Clermont Public Schools Open For 1940 41 Year
Clermont public schools began the 1940 41 term with all classes dismissed after registration and a semester schedule. Theo C Ressler returns as superintendent and music head, Richard Banning coaches athletics, and Celia Morf teaches typing and algebra. Twenty freshmen enrolled. sophomores total twenty three with Doris Krueger a new pupil. Kindergarten through eighth grades show stable staffing. two bus routes serve country pupils.
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Clermore
Theo, C. Ressler
Richard Banning
Celia Morf
Fayette
Katherine Evingson
Kindred
N.bc
Ida Mae Carlier
Paul Dougan
Cedar Rapids
Mex Reed
Ottumwa
Reed
Coe College
LaVern Stumme
Clair Rice
Allen Johnson
Patricia Flynn
Daniel Rounds
Marvin Larson
Frances Kaufmann
Betty Follett
Leonard Olson
Richard Crowe
Charles Shipton
Ruth Krueger
Evelyn Erickson
Joyce Amundson
Lillian Kaufmann
Loyce Erickson
Veryle Paulson
Bertha Jane Olson
Annabelle Loftsgard
Lillian Erickson
Doris Krueger
Hawkeye
Ernest Johnson
Mildred Thorson
West Union
Nelson Crew Reshingling Clermont Opera House
Will Nelson and his men began reshingling the Clermont opera house on Monday and expect to finish in four to five days with good weather. Substantial preparatory work preceded the shingling, and the Mule Hide hex tab cor du roy shingles were supplied by Burgess and Dugstad, local lumber dealers.
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Will Nelson
Clermont Opera House
Burgess & Dugstad
Clermont Girls Enter Nursing Training in Chicago
Mrs Henry Schweinefus accompanied her daughter Marcella to Chicago Labor Day where she entered the Lutheran Deaconess hospital for nurse training. Miss Schweinefus, a local graduate, has been employed at the John Falk Jr home in Possville. her place is filled by Eleanor Anderson. Irene Peterson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ole C Peterson, is a graduate nurse of the Lutheran Deaconess hospital and Isabelle Wenger, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Wenger, will finish three years at Cook County hospital in December.
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Henry Schweinefus
Marcella
Chicago
Labor Day
Lutheran Deaconess Hospital
Schweinefus
John Falk, Jr
Possville
Eleanor Anderson
Clermont
Irene Peterson
Ole C. Peterson
Isabelle Wenger
Alfred Wenger
Cook County Hospital
Finnegan Daughters Win Three Firsts at Fayette Fair
Jean and Mary Finnegan daughters of Mr and Mrs John Finnegan of north of Clermont won three firsts in Fayette county fair school exhibits. Jean won two of the awards and Mary one. Their teacher is Anna Mae Kimball of northeast of Elgin.
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Jean
Mary Finnegan
John Finnegan
Clermont
Fayette County Fair
Anna Mae Kimball
Elgin
Union Guild Meeting at Clermont Home
The Clermont Union Guild gathers at Mrs Carpenter's home on Wednesday September 11 with Mrs Halverson leading a program on Pilgrims Going to Church and Christ in Gethsemane. Also reports on Labor Day trips and education journeys to Davenport and Cedar Rapids.
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Clermont Union Guild
Balkan frontiers see massing troops as World War II shifts
Clashes between Russian and Romanian forces near Dorohai cause heavy casualties while Budapest accuses a Romanian pursuit plane of downing a Hungarian bomber at Debrecen and reports Romanian fire on Hungarian police near Mako. Germany and Russia mass troops near the Balkans as Axis plans unfold with Transylvania possibly ceded to Hungary and Russia seeking wider gains.
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Viciity
Dorohai
Budapest
Debrecen
Mako
Germany
Russia
Balkan
Balkans
Transylvania
Hungary
Italy
Ger
Aid Society Hosts Clermont Ladies’ Aid Meeting
The Clermont Ladies’ Aid Society gathered Wednesday August 23 at Mrs. Walter Vinton’s home. Hostesses were Margaret Clarke and Mrs. W J Rafferty. A brief business session was followed by a children’s program directed by Mrs. Richard Banning featuring an instrumental duet by Helen Halverson and Betty Follett, a dramatization of The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Marilyn Follett Elsie Jerdee Donna Johnson and Howard Stumme, a song by those children, and a reading by Elsie Jerdee.
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Clermont Ladies’ Aid Society
Walter Vinton
Margaret Clarke
W. J. Rafferty
Richard Banning
Helen Halverson
Betty Follett
Billy Goats
Marilyn Follett
Elsie Jerdee
Donna Johnson
Howard Stumme
In Memoriam for a Beloved Wife and Mother
In loving memory of our wife and mother who died Sept 16 1939. The sun and moon shine on a lone grave. Beneath lies one we dearly loved but could not save. Friends may think we have forgotten when they see us smile. Our hearts hide the ache as we mourn Thomas Olson and children.
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Thomas Olson
Local notices spread community events and birthdays
Loretta Rafferty attended a Spencer teachers meeting and will teach sixth grade in the public schools there. A surprise birthday party for Vernice Engle’s daughter drew many guests. West Clermont Mission Society hosted a church parlors meeting with visitors from West Union and decided to send $20 to foreign missions. The centennial dramatization and musical numbers capped the program with birthday offerings from two hosts.
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Loretta Rafferty
Spencer
Verni Engle
Vernice
Leona
LaVern
Wursinger
Dubuque
Edward Krueger
Merle’ Ruckdaschel
Richard Friederich
George Belschner
West Clermont Mission Society
West Union
Braa
Irene Bricksor
Margaret Moon
Marjorie Scheel
Clifton Bingham
Miss Moon
Peter Lefts
Wm. Schweinefus
O E S September Meeting at Clermont Masonic Temple
The Clermont O E S chapter held its first regular meeting at the Masonic Temple with a redecorated building. Refreshment committee included Mrs Henry Follett and Mrs Marsi Scott. A 6 30 chicken dinner honored bride Mrs Merrill Gunderson with gifts and prizes awarded at a post dinner game.
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Clermont
Masonic Temple
Henry Follett
Marsi Scott
Wm. J. Nelson
Otto Vasby
4 H Girls Hold Meeting in Clermont Neighborhood Club
The Clermont Clever Claret's 4 H club met at Gladys Anderson's home with Ann Nesbit presiding. Members discussed room lighting, reviewed music pieces, and practiced a game before refreshments. Several local family updates and trips were noted, including births and visits, with Mary Kay Swenson named.
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Clermont Clever
Gladys Anderson
Ann Nesbit
LaVilla Gordon
Lola Gordon
Miss Crowe
New Zealand
Clermont Masons Plan Meeting on Sept 19
Clermont Masons meet Thursday Sept 19 at the Clermont Misende Lodge. Secretary B C Gruver notes an opening fall walk and urges members to attend, with the hall recently redecorated and repaired during the summer break.
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Clermont
B.C. Gruver
Clermontt Misende Lodge
Clermont Hall
Robert M Allen Marries in Garden Prairie Iowa
Robert M Allen marries Ray Louise Miller at the Congregational church in Garden Prairie on Wednesday August 28. The couple plans to live in Minneapolis after a Wisconsin trip. The bride is a Grinnell College graduate who directed vocal music at Roosevelt high school. The groom is a teacher and soon to be teaching assistant in zoology at the University of Minnesota. Local attendees included Esther Miller and Trynn Kayser of Cedar Falls.
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Robert M. Atensen
R. N. Allen
Independence
Ray Louise Miller
Rey
Malcom i
Garden Prairie
Congregational
Esther Miller
Trynn Kayser
Cedar Falls
Allen
Independence High School
Town State Teachers' College
Decorah
Roosevelt High
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt High School
Mer
University of Minnesota
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Grinnell College
Eastman School of Music
Rochester, W. C
Clermont Calendar Notes September Meeting
Fragmentary calendar item notes a special meeting for September at Clermont, mentioning a voter event and a study about guilds. Names and specifics are unclear due to OCR errors, but the record points to a local governmental or organizational gathering with a voting matter on Thursday.
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Thursehiy
Ffy
Wuoilnes Guild
Ciara
Lutheran Church Schedule At East Chey Mont
The Snaping Church in East Chey Mont announces divine services and communion rites led by Rev J Hansey on Sunday September sixteenth. Readers are told to attend the Stunday services and participate in the gospel readings and church events for the week.
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Snaping
Stunday
East Cheymont
J. Hansey
Y Taegan
School Board Lowers Ave Limits in Ada Ward
Ada area notes report the Clebnfordt board cutting avenues, with a 5 pen month rate for all grades, plus local social notices. Community residents Mr and Mrs Earl Simpson move to Waverly, while dinner guests at the Andersons include Lindbergs and others. several visits from Waterloo and Cedar Falls are noted.
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Clebnfordt
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