Life Sketch for Sgt William Crowe from Oelwein Service
A detailed life sketch honors Sgt William Crowe of Long Beach California who died in an auto accident March 22. His body returned to Oelwein March 27 with escort from Corp Joseph Lukes of Protivin Iowa and a Mass at Gelwein Church officiated by Frs Dube Peters Knox O Hegen and others. Burial was at Calvary Westgate. Crowe, born Fairfax South Dakota November 21 1920, moved to Iowa and graduated Oelwein High School 1939, joined C G W railway before enlisting September 1942. He rose to sergeant en route to officer training school before the fatal crash. Survived by mother Irene Crowe of Oelwein sister Margaret at Mount Mercy Cedar Rapids grandmother Mrs. Lillian Crowe Clermont Idaho and others. The obituary lists numerous relatives and friends and notes visits by relatives from South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Wm. Crowe
Long Beach
Calif
Corp
Joseph Lukes
Protivin
Towa
Crowe
Mass
Robert F. Dube
Fairfax
Vernon J. Peters
Clermont
Thomas B. Knox
Leo O'Connell
Britt
E. J. O'Hegen
Gelwein Church
Mary Kritz
Bat
West Union
American Legion
Orp. Lukes
Gelwein
Calvary Cemetery
Westgate
John Crowe
O'Hagen
Dube
Sgt
Iowa
Billy
C. G. W. Railway Company
Sgt. Crowe
Irene Crowe
Margaret
Mount Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Lillian ‘Ibwe Intentient
Ikea Delewh
Richard B. Crowe
Lewiston
Idaho
D. Dwyer
Mae Crowe
Amos Lauer
Sublette
Agnes
Elizabeth Crowe
3. P. Sullivan
Clermont School News Plane Crazy to be staged by seniors
Clermont high school will stage Plane Crazy a Dorothy Hood comedy in the auditorium tomorrow night April 9 at 8. The cast includes Nelda Haleon Jimmy's mother Anna maid Blanche Johnson George Halcon Jimmy's father Eloise 16 an aspiring glamour girl Miss Crump and many others. The play centers on Jimmy Haleon who seeks to fly with help from friends and Peggy, while his father hesitates. The production directed by Miss Lee promises an engaging show with a modern, well-received cast. Also featured are senior personalities Belva Miller and Georgana Lofisgard with notes on their plans and hobbies. The article also notes a junior victory in girls basketball, perfect attendance lists for 7th and 8th grades, and drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont High School
Dorothy Hood
Stewart
Gertrude Schwiekerwath
Joe Callender
Muscles
Jimmy
Georgana Loftsgard
Jimmy Halcon
Earl Agnes Harold Petty
Kenneth Olson
Julie
Gyp
Norma Cooley
Peggy
Cence Belva Miller
Chip Burke
Frederick Appelman
Petty
Harold
Barnabetta Olson
Nancy 2
Geraldine Olson
Bernice
Ina Moen
Patty Arlene Johnson
Doug
Eugene Thorson
Jean Lorraine Folle
Helen — Lois Schweinerus Jack
Anna Gunderson
Leon Lofisgard
Lillian Halverson
la Mae Pritz
Suephi
Carolyn
Doris Krueger
Jimmy ‘Haleon
Mr. Haleon
Belva Miller
Belva
Clermont
Georgana Lofisgard
Georgie
Gal
Marines
Christening at Lutheran Churches Last Sunday
Four infants, three girls and one boy, were christened at West and East Clermont Lutheran churches Sunday morning by Rev. Axel Shelveland. Linda Veen, Otis Dorwood, Carolyn Bernice Kittleson, and Anita Janette Olson receives baptism with various sponsors listed. Irene Opperud visited from Cedar Rapids. other dinner guests and a salary raise for Sadie Peterson, Bluffton teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Clermont
East Clermont
Axel Shelveland
West Church
Clifford Larson
Linda Veen
L. T. N. Olson
Cornel
Anfinson
Otis Dorwood
Otto Blockhus
Carolyn
Richard _ Olson
Joyce Amundson
Arthur _ Amundson
Irene Opperud
Cedar Rapids
D. J. Opperud
Opperud
Marjorie
Irvin Scheel
Cedar Falls
Jessie Loftsgard
Vernon
Agnes Paulson
Sadie Peterson
Bluffton
Commencement Play Planned by Eighth Grade Students
Eighth graders will present a play titled Freshman Bill at their May 12 commencement. Pupils in both the seventh and eighth grades read poems about birds and springtime. Vernon Loftsgard of the seventh grade wrote a poem about a mischievous little bird. Fifth and sixth graders study South America and Japan with maps, and discuss Huckleberry Finn during opening exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Barnes
Marcella Krueger
Mary Nelson
Arlene Osmundson
Marion Probert
Velma Thorson
Lois Yavalin
Henry Follett
Norene Amundson
Helen Geryner
Norma Schave
Peggy Spencer
James Martin
Bill
Vernon Loftsgard
South America
Japan
Rosary Society Bake Sale Planned by St Peters
Mrs A J Priest hosted St Peter s Rosary Society and Altar Guild at her home with 16 members present. Plans for a pre Easter bake sale on Saturday evening April 17 were discussed led by Mrs Cathryn Hor man Mrs Fred Bigler and Mrs Walter Kohls. Guests included Mrs Eliza Martz Lewistown Mont Mrs Peter Carlin Hettinger SD Mrs Thos Waldron and Patricia Ann Lemmon SD Mrs Jeasie Triem and Mrs Hans J Larson. Next meeting set for May 6 at Mrs R G Schupanitz home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Priest
St. Peter's Rosary Society
Altar Guild
John Finnegan
Frank Leehy
Harry Becker
Catholic Action Magazine
Cathryn Horman
Fred Bigler
Walter Kohls
Eliza Martz
Lewistown
Mont
Peter Carlin
Hettinger
S. D
Thos. Waldron
Patricia Ann
Lemmon, &. D
Jeasie Triem
Hans J. Larson
R. G. Schupanitz
C. M. Kneeland
Alma
Smith
Mexico Aids U S in War Effort Noted This Week
This week highlights Mexico’s helpful role for the United States during the war. In art class we mixed primary colors red yellow blue to form secondary colors orange green and purple. The list of students not absent or tardy for six weeks includes Dwaine Anderson Barbara Appelman Donald Appelman Joan Gerner Lorene Gilbert Donald Gutcher Elsie Jerdee Donna Johnson Minnie Kist Robert Martin Evelyn Miller Margaret Tschantz Fred Wilson Arlene Gilbert Ronald Gunderson Rose Hackmann Lorraine Kittleson Norman Sampson Gerald Schupanitz Mary Tschantz Delores Wede Kenneth Westpfahl Dorothy Yauslin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
United States
Dwaine Anderson
Barbara Appelman
Donald Appelman
Joan Gerner
Lorene Gilbert
Donald Gutcher
Elsie Jerdee
Donna Johnson
Minnie Kist
Robert Martin
Evelyn Miller
Margaret Tschantz
Fred Wilson
Arlene Gilbert
Ronald Gunderson
Rose Hackmann
Lorraine Kittleson
Norman Sampson
Gerald Schupanitz
Mary Tschantz
Delores Wede
Kenneth Westpfahl
Dorothy Yauslin
Six Week Attendance Report And Birthday Treats Note
The list shows Nina Ashby Gladys Peterson Oran Shipton Arthur Wedo Ruth West pfahl Donald Gerner Katherine Larson Beverly Grossman Arthur Nelson Carol Ressler Judy Swenson Kenneth Wedo Elbert West pfahl as present for six weeks with no absences. The six week tests occurred last week and Donald Gerner and Arthur Wedo distributed birthday treats then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Ashby
Gladys Peterson
Oran Shipton
Arthur Wedo
Ruth Westpfahl
Donald Gerner
Katherine Larson
Beverly Grossman
Arthur Nelson
Carol Ressler
Judy Swenson
Kenneth Wedo
Elbert Westpfahl
Arthur Weds
First and Second Grades Respect Perfect Spelling Students
Ellen Kneeland Mary Ann Martin Glendal Nygaard Marguerite Sullivan Ralph Kneeland Ramona Olson Wanda Wilson and Marlene Durscher achieved perfect spelling last week. Two geraniums bloomed. Miss Carpenter returned to school last Wednesday after a two week vacation with mumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Kneeland
Mary Ann Martin
Glendal Nygaard
Marguerite Sullivan
Ralph Kneeland
Ramona Ol
Wanda Wilson
Marlene ‘Durscher
Miss Carpenter
February salvage drive fuels Iowa wartime fats and hosiery
February salvage efforts in Iowa produced 123188 pounds of waste fats and greases for explosive manufacture and 21152 pounds of silk and nylon hosiery. The report credits Iowa women with supplying material for 6255 powder bags since 45 pairs of stockings per bag. Despite a slow February, spring expectations aim to meet higher quotas as local chairman Mrs J C Halverson urges continued saving and drop off at designated depots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
United States
Pennsylvania
New York
California
J. C. Halverson
Clermont
4-H Club Met at Kerr Home in Clermont
The Clermont Clover 4-H Club met at the Kerr home on Saturday April 3. Nine old members and new member Eleanor Cassidy attended after a Star Spangled Banner opening. Activities included a business meeting, discussions on aiding Victory gardens and poultry, and demonstrations on bed making wool sweater washing and dish washing. Health-exam contact with Dr Kiesau at Mayo Rochester noted. Lunch followed. next meeting set for April 24 at LaVonne Swenson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Clover Clover
Marjorie Kerr
Ann Nesbit
Geraldine Kerr
Kiesau
Postville
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Minn
LaVonne Swenson
Clermont Calendar And Social Notes From Clermont Area
Calendar items list events from April 12 to 15 including American Legion and Auxiliary meetings in Clermont and surrounding towns. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Harris Olson of Glidden visiting Clermont, Olson moving to Attica Kansas to work as a buttermaker, and various local visits and a birthday celebration at the Lloyd Anderson home for Douglas Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Olson
Glidden
Clermont
Hazel Olson
Olson
Glidden Creamery
Attica
Kansas
Andrew Helgerson
Russell Mark
Duane
Near West Union
Emma Rear
Ed Johnson
Arlington
Marjorie
Irvin Scheel
Cedar Falls
West Union
Russell Nelson
Waterloo
Richard Griguenow
Dennis
Lloyd Anderson
Douglas Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas Waldron
Lemmon
E. L
A. Lincoln
Clermont School News
Kenneth Amundson
Helen Gerner
Gerald Kittleson
Darlene Leath
Carmen Loftsgard
Gordon Meyer
Franklin Shipton
Donna Thorson
Marjorie Westpfahl
Iva Jean Barnes
Billy Cooley
Howard Johnson
Herbert Kaufman
Mary Ann Nelson
Arlene Osmundtson
Doris Sampson
Fabian Stanton
Rosary Society
Orlando Kittleson
Earlville
Kittleson
del Que
Farm Bureau Company
Louie Cashman
Audrey Noble
Lucille Lubke
H. A
C.H.S. Auditorium
Edmund Dugstad
Richard Olson
Henry Olson
Leonard Olson
Sharon
Gary
Herman Grisbenow
Louise Miller
Mary. Gravéer
Albert Lub
Fort Des Moines
Augusta
Charles Bigler
Bigler
Camp Claiborne
Theresa Sheehy
Chicago
Nell
John
Wm. Sheehy
Otto Vasby
Nels Reinertson
Frank Fay
Des Moines
Louie Amundson
Joyce
Fay
John P. Camp
West Union Hospital
Stanton Lee
Walter Germann
the Apostolic Church
Elgin
Mary Schmid
Brady Paulson
Joseph Paulson
Lb. Rounds
Henry Schweinerus
Dan Burke
Rita Rounds
June Larson
St. Mary’s School of Nuvel
Kerr
We Brothers
Lowe Brothers
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