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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1932
Page
7
March 9 10 and 11 devotion at Manly Iowa with Forty hours devotion led by Pastor Rev McCaffery. Epistle Galatians 4 22 and John 6 1 15 referenced. Ladies of the parish organize Federated Catholic Societies meeting at 2 80 p m with organ.
The Chicago colored team that beat our town 41 to 37 last year returns to Clermont for another round, to be played after the town caucus at the opera house next Tuesday evening, March 8. Locals brace for a stern test but sharpen their shooting to greet the visitors.
Notice announces a caucus of qualified voters in Clermont to meet at the opera house on Tuesday evening March 8 to nominate candidates for town offices. Includes list of hosts for the Priscilla Working Band meeting and hostess changes for the April gathering.
The Toledo Blade notes that poverty and hardship shape two sports avenues, with communities balancing limited resources and determined effort to keep athletic programs alive despite financial strain.
A newspaper item urges Clermont citizens to organize a winter community fellowship gathering bringing together townspeople farmers laborers and families for games music readings and a free lunch to uplift spirits and boost local morale. Local notes report Nellie Cavanaugh visiting Dan Burke home Len Simek visiting Hazelton and Louie Olson returning home after hospital care for flu and complications.
A clipped line from a Woman's Home Companion piece laments that people become inhumane under rigid teachings and false models, arguing humans act more truly when they are allowed to remain alive and humane rather than living as controlled by external dogma.
Clermont and Northfield correspondents report residents back at work and visiting relatives in Benson Illinois Amen and Sumner. Local caucus set for March 8 to nominate town officials ahead of March 28 election. Club meetings include Clermont Study Club with patriotic program and a gift to Iowa Federation headquarters. Socials honor Mrs Clarence Grover and Mrs Fred Cline with gifts. attendees listed.
Peter Knudavig and family moved to town from a West Union area and occupy the home of Mrs. Mary Scott. Will Cahalan visited Dubuque for a Town Oil Co. managers meeting. Dick Thompson cut a foot, severed an artery, and required stitches, now recovering. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan welcomed their first grandchild, a girl, in Davenport with more visits anticipated in Clermont. Ladies' Add Society met at Mrs. Follett’s with 44 members. December bazaar proceeds go to the public library. Prof. Smith of Ames College offers a geologic explanation for milder winters, noting dust clouds from volcanic eruptions and Earth-air distance affecting solar radiation.
The Clermont public schools staged a four division historical pageant titled America Yesterday and Today in the gym to about four hundred attendees. Miss Andine Vasby directed the largely student-run production featuring George and Martha Washington impersonations, Spirit scenes from Indian days to patriotism, and a finale with all divisions joining for a grand match.
Lutheran notes list Norwegian divine services at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sundays, English Lenten services Fridays at 7 30 p.m. in a week town church, and Luther League meetings evenings. April hostesses for Priscillas swapped due to illness. replacements named. Pastor G Gunsten leads.
Clermont high school boys lost twice to Garwin 32 18 between Christmas and New Year and again 20 16. The girls fell 28 12 to West Union in their county tournament opener. Independents were defeated 26 11 by Guttenberg. The boys head to West Union to face Arlington, while Mr and Mrs Harold Grénley visited relatives in West Union last Sunday.
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