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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel is published every Thursday and is entered as second class matter at the Aurelia Iowa post office. E C Lighter is listed as proprietor and publisher.
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Aurelia Main Street glitters with holiday lights across two blocks. Wires span the street and two lighted stars hover overhead, repeating the festive display from prior years.
The town centers on a large Christmas tree at the Main street intersection with extensive lighting and decorated windows. Residential areas showcase small trees with lights and ornaments as Christmas approaches. Wharton Funeral Home displays large scale yard decorations featuring life size three wise men and camels. Osage residents John Simon and Willis Baker suffered broken noses in separate car accidents last week.
Two weeks after mailing 190 Aurelia residents 106 replies arrived. Mrs. A V Fierk reports 783 letters returned with $39.07 in receipts. Eighty four letters unaccounted for. missing donors urged to report to cut follow up costs. Extra seals available at Mrs Fierk's home and remittances accepted by mail or in local courtesy boxes.
Church notes outline weekly schedule with services and events led by Pastor L. H. Preul. A Christmas musical program is set for December 15 at 3 p.m. under Mrs. O. C. Waddell, and a Christmas caroling trip follows the Epworth League lesson.
A Christmas musicale will be presented at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock under the direction of Mrs. O C Waddell. The program includes vocal and organ selections and the cantata The Heavenly Child directed by Miss Anabelle Bowen with performances by Vernon Kaskey Miss Annabelle Bowen Dean Gilbert Miss Pearl Thorson and a four part choir featuring Miss Bowen and Miss Thor son.
St Pauls Lutheran Church invites visitors to Sunday worship in English at 10 45 a m with Holy Communion to be celebrated this Sunday Registration for communion Friday Sermon based on 1 Cor 4 1 5 asks Who are the stewards of Gods mysteries How are these stewards to be regarded What is required of them Who is their judge The church also notes Sunday school at 9 45 a m and a children's Christmas program rehearsal Sunday attachments include Advent reminders and a welcoming tone for all attendees.
Pastor Edwin Trigg leads church school at 10 a m. Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship hosts a Christmas devotional Sunday evening at 7 30 with The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke and organ. Readers include Doris Jean Renaud Jean Simmers Viola Fierk and Elda Dagger. High school sextette sings and I P F missionary offering supports the cantata The Babe of Bethlehem next Sunday morning and the Christmas Eve program on Tuesday Dec 24 at 7 30.
Mrs Wm Buddenhagen will hold a closing out farm sale Thursday December 19 on the farm 74 miles north and 1 mile east of Aurelia. The estate includes 8 horses 31 cattle 15 pigs 4 ewes abundant machinery 50 tons clover and alfalfa hay three stacks clover straw and many tools. Further listing and details appear in this week's Sentinel advertisement.
Classified locals advertise pure bred Poland China and Spotted China boars for sale from Wm Hahn Hultgren Bros Emmett Rand and E H Mohn plus service station and tavern for sale Swanson Garage Cherokee Iowa and dressed geese ducks capons sold by Mrs W H Heimsoth. Help wanted Sherman Nursery Co Charles City Iowa seeks solicitors landscape plans offered energetic workers book orders for spring planting.
Postponed to Monday December 16 due to conflicting dates. Event begins at 8 PM with 10 cent admission to raise funds for the band uniform fund. Featured performances include Beethoven pieces, Bach arrangements, and various student ensembles from Westendorf and Holmes High School.
Cherokee and Meriden high school entrants won five first division honors at the state declamatory contest preliminaries at Cleghorn Consolidated School. Bonita Hahn led with first in oratorical. Maxine Kirchoff and Merilyn Hull shared first in dramatic. Don Duven and Lester Peck tied for first in humorous.
Mrs. Bruno W Boll of Sheldon was attacked by a muskrat recently. Fortunately the animal's teeth did not penetrate her overshoe.
Marion County Treasurer Fred Williams reports in his office several hundred dollars of unclaimed bank dividends and witness fees awaiting claimants, prompting residents to check records.
Cherokee county Farm Bureau workers met at the Hotel Lewis to receive final instructions for the annual membership drive. County Agent C. H. Thompson led the briefing as the drive runs from Tuesday morning until Friday and Monday night December 16 with the annual meeting set for Immaculate Conception church hall.
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