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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1951
Page
7
Pastor and Mrs. A. O. Nesset left Wednesday morning for a vacation trip to Middle River. Weeset's mother accompanies them and expects to visit a Bon at Rolla North Dakota, and other relatives and friends.
Clermont Luther League will present Why Grandma on Sunday evening at the East Church with an ice cream social. Cast of characters will be printed in next week's paper. Among local visits, Alfred Wenger and Edwin Krueger families visited Mrs. Hermen Scheel in Elgin on Sunday. Beverly Bennett celebrated her birthday with gifts including a kodak and buckle. Eve Olson of Cedar Rapids visited Elmer Olson’s home Friday to Sunday.
At a Monday evening meeting Clermont voters appointed committees for Dairy Days on August 11 and 12. Finance chair J. A. Erickson. Police chairs L. T. Olson and Fremont Sullivan. Park chair Gordon Hoopman. Concessions chair Fred Cline. Band chair M. H. Moore. Public Address System chair Burnell Peterson. Electrical chair Clarence Tatro. Publicity chair Laird Cline. Buttermilk chair Lloyd Scott. Dance chair Ray Tomshech. Other members named across all groups include Harold Landsgard, Geo. V. Larson, Dick Griebenow, Clarence Bear, Wm. A. Nelson, Elmer Olson, Morris Amundson, Truman Paulson, Alfred Olson, Bud Schrader, Andrew Watrun, Richard Osterhus, Howard Boyle, M. C. Larson, Harlan Schultz, Lucian Appelman, Ruckard Riegel, Keith Thoma, Lyle Gunderson, Joe Malone, Arnold Stumme, Allen Johnson, Joe Brorby, Art Amundson, E.W. Hilgeman, Joe Ibarson, Dean DeSart, Dick Crowe, Alfred Baechler, Lucy Engle, Louis S. Olson, Elmer Trude, Vernon Meyer, Marvin Johnson, and others.
Sunday supper guests included Mr and Mrs Clifford Kittelson and Gerald with the Joe Olson family. Weddings were attended by Marjorie Tenth and Maurice Lands gard with Arthur Amundson and Harold Lands gard families present. Several locals visited relatives in Monona Dubuque Decorah Ossian and West Union as well as a Navy leave for Gerald Kittleson.
A local recap notes Fayette county has about 1,000 more automobiles and 5,000 more residents than Clayton county, while Clayton holds roughly three million more in bank deposits. Other items cover fires, injuries, military training camp departures, births, bee stings, sports results, and community notices from Clermont, Cresco, West Union, and Postville.
The Service Club met Tuesday July 17 at West Clermont church for a quilting bee. Mrs Isabel Nelson served lunch as members quilted. Eight members answered roll call one visitor Mrs Alma Anderson attended. Minutes of last meeting read a hospital thank you letter discussed a cancer film next meeting is annual picnic at Riverside Park. Mrs Gress gave two readings and a contest by Mrs G O Anderson was won by Mrs Henry Amundson.
Ann Larson attends Westminister junior high camp in Cedar Falls for eight days. Families from Round Lake Wisconsin and Waterloo host and visit relatives. Addresses and names span Sampson family, Starkey birthday, Larson injuries, Skoien California trip, and local gatherings with neighbors and friends through the weekend.
Clermont Methodist Church announces no worship service this coming Sunday. The notice cites routine schedule changes and invites attendees to observe the day in personal devotion instead.
Clermont Lutheran Parish announces Sunday July 28 worship at West Clermont 9 30 a m and East Clermont 11 a m with Dr J W Yivisaker Luther College president leading services. Luther League training camp July 30 to Aug 4 at Luther College invites three youths from each league. Aug 1 West Clermont Priscillas 2 15 p m. Aug 2 East Clermont Societies 2 p m. ice cream social and play Why Grandma at 8 p m Aug 5. details on camp and participants provided by parish.
Mrs Julia Mullaney of Calmar was elected president of the Os sian deanery of the ACCW at a summer meeting in Ossian on Sunday July 16 attended by eight priests and 141 women. Officers include Mrs Herman Hinsenbrock West Union first vice president Mrs John Elsebernd Festina second vice president Mrs Norbert Ean Calmar secretary Mrs C J Anders Spillville treasurer. Plans were made to present a spiritual bouquet to Archbishop Rohlman at his golden jubilee in August and to attend the annual convention in Dyersville Sept 29-30 with Rosary Society and Altar Guild and other parish groups invited to events through October.
Ten members of Boy Scout Troop 51 left Sunday for Camp Igawanis for a week's camping. Participants were Charles Thorson Junior Schultz Elliott Olson Dennis Bear Leo Riegel Robert Johnson Duane Gutcher Larry Bergeson Howard Kittelson and their teacher Allen Johnson.
George Durscher and Kart Miller families and Edna Miller attended the Frautschy family reunion in Monroe Wisconsin Sunday. Various local residents shared visits, travel to Wisconsin and Minnesota, attendance at a wedding in Minneapolis during a winter storm, and family gatherings at Bethel church and homes. The Kerr family moved to a farm south of Brainard, while others attended a local Arizona picnic and visited relatives in Cedar Rapids Chetek St Croix Falls Eau Claire Red Wing.
The Harlan Schultz family held their annual Paris reunion at the L Englehardt home near Waukon. San Leandro California’s Ber the Kling, 86, the oldest attendee, and Ella Schultz of Los Angeles, the farthest, joined. Youngest was John Palas, two months. Officers elected for 1952 were Harlan Schultz president and Hilma Sabbann secretary. Dinner guests included Carl Hackimann of Elgin Thomas Stoeri of St Joseph Michigan and the Alfred Baevhler family.
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