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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1938

Page

3

Clermont Enterprise post office notice

Clermont Enterprise is entered in the post office at Clermont Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.

Clermont Fayette County Iowa

Winter driving hazards and safe handling tips

Motorists face slippery roads icy windshields and longer hours of darkness. Prepare by checking windshield brakes and overall car condition but also adjust driving habits to reduce speed approach signals with caution and maintain alertness. Upside down waterfalls on Oahu and black sand beaches on Hawaii noted.

Oahu Island Hawaii Island

Local social notes from Clermont area events

Clermont area residents share visits and gatherings across homes and towns. Notables include Mrs W J Rafferty at W I Kelly home, Rev F Leo O Connell leading forty hour adoration at Lycurgus, and Anna Helen Yauslin elected secretary of Fayette County Rural Young People. Other entries list weekend hospitality, travels from Decorah to Elkader, and Thanksgiving family visits.

Anna Helen Yauslin Fayette Fayette County Rural Young People's Organization

What the Paragraphers Say Germany hens and a lone cock

A collage of witty remarks comments and quips on wartime debt royalty in Britain and America attitudes toward leaders and celebrities. References to Germany Japan Elsa Maxwell and a notable remark about a pioneer headache remedy memorial.

Lorain County News Social Notes At St Francis Ossian

Mr and Mrs Dan Burke and Margaret Sheehy attended a dinner at St Francis church Ossian Sunday Then they visited in Frank Schweinerus home Etta and Irene Opperud and Viola Roland of Cedar Rapids spent Sunday here The former visited in Dorf Opperud home and the latter spent the day with her mother Mrs G Roland Mrs Helen Osmundson was brought home last week from Decorah hospital and is reported to be getting along nicely Anna Mae Anderson is doing the house work in the Osmundson home Mr and Mrs George Smith returned to their home in Clermont Friday to remain for the winter months Mr Smith has just concluded his work with Carlson Construction Co at Kanawha

Dan Burke Margaret Sheehy St. Francis Church Ossian Frank Schweinerus Etta Irene Opperud Viola Roland Cedar Rapids Dorf Opperud G. Roland Helen Osmundson Decorah Hospital Anna Mae Anderson Osmundson George Smith Clermont Mr. Smith Carlson Construction Co Kanawha

A Few Smiles From Column Left and a Weather Note

A light column of quips and a tomorrow weather forecast share a casual tone. A dialect of humor touches on temptations, funerals, tires, forks in roads, and conversations heard between kin. St Peter’s parishioners held a farewell gathering at the R B Waters home with gifts for Mrs Waters and Mrs Paul Waters.

St. Peter's R. B. Waters Paul Waters

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Clermont Enterprise Clermont, Iowa Marjorie Scheel Town Press Association National Editorial Association Fre W. Braun L Farmers’ Savings Bank Clermont and Vicinity J. F. Miller J. A. Erickson Dr, I. C. Jerdee Peck Drug Store L. L. Carr W. J. Rafferty W. I. Kelly Julia Landsgard Henry Olson F. Leo O'Connell Ly_curgus Harold Halverson A. Q. Anderson Hazel Schrader and Madonna Trudo Harry Trudo West Union B. O. Henderson Charles Palmer Waukon Lucy Prentess Elkader Eunice Brandt Chicago Dr. R. V. Brandt Robert Hackett F. M. Hackett Millard Nelson Decorah John Nelson Mary Haas Alfred Baechler and Son Ruth Berg Bernice Olson Dubuane L. J. Wise Claude and Willis Gress H. A. Lubke Traer Lucille Beryl Boleyn Joan Woodle Elgin Rose, Mathis E. E. Ramsey and Sons Fremont Anderson Thelma Christianson Clinton Mrs Ole Christianson Oscar A. Larson Frank Seileman Fredericksburg Herman Lubke Melvin Olson Arthur S. Olson Robert Wharram Af Stanley Lolita Blake W. R. Blake Towra City Harold Olson Charlotte Glen Olson Gladys Olson Richard Olson Mary Jeanette Thomas Cummings Ardys Ed Neumann B. A. Berentson Castalia Elmer Osmundson Phyllis Germany Japan Britain Elsa Maxwell John L. Lewis William Green Munich Hitler Europe Dad Peck Odds and Ends Wright Royl Darling Sonny Micky” and His By Sam Iger Solomon Hains Zoe Putnam Dyes
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