Clermont Local News Notes Rotating Social Circles
Local items chronicle visits and dinners in Clermont and surrounding towns. Don Webb assists uncle Clifton Pringle in Clermont, Clifton’s cousin George Still dies in Waterloo and is buried here. A Amvet Auxiliary meets April 20. family visits span Des Moines Harmony Decorah Rockford Chicago and Cincinnati for weddings and birthdays involving Pringle, Lien, Franzen, Krueger, Olson, and Askelson families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Webb
Fayette
Clermont
Clifton Pringle
Waterloo
Clifton
George Still
Wm B. Miller
Augusta Miller
Abigail Masset
Victor Ehler
Harmony
Minn
Hugo Franzen
Ray Lubke
Harvey Jarms
Sandra
Alfred Ehler
Linus
Henry Suckow
Kenneth
Charles Schave
Helen Tatro
Giles Martin
Michael
Ernest Larson
Janice
LaVila
Wm. Lerch
Minnie Daniels
Melvin Martin
Mary Franzen
Leo Franzen
St. Lucas
Theo. Askelson
Ronald
Nora Askelson
Donna Mae Demory
Bertha Gress
West Union
Lucas Olson
Lester Anderson
Edwin Krueger
Edward Krueger
Elene
Barbara
Ida Grether
Gertrude Erhardt
DeFrances Krueger
Rockford
Bert Gruver
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
School Days in Clermont Ties Locals for Weekend Visits
Old-time Clermont resident DWIG Wm Mecklenberg moved from Portland to reclaim his home town. Numerous families hosted dinners and visited across Clermont with travelers from Guttenberg Fayette Decorah New Albin Elkader and distant relatives. A Piper Cub plane arrival at the local airport and prize-winning photos by Arthel and Arlene Blockhus also appear amid the social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Mecklenberg
Clermont
Portland
Oregon
Rolla Latta
Guttenberg
Harold Bennett
Gilbert O. Anderson
Wm. Burrow
Richard Griebenow
Dennis
Ivan Anderson
Mavis
Romantic drama of two brothers and their loves
A compact dramatic tale follows two brothers as they contest affection with the women they cherish. Tension arises as loyalties clash and choices define each man’s path, delivering a tense, emotional arc in a vivid, period-tinged narrative.
Clermont School News First and Second Grades Birthday Treats
Karol Jean Hyde celebrated a classroom birthday giving three kinds of homemade candy to each student. Barbara Anderson thanked her for a dental card, the seventeenth card returned. Students with chicken pox or measles have all returned, with perfect attendance on April 5 and 6. They learned number combinations with paper dominos, added numbers with zero and one, collected flower pictures for art, and connected science work to the Outdoors unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karol Jean Hyde
Karol
Barbara Anderson
25 Years Ago Obituary and Local Moving News
Miss Anna Koessing died this morning at her sister’s home. Mrs. Ritchie and son Ross left for Fennimore Wisconsin to attend a funeral. The Nelson family moved into the late Kittle Groth residence. George Milers will move into the living rooms over the meat market. The Algier Burk family vacated the Jorgenson residence and moved to the W Crowe cottage on Spring Street. Mr. and Mrs. Wickham returned from wintering in Minneapolis. Ben Miller and Russell Grover expect to return from travels. Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Johnson of Ames rented the Miller house. he works at Miller Meat Market. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ole Blockhus. Harvey Skarshaug came home for his sister’s funeral. An eight pound girl was born Easter morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Gress. Gaylord Gress is improving after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Kepker
Melvin Martin
Norma Blockhus
Arthel
Arlene
Otto Vasby
Nels Reinertson
A.M. Parrish
Cedar Falls
Verni Engle
John Bakewell
Jacquelyn
Harley Radloff
Bruce and
Harley, Jr
Henry Conner
Cresco
Art Conner
Emil
Lassig
Harry Amundson
Decorah
Venni Engle
Wm. Bakewell
New Albin
George Karsmo
Philip
Paul
Corrine
Northwood
N. C
Bilden
Texas
Arkansas
Gerald Gutcher
Bess Tschanta
Emil Lassig
Guesis
B. Riegel
Riegel
Clifford Kittelson
Henry Araundson
Harry
Kenneth and
Loretta Owen
Stanley Owens
Minneapolis
Mary Cummings
Anna Koessing
John Wede
S. E. Wickham
Ben Miller
Russell Grover
Montana
Washington
California
Gerhard Johnson
Ames
Miller House
Johnson
Miller
Ole Blockhus
Harvey Skarshaug
State University
Town City
Cornelius Relerson
Claude Gress
Gaylord Gress
Broad-billed sparrow migrates northward to California
The broad-billed sparrow of Arizona migrates northward to California in autumn. Observers note migration patterns and regional movements of this species as seasons shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Baptism of Dean Burnell Anderson Draws Family Guests
Mr and Mrs Burnell Anderson attended the baptism of their grandson Dean Burnell Anderson on Sunday. Dinner and supper followed for sponsors and guests. Attending were Mr and Mrs Clarence Fischer and sons of Guttenberg Rev and Mrs Emanuel Ludvig, Mr and Mrs Otto Fischer, Mr and Mrs Martin Anderson, and Chrystal. Mr and Mrs Donald Martin of Charles City spent Sunday at the Karl Martin home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bnd Ed Andon
Bt Dents
Dean
Burnell Anderson
Burnel Anderson
Clarence Fischer
Guttenberg
Emanuel Ludvig
Otto Fischer
Martin Anderson
Chrystal
Donald Martin
Charles City
Karl Martin
Fires, Snake Drive and Cafe Blast Hit Iowa Towns
A Riceville fire crew tackled a utility shed blaze while a Reed Miles farm home burned, causing two simultaneous calls. A Shell Rock driver survived a windshield strike by a timber near Waverly. Madison county seeks rattlesnakes with a club snake drive and prizes. A Holmes cafe blast in Hampton killed three and injured eleven, likely gas. Gerald Mount’s Hamburg farm features a radio and umbrella top. A Holstein hog house fire killed three hogs from a defective brooder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riceville
Ray Thompson
Reed ‘Miles
Cwa
Isun
Adolph Mordhorst
Shell Rock
Waverly
Mr. Mordhorst
Madison County
Sons
Hampton
Iowa
Gerald Mount
Hamburg
Albert Henrikhgen
Holstein
Rural letter carrier marks 40 years of service at Paulina post
Harry Bloodgood completed 40 years as a rural letter carrier at the Paulina post office starting April 1908. He began on horseback on a 241 2 mile route, rode a Fuller car from 1910, and later used autos as transportation. The article also notes a fire delay in Cushing due to rain and a storm lake crash injuring Orville Richman with a dislocated shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cushing
Harry Bloodgood
Paulina Post Office
Orville Richman
Storm ‘Lake
First captured ship Buskoa by U S Coast Guard
The German vessel Buskoa, seized off Greenland in September 1941 by the U S Coast Guard, stands as the first enemy ship captured by the United States in World War II.
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Lavern Swenson
Maggie Torkelson
Mary Washburn
Lars Sampson
Harold Earle
Richard
Roger
M. €. Larson
Gordon Hoopman
Dale
Karen
Leo
Martin Hein
Doreen
Elaine
Fairbank
Elmer
Clarence Jellings
Sharon
Fred Miene
Postville
Donald Dugstad
Bruce
Nona Spencer
Harriet Dugstad
Clarice
Lena Peters
Louise Miller
Henry Whitford
Volga
Strawberry Point
Dr. R. Y. Brandt
Sha On
Bert Jellings
Bud Schrader
Meservey
W. KR
Blake
Des Moines
George Lorber
Cedar Rapids
Oscar Lenius
Mercy Hospital
Leonard Olson
L. T. N. Olson
Simon Nelson
Caroline Erickson
Ruth Starkey
Albert Lubke
Mary Grover
Lucian Appelman
Postville Hospital
Elmer Olson Land
Walter Lundy
Henry J .Olson
Martin Nelson
Manchester
Harold Landsgard
Wm. Katschkowsky
Elkader
Paul. Wells and
Millville
Mary .Washburn
Beverly
Marvin Bennett
Doyle Bennett
Clarence Grover
Waukon
Laird Cline
Fred Cline
Clermont Cafe
Clarence
Rochester
Henry Olson
Glen Olson
Alma Anderson
Alfred Andres
Wm. Andres
Walter’Follett
Samily
Kenton
Krueger
Kurtis
W. Steele
Robin
Anne
Lansing
Steele
W. R. Blake
Wm. J. Nelson
H. H. Follett
Dubuque
Richard L. Olson
Tam “Er
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Avalon
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Jack Fallows
Errol Flynn
Ida Lupino
Jimmy Davis
Marg’t Lindsay
Louisiana
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John Wayne
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