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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1946

Page

7

Gifts for the Yanks and local holiday gatherings

Clermont community asks for gifts to Knoxville mental hospital including slippers socks robes and candy with no glass containers. Nora Loitsgird chairs collection. Thanksgiving guests gathered across Ames Mason City and Waterloo with many local families hosting meals and visiting relatives. The Ladies Aid plans a December meeting and local officials attended a county Legion gathering.

Dich Clermont Knoxville Nora Loitsgird

Shower for Mrs Kenton Krueger at Follett home

Pink and blue shower held Saturday afternoon at Mrs Walter Follett’s home. A social time and lunch followed, with many gifts for Mrs Krueger. Present were Mesdames Edwin Krueger Alma Anderson Caroline Follett Edna Nelson Amanda Ruroden Lavilla Gisleson and others plus Misses Geraldine Olson Helen Halvorson Arlene Ruroden. Senior Class working on Clermont edition for 1947 including class history will prophecy song and poem under Elsie Nesset and committees.

Kenton Krueger Walter Follett Clermont Man der Elsie Nesset Mary Ann Nelson Marton Prosbert Gladys E Vausliv Wayne Amundsorn

Entertainers Host Bridge Night and Thanksgiving Guests

Entertaining at Frances Cline's home brings sixteen guests for bridge with honors awarded to Mrs. Robert Steele, Mrs. W R Blake, and Barnabetta Olson. Numerous visits and Thanksgiving dinners follow with relatives from Waterloo Footville Chicago and West Union. Public and family guests include the Buckdasher, Shipton, Olson, Sampson, and Reierson families among others.

Frances Cline Beulah Henderson Robert Steele W R. Blake Barnabetta Olson Alfred Buckdasher Clarence Elvira Johnson Merle Buckdasher Fred Pfister Adeline Ben Erickson Verni Engle Waterloo Irma Mae Wersinger Leo Brewer Arnold Sampson Chicago John Sampson Louie Olson Lois J. B. Shipton Franklin and Oran Wayne Shipton Johnnie Franklin Olson

Preparations for Christmas Party Under Way

The annual High School Christmas Party will be held Friday December 20 in the High School Gym. The Senior Class hosts the event and chairs are announced for decorations Mary Ann Nelson entertainment Marion Probert refreshments Iva Jean Barnes. Declamatory work selections chosen for participants and a pirate will be prepared. The Home Declamatory Contest is omitted this year as a six to eight week speech course is offered to undergraduates and seniors.

Mary ‘Ann Nelson Marion Probert Iva Jean Barnes Tak

Riverside Social Club Annual Meeting and Thanksgiving Notes

Riverside Social club met Nov 27 at Mrs. Laura Olson's home with Mrs. Mildred Schatz assisting. Seventeen members and eight guests attended. New officers were elected: Mary Tatro president, Mildred Schatz vice president, Clara Hanson secretary treasurer. Thanksgiving and Christmas party plans noted, plus multiple Thanksgiving dinners and family visits listed for club members and relatives around Oelwein and Marquette.

Riverside Social Club Laura Olson Mildred Schatz Mary Tatro Clara Hanson Swilbbledield George Larson

Shower Honoring Mr. and Mrs. Johnson in Monroe NC

A shower and reception honored Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson of Monroe North Carolina visiting in the home of his mother Mrs. Louie Anderson. Gladys Johnson led the program with duets solos and readings as guests shower the couple with gifts for their new home.

Harold Johnson Monroe North Carolina Louie Anderson West Clermont Gladys Johnson Joyce Clarence Am Forraine

Joint Wedding Anniversaries Celebrated at Larson Home

On Saturday evening the home of Mr and Mrs Millard Larson hosted a joint anniversary party for four couples sharing November dates Wm Nelson Henry Schweinerus Millard Larson and Theo Loftsgard. Guests included Mr and Mrs Harvey Meyer and Mr and Mrs John A Larson. The gathering featured card playing and a served lunch.

Millard Larson Wm. Nelson Henry Schweinerus Theo. Loftsgard Harvey Meyer John A. Larson

Boy Scout News From Troop 51 Clermont

Boy Scout Troop 51 Clermont highlights test passing at weekly meetings with advanced scouts leading first aid signalling compass and map making. A test hike to Flat Rock featured fire building cooking and tracking followed by outdoor games. Nearby residents attended visits and farm sales as families prepared for California departures and winter travel.

Boy Scouts Clermont Duane Johnson Gerald Schupanitz Carmen Loftsgard Flat Rock

Union Sunday services and society meeting notice

Church announces Sunday morning worship at 10. Next Sunday evening service at 7 30. Woman's Society to meet with Mrs LaNora Halverson on Thursday evening December 5 at 7 30. Bruce D Jones pastor.

Clermont Lutheran Parish December Activities Schedule

Pastor A. O. Nesset leads services with 9 30 am West Clermont communion and 11 am East Clermont worship. Luther League 7 pm, Christmas rehearsal 1 pm. Week plans include Sunday school teachers 1 30 pm Monday, adult Bible class 8 30 pm, East Clermont societies 2 pm Thursday, junior and senior chairs at 8 and 9 pm respectively. East Clermont Mother's Club meets December 10 at Mrs Herbert Blockhus home 1 30 pm.

A. O. Nesset West Clermont Luther League East Clermont West Cermont P.m East Clermont Mother's Club Herbert Blockhus

St Peters Church Sets First Friday Devotions and Feast

St Peters Church announces First Friday devotions for the Sacred Heart on Friday December 6 with confessions Thursday night at 8 oclock and Holy Communion Friday at 730 Mass at 840. Adoration in the school chapel, Benediction at 330 pm, and feast day events on Sunday December 8 as the Immaculate Conception observed. Youth Club meets Sunday at 8 pm in the church hall led by Fr. Robert Cooney Pasion.

St. Peter's Church Robert Cooney

West Clermont Lutheran special song service report

A special song service was held at West Clermont Lutheran church by the combined and West choirs with junior choir. The program included an organ piano prelude and postlude by Agnes Bilden and Mrs A O Nesset, hymns by the congregation and choir, and anthems by the choirs. Mrs Wither Kimball hosted Sunday guests Mr and Mrs Arvey Berg and family, Mr and Mrs Olaf Berg, and Mr and Mrs Fridtjof Blockhus. Albert Olson and Mrs Henry Olson, Mrs Arthur Olson, Julia Landsgard, and Bert Lyngais attended Dora Mosby funeral in Luverne on Monday. Dora was sister to Albert and Henry Olson.

West Clermont Lutheran Church Combined West Agnes Bilden A. 0. Nesset Wither Kimball Arvey Berg Olaf Berg Fridtjof Blockhus Albert Olson Mesdames Henry

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