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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1954
Page
1
Elgin Iowa newspaper note indicates second class mail status and post office registration under the 1852 act. Published every Thursday by Strauch and Hermen in Fayette County.
The column argues for a four year central high school over duplicating facilities in two towns. It warns that keeping separate schools would raise costs and complicate programs, while consolidation leverages shared resources and aligns with advice from University of Iowa consultants and the Iowa Department of Public Instruction. It notes the Clermont Elgin district formed by a 5 percent vote and emphasizes equal education for all children in the district.
The Clermont Elgin district proposes reorganizing into a larger system to house grades nine through twelve at one site with modern facilities. It outlines department heads, expanded arts and sciences offerings, guidance services, a school nurse, and testing from junior high to tailor programs to individual students while maintaining a low tax burden.
The Elgin boulevard lighting system was disrupted on Friday evening September 20 and described as a great improvement over the old twenty five year old setup. Mr and Mrs Leo Schori completed arrangements for a new eight room bungalow style home with M V Kipler as builder. A shower for Cora Berg announced her upcoming marriage to Milo Halverson of Fox Lake Tl. Mr and Mrs Alfred Jensen and baby of Waterloo visited H S Steele. Charles Gehring of Strawberry Point rented farm to Fred Rothlisberger, who will move March 1, while Ray Shaffer plans to move to a farm near Arlington.
An unimproved tract near Sioux Center sold for 400 dollars per acre. The 72 acre parcel was purchased from the Waller Vander Wilt estate by Amos Vander Wilt, one of the heirs.
About 180 students from Clermont and Elgin High Schools attended a mass pep rally to promote school spirit and new Tiger yells. Speakers included Barbara Medberry Norman Mitts John Knudsen and Coach Roger Walker. Highlights were the EHS pep band hot dogs and a dummy burning. Freshmen initiation by seniors featured costumes and parades with a park picnic. The combined bands will perform at CE vs West Union football game on October 1 forming multiple school symbols. Band is selling magazine subscriptions to fund incidental music expenses.
Jeri Martin brought a white rabbit to school delighting students with good manners and a carrot party for all. Mrs Clothier gave books last week and the class shared volumes with other grades. Duane Reeder and Patti Johnson celebrated birthdays this week.
The reading class divides into the Fairies and the Indians after completing the first pre primer. Marvin captured a small frog for the terrarium and kept it with fresh water and daily flies. We studied three kinds of animals—sects, birds and mammals. We learned moths hatch from eggs.
The class discusses desk usefulness for storing books and describes manuscript writing done in language. Students plan to keep their papers for future writing activities and note they will write again later.
Students report starting new reading, meeting old and new friends, and looking forward to music days. They praise Mrs. Grether for selecting songs, mention a nearly finished castle drawing, and celebrate birthdays. Health lessons stress hand washing and fair play while lessons cover reading, vowels, arithmetic, art, and dental cards.
Fourth grade students John Brackin and Melvin Moore celebrated September birthdays and shared treats for the class and teacher. Pupils designed folders to organize papers for the year, using initials as a learning feature. The geography unit shifts from Iceland to Norway, a European country east of Iceland, with several pupils recalling stories heard from grandparents.
Fifth grade students create geography murals this week featuring scenes labeled Colonial Days Tobacco Country Mountain Barrier Ohio Valley Cotton Country and Steamboat Days aiming for completion soon.
A sixth grade class shares scenes of Egyptian homes scrolls a mummy and a clay pottery display. Mrs Grether visits as music instructor and students applaud Egypt unit with freehand maps and a homemade Egyptian plow.
The Rev. Thomas Stoeri pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church St. Joseph died at Memorial hospital after seven years of ill health. Born September 20 1878 in Switzerland he came to the United States at 14 and served as missionary and pastor in several states. He and his wife Carrie Muehlethaler celebrated their golden anniversary this June. Funeral services were held in St. Joseph with later burial in Elgin.
The obituary recalls Rev Stoeri as the church's only surviving former pastor in April 1951. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Rudolph Kowalske of Cincinnati and Miss Carrie Stoeri, plus two sons Ed of Benton Harbor and Herbert of Midland. They also leave eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren in St. Joseph, Michigan.
The Elgin Study Club and Progress Club entertained the Tertia Club and county figures at the Methodist Church last Tuesday. Betty Zmolek spoke on life in New Zealand during a five month trip sponsored by Farm Bureau. County chair M C Larson reported on the Des Moines state convention. gifts were exchanged and a light luncheon followed.
The Elgin Study Club elects delegates Gehring and Mrs Gehring to the county convention at Strawberry Point October 4. Mrs Gartner and Mrs Leotawan named as alternates. Reservations must be sent by September 28. All members urged to attend.
Gregory Bany five year old son of Mr and Mrs Albert Bany had about half of the little finger of his left hand bitten off by a wolf at the Prairie du Chien zoo on Sunday. The Arlington News reported the incident. The nation’s dreamer received a little more than 170 billion dollars from their crop and live stock marketings during the first eight months of 1854.
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