Fourth District Junior Auxiliary Conference Held at Valley School
The Fourth District Junior Auxiliary Conference gathered April 25 at Valley Community School with Clermont Jr. Auxiliary as hostess. Attendance reached 211 with reps from Calmar, Charles City, Clermont, Hawkeye, Guttenberg, Lawler, Luana Monona, McGregor, Ossian, Protovia, Waukon, Winthrop, Festville, and Merservey. Elgin attended afternoon session. Officers elected for next year are Myra Anderson president, Colleen Byers vice president, Cheryl Emory secretary treasurer, and Karen Dottenrod chaplain. Special guests included district president Melvin Furness and district officials from Mason City, Waukon, West Union, and other towns. Clermont earned the Mable Tracey Award for outstanding junior activities. Waukon placed second. Hawkeye received honorable mention. Numerous project awards followed, including Pan American Dolls, Poppy Corsages, scrapbooks, handiwork, and reading. Judges were Mrs. Harold Weigand, Mrs. Ann Holtz, and Mrs. Kenneth Boyd. The program featured choral readings, solos, fashion parade, plays, songs, baton twirling, dances, and multiple piano and vocal performances from units across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Community School
Clermont Jr
Andine Vasley
Lyle Olson
Ted Loftsgard
Lyle Gunderson
Calmar
Charles City
Clermont
Hawkeye
Guttenberg
Lawler
Luana-Monona
McGregor
Ossinn
Protovia
Waukon
Winthrop
Festville
Merservey
Elgin
Mason City
Ed Balk
Waucoma
Fayette County
Earl Kloster
West Union
Buchanan County
Frank Rich
Idella Hauth
Robert Erbe
Mable Tracey
Calmer
Monona
Plymouth
Cal ™Ar
Harold Weigand
Ann Holtz
Kenneth Boyd
Flanders’ Field
Carol Olson
Patsy Peyton
Colleen Byrnes
Velma Basener
Mary Ball
Postville
Ossian
Linda Lease
Linda Starkey
Judy Baker
Luana - Monona
Sherry Bresnahan
Clermont Unit
The
Breakers
Cynthia Friedline
Mary Cote
You
Linda Woerm
Diane Breitbach
Annett Argale
Cheryl Goss
Ann Christofferson
Mary Ellen Malmgren
Vickie Wickler
Janice Kleifoth
Patty Doolittle
Protivin
Clermont Council Special Meeting Minutes 1959
Clermont Iowa council met April 13 1959 with Mayor Will J Nelson presiding to set reasonable saleable valuation on town property. April 13 adjourned to April 14 and April 14 adjourned to April 20 1959 at 730 pm. George Durscher town clerk May 4 1959. Regular meeting held May 4 with minutes read and bills presented. Motion by Gunderson second by Appelman to approve bills.
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Clermont
Iowa
Will J. Nelson
Gunderson
Riegel
Appelman
Griebenow
George Durscher
Clermont town meeting minutes reveal expenses and adjournment
Bills read cover stamps postage and envelopes 4.50 Interstate Power Co street and hall lights 66.00 sewerage system 1400.00 salaries for April and May 221.70 248.75 dump option payment 65.00 fire truck care 8.89 gas and oil for tractor 4.60 telephone rent 3.27 meeting adjourned by Town Clerk Geo Durscher with listed disbursements totaling 1 766.81 and small sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Post Office
Interstate Power O
Interstate Power Co
Interstate _ Power Co
Guy Williams
Schenk Engineering Co
Geo. Durscher
Obituary of Ella Louise Sampson
Ella Louise Sampson born April 1 1887 died May 8 1959 at Postville Hospital aged 72 after six years of ill health. She was baptized and confirmed at East Clermont Lutheran Church a lifelong member. Married to John Sampson August 30 1906 they had 13 children. she was preceded in death by three children and her parents. Surviving are husband ten children 23 grandchildren ten great grandchildren three sisters and one brother. The couple celebrated golden anniversaries in 1955 and 1956. Mrs Sampson received a life membership pin from the East Clermont Lutheran Church Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella
Louise
Emil
Laura Holt
Postville Hospital
East Clermont
Elroy
Marquette
Margaret Wede
Postville
Jalma
Emmett Burt
Harmony
Minn
Lawrence
Stockton
Calif
Arnold
Bensenville
Ill
Ernest
Omaha
Nebr
Mearle
Leonard Lee
Alderwood Manor
Wash
Clarence
Cedar Rapids
Doris
Walter Nurre
Norman
College Park
Funeral services held at East Lutheran Church
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at East Lutheran Church with burial in East Clermont cemetery. Louis Schutte and Sons oversaw arrangements. Clarence Amundson sang The Iola Rugged Cross. Pallbearers included Walter Nurre of Cedar Rapids, Donald Larson, Robert Wedo of Postville, Richard Burt of Harmony Minnesota, Vern Wedo, and Leslie Burt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lutheran Church
East Clermont
Louia Schutte
East Clermont Societies Meet in May Hostess Assembly
The East Clermont Societies met May 7 with hostesses listed including Mdms. Millard Giselson Amanda Bureden and others. Devotions led by Pastor Kronlokken followed hymn singing. A Skien family thank you note and donation were read. District convention June 2 3 4 in Decorah with our circuit as hostesses June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Clermont
Mdms
Millard Gisleson
Amanda Bureden
Ed Johnnie Tilpher Bilden
Jim Olson
Kronlokken
Skien
Decorah
Michael Blockhus
LaVerne Larson
Elmer Larson
Hubert Cummings
WMF
Marion
Ames Olson
Arthur Helgerson
Ewald Lyngalls
Rose Olson
Emanuel Larson
Helen Reinhart
Miss Reinhart
Mother's Day Guests Spread Across Local Homes
Mary Frost, a Luther College student from Brookings South Dakota, visited John Kronlokken. Numerous families from Postville Ossian Waterloo Cedar Rapids West Union Monona Dubuque and Davenport hosted or joined Mother's Day gatherings and weekend visits with relatives and friends across the Clermont area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frost
Luther College
John Kronlokken
Miss Frost
Brookings
So. Dak
Ray Rejerson
George Solheim
Ossian
Richard Osterhus
Knute Solheim
Ivan Yager
Phyllis
Dubuque
Guy Houtzman
Fayette
Melvin Martens
Martendale
Charles Monroe
Waterloo
Charles de Sotel
Monona
Iva Michel
Adrian Kleppe
West Union
Gerald Gutcher
Duane
Christena Monroe
Geo. V. Larson
Lyle
Kathryn Anderson
Raymond Paulson
Norbert Gerner
Mae Carlin
Mary Burke
Carlin
Myron Hilgerson
Nels Gilbert
W. F. Worth
Francis Bading
Cedar Rapids
Hans Sandvold
Gena Anderson
Merle
Myrtle Learn
Evelyn
Phyllis Sheen
Brian
Ruth Starkey
H. A. Lubke
J. A. Erickson
Iowa City
Franz Appelman
Joe Brorby
Kenneth Anderson
Laura Anderson
Quinton Olson
Teresa
Rose Olson
Pencils and Glass Highlight Unusual Keepsakes
Harvey Hubbard of Swea City has collected about 2,800 pencils over roughly ninety years, with around 30 percent bearing stories. Linda Mural sustained eye injuries from two glass fragments removed from her eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Hubbard
Swea City
Linda
Storm Lake Glassen accident highlights vision intact
In Storm Lake Linda Glassen was struck when a rock hit her, breaking her glasses but not harming her vision. The incident notes multiple firms sell ad ding machines, yet, in subtraction, the one armed bandit leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Linda
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Servisoft
Detena
Lea Toa
Postville, Iowa
Council Proceedings
Ella Louise Sampson
Mrs. Sampson
Norris Reierson
Zelda Bilden
Norris Rejerson
Ed Johnson
Orville Berg
Lizzie Thorson
Kenneth Burnden
Julia Halverson
Terry Cummings
Pittsburgh
Teeres J Nouse Pais’ i
Clermont Hardware
Pittsburgh Paints
Ford
Ford Dealers
America
Fred T. Cline Motor Co
Clermont, Iowa
Lawrence Casten
George Frieden
Clara Helgerson
LeVerne Swenson
Evelyn Olson
Roy Swenson
Millard Nelson, Jr
Mary Olson
Harriet Dugstad
Lyle Gress
Nina Armstrong
Davenport
Vino Gress
Cedar Falls
Claude Gress
Carrie, Thorson
Ole Blockhus
Louis Schutte & Sons
Clermont and
Marianna Propane CO
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