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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1956
Page
7
The Church of Our Saviour Clermont Episcopal invites on Sunday January 22 to Theological Education Sunday with Holy Communion at 3 00 p m Vicar Rev Paul A Clark to lead services pedestrians worshippers and parishioners urged to attend
St Peter's Church posts weekly services with Sunday Masses at 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Daily Mass at 7:00 a.m. Saturday Mass at 7:30 a.m. Confession on Saturday evening and before Mass. Pastor: Rev. Fr. Robert Cooney.
Full Gospel un-denominational Sunday school at 10:00 a m Sunday services at 11:00 a m and 8:00 p m Bible study Thursday at 8:00 p m The Rev and Mrs James Schilling pastors In school house 2 5 miles west of Clermont on highway 18 Everybody welcome.
Parish schedule lists catechetical classes and worship at West Clermont and East Clermont with Sunday schools Luther League and choir sessions. Community notes mention visits and gatherings including a birthday party hosted by Mrs. Roy Swenson and several local families in West Union and Osage for weekend and weekday events.
Mr and Mrs G C Anderson will hold a farm closing out sale on February 1 and have been remodeling their former Carrie Carpenter home before moving in. The item notes social visits and birthday celebrations among local families including the Vasbys Parish and Loftsgard tied to Osage and Charles City.
Mr and Mrs Robert Mott and Bobbie were injured Saturday night when their car skidded on Highway 18 between West Union and Clermont. The vehicle overturned and pinned the occupants. They were taken to Palmer Memorial hospital for observation. Mr Mott suffered severe bruises and stiffness, Mrs Mott had head cuts and a broken jaw, Bobbie had internal injuries with extent undetermined.
January 9 Elgin-Clermont Chapter of the Future Farmers of America held a meeting opened by Bill Bennett pros. Honorary chapter farmers were nominated. Members voted to order 20 road signs for project signs. Chapter sweetheart candidates were freshman Barbara Anderson sophomore Mary Swenson junior Helen Henderson and senior Nona Mark. Penny vote planned. contest closes January 27. Advanced degrees discussed and movie Crossroads shown. Afterward, basketball in gym.
Seventh grade science is finished and health is now studied while literature covers Rip Van Winkle. Girls play Monona and lose 40 to 31 with Beverly Oelberg as top scorer. Scrimmage with Elgin girls held recently. First semester ends with optimism to study harder. Kindergarten news reports chicken pox, illness of Lou Walvatne and Steven Wander, birthdays for Michael Johnson and others, and a Christmas party with cookies and Kool-Aid. A Telegraph Herald photographer visited the kindergarten room. a feature story is planned. Page 6 awaits.
On Thursday January 19 a Men’s Foresters event is listed. Monday January 23 features a Commercial Club meeting. Tuesday January 24 includes American Legion and Auxiliary county meeting. Wednesday January 25 shows Town Ladies’ Aid and Riverside Social Club. Thursday January 26 covers Town and Country Club. Friday January 27 lists Grand Meadow Study Club.
George resents a Iowa town and uses reckless driving to prove superiority. His humorlessness shows in public idleness and contempt for locals. A downtown crash ends his stay as he bleeds in a car waiting for help, then leaves town with his flaws exposed and no regrets.
Several school districts report that NFO workers have 100 percent membership. A meeting set for Tuesday January 17 at the West Union courthouse elected a county secretary.
Mr and Mrs Eddie Waters welcomed a son named Craig Allan in Mason City on Thursday January 12. The newborn weighs seven pounds and Mrs Follett, the baby’s grandmother, traveled to Mason City Tuesday to meet the child and assist with care, planning to return Saturday.
Harley Meyer departed Sunday January 8 for Fort Leonard Wood Missouri after enlisting in the U S Army Reserve. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Meyer.
The American Legion Auxiliary met Tuesday evening at Mrs. Louie Olson home with Mrs. Robert Mott and Mrs. John Bakewell hosting. Treasurers report given, acknowledgments read for Good Samaritan Home West Union USO Crusade for Freedom and Gold Star courtesy notes.
Mrs. Millard Rear and Selmer Erickson received news Monday afternoon of the death of their brother in law Carl Smith at Ames following a heart attack. He is survived by his widow Gladys Erickson and a son David and daughter Carol. Mrs. Rear left Cedar Rapids to meet her sister Mrs. Myrtle Andrew and they went to Ames to be with Mrs. Smith.
East Clermont Mothers Club gathered at the church parlors on Tuesday January 10 hosted by Mrs Tilpher Bilden Thirteen members answered roll call with New Year resolutions Mrs Almer Amundson led the topic Mother are you sure you are a Christian Benjamin Franklin plan of self improvement was read by Mrs Art Amundson The next meeting is set for February 14 under Mrs Norris Reierson in charge.
Patty Gunderson, aged six, entertained friends Janice Durscher L Myra Anderson Diane Elaine and Pauline Amundson Diane James Brenda Steffens Jane Anderson Leon Dibble Marlene Lieran Roberta Paulson and Louann Walvanne at a Saturday celebration hosted by her mother Mrs Lyle Gunderson and grandmother Mrs Harry Gunderson in the Wm Belschner and Amundson homes Arlington. Guests included Doris and Carla Matt of Waterloo who spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Art Matt. The event followed a supper at the Amundson home with family guests Dennis and Lana Bear. Henry T Olson visited the Rejerson home Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Krueger hosted a Krueger family reunion dinner on Sunday January 8 welcoming Mr and Mrs Roy O Dell of Stockton California Mr and Mrs Otto Krueger and Mr and Mrs Alfred Wenger The gathering marked Otto Krueger and Alfred Wenger birthdays and the Wengers farewell before a California trip to visit daughter Mrs Isabelle Weber and family O Dells planned a week visit starting Wednesday
Mrs. John A. Erickson returned from Decorah hospital and is improving. Her daughter Mrs. Robert Larsen of Iowa City came to assist, joined by Mr. and Mrs. Norman Erickson of Cedar Rapids. Little Linda Nelson injured her arm in a wringer while her mother washed clothes. no bones were broken.
Mrs Franz Appelman saw a full flock of robins in her backyard on Monday at noon January 16, an unusually early omen of spring. The sighting prompts questions about other robin arrivals signaling seasonal change.
A thank you card lists gratitude from Mrs. John A. Erickson and families for letters cards gifts plants and bouquets received during a De corah hospital stay. Special thanks go to Rev Sundby and Rev Knudsen for visits and spiritual offerings. Other items note visits dinners and birthday celebrations among neighbors and relatives in Decorah Lawler Elgin Dubuque Cedar Rapids and nearby households.
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