Farmers Picnic and Colt Show Set for August
A county event announces a farmers picnic with free rides and a Colt show on August 18 19. Summer band classes end next week with private lessons listed across flute clarinet saxophone and more. The note calls for new clarinets flute trombone baritone sax and oboe, and invites new students to contact Mr. Ruby when school resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby
Eunice Bruce
Shirley Robinson
Wayne Bruce
Doris Jeanne Renaud
Charles Wharton
Elaine Lauridson
Elaine Booth
Delores Kaskey
Ruth le
Charlene Ohlson
Helen Paulson
Eilat Altahorn
Clayton Lehnhardt
Peggy Waddell
Dale Neilson
Deloris Peterson
Carolyn Lindsay
Dale Larson
Gretchen Wieland
Lois Johnson
Arthur Daniels
Maxine Nielson
Richard Jones
Betty Oatman
Jean Simmers
Joe Coombs
Harold Larson
Tom Coombs
Lorraine
Pitcher Farm Bureau to Hold Annual Meeting
Pitcher township Farm Bureau will hold its annual summer meeting next Tuesday evening, August 22, at the Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Peterson country home. A good program and entertainment is being arranged by the committee. Ice Cream and cake will be served. Ladies please bring cakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitcher Township Farm Bureau
Ralph Peterson
Braunschweigs Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary
On Sunday August 6 the Rev and Mrs C Braunschweig marked their 25th wedding anniversary. The congregation surprised them after services with an address by Rev Stock and a silver purse gift. A church parsonage picnic followed with a cake decorated by a silver ladder and the number 25. Mrs Braunschweig's mother Mrs Gericke and sister Margaret Gerick from Minneapolis attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Braunschweig
Stock
Ed Roggon
Gerick
Braunschweig
Garden Club Meeting Held Last Week
A Garden Club gathering occurred Tuesday August 8 in the Congregational church basement due to bad weather. Mrs H H Lockin led the program on The Outdoor Living Room with talks on privacy livability location and adaptability while Mary Fraser sang Sunshine in Rainbow Valley. Plans for an annual club breakfast at Storm Lake were announced.
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Garden Club
Congregational Church
H. H. Lockin
Mary Fraser
Rainbow Valley
Storm Lake
Labor strife hits Des Moines Younker Brothers store
Iowa labor unrest moves through Des Moines with Younker Brothers department store strike over a closed shop. Pickets block deliveries, advertising pulls back, and several unions oppose the line while others aid in the dispute. The editorial notes the shift from 1938 to 1939 in scale and violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Capitol City
Muscatine
Younker Brothers Department
Des Moines
Building Service Employees Union
Building Service
A. F. of L
Teamsters
Younker Brothers
Retail Associates
Dope
Nwspapers
Liquor Control Commission
Farmers Picnic Schedule at Aurelia Featuring Bands and Baseball
A full day of events on Friday August 18 begins at 10:30 A M with Colts judging and ends with a dance at 9:00 P M featuring Brownie Walters. Highlights include an Aurelia H S Band concert at 1 30 P M and 7 30 P M street attractions at 2 00 P M and 8 30 P M, plus a 2 30 P M baseball game Cor d lle versus Aurelia.
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Aurelia H. S. Band
Cor’d’lle
Aurelia
B.B
Davidites
Brownie Walters
Aurelia Band Concert and Davidites Clash Set
The Aurelia S. Band performs at 1 30 with a concert followed by a 2 30 game where the Davidites face Aurelia in a basketball match on the arena schedule.
Harrington Seeks Competitive Exams for 1940 Service Academies
Congressman Vincent Harrington asks the Civil Service Commission to hold competitive examinations for his Ninth District 1940 appointments to the Naval and Military Academies. Exams are October 7. applications due September 1. Candidates must be approved by Harrington and meet strict age and medical standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent F. Harrington
Civil Service Commission
United States Military
Naval Academies
Congresman Harrington
Washington
D. C
War
Navy Department
Naval Academy
Military Academy
Aurelia Beats Akron 14-8 in Akron Baseball Clash
Aurelia baseball team opened a busy week by defeating Akron 14-8 at Akron Diamond. Madden pitched well for Aurelia, while Collins Morlan and Rapp supplied key hits as Aurelia solidified a 3-1 stretch in four starts. Rock Valley earlier fell 8-6 to Aurelia, with Collins homering in the ninth to rally.
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Aurelia
Akron
Zahn
Kapfer
Madden
Kracht
Rapp
del Thyer
Denver
Holm
Collins
A. Brown
Thayer
Bill Morlan
Metz
Beaubien
Martin
Rock Valley
Morlan
Collin
Brown
Brettbauer
Cordes
Pap
Eahfedeteebegetanatserse
Cee Ccctecaeesseeses
Matlock
Sioux City
Little Man Brown
Jones
Blair
Bees
Anaaesd Beereaenan
Jas, Martin
Ceneneeeaneaveneen Peck
Canaeennorsersetee Beaubien
John Martin
Tucker
Higgins
Posmaveenmeunrse
Vyeeesene
Deuce
Watties
Aurelia Band Plays Two Concerts This Weekend
The Aurelia Band performs Friday and Saturday with an afternoon 1 20 show and an evening 7 30 show. Concerts are on the vacant Whitney lot on Main street. After each performance the Three Leonardos acrobats join the event.
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Aurelia
Whitney Lot
Main Street
Ruby
Harold Nelson
Algie Lindsay
Looking Back Into the Past A Cherokee County Memoir
Henry Faust 74 a Cherokee county settler dies at his daughter’s Elk township home. Betty Daniels four dies in Sioux City hospital from pneumonia while removal of an swallowed safety pin is attempted. Obituaries note Jas Hartigan 83 and James Will pioneer farmer. Local business and school changes referenced in Aurelia area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Faust
Cherokee County
Aaron Vanderhoff
Elk Township
Betty Daniels
Fred Daniels
Sioux City
Mr. Berk
Aurelia School
James Will
Silver Township
Annual Picnic for Californians Set in Storm Lake
Californians living in Storm Lake will host the annual California-town picnic on Wednesday August 23. A 1 pm picnic dinner will be served at Chautauqua Park followed by a program. Northwest Iowa attendees from Pocahontas Sac Cherokee Clay and Ida counties are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Storm Lake
J. A. Chindlund
Chautauqua Park
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Pitcher Farm Bureau
Nue
First Trust & Savings Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Weekly News Letter
Sentinel
Harrington
Wm. Diercks and Son
Hammond, Ind
Mr. Dierck
Mrs. Maragret Diercks
Jas. Hartigan
Grandma Westphal
William
Motor Inn Co
Cherokee
Ford
Wm. Murphy
J. C. Nelson
E. A. Harris
Fd Stief
Daugyer
Ruth
Winona, Minn
Mrs. Stief
Anna Diercks
LEGAS
Perre
Farmers National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
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