USW Collecting Equipment for Life Rafts
Units of the United Service Women throughout Iowa are collecting articles to equip Life Raft Kits for service members. The drive seeks everyday items such as mirrors for signaling fish hooks lines reels safety pins gauze bandages scissors tweezers wooden handled knives and adhesive tape. Also requested are wooden beauty kits and powder compacts for storing gear. Send to the State of Iowa Dept. of Health care to Harry A. Hurd D. D. S. or Robert L. Parker M. D. or contact Mrs. J. C. Halverson USW unit president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service Women’s Organization
Iowa
State of Iowa
J. C. Halverson
USW
Attend Wedding in Nashua For Helen Schaeffer and Harvey Robinson
Mr and Mrs Fred Cline attended the wedding of Helen Schaeffer to Lt Harvey Robinson at the Little Brown Church in Nashua on Wednesday evening. The couple, formerly of Ottumwa, plan to reside in Ottumwa after furlough ends for further training. Local visits and travel notes follow, including Des Moines callers and castalia visitors, with social updates and a Park Pavilion event at West Union on July 31 with 50 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cline
Nashua
Helen Schaeffer
Harvey Robinson
F. Ray Robinson
Sumner
Little Brown Church
Lt. Robinson
Naval Air Station
New Orleans
Ottumwa
Ray Alto
Park Pavilion Fair Grounds
West Union
Lolita Blake
John Zoeckler
Hazel Olson
Alma Anderson
Harvey Anderson
Marion Lutheran Church
4-H Club Plans Exhibit at Clermont Fair
The Clermont Clover 4-H club met July 20 with Mrs. Harry Johnson in Elgin. Lorraine Follett led the meeting as thirteen members answered roll call. Plans were made for a local fair or carnival August 1 at the Clermont opera house with exhibits showing home front wartime work, a demonstration program, games, and stunts. Ice cream, pop, and popcorn will be sold to benefit the Red Cross. Next meeting August 3 will be hosted by Ann and Genevieve Nesbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Clover Clover
Harry Johnson
Elgin
Lorraine Follett
Dorleen de Sotal
Mildred Johnson
Clermont Opera House
Red Cross
United Service Women Address July Meeting Notes
Clermont United Service Women met in the town hall last Tuesday evening. A sale of 128 pounds of waste kitchen fats brought their total to 409 pounds. Plans were discussed for county USW units to join a picnic on Sunday, Aug. 8, and for a blood donation campaign though details remain undecided. Additional items include local residents moving, visiting, and social events in Postville, West Union, and surrounding areas aboard various posts and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont United Service Women
Buy Bonds and More Bonds For the Knockout Blow
Bond chairman A Erickson urges speedier national bond purchases as government asks doubling quotas. Wartime rallying cry says the more licks we put in now, the shorter the war. Local social notes record visits and gatherings at Clermont, West Union, and surrounding towns with multiple residents named Mrs. Estey, Mr. Brandt, and others.
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A. Erickson
Clermont
Mussolini
Hitler
Community groups host picnics with social gatherings
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters members and families met at the city park for a picnic dinner and social. About fifty attended, with out of town guests from Monona and Janesville. The Business and Professional Women’s club held their picnic at Riverside park the following day with a short meeting and a new secretary appointed. Other items note visits, farm stays, and local social events, plus stray tales of a surprising abandoned well with shrinking “porkers.”
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Catholic Order of Foresters
City Park
John Peters
Bonnie
Monona
Hazel Kruel
Bobby
Janesville
Wis
Riverside Park
H. A. Lubke
Wm. Belschner
Purple Heart Awarded Posthumously to Pvt. Joseph Olson
Mrs. Melinda Olson of St Paul Minn received the Purple Heart and citation from the War Dept posthumously honoring her husband Pvt Joseph I Olson who was killed in action in North Africa on April 24 The note from his Battalion Commander Lt Col M B Kauffman commends Private Olson as a superior soldier and a model for his battalion his parents Mr and Mrs Alfred Olson also received the commander’s letter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melinda Olson
War Dept
Joseph I. Olson
North Africa
Olson
St. Paul
Minn
Pvt. Olson
Alfred Olson
Joseph
M. B. Kauffman
60Th Infantry
Twenty Five Years Ago River Town Sends Enlistees to Navy
A fragmented local column recalls 25 years past as John Anderson and Roy Swenson left for Des Moines then Great Lakes Naval Training Station after enlisting. Four Clermont men joined the July call for selectees heading to Camp Pike Arkansas. Others visited Des Moines and Camp Dodge while multiple residents reported travels, family gatherings, and community events, including reunions and birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anderson
Roy Swenson
Navy
Des Moines
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
J. W. Murphy
Carrington
N. D
Tim Leehy
Erick Lubke
John Burrow
Noble Larson
Charles Cupps
Harry L. Yauslin
Lene Larson
Camp Dodge
Joe
John Nelson
Harry Stolle
Gelina Olson
Camp Pike
Ark
West Clermont Mission Society Meets on Wednesday
Mesdames Nels Gilbert Helen Ostmundson Ed Barnes Louie Amundson Theo Kjosa Hazel Johnson Ole Benson Merle Moen and Ole Amundson hosted the West Clermont Mission Society gathering on Wednesday afternoon July 21. In the president's absence Mrs I C Jerdee presided. After the secretary's report Rev A O Nesset led a brief devotion. With no business to discuss the program chair Mrs Alma Anderson introduced the items: piano solo Elsie Jerdee poem My Prayer Joan Swenson reading Organizing of the Norwegian Lutheran Church In America. Four members gave birthday offerings: Mrs N H Nelson Mrs Alma Ostlie Mrs Wayne Albel and Mrs Harry Stolle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Nels Gilbert
Helen Ostmundson
Ed Barnes
Louie Amundson
Theo Kjosa
Hazel Johnson
Ole Benson
Merle Moen
Ole Amundson
West Clermont Mission Society
I. C. Jerdee
A. O. Nesset
Alma Anderson
Elsie Jerdee
Joan Swenson
Norwegian Lutheran Church In America
Harvey Anderson
N.H. Nelson
Alma Ostlie
Wayne Albel
Harry Stolle
Clermont Calendar Highlights Local Events and Visits
Clermont Calendar lists town council on Monday August 2 and community events August 3 and 4. Local visits include Geraldine Wells in West Union with grandparents Fd and Mary Wells and others visiting Clermont, plus Pvt Rafferty of Sioux City visiting his grandmother. Margaret Crowe has a new job in St Paul airport office. her mother Irene Crowe accompanies her. Remember Scrap slaps Japs. Sock em.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Wells
West Union
Fd Wells
Mary Washburn
Bernell Wells
Clermont
Pvt
John Patrick Rafferty
Sioux City
Josephine Wells
Gerald Gutcher
Margaret Crowe
Oelwein
St. Paul
Minn
Labor Relations Board
Clinton
Irene Crowe
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Halvergen
Alfred Buraas
Red Cross Center
Halversoris
Herbert, Moeller
Melbourne
Martin Nelson
Nina Simerson
Castalia
Barbo Berg
Rushford, Minn
Anna Paulson
Wim. Smith
Mauston
N. H. Nelson
Gepost
United Service Women
Anamosa
Nelson
Scott Hardware
L. V. Candee
Mr. Nelson
Mollie Mork
Near Gunder
Albert Christianson
Nina Stmerson
Nels Gilbert
Elmer Sanders
Postville
Sanders
Charles City
Len Simek
Fairmont
Marcia Ann Wendland
Leni Simek
Ruth Olson
Lois
Detroit
Mich
Bertha Hartman
Vern Seese
Leon Topp
Verni Brandt
O. W. Heiserman
Blanche Waterbury
B. Riegel
Elizabeth Riegel
Etta Entringer
Fran Krubis
Frank Witmer
Dubuque
Caral Lee Meyer
Milo Meyer
Gilbert Hanson
Wm. R. Blake
Lolita
George Tirrell
Mesdames R. F. Estey
E. H. Estey
Wm. ‘Tressmer
Patty
Don
Alden
Bettina Buraas
Gloria
Charles Lawston
Leeds
R. V. Brandt
Episcopal Church
Vernon Peters
McGregor
Frank Pringle
Arthur Johnson
Irene Nelson
Boone
Edna Pringle
Norma Pringle
Milwaukee
Kate Connors
Cathryn Horan
G. W. Chappell
Chicago
John Sullivan
Bonnie O'Day
St. Peter's
Elvira Johnson
L. T. N. Olson
John Mark
Ole Kirkestue
Glen Kirkestue
Richard Breckenridge
Japan
Richard Griebenow
Dennis
Hawkeye
Thomas Wetherbee
Geo. Paulson
Clarisa
Oscar Thompson
Ole Christianson
Ben Frautehy
W. T. Vinton
Vern Frankie
New Hampton
Orlando Kittleson
Earlville
Bessie Sullivan
Elbert Westprahl
Hawks Eye
Kenneth
E. C. White
Eldora
White
Orin Fry
Dave Riche
Hamburg
Mr. Riche
Mr. Fry
James Archer
Near West Union
Archer
Enterprise
Janesville, Wis
N. C. Gerner
Willet Miller
Walter Becker
Willet
Augusta
Ezta Rowland
Oliver
Warneke
Lorraine Osterhus
Decorah
L. T
Fred Clarke
Independence
Louise Miller
Clarke
Lawrence Horan
Frank
R,r. Perry
Melvin Weigel
Raftis
Tes Union
Clarence Gruver
Waukon
Russell Gruver
Gene
Fayette
R. S. Henderson
Joe Kula
Richard
Edna Hendershott
Jennie Payne
Entertain Church Society
Priscilla
Rosary Society
Gladys Yauslin
Chas
Doty
Richard Banning
Glen Becker
Joan
Dia Sae
Cy Gana
Love Brothers Derby
Suiperte
Burgess - Dugstad Lumber Company
Dugstad
Met
Towa
Lowe Brothers Prints and Varnishes
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