Rural and club events fill January calendar notes
VNU IANR lists a busy week of meetings and social visits from January 17 to 25. Townships, Scout troops, and clubs including Commercial Club Service Women's Club River side Social Club and Clermont PTA meet, while residents host relatives and friends across Lawler Guttenburg Albert Lea and Postville with several family visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forresters
Boy Scouts
Commercial Club
Service Women
Riverside
Junior
Clermont
Clermont Pta
Grand Meadow
Young Men Have Hope Chests Too
A brief notice urges young men to start a Hope Chest with savings as a barometer of progress toward education training business car home family security or retirement. The ad offers guidance for those planning a Hope Chest.
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Lang
Clermont PTA Invites Talk on School Reorganization
The Clermont PTA invites all residents to a high school gym meeting in Clermont on Thursday evening January 24 at eight to hear A B Lauritzen, noted for school reform in Iowa. Lauritzen, Kossuth County superintendent and former ISAA president, will speak with others opposing the plan. A free will offering helps cover speaker expenses. fifth grade mothers will serve coffee after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Pta
PTA
Clermont
A. B. Lauritzen
Iowa
Kossuth County
Algona
Upper Iowa
Drake
Iowa State Educational Association
Lauritzen
Woodland Study Club Elects Officers and Votes for March of Dimes
The Woodland Study Club met January 8 at Mrs. Marie Hogan's home with 12 members. Officers elected: president Viola Swenson, vice president Mario Hogan, secretary-treasurer Susanna Larson. New Secret Pal names drawn, February meeting at Kate Leehy's, Marjorie Sullivan welcomed, contests awarded to Amy Havyeland, Alma Anderson, Marjorie Sullivan, and Marie Hogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Study Club
Marie Hogan
Prea
Viola Swenson
Mario Hogan
Susanna Larson
Kate Leehy
Ardis Dibble
Save the Eagle
Marjorie Sullivan
Amy Havyeland
Alma Anderson
Rural Women Meet At Hoveland Home In January
A township gathering for all rural women will be held at Mrs. L. M. Hoveland’s home on Thursday January 17. The event was postponed from January 14 due to bad weather. The lesson focuses on textile painting and is followed by dinner guests including Mr. and Mrs. Max Thoma Elgin Mr. and Mrs. Keith Thoma Michael and Jeffery Mr. and Mrs. Len Simek and Mrs. Lena Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Miller
Max Thoma
Elgin
Keith Thoma
Michael and
Jeffery
Len Simek
Lena Peters
Louie Olson
Burkard Riegel
Red Cross
West Union Court House
Robert Steele
Dubuque
Bess Blake
Iowa Poetry Day Association Contest Entries Noted
Iowa Poetry Association sponsors the seventh annual school poetry contest with entries from Marlene Durscher Judy Swenson and Janet Lyngaas. Poems submitted for Iowa Poetry Day Association will receive engraved certificates of merit as prizes. ratings are due after February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar-lene Durscher
Judy Swenson
Janet Lyngaas
Iowa Poetry Association
Iowa Poetry Day Association
Towa Poetry Association
Towa Poetry Day Association
Seventh and Eighth Grade News Highlights and Farewell
The eighth grade celebrates top arithmetic stars Sheryl Peterson and Howard Kittleson. Seventh graders Albert Wede and Charles Wagner entered poems in the Iowa Poetry contest. Clermont girls basketball lost 88 to 24 to Arlington. Judy Swenson scored 12, Arlington’s Johnson 26. Wayne Olson named senior personality, enjoys chemistry and sports, active in choirs and clubs. Fourth grade lists perfect arithmetic papers Jean Amundson Douglas Anderson Robert Fenton Elsie Wede. class average 7. Continued on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Swenson
Ksst
Marlene Durscher
Ramona Olson
Wayne Olson
Virginia Nelson
Carol Schweinerus
Victor Amundson
Glendal Nygaard
Ann Larson
Kathryn Larson
Janet Lyngaas
Sheryl Peterson
Howard Kittleson
Edgar Allan Poe
Betty Scott
Clermont
Arlington
Johnson
Wayne
Ole
Waynie
Science Club
Luther League
West Clermont Lutheran
CHS
Jean Amundson
Douglas Anderson
Robert Fenton
Elsie Wede
Legion Auxiliary Activities and January Charity Drive
Mrs. I C Jerdee and Mrs. Louie Olson hosted the Legion Auxiliary with a $57.65 USO drive and 1787 coffee strips. They donated $16 to Boy Scouts, will send hospital cookies in January, sponsor a poppy poster contest for grades 6 7 8, and plan a joint Legion Auxiliary meeting in Oelwein on January 22. Several cookies committees will forward contributions and a forthcoming legislative program was presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Jerdee
Louie Olson
Legion Auxiliary
Jerdee
Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
Oelwein
Dummermuth
DeSart
Engle
Crowe
Follett
Independence Hospital
Lawrence Fritz
Walter Fritz
Herbert Bass
E. W. Hilgemann
Lyle Gunderson
Tom Hanson
Universal Training
Ichild Welfare
Baby Deborah Jean Born at Decorah Hospital
A girl named Deborah Jean was born to Mr and Mrs George Wander at Decorah hospital on a Monday in January. She weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces. Mrs Arthur N Nelson is staying with the Wander family during the hospital stay of Mrs Wander.
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Mrs
George
Wander
Decorah Hospital
Deborah Jean
Arthur N. Nelson
Calmar 63 Clermont 46 in Friday basketball clash
Calmar beat Clermont 63 to 46 as Dale Schultz scored 14 and Larry Herold 18 for Calmar. Girls game fell 33 to 43 with Judy Swenson and Nadine Reisner each scoring 19. Junior High Bearcats defeated Calmar 42 to 24. Community notes include hospital visit for Mrs Amanda Hack after a serious operation and several social visits and family news. Kathryn Quinn Garban, polio drive participant, heads to Hollywood for I Won’t Walk Alone. Scotty Telford received honorable mention in a national children’s photographer contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Calmar
Clermonts
Dale Schultz
Larry Herold
Judy Swenson
Nadine Reisner
Bearcats
Len Simek
Louise Miller
Ruth Starkey
Waterloo
Amanda Hack
Allen Memorial Hospital
Hack
Arnold Stumme
Clifton Pringle
Thoma
Keith Thoma
Lawrence Knudtson
Elgin
Dean de Sart
Cifford Kittleson
Lloyd Scott
Betty
Nesset
Rupert Haugen
Alfred Eilen
Helen Weber
Middle ‘River
Minn
Eliza Martz
Kathryn Quinn Garban
Inglewood
Calif
Kathryn Ann
Hollywood
Kathryn
Maggie Quinn
Vern Telford
Cedar Rapids
Scotty
Telfords
Joe Brory
Methodist Church Worship Service Scheduled for Sunday
The ee Methodist Church announces a worship service led by Minister E. G. Steinman this coming Sunday at 8 45 a m. The church invites congregants to attend the morning service.
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E. G. Steinman
Loyalty Sunday and parish schedule at Clermont churches
The Clermont Lutheran Parish led by Pastor A. O. Nesset lists Loyalty Sunday at East Clermont with an 11:00 a.m. service while West Clermont hosts a 9:30 a.m. service. Evening and midweek choir practices are noted along with various Sunday visitors and social calls among parishioners and guests in nearby towns.
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A. O. Nesset
West Clermont
East Clermont
West
Elgin Society
Highland Societies
Leonard Moore
Highland Confirmands
Parish Brotherhood
Oldest Iowa couple marks 64th wedding anniversary
A. W. Caldwell and wife near Adel celebrated 64 years of marriage. They have spent most of their married life in Dallas County. The item notes long union and local ties in a 1951 Iowa roundup.
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Iowa
A. W. Caldwell
Near Adel
Dallas County
Catholic Societies Elect Officers for 1952
The St. Peters Rosary Society and Altar Guild held its regular meeting and annual picnic dinner at Father Cooney’s home. New officers elected include President Mrs. Joe Lerch, Vice President Mrs. Claire Smale, and Secretary-Treasurer Mae Carlin. Mae Crow read the outgoing secretary’s annual reports. De Frances Krueger named Cheer chairman for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peters Rosary Society
Altar Guild
Father Cooney
Joe Lerch
Claire Smale
Treas
Mae Carlin
Mae Crow
de Frances Krueger
Fire department responds to Sig Hope farm blaze
Firemen answered a call to the Sig Hope farm on Wednesday evening. The fire started in an upstairs room and caused damage mainly from smoke and a burnt bed.
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Sig Hope Farm
Appendectomy Patients and Community Notices
Medical updates report Norman Schweinefuss recovering well after an emergency appendectomy at Postville hospital on Thursday night. Mrs. Louis Olson remains under care at St. Joseph's hospital in New Hampton after major surgery. Katherine Sullivan had major surgery at Mayo hospital in Rochester last week and is said to be improving. Other residents listed as ill include Mrs. Carrie Carpenter and Mrs. Lyle Gunderson. Social visits note guests and family gatherings in Waterloo and nearby towns amid birthday and quinceañera celebrations and weekend arrivals from Cedar Rapids and Frankville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Myers
Dick Griebenow
Richard Griebenow
Ed Hawkins
Postville
Bob ‘Roberts
Cresco
Dianes
Carl Halverson
Emma Gunderson
Milo
James Lennon
Harry Gunderson
Raymond Erhardt
Burnell Anderson
Andersons
Lloyd Scott
Earlen Schweinerus
Castalia
Olaf. Berg
Scott
Joe‘Brorby
Jack Dibble
Ezra Dibble
Norman Schweinefuss
Postville Hospital
Louis Olson
St. Joseph's Hospital
New Hampton
Katherine Sullivan
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Junior Clermont Study Club Christmas Poem Night
The Junior Clermont Study Club met at Mrs Laird Cline's home with Mrs LaVernea Stumme as co host. Seventeen members shared their favorite Christmas poems. Mrs Dean DeSart read a Korea report from Clubwoman's Magazine, Mrs Ray Tomsheck read an article on General Federation of Women's Club and Christmas Stories by Mrs Gordon Hoopman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Laird Cline
LaVernea Stumme
Dean DeSart
Clubwomans
Ray Tomsheck
General Federation of Women’s Club
Gordon Hoopman
Parent Teacher Meeting Set for January 24 at High School Gym
The Parent-Teacher Association will hold a meeting in the high school gym on Thursday evening January 24. A guest speaker will present a program on reorganization. This is a new date set by postponement.
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Parent - Teacher Association
Erickson couple sails from Jan to Natchez and California
Louie and Dolores Erickson left Jan 7 for Natchez Mississippi to visit Bill Peterson and then proceed to San Francisco California where Ba lores will stay. Louie plans several weeks in southern California and Phoenix Arizona. Mrs John Nelson spent Sunday at the Harvey Meyer home in the country.
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Louie
Dolores Erickson
Natchez, Miss
Bill Peterson
San Francisco
Calif
Balores
California
Phoenix
Arizona
John Nelson
Harvey ‘Meyer
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Ted Loftsgard
Lorranne Crowe
Vernt
Reuben Svendsen
Lawler
Franz Appelman
Douglas
Avid
Willet Miller
Lloyd Meier
Paul Meier
Guttenburg
Inga ‘Anderson
Albert Lea
Duane
Alton
Albert Lubke
Mary Grover
H. A. Lubke
W. Bilgemann
Clermont, Iowa
Woodland Club Meeting
Hershey’s
Clermont Cafe
Clermont Lutheran Parish
Walter Follett
Carolyn
Andine Vasby
Jesse Olen
Harry Raney
West Union
Fred Biger
Carl Rogers
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Leon Dougherty
Leon
Catholic Societies
Carrie Carpenter
Alfred Olson
Leonard Olson
Don Krobinger
Charles Lawston
Lanesboro
Roy Swenson
Harvey Meyer
E. J. ‘Handy
Millard Nelson
Elmer Nelson
Millard Nelson, Jr
George Wilson
Clarence Tatra
Vern Pratt
Walter Pratt
Mary Tatro
Roy Tatro
Jerry Tatro
Elsine
John Kelly
Parent - Teacher Meeting
Olson & Olson
John Deere
Baler Twine
Per Bale
Clermont Cooperative
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