Eighth Groth reunion noted at Todd Park
The eighteenth annual Groth reunion gathered 250 people from Louisiana Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota and Iowa at Todd Park AustinMinn with a picnic program and elections for the coming year Austin was named as next year’s site for the gathering on the third Sunday in June Attendees included Miss Sophia Groth Mrs L M Hovland Miss Nellie Halstadson and many Clermont residents. A separate item reports a birthday family reunion at the city park for Mr and Mrs John Nelson with cake and gifts to honor their 72 and 61th birthdays, followed by a list of attendees from Clermont and nearby towns. Additionally marriage plans are announced for Helen Dibdle and Robert Smith Jr of Clermont with a Newport News Virginia wedding on June 6.
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Resadems Sield
Todd Park
Austin
Minn
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Clermont and
Sophia Groth
Rs. L. M. Hovland
Nellie
Nelson
Albert Wilbur
Bobby
Hawkeye
Lee Wolfe
Frances
West Union
Joe Nelson
Ossian
Rosanna
Isabelle Johnson
Fred Maurer
Fayette
Gilbert Loftsgard
Louie Nelson
Edina
Dena Nelson
Elgin
Erving McShane Jr
Elliot
Harold Nelson
Alan Brooks
Milton’ Sebierholz
Robert Nelson
Loretta Funk
Luana
Oscar Nelson
Harry W.meade
Manchester
Harold McShane
Waukon
Arthur Jerzensen
Bernice Maurer
Lillian Cole
Waterloo
Elmer Neilson
Arthur Nelson
Anna Paulson
Agnes
Verge Paulson
Perry Paulson
Wm. Belschner
Woodrow Hyde
Gilbert Nelson
Floyd
Belva Miller
Helen
Arlene Miller
Theo
M. Loftsgard
Harvey Meyer
Milard Nelson
Wm. J. Nelson
Clermont
E. H. Dibdle
Robert Smith, Jr
R. B. Smith
Newport News
Virginia
Upper Iowa University
Smith
West Union High School
Hornet Circle
Ferguson Park
Newport News Ship and Dry Dock Co
Oran Brandt
Castalia
E. C. Olson
Elmer Olson
Clifton Pringle
Bert Gruver
Glenn Webb Ard
Rockford
Richard Griebenow
Henry Lawson
Postville
J. C. Halvorson
John P. Camp
Steven
J. A. Erickson
Irene
Norman
LaCrosse
Wis
Lutheran Hospital
Marcella Schwinetus
Chicago
Deaconess Hospital
Henry Schwinetus
George Louis Rounds
Dubuque
Geo. P. Rounds
Orlando Kittleson
Mary Ann
Allan Anderson
Bobby Kittleson
Wm. Sullivan
Will Koehn
Wayne Abel
Littleport
Elkader
Hillary Gordon
Jean
Des Moines
A. J. Priest Frame
Elizabeth Priest
Wexford
R. V. Brandt
Riceville
George Steinmetz
Clermont Ladies Aid Society
Malven Johnson
Carl Voelz
Herb Anderson
Ray Garvey
May Garvey
Dan Burke
Lois Olson
Joe Kula
Cedar Rapids
R. 3
Henderson
Stanton Halvorson
Navy
F. M Hackett
Alfred Wenger
Ludvig Yulke
Madiosn
S. Dak
Richard Krueger
Henry Olson
Gun
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Nellie Haisteson
Groth
Aus‘tin
St. Ansger
Elmer
Margaret Mertin
St Martins
Martin
Mesarr
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C.D. Reer
Beginners to Give Specialty Num Bar
Theo C Ressler leads three week beginner instrumental music rehearsals at the high school auditorium Monday through Friday from 1 to 2 PM. A Saturday night concert showcases a specialty number as a demonstration of progress. Several named students participate in drums, horns, clarinet, saxophone, and trombone sections under student conductor Dolores Schupenitz.
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Theo. C. Ressler
Sted
Norma Schave
Arlene Osmundsen
Deloris Wede
Arlene Gilbert
Margaret Gilbert
Doris Gilbert
Betty Jane Yauslin
Iva Jean Barnes
Betty Burger
Irvin Scheei
Dean Kittleson
Margaret Martin
Delores Anderson
Vacation notes and family reunions across Iowa towns
The report lists visits and travels around West Union and nearby towns. It notes Mitchell from Evanston spending vacation with his mother in West Clermont Lutheran Church events, plus midsummer family gatherings at New Hampton and Cedar Rapids. It mentions various kinship movements, birthday notes, and relocations including Dr. and Mrs. Brorsy moving to West Union and staff changes at local businesses. Perjury charges are cited in a separate item about Morris U. Schappes, a suspended English tutor at City College of New York, tied to a New York school probe.
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New York
Morris U. Schappes
City College of New York
Submarine O-9 Disaster During 1918 Test Dive
In 1918 the U S submarine O-9 reportedly sank during a test dive off Portsmouth. The vessel with a crew of 27 feared disabled on the ocean floor while another submarine, O-12, is noted in related context. The incident is among the surviving records from Saualus Doard the rescue ship Falcon and a bell used earlier in operations is mentioned.
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Saualus
Falcon Pi
Portsmouth
Wedding bells ring for heiress and Hal Kemp kin
A wedding notice highlights heiress Debi Neva and Hal Kemp in a June ceremony. Cororalty corps member Rapley is reported as absent without leave during a World War II era period. The event appears linked to Dan Topring and J Honotuin with regional fair dates in Khawen.
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Wa Tf
University of Dan
Turkish German Friendship Pact Aimed to Encircle Soviets
Signed between Sukrun and Franz von Papen the pact appears to be a diplomatic lever by Germany to pressure Soviet Russia. Observers say the agreement sought to threaten encirclement as a strategy tied to Hitler era diplomacy.
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Sukrn
Franz von Papen
Germania
Acollf Hitler
Germany
Soviet
Russia
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