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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1955

Page

3

Clermont School News Highlights State Speech Qualifiers

Four Clermont sophomores Helen Cathryn JoAnn and Charles advance to the state speech contest at Ottumwa. Karen Jacobson will attend the same event. Students study gases color theory soils and averages while juniors plan a banquet and ninth graders study adverbs and adjectives. Intra mural volleyball saw a sophomore boys win over freshmen girls 9 6.

Clermont Ottumwa Helen Cathryn JoAnn Charles Cresco Karen Jacobson Industrial Arts West Union Home Ec Patty Morse Donna Thies Kay Swenson Helen Burger Kase Larson

Seventh Grade News On Springtime Classroom Life

A seventh grade recap notes busy students in both Sth and 9th grade classes. Girls wear summery skirts and dresses while boys wear short sleeves. In prose and poetry, the class reads about the first bow and arrow. Students now write reports on the earliest tools and their invention.

Eighth Grade Week Highlights and Class Party Planned

A Clermont eighth grade class records a week of quiet behavior in science and music, notes honor roll names Barbara Anderson Beverly Bennett Sandra Bilden Judy Durr Joyce Larson and David Lamborn, reports two birthdays Joyce Larson and Sandra Bilden, and confirms a skating party for 7th and 9th graders at Elgin with both girls and boys activities and a focus on improved grades.

Elgin Babara Anderson Beverly Bennett Sandra Bilden Judy Durr Joyce Larson David Lamborn David Helgerson Iowa Government Clermont

Fifth and Sixth Grade News From School Pages

Fifth graders share magnet experiments and perfect papers while noting attendance. John Bennett collects drawings of historical figures. Sixth graders celebrate Carolyn Kittelson, study denominators and maps, elect Good Citizen officers, and feature spring poems and William Tell dramatization. Sports discuss C E Tigers baseball practice and noon hour intramurals. local visits recap weekend guests and relatives.

John Bennett Richard Amundson Dean Peterson Janice Anderson Leslie Guyer George Larson Kermit Peterson Carolyn Kittelson M. J. Blockhus U. S Good Citizen’s Club Janice ‘Kamp Roger Yauslin Pres Carolyn Olson Sec. Treas William Tell

Local social notes from Clermont area

Clermont society items describe visits among Olson Vauslin and Schupbach families in Elgin and Cedar Rapids. Bridge club hosted by Mrs Burkard Riegel with high scores shared by Mrs Lorranne Crowe and Mrs Gordon Hoopman. Various visits and hospital updates reported including Ole Triem and Robert Nims surgery recoveries.

L. T. N. Olson Harry Vauslin Louis Anderson Elgin William Schupbach Julie Cedar Rapids Anna Schupbach Gordon Schupbach Burkard Riegel Lorranne Crowe Gordon Hoopman Louie Olson Margaret Schinz Len Simek Ruth Starkey Jerry Fortsch W. C. Delaney Waterloo Helen Becker William Ne Michael Olson Bill Wede L. L. Whitworth Arnold Stumme Clifton Pringle Dale Karen Cresco

Long Beach Woman Wounded in Juvenile Gang Fight

A Long Beach woman known as Bette Scott, niece of L. C. Thomas of Strawberry Point, was shot in the head during a juvenile gang clash. She wore tow heels and reportedly walked into the fray.

Bette Scott Long Beach L. C. Thomas Strawberry Point

Foxes Scored: Swea City Hunters Bag 62 Foxes and One Wok

In a six weeks pursuit hunters from Swea City bagged 62 foxes and one wok with aerial spotting by Ed Bauer helping swell the total.

Swea Ed Bauer

Four Year Old Learns Money Value by Spending

A four year old girl counts four pennies at a candy counter to buy two peppermint sticks one bubble gum and a chocolate patty. The piece argues that spending teaches money skills more than saving and that small allowances teach value and budgeting for future financial responsibility.

Piglets Yield on Low Feed Before Weaning Weeks Old

Baby pigs can gain a pound on less than two pounds of feed before they are weeks old. This efficiency explains why producers can pay more per pound for pre starter or starter for baby pigs.

Beltsville Broiler Sets Pace in Poultry Breeding

Poultry breeders at the USDA have created a new crossbred chicken, the Beltsville broiler, noted for fast growth. The breed promises quicker production cycles for growers and meat supply.

USDA Beltsville

Dissolved: Lowden Farmers Co operative Shipping Association

After 37 years the Lowden Farmers Co operative Shipping Association has been dissolved. It was organized in 1917 and had served local farmers with cooperative shipping and marketing services until its dissolution. The action ends the organization's legal existence and member operations.

Lowden Farmers Co-Operative Shipping Association Ford

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