Wy Poings and County Speech Contest Highlights
Freshman and sophomore home economics students sew blouses skirts and pajamas while polynomials chemistry and science lessons engage the class. County Speech Contest awards go to Clermont Victor Amundson Ralph Matt Judy Paulson and others with judges praising high ratings and perfect papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Bullivan
Doris Matt
Helen Reierson
Judy Paulson
Mary @Martin
Clermont
The
County Schoolmasters Club
Fayette
Hawkeye
Maynard
Stanley
Waucoma
Victor Amundson
Ralph Matt
Jimmy Jones
Jacqueline Vick
Madonna Baik
Jeanette Hirst
Judy Rima
Darryl Wammack
Shirley Buck
Helen Bodensteiner
Decorah
Clermont Local News Last Week Dinner Guests
Clermont residents and friends attended numerous dinner visits and social hours at homes across Clermont and neighboring towns. Notable gatherings included Anton Skoien and Kneeland households with relatives Mamie Olson Emma Heiserman and many Amundsons and Reinertsons among others. A birth announced at St Luke's Cedar Rapids added joy to the community notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Skoien
Norman Amundson
Mark and
Paty
Almer Amundson
Kay
Richard
Louie Reierson
Randolph
Clarence Olson
Quinton
Norris ‘Reierson
Clarice Lien
Andrew Watrud
Art Olson
Lavanda
Oscar Lien
Ruth
C. M. Kneeland
Mamie Olson
Platte
Otto Miene
Mark
Clarence Jellings
Otto
Fourth Grade Valentine Art and Ice Incident Report
Fourth grade notes valentines with Lincoln and Washington silhouettes and perfect spelling test scores. Ice caused bumps and minor concussions, with several students describing head injuries and a crushed toe. Sixth grade studies Lincoln birthday and Joan of Arc while arithmetic self-tests raise scores. students display items from Holland and Japan in class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentines
Lincoln
Washington
Bobby Fenton
Kathleen Amundson
Ellen Theis
Jean Amundson
Adrian Nelson
LaVerne Nims
Sandra Bilden
John Nelson
Barbara Anderson
Dennis Muchow
Jyd Larson
Beverly Bennet
Shirley Jacobin
Jean Belschner
John Myers
Beverly Oetberg
France
Joan of Arc
Iowa Way: Open Minded Farmers and Progressive Ideas
Joe Marsh writes that Iowa farmers transitioned from seeing sweet clover as a weed to recognizing its soil nitrogen benefits and pasture value. He praises Iowa’s openness to ideas, adoption of hybrid corn and corn pickers, and respect for individual choices in farming and even beverages.
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Iowa
Towa
Local residents and visitors attend social and travel events
The Men's bridge club met at J A Erickson's home to celebrate his birthday. Jack McNeill's family moved into a new home on the Nesbit farm. Maxine Westcott visited Fremont Sullivan in Maynard. Guests included Richard March and sons of Waterloo. Several families traveled to Des Moines for the Iowa Retail Hardware Convention. Laird Cline and the DeSart family spent the weekend in Oskaloosa visiting relatives. The Sarbaughs sold their Oskaloosa home and moved to Seattle. Mrs. Marian Shea visited Clermont relatives in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Hilgemann
Lloyd Meier
John Bakewell
Marion Olson
Emil Lassig
Clarence Bear
Elmer Olson
Verni Engle
Barnes
Carl Gilchrist
Walker
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Erickson
Mr. Erickson
Jack McNeill
Gander
Bob) Nesbit
Maxine ‘Westcott
Maynard
Fremont Sullivan
Richard March
Laird Cline
Dean DeSart
Oskaloosa
DeSarta
Robert Dunham
Clines
Lynn Sarbaugh
Sarbaugh
Seattle
Wash
Amazette Henderson
Clermont
Washington
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Wy Poings
Mary Swenson
Donna Thies
Larry Bergeson
Helen Burger
Bert Henderson
Patricia Morse
Dean Schneider
Robert Swenson
Jerry Wander
Leslie Vauslin
Roy Swenson
West Union
Otto Vasby
Louie Amundson
Waterloo
Best Buy
Joe Marsh
U. S. Brewers Foundation
Avalon
Joel McCrea
Dean Stockwell
Chill Wills
Santa Fe
Gene Kelly
Leslie Caron
Nina Foch
Paris
Richard Green
Barbara Hale
William Bishop
Lorna Doone
England
Martin Anderson
Chrystal
Emma Anderson
Milo
Melvin Anderson
Andrew Anderson
Marian Shea
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Larrah¢e
Postville
Pavement
Guernsey
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
HAY & Grain
Waters & Dean Auctioneers
Millard Nelson, Sr
Postville Statebank
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