Aurelia FFA enters top calf at livestock show
Aurelia's FFA chapter won Grand Champion Over All at the annual livestock show held at Bernard Johnson's barn. The Angus calf, shown by Dennis Anderson, sold to Farmers National Bank of Aurelia for 41.00 per hundred pounds. Reserve Grand Champion Hereford shown by Richard Grienke. Swine division top honors went to Jerry Walcott for Grand Champion market litter and Individual. Average prices at the sale were 35.50 for beef and 24.80 for hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
FFA
Bernard Johnson
National Bank of Aurelia
Dennis Anderson
Henry Anderson
Dennis
Richard Grienke
Bob Miller
Jerry Conley
Gaylen Miller
Duane Kolpin
Leon Otto
Bob Heimsett
Harold Dyslin
Hereford
Leon Ottolé
Erik Radke
Eldon Otto
Don Klumpp
Duane Otto
Junior Robeson
Jerry Walcott
Joe Becker
Gerald Parrott
Jack Walcott
Gayten Miller
Warren
Eugene Held
Hinton
Farmers National Bank
Pioneer Seed Corn Co
Oscar Gustafson
Rath Packing Co
Carlson and
Gustafson
Ty Conley
Ele
Gabie “Miller
Carlson and Gustafson
First Trust & Savings Bank
Farmers Elevator Coif
Edmund Radke
Bruce Implement*Co
Carlson and Gustafsons
Bob’ Heimsoth
Kroll & Patterson
Swansons
Raymiond Kruse
Ernlé Radke
Emma Lehnhardt
Hog Sale Champions and High Bids At Local Auction
A detailed list of buyers and bids at a local hog sale, naming champions, reserve winners, and top bidders. Auctioneers A. B. Lindsay and assistants Oscar Gustafson and Lou Crane oversaw the sale, with clerks from First Trust & Savings Bank and Farmers National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Becker
Carlson & Gustafson
Jerry Walcott
Carlson
Bob Miller
Bob
Miller
Whitney Hardware
A. B. Lindsay
Oscar Gustafson
Lou Crane
Melvin John
First Trust & Savings Bank
Chet Sjoberg
Farmers National Bank
Deibners to Observe Golden Anniversary in Rockford
The Deibners of 2007 Kinsey Street Rockford Illinois will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Thursday September 4 at 8 pm in the sanctuary of the State Street Baptist church with a reception to follow. They were married September 4 1902 in a stone house at Spirit Lake and later lived in Cherokee County before moving to Rockford. They have five children Delmar Ducum mun Larrabee Bert Deibner Janesville Wis Laurence Deibner Cherokee Valley Dr William Deibner and daughter in law Mrs Claus Swanson of Rockford plus nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Their son in law and daughter Claus Swanson and Lucile Deibner Swanson of Rockford will observe their silver fencing anniversary at the same time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Olive
Crippen
E. L. Deibner
Claus’ Swanson
Rockford
Deibner
Kinsey
Color Guard to Join Benefit Night at Soo Speed Bowl
The Aurelia Legion post color guard and flag crew will take part in a Monday benefit program at Soo Speed bowl in Cherokee. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Cherokee County Polio Fund.
Bulldogs Begin 1952 Practice With 33 Players Reported
Coach Bill Hodlam welcomes 33 athletes for football drill as the Bulldogs prep for a nine game slate. Four regulars return, including Francis Brownmiller and Gerald Parrott. roster spans seniors to freshmen. First game hosts Laurens on Sept 12 with a schedule listing nine contests and conference status.
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Bill Hodlam
Buldogs
Bulldogs
Laurens
Francis Brownmiller
Gerald Parrott
Frank Rapp
Dave Nelson
Dennis Anderson
Eldon Otto
Erik Radke
Jack Walcott
Doug Schulke
Doug Ohlson
Charles Stoneking
Leon Otto
Harold Dyslin
Jerry Conley
Bob Lundquist
Dick Anderson
Bob Heimsoth
Bill Whitney
Duane Otto
Garry Kirby
Jim Covey
William Hasenwinkel
Stanley Scherkenbak
Larry Hickey
Gene Peterson
Ben Anderson
Byron Schulke
Chuck Carlson
Roger Jensen
Artie Steffens
Lanny Grigsby
Darrell Rapp
Victor Braunschweig
Sutherland
Hartley
Milford
Paullina
Primghar
Sanborn
Alta
Albert City
Albert ‘City
Kiddie Parade Winners Named in Farmers Picnic Event
The Kiddie Parade sponsored by the Pythian Sisters in conjunction with the Farmers Picnic named winners in several divisions. Floats honored the Old Woman in a Shoe with Joleen Rapp and siblings, while other prizes went to Tom Kruse Larry Benson in the darkies cart division. Pet, costume, vehicle, and pie eating contest results followed with multiple local children among the top finishers.
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Pythian Sisters
Joleen Rapp
Ervil Rapp
Terry Rapp
Bruce
Brian’ Rapp
Ladell Rapp
Susan
Rapp
Carolyn ‘Stutz
Westbrook
Minn
Tommy “Kruse
Raymond Kruse
Larry_ Benson
Oren Coombs
Tommy Coombs Jr
Tom Coombs
Judy Crapser
Frank Crapser
Shirley
Connie Cockburn
George Cockburn
Randy Rasmussen
Robert Rasmussen
Linda Reilly
Robert Reilly
Jeffery Will
Dean Will
Cherokee County Rural Women's Chorus Reorganizes
The Cherokee County Rural Women's Chorus plans a reunion meeting on Friday September 5 at 2 15 p.m. at the Arrow theater Cherokee to reorganize. Open to all rural women with two monthly rehearsals set for September 5 and 19 under director Della Beth Thomson with Marion Abels as accompanist. The chorus formed in 1936 disbanded in 1942 and previously earned a blue ribbon in district chorus at Primghar. Committee: Ia Bugh Carl Grauer John Lawniczak Ben Abels Irving Torrey.
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Cherokee County Rural Women's Chorus
Arrow Theater
Cherokee
Della Beth Thomson
Cleghorn
Marion Abels
Primghar
Ia Bugh
Carl Grauer
John Lawniczak
Ben Abels
Irving Torrey
Aurelia Picnic Night Features Local Boxing and Music Acts
Monday program included local boxing matches and a tilting contest between Cliff Bruce and Kenneth Ohison. Aurelia presented two former residents Carl Nelson and William Diercks directing bands, plus four ballgames and softball clashes among Aurelia, Galva, Rembrandt, and Hanover, with pitchers and batteries named. PTA executive committee meets Wednesday September 3 at 4 15 p m at the schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Kruse
Dave Hench
Danny Mummert
Doug Whitney
Junior Anderson
Loren Miller
Malcolm Teerink
Cliff Bruce
Kenneth Ohison
Clarence Ohlson
Aurelia
Raymod Krusé
Aurelians
Carl Nelson
Fort Madison
William’ Diercks
Hammond
Inds
William Diercks
Diercks
Hammond ‘High School
Hammond City
Nelson
Mr. Diercks
PTA
Aurelia, Pta
Congregational Church to Host Buena Vista Speaker Sunday
Regular services are held at the Congregational church this Sunday with a guest speaker from Buena Vista College filling the pulpit in Rev. Gebhardt's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Congregational ‘ Church
Buena Vista College
Gebhardt
Trial Jurors Named For September Term
Trial jurors drawn for the September 1952 term are summoned to appear September 15 at 10 a.m. Names include Loren Alexander Peterson Carl Baertling Ethel Bell Aurelia Mrs W H Bell Cherokee Mrs T Boothby Jr Cherokee J D Burrell Quimby Mrs Roy Bush Cherokee Elmer Cipperly Washta Dwight Clark Cherokee Frank Conley Cherokee Edmund Corzil ius Cherokee Arnold Dorr Marcus Albert Eggert Cherokee Duane Fee Washta L P Fitzgerald Marcus Mrs Nathan Frolkey Cherokee O C Fuchs Cherokee Clifford Gould Aurelia Raymond Gould Cherokee John Grieme Aurelia Lorne Groeppner Marcus Mrs Joe Groves Cherokee Chester Holden Cherokee Mrs Frank Hurd Cherokee Richard Irwin Grand Meadow Washta Harold Johnson Marcus Wayne Kirby Aurelia Mrs Lester Kirchoff Cleg horn Margaret Knipe Cherokee Ray Lauters Marcus Mrs Naomi Lieb Cherokee Amos Lindstrom Meriden Harry Lundell Cherokee Hazel Mansfield Cherokee Dick Means Cleghorn Mrs Omer Michel son Cherokee Ray Muehl Marcus Billy Mummert Cherokee Knox Montgomery Cherokee Anna Mossman Marcus Mrs Hazel McAlpine Cherokee D W McCauley Cherokee Mrs P O McWilliams Cherokee Carl Netley Cherokee Faye Patterson Cherokee A L Perry Aurelia Ralph Peterson Galva Bob Phalen Cherokee Mrs Elmer Phelan Cherokee Marie Primus Cherokee Lydell Rapp Aurelia Robert Roberts Marcus Lee Simons Marcus Alfred Simonson Aurelia Wayne Sleezer Cherokee Robert Snapp Aurelia Walter Stevenson Cherokee Mrs A L Swanson Cherokee Raymond Timmerman Cherokee Mrs George Tjaden Cherokee Albert Trapp Marcus Mrs Felix Walker Cherokee Neva Warner Washta Clementine Westphal Aurelia Ida Woodall Marcus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Alexander
Peterson
Carl Baertling
Marcus
Ethel Bell
Aurelia
W.H. Bell
T. Boothby Jr
J. D. Burrell
Quimby
Roy Bush
Elmer Cipperly
Washta
Dwight Clark
Frank Conley
Edmund Corzilius
Arnold Dorr
Albert Eggert
Duane Fee
L. P. Fitzgerald
Nathan Frolkey
O. C. Fuchs
Clifford Gould
Raymond Gould
John Grieme
Lorne Groeppner
Joe Groves
Chester Holden
Frank Hurd
Billy Mummert
Knox Montgomery
Anna
Mossman
Hazel-McAlpine
D. W. McCauley
P. O. McWilliams
Carl Netley
Faye Patterson
A. L. Perry
Ralph Peterson
Galva
Bob Phalen
Elmer Phelan
Cherokee
Marie Primus
Lydell Rapp
Robert Roberts
Lee Simons
Alfred Simonson
Wayne Sleezer
Robert Snapp
Walter Stevenson
A. L. Swanson
Raymond Timmerman
George Tjaden
Albert Trapp
Felix Walker
Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting Tonight in Cherokee
The Cherokee AA chapter will hold an open meeting tonight at 8 in the Cherokee high school auditorium. Speakers include a state senator and a Spirit Lake member. The two year old group invites all with an alcoholic problem to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Chapter
Alcoholics Anonymous
Cherokee
a_ state
Spirit Lake
Aurelia school to open 1952 53 term with new combo room
The Aurelia Consolidated school will begin the 1952 53 term on Monday September 1 with registration and orientation then classes starting Tuesday. The building has Remodeled with glass blocks, new lights and a combination third fourth grade room to handle more pupils. Tuition rises and bus routes and lunch program resume, with posted dismissal times and a full faculty list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia Consolidated School
D. J. Friedlund
Board of Education
Friedkind
Aurelia
Hansbruch Drug
Donna Mooney
Neia
Vere Corrington Wins First In State Horse Show
Vere Corrington of Aurelia won first place in the State Horse Show at Webster City on Sunday August 17 riding his horse Trigger in the light stock horse class. Don Snyder of Sioux Rapids took third with a quarter mare. Both men represented the Northwest Iowa Trailriders. Also attending were Mrs Vere Carrington and family Mr and Mrs Fred Metty Jack Coombs and Mr and Mrs Lou Crane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vere Corrington
Aurelia
Webster City
Trigger
Don Snyder
Sioux Rapids
Northwest Iowa Trailriders
Vere Carrington
Fred Metty
Jack Coombs
Lou Crane
Gebhardt Schulke Wedding Held in Aurelia Church
The Congregational church in Aurelia hosted the August 24 wedding of Margaret Gebhardt and Merry D. Schulke in a double ring ceremony. The couple, both Aurelia High School graduates, will reside in Iowa City after Sept. 2 while pursuing studies at the University of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational
Aurelia
Margaret Gebhardt
J. E. Gebhardt
Merry
D. Schulke
Theodore Schulke
Cherokee
Stanworth
Methodist
Peterson
Ivan Bushlow
Henrietta Folkens
Rock Rapids
Services Held Aug 20 For Miss Louise Kruse
Funeral services for Louise Kruse 23 daughter of Mr and Mrs Axel Kruse Alta were held Aug 20 at Trinity Lutheran Alta. She died Aug 17 in a Sioux City hospital after polio. Burial at Buena Vista Memorial Park near Storm Lake. She lived in Alta all her life and worked in Storm Lake stores and Sears. Surviving parents a brother Kenneth Storm Lake two sisters Mrs James Larsen Alta and Mrs Walter Witt Battle Creek five nieces and a nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Kruse
Axel Kruse
Alta
Trinity Lutheran Church, Alta
Carl Larson
Kruse
Sioux City
Gerald Christensen
Paul Koepsell
William Coombs
Evans Mark
Carl Turnquist
Don Elliott
Bert Gustafson
Don Holstein
David Slusher
Kenneth Johnson
Bill Walker
Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery
Storm Lake
Louise Delores Kruse
Axel
Charlotte Kruse
Penny and
Woodward
Sears
Miss Kruse
Kenneth
James Larsen
Walter Witt
Battle Creek
Aurelia
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Don‘Klumpp
Cherokee. Implement Co
Bob’Heimsoth
Golden ‘Rule
Duade Otto
Farmers National’ Bank
Osterling Construction Co
Mrs
Farmers Elevator Co
Oscar Gustaf
Benson
Deibners
Monnday
Trust & Savings
Para
Ager
Cgtg
EBT
Harold Hansen
Anderson
Gary
Mongan
Kissenmackér
Brown
Shirsiley
Shéerkenbak
Mauréen “Mallory
Geen
Eastman
Rembrandt
Hanover
Roy Matzdorff
Herb Grienke
Harold Mohr
Richard Jones
Anton Jensen
Anne’ Gustafson
Camp Breckenridge, Ky
August Gustafson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Maha
Joan Gaffney
Virginia Watts
Elaine Leonard
Holstein
Pearl Mousel
Alton
Joanne Kolb
Lily Niebuhr
Hazel Troxel
Mary Stille
Schaller
Lola Hickey
O’letha Bartley
Gilmore City
Arline Aldred
Herman Fuller
Sac City
Claris Linder
Pat Miller
Mary Cole
William Eros
Des Moines
Lou Collier
Clare Ohlson
Voc
Ellen Langner
Bill Hodam
Voc. Ag
J.R. Carpenter
DeWayne Ehlert
Crist_ Droegmiller
Jim Parrott
A. W. Larson
Helen Dyslin
John Galvin
William Westphal
W. Grapenthen
Co. Hl
Kaskey
B. Howell
Paul Stieneke
Orlo’Shank
Russell Allen
Aston Cons
E. G. Bates
Joan Dyslin
Herbert, Peterson
W.e.whitney
Martin
Strampe
Ordell Gertsmeier
Leland Anderson
Paul Nelson
Burt Mummert
Glenwood Waddell
Diana McGill
Leland Dawson
Carole Larson
Ivar Carlson
Ora Jordan
O.S. Nelson
Iowa City
Aurelia High School
Iowa University
Eskel Etling
Newman Grove
San‘ell
Nancy
Rudy Hoehne
Stanton
Neb
Folkens
Henrietta
Patricia
Deloris Smith
Richard Peterson
Council Bluffs
Joe Rowan
Burlington
John Holt
Bob Strom
Merle McMann
Ft. Dodge
Marilyn Shurr
Valparaiso
Ind
La-Verne Holmes
Roy Ohlson
Daniel Adamson
D. C. Kent
John Kissinger
le Mars
Charles Cooper
John Maine
Fred Schoonover
Clarence Waltman
Arvid Anderson
Georgia Mase
Gene Grant
L. C. Bengtson
Lester Whitehouse
Jim Whitehouse
Oliver Schnell
Donald Schnell
Ben Bierbaum
Myrtle Holmes
Jim Reed
Raymond Sturgeon
Albert Magill
Ames
Diana Magill
Washington, D. C
Howard Schoonover
Della Schoonover
Eagle Grove
Nevada
Robert Dawson
Gilbert
Frank Jordan
Mankato
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