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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1944
Page
3
Agnes Paulson is listed as Clermont Iowa’s local editor and a member of the Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association. The note records her affiliation and professional memberships.
Camp Dodge is closed for induction processing as sixteen Page county youths complete their final entry to the army. Inductions will shift to Jefferson Barracks, Fort Snelling, and Fort Leavenworth for pre-induction physicals. The Iowa state guard maneuvers begin July 9 with the second regiment moving in July 23 and breaking Aug 4.
The developing contest over Vice President Henry Wallace will not be the only issue for Iowa at the national convention. The delegation will also elect a national committeeman and committeewoman, shaping the party slate and influence at the gathering.
After the March 31 state convention the Republicans renominated Spangler and Martha McClure with Frank Comfort, a Des Moines attorney, facing several challengers for the national committeeman post. Other potential candidates include Walter Bease, Paul Huston, W. S. Jacobsen, G. G. Jeck, Walter Mahoney, and others. No opposition yet to Mrs. Dennis Kelleher for committeewoman. Democrats will nominate their officials at a Chicago caucus before the convention. The School Code Commission reported 20 bills in preparation for the 1945 legislature to revise old Iowa school laws. Senator G. W. Hunt chaired, with Keir, Daoud, Douds, McCombs, Moyle, Peterson, and Sayre on the panel. The aim is careful study before the session rather than last-minute rush.
John C. Wold of Wagner township born March 17 1882 died July 3 1944 at University Hospital Iowa City after an infected ulcer. He married Mary Reierson in 1909 and farmed near St Olaf Gunder and later in Clayton Fayette counties. Survived by widow eight children two brothers three sisters and many relatives and friends. funeral July 7 at Marion Lutheran church Gunder with burial in Gunder cemetery.
Annual financial statement for Independent School District Clermont Iowa for the year ending June 30 1944 certified correct under Iowa code sections 4242 and 4242b1 filed with the County Superintendent and published July 13 1944 Edmund Dugstad President Fred T. Cline Secretary includes receipts and disbursements such as general fund taxes tuition transportation income and bond interests.
The Wold family expresses gratitude for the funeral service led by Rev Nes set and the choir's performances. They praise the comforting impact of the special songs and extend thanks from Mrs. Mary Wold and her children.
Lorraine Follett returns to bank duties in West Union after a week’s vacation at the Follett home. Mary Martin of Calmar is a visitor in the Vinton home. Barbara Appelman visited Lancaster Wisconsin with relatives. Leonard Wells is hospitalized in New Hampton for gallbladder surgery. Mrs. Susanna Gordon and friends spent a Tuesday afternoon with the Cummings family. Gordon later traveled to Des Moines. The Kohler family near Hawkeye visited Elvira Johnson. Donald Burger and children, after two weeks’ stay, left for Minneapolis by bus. A large gathering celebrated Lt. Richard Trapp’s picnic dinner at the West Union fairgrounds. Several Clermont residents attended. Paul Wells moved to Millville to manage a creamery. Mary Washburn helped relocate there. Kenton Krueger underwent appendicitis surgery at West Union hospital. Check binder tension for new twines before field use.
Cheery Valley residents and families visited in multiple homes over the weekend and Sunday, including Butikofer, Sutter, Minihan, Dennler, Thoman, Christen, Lehman, and Dennler households. Attendees also joined a family picnic at the Polk home honoring Alexander Polk and stopped by various other local homes for meals and socializing.
Sunday visits filled the Grand Meadow area with family and friends. residents and relatives traveled to homes of Burass Lyngen Holm and others, while several guests joined Julia Landsgard and Arthur Olson families. A hospital stay was noted for Ronald Lyngaas and a birthday surprise honored Mrs Arthur Helgerson.
The B Y P U program hosts a Sunday evening devotional at 8 o clock featuring Mrs. Elmer Pinney presiding with parables of Jesus. A modern parable by Mrs Bertram Kurth follows. A girls trio Marian Probert Carol Miller and Jerry Pinney will sing with Evelyn and Harry Johnson performing a duet. Mrs Harry Johnson reports on soldiers and their roles. A flannelgraph meditation by Mrs Guy Probert concludes. Everyone is invited.
Irish influence lingers in Iowa as O'Brien County chapter recalls 1851 naming honoring William Smith O'Brien after his fight for repeal and exile. Twenty two of eighty one spring pigs on Lloyd Shaull farm near Van Horne died from clay pigeon debris poisoning while a trap ground lay fifteen years ago. Mt Pleasant firefighters battled two car fires in 24 hours, first near Mt Pleasant Presbyterian church then again when the owner repaired it.
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