Billy Crowe Killed in Auto Accident
Relatives here mourn Sgt. William Billy Crowe 22 of the Coast Artillery Air Craft division killed in an auto wreck in Long Beach California. He will be buried at Westgate beside his father and sister. Survivors include his mother Irene Crowe a defense worker and a sister Mar College student. grandmother Mrs. Wm Crowe and aunt Mae Crowe. Clermont community extends sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Billy) Crowe
Long Beach
Calif
Coast Artillery
Oelwein
Westgate
John Crowe
Mary Lillian
Sgt. Crowe
Fairfax
SL. D
Clert
West Union
C.G. & W. Road
Irene Crowe
Mount Mercyer
Sublette
Mar College
Cedar Rapids
Wm. Crowe
Mae Crowe
Angiele
E. L. Crowe
Clermont
Entertain Mission Society Eight Hostesses at West Clermont Church
Eight hostesses named Mrs. Wm. B. Miller Mrs. Louie Nelson Mrs. Henry Ostlie Mrs. Alvin Amundson Mrs. Edwin Gunderson Andine Vas by Mrs. John Nelson and Mrs. Tillie Swenson entertained the Mission Society at the West Clermont eran church last Wednesday noon. After the business a short program followed with numbers announced by program chairman Mrs. Wat Belschner. Five members gave birthday offerings: Tillie Swenson Joe Wander Richard Griebenow Ellen Peterson and J. B. Shipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. B. Miller
Louie Nelson
Henry Ostlie
Alvin Amundson
Edwin Gunderson
Andine Vasby
John Nelson
Tillie Swenson
Mission Society
West Clermonteran Church
Wat Belschner
Jesus
Society
Mary Ann Neilson
Joe Wander
Richard Griebenow
Ellen Peterson
J. B. Shipton
Clermont Ladies Aid Meeting Planned at Olson Home
The Clermont Ladies' Aid Society will meet Wednesday afternoon March 31 at Mrs. Louis Olson's home with Mrs. L. H. Appelman as assisting hostess. Pvt and Mrs William Hitch visited her parents Mr and Mrs Harry Yauslin this past Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Ladies’ Aid Society
Louis Olson
L. H. Appelman
Wm. Hitch
Harry Yauslin
Clermont School Opens Class Tournament Interest Grows
The Clermont school reports strong interest in the class basketball tournament. Dates show freshmen and sophomores facing off across the week with seniors and juniors winning key games. A Vesper service by the high school chorus is set, and plans for the senior play Plane Crazy proceed under Miss Lee for April 9. Essays on Making America Strong earned top prizes in junior and senior divisions, with winners invited to a patriotic American Legion Auxiliary meeting later in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont High School
Dorothy Rood Stewart
Miss Lee
America
Janior High
Gerald Aanes
Glenie ‘Hangarber
Margaret Germann
Frederick Appelman
Geraldine Olson
Vergle Paulson
American Legion Auxiliary
Senior Personalities Tie to School News and War Efforts
Blan che Johnson a 16 year old senior is noted for typing and writing to servicemen. Arlene Johnson, 18, tallies 5 feet 3 1 2 inches. hopes WAAC or defense plant work. Story covers pupils’ absences, arithmetic drills, reading assignments, art borders, and geography studies from Clermont high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Johnson
Blanche
Fayette
Cedar Falls
Businness College
Arlene Johnson
Arlene
Turkey River
Texas
Arsene
WAACS
Clermont High
P. S
The
Liberty
Woodland Progressive Club Meets at Castalia Home
Woodland Progressive club members met Tuesday afternoon March 16 at Mrs. Trene Ostlie's Castalia home with Mrs. Glen Nygaard assisting. They sang America and read scripture, then discussed Children of War. The group rejoined the Red Cross and two contests were won by Mrs. Hans J. Larson, Mrs. Walter Bednat, Mrs. Orah Brandt, and Mrs. Clifford Osmundson. Iowa Corn Song closed the meeting with refreshments. Guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Progressive Club
Trene Ostlie
Castalia
Glen Nygaard
America
Ostlie
Vernon Anderson
Red Cross
Hans J. Larson
Walter: Bédnat
Orah ‘Brandt
Clifford Osmundson
Citizenship Club Elects Officers on Wednesday
The Citizenship Club met Wednesday and elected Ronald Gunderson as president Norman Sampson as vice president and Elsie Marie Jerdee as secretary treasurer. The 6th graders study eyes and ears with fine pictures while the 5th graders learn safety and first aid. The European history class covers Middle Ages civilization and Miss Smith reads Snow Bound by Whittier as snow falls on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizenship Club
Ronald Gunderson
Norman Sampson
Elsie Marie Jerdee
Miss Smith
Whittier
Third and Fourth Grade Class Update
The class finished Science readers in 3rd grade and started a new book. They study multiplication and division in arithmetic and made windmills and tulips for art. Absent last week were Louis Larson Albert Schave Donald Vaustin Gene Mabb j and Evelyn Krueger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delores Thompson
Norma Schave
Donald Steffins
Lois Yauslin
Marcella Krueger
Eun- Jee Smith
Iva Jean Barnes
Marian Probert
Velma Thorson
Henry Follett
Edgar Allen Poe
Louis Larson
Albert Schave
Donald Vaustin
Gene Mabb J
Evelyn Krueger
First and Second Grades Miss Carpenter Mumps Absence
Mrs Ressler teaches the room Wanda Lou Wilson scored perfect 100s in spelling all last week Helen Metelan brought a treaty Friday last week and has gone to the country for an extended stay, marking her last day in our school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Carpenter
Mrs. Ressler
Wanda Lou Wilson
Helen Metelan
Kindergarten The Kindergarten Planting Seeds in March
The class planted beans corn and grapefruit seeds to welcome spring. They note two signs of spring with robins and buds on trees, and report the wind hindered kite sailing. Two classmates Mary Jegs Barnhouse and Janice Olson have been ill this past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jegs Barnhouse
Janice Olson
Farm Youth of U. S. Looks to Tomorrow
Farm youths in 1942 through 4 H clubs and Future Farmers of America invested heavily in War Bonds and Stamps under the Schools At War program. They saved and sold large sums for war effort and future needs, aiming to secure after war college funding and farm development for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Obituary of John Rolfs of Clermont and Davenport
John Rolfs born 1871 in Davenport son of Hans and Charlotte Rolfs died March 14 at Fayette county home at age 72. He lived in Clermont since 1883 worked as farm laborer then blacksmith helper. He broke his hip Feb 5 and died after pneumonia at the county home. Survived by brothers Theodore and Herman and sister Anna. parents and two sisters predeceased him. Funeral March 17 at West Clermont Lutheran church with Rev Axel Shelvesland. burial in Clermont cemetery.
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John Rolfs
Hans
Charlotte Rolfs
Davenport
Fayette County
Clermont
Rolfs
Iowa City
Theodore
Herman
Monticello
Anna
Lester Anderson
Lavina
Mont
Alvina
Minnie Mecklenburg
West Clermont
Eastern Star School Session Led By Esther Jasman
Mrs Esther Jasman of Monona district instructed the Order of Eastern Star at the Ma sonic Temple. The work was exemplified in the evening with Mrs Louis Olson entertaining guests at a 630 dinner at the Corner Cupboard before the meeting, with visitors from West Union in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Jasman
Monona
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Louis Oson
Foresters Elect Women’s Catholic Order Officers
The Women’s Catholic Foresters elected officers last Thursday: Mayme Burke Chief Ranger Cathryn Horan Vice Chief Ranger Marjorie Boyle Recording Secretary Mary Carlin Financial Secretary Kathryn Priest Treasurer Effie Fay Mary Gerner Mary Cummings Trustees. Installation will occur in April with conductors and a sentinel to be appointed. George Malone has returned home honorably discharged from the army due to age. Jane Kula and Richard recently visited Cedar Rapids with Chrystal Kula.
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Women's Catholic Order of Foresters
Mayme Burke
Cathryn Horan
Marjorie Boyle
Mary Carlin
Kathryn Priest
Effie Fay
Mary Gerner
Mary Cummings
George Malone
Jane Kula
Richard
Cedar Rapids
Chrystal Kula
Clermont Calendar Entries for March and April
Clermont calendar notes a March 2 firemen meeting followed by a March 3 Ladies' Aid Society gathering and an April 1 Rosary Society Altar Guild meeting, indicating a sequence of local church and civic group events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Rosary Society Aid Altar Guild
United Service Women Hold March Meeting
The United Service Women met at Mrs. Immanuel Larson’s home last Tuesday evening amid poor attendance due to bad weather. They voted a Red Cross donation and planned an April rummage sale with a bake sale. Six woolen quilts are nearly finished for shipment, and the unit appeals for woolen clothing donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service Women
Immanuel Larson
Red Cross
United Service Women's Organizations
Riverside School Election Sees Larson Elected Director
On March 8 at Riverside School No 2 the election featured Otto Larson and George Havenstrite for the directorship. Larson won the majority of votes while outgoing director L T N Olson declined to run after 22 years on the school board, including terms as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside School No. 2
Otto Larson
George Havenstrite
L. T. N. Olson
Red Cross notice and weekend visits across towns
Special notice sets March 31 as the end of the Red Cross production year and urges turning in all out articles by that deadline to Mrs. Louis Olson, production chairman, with other names listed. The piece also notes Mrs. Joe Brorby and Mrs. James Brorby visiting from Rock Island with Dorothy Brorby and Barbara Connor, returning to Rock Island Monday. Various local movements include Luther College program on KWLC featuring Lorraine Osterhus, and a string of social calls and visits among Castalia, Decorah, Waukon, Fayette, Wellman, and Clermont with mentions of military overseas correspondence and nearby family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Louis Olson
The
Joe Brorby
James Brorby
Rock Island
Dorothy Brorby
Dorothy
Barbara Connor
Dubuque
Vernon Peters
Luther College
Decorah
KWLC
Lorraine Osterhus
Lorraine
L. T. N. Olson
Luther
George Monroe
Hawkeye
L. H. Monroe
Castalia
Clarence Gruver
Waukon
B.C. Gruve
J.C
Henry Wilson
B P Club Finishes Plans for Clermont Honor Roll
The Business and Professional Women club met at Mrs Anna Baechler’s home with 19 members and one guest. Donations from Clermont groups support a community Honor Roll to be placed between Gerners and Davies markets, with 104 names listed and more invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women's Club
Anna Baeehler
Mary Johnson
Marlyn Lee
James Brorby
America
Clermont
B. & P. Club
Gerners
Davies Market
Eleanor Pringle
Louise Kurth
Susie Lubke
Ammazette Henderson Weds Lynn Sarbaugh in Seattle
Ammazette Henderson, daughter of Mr and Mrs R S Henderson, married Lynn Sarbaugh of Oskaloosa on March 17 at the Pilgrim Congregational parsonage in Seattle. The bride, a 1940 Clermont High alumna and A I C Davenport graduate, worked in Des Moines tax commission. Sarbaugh, a Navy veteran of four years, now serves with the Merchant Marines in Seattle. Also noting visits from Elmer Sanders and Bonnie Jean of Postville and John Camp and Steven of West Union to J C Halverson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Henderson
Ammazette
Lynn Sarbaugh
Oskaloosa
Pilgrim Congregational Parsonage
Seattle
Wash
Clermont High School
Davenport
Tax Commission
Des Moines
Sarbaugh
Navy
Merchant Marines
Elmer Sanders
Bonnie Jean
Postville
Albert Christianson
John Camp
Steven
West Union
J. C. Halverson
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Billy” Crowe
Entertain Mission Society
Ladies’ Aid
Wilt
Farmers Savings Bank
A. Erickson
Clermont, Iowa
Clermont School
New H
Igh School News
Wendell Loftsgard
Holland
Mexico
Central America
Russia
Johnny Clay
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Rural Club Met
Farm Youth of
U. S
C. ES. School of Instruction
Foresters Elect
Riverside
Ammazette Henderson
Redfield
Burgess-Dugstad Lumber Co
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