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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1946
Page
3
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The Grand Meadow Study Club met at Mrs Beryl Swenson's home on Monday December 18 with 16 members and one guest. The program included Christmas songs script reading a piano solo a poem The Night Before Christmas and birthday songs. Plans for the coming year were discussed including a gift exchange and a donation of canned fruits and vegetables to Postville hospital. Officers for the coming year were appointed and the meeting closed with Joy to the World followed by a hosted lunch.
Clermont local notes report Janice Olson celebrating her ninth birthday Monday afternoon with five girl friends. Attendees were Kay Accola Mary Olson Grace Olson Jo Ann Bennett Ann Larson Elaine Tatro. Other social items mention visits and gatherings in the Olson, Brandt, Bakewell, Torkelson and Larson households across Castalia West Union Northwood and Hawkeye areas. John Moen suffered a light stroke Saturday at Hazel Johnson’s home and remains bedbound.
A soldier returns to his job and the girl he left behind in a postwar romance film. Also featured are Pat O'Brien and Claire Trevor in Crack Up about a gang plotting insurance fraud, with Stolen paintings and intrigue. Another show, Home Sweet Homicide, stars Lynn Bari and Randolph Scott as a novelist who helps solve a murder with her children.
Three elderly men are named guardians of a young Irish girl in a comedy drama marked by a super cast and fine production values. The piece blends humor with guardianship duties, delivering light entertainment built on character dynamics and charm.
The East Clermont Mothers Club met December 10 at the Blockhus home. Program included hymns, devotions, a reading on From Heaven Above to Earth I Come, and a discussion on What Parenthood Means. They plan a church library project with a committee of Kitellson, Olson, and Amundson. The next meeting will be January 14 at the Frieden home.
Waterloo and McGregor visitors join relatives for weekend gatherings as funeral and burial arrangements for Ed Dugstad are noted. Pipe organ repairs near completion for Christmas Eve service at Union Sunday School. Local social events include dinners, birthdays, and church outings with Leon Olsen and Luther College Messiah performance in Decorah. Public library hours adjusted for a Friday party.
The American Legion Auxiliary met December 10 at the home of Mrs. Harold Bennett with Mrs. Doyle Bennett assisting. Twenty two members and three guests attended. Donations of 15 to Gifts for the Yanks and 10 to Sister Kenny Fund were approved. A rag drive was set to sew carpet rags. A constitutional amendment committee was named. Numerous social visits and guests from nearby towns are listed, ending with a note to try the Want Ad Column for results.
The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Edna Larson's home assisted by Mrs. Edna Nelson and Mrs. Mary Cummings. Florence Guicher was elected president, Ruth Nelson became vice-president, with other officers holding over. The group donated $15 to gifts for hospitalized service members and will send Clermont gifts to Knoxville hospital. Hazel Jerdee spoke on "Religion in the Early Days of Iowa" and program themes for 1947 were solicited.
Packing advice shows placing two tablespoons of dressing in the container then layering greens and vegetables. After sealing and inverting, the dressing soaks the salad for a ready toss. Mr and Mrs Ralph Gunderson and Ralph Dale visited Mrs Ruth Starkey Saturday.
Clermont Junior High Bear Cats beat Elgin Junior High 31 to 15 at Elgin gym last Friday. Anderson led Clermont with 18 points, Shipton added 10, while Becker led Elgin with 8. Clermont had previously won 18 to 8 against West Union and aims for more games.
Clermont defeated Stanley 42 to 21 to seize the lead in the County Conference. The boys jumped ahead early and never relinquished the edge, showing teamwork and speed along with solid shooting. Buster Loftsgard scored 17 points to lead the tally.
The junior high girls team traveled to Elgin Friday afternoon and fell 18 to 1. Kenneth Andervon led scorers with 13 points in a hard fought game.
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