Clermont Homecoming Weekend Promises Reflection and Reunion
Clermont prepares for a three day homecoming and reunion August 16 17 and 18 with events, memories and community gathering. Arthur E Johnson 1906 29 died after a work accident at Williamsfield July 26 leaving a widow Hazel and daughter Donna Marlene. Funeral services were held in Princeville and Clermont with many relatives attending from Minnesota and Iowa. Memorials to the Johnson family and a town calendar note forthcoming council and band events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Johnson
Clermont
Dunlap
Williamsfield
Palmyra Township
Minn
C. 8. Pearson
Cannon Falls
Hazel Moen
Donna Marlene
Walter Johnson
Hector, Minn
Wallace
Wesley
Layton
Siater
Hector
C. E. Pearson
Jad
Dun
Princeville
Thomas A. Stamp
Treathway
G. Gunston
Chrystal Miller
Marcella Schweinerus
Irene Erickson
Clarice Dugstad
Charles Rogers
Gordon Junker
Corneliua Olgon
Len Simek
Paul Wells
Alvin Iverson
Clarence Johnson
June Johnson
Gladys Anderson
Elsie Lindgren
Myrtle Amundson
Loretta Belachner
Thelma Christianson
June
Valeria
Ossian
Arlington
West Union
Hazelton
Homecoming program meeting for grades one through eight
Children from first to eighth grades urged to meet at the school house on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock to participate in the homecoming program. Evelyn Nord spent last Thursday in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Evelyn Nord
Waterloo
Clermont Homecoming Committees Appointed
The paper lists the appointed committees for Clermonts homecoming including General Finance Publicity and Printing Program Sports Street and Park Decoration Registration Windows and Public Display Housing Seating and Park Arrangement Reception and many individuals and organizations named as members and chairs. The long roster features Edmund Dugstad as chair of General Committee and L V Candee as chair of Finance with numerous local names across roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Dugstad
Chm
W. R. Blake
J. A. Erickson
R. V. Brandt
L. V. Candee
J.C. Halverson
Geo. P. Rounds
Louise Miller
Edm
H. E. Landsgard
H. Holub
Wm. R. Blake
D. R. Cottrell
Frank Pringle
L. L. Carr
H. B. Greenley
Marvin Johnson
Martin Nelson
N. H. Nelson
Lillian Larrabee
Ruth Olson
Len Simek
C. H. Rogers
Kathryn Gruver
Evelyn Dugstad
Clifton Pringle
Elizabeth Priest
H. A. Lubke
Anna Larrabee
Mae Crowe
Lloyd Anderson
Len T. Simek
C. N. Olson
Business and Professional Women’s Club
A. J. Priest
Wm. Gheehy
John Sheehy
Joe Malone
Henry Olson
Wm. J. Nelson
Theodore Rolfs
Mary White
Lillian Crowe
Chas. Anderson
Gertrude Anderson
Thomas Colliton
Thomas McGahren
J. F. Shipton
B. C. Gruver
Ed Dellanes
A. G. Becker
Bertha Frisbie
Ole K. Olson
Amon Erickson
Julius Johnson
Christina Johnson
Wm. Kelly
Ingeborg Roland
Isabelle Paulson
Mary Adson
J.F. Miller
Emma Grossman
J. S. Sullivan
Meyer Schoonmaker Wedding Announced in Small Town Details
Announcement of the wedding unites Miss Inez Meyer daughter of Mr and Mrs A C Meyer Castalia with Daniel Schoonmaker son of Mr and Mrs W H Schoonmaker Riceville. The bride taught Clermont second and third grades and married July 17 at Waterloo Presbyterian Church in presence of family. Attendants were Miss Norene Boley Stockport and Miss Janet Harris Waterloo. The bride graduated from Postville high and Upper Iowa University and has taught in Riceville and Clermont. Schoonmaker a Riceville graduate and Cresco Luman implement shop manager. They plan a Cresco home after a brief honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Frank
God
Heaven
Noy
Clermont Township
Mathew
Margaret Powers
Estella Devery
Donald
Harrisburg
Penn
James
Margaret
University of Wisconsin
John
Postville
Fairfield
Julia
Will Mullaney
Ossian
St. Peter’s Church
Father Holub
Anson Priest
Hormer Leui
Dan Berke
Thos. Cummings
Emmet Carlin
Clem Kneeland
Frank Powers
James H. Powers
Wm. Powers
Minneapolis
John Powers
Lorraine Powers
Iowa City
Wm. Mullaney
Tom Powers
Francis Waleee
Kathryn Wright
Waterloo
Ralph Towey
Frank Cassidy
M. Powers
Joe Powers
Rochester
Minn
James ‘Calahan
Nellie Murphy
Blooming Prairie
Dan Calahan
Dows
Jack Delaney
Mason City
Frances Meehan
Atlantic
Frank Devery
George Peasley
Gussie
Walsh
Cedar Rapids
Claude McCulloch
Fayette
Monica
Margaret McKernan
John Crowe
Oelwein
J. A. McKernan
Ambrose McKernan
Pat Finnegan
Everett
Wm. McManus
Castalia
Leo Horan
Straw
Montana
Thos. Looney
St. Olaf
Ed Looney
Ed McNiel
Joe Moe
John Collins
Stella
Thos
Collins
M. Dolan
John McManus
Joseph
Wm. Delaney
Inez Meyer
A. C. Meyer
Daniel Schoonmaker
Cresco
W. H. Schoonmaker
Riceville
Meyer
Clermont
Presbyterian Church
Norene Boley
Stockport
Janet Harris
Postville ‘High School
Upper Iowa University
Schoonmaker
Riceville High School
Luman
Clermont Man Makes Violin by Paulson in Lubke’s Window
Local carpenter George Paulson has finished a violin with sumac top aged seventeen years and black walnut body. He plans to lend it to Archibald Sowden of West Union for broadcasting from KGCA Decorah. Weekend guest Mrs. Fred Talley, formerly Stella Tatro, visited her Waterloo relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubke
George Paulson
Paulson
Archibald Sowden
West Union
KGCA
Decorah
Fred Talley
Stella Tatro
Waterloo
Roy Tatro
Mother's Silver Hair Poem for Homecoming
A commemorative poem by Mrs. Blanche Whiting Doran of Compton California about her mother’s silver hair. Written by Donna Marie Whiting while at the U S at Iowa City in September 1901, the piece portrays a grand scene of aged beauty and maternal love. It venerates the mother’s grey hair as a crown of age and a halo around calm blue eyes, linking memory, faith, and departing years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Whiting Doran
Compton
Calif
Donne Marie Whiting
Donna Whiting Lewis
Colby
Kansas
U. S
Iowa City
Vacation Month Church Notice at Clermont Union
Clermont Union Church announces no Sunday school or church services in August as J J Snyder and the congregation honor the pastor’s vacation. Other events may be announced. no notices will be issued during the month unless special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Snyder
Fred Cline
Clermont iball Club Triumphs In Ninth Inning Rally
Clermont iball club won 4 to 3 over Volga City in a tense ninth inning rally. Cowles and 5Sticken hit triples as the team erased an eight run Volga lead, with air-tight defense limiting Volga City in the bottom of the ninth. Next Sunday they host Lamont, and August 16 17 18 mark homecoming games with multiple fastball contests.
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Clermont Iball
Volga City
Volga Boys
Clermont
Cowles
Lamont
Clermont Commercial Club Outing to McGregor on Elk Boat
Sixty five or more Clermont men joined the McGregor Commercial Club on Monday evening. They rode the Elk boat to Mississippi Gardens for a fish fry, parading in sixteen cars and listening to a Scandinavian band by the riverfront. Several locals attended meetings at Gust Johnson home and with the Decorah Choral Union officers. Plans were laid for a Clermont convention in late August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
McGregor
McGregor Commercial Club
Mississippi Gardens
Arthur Meckelson
Reider Smith
Dale Hanson
Young People’s Society
Gust Johnson
Calmay
Agnes
Ellen Bilden
Louise Amundson
Clarence Johnson
Choral Union of the
Decorah
Ircnit
Gander
Clermonts Homecoming and Old Settlers Reunion Planned
Final plans for Clermonts three day homecoming and old settlers reunion are set for August 16 17 18 with Community Day State Day and Old Settlers Day. Governor Herring and state officials will attend the Saturday parade and events run from 1 PM Friday through Sunday with church services a picnic and various entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Hawkeye
Family reunion reported in Monroe Wisconsin
J. F. Miller Mrs. Guy Probert and daughter Marian Mr and Mrs Carl Miller and children Mr and Mrs Geo Durscher Mr and Mrs Erwin Miller and daughter attended a family reunion at Monroe Wis last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Miller
Guy Probert
Marian
Carl Miller
Geo. Durscher
Erwin Miller
Monroe
Wis
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Donna
John Moen
Thos. Powers
Stella Powers
Priscilla
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Meyer—Schoonmaker
Clermont Man
Bution
Clermont Union Church
Clermont Baseball News
Clermont Commercial Club
Dwig
Ine Ie
Tom and His Oklahoma Cowboys and Girls
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