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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
3
Notice states subscription payments for new and renewal are payable to Clermont Local News Editor Mrs Lucy Engie who will issue receipts. Publisher.
A Tuesday evening gathering at the Ed Dahms home celebrated his birthday with 600 people attending for entertainment and a midnight potluck. Prizes were won by Roy Luebke, the Welzels, Muchaw, and Ehler. Several local families joined in the events and visits to nearby towns were noted.
Misa Lorraine Osterhus and Leonard A. Olson wed in a candlelight ceremony Friday June 13 at West Clermont Lutheran Church. Attendants wore blue and pink dresses, bouquets of pink and white carnations, and blue boutonnieres. The reception followed with a three hundred guests, a three-tier cake, and a honeymoon planned to an unknown destination. The couple will reside in Clermont after Mr. Olson's work at the Clermont creamery.
A candlelight ceremony at Trinity Lutheran Church Green Bay united Doris Larsen and Harry Olson in marriage on Saturday June 14. The bride wore white satin with lace and pearls and was attended by Glen Larson and Selina Olson. The groom wore a blue suit with attendants in gray and aqua ensembles. A reception followed at the bride’s home and the couple left for a wedding trip. Both are graduates. the bride served in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve and the groom plans to study law in Madison. They will reside in Green Bay.
Miss Blanche Johnson and Don Butts wed in a double ring ceremony at the Little Brown Church near Nashua on Sunday June 15 at 2 o clock. The event drew seventy relatives and friends with a reception later in West Clermont Lutheran Church. The couple plan to reside in Cedar Falls while the groom resumes dentistry studies at the university in Town City.
Local notes recount Mr and Mrs Max Reed moving from Carrell to Monona for teaching. Numerous guests and visits across families in Clermont and nearby towns including Hinsdale Rochester Minn Davenport Cedar Falls West Union Maynard Forest City Postville and Van Hook. Community events feature bridge luncheons, funeral attendances, gatherings, and hosting at multiple homes.
Sunday dinner guests included Inga and Anna Larson with Leo, Adrian, and Oliver Christofferson and Lou Ann. Father's Day guests featured Julia Helgerson and multiple Helgersons, Frieden, Olson families. Afternoon visitors included Donald Larsen and Donaline. Anna Bigler of Postville attended Swenson supper. Franklin Shipton joined West Union boys at Camp Dodge for Boys State, chosen as Clermont’s representative. Alburnett hosts with Lloyd Aanes Erickson family, Berjuma Buraas, Seimer, Nelson, Haftsgard, Carl Smith of Ames, Louis Hein of Cedar Rapids. Erickson sisters gathered for the first time in years. Rady Jauret of Rochester and John Jauret of Ossien dinnered with Swenson. Chir Andersons from West Union visited Floyd Bergeson. Tell ’em you saw it in the Echo.
Mrs Albert Simerson and Roger of Van Hook North Dakota were supper guests Saturday of Mrs Bertina Buraas. On Monday the mentioned group were visitors in the Lloyd Aanes home.
The principal role of the honey bee is not in producing honey and beeswax as commonly supposed, but in the pollination of agricultural plants.
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