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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1939

Page

7

Clermont social listings and visitors noted

September events at St Peter's Rosary Society American Legion and other groups are listed. Several residents and visitors are named including Mr. and Mrs. Stallsmith of Dubuque, the Opperuds and Etta in Guttenberg, and Madison residents Stella Powers and Margaret James. Contacts include Maurice Calahan Cedar Rapids and various local families. One funeral, McGreevey, is mentioned with details about attendees.

Stella Powers Margaret James Madison, Wis Clermont Postville Will McManus St. Francis de Sales Church Ossian Fr. Shares Lizzie Kneeland Eanes Horan Francis Horan W. J. Rafferty Leo Kneeland

Ladies' Aid Society Dinner Dinner planned by Clermont group with menu and committees

The Clermont Ladies' Aid met August 30 at Mrs Franz Appelman home with 21 members 5 guests and 11 children present. Readings were given, a sympathy note read, library reports shared, and Ways and Means planned a dinner for September 2 with committees assigned for soliciting tickets advertising dining and service details.

Clermont Ladies’ Aid Mabel Knudson Milwaukee Martin Nelson I. C. Jerdee Len Simek Simek W. R. Blake Louis Olson Gordon Junker Dan Burke Wm. Nelson J. F. Cooley H. B. Greenley J. C. Halverson W. J. Rafferty B. Reigal R. V. Brandt Frank Fay E. J. Crowe W. KR. Blake Len Sime

War Bubble Bursts Threaten Europe Map Forecast

A readers’ map outlines a potential broad European war scenario. Nazi bombers threaten Warsaw and Danzig as Poland defensively lines along the Vistula. guerrilla actions divert forces. The British Navy blocks coasts and moves through Scandinavian waters to Danzig. Three mountain routes may break a Maginot siege, while Italy could strike Suez Gibraltar and push through alpine passes into France.

Europe Poland Warsaw Danzig Polish Frankfaort-on-Oder Breslau Slovakia Vistula River E. Prussia Scandinavian Straits Skagerrae Kattegat Baltic Flanders Stenay Belfort Italy Suez Gibraltar France

Local social notes feature visits and gatherings around Clermont

Georgie Lind returns home after a month with relatives. Anna Larrabee hosts tea for Mrs. Gordon Junker and others. Numerous residents attend dinners, visits, and weekend trips across Waukon Junction, West Union, and Osage. Mary Toney and Gladys Peterson teach in Castalia. A large Rock Creek Lutheran reunion serves 500 attendees.

Harrison Toney Mary Waukon Ole C. Peterson Mary Toney Gladys Peterson Castalia

The Singing Church announces services and events

Lutheran church provides Epistle and Gospel readings for Sept. 10, lists Sunday school rally at 9:30 a.m. Communion at 11 a.m., choir rehearsals, teachers meeting, and pastor Rev. E. E. Ramsey. Attendance notes include visitors from Waterloo and others, plus a church christening and local social gatherings with numerous names and places.

Westchurch East Church E. E. Ramsey

Rally Day Observed At West Church

Next Sunday September 10 National Sunday School Rally Day will be observed with over 300000 children answering the roll call across the Norwegian Synod of the Lutheran Church. West Clermont Sunday school participates at 9 30 am with a children led program and sermon, public invited.

Clermont Union Guild Meets on Women of the Bible

The Clermont Union Guild plans its meeting on Wednesday September 13 with Mrs Lubke and Mrs L H Appelman assisting The study topic is Women of the Bible J A Erickson and Frank Pringle conducted business in Oelwein last Friday Loretta Belschner of Cedar Rapids visited Labor Day with Verla Gunderson Mr and Mrs A J Barnes and Evelyn Barnes from Cresco left for home after a week with the Walter Vinter family Ronald Kelly son in law of the Dibble family became field representative for Iowa s Department of Social Welfare Sept 1 He will live in Albia and travel 16 or 17 counties consulting county boards on old age pensions emergency relief and blind pensions Fourteen members of two West Clermont Lutheran Sunday school classes enjoyed a park picnic after the Sunday school session Miss Landsgards class presented her a gift for two years of teaching

Clermont Union Guild Lubke L. H. Appelman Ronald Kelly E. H. Dibble Clermont Monroe County State Department of Social Welfare Kelly Albia Iowa West Clermont Lutheran Church Arthel Meyer Doris Sampson Donna Laftsgard Laverne Stumme Gladys Barnes Gladys Johnson Irvin Scheel Joyce Amundson Seanna Osmundson Lois Olson Louis Walverson Margaret Martin Very Paulson Willet Miller Doris Landsgard Helen Anderson Turkey River Miss

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