Woodland Club Hosts Study Meeting August
Mrs Geo V Larson hosted Woodland Study Club gathering on Tuesday August 10. Sixteen members attended, sharing a self made item from feed sacks. The program featured breezing discussion led by Mrs Viola Swenson and a piano piece by LaVonne Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. V. Larson
Woodland
Santa Lucia
Viola Swenson
LaVonne Nelson
Sadie Erhardt
Marie Hogan
Kathinka Larson
aVonne Nelson
Mdma
Mabel Burrow
Nora Nelson
Amy Hovland
Eleanor Anderson
Ewald Lyngaas
B P W Meeting and Social at Mrs Aldgra Anderson Home
The Business and Professional Women's club held a Monday evening meeting at Mrs. Aldgra Anderson's home with co host Mrs. Lorinne Crowe. After lunch and reports the group played bridge and socialized with prizes awarded to Joycelyn Bakewell Bess Blake and Evelyn Olson.
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Business and Professional Women's Club
Aldgra Anderson
Car Motorcyle Crash Sunday injures four Clermont youths
Four Clermont boys were in a Sunday afternoon crash on Highway 18 when motorcycle rider David Gucher tried to pass a car driven by Larry Jacobson as he began turning into a farm drive. Gucher suffered head injuries and facial cuts, Charles Monroe broke a leg. Both passengers were treated and hospitalized in fair condition. Jacobson and passenger Harlan Schultz Jr were treated for bruises and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Robert Janett
David Gutcher
Larry Jacobson
Jacobson
Avid
Charles Monroe
David
Charles
Postville Hospital
Harlan Schultz, Jr
Clermont student joins Alpha Iota business sorority
Helen Reierson of Clermont has been initiated into Alpha Iota, an international honorary business sorority linked with the American Institute of Business in Des Moines. She is a Clermont daughter, a Des Moines student, and now attends junior secretarial training at A. I. B. with Alma Roland McDonald as sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Reierson
Clermont
Alpha Iota
American Institute of Business
Des Moines
Miss Reierson
Ray Reierson
A. S
Service Women's Club Picnic Marred by Rain in City Park
The Service Women held their annual picnic on Tuesday August 17 switching from the city park to Irene Oftlce home due to rain. Readings by Mrs Theo Loftsl yard Mrs Henry Kittelson and Mrs Geo Belschner. Several members and six guests attended with a hymn closing and a time for bingo and serials. Nearby visits and social gatherings of members and guests across Waterloo Decorah Mason City Lawler and St Ansgar areas followed with travel and hospitality notes through the weekend and into Canada mixed with routine visits and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fenton
Mabel, Minn
Bob
Lucian Appelman
Helen Dibble
Jack Dibble
Jane Dibble
Cedar Falls
Bob Smith
Jane
Newport News
Ruth Easler
Cresco
Elmer Easler
E.W
Hatfield
Baltimore
Otto Vasby
Andine
Vasby
Prairie du Chien
Wayne McCracken
Canasta Club
Gerald Gutcher
Gutcher
Carla Matt
Doris
Waterloo
Bernard Schrader
Jimmie
Orange City
Gladys Flynn
St. Paul
Carlin
Irene Oftlce
America
Theo
Henry Kittelson
Geo. Belschner
Kenneth Anderson
Stevie
Geo. V. Larson
Inga Anderson
Ray Vasby
Andine Vasby
Decorah
Laura Dickson
T. F. Shipton
Mason ‘City
Louie Olson
Joe ‘Baker
Henry Amundson
Jackie Bakewell
Beverly Svendsen
Lawler
Robin
Anne
Patricia Steele
Blake Lawn
Fayne
Georgia Triem
Johnny
Cheryl Shipton
Darlene
Dianne
Joan Metzger
Karen Hoopman
Linda Luchsinger
Chas. West
St. Ansgar
H. A. Lubke
Madison
Green Bay
Wausaw
Wisconsin
Duluth
Gutzen's
Minnesota
Fort William
Port Arthur
Canada
Minneapolis
Family visits mark weekend in Manchester area
Twenty five years ago the Edwin Krueger family visited the Fred Moser home in Manchester with Esther Krueger staying longer. Viola Roland returned from St Paul where she worked the summer. Lewis Tollefson and Dorf Halverson drove to Montana seeking harvest work. Mr and Mrs John Shipton and their sons drove to Lansing for a picnic at Beck Paint Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Krueger
Fred Moser
Manchester
Esther Krueger
Viola Roland
S St. Paul
Lewis Tollefson
Dorf Halverson
Montana
John Shipton and Sons
Lansing
Beck Paint Park
Clermont Elgin Consolidated opens calendar and notices
The calendar lists open days for Clermont Elgin Consolidated schools and church and society meetings. Local residents Howard Johnson David Gutcher and families visited Waterloo Duluth and Minneapolis while relatives attended funerals and reunions. numerous trips and visits are noted among the West Union area families with praise for health recoveries and upcoming school start plans.
Clermont Lutheran Parish Notes and Upcoming Events
Parish notes announce August 29 at 2 30 pm dedication of the Calmar annex to the Aasengagen Sunset Home with Dr Absgaard to speak and a canned goods drive sponsored by Circuit WMF. Also details a Decorah Circuit Luther League rally, local services in West Clermont East Clermont and Highland areas with service times, ladies' groups, hostesses, and program chairpersons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Knudsen
Calmar
Aasengagen
Absgaard
WMF
Decorah
Palisa S Park
West Clermont
Priscilla
James Henderson
Gilbert Anderson
Norman Lehan
Claude Gress
Harold Bennett
Herbert Martin
Wm. Nelson, Jr
Clermont
Molms
Clarence Olson
Elmer Larson
George Hanson
Bernard Hanson
Lizzie
Thorson
Donald Larson
Highland
Full Gospel Sunday School and Services Schedule
Un-denominational Sunday school begins at 10:00 a.m. Sunday services follow at 11:00 a.m. Sunday night service at 8:00 p.m. Bible study Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Pastor Robert Bell welcomes all. Address on No. 18, 2% miles west of Clermont in a school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bell
No. 18
Clermont
St Peter's Church Mass Times and Family News
St Peters Church lists Masses at 8:00 and 10:00 am on Sunday and 8:00 pm on weekdays with confessions on Saturday evening and before Mass. Mr and Mrs James Anderson visited Iowa City as guests of relatives, then joined others to attend a relatives wedding in Fairland Indiana. The Andersons expect to be away about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cooney
James Anderson
Iowa City
Harry Bealer
Andersons
Bealera
Fairland
Ind
Marilyn
Ernest Arbuckle
Mrs. Anderson
Leo Larson
Leo
Amanda Nesvik
Spencer
Ossian
Palmer Nesvik
Waikato
Minn
Albert Nesvik
Kenneth
Ridgeway
Lavern Stumme
Postville
Gordon Meyer
Ruth Larson
Lavern
Janice
Mary Washburn
Clifford Larson
Orville Berg
Adrian Larson
Inga Larson
Clermont
Jack Bush
Johnny
Sand Ani Abe
Phyllis Sheen
du LaCrosse
Corn Good Here, Failure in South
The corn crop faced a severe split this year with small yields in the south and bumper production in the north. Estimated at 2,824,078,000 bushels as of August 1 by the U S Department of Agriculture, sharply down from July’s 3,311,000,000 estimate. The variation stems from uneven weather across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Ilinois
Jawa
Ill and Hospitalized Gets Finger in Grinder
Ralph Kneeland has been released from Palmer Memorial hospital West Union where he was an accident patient. While working at the Stumme grocery Ralph caught two fingers in a meat grinder badly crushing them. He is coming along fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Kneeland
Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union
Stumme
Ralph
Missed Dairy Days Laments From Mrs Roy Gorsuchs
Marshalltown resident Ruth Skarshaug, writing as Mrs Roy Gorsuchs, hoped to attend Clermont Dairy Days but high cattle feed demand and lack of help forced her to stay home. Her Echo column chronicles quirky Elgin and Clermont acquaintances while noting her past role as Clermont news editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Gorsuchs
Ruth Skarshaug
Marshalltown
Clermont
The
Echo
Elgin
Gorsuchs
I News
Hurt in Tractor Accident in West Union
Dwaine Anderson was hospitalized Monday after his tractor skid on wet ground and hit a tree, pinning him to the machine. He faces treatment for shoulder and head injuries at Palmer Memorial Hospital, West Union, though his condition is not described as serious. Loyce Erickson of Iowa City spent several days with her parents, and local families hosted and dined with guests including the Erickson and Osland clans, with Friday luncheon and Sunday visits among area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Johnson
David Gutcher
Waterloo
Ray Reierson
Duluth
Minn
Marig
Larson
Will
Minneapolis
Kenyer
Harold Bennett
J . Meyer
Blader
Ray Vasby
Beverly
Ray, Jr
Hatfield
Baltimore
Clara Meyer
Charles Burt
Ed Burt
Eva Seaton
Spencer
Clermont
Elizabeth Anderson
Seston
Carlin
Agnes Crowe
Cedar Rapids
Glendal Nygaard
Dwaine Anderson
Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union
Loyce Erickson
R. N
Iowa City
J. A. Erickson
Lars Osland
Linsworth Osland
Leroy
Inga Larson
Inga Evenson
K. ‘Larson
Anna Gibson
Andine Vasby
Will Plynn
Edward Herron
Plyna
Carlins
Reuben Svendsen
Lawler
John Bakewell
Smale Barn Burns Northeast of Clermont Farm
A barn on the Clair Smald farm northeast of Clermont burned to the ground Wednesday morning. Lightning was given as the cause of the fire.
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Clair Smald
Clermont Way
Alibi for Alibis A jab at a habitual excuse maker
A sharp cartoon remark targets a man nicknamed Albie who always has excuses for his actions. The caption blames his lifelong habit on parents who never taught him to face reality, admit mistakes, or seek correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albhie
Cold Mystery Remains as Researchers Seek Cure
Science features explain the common cold is a complex medical puzzle. Viruses causing respiratory illnesses multiply in cells, yet the cold germ cannot be kept alive for study. Despite two colds per person yearly and large economic losses, no cure exists, though new drugs curb serious diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wnesa
Natio Atitute
Earth
Antibiotics in Work With Plant Culture
A press release from the American Rose Society highlights research by Dr. G. L. Jorgenson of Clermont on using antibiotics in rose culture. Building on arteriosclerosis studies in white mice and guinea pigs, he tested antibiotics on plants seeking growth cues. A Brooklyn laboratory sent a technician to observe the striking results in his rose garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Rose Society
Columbus
Ohio
G. £. Jorgenson
Clermont
Jorgenson
Brooklyn
Community Visits and Guests Reach Across Iowa Towns
Mr and Mrs Elroy Jacobson of Waterloo and guests of Harry Yauslin Aldora Andersen and LMyra visited Mrs Ida Feller in Kanawha and in Dr Donald Butts home at Nora Springs. Des Moines visitors Wm Miller and daughter Homer Jensen, Louie Olson and Ray Reierson joined Jac k Brady at Hawkeye. Charles Monroe of Waterloo spending two weeks vacation with his mother Mrs Christena Monroe and relatives. Dawn Kevin Castalia Mrs Fred Funk Teddy Becky Monona Mrs Alvin Erickson Gail Postville and Mrs Bill Peterson Oklahoma visited with Mrs Norris Reierson and Ricky Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elroy Jacobson
Waterloo
Harry Yauslin
Aldora Andersen
L'Myra
Ida Feller
Kanawha
Donald Butts
Nora Springs
Wm. B. Miller
Homer Jensen
Des Moines
Louie Olson
Ray Reierson
Jack Brady
Hawkeye
Charles Monroe
Christena Monroe
Kenneth Timmerman
Dawn
Kevin
Castalia
Fred Funk
Teddy
Becky
Monona
Alvin Erickson
Gail
Postville
Bill Peterson
Oklahoma
Norris Reierson
Ricky
ABCs of careful driving urge caution in survey
A survey of truck and trailer drivers quotes the ABCs as care courtesy and common sense. It argues compulsory driver training for all high school students as the most effective weapon against highway deaths. The Greater New York Safety Council notes motorists paid over 175 million dollars in 1952 for toll bridges and highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ABC
Greater New York Safety Council
American Automobile Assn
Excessive speed blamed as deadliest driver error
Excerpts cite speed as the top motorist mistake of last year. Other figures note 1975 projection of 193 000 000 Americans driving 65 000 000 cars, and a rail crossing death toll of nearly 1500 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Times
U.S. Census Bureau
Saturday Review
John Worley
University of Michigan
New York Times
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Florence
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Jureal
Service Women’s Club
Farmers Savings Bank
Ore
FDIC
Depaatts Ass
Clermont Lutheran Parish
Full
St. Peter’s Church
Portland
Brady Paulson
Paulson
Barabra Muscutt
Edward Osland
Gregory
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