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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1959
Page
7
A Friday misc shower honored Shirley Olson with guests including Liner Olson, Mary Olson, Jo es, Jey indson, Ole zon, Roy Swenson and El mer Nelson of West Union.
Mrs and Mrs Burkard Riegel enjoyed fresh garden tomatoes for a Fourth of July dinner and also served new potatoes from their plot.
Mrs. Clara Meyer and Henry E. Larson express sincere thanks to relatives and friends who sent cards and visited during the stay at Postville hospital and those who assisted at home. Verni Engle thanks Clermont businessmen for enabling him to win the 80 bucks in Friday’s drawing. appreciation noted.
A midsize group including Mr and Mrs William Wede and Elsie Mrs Arthur Schott Peggy Bobby Danny Kobinger Davenport Mrs Elmer Heger Mr and Mrs Jerry Hager Gloria and Mr and Mrs J Olson Mike and Randy gathered for a picnic dinner at the Tieskotter residence in Harmony Mifin on July.
The Priscilla working Band met July 1 with hostesses Molris Floyd Berge and others. The group sang a hymn as Carman Swenson led devotions. Secretary and treasurer reports were read. The club voted to sell birthday cash for 75 cents per calendar. Members and guests performed songs and a skit before adjournment.
Mr and Mrs M C Larson entertained guests at a buffet supper held Saturday night at their home after a rehearsal for the Larson and Probert nuptials. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Robert Vogel and many friends from St Paul Clermont Elgin Castalia and nearby towns.
The Clermont Lutheran Parish lists Seventh Sunday after Trinity services at East church 8:30 am and Westchurch 10:00 am with a 7:00 pm evening service. East Mother's Club picnic supper at the church on Wednesday July 18 at 2 16 pm. Hostesses include Mdms Elmer Ol son John D Kronlokken Harry Vauslin Arthur Schott Rosina Anderson Clarence Johnson Ivan Anderson Ole Amundson with program by Mrs Floyd Bergeson. Our Want Ada bring resulta.
Joyce Olive Larson married Leland Richard Probert at Bethel Presbyterian Church West Union on Sunday July 5 at 4 PM. Officiant Gerald Ukena led a double ring ceremony with elaborate pink floral motifs, organist Luella Miller and soprano Jo Ann Moore performing The Wedding Prayer and The Lords Prayer.
A detailed wedding notice recounts the marriage of Charles L Hoover and Anna Ruth Wolfs at Stavanger Stone Church near Ossian on June 28. Attendants were Kenneth Skinner Ossian, with out-of-town guests including Harold Osland LeRoy Minnesota Petra Osland Chester Roy Bengston Minneapolis Russ Kleinbecksel Minneapolis and Ed Ossand Waterloo. Guests later attended a reception with kitchen hosts and catered desserts. The couple will reside near Eldorado where the groom farms after Marine service.
The LaVerne Larson family visited the Howard Kluss home in Monona on Saturday. Mr and Mrs H BR Young of Wichita Falls Texas spent last week with the Franz Appelmann home. Mrs Josephine Skelton and Mrs James Skelton Michael and Brian of Chicago Al were guests at the Robert Skelton home from Monday to Wednesday. Don Larson attended a three day sales conference near Brainerd Minnesota.
Gospel Message Church invites worshippers for morning service at 10 45 a m and an evening evangelistic service at 8 00 p m Pastor Lester Lease leads both gatherings welcoming all attendees.
The notice lists mass times on Sunday at 7:00 and 9:00 am and confessions on Saturday from 8:00 to 9:00 pm. It specifies service schedule for parishioners seeking worship and sacrament access.
The Methodist Church announces Sunday July 12 worship service led by Pastor Donald T. Caspers at 8:00 a.m. The notice emphasizes the morning gathering and church leadership for the session.
John Shipton, 66, retired Clermont gravel pit owner and oil salesman, died of a heart attack Sunday on arrival at West Union hospital after his car was struck by a backing vehicle. His wife and four sons survive.
American Legion Sheehan Olson Post 375 calls a Monday July 13 meeting at the Legion hall. All members urged to attend as officers will be elected. Walter Follet, Adj.
The Clermont High School class of 1649 held its second reunion on Saturday July 4 at the Loftsgard farm in Elgin. A picnic dinner was served and many members and families attended. Roger Amundson was chosen to organize the next reunion set for 1964.
Friends report the death of Martin Haulihan, a former Clermont resident who lived at the Haulihan home place now occupied by Kenneth Amundson. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 9 30 AM in New Hampton with burial in St Peter's Catholic Cemetery in Clermont.
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