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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
9
Local residents visit relatives in Cherokee Paullina Storm Lake and Des Moines. Bank offices redecorate and install a new desk. Aurelia groups plan Christmas carols and a choir tours November 30. National crochet contest honors Mrs Buddenhagen with New York exhibition.
Community notes cover visitors to the E C Lighter home and Mary Demarest family gatherings. Births include Anuel Byerle’s son, with ties to Dorathy Fierk. Glenn Dyslin's hospital stay and the Libby family in California are noted along with local church and school events. Dean Gilbert joins the Iowa State Teachers chorus for Handel’s Messiah at the college auditorium.
Farm Bureau women held follow-up meetings at several homes. Pitcher township hosts Mrs Alvin Peterson and Mrs Ed Mathews led lessons on food needs. Diamond township gatherings covered Fundamental Food Values with twelve attendees each. Maurice Eddy hosted Pitcher township session with a sanitation quiz and lunch.
Afton area residents hosted and visited across towns including Aurelia Cherokee Rockford and Sioux City. Guests included Iva Odor Opal Cave Mildred Cave and Ruth Holderness with many family and community members sharing dinners parties and hospital news. 4 H club Christmas party and various moves and visits mark a busy week.
Mrs. Mabel Neville hosted a six thirty dinner on Sunday December 7 with out of town guests the Teigens Rosenes and others. Bridge club hosts included E C Lighter and Walt Radke with high scores by C H Kaskey G R Wharton and Howard Nelson and A J Fraser. Mrs George Johnson led a four table bridge party December 6 with red rose favors and lunch. The N R club met December 4 with prizes won by Mildred Perry Mary Ericson and Luella Grienke. A Pythian Sisters card party December 5 featured chesslike scoring and door prizes. St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid met with officers elected: Matzdorf Ewoldt Deyloff Grapenthen.
Ellen Ohlson of Aurelia will perform as a soprano in the 87th annual Messiah at Cornell College on Sunday December 14. The Christmas oratorio directed by Harold Blatz is presented by the college oratorio society and symphony orchestra.
Mrs. Frank Johns received word that her mother Mrs. V. E. Challman of Storm Lake died Monday morning after a stroke suffered previously. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peterson were noted in the notice.
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