Clermont Social Notes and Local History Snapshot
Local Clermont notes record visits, family gatherings, and weekend guests from Postville to Cedar Rapids. Notable items include Mr. and Mrs. James Anderson, Earl Monroe, and the Protzman family, plus a large history feature detailing Clermont’s brick yards, mills, and early town development led by Carlton and Thompson with Mary Martin noting the first brick house.
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G. O.anderson
Paul Miene
Postville
G. O. Anderson
Clarence Kittelson
Earl Kloster
James Anderson
Clermont
Carlton
People's Paper
Clermont Hills
Mr. Thompson
City
Mary Martin
Oranie Shipton Leads With Studious, Sportsman Image
Oran Shipton known as Oranie, 5'9" forward and student council president at C. H. 5., balances basketball, bookkeeping, and French fries as his favorite foods. He looks forward to life after graduation, while classwork on parallel and perpendicular lines links geometry to nature's symmetry.
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Oran Shipton
Fourth Grade Language Unit Ends with Test and Visitors
Fourth grade notes say the class finished their third language unit with a test. Light pupils earned an A. Visitors Mrs. LaVerne Hyde and Mrs. Woodrow Hyde came to the room last week. The class opened a Golden Rule Town with Wands Meyer as mayor. Police are John Nelson Barbara Anderson Sandra Bilden and Curtis Olson. Street cleaners Gary Hyde John Meyer Beverly Oel berg and Beverly Bennett. Joyce Larson is librarian and Joyce Mabb maintains order of books. Shirley Jacobin cleans erasers and boards.
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LaVerne Hyde
Woodrow Hyde
Wands Meyer
John Nelson
Barbara Anderson
Sandra Bilden
Curtis Olson
Gary Hyde
John Meyer
Beverly Oelberg
Beverly Bennett
Joyce Larson
Joyce Mabb
Shirley Jacobin
Third Grade Classroom Activity and Visitors Report
Third grade finished their farm unit with a miniature farm service station and highway. Thanksgiving poems were illustrated. room decor features Pilgrim Mayflower scenes. Visitors included Mrs Griebenow and Lana, Mrs Fenton, James and Judith, Mrs Frieden, Mrs Gilson, Mrs Amundson. Fourteen spelling perfect papers. Second grade starts Early Bird Breakfast Club with four teams Robins Bluebirds Cardinals Orioles. Fifteen spelling perfect papers. Visitors included Mrs Baechler Flack Hoopman Karen Kirkkestue Kittelson Miller. First graders continue circus unit.
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Dick Griebenow
Lana
George Fenton
James
Judith
George Frieden
Wayne Gilson
Almer Amundson
Robins
Bluebires
Cardinals
Orioles
Alfred Baechler
Marvin Flack
Gordon Hoop- Man
Karen
Glen Kirkestue
Clifford Kittelson
Earl ‘Miller
Thanksgiving classroom notes and a child behavior reflection
A school diary describes Thanksgiving art projects, new animals, and visitors. It notes Virginia Schrader moving, Dixie’s birthday, and a lesson on replacing threats with positive guidance as Betty nears age two and a half.
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Betty
Florence
Calf wintering advised for higher spring prices
Local agriculture note suggests keeping beef calves through winter for shelter and feed. Farmers may benefit by selling as yearling stockers or feeders in spring when prices typically rise above fall levels. The guidance emphasizes stocking and marketing timing to maximize returns.
Iowa honey crop rises boosting farm tables and processors
Iowa produced about 18,990,000 pounds of honey this year, up from 1,974,000 pounds in 1949. Meanwhile, farmers plan fall sprayer maintenance, cleaning screens and nozzles, draining pumps and sediment bulbs, and disassembling units for storage to be ready for next year’s weed and insect spraying.
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Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clermont School News
Earl Monroe
Albert Lea, Minn
Hils
Christina Monroe
Monona
Fayette
Norbert Protzman
Doyle Bennett
Anna M. Kimball
Lorraine Kittelson
Cedar Rapids
Mary
Margaret Tschantz
Don Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Gloria Buraas
Mesdames
Gerald Gutcher
Ole Peterson
Mary Griebenow
Iva Michel
West Union
Oscar Thompson
Mesdames Ole and
Albert Christianson
Ben Frautschy
Mary Moen
Gren‘wood
Walter Fritz
Laura Helmer
Nests
Richard Briederich
Merle Lange
Harry Becker
Waterloo
Beckers
Gerald Fortsch
M. H. Moore
Okmulgee
Okla
Volney H. Moore
Mr. Moore
Oklahoma City
M. C. Larson
Barold Earle
Laird Cline
Harry Cline
Wm. Katschkowsky
Elkader
Harold, Bennett
Des Moines
John Brandt
Irene Ostle
Leo
Oran Brandt
Delhi
Iva J. Barnes
Ed Barnes
Richard Griebenow
Alphie Thorson
Velma Thorson
Davenport
Sgt
Clyde Knudson
Camp Rucker
Ala
Tommy and
Richard Diers
St. Olaf
Minerva Thorson
Luana
Gerhard Halverson
Thorson
Irene Ostlie
James Ostlie
Herbert Dummermuth
Conner Dummermuth
David
Dummermuth
Oelwein
P. W. Raftis
Raftis
Otto Vasby
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Chicago
Carl Key
Ifso
ECHO
Elgin Echo
Elgin
Virginia Schrader
Strawberry Point
Dixie
Leslie Anderson
Mia
Wandraw Hyde
Laverngyde
Pope Mashe
Marlene Anderson
Janice Durscher
Briggs - Stratton Engines Sales Service
Nelson
Towa
Klowak
John Tillotson
Plum Elgin
Wat
Tad Eee
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