Local News Items Reflect Community Happenings
Local bureau lists visits, family moves, and social notes from Aurelia Iowa and nearby areas. Entries mention Crippen and Frank families, school and hospital visits, a Fox craft of linoleum at the Peoples Telephone Co. office, moves involving Libby and Mummert properties, and the upcoming Legion Auxiliary meeting with Mrs. Bou salis reporting on Marshalltown convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Telephone Co
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Viola Bousalis
Cherokee
Marshalltown
Tlorence Matzdorff
Lorna Porter
Ruby Holderness
Aurelia Community Notices and Visitor Log Highlights
Local notes list visitors to Aurelia and area homes from Des Moines, Phoenix, Fort Dodge, Clarksville and Diamond Center. Labor Day banking holiday affects Aurelia banks. travelers report trips to Greybull and Yellowstone, with several extended family and friend visits over recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Community Notes From Alta and Surrounding Towns
Mrs. McGowan and children visited in Alta at the Ed Rice home. Margaret Eddy returns to Des Moines to resume teaching at Wilson Junior High next week. K. J. Phillips appointed county manager for the Des Moines Register & Tribune Co. Afton 4-H girls plan an eating stand at Aurelia Farmers Picnic to raise club funds. Several dinners and visits noted with Chicago Hartley and Cherokee residents. Miss Beryl Mae McKinnis of Des Moines A.L.B. posts high typing contest grade. Bonnie Albright and Phillip Peterson perform at Cherokee concert. Near distances include Rockford and Chicago visits. local Farm Bureau station man Ernest Brooklund fills in during absence. Ralph Brown, former Aurelia catcher, aims for aviation cadet training en route to U S Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afton League of
Afton Township
4-H Girls
Farmers Picnic
Aurelia
Ralph Brown
Storm Lake White Caps
Sioux City
U. S. Air Force
Morningside College
Randolph Field
Kelly Vield
Wilhelm family picnic and wider travels noted
Mr and Mrs E C Lighter and son Selene attended a Wilhelm family picnic at Algona Sunday and stayed with Carl Lighter in Spirit Lake. Stella Joy Mary Alice and Merle Whitaker of Sardis Miss visited R J Sturgeon. Merle later joined the Guarantee Oil Co transport to Kansas City then Baldwin Kan before home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Chase
Columbus
Nebr
Wilford Chase
Omaha
W. P. Dawson
Carl H. Johnson
Qlana Nord
Lamberton
Minn
Clarence Johnson
Albert City
Alleda Nelson
Rockford, Il
Claus Anderson
Lilian Nord
Herman Hylem
Aurelia
Emil Carlson
Violet
Cc. H. Peterson
Maurice
Diamond Center
E. C. Lighter
Selene
Wilhelm
Algona
Carl Lighter
Spirit Lake
Stella Joy
Mary Alice
Merle Whitaker
Sardis
Miss
R. J. Sturgeon
Merle
Guarantee Oil Co
Kansas City
Baldwin
Kan
H. H. Deyloff
West
Cheyenne
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Reno
Nev
California
Boulder Dam
Denver
Cole
Emma Neuman
Rubberness
Society Notes Highlight Local Club Events and Farewells
Mrs. Gustafson’s birthday surprise at Mrs. Bert Philpott’s home kicks off a busy stretch of social gatherings. Helping Hand Circle and Embroidery Club hosts feature birthday tributes and officer elections while Mr. and Mrs. W A Lewis receive a church basket sendoff. Garden club bids farewell with a hamburger fry for Mrs. Lewis, and Pinochle Club hosts a waffle breakfast with Joan Westphal as guest. The Past Presidents Parley meets in Cherokee with rug orders discussed and a guest from Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Gustafson
Bert Philpott
Helping Hand Circle
Art Peckenschneider
Jess McDied
Jespy McDied
C. W. Albright
Peckenschneider
Garden Club
W. A. Lewis
Aurelia Garden Club
George Scott
Iowa City
Lewis
Pinochle Club
A. W. Larson
Joan Westphal
Parley
Faber
Cherokee
Frank Faber
Clay Dawson
Veteran’s Hospital
Knoxville
0. B. East
Alice Ebel
Minneapolis, Minn
Arnold Faber
Lovely Afternoon Lunch Close of Day
A brief afternoon scene describes a pleasant meal shared in a calm setting as daylight wanes. The vignette focuses on simple sustenance, gentle conversation, and a sense of quiet conclusion to the afternoon.
FFA Trip Details Across Kansas City to Miami Okla
The account describes a FFA trip with 1936 planes including a two motor bomber, a night at Swope Park Kansas City, camping under the stars, a visit to Swope Park Zoo, travel through Joplin and Galena to Miami Oklahoma, and a late night supper by flashlight after Earl Larson awoke to a train-like whistle and an empty park bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Swope Park
Globe
Joplin
Galena
Kan
Miami
Okla
Earl Larson
Rescue Attempt Amid Hill Run In Fatal Incident
A man attempted to save Donald Nelson during a sudden hill run but Nelson did not move. The report ends with “Continued Next Week” implying ongoing coverage of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Nelson
William Bates Accepts Washington Iowa Coaching Post
William Bates resigns as Milford coach to take head basketball and assistant football roles at the Washington high school and junior college in Washington Iowa. A Buena Vista graduate, he previously coached at Battle Creek and Milford, and recently earned a master’s degree from Colorado State College of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bates
Ns. G. Bates
Aurelia
Milford
Washington
William
Buena Vista College
Battle Creek
Greeley
Colo
Colorado State College of Education
Tie
Bates
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Lillie’s Beauty Parlor
Lockin Agency
Eclipse Lbr. Co
Earl Crippen
Victor Frank
Alta
Mrs
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Yankton, S. D
L. E. Walters
Fidelis
Sioux Falls, S. D
A. E. Krout
Bobbie and
Dickie Anderson
Floyd Anderson
Bates Hospital
Robert Fassler
Frye Aircraft School
Adolph Fassler
Wayne Kirkpatrick
Carl Herold
C. O. Libby
Frank Mummert
Tom Griffith
Gertrude Russell
E. E. Crippen
C. O. Larson
Iowa
A. A. Davis
Claude
Glenn Evans
Newell
Russ Parrott
Peter Cox
O. B. East
Chas. Lockin
Mapleton
Edward Gray
Ernest Scherkenbach
Ed Rice
Ruthven
Nels Peterson
Rochester, Minn
Clayton Sonlfoul
Martha Peterson
Hollywood
Calif
Lowe Brothers Derby
B. F. Rouppert
Mgr
Espy
Jack Anderson
Hazel of Manson
Wade Brown
F. M. Flory
Des Moines
C. C. Hansen
W. H. Bischel
W. A. Kruse
Fort Dodge
Keith Card
Union Star
Vincent Buhman
Joyce Waltman
Walter Whitney
Lusion Pulis
Jess Rambler
Clarksville, In
Richard Nelson
John Pruitt
Wyanet
Ill
John Quinn
Des Plaines
G. Paulson
Arthur
Albert Geuther
Phoenix, Ariz
Lena Genther
Wn. Tolzin
Mildred Thomson
E. M. Butterfield
Paullina
Milner
N. D
Chas. Elliott
Mrs. Thomson
Ben Gilleas
Gilleas
Whitney
Colt Show
Selene Lighter
Edwin Watts
Dale Larson
J. W. Grapen
Fred Kaskey
Fred C. Jordan
Bill Swanson
Greybull
Mr. Swanson
Nels
Black Hills
Yellowstone National Park
Lockin Insurance Office
Harry H. Lockin Insurance Agency
Heron
Frank Goodwater
Mound
Ralph Herson
Larry of
Fonda
H. S. Herson
Rose Pomeroy
CR Pomeroy
Terrink
Russ
Maple Valley
Hatchery
Mrs. McGowan
Margaret Eddy
Wilson Junior High
K. J. Phillips
Des Moines Register & Tribune Co
Earl Wilhelm
Chicago
Charles Wilhelm
Alma Wilhelm
Hartley
Frank Lighter
Frank Fanning
James
Moneta
Faye Jackson
Long Beach
Litta Carpenter
Anna Langkand
Archie Shireman
Beryl Mae McKinnis
Harley McKinnis
A.lb
Lytoon
Bonnie Albright
Mrs. O. W. Albright
Phillip Peterson
Ernest Brooklund
Phyllis
Wilbert George
Harold Pearson
Kenneth
Bjorklund
Ernest Lind
Leonard Griffith
Farm Bureau
Ernest
Oneal Bender
Society
Tena Grienke
Embroidery Club
Myra Beeghley
Robert Orr
Angel Byerle
Storm Lake
A. V. Fierk
Gladys Rapp
Effie Johnson
Clementine Westphal
I. C. Kroll
L. H. Preul
George Parrott
Methodist Church
The
Carl G. Anderson, Mer
F.F.A. Trip
Wayne Egg
Wayne
W. G. Whitney
Aurelia, Towa
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