West L L Program at West Clermont Lutheran Church
The program lists a Sunday evening event on February 7 at 7:00 p.m. featuring scripture reading and prayer by Rev. Gunsten, a topic introduction by Larson, readings by Doris Landsgard, a vocal duet by Morris and Almer Amundson, piano solo by Irene Erickson, and remarks by Rev. Gunsten plus collection and closing. The Ladies Homemakers Study Club met January 28 at Mrs. Louie Hovland’s home to study Heredity and Environment with Lunch served. attendees included Louie Hovland, Wm Burrow, Glen Nygaard, Hans Larson, Geo Larson, Ivan Anderson, Lloyd Aanes, Ole Peterson, Roy Swenson, Andrew Anderson and Irene Ostlie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Clermont Lutheran Church
Gunston
Larson
Doris Landsgard
Morris and
Almer Amundson
Anna Mae Yauslin
Irene Erickson
Speet Entrence Society
Gunsten
Ladies’ Homemakers Study Club
Louie Hovland
Mesdames
Wm. Burrow
Glen Nygaard
Hans Larson
Geo. Larson
Ivan Anderson
Lloyd Aanes
Ole Peterson
Roy Swenson
Andrew Anderson
Irene Ostlie
Bridge Party Hosted by Mrs Simek and Mrs Clifton Pringle
Mrs Len Simek and Mrs Clifton Pringle entertained at five tables of bridge last Thursday evening. Prizes were won by Phyllis Lubke and Mrs Clifford Johnson. Refreshments were served by the hostesses. Out of town guests included Mrs Gee Cowles of West Union, Mrs Clifford Johnson of Chicago, Mrs L V Candee and Mrs Orville Sullivan of Elkader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len ‘Simek
Clifton’ Pringle
Bridge
Phyllis Lubke
Clifford Johnson
Gee, Cowles
West Union
Chicago
L. V. Candee
Orville Sullivan
Elkader
Clermont Calendar item summary with church notices
February calendar items list church meetings and social notes from Clermont Iowa. Names include Mrs Gilbert Nelson Archie Johnson Margaret Conner and others with family visits and weekend stays. Local sale notice for Thomas Coltson residence at $600 cash through George Peasley Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Iowa
Thomas Coltston
George Peasley
Beaver Ave
Cedar Rapids
Clermont Ladies' Aid Society Meeting Notes and Elections
The Clermont Ladies' Aid Society met at Mrs. R. V. Brandt's home with 26 members and 2 guests. Reports by secretary and treasurer detailed yearly finances, attendance, and fund distributions. Mrs. Martin Nelson became president, committees were formed, and the group voted to send $10 to Red Cross flood relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Ladies’ Aid Society
R. V. Brandt
IL. L. Carr
Louie Olson
I. ©. Jerdee
Louise Miller
Douglas
W. J. Nelson
Jay White
H. H. Follett
Blake
Carr
Lidia Torte
Nalief Committee
Jerdee
Martin Nelson
Nelson
A. L. Carr
Elizabeth Priest
IC. Jerdee
Len Simek
Russell Grover
E. L. Crowe
Russell Graver
B. A. Lenhart
L. L. Carr
Carlton Peck
H. BE. Greenley
I. C. Jerdee
L. H. Appelman
K. L. Crowe
H. A. Follett
I C. Jerdee
Harold E. Landagard
Arnold Stumme
Thos. Cummings
Albert Lubke
The
Red Cross
I. C. Jerden
North American Review
Study Club notes and social visits in the community
Mrs I C Jerdee and Mrs Gordon Junkers hosted a one o clock luncheon. The group heard a report on Q Malley of Shaughagassuh by Don Byrne. Numerous residents visited relatives and traveled to nearby cities, with several social hosts and sick list updates recorded. Paul James was born January 27 to Mr and Mrs Harry Stiltman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Jerdee
Gordon Junkers
Harold Greenley
Q'Malley
Shaugagasuh
Don’ Byrne
Ireland
Harry Stiltman
An § Pound
Paul James
Easy Pleasant Way To Lose Fat Headlines and Diet Pitch
A dated advertisement promotes Kruschen Salts as a fat loss method. It urges readers to weigh themselves, take a half teaspoon in hot water each morning, cut pastry and fatty foods, and observe weight loss and increased energy. The pitch promises a safe, healthy approach and warns against imitations.
Birthday party for Carmen Swenson honors January birthday
Despite drifting roads a group of friends and relatives gathered Saturday evening January 30 to celebrate Carmen Swenson's birthday. Cards and games provided entertainment with an oyster supper served at midnight. Participants included Swenson family and many relatives such as Swen Swenson Oliver Torkelsen Gordon Junkers Clifford Kittleson Harry Helgerson Ames Olson Verla Pixler Millard Bilden Norman Amundson Jean Clarice Live Aanes Vinsh Nelson and Clarence Kittleson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Swenson
Carmen
Swen Swenson
Oliver Torkelsen
Gordon Junkers
Clifford Kittleson
Harry Helgerson
Ames Olson
Marilyn
Darlene
Almer Nelson
Irene
Arthur Helgerson
Verla Pixler
Millard Bilden
Norman Amundson
Jean
Clarice
Live Aanes
Vinsh Nelson
Clarence Kittleson
The Woman in Lincolns Life by Dale Cargine
The article notes the piece as very interesting and records the meeting adjournment after no further business. Hostesses then served refreshments, concluding the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Dale Cargine
The Home Trailer Problem
The piece notes rising auto trailer homes increasing highway issues, especially in Florida winters. It discusses tourist camps limiting stays, the need for ground rent, and concerns over taxation, sanitation, schools, and road congestion. It cites a forecast that one third of U.S. families may live in trailers in 20 years, urging proactive planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Tripoli
Farm Bureau Calendar for township meetings year plan
Nine township Farm Bureaus publish a yearbook listing dates, times, places, committees and themes for forthcoming meetings. Topics range from family life and cooperation to land policy, farm leases, 4 H club work and public education improvement, with emphasis on cooperation and practical farm issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau News
Illness Prevention Lesson By Fayette County Project Leaders
The Farm Bureau News Letter notes home project leaders in Fayette County start the third lesson of their home economics course on illness prevention. It covers preventing anemia tooth decay rickets constipation and other traits with live models used for study and a iron rich luncheon menu. Information will be shared with county women via neighborhood study group meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Fayette County
The Martello Towers and their Historic Shield
The Martello name stems from Martello bay Corsica where a single tower repelled a British fleet in 1794. Early towers trace back to Mesopotamia for religion. Egyptians and Greeks had few. Romans built towers on walls gates and houses. In the Middle Ages noble families kept tall isolated towers as refuges in war with narrow entrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martello
Martello Bay
Corsica
Early university extension movement’s US origins
The university extension movement began in England over a century ago and arrived in the United States in 1887 after a library conference in Albany, New York. Centers soon formed in several cities, and in 1890 the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching was founded in Philadelphia.
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England
Albany
N. Y
American Society For the
Philadelphia
Home Project Meeting in Clayton County District 7
The Marion township women held a home project gathering Friday Jan 29 at Mrs Merlin Cook's home with Mrs LeRoy Leath assisting. Leader Mrs Erm Lerch presented a lesson on garment fitting and smart dress with demonstrations and muslin blouse fitting. A luncheon followed and plans were made for the next meeting at Mrs Herman Scholen's home in early March inviting all district residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Township
Clayton County
Home Project
Merlin Cook
LeRoy Leath
Joel Clark
Erm Lerch
Mary Wood
Ames
Philman Larson
Ern Lerch
Herman Scholen
Floyd Reavis
Walter Lantz
Leslie Lantz
Red Herring in Politics and Fox Hunting Origins
The term red herring describes a false issue used to divert attention in political campaigns. Its origin traces to fox hunting where a red smoked fish was dragged to mislead hounds, with references in the 1686 Oxford quotation about trailing a red herring to lay the scent.
Isle of Man Home Rule Described in Detail
The Isle of Man governs itself under home rule with no act of Parliament applying unless specified by law. The Court of Tynwald includes a crown-appointed lieutenant governor and two chambers, the council and the house of keys. Twenty four members of the keys are elected by popular vote with women having equal rights. All measures must pass both chambers and gain the sovereign's approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle of Man
Court of Tynwald
Cam
Council
House of Keys
Hair Growth and Shedding Described by Writer
A Literary Digest writer explains hair growth starting from a scalp socket. The hair shaft grows from a base of cells, ages and falls out after months, with new hair replacing it if the vital cells remain undamaged. On a healthy scalp about forty hairs shed daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Digest
Society of the Happy Death Parade in Cra cow Poland
One of the weldest sights in Cra cow Poland is the procession of the Society of the Happy Death a medieval association whose members yearly celebrate their wish for a pleasant exit by parading from the Franciscan church in black robes decorated with skulls and bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of the Happy Death
Cracow
Poland
Ancient town Acoma sees Coronado party visit and early missions
Acoma New Mexico, visited by Coronado's explorers in 1540, is among the oldest continuously inhabited towns in the United States after Oraibi Arizona. Franciscan missionaries worked there by 1629, later founding San Estevan Mission.
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Acoma
New Mexico
Coronado
Oraibi
Ariz
United States
San Estevan
Clermont Luth. Church West Church Services Feb 7
Divine services in English at 11 a m with an offering for Red Cross relief. Luther League meeting in the evening. All welcome at each service. G Gunslen pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Church
Red Cross
Luther League
Li Evesning
Welconia
G. Gunslen
Three Trumpet Notes to Victory Echoed in Verse
A compact reflection presents three trumpet notes as motifs of triumph and resolve. The lines suggest personal resolve and aspirational aims, framing victory as a disciplined, rhythmic pursuit rather than a sudden end.
Clermont Union Church Service and Local Guild News
Worship at 7 30 p m with Mrs Nelson at the piano. The Ladies Guild to meet at Mrs Brandt's home on Wednesday afternoon Feb 10. News notes include visits to Moniticello and a new baby for Mr and Mrs Erickson. A WCGO FY meeting at Frank Fays with bridge and 500 games, prizes won, and a fine lunch. An editorial reflection on a once stingy man now generous in charity and investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
J.J. Snyder
Wm. Nelson
Ladies’ Guild
RV. Brandt
Frank Fay
Fay
Jane Horan
Dan Burke
John Sheehy
Anson Priest
Northwood Anchor
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West L. L. Program
I Society
Ladies’ Homemakers
Bridge Party
St. Peter's Rosary Society
Altar Guild
Legion and Auxiliary
Union Church Guild
Gilbert Nelson
Archie Johnson
Gilbert Anderson
Freddie Brenner
Mrs
GC. Brenner
Margaret Conner
Ben W. Conner
Melvin Halverson
Rome
Thelma Reierson
Ruth Thompson
Oscar Reierson
Br. Kleppe
Peter Kleppe
Lester Anderson
Ladies' Aid Society
Laverne Simek
Joe Simek
Miss Milulas
Frances Christianson
W. R. Sperry
Fayette
Richard Olson
Andrew Watrud
Moline, Il
Stanley and
Alfred Gunsten
Rev. G. Gunsten
Harry Clark
Rockford, Sr
Wesley Miller
Arno Lindroth
Spencer
Mary Grover
Son Retben
Lucile Lubke
Miga Milkulsas
Cox
Herbert Haas
Alfred Baechler
Mary Haas
Lorraine Haas
Waterloo
St. Theresa
J. P. Sullivan
Helen Barthelma
Les
James Ferrie
Creaco
Rhizgteth Priest
Joseph Grimm
Alfred Bachlex
Farm Bureau Calendar
Clermont Luth
Clermont Union Church
Herman Relfs
Herschel
Gretchen
Moniticello
Mrs. Grimes
John Erickson
Erickson
Telena Olson
Maggie Johnson
Mickie
Saeor
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