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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
3
Subscription payments for Clermont Local News may be made to editor Mrs. Bess Tschantz who will issue receipts. Publisher notices the arrangement under the Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association banners.
The article notes veteran candidates and party leaders in Iowa discussing the governor race. It covers GOP and Democratic maneuvers, Jackson day gatherings, funding for the centennial commission, and calls for a Midwest housing conference outcome and possible special legislative session.
The report states eighteen World War II parolees have been pardoned with about six more hopeful cases pending. One man, once life-sentenced for a slaying, had sentence reduced to 450 years. An army MP in Japan wrote the parole board praise from the other side of the fence. Housing efforts by Rep Gwynne consider converting a Tama reservation sanatorium into veterans housing. Kathryn Kirketeg announces Republican bid for Iowa Senate, potentially the second woman in state history. Statehouse word says attorney general staff may handle cases from four former Iowa Training School employees, with Howard Grothe as special attorney general.
Clermont High School lists students neither absent nor tardy for the fourth six weeks: Gloria Buraas Sylvia Guyer Arlene Gil bert Paula Hangartner Lorraine Kittelson Darlene Olson Daryl Sampson Norman Sampson Mary Tschantz LaVonne Swenson Norene Amundson Neva Dursch er Helen Gerner Carmen Lofts gard James Martin Gordon Meyer Eileen Wede Iva Barnes Henry Fellett Howard Johnson Arlene Osmundson Velma Thorson Gladys Barnes Glenice Hangartner Quinton Olson Delores Schupanitz Enrollment has slightly altered. Gene Anderson and Donald Steffens left. Willard Martin transferred to West Union high school. sophomore Millard Nelson joined from another school.
In Waukon the sophomore Home Ec class in the Larrabee building is cooking as they study meats and yeast breads, sparking chatter about onions aroma, romance on the basketball trips, and gossip about students like Roger, LaVonne, Ruth, and James. The note ends with family visits and a reunion since a 1945 Germany meeting.
The Interstate Power Company seeks a franchise to erect and maintain poles wires and other fixtures to conduct electricity across Fayette County lands and highways. The Iowa State Commerce Commission sets March 26 1946 for a hearing in Des Moines with Docket E 7293 and requires written objections five days prior.
Mrs E B Benson and Lt Genavieve Benson plus Mrs Ole Benson and Mrs Merle Moeh visited in the Carl Schori home at Wes Union last Wednesday afternoon. Gene Trude plans to leave March 15 for San Diego to enter the Navy. Mr and Mrs Joe Evans of Waukon visited Sunday in the Ed Barnes home. Mr and Mrs John Kelly Bennie and Wm Kelly spent Sunday at McGregor Anna. Stee came from Cedar Rapids to spend the weekend with her parents Art Stee and Helen. Mrs Walter Fette and Karen of Westgate were callers in the Verni Eagle home Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Morse and daughter of Westgate were callers in the Clarence Wickham home Saturday afternoon.
Official notice from the Iowa State Commerce Commission sets March 26 1946 at 10 a.m. for hearing on E-7292 a petition by a company to erect operate and maintain an electric transmission line across public lands highways and private lands in Faytte County Iowa. The notice lists described land tracts and the opportunity for objectors to be represented by an authorized agent. Local social notes follow mentioning visits and family events in Fayette and surrounding towns.
Clermont residents and guests filled a weekend with visits and hospitality. Helen Halverson of Randalia and families hosted and attended gatherings across the area, with dinners and card games noted. Additional social roundups mention farm sale attendance in Waukon, Legion planning, Red Cross appeals, and several hosts hosting relatives and friends from Clermont, Randalia, West Union, and nearby towns.
Report notes Nay and Yes preferences in Jackson county votes on the Jackson Courty memorial hospital erection. Walter Mike Knapp of Rockwell City sustained a wrist injury from a steel fragment during work, not a bullet. Neighboring social visits and family gatherings are listed from Oelwein to West Union and Marquette School district events.
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