Enrollment Figures for Clermont Elgin Schools Drastically Detailed
Enrollment as of Friday September 6 shows Clermont Elgin Consolidated Schools with 662 pupils, Elgin 200, Larrabee Clermont 192, Clermont Junior High 48 in 7th and 40 in 8th, Valley High School 182 with 63 freshmen 48 sophomores 40 juniors and 33 seniors. Bus routes operate to minimize congestion with arrivals around 830 and departures at 835. County Institute set for October 9 at Oelwein with all teachers required to attend. A hearing screening and vision tests set for September 13 for grades 3 5 7. IQ testing likely for grades 4 6 8. Accidental car overturn near Rossville Iowa left Hiram Olson of West Sumner dead. other details noted.
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Clermont- Elgin
Elgin
Larrabee
Clermont
Valley High School
Sch Io
Scha
Hist
Eskel
Clermont Town
County Institute
Morse
Moore
Oelwein
Walermont-Elgin
Lightning Hurled Bolt Strikes Tree at Home
Marguerite Buckroyd was treated for severe electrical shock after a lightning bolt struck a tree near her home. The tree fell into the kitchen and shattered a window as Buckroyd had just closed it.
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Marguerite Buckroyd
Miss Buckroyd
Squirrel Season Opens Across Iowa In 1957
Iowa's 1957 hunting season begins Saturday with open seasons for squirrels and rabbits. Squirrels may be hunted through November 15 with a six per day bag and twelve possession limit after day one. Cottontail and jackrabbit season runs to January 31, 1958, from 6 am to 6 pm with a ten per day bag and no possession limit.
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Iowa
Volga News Highlights Local Visitors and Club Meetings
Waterloo chief of police Harry J. Kreig spoke to the Volga Business Club on September 5. Residents visiting Manchester and Wisconsin trips were noted, with Labor Day visits from Rox Ann Adams of Waterloo and Ray Little from Cedar Rapids. The Volga Study Club opened its season September 3 with hosts Mrs. Glen Moats and Mrs. Lyle Jennings, theme focusing on a Thing.
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Harry J. Kreig
Waterloo
Volga Business Club
Kreig
Gernand
Local Notes and Visits Across Postville Region
Postville area residents enjoy family gatherings and hospitality as Maynard Buroden, Elmer Larson, and other locals host relatives from West Union Decorah and Guttenberg. News includes hospital visits, travels to Iowa City and Waterloo, and a creamery milk processing update plus a Volga four injury incident near Guttenberg with no hospitalizations.
Weekend Socials Link Families Across States and Cities
Mr and Mrs Roy Leuchten macher dinner guests of Mrs Johanna Knutsen at St Olaf. Schupbachs and Janie from San Diego and Mrs Anna Schupbach spent weekend with Glen Schupbach family at Park Ridge MI. Albert L Schupbach of Detroit also joined. En route home Mrs Schupbach and guests dined with Ray Weithorn in Monona. W Short of Evansdale dined with Harry Frieden family. Mary Brackin of Independence and David Coerper of Milwaukee visited Mrs Inez Brackin. Thos Pollock flew to Chicago then California to visit Dr and Mrs William Schoenheid er. Schoenheider to stay six months with their parents while husband at sea. Dr and Mrs H H Wolf and Marcia visited Iowa City with Howard Wolf. Howard’s birthday noted. Bruce Hiscock and daughters from Iowa City spent weekend with Orvin Olson family.
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Clark ‘Hummel
Kirk Hicks
Frieda Etter
Matilda Feller
Gladys
Keith Thoma
Len Simek
Louise Miller
Clermont
John Vanderbeck
Barney Larson
Iowa City
Shirley K
Children’s Hospital
Lizzie Thorson
Clarence Ol
Ole Thorson
Elmer Larson
0.M. Blockhus
Ole Reierson
Vicki Wright
Lydia Martie
Ernest Brandt
Roxanne
Susan
Brandts
Blockhus
Oscar Holden
Ruby
Mel Vick
Decorah
Ida Puffer
Esther Moor
Dan Butikofer
Fanny ‘Frieden
Lawrence Butikofer
Sheryl
J. M. Gehri
Marcia
Gottlieb Pulfer
Werner Moore
Paul Pulfer
Louise Schori
Davenport
Bertha Lehman
George Butikofer
Butikofer
Arthur Schneider
Melvin Moore
Bobby
Sharon Schupbach
Sheryl Butikofer
Uriel Gehring
Jerome Yearous
Howard Mark
West Union
Almer Amundson
Orvin Olzon
Kenneth Buroden
Severin Blockhus
Harold Patrick
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Johanna Knutsen
St. Olaf
Frederick Schupbach
Janie
San Diego
Calif
Anna Schupbach
Park Ridge
Glen Schupbach
Albert L. Schupbach
Detroit
Mich
William A . Schoenheider
Schoenheider
H. H. Wolf
Howard Wolf
Howard
Bruce Hiscock
Orvin Olson
Local Social Roundup From Decorah and Nearby Areas
Rev Dennis Stutrud and others attended Sunday school teachers institute at Glenwood Church in Decorah. Glen Snyder to return to Luther College, Kenneth and Keith Crider back Tuesday as juniors and sophomores. Coralville visitors Mrs Fred Lyford and daughter Margie with Lulu Schmid. Several locals joined Eastern Star event in Arlington last Thursday. Schier and Kohler hosts at steak fry with 500 card club members. DeSart family gathering at Strawberry Point state park with neighbors Mr and Mrs Lawrence of Denver and the Dunham family of Marion for a family picnic.
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Dennis Stutrud
Harold Halverdon
Fred Butikofer
Edwin Loftsgard
Janice
Orvin Thompson
Mervin Hunsberger
Decorah
Teachers’ Institute
Glenwood Church
Stutrud
Glen Snyder
Luther College
Kenneth
Keith Crider
Fred Lyford
Margie
Coralville
Lulu Schmid
Allen Habeger
Lester Gehring
Keith, Kohler
Order of Eastern Star
Arlington
Ben jSchier
Robert
Keith Kohitr
Schori
500 Card Club
Dean ‘DeSart
Clermont
Ray DeSart
Dale DeSart
Robert D. Wilson
R. K. Lawrence
Denver
Colo
Robert Dunham
Marion
Strawberry Point
Lawrence
D Duffhams
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Fayette County
Waukon
Rossville
Hiram Olson
West Sumner
Sumner
Gazette
William Hitch
Chrysler
Ford
David Ewing
ISCO
Elgin Co-operative Co
Clermont Co-operative
Keats
Ted Whitford
Oliver Follon
Randall Borden
Sec'y
Cecil Duff
Treas
Maynard Druecker
Don Weger
Nancy Meats
Vinton
Fayette
Marie Stahl
Postville Hospital
John Weger
Leslie Whitford
Grand Forks
No. Dak
Ted Leete
Manchester Hospital
Harold Weber
Ray Candee
Levi Cousins
Art Cousins
Wadena
Charlotte Manson
Kansas City
Walter Manson
Mr. Manson
Ronald Bushkofski
Martin Fitzpatrick
Henry Lamphier
South Dakota
Earl Beiderman
Lorraine
Indiana
James Egli
Hazel Adams
Volga
Minnis
Marines
Henry Fiddler
Everett McTaggart
Bud Fox
Raymond Oldfather
Melvyn Puffett
Artella
Kenneth Scott
Glen Oldfather
J. W. Bearse
Lyle Jennings
Mueller
Chicago
Harold Light
Kenneth Jennings
Jennings
Will Chase
Elmer
Ralph
Martin Hanson
Guttenberg
Jerry Beiderman
Glen Probert
Lawrence Halverson
Mr. Beiderman
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Postville
Funeral Home
L. R. Tappan
Elkader
Elgin Echo Stationers
Goodflyear
Yiap
Fauser Oil Company
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