Mission Society Meeting at Lutheran Church Parlor
The Mission Society met at the Lutheran church parlors on Thursday afternoon Nov 18 with hostesses listed. Devotions were led by Rev E E Ramsey as committees for the December 1 dinner were announced including Lutefisk Coffee Chicken Vegetables Potatoes Dessert Dishes Tables Waitresses Fish Pond and helpers. The group held a canning shower for the new pastor and the Thanksgiving offering proceeds benefited charity and Christian education. Subsequent social visits noted include local dinners with the Appelman family, the Brady Paulson home and the Nelsen family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Society
Lutheran Church
E. E. Bilden
A. S. Hoag
Elmer Ormundson
Elmer Anderson
Martin Nelson
E. E. Ramsey
Roy Tatro
Lutefisk
Lara Sampson
Hans J
Richard Griebenow
Irene Ostlie
Wm. Schwinefus
H. E. Landsgard
Elmer Leo Nelson
Agnes Bilden
Louise Amundson
Harry Yaussin
Vernon Meyer
Anfinson
Andine Vasby
Mildred Larson
Milfred Olson
Helen Yaussin
Agnes Anderson
Helen Anderson
Gladys Olson
Verla Schwinefus
Eliza Nelson
Gladys Peterson
Sadie Peterson
Marjorie Scheel
Doris Landegard
Lila Larson
Marcella Schwinefus
Louise Bilden
Margaret Moen
Irene Erickson
Anna Stee
June Rose Larson
Lila Anfinson
Harvey Larson
Truman Paulson
Rey, E. E. Ramsey
Famiy
Study Club Met at the Clermont Home
The Clermont Study Club met at Mrs. Carlton Peck's home on Tuesday November 16 with a one o'clock luncheon served by hostesses Mrs. Peck and Mrs. E L Crowe. Members answered roll call with What's New in Medicine as the topic, and towels purchased under club auspices were distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Study Club
Carlton Peck
Peck
E. L. Crowe
Shintoy
Norway
A. J. Beckett
Jay White
Fancy Work Auction After Dinner Event
Auction to follow dinner offering three prizes including a quilted silk comforter a crocheted rug and a pair of pillow cases donated for the event. Proceeds benefit the group showcasing home crafts and needlework. Local bidders and collectors urged to attend and support the community project.
Anderson Amundson Nuptials In Clermont Decorah Area
Marion Corrine Anderson and Alvin Amundson were married Thursday morning at eleven thirty in Clermont. Rev. E E Ramsey officiated with Ellen Amundson and Floyd Anderson as attendants, and James Amundson sang O Perfect Love. The couple plans a farm home near Decorah after a dinner at the Blue Arrow Cafe in Postville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Corrine Anderson
A. T. Anderson
Clermont
Alvin Amundson
Albert Amundson
Decorah
Agnes Bilden
Ellen Amundson
Floyd Anderson
E. E. Ramsey
Clermont Lutheran
James Amundson
Thelma Christianson
Blue Arrow Cafe
Postville
Business College
Oelwein
Amundson
Luther College
Thunderbolt Pilot Sets Salt Flats Speed Record
Capt George E T Eyston in the cockpit of his racer Thunderbolt just after finishing a record assault at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah last week traveling the fastest speed ever in an automobile 311 miles an hour breaking Sir Malcolm Campbells 301.129 mph record set here in 1935.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
George E. T. Eyston
Malcolm Campbell
Singing Church Advent Services at Clermont Parish
The Clermont parish churches announce Sunday services on Nov 28 1937 the first Sunday of Advent with epistle and gospel readings. East Clermont 10:30 am Highland 2:30 pm West 7:30 pm Sunday school at West 10:30 am Highland 1:30 pm Confirmation classes West Wednesdays 4:15 pm East Saturdays 10:00 am Highland Saturdays 1:30 pm Choir rehearsals West Wednesdays junior 7:15 senior 8:30 East Fridays 7:30 pm Mission Society meets East Clermont Dec 2 hostesses Mrs Gilbertson Kittleson Blockhus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Clermont
Highland Church
West Clermont
West Church
East Church
Meeting at Cler mont Chapter O E O E and
A special meeting of the Clermont Chapter O E O E was held Tuesday evening November 16 with Mrs Margaret LenHart initiated. Refreshments followed. Other notes mention Greene Recorder columns and various local club anecdotes about cuckoo clocks and club programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Chapter O. E
Margaret Lenhart
Time to Buy and Use Your 1937 Christmas Seals
The year’s penny Christmas Seal features a town crier in blue and a cape, symbolizing protection of homes from tuberculosis. The seal’s background shows a house and a call to health, with a Thanksgiving Day broadcast of Carillon music from Yowa State College Ames over WOI from 10 15 to 10 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yowa State College
Ames
WOI
Luncheon Bridge Party Hosted by Corsepius Ladies
Mrs. Lloyd Corsepius and Mrs. B A Lenhart hosted a Thursday luncheon at the Corsepius home followed by bridge with high score to Mrs. Hazel Schrader and second to Mrs. J B Shipton. Guests included numerous local women and visitors. weekend visitors Lucille Lubke and families moved into a local home. several attendees planned to attend a U S A Luther football game in Decorah and trips to see Billy Bros. clocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Corsepius
B. A. Lenhart
Corsepius
Hazel Schrader
J. B. Shipton
Y. 0. Jerdee
L. L. Carr
R. V. Brandt
J. C. Halverson
Jay White
Margaret Sheehy
W. R. Blake
Decorah
Len Simek
Buddy Schrader
Stanton Halverson
Gordon Junkers
Charles Bigier
H. B. Greenley
Paw Febr
West Bend
Joe Feuchtenberger
Morris, Minn
Louise Miller
Billy Bros
Appreciation for St Peter's dinner and bazaar support
Parishioners of St Peter's church Clermont express sincere thanks to all who contributed to the annual dinner and bazaar held on Wednesday November 17 The note praises cooperative spirit across faiths and asks for continued neighborliness Rev F Leo O'Connell signs the appreciation. Also notes West Central Iowa cold at 16 degrees below zero with Harlan recording the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's Church
Clermont
Iowa
Harlan
Rev C Ellsworth Newton Found Guilty in Hammer Slaying
Pittsfield New Jersey Reverend C Ellsworth Newton was on trial for the murder of parishioner Mrs Maybelle Kelly. The jury reported on Wednesday morning and convicted Newton of killing Kelly with a hammer and dumping the body from the Mark Twain bridge into the Mississippi river. A fisherman recovered the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
C. Ellsworth Newton
Maybelle Kelly
Newton
Mark Twain
Mississippi River
Bazaar at St Peter’s Catholic church a grand success
The bazaar hosted by St Peter’s Catholic church served between 350 and 400 people at dinner. Prizes awarded include a bedroom suite won by Albert Lubke, a pieced quilt to J Woelschow of Earlville, a silk bedspread to George Strickler of West Union, and a $4 dear prize to Paul Waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Albert Lubke
J. Woelschow
Earlville
George Strickler
West Union
Paul Waters
Local social notes from Clermont and surrounding towns
Clermont Union Church hosts Dr and Mrs L L Carr as dinner guests of Dr and Mrs J D Meyers in Postville. Miss Berg and others attend the Upper Iowa Lathey football game in Decorah. A Women’s Catholic Foresters initiation is held at St Patrick’s in Waukon. A pre-nuptial shower honors Esther Krueger in West Union with thirty guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Carr
J. D. Meyers
Postville
Dan Burke
A. J. Priest
Catherine Horan
E. L. Crowe
Thos. Cummings
Herman Griebenow
Nellie Sheehan
Elizabeth Sullivan
Mae Carlin
Women's Catholic Order of Foresters
St. Patrick's Church
Waukon
J. W. Ocker
J. E. Stearns
West Union
C. Z. Adams
Wadena
H. B Greenley
Clermont
Ocker
Esther Krueger
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L. H. Appelman
Ray Hughes
Waterloo
Brady Paulson
Arnold Stumme
Martin Nelsen
Edmund Dagstad
Lunk Sherman
Mike Graf
Winneshiek County
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Graf
Calmar
Ademara Bizsalta
Italy
Main Street
Witfie
Hubby
Oskaloosa
Priscilla
Mission ‘Society
West Clermont Lutheran Church
Anderson—Amundson
eRere
Clermont Fritz Blockhus
Elgin
Clermont Luth
O. E
Greene Recorder
Joe E. Brown J
Martha Raye
Westby
Wis
la Crosse
Pigeon Falls
Ohio
Fayette County
Mary
Lucille Lubke
Colwell
Mrs. H. A. Lubke
Henry Olson
Nels Everson
Henry Schwinefua
Helle Cox
Toledo
F. Leo O'Connell
Clermont Union Church
S.J. Snyder
Wm. Nelson
Smale
Smith, Berg
Upper Iowa-Lathey
Miss Berg
Alpha
BALL
H. A. Lubke
Clermont, Iowa
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