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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1956
Page
7
Plans are underway for the annual Dairy Days celebrations sponsored by the Clermont Community Club. This year the event falls on August 11 and 12 with preparations for a larger free fair and a bigger, better celebration already in progress.
Community notices show summer band concerts set for Saturdays in Clermont beginning June 9, with Mrs. M. H. Moore conducting. The item also records various family visits and gatherings in the Kittelson and Lofts gard households, plus travel plans and anniversaries from local residents.
Father Robert Cooney pastor of St Peter's Church for thirteen years is appointed by the Archbishop to lead St Mary's Church in Manchester starting August 1. The community regrets his departure but honors his advancement to a larger parish. No new pastor has been named for St Peter's.
The Gospel Church two miles west of Clermont has moved this week to a knoll further west and south of Highway 18 on newly purchased land for a permanent site. Services by Rev. Lease stay on their usual schedule. Numerous local residents and visitors from West Union Postville and Ames are noted in Sunday and weekend visits and gatherings, including families and students traveling between Clermont and nearby towns.
Mrs. Carrin Thorson celebrated her 87th birthday with a Tuesday visit at the Ole Brockhus home. Guests included Mrs. Rose Olson, Elgin visitors Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Largon, and a supper gathering with several neighbors and relatives such as Mrs. Geo Hanson, Mrs. Elmer Larson, Lizzie Thorson, Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Olson, the Oliver Larson family, Mrs. Ernest Holt, and the Helgersons.
Capt and Mrs Vernon Reierson’s son Vernon Reier received a Purdue University electrical engineering degree at Lafayette on Sunday June 3. He now works as an electronics project engineer in the research and development unit at Elgin Air Force Base Florida. He is a son of Ray Reierson of Clermont.
A Monday evening event at Clermont city park hosted by the Methodist Church WSCS committee led by Mrs. Lucian Appelman Mrs. Bess Blake and Mrs Elmer Easler. Local families and guests attend gatherings, visits, and graduation trips around Clermont Monona Waseca and Minneapolis.
The Church of Our Saviour Clermont Episcopal lists service times with Rev. Paul A. Clark as vicar. Evening Prayer occurs on the first and second Sundays at 7:30 p m. Morning services on the third and fourth Sundays at 8 45 a m. Holy Communion on the fifth Sunday at 8 45 a m.
Lester Lease, Pastor leads church notices listing morning service at 10 45 a m and evening service at 8 00 p m at The Gospel Message Radio Chapel.
Rev. Fr. Robert Cooney presides at St. Peter Church with Sunday Masses at 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. Weekday Mass daily at 7:00 a.m. except Saturday 9:30 a.m. Confessions on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and before Sunday 7:00 a.m. Mass.
West Clermont holds Sunday service at 10 00 with Pastor E E Ramsey from Portland delivering the sermon Wednesday Mission Society meets at 2 15 Hostesses include Mrs Richard Griebenow Louie Amundson and others East Clermont hosts a Thursday 8 00 choir rehearsal and Sunday 8 30 service with Pastor E E Ramsey from Portland delivering the sermon
Worship at 8 45 a m this Sunday led by Minister E G Steinman at the Methodist church. The minister will attend the annual conference in Mason City next week. Economical Effective Want Ads.
The East Clermont Societies convened Thursday June 7 with hostesses Ms. Ruroden Taylor Gisleson Blockhus. hymns devotion secretary reports committee chairmen. Cradle Roll month skit We Discuss Baptism presented by Knudsen Amundson Olson Lehan. Bible study by Mrs Schneider a film Healing in the Holy Land shown. Birthday offerings by listed members.
The Priscilla Working Band met June 6 with hostesses Mdris Hans Sandvold Claude Gress Harry Amundson Mary Olson and Miss Louise Bilden. The president thanked all who aided in church spring cleaning. Mrs James Henderson chair announced the program with vocal solo by Arlene Knudsen a reading Remember and a piano solo by Cheryl Peterson.
Graduates from SUI Mrs. and Mrs. Franz Appelman attended their daughter Barbara’s commencement at the State University of Town on Friday. Also attending were O Henderson David Appelman and Mr. and Mrs. H R Young. Verne Stephenson and Bess Tschantz visited Mrs. Louise Miller’s mother Lena Peters in Decorah. The Harry Amundson family Agnes and Louise Bilden joined Julian Moe family and Evelyn Bilden for a Decorah park picnic. Ezra Rowland recalls wearing 1930 dress shoes, noting 26 year old pair still wearable. Ole Embretson Elkader and Mrs Ben Fuelling St Olaf visited in Henry Kittelson’s home. Harold Bennett’s guests included Enoch Holm and others visiting Decorah and Olavus Holm. On Monday they traveled to West Union to see Mrs Ole Benson.
On Monday June 18 the Commercial Club gathers followed by the Women's Service Club event the same day. Wednesday June 20 features the West Clermont Mission Society and the Women's Catholic Order Foresters.
Word reached Mr. and Mrs. Franz Appelman that Douglas has arrived in Japan. his address is A/2e Doug. S$. Appelman, AF 17432458, 38th Air Reserve Sqdn., APO 919, San Francisco, California. No Soldier Address. In a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Guyer, Gerald reports his new address as Gerald L. Guyer SR 97346-49 US Naval Hospital Corps School Class 16-56 Great Lakes, IL.
Harold Heins has been a patient in the Veterans Hospital at Iowa City for nearly two weeks. His address is patients ward 10 East. Mrs. Bud Schrader and Jimmie of Kanawha spend time with her mother, Mrs. Harriet Dugstad, while Bud fishes in Minnesota.
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