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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1959

Page

3

Clermont Iowa Council Proceedings September 6 1959

The Clermont Iowa city council met with Mayor Will J. Nelson presiding. Present were Riegel Griebenow Gunderson Appelman Hoopman. none absent. Minutes approved and bills reviewed for payment including dump notice, town hall painting, fire truck care, August salaries, gas and extinguisher work, garbage hauling, police and special assignments, turbine oil, extinguisher refills, and bank collection charges.

Clermont Iowa Will J. Nelson Riegel Griebenow Gunderson Appelman Hoopman Elgin Echo Warren Harrington Town Hall Woodrow Hyde Clermont Fire Dept John Barnhouse Geo. Durscher Dick’s John L. Schultz Wm. A. Nelson Mueller & Cahey

Clermont area town meeting minutes and social notices

The snippet covers township financial entries for utilities and street work, noting payments to several firms for power lights and road repairs. It records a city council motion to study replacing the old Fire Trunk with a pickup. It includes a long string of social notes: family visits, nursing home trips, Alaska move, picnics, and college news.

Appelman Gunderson Richard Griebe Old City Geo, Durscher

Clermont Local News Features Visits and Celebrations

Esther Carlin leaves for Erie to oversee Villa Maria College’s commercial department after summer at home. Weekend guests included Abe Habeger and family, Selmer Erickson, Oelbergs, and Gilson. Numerous party attendees marked anniversaries and birthdays at local homes and picnics hosted by the Kruegers, Burrows, and Mitts families across Clermont and Castalia areas.

Esther Carlin Erie Penn Villa Maria College Edwin Krueger Abe Habegerand Lloyd Aanes Selmer Erickson Beverly Alyce Oelberg Gary Gilson Carlin Fitzpatrick Castalia Upper Iowa University Hugh Tenney Katherine Gross Loel Clyde Ostender Dan Coffmann Marilyn Evelyn Goem Harriette Baum John Follon Lena Wenger E. A. Billings Lester Wenger Diane Terry Vicky Habeger Emma Anderson Mi- Jo Ivan Anderson Mavis Elgin Gene Lehman Wm. Burrow Ivan Andersons William Wedon Elsie Dean Mitts Patty Mitts Alden Cornish Postville Lou Cornish Guy Machow William Paulson Two Harbors Minn William Burrow L. D. Kinsel Fayette Tom Wetherbee Belmond

Local Guests Share Cedar Rapids Visit And Family Gatherings

Denice Loftsgard spent Thursday night to Monday night with Mr and Mrs Harlo Meyer. Her parents visited in Cedar Rapids and at the D T Flores home. Teriria Loftsgard stayed with grandparents. Several families joined at the Harvey Meyer home Sunday evening. Practical tips advise protecting eyes with petroleum jelly before shampoo and choosing carrots with bright orange roots and fresh tops. The saying notes the average man prefers moral criticism to driving critique.

Lyle Olson Richard Osterhus Ray Reierson Thomas Christianson Des Moines Richard McDonald Gowrie Selmer Erickson Edwin Krueger Spring Valley Minn Jessie Gordon Terrace View Alvin Stewart Karen Schroeder Clermont Minneapolis Anchorage Harvey Meyer Charles Becker Julie Becky Old Threshing Machines Mt. Pleasant Robert Eskridge Muscatine JoAnn Moore Drake University College of Fine Arts Richard Vagts Oscar Lien Norris Reierson Denice Loftsgard Harlo Meyer Dean Loftsgard Cedar Rapids D. T

Rousing Unickehs and Kitchen Hygiene Notes

Rousing Unickehs discusses keeping chickens in cold weather and risks of frostbite on combs wattles and feet with possible lameness. A lunchbox sandwich filled with sliced corned beef cabbage and Russian dressing is suggested. Fireplaces can be cleaned with a tri sodium solution and soil organic matter defined as remains of plants animals and microbes.

Enamel Improves Sinks and Tubs with White Enamels

Fresh white enamels greatly improve the outsides of sinks and stationary tubs that are unsightly or badly spotted.

Earliest Hymn Book and a Saying

The earliest hymn book in continual use for about 3,000 years is the Book of Psalms. A proverb notes that those who roll up their sleeves seldom lose their shirts.

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Council Proceedings Richard C. Chicken A. N. Kirsch Farmers Savings Bank R. T. Martin Paul N. Moser M. F. Schlein N. Lawler Louis Schutte & Son Clermont and Guneral Servisoft Soft Water Service Oftals Servisoft Farm Service Co. Gas & Oil Clermont Local News Dreamland Postville, Iowa Analon West Union Carl Mohner Andre Morell Blood Island Fred MacMurray D. Green Car Girl Lana Turner John Gavin Gregory Peck Ann Blyth Anthony Quinn His Arms Marianna Propane CO Distributors of A. H. Sterling Fastville Dr. E. R. Withell State Bank Elkader H. L. Hoffmann Decorah Hotel Winneshiek Hoffmann Hoffmann’s Surgical Appliance CO Plymouth Building Minneapolis 3 Minnesota Phous Smith Corona Suent Lea! Smith-Corona Sores Smith Sterling Midom Prical Only Faith Corona THE Ene
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