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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1932
Page
7
The American Legion and Auxiliary in Kansas City outline poppy sales near Memorial Day 1921 1923 linking honoring dead with service for World War I victims. Iowa units fund welfare work with proceeds from selling poppies made by veterans. 1981 totals show extensive disbursements to child welfare and rehabilitation programs plus wages for 91 workers.
A Republican gathering will convene at the Elgin Opera House at 8 o clock in the evening on May 18. All voters are invited. Elkader’s C A Bennon will be the main speaker on political issues, with additional talks planned. J A Erickson serves as chairman. Mrs Mary Haas returns from Cedar Falls to Clermont, with daughter Anne Mae to join after school ends.
St Peter's Church schedules Whitsun Eve fast and continence readings at 8 am on Saturday May 14 followed by Whitsun Day services at 9 am with readings from Acts 2 1 11, Gospel John 14 23 81 and a sermon Charity and Zeal in the Lord's Service. A benediction program occurs at 4 pm May 15. The Altar Guild reports 19 25 dollars from a recent card party and plans a May pot luck dinner. Rev J F McCaffery pastor.
Severe washouts and railroad damage from heavy rains last week disrupted Rock Island and Milwaukee lines west of Clermont and near Postville. Bridges and roadbeds were ruined forcing suspension of traffic and forcing the Cedar Rapids route to divert via Clermont. An Ossian bridge mishap left a freight engine ditched and traffic may remain blocked for days.
A flurry of visits and social events fills the week with guests from Ossian Decorah Elgin and Independence. Grace Dooley and Mrs Lawrence Gehring host visitors while Nina Stinergon Inez Wolfs and Martin Nelsons family welcome relatives. Masonic lodge honors Eastern Star with a large card party as Clermont hosts townspeople for bridge and five hundred games.
A long note of weekend visits and family gatherings centers on Clermont residents. relatives hosted dinners as Chas Sullivan resided with his parents before moving to Cedar Rapids. Messages mention school moves, church connections, and Lucille Hollien's Milwaukee marriage to William Smith of Manston Wisconsin.
More than 500 attendees witnessed the Clermont Lutheran congregation confirm 12 girls and 14 boys as part of the class of 1982. Rev. G Gunston led a morning sermon on Titus 2 11 12 and conducted the confirmation with a two section ceremony followed by first communion in the evening. The class includes Bjarna Aanes Morris Amundson Wayne Belschner Merril Gunderon Alfred Gunsten Sidney Halverson Stanley Gunsten Harry Halverson Lyle Nelson Harris Olson Vernon Olson Burnell Peterson Truman Paulson Walter Bear George Washburn Gladys Amundson Helen Anderson Florence Bergeson Arlene Larson Lila Larson Bansie Nelson Evelyn Nordhus Thelma Reierson Marjorie Scheel Vivian Schave Evelyn Maurer.
Mrs Wm Larrabee attended a county Federated Clubs of Town meeting in Jessup last Thursday. The Enterprise corrects a misrepresentation from last week about a sidewalk to the Catholic cemetery noting no prior city complaint and that authorities are willing to address the issue.
Lutheran Church notes list English services at Highland East and West churches with 10 a m and 8 p m times and Norwegian service at East Church 2 20 p m Holy communion in English. Mission Society meets in church parlors on Thursday May 26 postponed one week due to commencement festivities. hostesses named. Pastor G Gunston invites Pentecost Sunday worship and thanks for the church’s establishment.
The Hast Luther League presents a program on Sunday evening May 15 at 8 o'clock featuring Invocation Rev G Gunsten, readings by Marjorie Larson and Orville Berge, mixed quartet Myrtle and Levita Burden, Lloyd Amundson, Hilder Gilbertson, recitation by Bessie Blockhus, Bible verses by Josephine Bilden, remarks by Rev G Gunsten, and a collection before closing. Viola Koland, home from last week visit with her mother Mrs G Koland, remains at Cedar Rapids doing part time work in business affairs.
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