Mission Society Meeting and Waste Paper Drive Details
The Mission Society of the West Lutheran church held a large meeting with over one hundred in attendance. A War Production Board representative discussed tomorrow’s waste paper drive in Fayette county, noting the need for blue print paper to design a ship. Committees were named for the drive, while Rev Nesset led a Bible study and Mrs Cornell Anfinson presented program items. More local notes include visits and health updates for Claude Gress and various residents visiting Cedar Rapids, Rock Island, and Earlville over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Society of the West Lutheran Church
War Production Board
Fayette County
J. B.’ Shipton
Agnes Paulson
Perry Paulson
Nesset
Cornell Anfinson
Patty Eastman
Shirley Antinson
West Union
Holy City
Shirley
Antinson
Harry Stolle
Mary Tatro
George Belschner
Mesdames
Albert “Christianson
George Paulson
Ben Frautchy
Clarence
Leonard Wells obituary and funeral details from Clermont
Leonard Leroy Wells born March 25 1886 near Wadena died July 17 at St Josephs hospital New Hampton aged 58. He lived in Clermont most of life ran a shoe repair shop about 20 years. Funeral July 19 at St Peters with Rev Robert Cooney. interment Catholic cemetery. Survived by mother four brothers three sisters and many nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Leroy Wells
Josephine Wells
Joseph Wells
Iwyria Township
Wadena
Clermont
St. Joseph’s Hospital
New Hampton
Geneva
Ralph
George F. Wells
Bitley
Mich
Ralph J. Wells
Ravenna
Ohio
John C. Wells
Comanche
Lee Wells
Faye Trammell
Ardmore
Okio
Rosella Gutcher
Independence
Geneva Wells
West Union
George
Faye
Rosella
St. Peter’s Church
Robert Cooney
Harry Becker
J Wm. Sheehy
Wm. Cahalan
Ed Burt
Burkhart Riegel
R. J. Wells
I Mor
J. C. Wells
Coman‘che
John Patrick Rafferty
Sioux City
Arthur Arend
Waterloo
Henry Louden
Oelwein
Joint Parish Service at Clermont Park Sunday
Clermont Lutheran Parish invites all to a Sunday joint service of East and West Clermont and Highland churches at the Clermont park at 11 a.m. A noon picnic lunch and a 2 p.m. musical program follow with Dr. O. J. H. Preus of Luther College as guest speaker. Rain plan to move to West Clermont church. Sunday school at 9:30 at East Clermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Nesset
Clermont
Highland
O. J. H. Preus
Luther College
Decorah
West Clermont
East Clermont
Priscilla
Westchurch
Joe Wander
Jake Wander
Wm. A. Nelson
Wm. B. Miller
Edwin Gunderson
Emma. Gunderson
Elvira Johnson
Hast Church
Bernard Hanson
Tilford Bilden
Carl Halverson
Clara Blockhus
Clermont Calendar and Social Gatherings Schedule
Community notices list clubs and meetings for Monday July 31 and week ahead, including the B P Women’s club Firemen’s meeting Priscilla Working Band St Peters Rosary Society and Altar Guild. Local visits feature residents from Decorah and surrounding areas with multiple family and guest movements noted in late July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. & P. Women's Club
Priscilla
St. Peter’s Rosary Society and Altar Guild
Twenty five Years Ago Clermont Soldier Returns Home
Twenty five years ago Carl Appelman, a Clermont soldier, returned home after considerable overseas service. Mabel Olson, nursing student at St. Joseph's in Sioux City, visited home for two weeks. James Sullivan sold Lars Sampson's 100 acre farm to Ole Amundson, the second Amundson brother to buy near Clermont that week. Frank Fay visited his son Oliver in Ames, Oliver still suffering from gas exposure in France, government sending him to Colorado for climate. Clermont won a close game against Hawkeye 5 to 4 on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Appelman
Clermont
Mabel Olson
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sioux City
James Sullivan
Lars Sampson
Ole Amundson
Amundson
Frank Fay
Ames
Oliver
France
Colorado
Hawkeye
Cliff Kittelsons Buy Clermont Home
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kittelson contracted for the Clermont residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Kittelson, who live at Earlville. The deal closed Monday morning, and the family plans to move to town in about a month. The vacated house will house the new school superintendent Marlon Moore and his family, with planned moves to Clermont after August 1. Several local visitors and relatives are noted, including Mrs. Wilbur Jenson and daughter, Mrs. Barbo Berg, Mrs. Nels Gilbert, and gatherings at the Nordhus and Leet homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry O. Olson
Decorah
Vernon Olson
Walter Lundy
Isabelle Nelson
Albert Wilbur
Waucoma
Joan Jergens
Oelwe
Charles Bigler
Cedar Falls
Floyd Bigler
Anna Paulson
Agnes
Glynn
Aulger
Wayne Abel
Weesterloo
Walter Powers
Richard Greenslade
Milo Meyer
Carol
Postville
Gilbert Hanson
Verni Brandt
Lloyd Bruce
Clifford Kittelson
Clermont
C. K. Kittelson
Earlville
Kittelson
Wilbur Jenson
Calendar
Andrew Nordhus
Louie Blood
Cedar Rapids
Blood
Marlon Moore
Barbo Berg
Rushford
Minn
Nels Gilbert
A. A
Rulger Paulson
Judy
G. B. Leet
Waukon
Mary Washburn
West Union
Geo. Walvatne
Maggie Torkelson
A. O. Nesset
Nicnic
Avon Park
Fla
Brandt
Leon Topp
Daughters
Miller Family Reunion at Clermont Park Highlights
The ninth Miller family reunion was held in Clermont city park on Sunday July 16 with seventy seven attendees. A picnic lunch followed by a program included songs poems talks and a hymn led by family members. Officers were re elected for the year Alfred Baechler president Guy Probert vice president Lorraine Gunderson secretary treasurer. Multiple relatives from Clermont Elgin West Union Postville Buffalo Center Muscatine and Bemidji Minn attended. Also noted were dairy production figures and local visits including Harold Cooney and Augusta Miller among others. Bomb the Japs With Scrap appears as a closing line scanned from the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Miller
Clermont
Abe Habeger
Shirley Boleyn
Clarence Haas
Keith Thoma
Paul Schutte
Aulden Oelberg
Eugene Hahbeger
Allen Habeger
Guy Probert
Elgin
Aulden Qelberg
Beverly
Evelyn Johnson
West Union
Merrill Gunderson
Carol
Postville
Walter Miller
Buffalo Center
Erwin Miller
Forest City
Carl Borchardt
Muscatine
Mona Hoganson
Bemidji
Minn
Iowa
Harold Cooney
Iowa City
Mary Tatro
Augusta Miller
Fern Buraas
Des Moines
Wm. B. Miller
Alfred Buraas
Clear Lake
Capitol City
Alex Grangaard
Waterville
Mary Tatra
Roy Tatra
Clarence Tatra
David Appelman
Lancaster
Wis
R. Roggensack
Franz Appelman
Waukon
Roggensack
Steven and Stanton
J. C. Halverson
L. W. McKellar
Glen
Alma Ostlie
Tillie Swenson
Doris Gilbert
Alice Becker
Waterloo
Norman
Oklo
Norman Gilbert
Richard Greenslade
Avon Park
Florida
Gilbert Hanson
Verni Brandt
Milo Meyer
Herbert Schatz
Leo Kloster
L. T. N. Olson
Elvira Johnson
John Mark
Nellie Kirkestue
Reunion Held at West Union Fair Grounds
The Wander Light reunion gathered Sunday at the West Union fair grounds with numerous Wander family members from Castalia Fayette and Clermont plus friends including Henderson Schweinerus Dibble and Gordon. Service members Carroll Wander Fort Knox Kentucky Frederic Appelman Camp Bowie Texas Geo Wander Jr Solomons Sgt Bernard Moravitz Camp San Louis Calif and Lyle Light overseas are noted among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union Fair Grounds
John G. Wander
Castalia
Mary Brause
Fayette
David Brause
Iyndell
Hugh Randall
Ruel Randal
Ann
Hughie
Charlie Wander
Shirley
Dortha
Wm. Wander
Yvonnie
Harold Light
Catherine
Harlan
Kenneth
John Steffans
Marian
Erma
West Union
B. O. Henderson
Helen Henderson
Lavern Schweinerus
Dwight Brause
Wanda
Ezra Dibble
Jack
Carl Appelman
Donald
Clermont
Fred Light
Loren
Strawberry Point
Jake Wander
Betty
Jimmie
Jerry
Frank Gordon
Lovella
Postville
Dell Northcup
Lizzie Fisk
Carroll Wander
Fort Knox
Frederic Appelman
Camp Bowie
Texas
Geo. Wander, Jr
Solomons
Sgt
Bernard D. Moravitz
Camp San Louis
Calif
Lyle and
Emmet Light
Waste Paper Drive Tomorrow In Clermont
Waste paper drive in Clermont is scheduled for Friday July 29 as part of a county wide effort led by state salvage leaders. Residents should bundle newspapers magazines catalogs and paper boxes and place them on their porches for pickup. Farmers in the countryside are urged to bring waste paper to the school garage for storage and disposal with evening collection available at the garage.
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Clermont
U. S. W. Meets Tonight in Clermont Town Hall
Clermont United Service Women hold their regular meeting in the town hall this Thursday evening starting at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mission Society
Wm. Burrow, Jr
Burrow
Fred Burrow
August
Albert
Ivan Anderson
Mavis
Claude Gress
Ezta Rowland
Will Heiserman
Dorothy Brorby
Rock Island
Ill
Orlando Kittelson
Farmers Savings Bank
A. Erickson
Leonard Wells
Arlene Johnson
Lillian Halverson
Howard
DeWayne Johnson
Wendell Loftsgard
Carmen Loftsgard
Elmer T. Nelson
L. D. Hitch
O O. B.S
Nick Jorgens
Minneapolis
Fred Bigler
Bigler
Pvt
Billy Bigler
Pstarls
Sohn Woodruff
Berlin
Clermont Lutheran Parish
Enterprise
Cliff Kittelsons
Miller
Fair Grounds
Love Brothers Derby
Reis
Burgess - Dugstad Lumber Company
Ed Dugstad
Mgr
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