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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1935
Page
7
J J Snyder minister and Mrs Fred Cline conduct services at Clermont Union Church on Sunday September 8. Sunday school at 10 am followed by evening worship at 7 30 pm. Choir practice Friday evenings.
Divine services in English at Clermont East Church at 11 a.m. The Mission Society meets Thursday April 4 hosted by Mrs. Bilden Burags and Buraas. Luther League Sunday at 7 20 p.m. West Church in town holds Special Lenten services Friday at 7 30 p.m. and English Sunday service at 2 p.m. Priscilla Working Band meets Wednesday April 3 hosted by Mrs. Gunsten Jeri dee Nelson Nordhus. Come to church, you are welcome. G Gunsten, Pastor.
In 1936 controversy swirls around Father Coughlin as he claims a wide following for his broadcast gospel amid accusations and mockery. Editors nationwide have yet to respond to his sixteen points, leaving readers to weigh the claims and the priest’s influence.
Mr and Mrs G E Jorgenson plan to travel from California to Clermont with an arrival date of April 1. They intended to pass through Mesa Arizona and visit Don Strauch and family along the way.
Mrs Jennie Simpson and daughter Lenore depart Clermont for Mt Vernon to live with son Har Simpson. Farewell events include a Lenore dance at Johnson hall and an Eastern Stars party at Mrs Louie Olson’s home. Mrs Simpson, longtime Clermont organist, receives a gift from the chapter.
A long reader letter thanks friends for hospital memories gifts cards and visits. Various residents, including Evelyn Nord Maida Sperry and Maryen Halverson of Clermont are mentioned with recent social visits and scholastic honors at Upper Jaws University. State stores plan noted for northeast Iowa towns and social gathering details from Ames and surrounding locales appear.
The Union Sunday school reports strong turnout with long attendance records among pupils. In 1934 and 1935 several students earned fourth to sixth year bars and yearly pins for fifty two consecutive Sundays, including multiple members of the same family, highlighting dedication by children and parents.
Olson and Halverson managers of Clermonts Market Day Sales announce another sale for Saturday afternoon March 30. At the March 16 event a large stock of goods sold at good prices and they report continued consignments ready for sale.
Clermont reports a Friday afternoon collision on Highway 18 near the Turkey River bridge. A Reed's refrigerator truck from Waterloo slid on wet pavement when a northbound truck was already on the bridge, wedging the trailer and tearing a hole in the box. No injuries reported. traffic halted over two hours as onlookers from Elgin West Union and Postville gathered.
Calendar items list events from March 28 to April 5 including a high school concert, study clubs, and town meetings. The column also records numerous social updates: visits, illness, births, and social gatherings across Clermont, Castalia, Oskaloosa, Cedar Rapids, and Decorah, with a few jokes and an obituary-like note. Local anecdotes mention a hospital birth, tuberculosis meeting in Des Moines, and a trifling money-will tale from Tripoli Leader.
The Clermont Valley Creamery Company paid patrons 39 cents per pound for butterfat in February. Checks over $100 went to Roy Tatro, Herbert Haas, Tom Olson, E. O. Lien, Karl and J. F. Miller, Wm. B. Miller, and O. W. Krueger and Miller Bros. There are no substitutes for quality butter.
The Waldorf College Choir will broadcast from radio station WOI in Ames on April 2 or 8 from 4 15 to 6 00, date not set. They begin spring tour March 29 in Iowa towns and plan a June Black Hills tour. Myrtle Bilden will accompany the choir. other local notes include visits and small accidents and a joke about a universal solvent.
The Women's Catholic Order of Foresters met at Johnson hall on March 21 and elected officers: Chief Ranger Mary EB. Burke, Vice Chief Ranger Elizabeth Sullivan, Recording Secretary Stella Powers, Financial Secretary Mae Carll, Treasurer Katherine Priest, First Trustee Mary Cummings, Second Trustee Effie Fay, Third Trustee Loraine Crowe. Installation is set for the next regular meeting on the third Thursday in April.
The Business and Professional Women's club met at Mrs. Lenise Miller's home with 13 members and 3 guests. Elizabeth Priest led the meeting. Lenore White won high bridge. Guests and visiting members attended a social hour with refreshments, and several local residents were noted visiting or hosting in nearby homes.
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