Post Office Listing Notice from Clermont Iowa
Entered in the post office at Cler mont Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Fayette County
Iowa
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
3
Clermont School News and County Contest Highlights
The Fayette county declamatory winners include Augusta Miller and Ted Johnson for first in drama, with Alice Traeger and Helen Halverson first and second in oratorical. Humorous division top honors went to Donna Johnson and Verna Gantenbein, with John McSweeney tied for second. Clermont girls lose to Monona 39 14 as second team falls 62 15. Public school breaks Friday for two weeks, resuming January 6 1941. Calmar beat Clermont 28 23 in a later game. Bernard Schrader to Upper Iowa University joins the U.S. squad. Seventh and eighth grades note illness, travel drawings, and a class quiz with boys beating girls 25 to 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Augusta Miller
Ted Johnson
Fayette
Alice Traeger
West Union
Helen Halverson
Donna Johnson
Wadena
Verna Gantenbein
Maynard
John McSweeney
Randalia
Monona
Clermont
Calmar
Martin Gunderson
Fifth and Sixth Graders Share Christmas Art and Humor
The fifth grade made a Nativity transparency and plans a Friday program after losing a cleanliness contest. Gerald Schupanitz returned his dental card keeping the sixth grade in the lead. Carmen Loftsgard and Eugene Trude, two small boys, fetched the largest Christmas tree yet, to everyone's amusement. Both grades memorized poems and the 5th grade works on fractions while the 6th grades tackle dividing a mixed number by a mixed number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Schupanitz
Carmen Loftsgard
Eugene Trude
Clermont Local News Highlights People and Visits
Clermont reports show Ed Dugstad and wife visiting Mrs. Wagner in Austin Minnesota noting heavier snow there. A notices list G. D. Searles Co. transfer of C J Peck to Omaha after Sioux City posting. Local social events include Contract Bridge club luncheon and Catholic Daughters Christmas party with gift exchange. Rural teachers and townsfolk hosted a Christmas party at Helen Anderson’s farm with games and refreshments. Lucille Lubke and Lolita Blake visited Del Wei to Cedar Rapids to meet Phyllis Lubke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Ed Dugstad
Austin
Minn
Fayette
Lovilla Dibble
C. J. Peck
Omaha
Neb
Peck
Sioux City
G. D. Searles Co
R. V. Brandt
Contract Bridge Club
L. L. Carr
W. R. Blake
Court Little Flower
Catholic Daughters of America
Ed Meskel
West Union
E. L. Crowe
Mary Carlin
Norbert Gerner
Dan Burke
Clermont Township
Helen Anderson
Harold Halverson
Elizabeth Calahan
Wm. Burrow, Jr
Morton Helgerson
Helen Halverson
Ralph Schrader
Ray Hackett
Laird Cline
Charles Shipton
Franklin Olson
Louis Schrader
Lucille Lubke
Traer
Lolita Blake
Dysart
H. A. Lubke
del We
Cedar Rapids
Phyllis Lubke
Phyllis
Union Church Guild Meets as Critics Festival Planned
A December meeting of the Union Church Guild in Los Angeles featured twelve members and six guests. A Christmas lesson and seasonal poem were read, with two songs performed. Nearby, Fayette county prepares for the fourth annual Upper Iowa critic music festival on March 21 and 22 with multiple schools, judges, and a large concert finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury College
Los Angeles
Calif
Union Church Guild
Wayne Abel
Bess Tschantz
Dan Carpenter
Abel
L. R. Jones
Louie Olson
L. Carr
H. A. Lubke
Supt. Ressler
Critic Music Festival
Upper Iowa
Fayette County
Critic
Fayette
T. C. Ressler
Clermont
Norman Mike
Winifred Chamberlain
Randalia
Virgil C. Welch
Upper Iowa University
Phyllis Rogers
Maynard
Fred Bettner
Stanley
Orlando Ellingson
Mary McClung
Oelwein
Helen Maxwell
Man with Two Prosthetic Legs Keeps Flying High
Hanticopped Prot Douglas RS. Bader has two artificial legs and became a Brst-class RAF pilot. He joined eight years earlier, crashed, fitted artificial legs, and resumed flying. Rejected during peace, he flew privately until war began and was accepted again by the air ministry.
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Hanticopped
Bader
RA. F
England
RAAF
Air Ministry
Public Health Service Notes 10 Million Permanently Incapacitated
The Public Health Service states about ten million Americans are permanently incapacitated by illness or injury, highlighting a substantial portion of the population affected by long term health conditions.
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Public Health Service
Fighting infection with proper food and vitamins B C
The piece stresses that good nutrition helps the body fight infections and highlights vitamins B and C as particularly important for support. It notes that a balanced diet provides essential nutrients that aid the immune response and overall health.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clermont Enterprise
Marjorie Scheel
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Clermont School News
Enterprise Editor
Bernard Schrader
Wells
Peacock
Bud
DR. I. C. Jerdee
Clermont, Iowa
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Postville
U.S
Canada
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Bethlehem
Santa
John J. Kaveny
Hardware & Variety Store
E. E. Ramsey
West and
East
Highland Lutheran Churches
Baechler’s Cash Store
I. C. Jerdeh, M. D
C. M. Kneeland
Feedt,cline Garage
Firestone
Schop's Cash Store
Clover Farm Groceries
Abel’s Implement CO
Allis Chalmers
Mobil Gas and Oil - Acme
Fayette County Farm Service CO
Clermont Valley Creamery CO
Gordon Junker
Clermont Brick & Sand Company
N. H. Nelson
Theo. C. Ressler
Clermont Public Schools
Fred W. Bigler
Clermont Post Office
W. C. Calahan
U. S
Burgess - Dugstad Lumber Company
Mgr
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Richard Olson
John Deere
GEO
Belschner
Clarence Bear
Clermont Produce
Ed Olson
Mers’ ‘Commission Company
Ceeds and Flour
Frank Fay
J. B. Shipton
Central States Power & Light Corp
Pringle’s
Clermont Opera House
DR. R. ¥. Brandt
Davies
Gerner’s
Burkhard Reigel
Will J. Nelson
Leo O'Connell
St. Peter’s Church
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
the Bank That Service Built
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