Clermont Post Office Notices Second Class Mail Matter
Entered in the post office at Cler mont Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
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Clermont
Fayette County
Iowa
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1942
Page
3
Clermont High School Basketball Wins and Players Noted
Clermont Commanders hosted Ossian and ElginTuesday night with Ossian winning 32 to 27 in girls action and Clermont boys taking 23 to 14. Friday at Waucoma the girls won 38 to 23 while the boys fell 26 to 18. Miss Lee left for Scandinavia with Miss Nellie Sheehy substituting. Lorraine Osterhus sang on KWLC and Dan Rounds and Gerald Boyer were injured in Elgin game. Christmas letters ask for small gifts for many Clermont students, with humorous requests and hopes for Santa.
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Clermont Commanders
Ossian Girls
Elgin
Ossian
Clermont Boys
Waucoma
Our Girls
Miss Lee
Scandinavia
Wis
Nellie Sheehy
Clermont
Lorraine Osterhus
KWLC
Decorah
Luther College
Dan Rounds
Gerald Boyer
Clermont Kindergarten Christmas Pictures and Cheer
Kindergarten children have created many Christmas pictures and written to Santa Claus. They express excitement about meeting him this week with a festive greeting. First and Second Grades note many absences due to illness and mention decorating the Christmas tree and enjoying the decorations.
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Santa Claus
Clermont
School Report Notes Holiday Break In 1943
Fifth and sixth graders shared spelling perfects with Rose Marie Hackmann Lorraine Kittleson Gloria Buraas Delores Wede Ronald Gunderson Dorothy Yauslin Joan Gerner Evelyn Miller Marilyn Follett Robert Larson and Howard Stumme. A self testing arithmetic drill had ten for David Hackmann Rose Marie Hackmann Lorraine Kittleson Elsie Marie Jerdee Evelyn Miller and Fred Wilson. Howard Stumme was absent. A letter from David Ramsey arrived. Seventh and eighth graders James Martin and Delores Thompson were absent with severe colds. Millard Nelson returned after two weeks with mumps. The seventh grade read The Other Wise Man by Van Dyke and Dickens Christmas Carols. Both grades prep for tests after Christmas. Christmas vacation began yesterday afternoon and school resumes January 4 1943.
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Rose Marie Hackmann
Lorraine Kittleson
Gloria Buraas
Delores Wede
Ronald Gunderson
Dorothy Yauslin
Joan Gerner
Evelyn Miller
Marilyn Follett
Robert Larson
Howard Stumme
David Hackmann
Rose Marie ‘Hackmann
Lorraine
Kittleson
Elsie’ Marie Jerdee
Fred ‘Wilson
David Ramsey
James Martin
Delores Thompson
Millard Nelson
van Dyke
Dicken
Dust reduction tip for sick rooms via damp newspaper
To prevent dust from rising in a sick room, scatter small damp newspaper pieces over the rug or floor before cleaning with a vacuum. This old practice aims to trap dust particles, reducing airborne spre ad and helping maintain cleaner air during cleaning.
Hanson kin hurt in plane crash amid war strains
Mrs. Verni Brandt learned her cousin Richard Hanson, in the army, was injured in a plane crash with several broken ribs and a fractured wrist. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Grees of Minneapolis and brother of Lieut. Dale Hanson who has been missing since last October. Donna Schweinerus visited friends in Clermont. many local relatives traveled to Cedar Rapids and Manchester, as Lorené Gilbert celebrated her Dec 16 birthday with eight schoolmates and kin at her home.
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Verni Brandt
Richard Hanson
Edgrees
Minneapolis
Minn
Dale E. Hanson
Donna Schweinerus
Helen Anderson
G. O. Anderson
Caétalla
Anna Mae Anderson
Wanda
Judith Wilson
Elsie Jerdee
Joan Gerner
Donna Johnson
Mary
Margaret Tschantz
Judith Paulson
Hans Sandvold
Morris
Inez Wolfs
Ossian
Lorene
Nels Gilbert
Snow Surveying and Water Forecasts for the West
An army of more than 2 000 workers measures snow depths each winter on Western high peaks to predict spring water flow. The Agriculture Department released a publication detailing the snow survey story and its importance to Western irrigation.
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Department of ‘Agriculture
Sue
Eskimd Beat Wave Robert Mayo Eskimo Pauses in Transit
Eskimd Beat Wave with robert mayo paused with his family at Butte en route to New York. He mopped his brow as he said something about Sherman eter in a clipped, fragmentary report from a bygone edition.
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Eskimd
Robert
Mayo
Butte
New
York
Ae Sherman
Coxey's Army Reporter's Rise in 1894 Coverage
Ray Stannard Baker first drew attention for his reportorial work on Coxey's Army during the 1894 march. The youthful journalist gained notice through vivid field reporting and timely dispatches that captured the social unrest and public response of the era.
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Ray Stannard Baker
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Dolly
Patsy Anderson
Helen Halverson
Miss Morf
Barnabetta Olson
Lorraine Follett
Jess
West Union
Georgie
Ina
Miami
Arlene Johnson
Mulligan
Lois Schweinerus
Walter
Kenny
Marvin
Charles
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I. C. Jerdee
Clermont, Iowa
Louis Schutte & Son
Morlem Equipment
Clermont and
Postville
C. M. Kneeland
RTS
Tila
Charles Dickens
Richard Olson
John Deere Supply
W. R. Blake
T. C. Ressler
L. J. Carr
R. V. Brandt
Strawberry Point
Manchester
Noble Young
C. C. Millex
Turkey River Bridge
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McCormick-Deering
St Erwin Miller
Thompson & Waters
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