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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1941
Page
3
Ten years ago the local high school track team narrowly beat Washta by 64 to 524 points in a triangular meet held last Thursday. Quimby finished third with 26 percent.
The band hosts a two night benefit at the Community Theatre in Aurelia on April 29 and 30 featuring the aviation drama Plight Command with Robert Taylor and Ruth Hussey. Admission 15 or 26 cents, proceeds go toward finishing tympani set payments. tickets sold in advance by band members.
The C C Hollingshead farm near Quimby in Willow township shows the advantages of conservation farming. Foreman C C Race notes this was the county’s second CCC backed soil conservation project. Work began in October 1939 with two terrace sets totaling 3.1 miles of cultivation.
Aurelia high school seniors join northwest Iowa students for Buena Vista College fifth annual Vocational Guidance conference in Storm Lake. Activities run 9 a m to 4 p m with fourteen vocation topics, interviews, campus talks, and a cappella choir ending in Old Main.
The Country Ramblers club met at Marian Patten's home on Saturday April 19 with 16 members present. New leaders Ruby Tolzin and Thelma Harden were praised as Mrs. Emmett Ammons visited. Arlene Nelson was elected music director and rally day music was practiced, followed by a lunch hosted by Mrs. Patten.
Keith Ohlson a F F A student from Aurelia high school placed third in the individual horse judging event at the annual livestock judging contest held at the Sioux City stockyards on Tuesday scoring 180 points. Aurelia’s four member team finished with 2160 points but did not place in the top five.
Mrs A J Renaud was elected president of the Aurelia Woman's club for the coming year during an April meeting on Friday April 11 at Mrs Harold Nelson's home. Officers include Mrs Fae Fraser vice president and Mrs Richard Glawe secretary.
A meeting of the Business Men's association will be held Friday night this week beginning at 8 o'clock. President A. H. Vogel announces. All business and professional men are urged to attend to discuss matters requiring a large representation.
Ladell Rapp trains with the 88th Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Roberts California during a 13 week basic training. The 83rd unit at the replacement center on the Pacific coast prepares men for infantry and field artillery roles amid the Spanish missions district landscape between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
W A Liebsch was elected president of the Aurelia chapter of the Cherokee county wildlife group at a community club meeting. Ralph Peterson became vice president and George Scott the secretary and treasurer as about 20 men attended.
Ferdinand Henze aged 81 sold his six Grundy county farms totaling 900 acres to his six sons in a sequence of transfers. The move shifts ownership of the properties among family members, consolidating farm holdings within the Henze family.
Governor George A. Wilson plans to inspect Iowa troops in southern camps after a Washington trip with William Knudsen. The visit sparks talk of a 1942 senatorial race with Senator Clyde L. Herring, Kraschel, Thurston, Thornburg, and others potential candidates. A school funds bill may publish board proceedings four times yearly, detailing $48 million in public school spending and ensuring transparency.
Signed contracts returned by Coach J. H. Nitzke and Bandmaster Lloyd C. Ruby indicate most Aurelia school staff intend to return next year. Only two holdouts are Miss Annabelle Bowen vocal music director and Miss Geneva Rowe second grade teacher.
Mr and Mrs Dick Diercks observed their 50 years of marriage with 28 relatives and friends at their Aurelia home Rev William Wolter of St Pauls Lutheran spoke citing Psalm 128 They married in Germany on April 17 1891 and later settled in Aurelia They have two daughters and three grandchildren a dinner followed the gathering and gifts were exchanged
Aurelia high school band members were treated to a show at the Community Theatre then a lunch at the K P hall on Wednesday night by local Aurelia business men. Rev William Walter spoke and ventriloquist C C Bush with dummy Bobby entertained. lunch served by C H Kaskey George Wharton and W H Bischel. Sixty four were present.
A two week play school for children ages 3 to start of first grade will run at Aurelia school May 12 to 28. Sessions are 9 10 30 am and 1 2 30 pm daily with second year homemaking students guiding activities. Registration closes April 29 with a 26 cent fee.
The Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship of the Sioux Association will hold its spring rally at Primghar next Sunday afternoon. Registration starts 2:30 PM with worship at 3:00 led by Primghar LP FP. Kenneth Allbaugh and Jean Simmers lead talks and business will narrow into officer elections.
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