Cedar Rapids trip and local social notes in Clermont
Clermont notes cover weekend travel to Cedar Rapids and Berkeley, family gatherings, surgeries and recoveries, Amvet Auxiliary meeting plans, afterglow of social visits across Waterloo, New Albia, Decorah, and Hawkeye. Local births, funerals, and a large roster of relatives are recorded along with a rare large sweet potato found locally. An unusual pet fox is mentioned and a closing promo urges bumper corn storage.
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Herbert
Dummermuth
Helen
Cedar Rapids
Berkley
Calif
Henry Schweinerus
Jellings
Mary Tatro
Roy Tatro
Kenneth Tatro
Fred Talley
Waterloo
Stumme’s
Clem Kneeland
Inga Anderson
Lea Johnson
Pipestone
Minn
Waterville
Alex Grandgaard
Christina Monroe
Bernard Natham
Waucoma
Verne Tilford
Arthur
Olson
North Dakota
Minnesota
Arlene Hanson
Valley City
N. D
Billy Cooley
la Crosse
Wis
Hans J. Larson
Clermont Iowa Council Proceedings October 4 1948
The regular meeting of Clermont town council was held with Mayor Will J. Neilson presiding. Present: Riegel Stee Paulson Griebenow. Absent: Larson. Minutes approved. Bills paid: Barnhouse salary Sept $178.25. Graham $75.00. Baechler's Store tissue. Interstate Power Co street lights. Clermont Fire Dept care of truck. Johnson Block cement blocks. Farmers Savings Bank charges. Burgess-Dugstad lumber cement. Gross long side hook up $6.00. Durscher salary Sept and freight $41.78. Wells labor. Schultz street work. Schrader gas battery. Shipton rock for street. Triem gas oil. Ber permit for Nor bert Gerner granted. Lots 20 21 block 14 sold to Fritz. Lot 22 to Cline for taxes. Transfer $2534.98 due intersections from general to street blacktop fund. Meeting adjourned. Geo Durscher Clerk
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Clermont
Iowa
Will J. Neilson
Riegel
Stee
Paulson Griebenow
Larson
Griebenaw
John Barnhouse
Richard C. Graham
Baechler's
Interstate Power Co
Hall
Clermont Fire Dept
Geo. Durscher
Lee Wells
John Schultz
Ralph Schrader
J. B. Shipton & Son
Fayette
James Triem
Paulson
Norbert Gerner
Griebenow
Lawrence Fritz
Laird Cline
Clermont School Notes Recite Poems and Fire Safety Talk
In a Clermont school notes update, sixth graders recite memorized poems during reading period. Joan Bennett attends the Cattle Congress in Waterloo and returns with stories. Fire Prevention Week is observed with talks on fire causes and prevention. Several students earn perfect spelling papers and a birthday treat for Karen Jacobson. An Emmetsburg anecdote mentions a hat and a retriever dog. Iowa dairy herd improvement associations report about 30,900 cows tested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Paul Hackmann
Joan Bennett
Waterloo
Joan
Douglas Appelman
Adrian Larson
Jean Morse
Janice Olson
Donna Thompson
John Vauslin
Frederick Halverson
Nancy Hoopman
Karen
Jacobson
Larry Jacobson
Sheryl Peterson
Betty Scott
Charles Thorson
Karen Jacobson
Kittleson
Baechter
Meyer
Bigler Drug Store Sold To Leallen Knox In Wadena
The Bigler drug store in Wadena was sold last week to Leallen Knox who assumed possession on Wednesday Oct 13. Louis Biglerie came from Clermont in 1899 and built and ran the store, with family members aiding over the years. The article also notes local club meetings, weddings, births, and social visits in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Margaret Bigler
Mr. Knox
C. C. Corbin
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Mary Ogle
Chas. Wilson
Leo Benson
Oscar Hunsberger
Johnnie Wilson
Bert Erickson
Richard Erickson
Wm. Erickson
Ole Johnson
Duane Ray
Roscoe Pritchard
Lulu Arlene Minger
Oelwein
John Erickson Lare
West Union Hospital
Betty Johnson
Tripoli
Helen Johnson
Sarah .Carter
Sonora
Calif
Joe Fennell
Sterling
Colo
Joh Flanagan
Raymond Jellings Lare
What Is A Customer in Our Office Approach
The piece defines a customer as the most important person, not a burden but the purpose of work. It emphasizes treating customers as flesh and blood, with feelings and biases, not as outsiders or mere names. It cautions against arguing with customers and urges removing lazy staff at once.
Return to Dickeyville Fails to Reunite with Roots
Frank Jacobe, 87, of Hawarden, traveled to his home town Dickeyville Wisconsin hoping to reconnect with his past after 72 years. He found no familiar faces as the town had changed with the house of his birth now a two story structure blending into a two city landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jacobe
Lot Hawarden
Dickeyville
Wisconsin
Heating safety notice urges immediate service and clean setup
If you haven't already done so, get your heating put in proper condition at once. Be sure that its clean and ree from tire hazards.
Bang-bang Shock Spurs Stuart Family
Four year-old Gary Barr, son of Mr and Mrs Mex Barr of Stuart, rushed indoors to urge his mother to witness the bang-bang, prompting a surprised outdoor discovery reported in local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary, Barr
Mex Barr
Stuart
Barr
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W. G. Jennett
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M. H. Moore
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Irvin Carpenter
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Claude Gross
Alfred Wenger
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Walter Miller
Buffalo Center
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Charlie Washburn
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Harold Bennett
John Howard, Jr
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Henry Olson
Elmer Olson
Leonard Olson
Steven
Glen Olson
Sherryl
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Oliver Torkelson
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Byrd McNally
Elmer Trudo
Louis McNally
W. R. Blake
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Robert Steele
Gordon Hoopman
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Charles de Sotel
Mohona
Berhard Natham
Andine Vasby
Laura Dixon
Decorah
Oliver Rowland
Allen, Howard
DeWayne
Robert Johnson
Norman Reinertson
Rowlands
Reinertsons
Harry Bisbing
Cattle Congress
Johnsons Boys
George Washburn
Anton Siaien
Evan Lien
Clarice
Myr
Andrew Anderson
Genevieve
Lydia Thorson
Marie Skaien
Oscar Lien
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Arthur E. Olson
Lavanda
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George V. Larson
A.J. Priest
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Inez Shaffer
Oran Bane
Will Christen
Margaret Grimm
Dorothy Mattocks
Frank Welsh
Lyle Kuhnes
Ivan Flowers
Welsh
Nelson Halford
Winthrop
Joan Oldfather
Finley Hospital
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Black Hills
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Little Brown
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Wilder Mattocks
Harry Macha
Farmersburg
Wallie Behrens
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John Deere Machines and Repair Service
R. L. Olson
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