Numerous visits and family gatherings mark Aurelia area
Local residents and relatives from Minnesota and Chicago visited family across Aurelia and nearby towns. The notes mention dinners, weekend stays, and travel to Denison, Holstein, Sioux City, Lanark, and Chicago as relatives gathered for social occasions. Several Lancaster, Parrott, Nelson, and Johnson households hosted guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Mark
George Parrott
Town
Marks
Truesdale
Lynne
Merril
Art Swanson
Paul
Minneapolis
Albert Johnson
Carl Johnson
Leonard
Aurelia
Clarence Johnson
Albert City
H. H. Deyloff
John Baldwin
Paullina
North Dakota
George Kelpin
Jamestown
Harry Kolpin
Sutton
Alger Kingsley
Grand Forks
Floyd Parrott
Balaton
Minn
Mel Parrott
Cecil Wall
Tommy
Effie¢Allen
Edna
Alta
George Wall
Harriet McCurdy
Lockin
Wayne Gaston
N .K. Nelson
Alvin Nelson
Chicago
Woodrow Nelson
Rochester, Minn
LaVerne Richards
Washington, D. C
Mell Barnes
Leslie Card
Black Hills
Richards
Card
Loren Steemke
Raymond Zwick
Carl Larson
Sig. Nelson
Carl Carlson
Vern Warriner
Lowell Gano
Ivar Carlson
Aurelia’s
Odd Fellows Lodge No. 495
Ted Schulke
Robert
Floyd Lockwood
Larrabee
Rochester
Walter Anderson
Alex
Margery Pfalzgraf
Holstein
Alice Streed
Pat Cline
Roy Geary
Gahlen Dyslin
Joan
Lanark
Carole Larson
Donna Shank
Carl Lighter
Sioux’ City
Lockin Insurance Agency
George Glawe
Roy Matzdorff
Quentin Andersen
Clarence Streed
Casper
Wyo
Katherine Lammers
Leeds
William Clymens
George Dise
Margaret
Denison
Dise
John Rabe
DeWayne Thiert
Tami
Jan ‘Adamson
Connie Lighter
Sioux “City
Shirley Sherkenbak
W. H. Sherkenbak
Adolf Fassler
San di
Aurelia Farm Picnic and FFA Livestock Show Planned
Plans for Aurelia's two day Farmers Picnic and FFA Livestock Show were laid at a Commercial Club meeting. Events include ball games, band concerts, flower and home talent shows, a Kiddie Parade, and an FFA livestock show with cattle hogs and sheep. Auction follows Monday with Limburgs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
FFA
Ata
Aurelia: Commercial ‘Club
Aurelia Commercial] Club
A. A. Rapp
Galva
Rembrandt
Hanover
Garden Club
the Legion Hall
Tommy Thomas
Art B. Thomas
Bernard Johnson
Ralph Held
Hinton
Lindsay
Oscar Gustafson
Aurelia Banks
Joint Legion Auxiliary Meeting Tonight at 8
Aurelia's Legion and Legion Auxiliary hold a joint meeting Thursday at 8 o'clock in the Legion hall. Members urged to attend for important business discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Aurelia's Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Death of Orland C. Finch noted in Stockton obituary
Orland C. Finch 77, a former Aurelia resident and Stockton, Kansas lumber and grain businessman, died July 31. Funeral Aug. 2 with burial in Stockton cemetery. Survived by wife Nettie. daughters Ursula Henry and Edna Suhr. grandsons and great grandchildren. sisters Frances Drew and Laura Lees. Born 1875 in Tiffin Ohio, he later settled in Aurelia and Colorado before Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orland C. Finch
Stockton
Kans
Aurelia
Stockton ‘Cemetery
Finch
Nettie Finch
Ursula Henry
Redwood
Calif
Edna Suhr
Frances Drew
Oakland
Laura Lees
Washington, D. C
Dwight and
Rachael Finch
Tiffin
Ohio
Orland
Des Moines
Grace Rutherford
Colorado
Ursula
Helen
Nettie (Gillilam) Mills
Woodston
Kan
Rooks County
Mongan and Wilson Named to Order of Arrow
Gary Mongan son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Mongan and Leibert Wilson son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Wilson of Aurelia were elected to the Order of the Arrow at Prairie Gold Scout reservation this summer for demonstrated leadership and camping record. New members underwent Ordeal and initiation at Lake Okoboji on Aug 10 and 11 with a camp improvement duty ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Mongan
Ralph Mongan
Leibert Wilson
Clifford Wilson
Aurelia
Order of the Arrow
Prairie Gold Scout Reservation
Gary
Leibert
Lake Okoboji
Paul Nelson Nominated to National FFA Chorus in Kansas City
Paul Nelson of the local FFA chapter has been chosen to sing in the National FFA Chorus at the National FFA Convention in Kansas City Missouri October 13 to 18. He is one of 12 Iowa boys selected for vocal experience and ability. The chorus will be directed by Professor James Hatch and include about 125 voices from across the United States. In 1947 Aurelia had Leland Anderson in the national chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Nelson
FFA
State Department of Vocational Education
Kansas City
Iowa
James Hatch
Eastern University
United States
Aurelia
Leland Anderson
Iowa State College
New Press Installed At Sentinel Office
The Sentinel office installed a late model No. 5 Babcock Optimus press from The Dal ton Press at Manson. George Gruner of C I Johnson Manufacturing Co. dismantled and reassembled it here while Aurelia residents helped with the setup. The editor thanks all who assisted and invites observers on Wednesday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
George Gruner
C. I. Johnson Manufacturing Co
St. Paul
Manson
Babcock Optimus
Aurelia
Men in the Service Return from Korea and Furlough
Alet Allen T Hartliep left Monday for Madison Wisconsin after a month long furlough and his Korean air force duty. Mrs Hartliep will stay with her parents until September 1 when she will join him in Madison. Hugo Peckenschneider reports their son Cpl Marvin Peckenschneider is a patient at Great Lakes Naval Hospital Chicago. Cpl Clayton B Lehnhardt, son of Mrs Emma Lehnhardt, was among 64 Iowans from Korea and Japan due to arrive in San Francisco Monday aboard the transport Gen W F Hase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Oxford
Charles Elliott
Wagner
Elliott
Levi Lundquist
I. E. Molstad
Cherokee
Clifford Benson
Dean Meador
Robert
Omaha
Sioux City
A. Sexton
Estel
Clyde’.Fox
Bill Fox
Lee
Ann
Charles, Galvin, Jr
Irving
Fox
Clayton Bugh
Aurelia
iLockin Insurance Agency
Marvin
Gano
Milford
Lowell Gano
Laverne Gano
Quimby
Bob Wagner
Charles Stratton
Charles . Elliott
Walter Borgeson
Herbert Grienke
Clifford
Menefee
Dorrell’ Huseman
Gerald Peterson
Lake View
Lester
Peterson
Elk Horn
Walter -Port
Prosser
Wash
Okoboji
William Hodam Jr
Hodam
Albert. Null
le Mars
Emil Carlson
Carl H. Johnson
Arthur Swainson
Minneapolis
Martin Silseth
Joe Kastengren
Marian
Larrabee
D. J. Friedlund
Chicago
Friedlund
Elmer Friedlund
Alta
Nels Carlson
Reuben Carlson
Meriden
B. R. Buxton
Hans Mohr
Spencer
Eugene Cline
Art L. Johnson
William Beck
Luton
Robert Reilly
Harry Wilson
Indiana
Lottie Wilson
Washington
Ind
Allen T. Hartliep
Madison
Wis
Air Force
Hartliep
Herbert Schramm
Hugo Peckenschneider
Cpl
Marvin Peckenschneider
Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Clayton B. Lehnhardt
Emma Lehnhardt
Korea
Japan
San Francisco
W. F. Hase
Polio Cases Reported in Aurelia Area
The article notes polio cases in Aurelia area during the current outbreak. Mrs. Wesley Nelson fell ill while vacationing at Cass Lake and was treated in Bemidji, then improved enough to return to the camp. Mary Hunter, 11, from Aurelia, is in St Joseph's hospital Sioux City with polio and improving. Louise Kruse of Alta remains critical with bulbar polio in an iron lung at St Joseph's Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen of Spencer
Cyril Johns
Henry
Stube
Pasadena
Calif
Sophia
Johns
Tom Grote
Kathy
Concord
Tom Griffith
Melvin Hermanson
Alta Hospital
Wesley Edwards
Jackson
Ed Klumpp
Bill Seggerman
Marcus
Aurelia
Wesley Nelson
Cass Lake
Minn
Bemidji
Mary Hunter
George Hunter
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sioux City
Louise Kruse
Axel Kruse
Alta
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Miss Kruse
Gust Kruse
Helmer Carlberg
Harry Howell
Midgets Competing In Schaller Tournament
The second annual Midget Base ball tournament sponsored by the Junior Midget Sportsmen's league runs at Schaller through Sunday finals at night. Aurelia’s Midgets had a bye and began Wednesday at 7 pm against Rembrandt. if they win, they face the next game Friday at 7 pm. They beat Odebolt 6 to 4 last Sunday, with Dick Anderson and Stanley Sherkenbak on the mound and Eugene Peterson catching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schaller
Aurelia
Rembrandt
Odebolt
Dick Anderson
Stanley Sherkenbak
Aurela
Eugene Peterson
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Pythian Sisters
A. E. Stutz
Edwin Engdahl
Pythian
William Hodam
Jand
George Wharton Jr
Russell Allen
Lockin Insurance
The
Garden Club of Aurelia
Aurélia
Chester White
Hampshire
Chester - White
Benny
Buxton
Vere Corrington
Eric
Gustafson
Chester Sjoberg
Melvin Johnson
J. R. Carpenter
Ego
W. NE Streff
Alta Sherkenbak
Glen Bretthauer
Ft. Dodge
Charles
Iowa City
Fred
Carole Elliott
Arvid. Gustafson
Cliff Benson
Vernon Fierk
Teresa
Waterloo
Ralph Wagner
Alvern Abraham
Battle Creek
Schramm
Mr. Abraham
Glen Wise
R. W. Brown
Mr. Frisbee
A. B. Lindsay
Kreger Farm
New York
Marilyn Trotter
Loretta
Nebraska
Ramona Moss
Valley
Neb
Verna’ Lockin
Miss Trotter
John Nelson
A. T. Hartliep
West Bend
Bruch
Ann Delafield
Hansbruch Drug
Arnold Hasenwinkel
E. J. Wehrspann
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Walther League Camp
St. Paul's Church
Martin Buenger
Oke Hanson
Dee Ferrin
Joyce Hickey
Morningside
Garland Hickey
Clayton
Johnson and Daughter
Elof
Fire Insurance Lockin Insurance Agency
Delaine Kolb
Dana Goss
Glendale
W. Co. Patten
Charles and
Helen Foelschow
Farwell
Otto Plautz
Emma Miller
Herman Frey
Melvin
Jeanne Null
LeMars
Henry Nelson
Lester Peckenschneider
Lorenz Roth
Karen
Eitel Mohn
Oatman Cottage
Albert Null
Jeanne
James ‘Griffin and Son
Bloomington
Ill
John Storbeck
Win
Carpenter
Jacksonville
Elmer Gertsmeier
Eva Marie
William Hasenwinkel
James, Covey
Eloise
Gertsmeier
Walther League
Pearl Mouse
Joanne Kolb
Elaine Leonard
Orville Hickey
al Vogel
Terrill
Harry E. Terrill
Glenn Loucks
William Bell
Archie MacKay Sr
Frank Ducommyn
the Lakes
Earl Flannigan
Herbert Troxte
Bill Whitney
Nels Newendorf
Philmont Scott Ranch
New Mexico
Farmers Picnic
MEC
Lola Hickey
H. W. Roggon
Harry Pingel
Bennie Wieland
Don Wielandt
Will. Wieland
Mongan
Wilson
Order of Arrow
Dalton Press
Margaret Gebhardt
Merry Schulke
First Congregational Church
Miss Gebhardt
J. E. Gebhardt
Mr. Schulke
Iowa University
Farmers National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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