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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1949
Page
3
Clermont residents hosted a large varied group visiting and dining across town this week. Family and friends from Oclwein Harmony Postville Cedar Falls Lakota and Seattle joined local residents for meals and weekend gatherings.
Clarence Dibble of Spokane visited his uncle E H Dibble in the week. Alfred Wenger and wife spent time with sister Ida Peters and the Milt Morgan family in Cedar Rapids. Sunday dinners included multiple families from Grundy Center Cedar Rapids Volga Postville Waterloo and Iowa City with visits to University Hospital and Cedar Rapids hosting several relatives.
School notes describe meals prepared by students and faculty at meetings. Calendar lists PTA gathering, a sound film about infantile paralysis, a school skating party, freshman initiation, a music program broadcast on KWLC, and a sophomore event slated for late September.
Lorraine Kittleson and Roger Amundson attend Luther College while Kenneth Westpfahl farms near Waucoma. Sylvia Guyer studies at Upper Iowa University and Gerald Schupanitz attends Loras College. Lillian Franzen and Mary Tschantz study beauty at Cedar Rapids. Gloria Buraas and Darlene Olson work as telephone operators in Postville and Decorah. LaVonne Swenson serves as clerk and school board secretary in Clermont Public Schools. Norman Sampson farms near Kensett. Kenneth Tatro works in an optical lab in Waukegan NL. David Appelman farms with his father.
In our room a new pupil joins, Gloria Hyde, while the rest of the class celebrates with a perfect score. The teacher notes one student did not achieve a 100 in the recent assessment.
Friday in seatwork the class shares return of Gwendolyn Baechler and describes insect and bird feather collections in science. Teachers Mrs Alfred Baechler Mrs Lyle Mand and Sandra Christianson are mentioned along with a visit from Mrs George Christianson and Mrs William Belschner to our noon period.
A colorful classroom notice notes a new library seat chart to assist third graders with book reports. Curtis Olson returned his dental card, bringing the tally to two. Mrs. William Belschner visited school last Monday as Sandra Schave displayed Japanese money and Mrs. Berg read The Little House in the Big Woods.
The fourth grade organized a safety committee chaired by Rose Marie Larson with members Robert Swenson Leslie Yauslin and Sandra Schave. They are also making safety posters for the bulletin boards.
The fifth grade creates art appreciation books with miniature masterpieces and fall leaves. Sixth to eighth grades draw autumn flowers and color them. Eighth grade maps early American settlements locating the 13 original colonies. Seventh grade discusses Pan American Union and member countries in Washington DC. Students study simple subjects predicates and practice introductions.
Mr and Mrs W R Blake and Robin Steele left Tuesday morning for a few days stay at Mason City then to Sherburn Minnesota to return Robin home They will spend a week with R W Steele family Mr and Mrs Arthur Moore and daughter of Harvey were visitors Friday evening at Ray Tomsheck home Jack Droz of Davenport Gene Trudo and Mike of Chicago Aldean Trudo of Dubuque joined Elmer Trudo family for Labor Day guests The Gene Trude family stayed a week with his parents and Milton Gordon family at Postville then returned to Chicago Sunday.
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