Tigers Edge Alpha 47 46 In Key Twin Bill Win
On Friday December 10 at Clermont gym the C E girls beat Alpha 47 46 on a late Sandy Olson basket. Karen Jacobson led C E with 22 points while Burke had 20 for Alpha. Reserve game went to Alpha 44 33. On Tuesday December 44 the C E Tigers lost both boys games to Postville 62 54 in the varsity with Knudsen scoring 18 and Deering leading Postville with 25. Postville also won the reserve 62 43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C-E
Alpha Girls
Clermont
Sandy Olson
Karen Jacobson
Tigers
Burke
Alpha
C-E Tigers
Postville
John Knudsen
Deering
Christmas at School and Butter Making Visit
Kindergarten through Fourth Grade share a festive report of December activities. Students observe a creamery butter making demo with Mr Wilson Mr Lehman and Mr Nydegger, weigh and wrap butter for gifts, plus class Christmas projects, health rules and party committees. The entries note visitors from West Union and a Christmas program for mothers with handmade gifts and papered displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Lehman
Nydegger
Lee Boleyn
Dickie Reeder
West Union
Christmas Activities In Fifth And Sixth Grade
A school bulletin notes fifth graders decorating, making personal gifts, writing poems, and preparing for a Christmas party and basketball game with the sixth grade ending in a 4 to 4 tie. Sixth graders work on gifts, plan a program for December 20 with mothers invited, and continue arithmetic on decimals while finishing Rome and French studies and starting Russia. Marian Bilden is home with mumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Robblisberger
Linda Mitts
Lois Kerr
Ruth Bilden
Barbara Gibbs
Melvin Moore
Bop Zurbriggen
Herby Kuehl
Mark
Bob Zurbriggen
Mike Wilson
Dinger
Rome
Russia
Marian Bilden
Clermont Area Holiday Socials and Visitors Recap
Clermont residents hosted and visited relatives during Christmas week. Notable gatherings included Wm Hitch and family from Sumner and George Frieden family guests and several Kittelson and Helgerson households. Other highlights feature Henry Kittelson birthday celebration, Messiah performance by Monona choir, Grinnell College glee club member DeWayne Johnson's service, and a Christmas party at Elgin Methodist church. Jane Dibble from Newport News arrived to spend Christmas with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Hitch
Sumner
Harry Vauslin
George Frieden
Ames Olson
Karen
Clarence Kittelson
Art Helgerson
Millard Bilden
Clara Helgerson
Wald Lyngans
Ronald
Clifford Kittelson
Henry Kittelson
Henry
Mary Olson
Leonard Olson
Monona
Messiah
Arthur Nelson, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Clermont
Homer Jensen
Wm. B. Miller
Miller
Emma Olson
Julia Helgerson
Besa Blake
Herbert Dummermuth
Elgin
R. G. Schupanitz
Robert
All Senate Church
James Francis
Don Osweiler
Robert J. Schupanitz
Ralph Schissel
Osweiler
de Jores Schupanitz
Cathryn
Margaret
DeWayne Johnson
Grinnell College Men's Glee Club
Johnson
Grinnell
Clermont High School
Luther League
Jane Dibble
Newport News
Helen Dibble
Local families host, travel plans, and college students home for holidays
Mrs. Floyd Sanders of Calmar and Mrs. Vernon Olson of Decorah were supper guests of Mrs. Mark Olson. LaNora Halvorson travels to Pine Bluff Ark for Christmas with her son Jackie and family. DeWayne Johnson, Grinnell College senior, returns home for vacation with brothers, joined by Leo Riegel, Dale Schultz from Loras College, Dubuque. Gordon Larson, Cornell College. Mt Vernon. Billy Swenson, Naval Academy. Annapolis Md. Barbara Appelman, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Louie Olson reports sending 501 coffee strips to a company for credit. 35610 value in toys to be distributed to local children's homes. Junior Auxiliary girls collected 1600 of the 3581 strips in an annual American Legion Auxiliary project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Sanders
Calmar
Vernon Olson
Decorah
Mark Olson
LaNora -Halvorson
Pine Bluff
Ark
Jackie Halvorson
DeWayne Johnson
Grinnell College
Leo Riegel
Dale Schultz
Loras College
Dubuqué
Gordon Larson
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Billy Swenson
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Barbara Appelman
University of Iown
Iowa City
Louie Olson
Clermont
Junior Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Pipe Dreams and Seasonal Jests in Richs Tone
A mosaic of wry quips and gags on life work and ambition. It mixes a dead business mogul haunted by a persistent salesman greeting in the afterlife with light social barbs about work, romance, dodging duties, and everyday foibles. The sketches feature pithy lines from magistrates sales staff spouses students and philosophers. The tone is clipped humorous sermonizing in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper style.
Wages Question Sparks Picked Horse Out of a Job
A quirky exchange questions wage adequacy while a worker jokes about an animal losing work. The piece then shifts to a peculiar recipe warning about drinking and driving with hazardous instructions, ending with a plea for traffic reform and stricter licensing to reduce highway congestion.
Fragmentary note places distance from major buildings
A brief fragment notes a distance of 250 feet from the major buildings. The text provides limited context and no clear event or named entities. Further details are needed for a fuller public record.
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Candle
Santa
Farm Service Co
Merle Clare
Maynard Lantz
Elgin Ins
Mrs
F. D. Welch
R. P. Strauch Insurance Agency
Tiger Tales
Sharon Lerch
Kaye Loftsgard
Marene Metzger
David Grether
Steven Halverson
Cook
Santa Claus
Zeke
Tim
Sally
Warm Beach
Aunt May
Tad
Louis Christen
Kent Grover
Sharon Yearous
Carol Mosby
Rosalita Patrick
Karl Green
Kent
Grover
LeRoy Howard
Keith’ Kjos
David Lantz
Christ
David Kohler
Steven Metzger
Johnnie Schupbach
Jerry Medberry
Harlen Bilden
Dean Hilgerson
Glen
Rich
Pipe Dreams
Gladys Zell
Ssa
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Mse
Paul
Hellum Produce
John Hellum
George Metzger
Hogs Rath
Postville State Bank
Postville, Ia
E. R. Withell
D. C
Elkader
Trons
Elgin Oil CO
Leonard Roberts
L. R. Tappan
Optometrist
Iowa
Eugene. L. Whitford D. V. M
Animal Hospital
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Funeral Home
Old St. Nick
Gle
M. F. F. Schlein
Oak Drive
Huebner Corner
Bing
Yuletide
Andiour Hearts
John Iistaon
Noel , Noel
Noel
Merry
Doule
Don Fauser
Bors
Santa Supply
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