25 Years Ago Items From 1926 Clermont Enterprise
Clermont Enterprise itemized a 1926 supper at Clermont Commercial Club with about twenty attendees and a discussion on closing stores on certain weeknights. It notes two weddings Henriet ta Jones and Lawrence Olson in McGregor and Reva Swenson and Oliver Torkelson at the Little Brown Church Nashua, plus births in Gunder and Elgin. Also mentions a corn nose incident with Eileen Olson, a real estate sale to Harold Landsgaard, a trip to Minneapolis to see the Michigan Minnesota game, and a Crowe’s Store ice cream promo for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Commercial Club
Pringes
Henrietta Jones
Lawrence Olson
McGregor
Reva Swenson
Oliver Torkelson
Little Brown
Nashua
Carr
Eileen Olson
Joe Olson
J.C. Halverson
Harold Landsgard
E. M. Hoag
J. B. Shipton
W. H. Tate
G. C. Mirick
Minneapolis
Michigan Minnesota
Mr. Tate
Mr.Mirick
Mirick
Oelwein
Clermont High Names Its Shortest Senior in Who's Who
In this week’s Clermont High School section Gerald Guyer is crowned the shortest senior at five feet four inches with brown hair and blue eyes. He is active in speech and basketball, favorites include pink and the senior class ring, and he plans for a future in any path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Guyer
Gerald
Clermont High School
Christmas Seals Support Health Efforts This Year
Buy Christmas Seals to fund year round health work including chest x rays and TB heart condition detection in healthy people. Seals will be available in November with a mass distribution on the eighteenth. Return envelopes promptly after purchase.
Card of Thanks to Friends and Helpers After Hospital Stay
Mrs Hans J Larson thanks friends and relatives for cards gifts and visits during hospital stay special thanks to Priscilla Working Band Ladies Aid and Woodland Study Club valued and remembered Mr and Mrs Marvin Buhr were dinner guests Sunday of Mrs Clara Sell at Sumner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla
Ladies’ Aid
Woodland Study Club
Hans J. Larson
Marvin Buhr
Clara Sell
Sumner
Obituary of Mrs Mary Haas of Clermont Dies at 77
Mrs Mary Haas nee Miller known as Magdalene Haas dies suddenly November 2 1952 at Clermont aged 77. Born June 13 1874 daughter of Hon Christian and Anna Miller she joined First Baptist Elgin in 1881 and remained a faithful member. She married William Haas February 13 1898, lived on several farms before moving to Clermont in 1905. Widowed in 1918 she left two children Herbert and Anna Mae plus five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at home and First Baptist Elgin officiated. pallbearers named. burial in Gods Acres Clermont. Card of thanks from family expresses gratitude for sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary ‘Magdalene Haas
Miller
Hon
Christian
Anna Miller
Clermont
Schune
First Baptist Church of
Elgin
Karl Miller
William Haas
Haas
Maurie Manson
Herbert Haas
Herbert
Anna Mae
jAnna
Alfred Baechler
First Baptist Church
Arthur Ittermann
Priscilla Club Meeting Held Last Wednesday
The West Clermont Priscilla Working Band met on Wednesday November 7 with hostesses L M Hovland Orville Myers Alma Anderson Roy Swenson Vernon Anderson and Martin Anderson. The meeting opened with hymn devotion and the secretary's report was read. A nominating committee was appointed to select officers for the coming year and the program featured readings songs poems and solos with announcements by Rev Humlie and the president closing with Lord's Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Clermont
Carman Swenson
Eenases Society
Wm. ‘Belschner
Willey Miller
Swenson
Humlie
Clermont Calendar Nov 15 21 listings
Clermont Calendar lists events for Nov 15 to 22 including Catholic Order Foresters FP Monday Nov 19 Commercial Club Boy Scout Troop 51 Tuesday Nov 20 Service Club Clermont Study Club Wednesday Nov 21 West Clermont Mission Society and Thursday Nov 22 Junior Clermont Study Club with gathering details for each organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Order Foresters
FP. T. A
Boy Scout
Clermont
West Clermont Mission Society
Education Week At St. Peter's School
Education Week activities unfold at St. Peter's School with a one act play Ye Old Country School by grades 6 7 and 8 Posters showing the value of education were created by Albert Matt Stephen Waters Mary Schultz and Arthur Matt English classes reviewed Education in Colonial Times The Progress of Education in the U S Horace Mann Education and the Negro Free Schools A Colonial life play by 4th and 5th grades will be staged Parents invited to visit classes Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's School
Ye Old Country School
Albert Matt
Stephen Waters
Mary, Schultz
Arthur Matt
Anne Thiele
U. S
Cathryn Crowe
Horace Mann
Tom Meskel
Jean Berns
Methodist WSCS Meets For Week Of Prayer
The Methodist W S C S gathered at Mrs M H Masre's home with all members and three guests. A Week of Prayer service was held with full participation. The group voted a $25 gift to foreign missions and Mrs Moore provided refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
M. H. Masre
Moore
In Service Addresses Given by Army Personnel
Word from officers lists new addresses for Pvt. Howard L. Johnson and Cpl. Clarence Amundson, with units and APO details. Meanwhile FC 2 and Mrs. L. J. Stahmer of San Diego arrived for a three week visit to Mrs. Stahmer’s parents in San Francisco before heading to Norfolk for reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Johnson
Howard L. Johnson
George Co
Camp Breckenridge
Cpl
Clarence Amundson
Birg
Care P. M
San Francisco
Calif
Aia
FC 2
L. J. Stahmer
San Diego
Stahmer
Herbert Dummermuth
Stahmers
Norfolk
Patient in Postville Hospital With Virus Infections
Elbert Westpfahl, son of Mr and Mrs Carl West Pfahl, admitted as medical patient at Postville hospital after contracting two virus infections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Westpfahl
Carl West_Pfahl
Postville
Firemen Respond to Farm Blaze in Clermont
The Clermont fire department answered a call to the Clarence Kittelson home about eight o clock Thursday morning. Fire destroyed a John Deere tractor hitched to a corn picker, ready to begin the day’s work. The picker was saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Fire Department
Clarence Kittelson
John Deere
Weekend Visitor From Cedar Rapids
Winifred Sullivan of Cedar Rapids was a weekend visitor with Mrs. Fred Bigler, sharing time at a local household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
Fred Bigler
Clermont parish events loom in November church calendar
The schedule lists services in West Clermont at 9 30 a m and East Clermont at 11 00 a m on Sunday plus Sunday school times. Choir meetings, ladies aid, W M F session, music institute, and confirmation classes are set across West Clermont Elgin Marion and Decorah Lutheran churches with meetings through November 25 including Loyalty Sunday canvas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Nesset
Peter Humie
West Clermont
East Clermont
Elgin
East
Elgin Ladies’ Aid
Lutheran
Decorah Cieuit
Decorah Lutheran Church
Decoran Lutheran Church
Clifford Kittelson
Clermont Parish Brotherhood
West
Highland
Clermont Methodist Church Worship Service Soon
E. G. Steinman, minister, announces a worship service at Clermont Methodist Church this Sunday at 8 45 a m Friends and members are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Steinman
St Peters Church Schedules Masses and Confessions
St Peters Church announces Sunday Masses at 8 00 a m and 10 00 a m with weekday Masses at 650 a m Confessions are Saturday evening at 800 o clock Weekday Masses in school chapel until further notice Mr and Mrs Lawrence White and sons visited Sunday evening at the home of Mrs White’s parents Mr and Mrs Ambrose Arnold in Ossian The Arnolds left Monday for Phoenix Ariz to spend the winter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence White and Sons
Entertains at Cradle Shower for Mrs Buhrer
Mrs Douglas Thomas entertained at a cradle shower for Mrs Marvin Buler at her home Thursday evening. Guests included Mesdames Willet Miller Laird Cline Lloyd Meier David Appelman Gordon Hoop man and LaVerne Stumme. The hostess served lunch after gifts were opened. Earlier on Thursday afternoon about twenty girls from the local basketball team honored Mrs Buhr with a surprise shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Thomas
Marvin Buler
Mesdames Willet Miller
Laird Cline
Lloyd Meier
David Appelman
Gordon Hoopman
LaVerne Stumme
Gerner Buys Ossian Area Estate Near Ossian
Norbert Gerner purchases the Evenson estate near Ossian with possession due in March. He plans extensive repairs including enlarging the barn and constructing a new building. Clifford Larson and family move into the Roy Meyer home on Union Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbert Gerner
Evenson
Ossian
Clifford Larson
Roy Meyer
Union Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Enterprise
Crowe's
Will J. Nelson
Iowa
E. W. Hilgemann
Clermont, Iowa
Oakden
Judy Swenson
Marlene Durscher
Ramona Olson
Wayne Olson
Virginia Nelson
Carol Schweiner
Victor Amundson
Glendal Nygaard
Ann Larsor Typistsathryn Larson
Janet Lyngans
Randalia
Mcladden
Clermont Boys
Dale Schultz
McFadden
Jashool
Udy Swenson
Arthur Nelson
Buhr
Mary Haas
Priscilla Club
Okenzie
St. Peter’s School
W.S. C
Clermont Cooperative
Lyle Gunderson
Clermont Lutheran Parish
A ET Clermont Methodist Church
St. Peter’s Church
Cradle Shower
Ani
Olson & Olson
Borden
Lady Borden
Horsman
Crowe’s Store
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