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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1933
Page
3
Mrs. H. B. Greenley, local editor and member of the Iowa Press Association, announces the Clermont Enterprise in Clermont, Iowa. The paper is entered at the Clermont post office as second class mail matter, Fayette County.
Highland Church holds a morning mission festival with a 10 30 sermon and noon lunch by the ladies, followed by an English language mission address by Rev H Strandford of St Olaf. East Church Luther League meets Sunday at 7 30 with a social hour and light refreshments. West Church hosts Mission Society on Thursday November 6 with Mrs J A Erickson and others as hostesses. G Gunaten is pastor.
St Peter's Church invites all to a children's choir rehearsal on Saturday at 9 a.m and to Mass on Sunday at 9 p.m. The notice mentions instruction topics Witnesses of Purgatory and the Middle State and is signed by Pastor J F McCaffery.
Mrs Niggemeyer, newly elected department president, spoke on auxiliary work and committee chairmen. District officers were chosen. The Legion program featured district director reports, talks by vice commanders, and a question box on Veterans’ legislation. A 6:80 parade led to a banquet at St Patrick’s church attended by about five hundred Legionnaires and Auxiliaries, with addresses by notable leaders and a final dance at the opera house.
Clermont residents plus guests from Postville, Toledo, and Waterloo spent weekends visiting hosts and attending social events. Armistice Day programs at the Clermont opera house featured music, dance, and a Purple Heart award. Community notes cover library hours, Halloween celebrations, and a hold up investigation veering toward mystery.
In a moonlit night the Reddy Fox taunts Jerry Muskrat then returns to press a plan for a submerged tunnel entrance to a new dry house. Jerry probes ideas, claiming to provide only plans while Reddy coyly thanks him. The exchange centers on an underground dwelling and clever tunneling.
Social notes report a birthday party for Mrs George Harme near Decorah with many local guests including the Meckelaons Sperrys Farleys and others. An anniversary dinner for Mr and Mrs R E Farley at Waucoma featured a surprise chair gift. Also mentions a weekend entertainment program and local residents attending multiple events.
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