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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1953
Page
7
Mrs. Joel Clerk oversees organization of a practical home nursing course with instructor Mrs. Harold Opland, R.N. The program covers treatment, first aid, injuries and illness from modern warfare, and invites broad community participation.
Mr and Mrs John Kelly welcomed twins at Postville Hospital on Thursday June 18. A boy and girl named Gerald and Geane weighed 1 2 lbs combined. The birth adds a new family member to the local community.
Fragments show Frank Vera of Algona believed he sold a house for 18000 to an oil company, but the deal fell apart as the company apparently purchased only a vacant lot. Mention of a funeral at St Marys and a Lorranne Crowe involved in a Tuesday service appears in the readable text.
A letter from Norman Sampson AF 17204382 5059 a Transportation Sqdn AFO 942 Care P M Seattle Wash states he spent 12 days in a hospital with an injured back and is recovering well and expects to be home in about three months.
Parishioners of St Peter's church will hold a private picnic in church grounds next Sunday June 28. A noon picnic dinner follows with a soft ball game and children's games in the afternoon. Guests may be invited, but the event is not open to the general public.
Ten members of the Clermont Junior Study club visited the Amana Colonies last Thursday. They toured the refrigeration plant woolen mills bakery and meat packing plant. Dinner was at the Ox Yoke Inn. On the return trip they had supper in Iowa City and visited the veterans new hospital there.
Mrs. Lawrence Laxgen was killed in an automobile accident while riding from Elkhorn to Extra to decorate her son's grave. The son died in a Perry area crash about two years earlier. The community reports numerous local visits and gatherings as families and friends share condolences.
On Sunday June 28 the fourth Sunday after Trinity a 3 00 p m service includes morning prayer and a sermon Life's Paradox E C Bowyer Vicar announces the annual conference of the church opening at Bison Prison Todge Clear Lake with details incomplete but indicative of a church event and gathering.
Parish events include choir rehearsal at East Clermont at 8:00 p m and divine worship at 11:00 a m with Luther League trip to Luana. West Clermont holds services at 9:30 a m with Priscilla Working Band. Highland services at 9:00 a m and next service July 5 at 11:00 a m. A baby born to Mr and Mrs Fred Goldsmith of Manchester weighs two pounds eight and a half ounces, premature. Numerous social visits and dinners are noted in Clermont and surrounding areas with residents from Ossian Manly and Lawler among others.
A June 26 entry lists Clermont Junior Study club and Grand Meadow Study club with Cub Pack. June 29 notes Firemen meeting, Boy Scouts Troop 51, and Business and Professional Association meeting. July 1 lists West Clermont Priscilla Working Band and Clermont Band Boosters. July 2 includes East Societies, Cub Scouts.
Clermont Elgin Consolidated School District invites bids for three new school buses. Specifications are on file with Supt. M H Moore in Clermont. Interested firms may obtain samples there. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Board of Education.
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin will visit to play the Cundees on Sunday June 28 at the local diamond. Turn out and cheer the boys to break Sundays bad luck.
Mr and Mrs Almer L Nelson announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Beverly Florence to Clarence Ruckdaschel son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Ruckdaschel of Elgin Me Date set for the wedding Beverly Nelson is a telephone operator with Bell Telephone Co Decorah Mr Ruckdaschel is in the Army Air Force stationed at Amarillo Texas
Attendees included Fr Robert Cooney Harlan Schultz Lerry Horan John Bakewell and Louis Bigler at New Hampton on Sunday June 21 for the Northeast Iowa District C O F annual meeting. Fifteen courts were represented with morning reports by officers and a noon dinner in St Marys hall. Speakers included Fr Classen George Iekel Fr Cookey Leo Meuser Fr Kucera and Fr. Atkinson. Election of officers named Harlan Schultz president A Brown vice president Joe Elenz secretary Jim Zhornik treasurer and trustees John Foreman Ralph Reusch Phil Huber.
Twenty five years ago last Saturday the Independent Company opened a grocery store linked to the cream poultry and egg business under B W Connor. Plans include Frigidaire refrigeration and broad groceries. Also noted is the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Bert Lyngaas near Clermont with a surprise party and a silver purse. Jefferson Highway Transportation Co resumes Cedar Rapids to Minneapolis service. last Monday demand exceeded capacity, requiring an extra car.
Graduates at SUI attended by Mr and Mrs Martin Amund and relatives on Friday June 12 in Iowa City. William Alonzo Bockoven ITI son in law of the Amunduns received a doctor of medicine degree and will begin a internship July 1 at Hurley General Hospital in Flint Michigan. Ruth, daughter, returned home to await her parents relocation plans.
Subcriber Grant Hidgon of Keosauqua has been a Bon aparte Republican reader since February 1805, over 58 years. Marian Bilden visits Agnes and Louise Bilden. The Don Krobinger family of Waterloo and Mrs. Alfred Olson host. Woodrow and LaVerne Hyde attend a family gathering in Millville. Beverly Nelson visits Waterloo to see Florence Johnson and Marvette. Arthur Johnson and Vera of Boone stay with Clifton Pringle and John Garlisch Jr. in Seeley Lake on a week’s visit. Mrs. Garlisch is formerly Marjorie Olgon. Mrs. John Luchsinger of Elgin spent Sunday with thanks for her son Lester Luchsingst.
A string of Christmas and Father's Day visits unfold as families from La Crosse to Oelwein gather for dinners, picnics, and hospitality. Louise Miller joins shopping trips in La Crosse while others host relatives in Strawberry Point and Oelwein. Families including Thoma, Simek, Thoma, Martin, Nelson, Vashy, Blockhus, Wenger, and Moore share meals and time with kin in farms, parks, and homes around the region.
Franklin Shipton of Waukegan Tennessee Louisiana was a weekend visitor in the parental home of J B Shipton. L T Olson John Mark and Arthur Olson returned from a Minnesota fishing trip with good catches and a fine time. Mr and Mrs Archie Johnson of Cedar Rapids were weekend guests in the Ed Johnson homes. The R T Paynter family spent Saturday in Waterloo.
Announcement of the marriage of Gene Mabb of Clermont and Jassie Stagland of Alpha. The ceremony took place at the Little Brown Church at Nashua on Sunday May 24. The couple resides in Alpha with Mrs Mabb employed locally and Gene working for Larson Roofing in Clermont.
On June 8 1953 the District Court of Fayette County Iowa appointed Marion C Amundson as Executrix of the estate of Henry G Anderson Deceased Those indebted must pay and those with claims should present them legally authenticated to the Court for allowance Attorney E W Hilgeman Farmers Savings Bank Clermont Iowa
Lovilla Christopherson and Wallace J. Tucker of Waterville Minnesota wed at the Little Brown Church in Nashua on Saturday June 20 with Rev. Glen L Ulterback officiating. Tucker is the son of Oliver and Mrs Christopher son of Oelwein. Attendants from here included Ruth Larson LaVerne and Janice Leo Larson and Adrian and Inga Larson. The reception for fifty guests followed at the home of Amos and Mrs Peterson in Nashua.
Mr and Mrs Fred Cline spent Sunday in the Clarence Grover home at Waukon. The brief social note records the gathering and the local setting in Iowa.
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