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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
3
A notice records a member of the Towa Press Association and the National Editorial Association being entered in the Clermont post office in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
The article notes division heads must shoulder more duty as the parole board’s leniency is questioned. Mentions political maneuvering around Senator Guy M. Gillette and speculates on four Republican gubernatorial candidates. Gardner hints Hickenlooper may seek higher office, while Creston News-Advertiser comments on regional power dynamics in Iowa politics.
Frank C. Traver urges Jack Irwin as lieutenant governor candidate citing his five terms from Lee county and 1942 bid. Tax budgets hold steady, no state tax appeals this year. UN display of 31 flags in the historical building draws attention. ISU debate over becoming a Harvard or Cow College fuels Farm Bureau concerns. Mary Jean Barnhouse injured Sept 21 at Iowa City University Hospital. she heads home soon. Want ads invite buyers and sellers.
Obituary notes Matilda Ritchie born Matilda Gilbertson in 1868 near Fennimore Wisconsin. She married William Ritchie in 1889 and lived near Westgate before moving to Westgate town. Survived by two daughters one son seven grandchildren and a brother. Funeral held Sept 22 with services at Berg funeral home and West Clermont Lutheran church.
Mrs James Sullivan and Elizabeth Crowe leave for Hot Springs Arkansas to spend winter months. Sgt Bobby Bigler on 4 day Army leave. plans to attend Amherst College before West Point. Clermont guests include Olson Opperman Moyle families and others visiting local homes. Several residents recently discharged from service and moving homes.
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