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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1951
Page
7
Riverside Club held its third meeting with one visitor present. Themmasibera won a prize, Nora pil algo won fuilh and dodr. Mrs. Mary Tatro placed second. The gathering closed with singing followed by lunch.
Reuben Svendsen held a farm sale Friday despite rain and bad roads, drawing a large crowd. The safe total was about $12,000 with oats at $1.22 bushel, corn $1.76, top cows $250 and broad sows $103. The Svendsens moved this week to Lawler, purchasing a home and a produce station.
Friday April 13 senior class Play. Monday April 16 Commercial Club. Tuesday April 17 Study Club. Service Club meets at Mrs. Myrtle Schweinefus home. Wednesday April 18 West Clermont Mission Society. Thursday April 19 Forester meeting. Friday April 20 Forester benefit dance. Phyllis Gress Venard of Cedar Falls earned a B A from ISTC on March 1 and is pursuing another quarter. Neighbors thanked for saving a home during a fire. tributes from Carrie Carpenter and others. Guests from Oelwein Fayette Cedar Rapids Postville West Union visited the Wm. Burrow home and the Henry Olson home.
Editor notes feature on Mary Martin and Helen Reierson with staff names and sports. Students discuss death penalty and education questions, corpora tion exercises, installment buying, home ownership, and interest rates. Sophomores visit King Solomon’s Mines. two new instruments join the band. senior play on the 13th. choral numbers include Nursery Rhymes and Estrellita. aim to join Fayette music festival.
The first grade room reports Mary Washburn joining from Sumner after attending kindergarten here last year. Despite road conditions causing three absences, plans for spring include kite and paper animal crafts and using orange peels as flower pots for four cloth flowers.
The Clermont Study Club met Tuesday afternoon at Anna Baechler’s home with Historical Landmarks as the topic. Ruth Starkey reviewed the book European Cockpit by Chamberlain, followed by a business meeting and refreshments.
The Town School Board Assn of Small Schools met in Hampton on March 28 and adopted a resolution praising the legislature for its unanimous passage of Home Rule. The group urged bills to raise tax limits for school corporations and curb the State Board of Education examiners in renewing teachers certificates. They opposed creating a state board of education. The association formed January 18, 1951 to promote local control and school improvement. Local social notes follow with birthday honors for Mrs. Gilbert Nelson and visits among area residents over the weekend.
Clermont Methodist Church posts no service this Sunday. The next service is April 29 with Dr Dill preaching. Congregation urged to attend a picnic dinner at the Elgin church that Sunday. A family supper at Will J Neiton home at 6:30 followed by a WSCS play. Bring covered dish table service and dessert.
Sunday services at Highland at 11:00 a.m. confirmands meet at 10:00 a.m. East Clermont children’s choir rehearsal at 10:00 a.m. West Clermont Luther League at 8:00 p.m. Devotional by Virginia Nelson group. social by Rodney Guyer group. April 14 conmands at 10:00 a.m. and Clermont class at 2:30 p.m. Parish Brotherhood postponed to April 24. Luther League skating at Art’s rink near Ossian at 7:00 p.m. April 18 West Clermont Mission Society at 2:16 p.m. Epistle to Hebrews study. Decorah Circuit Luther League and Choral Union convention at Ossian April 21–22. Various social visits and golden wedding events involving Olson, Mork, Larson, Amundson, Upland, Reinhart, and Postville residents.
Clermont athletic coach B J Bud Schrader resigns after three-year tenure to complete his Masters degree. The resignation takes effect at year end. no successor has been named.
The WSCS gathered Wednesday evening at Mrs. Lucian Appelman’s home with eight members and two guests. Mrs. M. H. Moore led devotion and Mrs. Gerald Gutcher presented a program on Women, Their Work and Health. Refreshments followed.
A compiled overview from April 8 1976 files notes letters mailed during the first Elko to Pasco air route disrupted by a pilot’s misflight. It cites Clermont residents on a local baseball team and the April 6 wedding of Lorraine Lockie to Harvey Sullivan. Other items include a Clermont gas station oil giveaway and various social visits, a birthday party for Magdalen Olson, and local residents traveling or undergoing medical care.
Fire department was summoned to Mrs. Carrie Carpenter’s home Saturday around 7 30 p m to control a blaze in a wall caused by an overheated chimney. Damage confined to one wall and smoke. insured.
The University of Iowa concert band performed in northeast Iowa with shows at Monona High School Wednesday afternoon and Decorah High School that evening. Elsie Jerdee, daughter of Dr and Mrs J C Jerdee of Clermont, is a band member.
The Priscilla Working Band met on Wednesday April 4 hosting Mesdames Clarence Tatro Mary Tatro Albert Halverson Emma Olson Geo Belschner and Wm Belschner. Devotions were led by Rev Nesset. The secretary’s report and thank you notes were read. The group reported 65.46 dollars from a recent bake sale and planned to serve at the athletic banquet and the Camp Fire mothers daughter banquet. A committee to set menus and prices was named. The program included Song Society two selections H S Freshmen Girls Sextet piano solo Carol Swenson and reading."]
Camp Fire groups in Clers mont met at Ann and Joyce Lara son home for dinner and games with twenty girls and teachers Mrs. Theo Loftsgard and Mrs. ML C. Larson. Plans include a trip to Camp Huaga July 8 to 14 and a Mother Daughter banquet served by Priscilla Working Band of the Lutheran church on May 16. Odaka juniors welcomed Barbara Anderson and Joyce Larson as new members.
Notice requests local Bayterprise contributors to send items to Mrs. Jocelyn Bakewell while editor Mrs. Lucy Engie is away. The item list covers multiple social visits in Hawkeye Benson Minn McGregor Des Moines Dubuque and Fort Hood Texas. A birthday celebration for Mrs. Wendland and thanks from Jean Agnes accompany the notices.
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