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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
4
Activities planned for August 28 and 29 include Savage free rides on Main Street, a free pavement dance with live orchestra, high school band concerts, kiddies parade with prizes, street sports, and political speakers. Efforts coordinate afternoon and evening programs with amplification and water-coated pavement for dancing.
A fire destroyed the Louis Bengtson farm home on the Leeds farm a half mile east of Good Hope church Monday evening. Neighbors discovered the blaze around 8 PM and forced entry as Mr and Mrs Bengtson were away in Cherokee. They saved a piano and some contents from a bedroom.
Firefighters from Aurelia fought a barn and hog house blaze that spread from a furniture fire. The fire department focused on saving the nearby structures as sparks threatened the property, marking the seventh country fire this summer where local crews used their equipment.
The Aurelia Garden Club met Tuesday at Mrs. Frank Jordan's home for a regular session. After the business portion, Mrs. Fae Fraser presented the lilies topic, Mrs. H E Carlberg spoke on lilies, dahlias were led by Mrs Wm Hansbruch, and Mrs Clyde Beeghley shared stories from California and Alaska.
Funeral services for Mrs. O D Waddell of Aurelia and the town’s past 53 years were held at Kroll Funeral Home. Rev. Lloyd Scheerer and Rev. Edwin Trigg led the service. burial was in Aurelia cemetery. She leaves seven children, 14 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren.
The Waddell Family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy after bereavement and for the beautiful flowers. They note new classified advertising rates of 1c per line for the first insertion and 5e per line for each additional insertion.
The Aurelia school completes its teaching roster for the coming year with eleven returning staff and five replacements. Names span grades from First to High School, with credentials from Teachers College Drake University Morningside College Iowa State College and more.
Mrs. Chas. Pruitt died Monday night at 11:30 at the W. J. Sweet home in Aurelia shortly after giving birth to a nine pound son at 5:00 PM. Her husband Chas. Pruitt had been recovering from a sun stroke at Bates hospital, with his condition improving in recent days. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM from Kroll Funeral Home and at the Methodist.
The Cherokee pastor Rev W C Daile will be assisted by Rev Lloyd Scheerer of Aurelia in conducting the services. Burial will follow in Aurelia cemetery.
The season shows a medium weight team with quick action and solid foot speed. About 26 boys expected for practice, with nine having prior full-game experience and around twenty who have played in games. Ten-game schedule lists matches against Cleghorn Sioux Rapids Lake View Marcus Paullina Linn Grove Sutherland Holstein Alta with several conference games. Edwards Perry and Ammons supply pumps windmills plumbing pipes and tanks at telephone 59 tf.
Edwin Trigg is pastor as church school meets at 10 a m and morning worship at 11. The Harrison County Rural Electric Cooperation Assn of Missouri Valley Iowa has an allocation of 200000 dollars for a rural electric system across Harrison Shelby Monona Crawford and Pottawattamie counties. The project covers 200 miles of line serving about 600 farms with power supplied from Denison municipal plant. Watch your subscription date.
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