Mrs Will Calahan Funeral Services Held at St Peter's
Funeral services for Mrs Will Calahan were led by Fr F Leo O Connell at St Peter's Catholic church. Born Ethel Shaffar January 20 1888 in Dover Mills she lived in the Clermont area most of her life and died November 7 at Postville hospital. She married Will Calahan August 18 1914 and is survived by her husband three brothers and an aunt with burial in Clermont cemetery. Out of town attendees included relatives from Cedar Rapids Oelwein Elgin West Union and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Leo O'Connell
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Will Calahan
Postville Hospital
Ethel Shaffar
Dover Mills
Clermont
West Union
Roy Shaffer
Lewiston, Mont
Truman
Earl Shaffer
California
Mary Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
E. L. Crowe
John Sheehy
Dan Burke
Otto Vasby
Ed Burt
William Nelson
Clermont Cemetery
Morris Calahan
Anthony Kern
Oelwein
Harry Becker
Elgin
Richard Woodard
James Cox
Milton Schroyer
Wells
Arthur Brackmeir
Ham House
George Berry
Treasures in Books Brighten Home Reading Efforts
In Clermont township the third course in Child Development and Family Relationship continues. Leaders report attractive notebooks as part of the lesson. Music study resumes with eight numbers being learned and aired on WOI every Saturday at 11 a.m. Rural homemakers are invited to participate as the next phase titled Growing up With Pictures is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Township
WOI
Drive safely signal clearly to save a life on road
A cautionary note urges drivers to maintain sane driving, use clear signals, and obey traffic rules to prevent accidents and protect lives, stressing individual responsibility behind the wheel.
Clermont School News Senior News
The Typing II group shines with fifty words a minute and Chrys tel Miller peaks at sixty for ten minutes with three errors. The Clermont High School annual staff is chosen with Chrystal Miller as Editor-in-Chief and Vinah Nelson as Advertising Manager. Mardi Gras preparations loom as all departments gear up for a larger carnival crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Aanes
Lois Brandt
Donald Hanson
Doris Landsgard
Chrystel Miller
Mildred Olson
Milton
Clermont
Chrystal Miller
Clarice Dugstad
Vinah Nelson
Lars Brandt
Eleanor Schump
Vinah Nelon
Miss Schump
Legion Auxiliary Report from Des Moines Area Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary met last Tuesday at Mrs. Fred Cline’s home with hostesses Mrs. H B Greenley and Mrs. Louie Anderson. Fifteen members attended as Mrs. Martin Nelson reported prizes sent to Des Moines hospital and a bed sheet added to the supply shelf. The Armistice Day program at the high school auditorium was sponsored by the Auxiliary. One dollar was sent to Des Moines hospital for cigarettes. Guest Mrs. Quandt, county chairman, spoke briefly on Auxiliary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stumme
Jerdee
Nelson
Follett
Henry Follett
Vernon Wedn
Dal”s' Schupanitz
Cedar Rapids
Dean Kittleson
W.C. Follett
Clermont
American Legion Auxiliary
Fred Cline
H. B. Greenley
Louie Anderson
Martin Nelson
Des Moines Hospital
Quandt
Vernon Olson Weds Decorah Girl
Vernon Olson married Miss Betty Hanson of Decorah on Saturday November 5. Rev. O Glesne officiated at Decorah Lutheran Church. Gladys Olson sister of the groom and Loren Eide attended. The couple will reside in Decorah where Olson is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Hanson
Ed Hanson
Decorah
Vernon Olson
Henry Olson
Clermont
O. Glesne
Decorah Lutheran Church
Gladys Olson
Loren Eide
Mr. Olson
Clermont Study Club Hosts One O Clock Luncheon
Mrs H B Greenley and Mrs L L Carr hosted a one o clock luncheon for the Clermont Study Club at the Former home on Tuesday afternoon with fifteen members attending for Current Events. Mrs G H Hackmann reported seventy towels were purchased by club members and friends. Mrs Dan Burke reviewed the book Children of Strangers by Lyle Saxon. Bernard Thomas of Arlington was a dinner guest of Mr and Mrs F M Hackett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Greenley
L. L. Carr
Clermont Study Club
G. H. Hackmann
Dan Burke
Lyle Saxon
Polish German Frontier Jews Expelled From Germany Await Aid
Displaced Polish and German Jews driven from their homes along the frontier face hunger as they await food relief. Exile groups report scarce provisions and chaotic settlement conditions along the border, with aid agencies scrambling to organize rations for hundreds stranded by expulsions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
The Singing Church falls week services in Decorah area
Sunday observances at Highland and West churches list services, Sunday school times, and a program by East Clermont Luther League at Decorah First Lutheran. Thanksgiving services set for West church. Gerlad Giving duo to lecture at West Clermont Lutheran. Armistice Day visits noted. pheasant hunts and family events referenced. Rev. E E Ramsey listed as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Church
West Church
Clermont
Luther Lea-gue
First Lutheran
Decorah
East Church
Globe-Trotter
Gerald Giving
West Clermont Lutheran Church
E. E. Ramsey
Rosary Society Meeting Highlights at St Peter’s
Rosary Society and Attar Guild met on November 9 at Mrs A J Priest’s home with Mrs Geo Larson as hostess helper. Seventeen members and three guests attended including Mrs Magor of Cheyenne Wyoming. Fr Leo O Connell praised the bazaar and plans for resuming study club work were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's Rosary Society
Attar Guild
A. J. Priest
Geo. Larson
Leo O'Cornnell
Magor
Cheyenne
Wyo
O’connell
Alumni Basketball Game Set For Friday Nov 25
Clermont Alumni will play the high school girls and boys basketball teams Friday evening at 7 45 in the high school gymnasium marking the season opener. Also notes visits and hospital updates among locals including Mrs Mary Washburn and several area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont High School
High School
Clermont
Milaca man with strawberries after first killing frost
A. R. Cravens photographed Fred Hanson of Milaca holding strawberries picked just before the first killing frost on November 6. The Milaca area last year saw temperatures from 0 to 13 degrees above.
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Milaca
Minn
A. R. Cravens
Fred Hanson
Lectures by the Givings at West Church Thanksgiving Eve
Mr and Mrs Gerald Giving plan an illustrated lecture at West Clermont Lutheran Church on Thanksgiving Eve November 24 at 7 80 oclock. The couple will show lantern slides and films and wear picturesque costumes. They speak from a Christian church view and discuss foreign missionaries and religions worldwide. Possible topics include Travelers in the Arab lands What We Saw in Russia Scandinavian Countries The Cast and Outcast of India and The Cruise of the Yangtze. No admission charged but a collection will be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Giving
West Clermont Lutheran Church
Givings
Giving
Rabo Land
Russia
India
Yangtze
Lutheran Church
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul, Minn
W C O F Social Meeting and Local Doings
The W C O F held a regular social meeting at Mrs. E L Crowe's home with Geneva Wells assisting. Five hundred furnished the evening's diversion. prizes went to Mrs. Herman Griebenow and L R Jones. W R Blake left for Sioux Falls for two weeks on business. Delores Schissel married William Weaver in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. Howard Leui and Mrs. Leui visited Mrs. Josephine Wells and later stayed with Mrs. Harry Gass at Postville before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Crowe
Geneva Wells
Herman Griebenow
L. R. Jones
W. R. Blake
Sioux Falls
S. D
R. G. Schupanitz
Delores
Gerald
John Kelly
Howard Leui
Clinton
Josephine Wells
Leui
Harry Gass
Postville
Funeral Held for Everett Finnegan in Cas tala
A large crowd from Clermont attended the funeral of Everett Finnegan held Monday in Castalla. Finnegan was killed Friday when bricks from a chimney on the Swenson home collapsed during a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Delaney
Waterloo
Ed Delaney
Everett Finnegan
Castalia
Dan Burke
BE. L. Crane
Leo Kneeland
Ed Quinn
P. Rounds
IL. IL
Rounds
Ansony Priest
Thomas Cummings
Margaret
John Sheehy
Frank Callahan
Willie
Anna Kelly
Norbert Gerner
Everett Finegan
Castala
Finnegan
Swenson
Clermont Calendar November Meeting Schedule Listing
Clermont Calendar lists events for November including Thursday and Friday meetings at Clermont Lodge and ALF and A M, Mardi Gras on the 21st, Commercial Club gathering on the 22nd, and a Trackspiving dinner at East Clermont church with an alumni game noted on the 25th.
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WC. O. T. Busiess
Clermonnt Lodge
ALF
A.M
East Clermont Ehurel
Chicken Dinner and Bazaar at East Clermont Lutheran Church
A Thanksgiving Day chicken dinner and bazaar will be held at East Clermont Lutheran Church on Nov. 24. Serving starts at 4 PM, with 11:30 AM for early meals. Verla Gunderson serves as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Clermont Lutheran Church
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Mrs
Isooooos
Clermont, Iowa
Sheehan Post
American Legion
Follett Farm
Clermont School News
Junior News
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Aristotle
Freshman News
Laird Cline
Radio Hour
Louis, Schrader
Arlene Amund
Anna Mary Crowe
Ammazelle Henderson
Augusta Miller
Phyllis Gross
Pearl’s
Ella Mae Johnson
Franklin Olson
Mildred Thoreson
Legion Auxiliary Report
Clermont Study Club Report
Bernard Thomas
Arlington
F. M. Hackett
L. L. Rounds
Geo. P. Rounds
James
Rita
Danny
Brady Paulson
Joseph
Columbia College
Pino Nine
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Vincent Rounds
George l
Paris
Mrs. J. C. Marsh
Los Angeles
Calif
Fred Bigler
B. A. Len‘hart
Buffalo Center
Gerhard Halverson
L. V. Candee
Anamosa
Martin Hanson
Union Church Guild
J. C. Halverson
J. E. White
Lavanda Carr
Maynard
Lucille Lubke
Traer
Elwina Bel‘schner
Dinsville
Dan Carpenter
Otto Krueger
Carpenter
Mrs. Krueger
D. J. Flynn
Pritchard of
Garner
Rosary Society Meets
Mary Washburn
George Walvatne
Herb, Anderson
Maude Gass
Ed Schrader
Robert Bemiss
Marie Sutter
Albert Halverson
Allen Anderson
Decorah Hospital
Helen Osmundson
Minnesota
W. C. O. F. Social Meeting
Fred T. Cline
Motor Service
The
R. V. Brandt
Mark C. Moore
Algona
Wade Ball
Lakota
Presbyterian Church
Noy
Dr. Brandt
Lois
Ruth Berg
Bernice Olson
Pridway
Algous
Miss Olson
Mason City
Kensett
Miss Berg
A. Anderson
Irene Baird
Peck
Roy L. Darling
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