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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
2
The Aurelia Sentinel notes E. C. LIGHTER as proprietor with publication every Thursday and entry as second class matter at the Aurelia Iowa post office.
Cherokee high school dominated the county declamatory contest held in Aurelia with first places in Oratorical Dramatic and Humorous. Aurelia and Marcus shared second places in various categories. Irene Paulson performed solo. judges were professors from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake.
Marcus readers hear results from the county preliminary contest held Thursday evening in Marcus. Cherokee took the top spot. Marcus competitors earned several second places and one first in dramatics with Wilbur Miller winning. Donald Loomis placed second in humorous. Wilma Jean Bryant second in dramatic. Mar v in Lehnhardt placed second in oratorical. Howard Snyder also second in oratorical. Bill Siple second in humorous.
All Aurelia school buses were found in first class condition after inspection by road patrolmen. Brakes horns lights tires and body were checked with two buses lacking directional signal lights.
Maurice Hansen announces the opening of a dray and hauling business in Aurelia and invites local patrons to commission services. He seeks support for any draying or hauling needs in the area.
Coach Poulson's cagers shared an evening with Meriden high school. Aurelia won 7 5 in overtime while Meriden beat Aurelia 10 9. Robar led Aurelia with six points. Fassler sank the basket in OT to win for Aurelia. The squad features seven lettermen: Lehnhardt Robar Nel son Reilly Coombs Wieland Kline. They host Larrabee Friday.
A crocodile carved in India in the third century B C is exhibited by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and hailed as the oldest Indian stone sculpture to reach America.
The funeral for Mrs. Henry Glawe was held Thursday at the Congregational church in Aurelia with Rev. Edwin Trigg in charge. Burial followed at Aurelia cemetery. Mrs. Glawe died Sunday afternoon November 27 after a heart attack at age 61. She had lived in Aurelia most of her life and was active in community welfare and church work, leaving behind her husband Henry Glawe and many children and relatives.
The Glawe and Mummert families express sincere thanks to friends for kindness and sympathy in their recent bereavement and for the many beautiful floral tributes. Henry Glawe Edwin Mummert and the Mummert and Glawe children.
All transportation and tuition acs counts due the Aurelia consolidated school district must be paid by December 24th or service will be stopped. M. C. Paulson, Secretary, Pump Windmill and Plumbing, Espy McDeid. Phone 99.
The Aurelia Sentinel runs notices of upcoming closingout sales. Einer Hansen quits farming with a sale December 12 at Leonard Larson farm east of Aurelia. 70 head livestock and farm machinery. G C Peterson sells December 18 at a farm south of Aurelia with cattle horses hogs and corn in crib. Bill Booth plans a December 13 public sale at John Meisenhelter farm with Shorthorn cattle horses and hogs.
The notice lists 81 head of Shorthorn cattle 60 hogs 13 ewes and 2 sets of breeching harness with complete sale details to be published in next week's Sentinel.
An anteater is seen walking on its knuckles with a relaxed gait while reserving its sharp claws for excavating ant nests, illustrating how its locomotion adapts to foraging behavior.
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