Knudsen stellar.

The Read Magazine Grace Olson Helen Henderson Mirror JoAnn Moore Pauline Nygaard Arlene Knudsen Patsey Geass Ronald Lyngaas Annette Wenger Gary Gilson Dorothy Helgerson

Sixth Grade News Seeks Mexico Visit And Local Activities

The class enjoyed drawing parakeets named Skipper and Susie owned by Mrs Berg and Fred Barnhouse. Captains Clarissa Miller and Dianne Bilden led softball, with Richard Belschner as umpire and Mrs Berg keeping score. Students study multiplication and division, perform element experiments, and discuss living in Mexico while exploring bull fighting and Floating Gardens.

Susie Mrs. Berg Fred Barnhouse Clarissa Miller Dianne Bilden Richard Belschner Mexico Carol Gwenson Linda Hackmann Larry Ishman

Clermont Area Social Notes Reflect Busy Weekend

Clermont residents flocked to Harpers Ferry for a weekend at the Hand cottage while Olson home hosted guests. Numerous visits and meals marked the week with friends and relatives from West Union Calmar Oelwein and Decorah among those noted.

John Ames Clarion Olson Olsons Harpers Ferry Hand Cottage David Hand West Union Olson Farm G. Schupanitz Gerald Charles Rothmeyer Calmar Lester Wen Elmer Olson Mary Olson Cedar Falls Clermont Henry Olson Elgin Lloyd Schutte Cindy Castalia Walter Martin, Jr Ocelwein Blanche Nesvik St. Mary's Hospital Rochester Minn Donald Martin Jeannie Orchard Robert Martin Patricia Kar! Martin Lloyd Meier Cathy Arthur Wilken Strawberry Point Marilyn Follett Dows Mariliva Vanderlip Walter Follett Frank Sames Oelwein Joe Wander Wil Burrow Richard Griebenow Lars Osland Sirs Linsworth Sig Hofland Decorah C. N. Olson Laird Cline Lyman Mitchell Wimete Til Montauk

Surprise loot seeds postal bonds tied to Fort Dodge robbery

Mrs. Gene Winkelpleck of near Ogden found two seed corn tablets and postal savings bonds in her mailbox. The items proved part of loot from a Fort Dodge robbery, linking ordinary purchases to a crime.

Gene Winkelpleck Ogden Furse Fort Dodge

Extra Special Dinner Rolls From Old Time Recipe

A vintage yeast bread method using nonfat dry milk solids and butter. The recipe yields buttery buttercrust loafs and Parker House Rolls, with steps for mixing, kneading, rising, shaping, and baking two one pound loaves and rolls. Includes temperatures and times for 400 to 426 degrees and final butter brushing.

Ua Callt Parker House

Mammoth 40000-Pound Boulder Found in Rock Clearing

A bulldozer uprooted a stubborn rock during road work on an unimproved 120 road. The rock proved to be a massive boulder with an estimated weight of 40,000 pounds, halting efforts briefly as crews assessed the size.

Dairy Cattle Congress Morse Hunst

Prank Dangles Dummy From Bridge Hitting Driver Near Austin

Sioux Center resident Mer Van't Hul reports a scary night when a prankster's dummy hung from an overpass on the highway near Austin Minnesota and slammed into his windshield as he drove his truck, leaving him shaken by the near miss.

Sioux Center Austin Minn Mir

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