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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1950
Page
3
Clermont residents hosted and visited numerous relatives and friends from Cresco, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, and Dubuque. The record notes guests at homes of Gundersons, Amundsons, and Belschners, a Cedar Rapids wedding attendance, Eagle Scout news, and a Clermont Study Club meeting set for May 8.
Dated May events and community notes from West Union describe new editor W. Strauch moving to Portville, a death of Mrs. Stee, births, family visits, and gatherings. Local clubs hosted meetings, auxiliary bakeries prepared cookies for Knoxville veterans, and residents prepared for flag day and Mothers Day. Several families relocated, a farm house burned, and local businesses shifted inventories.
Mrs Elva Hjckming of West Union was an overnight guest in the Hans J Larson home. West Union luncheon by Interstate Power Co for wives of employees. Mr and Mrs Arnold Stummer visited Otto Pape home Monona. Richard Griebenow and Emmanuel Larson drove to Iowa City to fetch Williston Rima from the university hospital. Clarence Larson of La Crosse visited Clermont. Mrs Arthur Nelson and Mary hosted Luana visit where Mary signed a contract to teach third and fourth grades in Luana consolidated schools next year. Danny Flores of Iowa City and Theo Lofisgand guests at Clermont residence.
A CHS open house highlights palmpne activities and college lite for Minnesota Wiccowain and Liable seniors. Entertainment features Loris baseball, Nordic Cathedral choir, and concert band amid a pranic dinner and student actors from Shakespeare.
In language class students Helen Burgett and Lester Hope won the spelling contest. They will describe objects and classmates as part of the unit on descriptions. The class reviews Safe and Healthy Living and starts The Road to Safety series.
Third grade students created paper airplanes bearing their names and move ahead when earning good conduct all day. Bar bara Anderson leads the pack with Shirley Jacobin Beverly Bennett Gary Hyde and Wanda Meyer close behind. Barbara Anderson was elected class announcer during a radio story hour.
Second grade reports sixteen perfect spelling papers last Friday while starting a bird unit in science and making a bird booklet. They enjoyed story hour on the radio and dramatized Why The Bear Has a Short Tail in reading. First grade began new reading books, with half reading I Know a Secret and half Good Stories, and watched seeds grow in science. They made a puppet show at Buy and celebrated seventh birthdays for Dale Hoopman and Diana Bilden, with Mrs George Weshburn and Nancy visiting Thursday. In art they made May baskets and displayed a collection of rocks and shells.
The text notes the Muckdnachel family and Mrs Nore ard som visiting from New London for two weeks. Attendees from local study and junior clubs include Herbert Dummér muth John Ship ton and M Larson. Mesdamies Ray Tomsheck Wm Belschner and Carmen Swenson attended the Hawkeye county convention.
Alonzo Quartz of Clearfield died when a fifteen foot bank collapsed under his tractor. His body was recovered after a search began when he did not return home at the expected time.
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