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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1952

Page

3

Clermont School News highlights and tests take place

Clermont School notes show grades across A to no grade, absences and perfect attendances among fifth graders. Thanks extend to supervisors Joyce Larson Beverly Bennett Beverly Oelberg Barbara Anderson Sandra Bilden and Jean Belschner plus Mrs Berg. First graders made a cotton bunny with tulips on bulletin board and windows. Several students have measles and other illnesses. some have perfect six week attendance. Second and third grade news report illness, perfect papers in arithmetic, and a unit on Indian life. Senior news mentions chemistry class context.

Joyce Larson Beverly Bennett Beverly Oelberg Barbara Anderson Sandra Bilden Jean Belschner Mrs. Berg Peggy Entwisle Judy Thompson Heis Margie Swenson Lyle Anderson Mark Amundson Dean Peterson Kermit Peterson Phyllis Nims Jerry Erickson Nancy Entwisle George Larson Bobby Mott Marilyn Paulson Linda Wander LaVerne Hyde W. Hyde

Class plans mix farming science with poetry readings

Students detail soil analysis methods and fertilizer tests while planning a class night with Virginia Nelson, Carol Gehweinefus, Judy Swenson, Janet Lingaas, Arthur Nelson, and Gordon Larson. Junior News covers Woolf story The Hooded Man, WWI impacts, and trig identity study. Sophomores study indirect measurement and light in everyday life amid poetry and literature.

the Prophecy Virginia Nelson Will Carol Gehweinefus Judy Swenson Janet Lyngaas Arthur Nelson Gordon Larson Virginia Woolf United States Europe

First to Earn His Pin in Shorthand Class

The class showed a burst of speed typing at 80 words per minute, two days in a row, surpassing the usual 60 wpm pace. The race to pin status centers on who will reach the target first.

Local social notes and hog show win in Cedar Rapids area

Clermont readers list Easter visits among local families with stops in LaCrosse Decorah and Waterloo. Richard Shay, 15, son of Eunice Shay and grandson of Claude Gress, wins top honors in the spring market hog show at Central City, with grand champion and reserve pens plus junior division awards. A photo ran in the Cedar Rapids Gazette March 8.

Joe Wander Dean Keith Ole ‘Reierson LaCrosse Wis Melvin Vick Decorah Floyd Dummermuth Cedar Rapids Herbert Dummermuth Gerald Schupanitz Loras College Dubuque Frank Sterns Waterloo Glen Schave Gottfried Pfister Harold Ole Reierson Richard Shay Eunice Gress Shay Claude Gress FFA Central City Richard Rich

State show results at Cedar Rapids

At the state show in Cedar Rapids, lard placed fourth in the heavy weight barrow class and éth placed fourth in the pen class of the crossbred division.

Lard Barrow Éth Cedar Rapids

Clermont area notes include meeting and sports updates

Twenty five years ago the Little Eight League officers were to be elected at a West Union meeting led by Pres J M Cunningham. W H Tate was named county chairman for the Citizen's Military Training movement. Clermont baseball club profits grew from a public card party in the opera house. Elgin boys Carl Schori and Kenneth Evans were poisoned by dyed shoes. A Clermont township tractor bogged on the A S Houg road but was freed and will service the Clermont to Gunder route. Towers raised road speed to 40 mph after Gov Hammill signed the bill. Easter morning welcomed a nine pound boy to Mr and Mrs Geo P Rounds.

West Union Pres. J. M. Cunningham Court House W. H. Tate Omaha Des Moines Opera House Clermont Baseball Club Elgin Carl Schori Kenneth Evans Clermont Township A. S. Houg Clermont Gunder Towers Roads Geo. P. Rounds

Calendar of April club meetings and activities

Calendar lists meetings and events across April including Forrest on Thursday April 17 and Monday April 21 Commercial Club Boy Scouts and Troops Clermont Study Club April 22 Riverside Social Club April 23 Town Ladies Aid April 33 Junior Study Club and Cub Scouts April 24 and Grand Meadow Study Club April 25.

Commercial Club Clermont Town Ladies Aid Riverside Grand Meadow

Fourth Time Arm Break For Diagonal Boy Donald Stephens

Eight year old Donald Stephens of Diagonal had a fourth arm fracture recently, with both arms broken twice previously. Three Clarinda youths were injured when their souped up 1998 Ford rolled over on the highway, flipping three times.

Donald Stephens Rod Clarinda Ford

Local Folks Attend Confirmations and Visits

Mr and Mrs Nels Iverson and Roy Halverson spent Tuesday with Mrs Anna Gibson. Mr and Mrs Edwin Krueger were Sunday dinner guests in Mrs Esther Oelberg home. Mr and Mrs Henry Kittleson Clarence Kittleson Mrs Clara Helgerson and Mr and Mrs Art Helgerson and family went to Charles City Sunday to attend the confirmation of Mary Ann Kittleson granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Kittleson. They were guests that day in the Orlando Kittleson home.

Nels Iverson Roy Halverson Anna Gibson Edwin Krueger Esther Oelberg Henry Kittleson Clarence Kittleson Clara Helgerson Art Helgerson Charles City Mary Ann Kittleson Orlando Kittleson

Iowa Star Jack Dittmer Joins Milwaukee Brewers

Elkader youth Jack Dittmer, famed Iowa end, is assigned to the Milwaukee Brewers for the season. He remains under contract with the Boston Braves. Iowa soil testing remains an important off season task for farmers statewide.

Milwaukee Jack Dittmer Elkader University of Iowa Milwaukee Brewers Hezs Boston Braves Iowa

Feeding grass silage with roughage improves results

The guidance suggests that animals will likely achieve the best feeding results from grass silage when dry roughage is included. This combination supports digestion and overall nutrition in the feed plan.

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Clermont School News Wayne Anderson Karen Cummings L'Myra Anderson Diane Frieden Donaline Larson Mrs. Anderson Carolyn Follett Carolyn Olson Kenneth Nelson Chemis Ctirmand Bich & Wal Co Freshman News Itema Enterprise Forrest Clermont H. S Clermont P. T. A. VA Pesasinaag Sar Louis Schutte & Son Clermont and Postville Funeral Home St. Paul’s Lutheran Postville, Iowa R. L. Myers Optometrist L. R. Tappan Elkader, Fowa Lermont Colonial Oil John Tillotson Deal Jerdee Clermont, Iowa Brigge-Stratton Nelson’s Avalon Yvonne DeCarlo Edmund O Brien Barry Fitzgerald Ouidoor Action Jeanne Crain Thelma Ritter Scott Brady Lonely Hearts Counsellor William Holden Nancy Olson William Bendix Don Taylor Pacific Ask Enterprise West Union Farm Bureau Station Earl Blue
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