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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1954

Page

3

Clermont School News Highlights PTA Skit and Book Club

A Clermont School page reports a PTA skit The Family Finds a Way to boost membership. Magazine sales reached 609.25 with JoAnn Moore as top seller and Mary Swenson second. sophomores led in class sales. Also covered are art news Honor Society Speech News Eighth Sixth and Fifth Grade activities with curriculum notes and club formations.

JoAnn Moore Mary Swenson Arlene Knudsen Helen Henderson Dorothy Helgerson Vivian Easter Carol Mott Albert Wede LaVerne Swenson Charles Wagner Elliot Olson Gary Gilson Robert Nelson Roland Hackmann Pauline Nygaard Judy Nelson Annette Wenger Patricia Gass Ronald Lyngaas Shirley Peterson Grace Olson Barbara

Clermont school notes and community updates

A Clermont area school diary lists fourth and fifth grade activities including Mount Everest and Valley Forge pictures, a Pimure Jungle Boy unit, classroom art, and student projects. It also records dental card returns, social studies notebook work, and various family visits, sorority news, and local notices. Indications point to a 1954 meat production high.

Egypt Africa Carolyn Kittleson Dale Hoopman Dianne Bilden See Tveas Linda Hackmann Carol Swenson Carolyn Follett Anita Olson Richard Amundson Valley Forge Robert Mott Japan Marilyn Paulson Pim‘ure Jimmy Brandt Karen Olson Peter Bilden Rose Bachman Marjorie Evenson Karen Cummings Diane Frieden Janet Wagner Marvin Berg L’myra Anderson Margie Swenson

Clermont Visitors Share Weekend in Area

Alfred Wenger home welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wenger of West Union on Sunday evening. The Art Amundson family enjoyed a picnic and sightseeing at Wyalusing Park in Wisconsin. Also present were the Carman Swenson family Leo Woods and Richard Griebenow families and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Amundson. The Franklin Olson family of Waterloo spent the weekend visiting relatives in Clermont.

Wm. Hitch Carolyn Leslie Harry Yaustin Maryann Finnegan Cedar Rapids Jack Finnegan Wayne Abel Waterson Clermont Marion Hitch Brainard Minn Carlins Fremont Sullivan Mir Richard Marsh Waterloo St.Peter's Hall Barbara Appelmen Delta Gamma Ahe College State University Town City Lester Anderson West Union Alfred Wenger Legion Auxiliary Herbert Martin Mary Paul Oelwein Fayette Clayton Ruth Starkey Colorado Springs Colo Lavina Billings Kolispell Mont Montana Custer Battlefield Glacier Park Beartooth Cooke City H.R. Young Witchita Falls Texas Franz Appelman Kenneth Anderson Steven Inga Anderson Lawrence Guyer Russell Guyer John Meyer Richard O. Olson Howard Boyle Ana Jerry Johnson James Welch Chicago Bess Blake Welch Donna Loftsgard Frank Cahalan Margaret Sheehy Marion Shay St. Peter’s Hall Harry Wenger Art Amundson Wyalusing Park Wisconsin Carman Swenson Leo Woods Richard Griebenow Clarence Amundson Franklin Olson

Iowa hogs and cattle shipment forecasts for Sep–Oct

Iowa farm marketing officials project hogs totaling about 2.4 million head for September and October, up 15 percent from 2,861,000 in the prior year and above the 1948-52 five year average. September alone may reach 1.55 million head, up 20 percent from 1.29 million in September 1959 and 45 percent above the five year average. Cattle and calves are expected to total 55,000 head for the period, 33 percent higher than last year and 66 percent above the 1948-52 average, with year-to-date marketing at 533,000 head and a five year average of 394,009.

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Triplets Born at Mapleton Farm Milestone Cow Delivers Three Calves

At the W. E. Miller farm near Mapleton a four year old Holstein cow birthed triplet calves. All three calves are heifers and are reported as normal healthy and frisky.

W. E. Miller Mapleton

Young shooter Charlies Harms places sixth in Vandalia event

The 14 year old Charlies Harms from George finished sixth in the Grand American Handicap trap shoot at Vandalia Ohio. He hit 8 of 100 clay pigeons. USDA marketing specialists foresee a possible rise in milk use this year.

Charlies Harms George Vandalia Ohio USDA

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