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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1953
Page
7
Mr and Mrs Donald Martin of Orchard welcomed Randy Lee, weighing 8 pounds 4 1/2 ounces, at Palmer Memorial hospital in West Union on Thursday September 24. Grandson Karl Martin announced the happy tidings.
The Clermont Study Club welcomed guests from the public school faculty, faculty wives, and the Junior Study Club. Lt. Sarah Dempster, a Walter Reed physical therapist, spoke on her work and the need for more young women in the field, sharing a film about her patient Sally and noting her own connections to the Henderson family.
Mrs. Gil bert Nelson is discharged from University Hospital Iowa City after diabetes treatment and returns home Friday. Card of thanks from Mrs. Ole Amundson and Mrs. T. M. Hanson express gratitude for get well wishes, cards, gifts, and visits during hospital stays and after returning home from Allen Memorial Waterloo and Rochester hospitals.
Methodist Church led by E G Steinman invites worshippers this Sunday at 846 for World Communion. A special offering will be received to aid human suffering.
Clermont Lutheran Parish conducts multiple services and programs led by Pastor Knudsen. Weekly events include catechetical classes, Sunday school, divine worship, choir rehearsals, and teachers training at West Clermont. Also listed are hostesses, church bands, youth rallies, and upcoming WMF and Ladies Aid meetings with a regional circuit and guest speakers.
The Church of Our Saviour Clermont Episcopal to hold Sunday services on October 4 at 11:00 a.m. with a sermon titled The Way Out. Douglas Thomas and Richard T. Paynter are listed as lay readers.
Indees beat Old-timers 41 to 12 in a windy game. Regular players were absent and substitutes from the prep squad filled in. The contest provided good pastime and lively play throughout.
The article lists student editors for various sections and details a biology long range project. Students will collect mount and classify seven leaves and 14 insects, with a planned October 10 trip to Jacob's Woods near Monticello to search for specimens and observe rock formations and animal habitats.
Shorthand students study concise writing and reading paragraphs about colonial life. The junior class plans to present the play Green Valley, a comedy fantasy, as part of history class activities.
Sophomore classes are divided into four groups learning car parts starting a car and gears while geometry practices formal proofs. The Sophomore Play Beauty and the Beef a three act comedy will be October 3 in the high school gym with a large cast listed. Freshman News covers short story unit and plans to donate stories to Good Samaritan Home in West Union. Assembly program reviewed Understanding Ourselves by a noted psychiatrist concluding that self analysis helps solve problems.
Mary Swenson earned a $55 watch after selling $146.40 in magazines, securing first place. JoAnn Moore placed second with $121.50 in sales and received a toy panda and its baby. Jyggee Larson claimed third with a toy dog. The top three accounted for over half of the $507.80 total. Leo Reigel was praised for managing the reports. Continued on page 6.
Forty descendants of Knut and Kristine Kittleson gathered at Clarence Kittleson’s farm Sunday September 20 to mark the farm’s centennial. Attendees included the Helgerson Frieden Olson and Kittleson families with several others. missing were the Orlando Kittelson and Irvin Olson families. The farm title dates to 1859 when Hans Kittelson Gallack obtained it from the U S government under President Franklin Pierce. Ownership has stayed in the Kittelson line, currently Clarence, who is building a new seven room home on the site the third on the farm.
The East Clermont Mothers Club met at the parsonage on September 15 with Mrs Knudsen as host. The session opened with singing, scripture by Mrs Knudsen, secretary's report and roll call. A brief business meeting followed with a program on Family Devotion and a Bible study led by Pastor Knudsen. Mrs Knudsen provided lunch for 11 members and children.
Mr and Mrs Ed Burt were guests Sunday at the Harvey Buddendburg home in Postville. They attended the afternoon trail ride held at Castalia.
Monday October 5 sees a city council meeting. Tuesday October 6 features an Eastern Star gathering. Wednesday October 7 includes the West Clermont Priscilla Working Band performance.
Mr and Mrs George Cook of near West Union spent Friday visiting Marvin Johnsons home. The Cooks have bought the Johnson house now tenanted by the Nelsons and will move to Clermont this weekend. The Nelsons will move into the Ed Barnes home, now occupied by the Lyle Gunderson family, and the Gundersons will move into their newly built home on Union Street.
Four hundred forty tickets were sold at St. Peter's church dinner Sunday, deemed a great success. An attractive sale booth and entertainment by St. Peter's school children drew guests from neighboring towns and as far away as Waterloo and Dubuque.
Fred Cline of Richmond Indiana recently acquired a new 48 seat school bus for Clermont Elgin Consolidated schools. The vehicle was ordered through the Cline Ford garage and delivered last week.
A notice from Mrs Len Simek of Clermont requests owners of dishes brought to her husband’s funeral to claim them. She cannot identify the dishes due to blurred labels and asks owners to call Clermont 6363.
Band Boosters met to reorganize for the new year. Treasurers report 169.39 on hand. Miss Pauline Boehm requested tympani and oboe. boosters to fundraise with a November concert and advance tickets. Refreshment committee named. ticket duties assigned. The group noted two ice cream socials in summer yielded a nice profit.
A stray service note lists Donald Gutcher and Kenneth D. Tatro with new addresses and postings. Gutcher transfers for jet mechanic training and returns to AF Base, while Tatro reports being back in Japan with possible Korea assignment. Also mentions furloughs and weekend visit events at local homes.
Dr G E Jorgenson and his wife wrote the Iowa set novel How False My Laughter which conference with a Broadway producer in Chicago resulted in an option on stage rights. Further talks planned for autumn. interviews with Fanny Butcher. luncheon guest of Kent's Literary Group. radio sketch planned. film rights pending until November return to Hollywood.
Clermont defeats Luana 6 to 4 on September 25 as Howard Kittleson and John Knudsen top the mound. Luepker and Mohs pair for Luana, with Clermont’s offense piling three early runs. The line score shows Clermont with 3-1-0-0-0-0-0 and Luana with 0-0-3-1-2-0-0. Clermont hosts Ossian next on September 28 at Ossian.
Relatives report the death of former resident Nels Bakkeh on Friday in DeKalb Illinois. He was a cousin of Nels Iverson Emma Gunder son Emma Anderson and Martin Anderson and remembered for living here thirty years ago and helping construct Clermont high school.
Mr and Mrs Harold Meland who have lived in Alaska for 13 years arrived Saturday from Sitka to visit their brother Ahbert Flaskrud after time spent in Calmar and Postville. Mr Meland, a baker by trade, must stop baking due to an allergy to flour and plans to move to California. Their son David accompanied his uncle Ahlert on the Alaska trip and returned with him to Town.
Dr and Mrs G E Jorgenson were informed their books will join the Iowa writers collection at the University of Iowa library. They were asked to submit scripts manuscripts and printer galley proofs for display showing development stages of their novel How False My Laughter. They stated their legal residence as semen, qualifying for the group.
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