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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1968
Page
7
St Peters Catholic Church lists Mass Sundays at 8 and 10 am and daily services 7 15 am with an 8 pm option on holy days Confessions are 4 pm and 8 pm Saturdays CCD classes for high school meet Wednesdays at 7 pm Lenten services are held every Tuesday and Friday evenings at 8 pm.
Mrs Burkard Riegel hosted the Ladies Bridge Club at her home with a salad luncheon on Thursday evening. Bridge followed at two tables, with Mrs Franz Appelman taking high score and Mrs Bess Blake second high.
East and West Clermont churches publish a busy Holy Week plan with confirmations lessons and services from April 4 to April 10. Activities include ALCW leadership, Lent services, church council, confirmations for 7th to 9th grades, Sunday worship, Sunday school, Luther League events, bake sale, adult information class, choir practice, and evening Lenten services at Bethel.
The Business and Professional Women met at Kjosa’s Riverside Cafe for dinner and at Mrs. Kenton Krueger’s home for the meeting. Co hosts were Mrs. Louis Olson and Mrs. Howard Boyle. Twenty-five members attended. The club voted to give $5 to the cancer fund. Proceeds from a bake sale support playground equipment. A 500 game was played with Wayne Shipton high and Arnold Stumme second.
A UN I selected delegation of 15 students flew to Pennsylvania State University on Wednesday March 20 for the NACURH convention. The 473 delegates from 40 states and 90 schools heard presentations and speeches from Penn State and Harvard professors. Shirley Tatro, a UNL sophomore, represented Hageman Hall and was elected president for 1968-69.
The Montauk kitchen at Clermont features the Majestic cook stove placed at home completion in 1874 and used for most cooking to today, with a small electric stove as auxiliary. Lead pipes feed hot and cold water to second story bedrooms via individual lavatories. Antique teakettle, coffee pot, and sad iron sit on the stove.
New Addresses Pvt. E-1 James W. Kamp of Co. D 3rd Tag Bn 3rd Tag Bde Fort Bliss Texas 79916 is listed with induction on March 13 and a background of three college years at Valley Kirksville Missouri and Iowa State University Ames. Pvt. David O. Rowland of Co. D 3rd Battalion also at Fort Bliss Texas 79916 is noted with similar service details.
The Sheehan Olson Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs. Louis T. Olson Tuesday evening April 9 at 8 o clock. The program includes child welfare with Mrs. James Anderson handling National News and Mrs. J. C. Halvorson coordinating.
The Juniors of the American Legion Auxiliary meet April 10 at the Legion hall with Kathy and Lori Meijer hosting. Attendance is requested as the group handles the regular agenda and selects Mothers Day gifts as the day’s project.
Gary A. Pfe and Gary A. Kittelson listed under U.S. Army unit designation 101st Adn Div with administrative details. Address line shows APO San Francisco California 96383 change request noted.
Knute Solheim died Saturday night at Independence Hospital at 87. Survived by wife Clara one daughter Betty Mrs Richard Osterhus and two sons George Solheim Ossian and Gordon Solheim N Dakota. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Bethany church south of Ossian. Complete obituary next week.
The Larrabee Children's Club met on Thursday March 28 with Jerry Schott presiding. Seed germination results listed include Marie Guyer oats 100 percent Julie Becker flower seeds 100 percent Connie Upton oats 99 percent. The setting hen named Henrietta was presented by Jerry Schott and Kevin Amundson brought Henrietta and her sixteen eggs to hatch in the room. The meeting adjourned to paint Henrietta's horse.
The Bucks named prize winners Saturday with four positions paid. Mark Amundson and Justin Baker did not attend, DeVere Halverson and Russel Mark attended for their $10 prizes. A subsequent drawing next Saturday will award $100, $100, $20 and $10.
Mr and Mrs Wm Burrow visited with Mr Burrow's sister Mrs Charles Fritz in Hawkeye on Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs Harriet Dugstad resident of Good Samaritan Retirement Home in West Union was honored at a birthday party hosted by Lutheran Church Hawkeye on Wednesday afternoon March 27 Attending from the area were Mrs LaVerne Swenson and Marti Mrs Dave Smith and Angela Postville and Mrs Weldon Orth and Kim
Troop 314 meets at the Jr. High gym for final practice before the Danish Tivoli on Saturday April 6 in Cedar Falls. They are among twenty host troops for the Dubuque Council Scouts with about 1200 Girl Scouts expected. The troop presents The Wild Swans in pantomime and teaches three songs Travelog My Warm and The Rhythm Song. If all present, Inane Anderson was hostess. Richard Griebersow and Me Raymond Lottigani treated the girls. Romona Benson, Scribe.
A March 28 session at the Presbyterian church basement West Union featured Girl Scout instructors from Waterloo guiding leaders through activities Attendees from Clermont included Mrs Leo Orth Mrs Raymond Loftsgard and Mrs Ernest Helgerson
Town and Country Club met at Mrs Arthur Amundson home with eighteen members present. Delegates to the county convention to be held in Maynard on Friday April 5 were elected, Mrs Robert Burrow and Mrs Henry Follett. Mrs Arthur Amyn was elected treasurer for the year. Committees for the Golden Age Tea on April 25 were set, with rehearsal on April 24. Dr Wayne Bicknese West Union spoke on his Middle East trip, Cairo to Damascus, in November 1966. Lunch followed.
The Ladies' Aid Society met at Mrs. Burkard Riegel's home on Wednesday afternoon March 27 with Mrs. Gerald Guicher as co hostess. Fifteen members attended with two guests Mrs. Enoch Nelson and Mrs. Clarence Tatro.
The United States Post Office invites applications for civil service exams for Substitute Mail Handler. Changes in regulations allow applicants regardless of residence. Starting pay is $2.59 per hour. Vacancies are filled without regard to race creed sex color or national origin. For details contact the local post office or write to the Civil Service Establishment Board Room 109 Main Post Office Saint Louis MO 63155.
A single state convention for the D A R took place in Des Moines from March 28 to 30 at Hotel Savory. Soloist Mrs Keith Carlson of Ankeny performed at the Annual Banquet and Guest Night with accompanist Mrs Harlan Rigby, also of Ankeny, honoring national president Mrs William Henry Sullivan Jr. State president Mrs W E Walsh of Hawkeye presided, with ties to Hannah Lee Chapter West Union and to Mrs Carlson and her mother Mrs M H Moore of Clermont.
Mr and Mrs Doug Appelman hosted a 500 party at their home on Saturday evening. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Millard Nelson Jr, Mr and Mrs Paul Humphry, Mr and Mrs Roger Berg, Mr and Mrs LaVerne Owenson, Mr and Mrs Dave Appelman, Mr and Mrs Jack Dible, Mr and Mrs John Nelson, Robert Swenson, and Jane Barberkamp. Paul Humphry won the men s high score, Robert Swenson the men s low, Mrs John Nelson the ladies high, and Mrs Paul Humphry the ladies low.
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