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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1947
Page
3
New and renewal payments may be made to Clermont Local News Editor Mrs Lucy Engle who will issue receipts. Publisher notices detail the payment process and acknowledgment for subscribers.
Clermont's Vernon Loftsgard started on the mound and Kenneth Amundson finished in the fifth. Clermont built a 5 run burst in the bottom of the sixth to breach a Randalia rally, then held on as Randalia plated a run in the seventh while Clermont added two for a 7 to 5 victory.
Neva Jean Durscher and Marion Probert with Mr Moore and Mr Reed advance to the Iowa Speech Association final at Mt Pleasant on April 19. Probert competes in oratorical declamation against contestants from Atlantic Boone Davenport Estherville Ottumwa Oskaloosa West Union Van Meter Oakville Lone Tree. Durscher competes in dramatic declamation against Atlantic Farragut Bondurant Ida Grove Kinross Muscatine Red Oak West Union Winfield. Reed to judge final three rounds of debate original oratory and extemp speaking.
Readers share anecdotes from a First Grade class about the Easter Bunny visiting homes and delivering mislaid treats. The notes reflect local sentiment and classroom participation in holiday traditions.
The class reads aloud during a week of lessons on subtraction, combinations, and early science. Karol Hyde, Dean Schneider, Lonnie Baker, Mary Kay Swenson, Judith Thompson and Donald Brink read stories, with Judy and Jerry Jenette visiting. all students present. They study waking animals and their young, focusing on bats frogs turtles and snakes, and examine The Storeroom by Pieter de Hooch in art.
Thursday events include Kay Jean Accola Ann Larson and Jean Bennett presenting an original play. Students read poems and stories, fifth and sixth graders work on English letters adjectives and adverbs, ninth graders showcase health posters with Marlene Durscher’s winning entry. Eighth grade prepares play Wildcat Willie Gets Girl Trouble.
Clermont residents and relatives share a weekend of visits and family care. Gary Cooper Annes Sten visits Gail Wharram of Stanley while grandparents Mr and Mrs Arthur Olson host. Friends and relatives include Mrs Effie House, Ruth Starkey, Charles Anderson, Bertina Barnas, Gloria, Henry Amundson, Louie Amundson, Vine Gress, Cedar Falls, Donaline Larson, Immanuel Larson, Ernest Holt, Lee Palmer, Franz Appelman Jung, R R Roggensack, Millard Nelson, Junior, Theo Lofts, Berd, Wendell, Annabelle Loftsgard, Payette, Clarice Dugstad, Bernard Schrader, R L Olson, Betty Follett, Walter Follett, Harold Bennett, Henry Hartman, Elkader, Ralph Wells, New Hampton. High adventure, jarenuiless...
Biographical drama tracing Al Jolson's career features grand music comedy drama and romance. AVALON, titled The Home of Better Pictures, promotes the show as a must see in West Union with Jack Fallows listed as owner.
A lively 1920s teen melodrama offering comedy and music. The plot traces a young girl's romances across Sunday to Tuesday performances April 20 21 and 23, with period charm and upbeat numbers.
The regular meeting of Clermont Iowa town council, led by Mayor Will J. Nelson, approved last minutes and payments for gas, oil, bulbs, labor and services totaling numerous small items. The council set Saturday afternoons for upper gravel pit dumping ground supervision starting April 19 1947 and approved Vernon Meyer as fire chief. The annual treasurer report was read and approved and the meeting adjourned to a Board of Review.
The Clermont Study Club met for a 1 PM pot luck luncheon at Mrs. Franz Appelmar's home with 13 members present. New member Mrs. Herbert Dummermuth was welcomed. A paper on Iowa School Systems was read. County meeting plans for April 28 at the Lutheran church were discussed. The council held a Board of Review with Mayor Willi J. Nelson presiding and approved the assessment rolls. Attendees at a deanery meeting in Fayette included numerous local residents. Funeral notices for Frank Camp and related movements of local families were reported. Several residents were noted as visiting, dining guests, or relocating.
The Woodland Street Study Club met at Mrs Kate Leehy’s home on April 16. Seven members answered roll call with flower seed exchanges. Two contests were held by Mrs Ursula Hemaseth and Mrs Nora Nelson. prizes went to Mrs Eleanor Anderson, Mrs Susanna Larson, Mrs Nora Nelson, and Mrs Ursula Hemaseth. The meeting closed with a rendition of Sweet and Low and a fine lunch served by the hostess.
A long list of Clermont Iowa area residents and guests are noted in social items. Visits span Pecatonica Illinois to West Union and Decorah with many families hosting dinners, desserts, and bridge parties. Local illnesses and hospital stays are mentioned along with travel to Cedar Rapids and Oelwein.
Members of the Clermont Clover Clovers met at Evelyn Miller’s home on April 5 with six members one leader and two guests. Marilyn Follett led a Vermeer study. Framing and shadow box techniques were demonstrated. songs were sung. a lunch followed. Separately, numerous family visits and celebrations occurred around Easter, including visits to Marshalltown and Waterloo, a potluck dinner, Easter egg hunts, and various family gatherings across Clermont and nearby towns.
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