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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1928
Page
7
A stream of Sunday visits and travel updates fills this Clermont region note, listing residents and guests from Rockwell City to La Crosse including Pringle, Horan, Shipton, Gress, Boyle, Hehir, Toomey, and others. Local schooling, needle injuries, and auto service promotions appear amid family gatherings and church events.
The Decorah Lutheran Circuit will hold sessions at Highland church in Locust October 2 to 4 with opening sermon by Rev. T W Tosdal of St Olaf. Discussion theme Col 3 1 17 led by Rev O Glesne and circuit officers listed among many Rev. names from Decorah Ridgeway Lawler Clermont and Waterville.
The senior class and high school faculty surprised Wilma Gut her at the grade school recreation room last Monday evening. Games, jokes, and a picnic lunch followed about 11 o clock. A Kodak gift was given to Miss Gut cher as a memory of the class of 1929. Attendees included Supt Hungerford and numerous teachers and students.
The East chorch program of the P Y L L will be held October 6 after Sunday services. Rev Gunsten will give the invocation. Readings, a piano solo by Clara Peterson, and vocal duets by Myrtle and LeVita Ruroden are scheduled with remarks by Rev Gunston. A picnic was planned by Erickson family but moved to Nels Gilbert home due to cold weather. attendees included the Ulatads Larsons Pick Amundsons Vellersvens Ericksons Nelsons and Lindgren.
The annual festival at Clermont drew a large crowd with strong speakers and a football game between Maynard and Clermont. Grain, garden, and home canned goods showcased top displays, with many prize winners led by E. E. Bilden and John Olson across multiple categories. Prizes totaled seventy five dollars.
East Church Norwegian services with communion next Sunday at 11 o'clock. Mission Society meets Friday at the church parlors. Mrs. Henry Amundson and Mrs. Osbjorn Olson will entertain. West Church Norwegian services at 9 30 o'clock next Sunday. Y P L L program at West Union next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Mission Society meets Thursday Oct 4 at the church parlors. Mrs Roy Tatro Mrs Albert Halverson and Mrs Ole Anderson hostesses. G Gunsten pastor. High school and trade teachers had a picnic supper at Duttons Cave last Monday evening.
Clermont High School hammered Maynard 18 0 last Friday in the season opener. Two Clintons scored in the first and fourth quarters. Lewis Jacobson suffered a broken collarbone in the first quarter. Maynard player sprained an ankle. Upcoming games listed on the schedule include Sept 28 at Fayette, Oct 6 vs Hawkeye, Oct 12 at Elgin, Oct 19 at Wadena, Oct 26 at Monona, and Nov ? Elkader at Clermont. Several seniors and locals are pursuing further studies and trades in Cedar Falls Ames Waterloo Cedar Rapids and other towns.
The U. P. Society sponsors a box social at East Clermont Lutheran church next Saturday evening in the church parlors. Everyone is invited and ladies are asked to bring baskets.
Community notices record a new birth for Harold and Thelma Morris, a return to work by Thelma Christianson after vacation, and travel plans of Gerhard Hoag and Archie Rolfs to Ames Iowa State College. Also noted are funeral attendance by Clermont OES chapter for Mrs. A. M. Weibel, Mrs. Washburn and daughter Ella visiting Giard for business, and several local couples mentioned with social pledges and visits.
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