First Meeting of Clermont Junior Study Club
The Clermont Junior Study Club held its first meeting with a light social time and lunch served. Mrs Jerdee showed slides on Canada Mexico and Florida while Mrs Dean DeSert and Carman Swenson were elected delegates to the district convention at Independence.
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Clermont
Éfup
Auloyd
Jerdee
Canada
Mexico
Florida
Carman
Swenson
Dean DeSert
Independence
Junch
Man Recovers After Fall From Farm Shed Roof
Dave Erhardt fell from the roof of a meeting shed on the Raymond Erhardt farm last Thursday. He was taken to a Prairie du Chien hospital for x rays and observation, then returned home to Waukon to rest after the ordeal.
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Dave Erhardt
Raymond Erhardt
Prsirie du Chien
Waukon
Service Club Meeting Attendees Share Readings and Quilting
The Women's Service Club met September 22 at Mrs Henry Kittlesons home with nine members and three visitors. They sang, shared a cooking mishap tale, heard two readings by Astrid Kimball and Mabel Burrow, and sang for Irene Ostlie and Myrtle Schweinerus. Sophie Kittleson oversaw two contests won by Irene Ostlie and Tillie Amundson. They stitched a child's quilt destined for a Christmas gift related to a local gnome project. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs Henry Amundson.
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Women’s Service Club
Henry Kittleson
Astrid Kimball
Mabel Burrow
Irene ,Ostlie
Myrtle Schweinerus
Sophie Kittleson
Irene Ostlie
Tillie Amundson
Ak Spildrlin
Henry Amundson
Hospital Admissions and Local Social Visits Highlight Iowa Small Town
Harry Vauslin was hospitalized at Postville hospital after an injury night end was taken there Wednesday morning. Mrs Danny Rounds stayed several days in Palmer Memorial Hospital West Union. Cresco residents Charles Ray Burgess Harry Howard and G J Hoopman dined with Gordon Koopman in Cresco. John Bakewell family and Verni Engle visited Reuben Svendsen in Lawler on Friday evening.
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Postville Hospital
Harry Vauslin
Danny Rounds
Palmer
Memorial Hospital
West Union
Charles and
Ray Burgess
Harry Howard
G. J. Hoopman
Cresco
Gordon Koopman
John Bakewell
Verni Engle
Reuben Svendsen
Lawler
Methodist Church Night and Fellowship Supper Planned
The Methodist Church announces a church night and fellowship supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Pringle this coming Sunday evening at 6:30 p. m. Members and friends are invited to attend and are asked to bring covered dishes and table service. Reverend B. G. Steinman will lead.
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B. G. Steinman
Clifton Pringle
Clermont Lutheran Parish schedules weekly events and rallies
Pastor Knudsen leads East Clermont services with catechetical classes and divine worship. Youth rallies planned at Postville High School auditorium from 3 to 7 pm. West Clermont hosts teachers training and choir rehearsals while senior and junior choirs meet midweek. Parish Brotherhood meets Oct 13 at 8 pm. Services next at 9 am Oct 18.
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B. Knudsen
East Clermont
Mhwivddy
Catecherane
Westchurch
Pastville H. S
West Clermont
Postville
Postville H. S
Auditorium Parish Brotherhood
St Peters Church Service Schedule
Rev Father Robert Cooney presides at St Peters Church with Sunday Masses at 9:00 and 10:00 am. Confessions are offered Saturday evening and before Mass.
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Robert Cooney
Full Gospel Sunday School and Services Schedule
Full Gospel un denominational announces Sunday school at 10:00 a m and Sunday services at 11:00 a m. Thursday Bible study at 8:00 p m. Everyone welcome. At No 18 211-2 miles west of Clermont in school house Mr and Mrs Arthur Nelson sr spent last weekend at Osage for the funeral of nephew Jim Holst. Mrs Bess Blake entertained at a dinner and bridge on Tuesday honoring Mrs E C Johnston with other guests Mrs Marie Fallows Ruth Collins West Union and Mrs Lorrinne Crowe.
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No. 18
Clermont
Arthur Nelson, Sr
Osage
Jim Holst
Bess Blake
E. C. Johnston
Marie Fallows
Ruth Collins
West Union
Lorrinne Crowe
English class studies Readers Digest articles and O Henry tale
The English class discusses varied articles from Readers Digest and the O Henry piece The Mystery of O Henry. Literature readings include A Retrieved Reformation from his pen in prison. Consumers topics cover economic acts protecting buyers.
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Etter
O. Henry
Church and club meeting notices from October events
Thursday Oct 8 St Peters Rosary Society committees meet at night. Monday Oct 12 Legion meeting. Tuesday Oct 18 Legion Auxiliary Woodlark Study Club East Clermont Mothers Club Clermont Study Club. Friday Oct 1 Women's bridge club.
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St. Peters Rosary Society
Legion Meeting
Legion Auxiliary
Woodlarif
Clermont
Women’s Bridge Club
Riverside Club Meeting At Mrs Andersons Home
Riverside Social Club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Martin Andersons home. Fifteen members and two guests attended as contests awarded prizes to several members. Birthday songs were sung for three members. Visitors from Postville attended Friday in Verni Engle home. Voc Age students traveled to Waterloo for Dairy Cattle Congress as part of schoolwork. Local families spent weekend in Minnesota and Iowa City visiting relatives and attending events.
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Riverside Social Club
Martin Anderson
Anderson
Olivia Schweinerus
Georgana Probert
Mary Tatro
Arieon Olson
George Larson
Emma Olson
James Anderson
Georganna Probert
Louie Anderson
Robert Moti
Minnie Bechaus
Elmer Schutte
Postville
Verni Engle
Gily ‘Williams
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Lester Luchsinger
Linda
John Luchsinger
Minnesota
Herbert Martin
Bob von Stern
Iowa City
Walter Lundy
Decorah
Mary Olson
Youth Day Draws Luther Leaguers From Tri-State Area
More than 300 Luther Leaguers from 21 Evangelical Lutheran churches attended the second annual Youth Day on the Luther College campus Sunday September 27. Sponsored by the campus Lutheran Students Assn ten members from the West Clermont congregation joined the day’s activities. The Rev B Knudsen pastors the West Clermont church.
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Luther
Town Ladies Aid Meeting and Library News
The Town Ladies Aid met on Wednesday September 30 at Mrs Fred Cline's home with assisting hostesses Mrs I Co Jerdee and Mrs Will J Nelson. Mrs Millard i Nelson Jr presided. roll called with school day recollections. Nelson reported sending 10 to Korean relief and buying a step stool for the library. Sept library report was given by Mrs Clarence Tatro. New books arrived for library soon. Mrs R Paynter offered to serve as librarian for Mrs Clarence Johnson. The program chair Mrs Gerald Gutcher reviewed the book Sojourner. Hostesses served lunch. Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs P J Meier of Guttenberg and Mr and Mrs Arthur Wilken of Strawberry Point. Mrs Mary Washburn returned Monday from visits with her son George and family at Wheatland and daughter Mrs Paul Wells and family at Sheldon. On Saturday she visited the George Walvatne home for Mrs Walvatne's birthday. Mrs Maggie Torkelson accompanied her home and stayed until Sunday. Mrs Mary Olson was a dinner guest Sunday in the Henry Amundson home. Mr and Mrs Wilson Patterson and children of Elgin were guests Friday evening in the Harold Bennett home.
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Town Ladies Aid
Fred Cline
I. Co. Jerdee
Will J. Nelson
Millard i Nelson, Jr
Will J
Nelson
Clarence Tatro
Cline
R. T. Paynter
Clarence Johnson
Gerald Gutcher
P. J. Meier
Guttenberg
Arthur Wilken
Lloyd Meier
Mary Washburn
George
Wheatland
Paul Wells
Sheldon
George ‘Walvatne
Mrs. Walvatne
Maggie Torkelson
Mary Olson
Henry Amundson
Wilson Patterson
Elgin
Harold Bennett
Mirror Mirror This article was presented by Karen Jacobson
Graceful instruction advises posture and movement tips for public display. It covers standing with head up shoulders back avoiding leg crossing at knees and neck/bracelet fiddling. It emphasizes controlled muscle use while walking or standing to project poise.
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Karen Jacobson
Farewell party for Rose Anna Gutcher and family travels
Twenty five years ago last Wednesday the freshman class held a farewell for Rose Anna Gutcher as she prepared to leave with her aunt Mrs. John Trummel. Albert Erickson of Erskine Minnesota visited Friday to meet his newborn son born September 10. Will Crowe and Mae visited Waterloo to spend the weekend with John Crowe’s family. Crowe now works at Schuneman Drug Store in Waterloo. Harold Landsgaard Doris Gisleson Landsgard families from near Gunder joined a trip to Oelwein where they had a picnic dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Capper of Vinton.
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Rose Anna Gutcher
John Trummel
Albert Erickson
Erskine
Minn
Will.Crowe
Mae
Waterloo
John Crowe
Harold Landsgard
Doris
Gisleson
Landsgard
Gunder
Oelwe
Jim Capper
Vinton
East Societies Meet at East Clermont With Hostesses
East Clermont societies met on Thursday October 1 with hostesses Mdms Ole Reierson Henry Anderson Bet tina Gilbertson M J Blockhus and Gust Gilbertson A nominating committee for the Sewing Society was named Mrs Kenneth Buroden and Mrs James Martin were appointed to handle church paper subscriptions for October The annual bazaar and supper are scheduled for the third week in November Mrs Gerald Schneider chaired the program and led Bible study Born Bereavements readings were given by Mrydle Peterson Mrs Julia Landsgard and Mrs Elmer Larson The closing followed the offerings
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East Clermont
Mdms
Ole Reierson
Henry Anderson
Bettina Gilbertson
M. J. Blockhus
Gust Gilbertson
Sewing
Kenneth Buroden
James Martin
Gerald Schneider
LaVerne Larson
Mrydle Peterson
Julia Landsgard
Elmer Larson
Army Discharge News From Fort Sheridan And Returns
Howard Johnson arrived home from Ft Sheridan after discharge from the Army. He served two years, with 16 months in Germany. Jerry Finnigan is returning from Germany and expected soon. Mike Finnigan was promoted to corporal before embarkation. Donald Gerner, a 3c, returned on a 15 day leave from Denver and will rejoin Ft Smith Air Base in Michigan. Donald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Gerner.
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Howard Johnson
Ft. Sheridan
Army
Germany
Jerry
Mike
Donald Gerner
Denver
Colo
Ft. Smith Air Base
Michigan
Donald
Norbert Gerner
WSCS Meeting Sets Bazaar And Picnic Plans
The Methodist WSCS met at Mrs. Clifton Pringle’s home with co-hostess Mrs. Emil Lassig. Fourteen members and three guests attended. Devotion by Mrs. Bess Blake, topic Rural Mission of the Church, lesson by Mrs. H. A. Lubke. A bake sale bazaar was planned for Saturday in November. A family night picnic supper was scheduled for Sunday October 10 at 8 30 at the Clifton Pringle home.
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Methodist
WSCS
Clifton Pringle
Emil Lassig
Bess Blake
H. A. Lubke
Do it Righ Merilee Entwigle on making new friends
Merilee Entwigle advocates sincere friendly behavior to gain new friends. She advises thinking about others and developing conversational ability by practicing topics like noticing nice things about people.
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Merilee Entwigle
Thank you for kindness after illness and hospital stay
Richard Amundson thanks relatives and friends for gifts cards visits during hospital stay and after returning home. Mr and Mrs Harold Bennett visited Elkader and George. Helen Becker notes a Cedar Falls letter says Mrs Fred Bigler can take a few steps with help and is sleeping and eating well. friends cheer her progress.
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Postville Hospital
Richard Amundson
Harold Bennett
The
George
Elkader
Helen Becker
Fred Bigler
Cedar Falls
Ten Weeks Vacation Trip by Mrs. L. E. Amundson
Mrs. L. E. Amundson returned Monday from a ten weeks vacation visiting Washington and the west coast. She called on R. W. Orr and Mrs. Joyce Amundson at Olympia, and Mr. and Mrs. Eliza Martz there. She spent time with the Hendersons at Bothell and the O’Mar/Carter family at Marysville, and with the Amundsons at Bakersfield where an earthquake was felt. A picnic with Wenrichs at Griffith Park in Hollywood included Nora Peak of Postville. Ames Olson and L. E. Amundson’s son drove to Cedar Rapids to fetch her home.
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L. E. Amundson
Washington
West Coast
Mers
R. W. OR
Joyce Amundson
Eliza Martz
Olympia
Wash
Roger Henderson
Botell
O'Mar (Carter
Marysville
Lewis Amundson
Bakersfield
Calif
Wenrich
Griffith Park
Hollywood
Cali
Nora Peak
Postville
Los Angeles
Ames Olson
IL. E. Amundson
Cedar Rapids
Amundson
Cotton Picking Season Opens Near Lawler Mississippi Flight
James Anderson and his Taylor plane carried Leo Leuenberger from Lawler to Tun Ken Miss to pick up Jim’s Cub spraying plane. They returned Tuesday just after noon with cotton bolls, noting no rain since July, affecting yield. He plans to have students inspect the cotton at school then display it at Clermont Farmers Savings Bank.
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James Anderson
Taylor
Leo Leuenberger
Lawler
Tunken
Miss
Jim
Clermont Farmers Savings Bank
Births announce two Dubuque area babies in October
Mr and Mrs Richard Huseman of Dubuque announce the birth of a daughter Jane Ann on September 28 at Xavior hospital, weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces. The mother Rose Marie Doyle is well known in the area and attended Clermont schools. Mr and Mrs Louis Bigler welcome a son Anthony Wayne born October 1 at Postville hospital weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces.
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Richard Huseman
Dubuque
Jane Ann
Janie
Xaviour Hospital
Huseman
Rose Marie Doyle
Clermont
Louis Bigler
Anthony Wayne
Postville Hospital
Mrs Ruth Starkey Visits Minnesota Relatives
Mrs Ruth Starkey returned Monday from Minnesota where she had visited relatives. Helen Burger spent Sunday with her parents in Fayette. Margaret and Johanna Minihan of Elkader, spent Thursday afternoon with Nell Sheehy and called on other relatives and friends.
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Ruth Starkey
Minnesota
Helen Burger
Fayette
Margaret and
Johanna Minihan
Elkader
Nell Sheehy
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Lyle Gunderson
Juann Swenson
Ass’t
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Janice Olson
Merilee Entwistle
Arlene Knudsen
Lew Barnhouse
David Gutcher
Helen Reierson
Judy Paulson
Glendal Nygaard
Paul ‘Hackmann
Green Valley
Merrice Entwisle
Clermonts
Ossian
Blumhagen
Kittleson
Wadena
Crandall
DeCook
Riverside Club Met
Enterprise
St. Peter’s Church Hall
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Complete Insurance Service
Florence T. Hein
Briggs - Stratton
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