Clermont Dairy Days Opens With Alumni Picnic
Clermont Dairy Days kicks off Friday at the city park with the Clermont High School alumni association hosting the annual picnic. The 1856 graduates will attend as the Dairy Days program begins Saturday at 1 PM with a band concert, followed by Johnny Gunners stage show. Statewide and national figures headline speakers over the weekend, including Herschel Loveless and Henry O. Talle, with William Groves speaking Sunday afternoon for dairy interests. Ray Alia and his Cowboys provide Saturday night dancing.
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Clermont
High School
Clermont High School
Johnny Gunners
Herschel Loveless
Ottumwa
Henry O. Talle
2Nd
William Groves
Lodi
Wis
Ray Alia
Cowboys
Clermont Community Club
Swim Lessons Close Season With 70 Enrolled
A summer swim program ended on Thursday August 2 with 70 children enrolled. Parents day featured demonstrations of learned skills and many received beginners or intermediate cards. Ruth Olson chaired the event and thanked mothers who volunteered as chaperones, notably Mrs Wayne Shiptose who helped as fo chairman and helped at the school house while organizing the loads.
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Ruth Olson
Wayne Shiptose
Card of Thanks from Mrs Lester Anderson and family
Mrs. Lester Anderson thanks friends relatives neighbors and the West Clermont Mission Society for gifts cards visits and memories from Decorah hospital and after returning home She also thanks Dr Jerdee and hospital nurses for kindness Dinner guests Sunday were Mr and Mrs Norris Reierson and Ricky and Mr and Mrs Quinton Olson at Mrs Rose Olson’s home
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West
East Clermont Societies Meet With Local Hostesses
The East Clermont Societies met Thursday Aug 2 with hostesses Molris Millard Bilden Ed Johnson Gerald Schneider and Misses Clara Myrtle and Pearl Peterson The meeting opened with a hymn and devotions by Pastor Knudsen Members were reminded to pay their penny a day dues The Lutheran Welfare Conference will be held in the St Olaf Lutheran Church at West Union August 21 Mrs LaVerne Larson conducted the Bible study Mrs I C Jerdee showed slides of their trip to Norway and other European countries Mrs Norman Laian and Mrs Gerald Schneider sang a duet.
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East Clermont
Molris
Millard Bilden
Ed Johnson
Gerald Schneider
Clara
Myrtle
Pearl Peterson
Knudsen
Lutheran Welfare Conference
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
West Union
LaVerne Larson
I. C. Jerdee
Norway
Norman Laian
Farewell for Schmidts in Clermont sendoff
Mr and Mrs Lyle Gunderson hosted a farewell party Saturday for Mr and Mrs Bill Schmidt who move to Viroqua Wisconsin where he will join the high school staff this coming year. Guests included Mr and Mrs Gordon Hoopman Mr and Mrs Dean DeSart Mr and Mrs Keith Thoma Mrs Len Simek Mrs Phyllis Skeen Mr and Mrs Ronald Gunderson Mr and Mrs Eugene Robison Mr and Mrs Lloyd Meier and Mr and Mrs Laurence Knudtson. The Schmidts received a keepsake gift from the group.
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Lyle Gunderson
Bill Schmidt
Viroque
Wis
Gordon Hoopman
Dean DeSart
Keith Thoma
Len Simek
Phyllis Skeen
Ronald Gunderson
Alumni Picnic and Clermont Dairy Days Calendar
Calendar notes an alumni picnic at city park on Friday August 10 and Clermont Dairy Days spanning Saturday August 11 and Sunday August 12.
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City Park
Clermont
Recital by Baylor student at Clermont Church
Wendell Baechler, a Baylor University art student, will give an organ recital at the Presbyterian Church of Clermont on Monday evening August 13 at 8:00. The program features sacred pieces on a Kimball organ with 1500 pipes. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Baechler
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Presbyterian Church of
Clermont
Bicycle Built for Two Dream Comes to Cresco
Dianne McGee and Colleen Minnick create a two rider novelty bike in Cresco. A single wheel bike becomes a trailer attached to Colleen’s bike, forming an inventive tandem construction. The project emerged from a simple idea and a shared curiosity for quirky transport.
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Cresco
Dianne McGee
Colleen Minnick
Dianne
Colleen
Clermont Lutheran Parish Services and Society Notes
West Clermont holds Sunday service at 10:00 with midweek Mission Society meeting at 2 15 led by Pastor S B Knudsen. East Clermont hosts 8 30 Sunday service and Luther League ice cream social in church yard on Sunday August 19.
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West Clermont
Mission Society
Mims
Clarence Johnson
Nels Gilbert
Herbert Gass
Roy Halverson
Kenneth Amundson
Glen Nygaard
John A. Larson
Henry Schweinerus
Herbert Martin
East Clermont
Luther League
The Church of Our Saviour Clermont Episcopal Services Schedule
The Church of Our Saviour Clermont Episcopal lists Rev Paul A Clark as vicar. First Sunday 7 30 p m evening prayer. Second Sunday 8 30 p m evening prayer. Third Sunday 8 45 a m holy communion. Fourth Sunday 8 45 a m morning service. Fifth Sunday 8 45 a m morning worship.
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Paul A. Clark
St Peters Church Mass Schedule and Confessions
Rev. Fr. Robert Cooney presides. Sunday Masses at 7:00 and 8:00 a m. Weekday Mass daily at 7:00 a m except Saturday 7:30 a m. Confessions Saturday evening at 8:00 and before 7:00 a m. Sunday Mass follows.
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Robert Cooney
Gospel Message Church West of Clermont on Highway 18
Lester Lease leads worship at Gospel Message Church three miles west of Clermont on Highway 18. Morning worship starts at 10 45 a m and evening evangelistic service at 6 00 p m. A welcome to all.
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Clermont
Lester Lease
Reunion of Garness Helgerson relatives held in Minnesota
A Garness-Helgerson family reunion took place at Lanesbara Minnesota on Sunday August five. Attendees from the area included Art Helgerson Carol Dorothy Harry Helgerson Julia Helgerson Clara Helgerson Julia Landsgard George Frieden Diane and Donna. On the return trip the Frieden family with Clara Helgerson and Dorothy Helgerson visited Hesper and called on Gene Anderson and the George Fenton family in Spring Grove.
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Garness
Hesper
Gene Anderson
Spring Grove
George Fenton
Kinsey dies during baseball game in Bancroft
A heart attack killed Bancroft catcher Duke Kinsey, 52, during a game at Whittemore after he complained of illness in the fifth inning. Mrs. Carl Torkelson of Elgin and Mrs. Ronald Gunderson and Steven visited the Gunderson home Saturday afternoon.
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Bancroft Marshall
Duke” Kinsey
Whittemore
Bancroft
Carl Torkelson
Elgin
Ronald Gunderson
Steven
Harry Gunderson
Appelman Shining Wedding At Clermont Church
Barbara Joyce Appelman and H Streeter Shining wed at Church of Our Saviour Clermont in a blue and white reception. The bride, daughter of Franz and Mrs Appelman, wore Swiss organdy with lace and a silk illusion veil, carrying roses and stephanotis. Attendants included Judi McLaren and bridesmaids in blue organdy. The couple plans to live in Iowa City after Aug 15, with Shining a medical student and Phi Kappa Psi member. The ceremony featured songs by Mrs Willet Miller and Rod Roggensack.
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Church of Our Saviour
Clermont
Barbara Joyce Appelman
Franz Appelman
H. Streeter Shining
Herbert Shining
Waterloo
Paul Clark
Willet Miller
Judi McLaren
Des Moines
Alex Meyer
Amana
Elsie Jerdee
William Shining
Dave Appelman
Clyde Kitchen
Oskaloosa
James Henderson
Helen Henderson
David Appelman
H.R. Young
Wichita Falls
Texas
C. L. Grayver
Waukon
Kathryn Falk
Postville
Jean McCardel
Newton
Barbara Beckman
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Ossian
West Union
Oelwein
Cedar Falls
Lancaster
Wis
Shining
Grand View Lodge
Minn
Kirkwood
Iowa City
Clermont High School
State University of Iowa
Delta Gamma Sorority
East High
College of Medicine
The
State University
Phi Beta Kappa
Obituary of Mrs Bert Grover
Laticia Shaw born December 2 1881 in Winterset died at 74 in Sioux Falls South Dakota due to a heart attack. She married Bert Gruver April 11 1900 and had seven children. Funeral was held August 1 in Rockford and a card of thanks followed from her children.
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Laticia Shaw
John
Alaska Ann Shaw
Winterset
Vera Webb
Sioux Falls
Dak
Bert Gruver
Estherville
John Grover
Granit
Walter Gruver
Rockford
Cecil Gruver
Cherokee
Bert Gruver, Jr
Assumption
Card of Thanks and notes of appreciation
Card of Thanks from Clifton and Eleanor Grover Pringle expresses gratitude for cards flowers memorials and support after a loss. Harold G Heins acknowledges thanks for visits and remembrances from friends and relatives while at Veterans Hospital Iowa City. Mrs Mabel Young and Mr LeRoy Morgan of Chicago visited family in Manchester for dinner with Mrs Blake.
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Clifton
Eleanor Grover Pringle
Veterans’ Hospital
Iowa City
Harold G. Heins
LeRoy Morgan
Chicago
Mabel Young
Manchester
Bess Blake
Bridal couple hosts rehearsal dinner for Appelman Shining
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Young of Wichita Falls Texas hosted a rehearsal dinner at V and J restaurant Postville Friday evening honoring Miss Barbara Appelman and Streeter Shining whose свадьба occurred on Saturday Aug 4. Twenty six guests attended with blue and white decorations. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lindsey of Postville hosted a buffet luncheon preceding the wedding.
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H. R. Young
Wichita Falls
Texas
Postville
Barbara Appelman
Streeter Shining
Robert Lindsey
Appelman
Shining
Dear Shupps Welcome Son Jeffrey Martin in Detroit
Mr and Mrs Dear Shupp of Detroit Michigan announce the arrival of a son Jeffrey Martin weighing 9 pounds 4 ounces born Friday August 3 They now have three sons Mrs Shupp formerly Eleanor Anderson is well known in Clermont Her parents are Mr and Mrs Martin Anderson
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Dear Shupp
Detroit
Mich
Jeffrey Martin
Shupp
Clermont
Eleanor Anderson
Martin Anderson
Henderson Prairie 4-H Club Meeting Notes
Henderson Prairie 4-H Club met July 23 at the Matt home. Twelve members answered roll call with middle names. Douglas Appelman reported on a boys short course at Ames. County tour to Dubuque on Aug 1 was discussed. Barbara Thies, Reporter.
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Henderson Prairie
53 Years Jim Reardon Retires From Eldon Rail Yard Work
Jim Reardon of Eldon, retired after 53 years in railroading, says he has traveled about two million miles, all on a switch engine in the Eldon yards.
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Jim Reardon
Eldon
Sullivan Visit With Nellie and Katherine Sullivan
Mr and Mrs M J Sullivan of Rochester Minn and Mrs Ella Higgins of Fulsome Calif spent Saturday visiting Nellie and Katherine Sullivan.
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M. J. Sullivan
Rochester,Minn
Ella Higgins
Fulsome
Calif
Nellie
Katherine Sullivan
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Nelsy
Farmers Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Iowa
E. C
Schmidts
Kio
the Church of Our Saviour
Clermont — Episcopal
St. Peter’s Church
Gospel Message Church
Herschel C. Loveless
Democratic
WM. F. Groves
Talle
Congress
Mrs.h. Streeter
Bert Grover
Friends Society
American Legion Auxiliary
Barbara Thies
Riverside Products
Harris Kiosa
Purity Bakery of
Heiser’s
George W. Bemiss
Purity Bakery
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