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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1928
Page
7
A jumble of holiday visits and meals fills Clermont and nearby towns as residents travel to spend Christmas with relatives. Families including the Nelsons, Kneelands, and Sheehys gather for reunions and dinners, while others visit hospitals and homes in Gunder, McGregor, Fayette, and Decorah.
The Independents defeated the Winneshiek Giants 27 to 19 on their home floor. Clermont led early and at halftime with a 14 to 8 advantage as both teams featured several well known athletes. starters or notable players included Onsle Orwell Connie the Philadelphia Athletics on Decorah squad along with Sullivan Kaltenbach Paulson Pringle Moen Tatto Deering Grear and others.
The grade school held a lavish Christmas program last Friday with each room’s tree loaded with gifts and decorations. The building’s actual auditorium hosted the event, praised as among the best yet. Classes resume January 7, with teachers dispersing to homes in Stockport Rockford Eldora Lime Springs Cedar Rapids Mt. Pleasant Waterloo Clermont.
Mr and Mrs J W Miller entertained the Clermont Valley Creamery Co and H Henӧine and Nels Everson at a dinner Thursday. After the meal they held the regular monthly meeting.
About sixty million cans of sweet corn and millions more of tomatoes pumpkins beans peas sauerkraut cucumbers ketchup and soup were produced by 60 Iowa canneries in the past year. Sweet corn involved 50 firms, tomatoes 14, beans eight, pumpkins seven, peas one and sauerkraut three. several firms canned multiple products, with many specializing in a single item.
Eggs stored under artificial refrigeration for more than 30 days must be labeled and sold as cold storage eggs. Eggs kept at home until shrinkage cannot be sold as fresh eggs. Fresh eggs must be not more than 14 days old, clean and round with a small air cell, and yolk slightly visible.
BNAKE FACTS The ideas that a venomous snake can strike its full length or more, and that it can not strike from a coiled position, are popular but erroneous beliefs. Most of our poisonous snakes, when irritated, can strike from any position, and the greatest length of stroke is about three-fourths their own length.
A fragmentary notice discusses religious sentiment and mysticism in The Mind of a Woman. It mentions Dr A T Schofield and quotes gendered views, then shifts to a local family, Frank Baron and daughter Moncheater, with a sister Mrs W B taken to Pantville for an operation.
West Church will hold English services at 11 on Sunday and hosts a three act play Mother Mine by the Young People's Society at the high school gym on New Year’s Eve. Afterward, all gather in church parlors to watch the old year end and the new year begin. East Church observes New Year’s Day services at 11 with a L. L. program in the evening. A social hour and refreshments follow in the church parlors. The Mission Society meets at the church parlors on Thursday Jan. 3, hostesses Mrs. Sam Erickson and Mrs. Alfred Buraas. G Gunsten, Pastor.
Clermont and vicinity welcomed many former citizens home for Christmas. Read: Theresa Sheehy Milo Halvorson Margaret and Charles Sullivan Marie Hoffman of Chicago Cora Berg Lizzie Skein Norwegian American hospital Joyce Henderson Allen Memorial hospital Frank Powers Madison Agnes Nordicia Waldorf College Myrtle and Gladys Erickson Lyle Gress Henton Grover Midge Sheehy Cedar Rapids Gerhard Hoag Phyllis Dibble Ames Loretta Rafferty Evelyn Dugstad Dorothy Henderson Elizabeth Priest Donald Dugstad Ellen Bilden St Olaf College Northfield Minn Alma Koland Bagley Fred Larson Garwin.
W H Scott has been ill but better now. John Nelson family visited Arthur Nelson home in Clermont. Elizabeth Rounds vacationing with her parents east of Clermont. Mrs Ole Kloster stayed with brother John Saboe due to illness. Relatives from Minnesota attended a funeral last Thursday. Ole and Glen Kerkestue visited Postville with Leonard Kerkestue family. H K Johnson hosted dinner for G E Brause Johanna Borland Ed Johnson Hadley Johnson Ezra Rowland family Mildred and Oliver Rowland visiting sister H K Johnson family. R F Learn Marian Scott E C Wagner families spent Christmas with W H Scott and J C Matthews families. G B Brause Johanna Borland and others spent Christmas with Hadley Johnson family. August Becker Christmas with son Earl Hecker family.
The Union Sunday school rendered a Christmas program and festival Monday to a full house though attendance lagged behind prior years. Tuesday evening the West Clermont Lutheran Sunday school presented a well rendered program under Sunday school auspices with lower attendance than in previous years. Mr and Mrs Melvin Johnson Pris cilla Cook LeVerle Olson and Mildred Burt were guests of friends at Monona last Tuesday.
An advertisement offers multi paper subscriptions at a discounted rate from the Echo Office, plus local notices recounting holiday travel, visits, and dinners. Names include Parker Sugarad Tankage, Fred Larson, Mrs. Herman Lubke, Bert Friebel, Harry Pond, J P Paulson, Buddy, Betty, W R Blake, Burdet te, G Jones, L Crowe, Mrs Alice Hungerford, Ted Hungerford, J W Miller, Cleve Erhardt, Alfred Jacob, J B Brackin, and others.
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