Ladies' Aid Society Meets at Follett Home
The L A Ladies' Aid Society gathered Wednesday at Mrs. Caroline Follett's home with hostesses Mrs. Edna Nelson and Mrs. Mary Cummings. Members shared canning tips, a music and reading program featured Marilyn and Betty Follett and Bernice Blockhus, and the group noted park benches and tables were repaired and painted. Fifteen members and ten guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Caroline Follett
Edna Nelson
Mary Cummings
Canning
Follett
Marilyn
Betty Follett
Bernice Blockhus
Barn Fire Destroys Mott Farm Outlook Clermont Iowa
A barn on the Art Mott farm four miles north of Clermont was destroyed by fire on Saturday August 26. Mr Mott arrived home from town and saved two horses and moved the threshing machine from the straw pile. The blaze consumed nine calves two thousand two hundred bushels of oats ninety tons of hay a hammer mill and other machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Mott
Clermont
Olson to Remodel Building and Other Local Notes
Richard Olson plans to remodel the Jenson building by removing the third story, as with two southwest buildings, leaving the second floor for light storage. Mrs. Herman Lubke has been ill for two weeks. her sister Mrs. Effie House of West Union cares for her. Kenneth Anderson visited from Waterloo. Delores accompanied him, then returned. Robert Murphy of Lansing visited Richard Crowe. Helen Halverson will teach and coach in Randalia next year, staying with the Schroeder family. Joyce Amundson goes to Cedar Falls to attend State Teachers College. Mrs. A. S. Houg returned to Minneapolis to stay with her daughter at 1519 E. 21st St after weeks on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Olson
Jenson
Toyetart
Herman Lubke
Effie House
West Union
A. 8. Houg
Minneapolis
Minn
Wanted Local News Editor for Clermont
The Enterprise seeks applicants to serve as local news editor in Clermont. Interested individuals should contact publisher R. P. Strauch to discuss the role and process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
R. P. Strauch
School Opened Monday With All Teachers Present
Clermonts schools started Monday with all teachers in charge of their departments. Supt Moore reported total enrollment 206, 134 in grades and 72 in high school, up from last year. Beginners class 20, unusually large. Grade and high school meetings held over weekend and Monday for planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Supt. Moore
Ice delivered by baby buggy in Clear Lake tale
In present day shortages residents turn to ingenuity as J A van der Linde carries a 75 pound ice cake home in a baby buggy. Belmond residents return lost suitcases and a wrist watch after two incidents showcasing local honesty. A Reinbeck man finds old corn planter wire in a grape arbor and notes improvements in later wire. A Griswold man narrowly avoids injury when a bee hive is knocked over by a mower. Other items report a Burlington woman dreaming of a fire, Andine Vasbey's weekend in the Jesse Olson Home, and various travels and visits among Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Los Angeles residents. Sell it through 8 Want Ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
J. A. van der Linde
Belmond
Mage Town
Henry Dan Schmidt
Reinbeck
George Pearce
Griswold
Mr. Pearce
Helen Short
Burlington
Twenty five Years Ago Mae Crowe Teaches in West Union
Local note dated twenty five years ago recalls Mae Crowe returning to teach in West Union and Nellie Sheehy and Mae Sullivan preparing to teach in Missouri Valley. It also mentions Prof J H Shipton and family traveling from Iowa City toward Columbus for the coming school year. Community events include a Marion Lutheran wedding of Helen Nelson and Harold Landsgard with home in Gander, plus local visits and moves among Clermont and Cedar Falls residents. Ensign LeVier Staven welcomes baby girl born Sept 5 at West Union hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Crowe
West Union
Nellie Sheehy
Mae Sullivan
Missouri Valley
J. H. Shipton
Iowa City
Columbus
Shipton
Marion Lutheran Church
Arveson
Helen Nelson
Harold Landsgard
Landsgard
Gander
Sgt
Walter Scott
Clermont
Walter
France
Russia
Melvin Johnson
Waterloo
Ensign
LeVier Staven
West Union Hospital
Staven
Norma Pringle
Frank Pringle
Rally Day and Sunday School Plans at Clermont Parish
The Clermont parish outlines Sunday school sessions for West and East Clermont with Rally Day services, age specific classes from 3 to high school, adult class during Sunday school, and diploma options upon four-year study. Also listed are junior choir, girls chorus schedules, and upcoming confirmand class dates across Clermont East, West, and Elgin locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Nesset
West Clermont
East Clermont
Clermont
Elgin
Clarence
Torkelson
Clermont Calendar Highlights Local Social and Club Dates
Clermont calendar lists Rosary Society Altar Guild events on Thursday and American Legion activities on Monday and Tuesday. It records numerous Sunday dinners and visits across local families in West Union and surrounding towns with names like Blake Vasby Blockhus Amundson Cline Moore and Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's Rosary Society and
Altar Guild
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Held Recitals Here And at Postville
Nora E Jorgenson presented two piano recitals, one in Postville and one locally. The Aug 26 program featured 32 pupils including Clarine Olson and a list of local students such as Shirley Olson, Ramona Olson, Darlene Olson, Chrystal Olson, Swenson children, Kittelson family, Lar son siblings, Appelman, Follett, Nelson, Thorson, Lafisgard, Johnson, Meyer, Loftsgard, Baechler and Buraas residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora E. Jorgenson
Postville
Clarine
Shirley
Ramona
Sanda
Darlene
Chrystal Olson
Billy
LaVonne
Joan
Judy Swenson
Harlo Meyer
Howard
Lorraine Kittelson
Elizabeth
Sylvia Larson
Barbara Appelman
Elsie M
Worshipful Grand Master to Visit Clermont Lodge No 160
Word from Iowa Masons leader Wm L Perkins says he will visit Cler mont Lodge No 160 on Friday at 10 o clock. All members are urged to meet at the Temple at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Masons
Wm. L. Perkins
Clermont Lodge No. 160
American Legion Auxiliary to Hold Flag Ceremony at Clermont
The president urges all unit members to attend the Nag raising ceremony at the Clermont school ground on Tuesday September 12 at 1 PM. The program includes parade to flag staff led by band invocation American Creed flag raising by Junior Auxiliary Girls Ray Swenson national anthem pledge led by Miss Vasbey short talk America by Superintendent M H Moore and band and school participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Clermont
Ray Swenson
Vasbey
America
M. H. Moore
Clermont OES Holds Meeting Plans October Pot-Luck Dinner
Clermont Chapter of the O. E. S. met Tuesday evening after a two months' vacation. Plans were made for the annual pot-luck dinner in October. A collection will be taken then for the War Service Fund. Eight dollars sixty nine cents had been sent in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
War Service Fund
Purchases Home Farm West of Clermont on South River Road
Purchases Home Farm Sylvan Houg told the Echo publisher last week that he purchased the Family home farm of over 200 acres from the A S Houg estate. The farm is well improved and located west of Clermont on south river road. Ben Miller, a ship's cook in the U S Navy, has been stationed on islands in the South Pacific for 17 months. His wife is in the WACS in England. Various local visits and social gatherings are noted, including Gov. B B Hickenlooper's call at the W R Blake home and several Sunday and Friday dinners with neighbors and relatives. Irene Erickson planned to teach English in Spring Grove next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan Houg
Echo
A.S. Houg
Clermont
South River Road
Florence Clark
Ada Lyles
Rockford
Ben Miller
Clermanot
Wesley Miller
U.S. Navy
Islands
South Pacific
WACS
England
Bank Interior Redecorated at Clermont Savings Bank
Farmers Savings Bank in Clermont reports a fine interior redecoration. Ceilings white walls light tan with a light brown trim create an attractive arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Savings Bank
Clermont
Also Mentioned on This Page
L.A
Kenneth Anderson
Jim Taylor
Delores
Robert Murphy
Lansing
Richard Crowe
Helen Halverson
Randalia
Wm. Schroeder
Joyce Amundson
Cedar Walls
State Teachers’ College
Savings Bank
A. Erickson
Lowa
Iowa
Andine Vasbey
Jesse Olson
Yed Peterson
Art Stee
Los Angeles
Calif
Reuben Gruver
Cedar Rapids
Mary Gruver
James Triem
Cornelius Olson
Phelps, Wis
Nels Olson
Alma Koland
Des Moines
Fern Buraas
Margaret Sheehy
Esther Carlin
Erie
Villa Marie College
Enterprise
Lucille Lubke
Oelwein
Russell Gruver
Gene
Fayette
R. S. Henderson
Mrs. Grant
Sally
Jon
Cedar Falls
B. O. Henderson
W. R. Blake
East
Robert ‘Steele
Mrs. Opperman
Dubuque
L. T. N. Olson
Harry Amundson
Jean
Agnes
Evelyn
Louise Bilden
Julian Moe
Decorah
Dorothy Pagnall
Len Simek
Danny Rounds
Danny
U. S. Navy
Anna Stee
Mrs
Stanley Roberts
Pasadena
Beth Marie
Sgt. Roberts
Paul Roberts
New, Guinea
Emmanuel Larson
Randi Larson
Laura Lyhgans
Elvira Johnson
Ezra Dibble
Ronald Kelly
Wm. Moyle
Waukon
Charlotte Roggensack
Lancaster
Wis
Rochester, Minn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mary Gould
Clermont High School
Rooker
Peter Lofte
West ‘Union
Fred Johnson
Heinertson
Art Blockhus
Otto Vasby
Louie Amundson
Howard Kluss
John Camp
J. C. Halverson
Mr. Camp
Bankers
Alfred Baechler
Herbert Haas
William
Merril Gunderson
Carol
Henry Peterson
Iva
Pearl
Hilbert Larson
Baby
Clarence Peterson
Eugene Cooley
Sgt. Cooley
Fred Cline
Texas
K. J. Carpenter
Hawkeye
Jake Ponsar
Mabel Knight
Moore
Melvin Anderson
Andrew Anderson
Mila
Allen Anderson
Gilbert Anderson
Helen
Nels Gilbert
Lydia Thorson
Martin Nelson
Anamosa
Harry Anderson
Joe Brorby
Inger Saboe
Cora
John Mark
Herbert Schatz
Nellie Kirkestue
L. T
Anzio
Pfc
Altom W. Knappenberger
Springmoust
U.S. Treasury
E. S
Home Farm
Fred Clark
Independence
J. A. Erickson
Keith Thoma
Hoilean
Andine Vasby
N. H. Nelson
Irene Erickson
Spring Grove
Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper
Mrs. Bess Greenley
Linda Lou
Franz Appelman
Uti
de Geo
Lowe Brothers
Burgess - Dugstad Lumber Company
Ed Dugstad
Met
Town
Lowe Brothers Paints and Varkishes
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