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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1964
Page
4
The Aurelia Commercial club outlined a Holiday program with a $100 prize drawing. Beginning this weekend and each weekend until December 19 21, participating merchants will post Lucky Holiday Numbers for customers to match at the store. High school musicians will lead Christmas carols at the events.
The Sentinel invites readers 12 and older to find the weekly Lucky Holiday Numbers posted in stores. Participants collect no purchase is required and prizes worth 3 to 5 dollars are awarded to winners who match numbers on Thursday Friday or Saturday. Numbers change daily to boost chances and prizes must be claimed by Saturday night.
The Aurelia Commercial Club sponsors a Christmas drawing with four Grand Prizes of $25 in Club Cash. Anyone 12 or older may register without obligation to buy. Register in multiple stores. each entry earns a ticket, and presence is required when names are drawn to claim prizes. Tickets go into a single barrel.
Santa is slated to visit Wednesday December 23 to meet children and hear their Christmas wishes and hand out free candy. Organizers hope additional activities accompany the event.
A list of merchants taking part in the Lucky Holiday Number program with daily visits planned across three weekends. Also lists Aurelia Community School students named to the second six weeks honor roll, including seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen with high GPAs.
Funeral services for William H. Hahn 77 formerly of Silver township and Cherokee were conducted at Mt. Olive Baptist church. Burial followed at Good Hope cemetery. Hahn died in Cherokee after a weeklong illness on Saturday November 28. He was born October 16 1887 in Cherokee county and married Christine Hendrickson February 16 1914. He and his wife farmed in Silver township before retiring to Cherokee two and a half years ago. They celebrated their Golden Anniversary this year with daughters Frances de St. Pael and Helen Ferguson, five grandchildren, brother Irvin Hahn, and sister Nellie Sawvell surviving.
Cherokee County Democratic Women's club meets Monday December 7 at Bartlett Tea room with a 1 PM luncheon. Reservations due by December 5 to Mrs Ed Bartlett 744 W Main St Cherokee 225 3464. After lunch a business meeting will elect officers and a 50 cent gift exchange is planned.
Aurelia teams endured two tight losses last week. At Hartley the boys fell 75-52 and the girls lost 75-25. In Holstein the girls dropped 80-33 and the boys 76-74 in overtime. Linda Corrington led Aurelia with 11 points while Susan Getting scored 25 for Hartley.
A series of birth notices lists newborns and family details. Dennis Ray Wentworth born Nov 18 to Virgil and spouse in Cherokee. Kent Ervil born Nov 26 weighing 11 lb 4 oz. Brian Keith Parrott born Nov 18 in Alta weighing 8 lb 5 oz. Teresa Kay Brownmiller born Nov 28 in Quimby. Melissa Ann Koth born Nov 24 in Galva. Perry Paul Peterson born Nov 23 in Sioux Valley hospital. Include listed grandparents great grandparents and sibling counts.
Multiple letters request toys including a Tiger Joe bike and train. A December 5 holiday bazaar hosted by Aurelia Methodist Church invites the public from 1 30 to 5 p m. Scouts will pick up Norman Rockwell calendars at Bowen's store with a bottle of pop for each.
Aurelia High School concert band directed by Tony Klein performed at the Iowa Music Educators Association convention in Des Moines. The troupe traveled by two buses, stopping in Fort Dodge and Ankeny, with a smorgasbord lunch at the Breese House, then attended the All-State event at Kant Theater before returning.
Den 40f Aurelia Cub Scouts presented a bird feeder to Sunset Knoll Retirement Home during a Monday after school ceremony. Garden club members attended and residents enjoyed a performance of Silent Night. Den members listed include Ronnie Anderson Ricky Sorenson Johnny Miller Bradley Lundberg Matt George David Johnson Kevin Ritchie and Timmy Hills with Mrs. Robert Lundberg as Den Mother assisted by Mrs. Roger Miller. Cutting Seed Costs topic set for Agriculture Adult Night School December 9 at 7:30 pm with seeding rates crop varieties and related discussions.
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