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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1929
Page
7
The Clermont Enterprise notes its mailing status as entered in the Clermont post office, Fayette County, Iowa, on second class matter.
Ill and recovering Mrs. Wm. Miller is mentioned with quinsy. Numerous visits recur across families including Ole Peterson at the Anderson home Myre Dens Dummermuth at Orm Larson home Theodore Loftsgard and Anna Belle with Rose Johnson. Henry Wilson Barbara Gilbert at Nels Gilbert home. The list names Larrabee Halverson Crowe and others with church and club gatherings.
Clermont fans and boosters met in the Wm. Larrabee Jr. office on Tuesday evening to organize for the ball season. Julius Paulson was chosen president, Ben Conner secretary, and E. M. Houg treasurer, all with strong experience in club matters. The group expects Clermont to remain in the league despite having fewer players than in past pennant years, noting a young core that could still carry the town’s team with credit.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Olson hosted a Thursday luncheon on April 11 for Joseph Sidney who marked his first birthday. Guests included Nelle Cavanaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Loftsgard, and Arthur Junior. Pink and green decor featured an angel food cake centerpiece with a candle and roses chysanthemums and ferns.
Otto Vasby of Clermont advertises papering and painting estimates and first class work to save customers money. Sunday supper guests at the John Larson home included Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Anderson and Lloyd and Marian Anderson. M. J. Sullivan of Rochester, Minnesota, visited Kate and Nellie Sullivan and left for home Wednesday. Henry Erickson is again a patient at West Union hospital after returning home from an earlier appendicitis operation and may need another procedure. Friends wish him a speedy recovery.
Andine Vasby, born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yauslin on Sunday April 14, is among new arrivals. Various residents visited kin, with Mrs. MecClavey passing away and obituary slated for next week. Health updates include G E Dibble improving after illness. Shipton and Erickson family movements noted amid social gatherings and dinners hosted by Mrs. E M Hoag and Mrs. J B Shipton featuring bridge as entertainment.
East Church holds Norwegian divine service at 1 o clock with Easter offering for missions. Luther League meets at 7 30 pm. West Church offers English service at 2 30. Mission Society gathers Thursday April 26 hosted by Mrs Bilden Houg and Nelson. Sunday school starts at 9 next Sunday. Pastor G Guneten.
East Clermont Lutheran church will host a Luther League program next Sunday evening featuring Society Invocation led by Rev. G Gunsten, Ruth Peterson reading, Hulda Berg vocal duet by Myrtle and Lovila, Buraden reading, Arthur Helgerson Bible verses, and Helen Reinhart address. The program also includes a society reading and an invocation.
The Mission is being held at the Catholic church this week conducted by Rev C E Bradley Paulist missionary from Chicago who has given missions across northern Iowa. Services are each morning at 7 and 9 o clock and in the evening at 7 30.
The & 8. Club gathered at Mrs. L. D. Hungerford’s home on Saturday afternoon April 13 to observe Iowa history week. Members shared historical articles from Talmimpeset and Mrs. BE. M. Hoag reviewed Mentor’s December issue. Miss Dietle of Hawkeye attended as a guest, and refreshments followed.
A series of Sunday and weekday calls highlight Dover area life with visits among Durwood Davises Learn and Nelson families. Guests include Aubry Guyer and son Victor near Castalia. Clark Nesvick Anfinson West Union and Ezra Rowland attendance noted.
The American Legion Auxiliary met April 9 at Mrs. Frank Fay’s home with Mrs. Gilbert Anderson assisting. They will install a sanitary drinking fountain at the Larrabee building and hold a cooked food sale on April 27, with time and place to be announced. Essays by high school students on the flag were not read but will be read later.
A columnist notes Thomas A. Edison faced growing deafness but declined a corrective operation. He preferred quiet to think clearly, and the resulting silence preceded many inventions now deemed essential, a notably peculiar case.
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