Clermont Plans Bigger School Band Program
Clermont public schools push to expand instrumental music with aims to grow band from twenty to at least fifty members. Parents and children urged to meet Monday at 8:00 PM in the high school auditorium to review details. Harold Halverson of Waterloo will assist for six weeks, with trial rental instruments provided by Shanks and Adams Co. No purchases needed initially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Supt
Lenhart
Anderson
Harold Halverson
Waterloo
the Shanks and Adams Co
Halversen
Shanks and Adams Co
Surprise Shower for Mr and Mrs Julian Moe
Friends gathered in the court house clerk office at 5 15 PM to honor Mr and Mrs Julian Moe with a surprise shower. They were invited to the auditor’s office where refreshments were served and a rocking chair presented as a gift by the guests.
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Court House
Julian Moe
Mrs. Moe
Decorah Journal
W C C F Social Meeting at Clermont Hosts Card Party
Four tables of 500 and three tables of bridge were played at the W C C F party in Mrs Dan Burkes home with Agnes Kneeland assisting. Prizes went to Mabel Lawler Belmond and Mrs Frank Fay for bridge and Stella Powers and Mrs Anson Priest for 500. Stella Powers received a send off gift for Harrisburg and Agnes Kneeland was named recording secretary after Powers resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Burke
Agnes Kneeland
Mabel Lawler
Belmond
Frank Fay
Stella Powers
Anson Priest
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters
Clermont
Frank
Harrisburg
Powers
Regional meeting on Christmas seal sale attendees
Mrs. R. V. Brandt county chairman and Mrs. H. B. Greenley attended the eleven county regional meeting for the Christmas seal sale at Oelwe. A fact cited was that one of every nine schools tested last year harbored tuberculosis germs, underscoring the sale’s purpose to fund state TB fight efforts. Seven of eleven counties were represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Brandt
H. B. Greenley
Oelwe
Clermont Calendar Sept 30 Firemen and Women Meeting
Calendar notes for Clermont lists September 30 Monday events including a Firemen's meeting and a B P Women’s meeting. October 1 Tuesday shows O E 5 meeting and October 2 Wednesday Priscilla Working Band and Royal Neighbors of America meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla
Royal Neighbors of America
Kitchen Shower Celebrates Bride-To-Be Myrtle Amundson
Elsie Lindgren hosted a kitchen shower at the Martin Nelson home on a Saturday afternoon in September for Myrtle Amundson, a bride-to-be. Guests hemmed towels, wrote favorite recipes, and enjoyed refreshments as gifts for the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Lindgren
Martin Nelson
Myrtle Amundson
Miss Lindgren
Nelson
Miss Amundson
Agnes
Louise Bilden
Loretta Belschner
Margaret Conner
Evelyn Dugstad
Lenore White
Louise Amundson
Agnes Olson
Darlene
Vera Mae Olson
Lovella Dibble
Florence Erickson
Irene Helgerson
Irene Erickson
Elizabeth Priest
Gladys Peterson
Robert Wharram
Stanley
Julian Moe
Decorah
Reception Honors Mr. and Mrs. Moe at Osian Church
More than two hundred guests gathered at the Osian Lutheran church last Sunday evening to surprise the couple, with Professor Karl Hanson of Decorah delivering a fitting talk. Shirley Ann Bergeson and Marjorie Limbeck wore pink crepe dresses as they drew a wagon full of kitchen gifts for the bride and groom, who then hosted the guests before departing for a new life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Moe
Ossian
Karl Hanson
Decorah
Shirley Ann Bergeson
Marjorie Limbeck
Curly Top at Princess Theatre West Union
Shirley Temple star attraction Curly Top plays Thursday to Saturday with a Saturday matinee at the Princess Theatre West Union. Sunday feature Dante’s Inferno promises a scintillating program with romance philosophy comedy and action.
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The
Princess Theatre
West Union
Shirley Temple
Louie N Erickson Death in Lavina Montana
Louie N Erickson died at his Lavina Montana home Friday night September 20 after a prior stroke. He is survived by his widow Alma Nelson Erickson two sons Ben and Peter and daughter Nettie Lou. Burial was in Lavina Montana.
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Louie N. Erickson
Lavina
Mont
Erickson
Alma Nelson Erickson
Ben
Peter
Nettie Lou
Montana
Amundson Family Celebrates 85th Birthday at Clermont Home
The Amundson relatives gathered at Mrs. Hans Amundson's Clermont home for an eighty fifth birthday reunion last Sunday. A bountiful dinner followed by devotional remarks from Rev. G Gunston and songs by grandchildren marked the event attended by fifty eight relatives including eight children, twenty six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amundson
Hans Amundson
Clermont
Rev
G. Gunsten
Alfred
Esther
T. Gunsten
Serena Gunsten
Gunsten
A. Skoien
A. Anderson
Lydia Chrystal
Theo, L. Loftsgard
Martin Amundson
Louise
Corn Belt Store Changes Hands In Corn Belt Area
R G Schupanitz, formerly of Festina, buys the Corn Belt Store from Lloyd Anderson and takes possession Monday. He will run the grocery stock and buy poultry and eggs for Wapsie Valley Creamery Co. Anderson will stay on for a time. Schupanitz plans to move his family here soon to rooms above the store. Nearby friends hosted Irene Ostlie’s birthday party last Wednesday evening September 18 with cards, visiting and lunch. Attending were Alma Anderson and sons, Lovie Hovland duo, Hans J. Larson family, Geo V. Larson, Mrs J A Erickson, Amon Erickson, and Gilbert Ostlic family.
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Jane Denniston
Oelwein
George V. Larson
Kathryn
Carston Larson
la Crosse
Wis
Laverne Larson
Hans J. Larson
J.A. Erickson
Amon Erickson
Alma Anderson and Sons
Irene Ostlie and Sons
Gilbert Ostlie
Arthur Meckelson
Ewald Lyngaas
Janet
Laura Lyngaas
Ernest Holt
Will Sperry
Maida
Alpha
Stella Powers
Will Mullaney
Ossian
Miss Miller
Miss Swale
West Union
Earl Simpson
Mt. Vernon
Clermont
Marie Hoffman
Chicago
A. Hoffman
Irene Crowe
William and
Margaret
Lillian Crowe
Fred Cline
Laird
Clarence Grover
Rossville
H. E. Landsgard
Doris
Arthur Christianson
Lansing
Charles Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
Sullivan
John Burke
Wm. Whale
Stanley Hoberts
Mud Hen Lake
Stanley
Dan Burke
Margaet Sheehy
B. C. Gruver
Niagara Cave
Austin, Minn
Wm. Whalen
John
Meara
L. L
R. G. Schupanitz
Festina
Lloyd Anderson
Wapsie Valley Creamery Co
Irene Ostlie
Alma Anderson
Lovie Hovland
Geo. V. Larson
J. A. Erickson
Gilbert Ostlic
Clermont Luth Church Weekly Divine Services
Clermont Lutheran and East and West Church notices list English services at 102 am and Norwegian at 11 am, with a Sunday school social Friday evening and Luther League Sunday at 8. Mission Society hosts on Oct 4 with Mrs Hana Bilden Lizzie Bilden Carrie Bilden and Mrs Thomas Dison as hostesses. West Church Priscilla Band meets Oct 2 hosted by Mrs Albert Anderson L M Hovland Roy Swenson and Lars Sampson. All welcome to services.
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M. East Church
Luther League
The
Mission Society
Hana Bilden
Lizzie Bilden
Carrie Bilden
Thomas Dison
West Church
Priscilla Working Band
Albert Anderson
L. M. Hovland
Roy Swenson
Lars Sampson
Clermont Union Church Notes and Local Visits
Clermont Union Church services include Sunday school at 10 am with no evening service due to annual conference. Week end guests visit local families while residents host guests from Le Mars Washington DC Algona and Maiben Rock. A farewell gathering was held for Mrs. Frederick and Alice as they prepare to move to Tinois joined by many neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Snyder
Fred Cline
George Miller
Maiden Rock
Wis
J. W. Miller
Lizzie Kneeland
James Deegan
le Mars
Nellie Feeley
Washington, D. C
James McCarty
Algona
Kneeland
Adolph Frederick
Frederick
Alice
Clermont
Tinois
Stumme
W. R. Sperry
Maida
Emil Larson
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MR. and
Mrs. Julian Moe
Andrew Jerdee
Madison
I. C. Jerdee
Reinerson
Eldorado
L. L. Carr
John R. Schmid
Elgin
Orval Sullivan
Elkader
Maurice Sullivan
Mary Grover
Reuben
Albert Lubke
Philip Prye
Luana
Beulah Nichols
Postville
Leonard Larson
Ed Burt
C. C. F. Social Meeting
Lie
Schup's Cash Grocery
Iowa
Bride
Opera House
Norsemen
Curly Top
Milton Miller
Lor ¥Asine
Alfred Wenger
Lou Engelhart
Hazel Schrader
Lyle Engelhart
John Schrader
Farmersburg
Hazel Schrader and Sons
John Coventry
Buchanan St
Des Moines
Ex-Q In Chemical Co
Grand Ave
Moines
IN Chemical CO
Grand Avenue
Wes Moines
Clermont Luth
Highland Church
Clermont Union Church
Bertha Frisbie
Gunderson Bros
Luella Miller
Shellsburg
J. F. Miller
LeGear
Peck’s Drug Store
Corn Belt Store
Corn Belt
Clermont, Iowa
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