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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
7
In Cedar Rapids Don Osmeiles navigates a tardy situation involving R. G. Schupante. Details are sparse but indicate a local civic matter requiring attention and clarification from involved parties.
Clermont Methodist Church invites worship on January 7 as we gather for services. We thank members and friends for the lovely show during the Christmas season and look forward to continued fellowship and prayers.
Lutheran services set for Sunday in West Clermont at 9 30 a m and East Clermont at 11 00 a m with a week of activities including Luther League meeting Priscilla junior and senior choirs and Societies gatherings. Christmas dinners and numerous family visits are noted from Clermont to Postville and beyond with many local guests and a wedding at West Union.
The all high school Christmas party held Friday night was a fine success with games, gifts, and lunch. Seniors organized it, and freshmen to juniors thank them for a wonderful time. A movie, The Tales of Two Cities, was shown Tuesday afternoon to the assembly, with each class having read the story. Alumni basketball game for seniors set for December 29 at 7:30, tickets on sale.
Clermont girls fall to Waucoma 63 to 38 with Judy Swenson on 24 points and Virginia Nelson at 12. Waucoma leads. Clermont boys beat Waucoma 62 to 21 as Yauslin tops with 11 and Shipton 9 while 14 of 16 players score. Travel to McGregor and Arlington results follow with mixed outcomes and junior high win 28 to 22 behind Gut cher 18. Typing honors go to Judy Swenson with 40.1 WPM and other top sklls listed.
Twenty five years ago at the August Winkelman home in Buffalo Center, Rose Winkelman married Karl Miller on December 23. The couple left for Elgin to start on the groom’s farm. The Ladies Aid elected officers at Mrs Christian Miller’s home. Weather blasted Clermont with 24 below and drifted roads. Many local residents returned for Christmas visits from Chicago St Paul and Davenport.
A community notes Christmas carols by the Junior Clermony Study Club and husbands at homes, followed by a picnic supper at Ray Tomsek’s. Numerous visits and dinners feature residents from Maynard Elgin Cedar Rapids Readlyn and other towns as families host relatives and friends during the holiday period.
First grade pupils enjoy a reading lesson featuring Jo Jo Jock and Jerry as they play hide and seek in a group activity. The simple narrative aims to engage children with basic numbers and letter sounds.
A series of Christmas era greetings and family updates from Postville, Iowa, lists births at West Union and Postville hospitals, weekend guests from Waterloo to Elgin, trips to Prairie du Chien and Iowa City, and a hospital relapse for Raymond Kist awaiting further word.
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