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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1964
Page
5
Last Friday night the $75 Grand Prize was won by Robert Parrott. Aurelia Commercial Club posts another $75 in Aurelia Bucks for tomorrow night’s drawing. Tickets must be in by 8 p.m. and winners must be in a participating business when called.
Mr and Mrs Homer Bailey and daughters hosted weekend guests in the Evan Sauter home. Wilbur Dunn of California formerly of Cherokee had funeral services in Cherokee. Several families traveled to Rowan Sioux Center Okoboji Sioux City Hanover and Hartman Lake for visits reunions and social gatherings with relatives and friends including Vermeer family and birthday observances.
The Walther League sponsors a car wash at St Paul Lutheran Church on Saturday August 15 from 8 30 am to 4 pm. Plain tires $1.00 and white sidewall tires $1 25. Public welcome.
Miss Bonnie Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Gunnar Johnson is named to the Mid-Quarter Honor Roll at the CE School of Commerce Omaha.
A centennial style history recounts Aurelia Methodist Church origins in 1878 with 52 charter members. It describes early meetings in a schoolhouse, 1881 church construction, parsonage shifts, and 1890 new home. It notes 1887 Mission Society, later CCMW, 1948 women’s group transition, rural roots, and 1896 rebuilding and dedication with $3856 raised.
Dale Kaskey won Grand Champion pen of calves in the Cherokee County Junior Cattle Feeder projects. Tom Parrott and Roger Jones also placed high. Eleven projects, 4-H and FFA, each with 8 to 10 calves, were judged on management, records, ROI, cost per gain, and grade uniformity. Cattle sold at Sioux City market last Thursday.
Five officers of Aurelia's Golden Acres FFA chapter attended a leadership training camp July 24 25 with Bill Plagman as chairman. Other Aurelians present were Richard Swanson Ronnie McGee Rodney Niebuhr and Dennis Sampson. Afterward the group and Rodney Nelson Rodney Hasenwinkel Brian Dubes and Lloyd Buddenhagen went to the Lakes to draft their 1965 program of work arriving home July 26.
Markets note Aurelia prices for eggs and poultry with Grade A at 26 cents and 15 cents for pullets. Grain price list shows corn at 1.05 a bushel and oats around 63 cents. The item also notes black widow spiders found in all states except Alaska.
Mar and Mrs BE S Kiernan of Alton celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at the United Presbyterian Church in Alton on August 16 from 2 to 5 PM. They were married August 17, 1914 in Gordon Nebraska and lived in Osmond Aurelia and Wakefield before moving to Alton in 1936. Their three children Patricia Oelrich Dr Tom Kiernan and Max Kiernan attend plus nine grandchildren.
Dr E P Dutch Sylvester Iowa State University Extension Botanist will speak at 10 30 am August 13 at Speelman's Steak House sponsored by the Northwest District of Iowa Weed Commissioners. Public invited. bring weeds for identification and control guidance.
Mrs. Carlos Bryan is among 60 students who will receive degrees from Buena Vista College this summer. Commencement activities will begin at 11 a.m. on August 15 at Schaller Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Bryan will earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
The Aurelia Golf Club sponsors a men's stag tonight and a breakfast Sunday morning. Stag admission is 1.50, breakfast 50 cents. Members and guests are invited to attend either or both events.
Janis Jones of Aurelia will graduate from Iowa Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in Des Moines with a August 12 ceremony at St John s Lutheran Church and will work at Iowa Lutheran after graduation. Patricia Sleezer of Aurelia will receive a diploma from Methodist Kahler School of Nursing in Rochester Minnesota August 9 1964 and become an assistant instructor there later attending Rochester Junior College.
T J Estes Sr of Winnsboro South Carolina died July 29 after a short illness at age 75 Funeral services were held Friday His son T J Estes Jr of Aurelia was among relatives The Estes family had visited his parents home for two weeks and were traveling home when he passed away The family met him in Sioux City on the return trip
The Aurelia Midgets beat Laurens 8 to 4 in the Sportsman Midget Baseball final at Storm Lake on Saturday. Aurelia piled eight runs on five hits while committing three errors. Laurens had six hits and four errors. Rick Hodam fanned six for Aurelia, while Kindall struck out 12 for Laurens. Jones stole seven bases as Aurelia finished 11-1 on the year.
Mr and Mrs H H Deyloff accompanied by Paul Cedar of Meriden attended the State Republican convention in Des Moines last week. Deyloff was a county delegate and Deyloff's wife is county vice chairwoman. Cedar is county chairman and delegate. Other Aurelia delegates included O S Nelson Mrs Kenneth Ohlson Mr and Mrs Harold V Nelson.
Funeral services for Julius N. Ostergaard 74 of Cedar Falls were held at Nazareth Lutheran Church Cedar Falls with Rev Homer Larsen and Pastor Ronald Rein officiating Burial followed at Greenwood cemetery He died July 26 after a heart attack Born July 8 1890 in Black Hawk county he lived in Cedar Falls most of his life except while serving as a national organizer for the Master Barbers of America and as an inspector for the State Department of Health He was a barber in Cedar Falls for over 50 years Survived by his wife Christine a daughter Mrs Roy A Johnson of East Moline NL 5 grandchildren two sisters and two brothers
The Goodwill Industries pickup from Sioux City will be in Aurelia on Tuesday August 11. Residents with articles to donate should leave them at the A A Davis home before that date.
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