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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
3
State Driver License division reports 70 000 licenses mailed with 950 000 renewals to go. Renewals by mail mailed first. in person renewals held on receipts. Three shifts photostating about 20 000 renewals daily after master file checks.
Plans for the great colt show at the Farmers Picnic on August 29-30 are progressing with a stronger program. New classes include suckling colt stallion colt filly get of fire yearling mare and mule colt plus a novelty contest for the tallest and smallest horse. Truckers will offer free transport for horses to and from the event. Further details come next week.
Audus Coombs a Cherokee county 4 H health contest entrant at the state fair. Aurelia consolidated school to begin Monday August 31. Henry B. Stutz bought a Daniels truck and now runs his own trucking business. Mrs George Brooks former Aurelia resident died in Rembrandt after a long illness. Meteor seen across Mt Olive area Tuesday night with a bright low trail. Twenty years ago Martin Wilson northwest of Aurelia lost 185 hogs to fever. About two thousand gathered at school ground for Corporal Henry Grass holt military funeral from overseas. W B Reeves opened a blacksmith shop near the Mummert Implement building. Thirty years ago Mrs Minnie Johnson died after a paralysis stroke. mother of Henry Lew and Chas Johnson.
A July 6 division agreement splits the Sweet and Bruce implement business from the locker system. A. D. Bruce takes the implement business and stock. Mrs. W. J. Sweet administers the late W. J. Sweet estate to run the locker system. T. Lansen remains in the locker system. John Laposky joins Bruce. The estate retains ownership of the building.
Band Director Lloyd Ruby reports a successful Band Tag Day last Saturday with nearly 40 dollars raised from booster tag sales. Top contributors were John Lockin 15.21 Vernon Jaskey 11.88 Mary Ann Nelson and Elizabeth Eddy 10.66 and other sources 1.61. A 1 dollar check from C C Hansen of Des Moines was received via the Sentinel printed band tag illustration. After expenses a net 86.09 was realized to fund a lyre and stand for the band. Donations accepted to replace missed contributors.
Burdette J. McKinnis 28 son of H A McKinnis Aurelia completes flying work at Moffet Field Calif transfer to an army air corps advanced flying school in Sacramento with 180 others for the final ten week period. Upon completion he will receive second lieutenant and pilot commissions in the air corps reserve. He is a former Aurelia consolidated high school and Buena Vista college athlete and served at Hickam Wheeler fields Hawaii prior to joining Moffet field.
The Aurelians will host the Texas Black Spiders at Aurelia ball park next Thursday afternoon starting at 2 30. Business Manager Irwin Kroll says a Sunday game is being sought but no opponent has been signed yet.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Nelson Failor 36 daughter of Edward and Hannah Nelson Pitcher township were held in Aurelia Iowa She died August 5 in Poughkeepsie following an operation A memorial service was held in Poughkeepsie at Margaret Chapel Survivors include husband Dr Clarence W Failor two daughters Jane Ardis and Celia Jo her parents and several siblings in Iowa and New York City
The family names Clarence, Jane Ardis and Celia Jo Failor along with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nelson and family and others express gratitude for sympathy. They mention a two week visit with Mrs Trigg's brothers in Detroit Michigan and sighting a blazing Canadian tanker in the Detroit river.
Shirley Robinson of Afton township was named Cherokee county 4-H health champion at the Achievement Day in Cherokee. She will compete for the state championship at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Also named were Lucille Nelson and Darlyne Stanford as prize winning 4-H demonstration team members to represent the county at the fair. The event drew 149 club members with about 50 guests.
Seventeen F F A boys and advisor A H Vogel depart Friday at 430 AM on a 1500 mile tour through Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas including Ozark mountains. Stops include Fort Leavenworth Kansas City and the Lake of the Ozarks with visits to Roaring River State Park Shepherd of the Hills country and Bagnell Dam. They expect home by August 25.
The Sentinel will publish a special picnic edition next week to advertise the Farmers Picnic and Colt Show on August 29-30. It will have 100 percent Aurelia territory coverage with sample copies mailed to Cherokee and Alta route box holders, offering Aurelia firms broad local reach. News and ad copy should be submitted early due to the extra work involved.
L. J. Costello of Mitchell South Dakota has leased the Larson store meat department and took possession Wednesday. He replaces Roy C. Bush of Cherokee who operated the department since late May. Mr. and Mrs. Costello moved Sunday into apartments in the Mrs. A. J. Whinery home.
A defense savings bonds guide explains safe storage options with safekeeping by the Treasury or Federal Reserve Banks and notes receipts. It clarifies stamps do not become bonds automatically and must be exchanged for actual bonds to accrue interest, with purchases available at post offices banks or savings and loan associations.
Dale Caris Cherokee high school band director will guest conduct Aurelia high school band Saturday night. He has organized nationally known bands and led last year’s Cherokee marching band to a national contest win. Bonnie Albright soloists and a girls trio perform selections including Over the Rainbow and Moonlight Serenade.
The Ethiopian Clowns of Miami defeated Buford's Rona Allen 9 to 7 in the final, earning the Denver Post tournament title. Aurelians of Denver tied for third with Cham pin Refiners of Enid and Stearman Aviators of Wichita after three wins, with prize money shared among the trio.
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