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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1954
Page
3
The weekly Clermont notes record numerous family visits and picnics. Morgan and Bobby Kittelson of Charles City stayed with grandparents Henry and membership, while Billy joined them. Many relatives from Oelwein, Fairbank, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, and West Union traveled for birthday celebrations, visits, and a golden wedding in Clermont.
Mrs M J Sullivan hosted Paul Wells and family and Tanya Westra of Sheldon as weekend guests of Mrs Mary Washburn. Billy Wells returned home with his parents after weeks with his grandmother. Howard Kittelson took a vacation job at the F and M in West Union. Charles Spellman Budson Wis and his relatives visited Frautschy home. Lawrence White Junior and Cletus joined Ambrose Arnold’s Ossian gathering on Sunday. John L Burke returned home to Avoca after visiting his sisters Nellie and Katherine Sullivan.
A discussion of preadolescent vigor and independence notes that youths aged nine to twelve gain energy and skills, feel more capable, and seek activity with peers, while parents may struggle to adapt. Guidance, example, and practice help channel this surge into constructive behavior as mental maturity increases. The piece also mentions increased demand for certified seed in 1955 as growers seek more certified small grain fields.
The Clermont Iowa town council met June 8 1954 with Mayor Will J Nelson presiding. Present were Thoma Riegel Gunderson Griebenow and Appelman. Bills were approved including Interstate Power Co Elgin Echo Arwell Inc Clermont Fire Dept and more. A beer permit for Pringle's Place was granted and cigarette permits were requested for several eateries. A road survey was ordered from Farm Service Station to a bridge near the Wm Burrow farm. The meeting adjourned. The Corn Belt noted a fertilizer use rise 1052 53 and USDA hay protein loss when rain damages hay.
The Mount Zion Church near Martinburg Keokukcom observed its 100th anniversary with the current church building serving the congregation for the full century though services are no longer held there. A 200 pound safe stolen May 4 from a New Albany filling station was found by children 10 miles east of LaCrosse after being thrown from a car into a ditch. the safe had been broken open.
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