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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1955
Page
7
The Methodist W S C S met at Mrs Bob Mott's home with Mrs Clarion Orton assisting and Mrs Bess Blake leading the devotion. Mrs Gerald Gutcher spoke on In Street In Shop In Tenement. A church fellowship picnic is set for Aug 1. Robert Mott Jr presented slides from family trips.
Gilbert Hanson suffered a severe fall from a barn roof while patching it at the Kenneth Kerr farm. He slid ten feet after losing his grip on the rope and fell 27 more feet to the ground. He was treated at Postville hospital, then released to his daughter’s home, with remaining pain and a hope for full recovery. His daughter Mrs Verni Brandt cared for him, and his son Dale Hanson from Cresco visited with his wife.
Mrs Lars Osland of Chester and Mr and Mrs Liftgland of LeRoy Minn exchange news Wednesday in Inga Larson Wolfe homes while Bars Opland and his sister Mraz Olson attend the funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Evenson at First Lutheran Church near Osialat Sgt and Mrs Stanley Loftsgard and Skipper arrive from Vance Air Force Base Okla for a visit with his parents and other relatives Mr and Mrs Ben Petermeyer of Minneapolis and Mrs Josie Wilson of Cresco were dinner and supper guests Saturday in the Gordon Hoopman homes
St. Peter's Church lists Sunday Masses at 8:00 and 10:00 a m daily Mass at 7:00 a m Saturday Masses at 7:30 a m Confessions are Saturday evening and before Mass. Rev Fr Robert Cooney is the pastor.
Un-denominational church announces Sunday school at 10 00 a m and services at 11 00 a m and 8 00 p m Bible study Thursday at 8 00 p m Rev and Mrs James Schilling pesters in school house 2 1 2 miles west of Clermont on highway 18 all are welcome
Mrs. Mary Tatro notes another grandson since July 14 when Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barrett of West Union became parents to a boy weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces named Donald Robert A daughter also born July 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fritz at the Postville hospital weighs 6 pounds 5 ounces and is named Kathy Jean Mrs Fritz has been ill with rheumatic fever since Kathy's birth and is ordered to remain in bed for at least six months.
Social visits include Mr and Mrs Wm Nelson Jr and daughters with L D Hitch in West Union and Mrs Ida Olson St Paul joining Elmer Larson family. Clermont Lodge 160 AM meets Thursday at 8 PM Masonic Temple. West Clermont Mission Society postponed to July 21 due to Mrs Mary Washburn funeral. Vernon Anderson family visited Follett home Sunday evening.
Mrs Millard Rear and Mrs Louie Olson hosted the American Legion Auxiliary with twenty members and three guests. Delegates were chosen for Des Moines convention. several committees and officers were named for 1955 1956 and plans noted for Daily Days and a cookies drive to Marshalltown.
Mr and Mrs Bob Mott visited Cedar Rapids to see his father A H Mott in hospital Shelvy Nims spent weeks with relatives in Fredericksburg Ernie Sampson family moved from Mason City to Denver Colo where Ernie serves as a US Army recruiting officer Mrs Mary Burke returned home after a Volga visit Mrs Herbert Dummermuth and Mary Paulson attended a seven member 4 button collectors club gathering for Mrs Lawrence Brockenstadt in West Union with dinner and social Forrest Medberry and children returned to Cedar Rapids after a two week vacation in the Nels Gilbert home Dinner guests at the Martin Nelson home in Arlington included Mrs Gena Anderson Merle and Nels Gilbert James Triem and wife returned to Cedar Rapids after a vacation visit in town.
The Grand Meadow Larks 4-H Club met July 5 for a regular meeting and workshop at the Postville schoolhouse. The pledge was given, roll call noted what each member plans to bring to the fair, and plans were finalized for local achievement day on July 19 at the Postville Lutheran Church. Members worked on demonstrations and projects while Mrs. Lester Hoth and Dixie served lunch to members, visitors, and guest Miss Helwig.
Mrs. Mary Washburn, 73, of Clermont, died Sunday, July 17. Funeral services were held at West Clermont Lutheran Church on Wednesday afternoon, led by Rev. G. B. Knudsen. She is survived by son George and daughter Mrs. Wells. Obituary to be published next week.
In Service New Address DeWayne C Johnson Section M-2 U S Naval School Officer Candidate Naval Station Newport R I. Mrs Inga Anderson left Sunday for Pipestone Minnesota to visit her daughter Mrs Fern Johnson and help care for her grandson Randy Johnson who is seriously ill. Mrs Raymond Erhardt returned home Saturday from Chicago after ten days in Deaconess hospital with major surgery and a week recuperating with her sister and brother in law Finn Hansen. Sherman Tangan family and Lloyd Hanson of Burr Oak visited Sunday in Raymond Erhardt home. Mrs Ida Olson of St Paul was a visitor last week at her daughter Mrs Russell Larson and family Sandy Olson overnight guest. Saturday of Mary Brackin at Elgin.
Pfc Gerald H Schupanitz son of Mr and Mrs Robert Schupanitz Clermont Iowa is a clerk typist with the Adjutant General section in Tokyo. An Alto graduate he entered the Army in 1954 and was last stationed at Camp Chaffee Arkansas where he received basic training. He arrived in Japan last January and attended Loras College at Dubuque Iowa where he joined the Phi Rho Sigma fraternity.
Mrs Isobel Nelson attended the Three-Quarter Century Club dinner at the Elks Club in Oelwein with host Lew Warren editor of the Oelwein Daily Register. The annual event honors northeast Iowa residents aged 75 and older in the club. Mrs Josephine Wells is the club’s oldest member though not present.
Don Won of Olin sustained a deep forehead and chin cut when a clay pail toppled from a 40 ton silo as he approached from the bottom Friday at noon. The wound required about 20 stitches to close.
Bill Cahalan was taken to the Good Samaritan Home in West Union for care after several days at the Cler mont home. Mrs. Floyd Bergeson had surgery at St. Joseph's hospital New Hampton and returned home Sunday.
West Clermont Priscilla Working Band members Mdms. Wm. Nelson Thee Loftsgard Gilbert Burrow Clarence Tatro Arthur Anderson and Mary Washburn attended the July meeting. A thank you card from Mrs. Gordon Hoopman was read. The society voted to help with the lunch stand at Daily Days. Mrs. Clarence Kittelson read Birth of an Anthem and Pastor Knudsen showed a film on Lutheran colleges. Elaine and Diane Amundson sang a duet.
Calendar entries list events from July including a Firemen's meeting on Monday, July 25 a Town Ladies Aid picnic at the city park with a 6 30 supper on Wednesday July 27, Town and Country Club East Clermont L R on Thursday July 28 and Grand Meadow Study Club on Friday July 29.
The Rear family held a Sunday reunion and picnic at Oelwein park with members from the Vincent Ernest and Don Stevenson families Elmer Rear of Cedar Rapids Mrs Emma Rear Mr and Mrs Sylvan Hoag Agnes Evelyn and Louise Bilden and the Clarence Rear and Harry Amundson families attending.
A sequence of weekend and Sunday visits spans Baldwin Park Minnesota and Wisconsin connections. Families including Schultz Larson Fairchild Osland Nesyick Yauslin Nelson Berg Probert Clark Olson and others travel between LeRoy Chester Stanley Monona Freeport and Mt Morris. The round of dinners, fishing trips, and short stays highlights community ties and social calendar.
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