Clermont Iowa Public Election on Gas Franchise Proposal
Public notice for a May 23 1957 special election in Clermont Fayette County Iowa. Voters will decide on a 25 year non exclusive grant to Northern Natural Gas Company to erect and maintain a gas distribution system in Clermont along streets alleys bridges and public places with terms set by Ordinance No 150 including construction safeguards and revenue controls. The ordinance would authorize gas service provisions and requires meeting standard gas quality and safety measures. The measure includes voter instructions Yes No and details on passage and acceptance by the grantee.
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Clermont
Iowa
Fayette
Northern Natural Gas Company
Peoples Natural Gas Division
Town Hall
4 Corporation
Iawa
Kuwa
Behal
Juwa
George Durscher
Sf Will J. Nelson
Oats plot and class news from Clermont area schools
School reports detail an 18 by 80 foot oats plot with 15 varieties near the Krueger farm in Clermont. Homemaking finishes, dresses underway, and home care studies continue alongside tests in geometry, history, and arithmetic. Students attend a Cedar Falls science fair. eighth and seventh graders discuss governance education and practical skills.
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Christen
Cheery Valley
Krueger
Clermont
Sixth News We Took Two Tests This Week In Math
The report notes two tests this week in world ways and skill texts. It states decimal fractions were not as difficult as expected if students remember key concepts.
Social studies project and class activities noted
The text describes a United Nations based art project with flag making. It lists birthdays and treats for Marvin Berg, Diane Frieden, Michael Thoma, and Dennis Peterson, plus prizes awarded for penmanship. Students read poems and stories, complete reading books and workbooks, and advance in spelling and arithmetic with two place multiplication and money problems.
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United Nations
Marvin Berg
Diane Frieden
Linda Cummings
Rabby
Marilyn Anderson
Robert Osmundson
Bob
Molly
Dennis Peterson
Clermont visitor stays with Millard Nelson family
Earnie Fossan of Sioux Falls arrived Wednesday as a house guest in the Millard Nelson home over Easter. Judy Nelson joined him, returning to Augustana Academy and Augustana College in Can ton and Sioux Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Waters and Craig of Mason City spent the weekend with Mrs. Waters' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Follett. Sunday visitors included the Kenton Krueger family Wir and Mrs. Alfred Bergeson who traveled to Lawler to visit the Lester Bergeson home. Ernest Holt and Donaline and Joyce Larson joined the weekend visit at the Alfred Madson home in Hartland Minnesota.
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Earnie Fossan
Sioux Falls
Millard Nelson
Judy Nelson
South, Dakota
Augustana College
Judy
Augustana Academy
Canton
Edward Waters
Craig
Mason City
Wir
Alfred Bergeson
Lawler
Lester Bergeson
Ernest ,Holt and Donaline
Joyce Larson
Alfred Madson
Hartland
Minn
Easter gatherings and visits across multiple households
A string of social visits and journeys is noted across several households. Walter Becker and relatives spent Saturday with family in Pine Island and Lynnville while Carl and Harriet Jarms traveled west for five weeks. Various neighbors and guests, including the Brandts, Bakewells, Osweiler family, and Schupanitz, marked Easter with meals and afternoon calls.
Cattle on Feed April 1 Up Two Per Cent
Cattle on grain feed in Iowa feed lots is estimated at 1,302,000 head for April 1, up two percent from a year ago. It trails the 1955 record by 4,000 head, runs 6 percent above the revised 1956 figure, and 17 percent above the 1951-55 five year average. Also notes guidance on seeding mixtures and fall rye silage timing for farmers.
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Iowa
Easter Dinner Guests And Weekend Visitors In Gunder Area
Easter week brought gatherings across Manchester West Union and surrounding farms. families including Nelsons Christiansons Loftsgards Olsons and Haidmans hosted relatives from Cedar Rapids Elgin Mt Morris and Elkader with extended visits by many grandchildren and friends.
Local Plantage Family Gatherings Highlight Easter Weekend
Sunday and Tuesday gatherings mark the Harold Opland and Landsgard households with extended relatives. Mr and Mrs Theo Loftsgard host the Kenneth Anderson family and later Easter dinner guests include the Tillman Thompson family and Maurice Landsgard. Additional visitors include Mr and Mrs Harry Lueder of West Union, and Mr and Mrs Bernard Loftsgard with John Butikofer Jr. Also noted are overnight stays by Ruth Ven and Mrs Emil Gulsvig, plus a supper hosted by Otto Hanson Jr with multiple relatives in attendance.
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Henry Christianson, Jr
Matilda Christianson
Selmer
Mra
Edward Leath
Vicky and
Bruce
Roger Holm
Cedar Rapids
Orwen Loftsgard
Joe Reierson
Keith Brainard
Marsha
West Union
Julia Loftsgard
Ole Loftsgard
Orlando Loftsgard
Rodney Smith
Aldora Anderson
L'Myra
Marilyn
Donald Smith
Donald Olson
Elgin
Henry T. Olson
Fritz Sutter
Morris Amundsons
Warren Burstrom
Kathleen
Mt. Morris
Harold Opland
Bernard Hanson
Arthur Amundson
Joe Kjosa
Kenneth Kjosa
Sandra
DeVere Halverson
Richard Erickson
Wadena
Raymond Loftsgard
Elkader
Ruth Loftsgard
Sharon
Myron Hoag
Jacob Schneider
Lloyd Loftsgard
Warren Burstram
Mervin Reierson
Theo. Loftsgard
Harry ‘Lueder
Arthur Landsgard
George Landsgard
Victor Fiskerbeck
Ruthven
Emil Gulsvig
TheKenneth Anderson
Theo Loftsgard
Friederich
Gordon Landsgard
Dick McCullough
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Legal Publication
Tee
Woulaite Cn
Will J. Nelson
Janice Kamp
Carolyn Olson
Danny Thies
Linda Hackmann
Mr. Fogle
Fifth News
Larry Boehmler
Ronald Guyer
Judy Thompson
Nordhus
Anderson
Miss Olson
Michael Thoma
Walter Becker
Lynnville
Helen Becker
Vernon Swengen
Pine Island
Abner L. Nelson
L. E. Amundson
Helen Dibble
Oran Brandt
Karen Harback
Dell
John and
Jorn
Maquoketa
Karl Bachekler
Eman Olson
Irene Ostlie
John] Brandt
Francis Wolf
Carlin
Harvey Jarms
Chip
Colorado
Washington
California
Eimer Bide
Monona
Ernest Holt
Theresa Bakewell
New Albia
Lawrence Bakewell
Duane and
Angella
Lansing
John Bakewell
Don Osweiler
Gerald Schupanitz
St. Louis
R. G. Schupanitz
Clarence Ruckdasher
Marie
Almer L
Riverside Products
Harris Kiosa
Marianna Propane CO
Distributors of
C. Box
Phillips “66
Philgas
Postville, Iowa
Gunder News
Martin Nelson
Manchester
Christine Rypestor
Corrine
R. T. Martin
Postville
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Timberland
Marion Township
Gunder
Milo Gulsing
Burling & Palas
Milo Gulsvig
Ida Gulsviz
Nited States Brewers Foundation
Liberty Wg. Des Mines
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