Junior Club Meeting and Caroling Visit
Mrs Roy Tatro hosted the Junior Study Club last Thursday with thirteen members sharing home improvement efforts. Mrs Carman Swenson read Visits to the Old and New from Iowa Clubwoman and Mrs Willett Miller spoke on Safety in the Home. The group caroled Thursday evening visiting the aged and shut ins. Christmas Eve dinner at Herb and Mrs Dummermuth's hosted the Conner Dummermuth family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Tatro
Carman Swenson
Iowa
Willett Miller
Young Men Have Hope Chests Too
A watchful feature promotes hope chests for young men, praising savings accounts as a measure of progress toward education, training, a business, a car, a home, and family security. It invites counsel for those planning a Hope Chest to secure future goals.
Fourth Grade Christmas Week Activities Highlight
Fourth grade students filled the week with decorating a Christmas tree brought by Alton Kist, wrapping gifts for mothers, and creating name cards. They attended kindergarten and fifth grade programs, sang carols in music, listened to radio at noon, and studied Christmas legends in Weekly Reader. The class enjoyed Dickens' Christmas Carol and a Good Americans Club meeting focusing on Christmas seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Kist
Good Americans Club
Pastor Nesset Resigns From Clermont Lutheran Parish
During December business meetings of Clermont Lutheran Parish three congregations with about 1200 members accepted Pastor A Nesset resignation. A committee will arrange for a new pastor while the Nessets will remain to serve for the next two to three months as plans are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Pasitor
Nesset
Community Holiday Dinner Guests Reported
Apology from The Enterprise for misnaming Harlan Schultz in a combined business and holiday greeting. Numerous Christmas dinner guests visited various families, including the Pringle, Mork, Olson, Schraders, Dugstad, Jotson, Sandvold, Gilbert, Anderson, Stumme, Larson, and Martin clans across Rockford Assumption Fayette Elkader and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Schultz
Local Happenings Include Elections Farm News and Visits
Five items recount community life from 25 years ago including Bob Blake's appointment as bill clerk at the Iowa legislature, Clermont Valley Creamery annual meeting results with officers and auctioned buttermilk prices, a $25 prize for a fox trot written by Frank Powers and composed music, as well as various local outings visits and travel notices involving residents such as Ardhes Olson, Inga Larson, and the Dahmens visiting relatives in Greeley and Marquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Blake
Bob
Bill
Iowa
Clermont Valley Creamery
E. M. Olson
D. $. Olson
J. W. Miner
A. Erickson
Frank Powers
Thomas Powers
Wisconsin U
Powers
Mill Street
E. E. Bilden Farm
W. H. Tate
Ford
Bert Friebel
Henry
James Conner
Davenport
Palmer School of Chiropractics
Ardhes Olson
St Peter's School Presents Two Playlets
St Peters School staged two playlets at St Peters hall on Friday and Sunday afternoons. Cast included every student from first grade through eighth in A Gift for Mother Goose and Led By A Star featuring a Nativity Scene. Sisters supervised with commendable effort by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's School
St. Peter's Hall
Clermont Lutheran Parish Schedule and Messages
West Clermont and East Clermont churches announce Sunday services on December 30 with A O Nesset pastor. East Clermont to hear Harlan Blockhus. Sunday School not held in West Clermont. Upcoming Priscilla meeting January 2 and East Clermont Societies January 3 at 2:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Nesset
West Clermont
East Clermont
Harlan Blockhus
West Clermont Priscilla
Students Home for Holidays From Colleges
Bernice Blockhus returns home from Greeley Colorado for a holiday visit to her parents M J Blockhus. Others home for the holidays include Elsie Jerdee and Wendell Loftsgard from SUI at Iowa City Mary Finni gan and Joan Gerger from Cedar Rapids James Martin from Iowa State College Ames Franklin Shipton from Luther College Decorah Marilyn Follett and Barbara Appelman from Iowa State Teachers Cedar Falls Gerald Schupianitz from Loras College Dubuque DeWayne Johnson Grinnell and Evelyn Miller Wheaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Blockhus
Greeley
Colo
M. J. Blockhus
Bernice
Elsie Jerdee
Wendell Loftsgard
Sui
Iowa City
Mary Finnigan
Mt. Mercy
Joan Gerger
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
James Martin
Iowa State College
Ames
Franklin Shipton
Luther ]College
Decorah
Marilyn Follett
Woodland Christmas Party and Holiday Gatherings
Woodland Study Club met for a Tuesday afternoon Christmas exchange at Mrs Alma Andersons home with Mrs Roy Swenson as hostess A social hour followed the business meeting including contests and a gift exchange Lorraine Gilbert of Rock Island and Doris Gilbert of Cedar Rapids visited over the weekend for holidays at Nels Gilberts home Numerous Christmas dinners and family gatherings followed with relatives from Cedar Rapids Memphis Monona Huxley Sac City Madison Wis Decorah Pastville and other towns attending Baptism of Rebecca Sue Wilson at the parsonage officiated by Rev A O Nesset with sponsors LaMont Gericke and Don Heins Rebecca wore her grandmother Berthina Burnas baptism dress Retinny Lundy guests attended a Christmas family dinner at Henry Olson home with Olson families from Madison Wis Littleport Decorah Pastville and more Edwards Kozelka family hosted a Christmas night party with the Gunderson family Emma Gunderson and Emma joined by the Kozelka family Leonard Larson Ossian Ed Burt and Harold Dumm er mouth and West Union hosts noted several other gatherings around the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Study Club
Alma Anderson
Roy Swenson
Lorraine Gilbert
Rock Island
Doris ‘Gilbert
Cedar Rapids
Nels Gilbert
Porrest Melberry
Thor Nels Hanson
Memphis, Tenn
Hans Sandvold
Melvin Anderson
A. O. Nesset
Rebecca Sue
Don Wilson
LaMont Gericke
Don Heins
Rebecca
Bertina Burnas
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Herb Dummermuth
Trea
Conner Dummermuth
I. W. Hilgemann
TN Aea
Mss
BO PL
Bobby Fenton
Lowa
Glermont Co-op
Pastor Nesset
Sammy Thumbleson
Rockford
Bert Gruver
Assumption, Ill
Lena Simek
Clifton Pringle
L. T. Olson
Gordon Schupbach
Leonard Olson
John Mork
Howard Wangness
Telmer
Edna Torkelson
Leslie
Herbert Schatz
Leo Kloster
Russell Mork
Bernard Schrader
Jimmie
Orange City
Donald Dugald and Bruce
Waterloo
Harriett Dugstad
Evelyn Jotson
Thor Neis Hanson
Mesdames
Arnold Stumme
Howard and
LaVerne Stumme
Ernest Spier
Realdlyn
Rosina Anderson
Kenneth Anderson
Aldora Anderson
Orvin Thompson
Elvor Anderson
Carlyle Anderson
Dale Anderson
Arvid Anderson
Bud Schrader
Ralph Schrader
Postville
Arthur Conner
Henry Kelleher
Elkader
Donald
Martin
Jeannie
Orchard
Robert Martin
Calmar
Billy Wickham
Karl Martin
Enterprise
Merie
Dan Dahmen
Janana
Danny
Greeley, Colo
Inga Larson
Minneapolis
Gene Waters
Lloyd Meier
John Bakewell
Don Osweiler
R. G. Schupanitz
St. Peter’s School
L. T. N. Olson
Littleport
Ernie Peterson
Louis Olson
Mrs. Meier
Mrs
Arthur Wilken
Strawberry Point
E. D. Turner
Duane Anderson
Alberta Lea, Minn
Inga Anderson
Guy ‘Williams
Herbie Williams
Harvey Farms
Luella Miller
Keokuk
Harry Raney
West Union
Fred Bigler
Herb Malven
Maynard
Wm Belschner
Norman Amundson
George Belschner
John Miller
Edna Miller
Irvin Miller
Hampton
Melvin Olson
L’myra
Walter Fritz
Laura Helmer
Carl Westpfah
Richard Friederich
Arthur Helmer
Fayette
Pearl Herwig
Norbert Gerner
Joan
Chicago
Ben Kruel
Janesville
Wisc
Marion
Martin Anderson
Ralph Moon
Burnell
Anderson
Bertina Buraas
Don
Henry Fisher
Post- Heins
Alfred Buraas
Ville
Don‘ ‘Wilson
Resulte
Guy Williams
Herb Williams
Jackie Halverson
Warren Harrington
la- Nora Halverson
Glen Conlee
Robert Howard
DeKalb, Ill
Harold Landsgard
Thomas Howard
Elgin
Elmer Olson
Eva Olson
Oran Brandt Family
Delhi
Emma ‘Olson
Arthur
Morris Amundson
Harold Opland
Jim Triem
Churshes
Clermont Lutheran Parish
Woodland
Isobel Nelson
Millard Nelson
Echo
Nelson
Jon Nelson
Will J. Nelson
Fred Maurer
Ted Loftsgard
Millard Nelson, Sr
Harvey Meyer
Leo Wolf
al Wilbur
Elmer L. Nelson
Dean Schultz
Monona
Bob Eskridge
Huxley
Eugene Severson
Sac City
Merril Gunderson
Emma Gunderson
Emma
Edward Kozelka
Kozelka
Ed Burt
Leonard Larson
Ossian
Herbert Dummermuth
Harold Cone
Mollywood
CJ Tee Jones
Sohn Deere Farm
Ford Garage Showroom
Olson & Olson
John Deere Sales and Service
Clermont, Iowa
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