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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1958
Page
5
The 1958 59 Aurelia Community School term starts Monday Sept 1 at 8 45 a m with registration and orientation. Classes begin Tuesday Sept 2. Bus routes begin Sept 1 with pickups at 7 45 a m and end around 11 a m. Kindergarten sessions run half days with specific dismissal times and a detailed tuition and book rental schedule is provided.
Mr and Mrs Gary Mongan announce the birth of a daughter on Sunday August 17 weighing 8 pounds Cynthia Ann The paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ralph Mongan of Aurelia and Mrs Beth Shank of Omaha Neb is the great grandmother.
Ostlunds will hold an open house at the Congregational Parsonage Sunday August 24 from 7 30 to 10 p m in observance of their first year in Aurelia and Mr Douglas Ostlund and Mrs Ostlund 14th wedding anniversary. All residents are invited to call during the event.
Funeral services for Edgar Johnson 66 of Cherokee formerly of Silver Township were held Wednesday from Mt Olivet Baptist Church with Rev Bert Cowley officiating. He died Saturday August 16 after a 17 day illness. Survivors include his wife a son Donald M Jatinsean Greene five stepsons two of Cherokee Homer Anderson Ata a, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren and three brothers and a sister in Sweden. Burial was in Good Hope Cemetery.
Lt Galen Gilbert son of Mr and Mrs Man Gilbert will show colored slides he took during his three year U S Air Force tour in Western Germany. The event is Monday August 25 at the Afton Community Building starting at 7 pm. Friends invited. cake and coffee will be served.
Aurera high school schedules football practice to begin Monday August 25 at 8 30 am with about 30 days of reporting and nine returning lettermen. Equipment will be issued Saturday at the school house from 4 30 am to 3 pm and first practice follows. Physicians will host physical and dental examinations for all boys planning to participate starting Wednesday August 27 at 7 pm.
Phyllis Otto and 13 other students received certificates in practical nursing at the University of Iowa graduation exercises held Tuesday in Iowa City. Graduates plan to take state licensure exams with the Iowa Board of Nurse Examiners in September. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Otto, their family, Mrs. John Baumann and son John.
Carolyn Buddenhagen daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Buddenhagen won third place in the Cherokee County Fair Queen contest She received a clock radio and represented the Aftonettes 4 H club at the event.
The Orville Erickson farm four miles north of Alta was sold to Henry of Holstein on Saturday, as reported this week.
Community event presents rodeo rodeo roped events and a swimming meet at local park. Includes entertainment by Royse and Cariv bands and a school All Stars vs Meadow Pops basketball game. Children activities and prizes for rodeo participants and a livestock show.
The Aurelia band ends its summer schedule with a rehearsal and two concerts next week. No rehearsal will be held at the band team house. They will perform Thursday at Marcus Fair and present an evening concert at the Joral Farmers Pacific.
Funeral services for Mrs Sophia Mohrer were conducted in Arlington on Monday afternoon August 11. A former resident of Afton township she died in Arlington. She is survived by six sons two daughters and one brother Frank Dreyer of Cherokee. Her husband John Mohrer preceded her in death.
Firemen were called to the Otto Plautz home Wednesday morning to extinguish an overheating washing machine meter. Although there was considerable smoke, damage was confined to the motor.
The Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters invite their fans to a picnic at the Shelter House next Friday evening at 6 30. Bring a covered dish, sandwich, and table service.
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