Local News Items Spark Diverse Community Events
Espy McDeid noted for local services alongside insurance offerings from H H Leckin Agency. Rev L H Preul attended a ministers seminar in Marathon. Mrs Edith Wathen of Cedar Rapids visited her mother Mrs Gertrude Russell. Dale Robar spent weekend with his parents. Des Moines trip for Independent Telephone Co convention. Congregational Ladies Aid set meeting for April 25 with hostesses named. Mabel Johnson and Mrs Fassler traveled to Sioux City for a Pythian Sisters school of instruction. J Perry Mummert linked to refrigeration work and 10 years’ experience. Carriers and local firms referenced in brief community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Johnson
Fred. Fassler
Sioux City
Miss Johnson
Pythian Sisters
Insurance and radio shop ads and local notices
Local ads promote Hail Insurance for crops and new 1940 Motorola auto radios at Pauls Radio Shop. Travel and social updates note visits by Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Hahn and others to Sioux City, a Standard Oil dealers meeting in Storm Lake, and a train trip by A A Rapp for a fluorescent lighting school.
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Motorola
Paul
Herbert Grienke
Coonie Butterfield
Standard Oil Dealers
Cobblestone Inn
Storm Lake
A. A. Rapp
Sioux City
Ladell Rapp
Marjorie Fogleman
Cherokee
Local notes from Storm Lake area events and people
Storm Lake guests visit the Preul home while the Daniels family hosts a weekend at their home. Cherokee hosts a county Boy Scout meeting and a model airplane contest with 72 entries. Aurelia seniors attend a Buena Vista college guidance conference and skate at East Side rink. The Aurelia school board signs contracts for all teachers except a third grade position. Peterson and Lou relocate their brake and repair shop to East Side Garage. Lake Okoboji trip for YWCA camp governors and Lutheran Camp association notes point to the Walther league acquisition and planned June dedication.
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Aurelia
Buena Vista College Vocational Guidance
Storm Lake
W. H. Bischel
William Walter
Lake Okoboji
Lutheran Camp Association
West Okoboji
Walther League
Western Iowa
Bischel
Social club notes and birthday celebrations in town
A series of society items recounts a public card party by Rebekahs with high/low scores in bridge and 500, a Methodist women’s meeting with devotions and a Mexico-letter, a Lutheran Aid parlor gathering, Joan Jordan’s thirteenth birthday party, N R club and Past Chiefs club meetings, Helping Hand Circle activities, Louise Fassler’s eightieth birthday celebration, and a Pythian Sisters card party with winners and prizes. Several hostesses and dates are listed along with lunch or refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekahs
I, O
Ff. Hall
C. Kaskey
Rosalie Johnson
Carl Anderson
A. V. Fierk
Ella Johnson
Raymond Nelson
Methodist Church
Helen Hench
North
South America
Mexico
Lillian Olson
Eurella Johnson
Maytlie Olson
Kula Lewis
Wilbur Allen
Fern Preul
Nelson
Charles Bruce
Herbert Will
Charles Nelson
Joan Jordan
Fred Jordan
Joan
K. C. Dagger
J. M. Whitney
Gus Kruser
Clarence Pixler
Fred Fassler
John Mummert
Alfred Stiencke
Merle Nelson
Doe
Adram Peterson
Holstein
Local Social News From Afton Vicinity
Afton area residents host and visit relatives and friends with showers, birthdays, and hospital news. Highlights include Mrs. C. Montgomery hosting a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Ray Smith, 4-H girls from Spring, Afton, and Pitcher at Ray Jones home, and birthdays and illnesses among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFTON
Earl Zwick
Gilbert Clow
C. C. Montgomery
Sutherland
Leon Sanborn
Troy Mummert
Floyd Anderson
I'rec Smith
Ray Smith
Spring
Pitcher
Ray Jones
Swen Axelson
Sioux Valley Hospital
Wm. Hansbruch
Aurelia
Joe Kastengren
Bernadine Huff
Cheroke
Aurelia High School
Storm Lake
Frank Hill
Peterson
Lena
Will Brady
Clifford Gould
Bernice Hil
Cherokee
Robert Gates
Gene Ammons O Jewell
W. S. Ammons
Joslin
Russell Parks
Larrabee
Earl and George Zwick
Leo Kelly
Joyce Kelly
Kenneth Jones
Legion and Auxiliary Thank John Ding for Fuel Aid
The American Legion and Auxiliary express thanks to John Ding for providing fuel for the county meeting and Armistice program, aiding the community efforts and observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
John Ding
Community Notes From Aurelia Area Social Events
Local residents attended numerous social gatherings and visits across Aurelia Storm Lake and nearby towns. Families including Dukes Ohlson Bond and Linquist hosted dinners and outings while clubs held meetings and plans for Achievement Day in Cherokee were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Dukes
Arthur Ohlson
Roy Ohlson
Ellen
Clifford Ohlson
Aurelia
Gordon Vickers
Eldorado Springs
Missouri
Ben Galvin
Leroy Hench
T. F. Schulke
Ed Lehnhardt
Bess Pitcher
Edmund Radke
Henry Otto
John Otto
Storm Lake
Lloyd Ohlson
Mt. Olive
Clifford Wilson
Harry Wilson
Jess Weatherman
C. A. Peterson
Della
Alfred Bond
Classified Advertisements for Sale and Auction Notice
Classified advertise per line listing sale items and auction. Items include a nearly new electric kerosene refrigerator from Radio Shop, potatoes at $1.00 per cwt, and an auction at Emmanuel Lutheran church Astor township on Friday April 26 at 1 o'clock. Alfalfa and Clover prices per bushel among other bargains from Hall Roberts' Son Postville Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel Lutheren Church
Astor Township
Postal Card
Hall Roberts’ Son
Postville
Iowa
Town of Au relia Urges Cleanup by May 15
Notice orders all streets and alleys in Au relia cleaned of rubbish and garbage by May 15. If uncleaned, town workers will perform the work and charges will be taxed against adjoining property.
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Town of
Aurelia
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Huskies
the Kruse Grocery
Espy
L. H. Preul
Marathon
H. H. Leckin Insurance Agency
Edith Wathen
Cedar Rapids
Gertrude Russell
Dale Robar
Morningside College
Homer Robar
L. P. Nelson
Leo Kolpin
Gust Peterson
Des Moines
Independent Telephone Co
Congregational Ladies Aid
O. B. East
L. E. Christensen
H. R. Carlberg
Grover Bell
School of Engineering
Paul Stieneke
J. Perry Mummert
Brett
Irvin Hahn
Willard Petton
H. H. Lockin Insurance Agency
Marion’ Will
Midwest Business School
Jix
Fred Wieland
Donald
Robert Taylor
Larson’s
Wolverine
Chidken’s
Wheaties
Jack Armstrong
Larson’s Store
Aurelia, Iowa
Ray Fairchild
Curtis
L H. Preul
Fred Daniels
John Holderness
Boy Scout Committee
Freddie Daniels
Charles Wharton
Charles
Wade Brown
Monrad Paulson
Lou
Phillips 66
Vernon Stephen
Skelly
Society
Mildred. Thomson
Lutheran Aid Society
Wm. Ruebsam
N. R. Club
Herman Nelson
Ruby Parrott
Etta Myers
Mary Erickson
Clarence Eng
Past Chiefs Club
C. O. Libby
Jess Williams
Les Card
Art Peekensehaeider
Tfinnie Levis
Convese
Via Geel
Mie
Erval Rapp
Mebel Meville
Espy McDied
Louise Fassler
Mrs Fassler
Coker
Peterson-Lau Brake Service
Diamond Center
Miss Della Peterson
Orville Hickey
Gladys Shay
Laura
Charlie Gustafson
Lawrence Harker
Kansas City
Opal Grieme
C. A
Arnold Neimer
Carl Weiland
Clarence Streed
Alta
Herman Linquist
Guy Mantz
Galva
Oscar Peterson
Linn Grove
Timer Danielson
Neva
Harry Gates
J. S. Linquist
Danbury
Patl
Clay W. Dewson
Com
W. A. Allen
Lowa
Darryl F. Zanuck
Claudette Colbert and
Ilenry Fonda
Edward G. Robinson
Goodyear
Goodyear Pathfinder
Guarantee Oil CO
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