Officers Elected By Sheehan Unit Legion Auxiliary
At the regular meeting of the Sheehan Unit Legion Auxiliary, officers were elected including Mrs Martin Nelson as president and Mrs Walter Vinton as first vice president. Delegates named for Fayette county conference at Westgate include the new president, secretary, and Mrs Louie Olson. Poppy sales yielded $41.80. Meeting held at Mrs Nelson's home with hostesses assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheehan
The
Legion Auxiliary
Martin Nelson
Walter Vinton
Theo. N. Loftsgard
Wm. Crowe
Dan Burke
H. B. Greenley
Aulger Paulson
Louie Olson
Fred Cline
R. V. Brandt
Geo. Quandt
West Union
Fayette County
American Legion Auxiliary
Westgate
Lee Coleman
Clermont Clover Clovers 4-H Names Demonstration Teams
The Clermont Clover Clovers 4-H club met at Ver nice and Joycelyn Engle home. Demonstration teams were picked with Vernice Engle and Vinah Nelson taking first place, Joycelyn Engle and Genevieve Nesbit second, and Leona Foley and Lola Gordon third. A daughter, Barbara Jean, was born June 11 to Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Kelly of Albia at St. Joseph's hospital Ottumwa.
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Clermont Clover Clovers
Vernice
Joycelyn Engle
Shirley Welzel
K. J. Kerr
Ruth Turner
Ohn
JoAnn Welzel
Vernice Engle
Vinah Nelson
Genevieve Nesbit
Leona Foley
Lola Gordon
Marjorie Noack
Helen
Arlene Miller
Lola
Charlotte Gordon
Dorothy Kerr
LaVilla Gordon
Leona
Eileen Foley
Ora Gene
Rosina Oestman
Barbara Jean
R.A. Kelly
Albia
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ottumwa
Well Known Farmer Resident Dies in Iowa Community
Louise A. Nelson Show was born June 20, 1875, near Postville. She died June 8, 1940, at her home near Wesley at age 64 years, 11 months, 19 days. She taught at Jewell Lutheran College for ten years, studied at Chicago University, Moody Bible Institute, and Cedar Falls. She married Jurgen C. Skow in 1910 and had four children. She was active in YWCA, Red Cross, Farm Bureau, and various churches and missionary work. Funeral held June 11 at Algona Presbyterian Church. interment Wesley cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise A. Nelson Show
Nelson
Postville
A. D
Anna Nelson
Wesley
East Clermont Lutheran Church
Brecken
Nashville, Tenn
Jurgen C. Skow
Skow
Adelia Catherine
Harriet Elizabeth
Red Cross
Farm Bureauu
Kossuth
Council of Religious Education
Ladies’ Aid
Cehurch
Society of the M. E. Church
Algona Wctu
Kossuth County
Washington, D. C
Mitchell Association
Congregational Churches of
Iowa
Presbyterian Church of
Algona
Joseph
Fidelia
Othiha Severson
Rochester
Minn
Emma Gunderson
Almer Aanes
Red Wing
Dan Kloster
West
Union
Woodland Progressive Study Club Social at Swenson Home
Woodland Progressive Study Club met at the Swenson home on Tuesday June 11 with Mrs Roy Swenson Mrs Arthur Mechelson and Mrs Reider Smith hosting The program opened with Work For the Night is Coming sung by the club A reading The Flag Goes Passing By by Mrs Smith and a poem Be a Friend read by Mrs Alma Anderson Lavanne Swenson performed two vocal solos Stepping Stones and The Popcorn Man The group held several contests led by Mrs Anderson Thirteen members and two guests attended with refreshments served afterwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Swenson
Arthur Mechelson
Reider Smith
Woodland Pro ‘Gressive
Swenson
Births in Waukon and Postville Produce Daughters and Son
A 7 34 pound daughter was born Thursday June 6 to Mr and Mrs Francis Liddiard of Waukon. She is named La Venne Frances. Mrs Liddiard formerly Lena Brecht and worked as housekeeper for Rev J F McCaffery at St Peters church here. Mr and Mrs Walter Lundy are parents of a son born Saturday June 15 at the Postville hospital. The Lundys live on the Albert Olson farm about five miles east of town. The child has not yet been named and is a grandson of Mr and Mrs Henry Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Liddiard
Waukon
la Venne Frances
Liddiard
Lena Brecht
J. F. McCaffery
St. Peter’s Church
Walter Lundy
Postville Hospital
Lundys
Albert Olson
Henry Olson
Farm Bureau Meeting Sets Plans for July at City Park
Pleasant Valley and Clermont township Farm Bureau members met Tuesday at the new American Legion hall. Paul McElroy presented The Plow that Broke the Plains before a program of Marimba and accordion selections. Genevieve Nesbit reported on committee goals and Otto Brandt was elected secretary and treasurer. Two committees were named for the next meeting with Walter Follett and O K Kittleson in charge of the program and several couples handling refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Clermont Township
New, American Legion
Paul McElroy
Genevieve ‘Nesbit
Arlene Miller
JoAnn Welzel
Otto
Brandt
God Bless America
Genevieve Nesbit
O. K. Kittleson
Farm Bureau
Legion Hall
Otto Brandt
McElroy
Walter Follett
O. K Kittleson
Lloyd Aanes
Jerry Spencer
A. G. Anderson
Henry Kittleson
Ossian Residents Visit Relatives and Attend Decorah Outing
Mrs. Nina Stinerson of Ossian visited last week at her daughters homes Mrs Nels Gilbert t and Mrs Melvin Anderson. Esther Carlin a teacher at Villa Marie College Erie Pa has returned to stay with relatives for the summer. Loftsgard and Meyer families took children to Decorah for a swim and leisure. Mrs. J J Burke returned to St Paul accompanied by relatives from Inver Grove Minnesota and Colorado Springs. Advertising is an investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Stinerson
Ossian
Nels Gilbert T
Melvin Anderson
Esther Carlin
Villa Marie College
Erie
Theo
Loftsgard
Vernon Meyer
Annabelle
Carmen
Wendell Loftsgard
Gordon
Arther Meyer
Lois Olson
William Bigler
Barnabetta Olson
Helen Halverson
Richard Crowe
Decorah
J. J. Burke
St. Paul
Minn
Dan Burke
Colorado Springs
Arthur Godard
Inver Grove
West Union
Crown Princess Juliana with Beatrix and Irene in Ottawa
Halifax photo shows Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands guiding her eldest daughter Beatrix aged 12 and baby Irene eight months as they plan to stay in Ottawa during the war. The gesture is seen as a potential example for European royalty amid France’s capitulation to Nazi forces.
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Halifax
United States
Juliana
The
Netherlands
Beatrix
Irene
Ottawa
Canada
France
Europe
Clermont Commercial Club Moves to Incorporate Under Laws
The Clermont Commercial Club voted to file incorporation papers to shield members from liability. Secretary H B Greenley proposed the measure, passed at a Monday meeting after dinner at Pringle's and a town hall session. Committees were named for Roads, Welfare, Entertainment, and Appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Commercial Club
H. B. Greenley
Pringle's
Dugstad
Lou Rounds
Richard Olson
Gordon Junker
John Erickson
Fred Cline
R. V. Brandt
Norbert Gar‘ner
Alfred Baechler
Louis Olson
J. F.miller
Larry Cline
Clermont
Iowa Boys’ State
Des Moines
Annual Alumni Banquet Honors 1940 Senior Class
West Clermont Lutheran church parlors hosted the annual Alumni banquet for the senior class of 1940 with Supt Ressler and Mrs Ressler, Agnes Crowe as toastmistress. Burke welcomed graduates. Guritz responded. program featured vocal solos, a sextet, and a reading. Officers for next year elected. band and families attended a meal for 69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Clermont Lutheran Churc
Theo. C. Ressler
Agnes Crowe
Dat Burke
Je Peterson
Guritz
Margaret Moen
Phyllis Gress
Ammazette Henderson
R. 5. Henderson
Joseph Leehy
Loretta Belschner
William Belschner
Priscilla Working Band
Family Reunions Highlight Groth and Paulson Kelvig Gatherings
Descendants of the Groth family met in Charles City for the 17th annual reunion with a noon picnic and officer elections. Six Clermont attendees were joined by relatives from multiple Iowa towns and nearby states. Next year’s reunion is planned for Austin Minnesota. Fifty people attended the Paulson Johnson Kelvig reunion at Sioux Rapids with a large list of attendees from Belmond Kanawha and Des Moines. Elmer Kolvig and Mrs. Lloyd Ashe were elected president and secretary for the coming year. the group will hold the event at Clear Lake in 1941. A wedding dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Abel in Volga honored Dorothy Dohrer and her marriage to Wilder Mattocks of Wadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groth
Charles City
J. M. Hovland
Emma Bear
Dennis Bear
Sophia Groth
Nellie Halstenson
Clermont
St Olaf
West Union
Postville
Inwond
St. Ansgar
Elgin
Maynard
Foerst
Bode
Joice
Chester
Lake Mills
Iowa
Waureka
Milwaukee
Wis
Hillsboro
William City
Harvey
N.D
Fairview
Spring Valley
LeRay
Zumbrota
Lake Crystal
Hibbings
Manterville
Minneapolis
Brownsdale
Minn
Austin
Paul goan-Johnson-Kelvig
Oak Logvillion
Sioux Rapids
Wm. Paulson
Dehweiny
Louis Johnson
Alta
Louie Kelvic
Mary Johnson
Magdaline
Leonard and
Paul
Theo. Johnson
Henry Johnson
Belmond
Lawrence Goolaw
James
Elmer Kelvig
Lloyd Ashe
John Koelvig
Kanawha
Lloyd Goodlaxson
Des Moines
Vern Goodlaxson
Jerry
Emmetsburg
Everett Phipps
Pilot Mound
Graver Lundt
Beverly
Linn Grove
Claude Skinner
Phy
Duane
Cherokee
Burrow
Richard Griebenow
Elmer Kolvig
Clear Lake
Wayne Abel
Luther League Convention at Stavanger Church Opens Friday
The Decorah circuit Lutheran Luther League convention will meet at Stavanger church starting Friday at 7 30 p m and run through Sunday Rev H A Magelson pastor guest speaker will preach opening sermon Friday and Sunday morning East and West Clermont chairs join in federal union sing Sunday afternoon Open Our Eyes by MacFarland will be performed No services at East or West churches so attendees urged to go to Stavanger Dinners offered at nominal prices Pastor away next week at Clear Lake Bible camp Rev B E Ramsey pastor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singing Church
Highland
Luther League
Decorah Circuit
Stavanger
H. A. Magelson
Joseph Kivutsan
Lake Mills
Episcopal Church Notes Services on Sunday June 18
The parish announces services for Sunday June 18 at ai n oa. mu with Charles F. Edwards, pastor. Details are brief and reflect the church calendar of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. F. Edwards
Clermont Community Meetings Schedule June
Clermont Calendar lists events for June including W. C. O. P. business meeting on Thursday the 20th, Clermont Lodge AFL and AM Monday the 24th, a Women’s Club gathering, Firemen’s meeting, and Ladies Aid on Wednesday the 26th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Lodge
AFL & A.M
Firemen's Meeting
Ladies'’ Aid
Centennial Window Displays Highlight Local Stores
In Centennial Week the Jocal merchants showcase displays of robes antiques and wedding gowns with albums postcards and old implements. The event is organized by Mrs Len Simek and J F Brorby with loans from local residents as part of the county celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vette
Len Simekl
J. F. Brorby
Wind Tunnel Under Construction At Royal Aircraft Establishment
England's Wind Tunnel at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough will study conditions at speeds up to 600 miles per hour. The facility supports research into aerodynamics for high speed flight and related performance implications.
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England
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Farnborough
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