Happenings in Storm Lake Area Schools and Local Events
Storm Lake teachers mostly return for next year after signing contracts with reduced salaries. Peterson sees Thos S Kephart reappointed as superintendent at 1700 for nine months. Little Sioux flood surge reaches twenty year high. Agnes Lerud wins Buena Vista county spelling bee. Klett store theft over 100 dollars during sale night. Truesdale Elevator reorganizes to pay debts. Post office salaries cut saving 4600 yearly in Storm Lake. Palmer Toy dies in Los Angeles at 67. Storm Lake federal building plans stalled due to site price. Minnesota paint urged by Mummert Hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Storm Lake Register
Agnes Lerud
Rembrandt
Theodore Lerud
Buena Vista County
Lerud
Court House
Galva Tribune
Klett
Truesdale
Truesdale Farmers Elevator Company
Uncle Sam
Jack Schultz
Chamber of Commerce
Louis Murphy
Letter from David Watts in Africa describes family life
The April 7 1938 letter from Lyell Watts’s son in Missionary work in Africa details garden produce like dill cucumbers carrots and corn as well as daily tasks. He notes teaching hygiene and music in school and translating material while coping with challenges such as a cockroach damage to the writing roll and malaria affecting Dr Jaggard Thyra Jean Luell Candace and Virgil Lynn are mentioned with family life and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyell Watts
Missionary Field
Africa
Lotumbe
Raffia
Sandy Andy
Lyell
Virgil Lynn
Dr. Jaggard
Thyra Jean
Luell
Candace
Hazel
Alta News Items: band shell plans and local sports updates
The Alta Advertiser reports steps to build a band shell in the railroad park for concerts. Coach Perry begins Cyclones track training after basketball, naming Matson Ryden Clark and Bill as likely scorers. Also notes the death of George Wall at 86 in Storm Lake, golf club discussions, and Supt Leonard Peterson’s reelection in Johnston Iowa at the same salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Cyclones
Clyde Christensen
Gordon Matson
Arthur Ryden
Donald Clark
Bill
George Wall
Herbert Wall
Storm Lake
Wall
Alta
Leonard Peterson
Johnston
Iowa
Supt. Peterson
Anton Peterson
Large Attendance At Farm Bureau Joint Meeting
About 100 people attended a Farm Bureau joint meeting at the Charles Nelson home Friday evening. The program included piano music, a paper on local trees, songs by several performers, a discussion of the 1933 project lesson, a bass viol solo, a trip report to Des Moines, a welcome from the new president Floyd Glawe, and a talk on fuel use. The event ended with communal singing and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitcher Farm Bureau
Chas. Nelson
C. C. Waddell
Keister
Evelyn Blanch
Delores Peterson
Dorothy Thevenin
Ralph Peterson
Geneva Nelson
Dorothy Nelson
Walter Peterson
Des Moines
Floyd Glawe
Glawe
Turner
Thevenin
Plans Made for Cherokee Wool Pool Sales
Cherokee county plans its annual wool pool set for June first. A. A. Coburn states Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association membership is required to consign. New members pay a one dollar fee. existing members pay none. In recent years the pool shipped a carload to the state marketing center, reaching 24 000 pounds last year. About 100 county men have shipped through the pool, with 67 consignors in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Times
Cherokee County
A. A. Coburn
Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Iowa Association
Legion Auxiliary Food Sale For Welfare Fund
The American Legion Auxiliary announces a food and bake sale at Home Grocery on Saturday afternoon, April 16. Proceeds support local welfare work with baskets of food and clothing already provided to needy families. donations and patronage welcomed.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Easter Services at St Pauls Lutheran Church
Easter Sunday services in English at St Pauls Lutheran Church led by Pastor E F Wehking. Sunday evening German language service with Holy Communion. Home Grocery offers a large selection of garden seeds in packages and bulk.
County Seat News From Cherokee Papers
Cherokee county secretary W H Bell will handle local applications for mortgage loans under a proposed Roosevelt refinancing bill. A petition for 25 percent rate cuts by 300 residents was denied by Northwestern Bell. A Wells vs Daubendiek and West Iowa Telephone Co suit verdict awarded Wells 290.60 after eight hours. The Cherokee board cut the school budget and salaries by 25 percent to align with Beatty Bennett bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Bell
Cherokee County National Farm Loan Association
Roosevelt
National Farm Loan Associations
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
N.T. Wells
Carl Daubendiek
West Iowa Telephone Company
Wells
Daubendiek
Cherokee Board of Education
Beatty- Bennett
House of the General Assembly
Easter Cantata at Congregational Church
The Congregational church choir presents Easter Praise this Sunday at 11:00 AM. Miss Aylesworth directs performances including choruses and solos by E F Dukes Margaret Lidman Mrs Lee Robinson Marianne Chandler Marvin Georke and others. The program features multiple biblical selections and a final chorus Blessed be the Lord God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Miss Aylesworth
E. F. Dukes
Margaret Lidman
Mary Fraser
Marianne Chandler
Marvin Georke
Mrs. Lee Robinson
Christ
the Lord
God
County Federated Clubs Meet at Quimby
The annual Cherokee County Federated Clubs conference will be held at the Quimby Methodist church on Thursday April 13 with county chairman Miss Mabel Sherman presiding. Speakers include Mrs J E Schmidt and club representatives from Aurelia Cherokee Marcus Washta and Quimby among others.
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Washta
Cherokee County Federated Clubs
Quimby
Mabel Sherman
J. E. Schmidt
Women’s Club
Aurelia
Art and Columbian Clubs of
Cherokee
Marcus
Women's Club
Needle Craft
Progressive Women
New York Group Aims to Oust Agriculture Department
Cherokee Times notes a New York led movement to cut Agriculture Department funding. County Agent C. G. Turner told a Rotary luncheon that educational and extension work, about 3 percent of the department’s appropriations, is unfairly targeted. He argued road building and federal highway aid items inflate agriculture costs and urged protecting the department from disproportionate cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Times
New York
United States Department of Agriculture
C. G. Turner
Rotary Club
Turner
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Easter Cantata at Aurelia M. E. Church April 16
M. E. Church presents The Resurrection Song an Easter cantata by Nolte at 8:00 p m Sunday April 16. The program features multiple solos duets and choruses led by Mrs C C Waddell with Miss G Paulson R Kruse E Watts and W A Lewis among others.
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Nolte
Aurelia M. E
Bassiolo
R. Kruse
King of the
E. Watts
A. Stutz
Christ
C. C. Waddell
Looking Back Into the Past Ten Years Ago
A hospital operation was performed in Rochester Minnesota last Friday on Mrs H A Holmes. Mr and Mrs GC Miller and daughter Pearl begin their auto trip home from Florida where they spent the winter. G M Shultz of Blairstown Iowa arrived to take duties as manager for Wisconsin Lumber Co yards. A high school baseball team has been organized with ten games scheduled. Neighbors helped Wm Hansbruch haul lumber for a new spring barn. Twenty Years Ago Miss Inez Whitney graduates from Morningside College. Glenn Mummert son of Mr and Mrs Wm Mummert died after an appendicitis operation. S M Clover father of George Clover dies in Angus Minnesota and burial planned in Aurelia cemetery.
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H. A. Holmes
Rochester
Minnesota
GC. F. Miller
Pearl
Florida
G. M. Shultz
Blairstown
Iowa
Wisconsin Lumber Co
Wm. Hansbruch
Inez Whitney
Morningside College
Glenn
Wm. Mummert
S. M. Clover
George Clover
Angus
Aurelia
Congregational Church Hosts Easter Service and 50th Anniversary
Pastor Edwin Trigg leads Easter morning service at 11:00 a.m. with cantata by the choir and baptism. Christian Endeavor breakfast at 7:00 a.m. Church school at 10:00. An anniversary banquet and program mark the 50th anniversary next week with Dr. P. A. Johnson of Grinnell, Iowa, preaching the anniversary sermon.
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Christian Endeavor Service
Breafast
P. A. Johnson
Grinnell
Iowa
High School Track Schedule Announced by Coach Gruis
Coach Carl Gruis announced a spring track schedule for the local high school team with meets at Quimby Moville and Aurelia on April 14 and 27, Pocahontas Relays on April 21, a May 5 Big Four meet at Fonda, district state May 13, Cherokee county May 20, plus two kitten ball games with Alta pending dates.
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Carl Gruis
Quimby
Triangular
Moville
Aurelia
Pocahontas
Methodist Church Notes With Easter Canto Program
Morning service at 11 and Sunday School at 10 baptismal service and reception of members planned. Evening Epworth Junior League at 7 with Easter Canto at 3. Women’s Foreign Missionary Society to meet in Ireton Iowa on April 18 19.
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Epworth and Junior League
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of
Sheldon
M. E. Church
Ireton
Iowa
Miss Chandler Secures Second in Dramatic Class
Miss Marianne Chandler placed second in the dramatic class at the sub district state contest in Anthon on Tuesday evening. Her second place bars her from further state competition after having won first in the first two rounds prior to Anthon.
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Marianne Chandler
Anthon
Chandler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mummert Hardware Co
David Watts
Farmers National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
Alta Advertiser
Farm Bureau Joint Meeting
Legion Auxiliary
Sounty Women's Clubs
NEW York Group
AG Department
M. E
Sentinel
Methodist Church
W. H. Welch
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