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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1950
Page
7
Luther College hosts a music festival on April 26 featuring a clarinet recital by Spencer clarinetist White Jerdee. The event promises a constructive program with participation and performances by various musicians.
Stanton Halvorson completed several land and house transfers last week. On Monday Norris Belergen bought the Walter Vinton brick bungalow in northwest Clermont. Elbert Berg, of West Union, owners of the Olat Berg farm and 80 adjoining acres once owned by Ole Reier son, will stay on the farm temporarily.
The Clermont ball club, now a Scenic league member, sponsors a benefit dance at the Cline garage show room on Saturday evening April 15. The TyroHans will provide music and admission is 75 cents per person to support the club.
A beautiful cross was dedicated Easter Sunday in the Union Sunday school. The cross was given to the Sunday school in memory of one of its most faithful and loyal members by the family and friends of W. R. Blake.
A Concord Mass setting based production of Little Women presented by seniors with 48 team members and a note on the 1948 basketball game where the 49ers won 80 to 48 at halftime 27 10 18. The senior girls and staff hope to see them back next year as the store closes with a 58 to 25 score.
A school notes page records student voices with quotes from Beverly N., Oran S., Ben Y., Mrs Moore and others, plus reflections from Sophomores and Geometry class. Dental card updates note Arlene Ames as the 30th to return hers while Fifth Grade mentions recent Mexico studies and plans to visit the West Indies.
Returns from wintering in Phoenix Arizona and March departure for southern California then Seattle to visit son R. Henderson and grandchildren. Spent last two weeks in Chicago with daughter and husband Moylé and at Lancaster Wisconsin with daughter and husband Roggensack. Mr Henderson, over 60, enjoys trips and visits.
A final nationwide appeal targets all who have not contributed to the Heart association this week. Some may have already given through the Christmas seal sale. Texas stands out as combining two major fundraising programs, with all Christmas seal purchasers having contributed to the Town Heart association.
Clermont Study Club met at Clarice Schrader's home with eighteen members. Members named preferred countries to visit, Bertha Easler read a paper on Home Life in France, and officers formed picnic plans for May 2 at Frances Hoopman's home. Delegates and alternates to Hawkeye county meeting were chosen. Frances Cline reviewed General Federation Clubwoman highlights.
Boy Scout Troop 51 met Friday evening with eight present under Allen Johnson. Dale Schultz led Morse code and Johnson guided Tenderfoots. An overnight hike to a clay pit two miles from town occurred Thursday April 6 with three meals. Several boys passed their first class cooking test. Nearby families and guests visited over the weekend, including the Bushes of Corwith, the Lubke and Bush households at Postville, and Easter visits by relatives from Manson Sheldon and Guttenberg.
Falb Light International Harvester dealers schedule a frozen foods demonstration at the Cline Ford showroom Clermont at eight p.m. Wednesday April 19. A factory demonstrator will show methods of preparing foods for frozen storage and later table use. Targeted at rural and town housewives, the program follows prior demonstrations in Elgin over the past two years.
Twenty five years ago Easter Sunday brought pleasant weather and outings as residents enjoyed strolls and auto rides. Notables include W R Blake returning from Des Moines after the 41st general assembly, births and deaths such as a newborn son to Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hanson and the death of Emma Erickson with funeral for Mrs Inger Peterson aged 90. Visitors included families from Waterloo Decorah Cedar Rapids and Monona while Eastman Hoag and McCarr visitors traveled between Clermont Waterloo and surrounding towns.
Local notices list guests and dinners in A. O. Anderson, Carl Voelz, Dan Kloster, and Ray Reierson homes. Easter visits include Mr. and Mrs. Brandt, Oran Brandt family, Walter Brandt and Lloyd, Earl Bachelder, and Orville Koenig party at Castalia. A 77th birthday dinner for John Brandt was hosted by Irene Ostlie with Martha Schroeder and other relatives. transportation issues kept Fort Atkinson relatives away.
eo A O Nesset pastor announces Sunday services at West Clermont 9 30 a m and East Clermont 11 00 a m on April 16. West Clermont Luther League guests Marion Luther League at 8 00 p m with buses leaving at 7 00 p m. Confirmands gather West Clermont 10 00 a m though Elgin confirmands are not meeting this week. Monday April 17 adult Bible class West Clermont 8 00 p m everyone welcome. Tuesday April 18 West Clermont Mission Society 2 15 p m time changed due to W M F convention at Decorah April 12.
The Clermont Methodist Church did not observe communion due to bad weather and plans a service on May 7. A bake sale is announced at Clermont Motor Co on Saturday April 15 at 3:00 o clock.
St Peter's Church schedules Sunday Masses at 8:00 and 10:00 a m. A parish pot-luck supper will follow in the church basement at 7:00 p m. Parishioners invited. Movie date to be announced in the basement featuring Bing Crosby Irene Dunne and Eddie Rochester Anderson with no admission charged.
The Methodist W S C S met at Mrs. Joe Brorby’s home with Ruth Starkey leading devotions. Twelve members and three guests attended. They voted $2 for the Mt. Vernon institute fund and $15 for foreign missions. A nominating committee of Mildred Moore, Loig Fritz, and Marjorie Appelman was appointed. The program, Youth Our Partners in Kingdom Building, was by Marjorie Appelman. A bake sale was scheduled for Saturday April 15.
Clermont Calendar lists events for April 17 to 19 including clubs and missions. The notes share dinner guest gatherings at the Merle Ruckdaschel home with Easter guests from Luana, a celebration for Dianne Svendsen, and a Cedar Rapids visitor Winifred Sullivan. Birth announcement for Steven Clarence at Postville hospital on April 6 with Gary staying with grandparents.
Ruth Olson reports Clermont and Clermont township exceeded their $250 quota in the Red Cross drive. By March 15 they reached the target and were well over by March 31. Olson thanks volunteers and contributors for uniting Americans needing help with those who want to assist.
The Priscilla Working Band met April 5 with hostesses Mesdames James Henderson Elmer Olson Emma Olson Albert Halverson Clarence Tatro and Mary Tatro. The group opened with a hymn and heard the secretary’s report along with a treasurer’s update on the father son banquet and bake sale. They voted to buy chairs and more tables for the church parlor and announced a program featuring vocal duets by Mrs Theo Loftsgard and Mrs Louie Olson, reading by Mrs Roy Tatro Jr and a society hymn before closing with the Lord’s Prayer and daxology.
Boy Scout Troop 51 met on Tuesday March 31 with eighteen boys present. Wendell Loftsgard led Morse code work while Donald Guicher instructed first aid. Arthur Nelson and DeWayne Johnson oversaw Tenderfoot and Second Class requirements. A “swat em” game followed. On Sunday April 2 three new boys joined. The group hiked to Rocky Dell and cooked lunch over a campfire. Several scouts completed their five mile hike.
J A Erickson marks 40th year in Clermont banking. He served as cashier of Farmers Savings Bank since its 1913 organization after moving from Clermont State Bank in 1819. A respected booster of the home town, he has made many friends in business and private life.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for sympathy cards letters flowers memorials and food. mentions thanks to Rev Nesset and others who helped lightened sorrow and lists several visiting relatives and guests with varied locations and relations during Easter period.
The Odako Camp Fire Girls met on Thursday April 6 at Mary Olson and Grace Olson’s home. Members shared their Indian names and meanings, sang Mama Moon, and decided to attend Camp Hitago this summer. Mrs Olson served lunch to eight mothers and the girls.
A Monday April 17 Lutheran Adult Bible Class at West Clermont Lutheran Church offers a refresher course on core Christian and Lutheran doctrines. It invites members and prospective members to learn without obligation, using lecture style with discussion optional.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for ecards flowers gifts and visits during illness. Notice from Methodist W S C bake sale at Clermont Motor Sales room Saturday April 15 at 3 o clock. Margaret Tschantz was a weekend guest of her sister Mary in Cedar Rapids.
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