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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1950
Page
3
Three Aurelia F H A members Donna Fraer DeOn Nelson and Carole Larson will join Miss Smiley advisor at the State Leadership Conference in Des Moines April 21 22. Nomination for State Treasurer has chosen Dean Nelson. about 200 girls and 80 advisors attend with plans for centerpieces and wood themed pins.
Charles Sherwood of Iowa State College urges planting Easter lilies after heavy frost danger passes. Croft and Estate varieties tolerate outdoor gardens, Creole is not winter hardy. Plant bulbs with soil 8 9 inches deep and keep away from competing roots. mulch protection is advised for next winter.
Aurelia Rebekah Lodge presents the Little Oscar Gang from Sioux Falls performing a stage play God's Child with vaudeville and musical specialties at Aurelia Legion hall on Friday April 21. Show time is 8 30 PM with dancing after. Admission adults 75 cents children 25 cents and under 6 free. Proceeds support lodge activities.
Coach Loran Coburn's squad scored 16 points to finish third in Class B at Holstein Relays. Odebolt took first and Albert City second while Sioux City East led Class A. Aurelia entered four events with multiple top finishes including a 9:00.2 second in the 2 mile relay and a 3:58.1 third in the mile relay. John Nelson ran his first open mile in 4:57.6 and Aurelia placed fourth in the medley relay.
Cherokee native Harold Grigg announces another run for county attorney on the Republican ticket in the June 5 primaries. Currently in his second term, he planned to seek a third starting Jan. 1, 1947, after initial election in 1946 and two later terms.
Boy Scouts of America announced plans to use a newly acquired 123 acre site near Lake Okoboji. A 15 room lodge for 150 meals and expanded waterfront programs will serve more campers. Funds are to be raised by the 19 county council with each district contributing its share.
Seven Aurelia FFA members and instructor R J Martin will travel to Cedar Rapids on April 28 29 for the Iowa FFA convention. Keith Langwin will join the state band Leland Anderson Paul Nelson and Wilbur Wogahn sing in the state chorus Gaylen Miller and Dean Nelson serve as chapter delegates. The group will broadcast programs and discuss business for the Iowa FFA Association returning April 29.
April 24 Amherst Progressive 4-H meeting. April 25 Little Sioux Valley 4-H. April 27 Pilot Rock 4-H meeting. April 29 Farm Bureau board meeting at the Farm Bureau office at 8 00 p m. April 25 and 26 4-H camping workshop at Stone Park in Sioux City.
Cherokee businessman and lawyer Robert Coon announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for county attorney. A 1949 returnee to Cherokee, he holds a Georgetown Law degree and has worked in federal agencies including the Bureau of Reclamation. He is married to his wife and lives with his father at 440 Magnetic Avenue.
John Kastengren was brought back to Aurelia to his parents home after two weeks in Sioux City Saint Joseph hospital. He is recovering from injuries from the March 8 Remsen auto crash that killed Espy MecDeid and injured Royce Steffens. Visitors are allowed in the afternoons.
About 10 000 Cherokee county residents nearly half of the total expected have been enumerated for the 1950 federal census. Loyal Martin, county crew leader, says three districts are nearly done with two left. All 16 workers are out, with Pitot township and several towns cleaned up and Aurelia not yet started.
Lawrence and Lyle Whiting of Whiting Clothing Store announce on the back page that Friday May 5 they will introduce a revolutionary photo fitted tailoring service. A company representative will be at the store to demonstrate the new service.
Citizens seek better primary and secondary roads in the area will attend an open meeting in Cherokee at the Lewis Hotel on Wednesday April 26. The event follows a luncheon where a County Civic Affairs committee was formed to organize speakers and data presentations.
A May 2 immunization day for children entering kindergarten next fall was announced at a PTA meeting where officers were elected: Chairman Mrs Wesley Nelson Vice chairman Mrs Lloyd Patterson Secretary Dwayne Ehlert Treasurer Melvin Johnson. The group invites all eligible mothers and children to attend and contact Supt Friedland.
August Droegmiller thanks the Aurelia Fire Department and helpers for extinguishing a grass fire at the tenant house. Watch your subscription date.
The article recalls the World War I and II veterans and explains how the American Legion Auxiliary promotes the poppy as a memorial flower. It details poppy production by disabled veterans, the use of proceeds for hospital and veteran support, and urges readers to wear and buy poppies to honor those who served.
The American Legion and Auxiliary sell red crepe paper poppies made by World War veterans in hospitals. The piece urges readers to buy with awareness of what the poppy stands for rather than following the crowd.
The Aurelia Women's Club met at Lorene Radke's home on Friday April 14. Leone Hickey presented a program on Socialized Medicine and Health Insurance with speakers Maude Lewis and Mrs Francis Anderson. Roll call asked members to share their views and the meeting adjourned with a May luncheon planned.
The Coonville Minstrel will be presented at the Aurelia Legion Hall on Tuesday evening April 25 at 8:00. Participants include Dennis Radke William Hasenwinkel Dennis Hasenwinkel Dean Peterson Paul Laposky Liebert Wilson Thomas Kruse Robert Hilmer Tommy Whitney Larry Hansen Jack Hansen Gerry Mongan as interlocutor. Pickaninnies include Kenneth Laposky Ronnie Wilson Donna Wilson Janice Kruse Janice Peterson Allen Hasenwinkel Mammy Norma Wilson. Vocal trios Rose Ann Ruth and Duane Schramm whistling solos by Mrs Hodam and instrumental music. Admission is free with a collection to cover hall costs.
Aurelia high school sent three vocal groups to the state contest prelims at Sutherland on Monday April 14. The girls glee club won Division 1 with the five Aurelia winners advancing to the finals at Storm Lake April 21 and 22 alongside solos and ensembles. The quartet of soloists includes Leland Anderson Shirley Sherkenbak Margaret Gebhardt and Denny Robinson.
Aurelia track team to compete in Pocahontas Relays on Friday with seven runners and in Tomahawk Relays at Cherokee on Saturday with fourteen runners. Events include 2 mile relay medley relay 100 yard dash mile run 880 yard relay shot put discus high jump with prelims in morning for 100 yards and afternoon for other events. The team also plans to enter the Alta Relays at Alta on Friday April 28.
The Aurelia FFA sponsors a fertilizer test plot on Paul Jones farm north of Aurelia at the Highway 3 and 5 junction. Five nitrogen and phosphorus treatment combinations are tested on oats and legumes with fertilizer from a local elevator. Committee chair Don Klumpp leads the effort with Junior Cline Don Buenger Dick Grienke and Merlin Roth. The group also assists with an oat variety test on Harry Pingel farm and forages project with county extension director Al Griffith.
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