Christmas Cards and Visits Across Aurelia Area
Community notes recall numerous Sunday visits from Nemaha to Aurelia and neighboring towns. Residents host relatives from Des Moines to Chicago, with weddings, anniversaries, and a buffalo banquet shaping weekend activity. Local church and school events carry through into holiday preparations and hospital plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flory
Helmer Paulson
Nemaha
Aurelia
Gus Kruse
Bernard Johnson
Raymond Kruse
Leeds
C. E. Day
Lake View
W. H. Bischel
Geo. J. Carpenter
Jacksonville
Ilinois
Pat Cline
Joan Jordan
Des Moines
Fred Jordan
Tornado Insurance
Harry H. Lockin
Betty Grienke
Herb Grienke
Burton Ruppert
Iowa
Robert Reilly
Linda
Sioux City
Mrs. Reilly
Herb Will
John Southers
Storm Lake
A. D. Bruce
Souther
George McCurdy
Chas. McCurdy
A. L. Rudnick
Audubon
Social gatherings and family celebrations across Cherokee area
A corsage and games marked a guest of honor as Joan Parrott hosted a gathering. Prizes went to Mrs. O C Holderness, Mrs. Clair Parrott and Mrs. Frank Betsworth. Thanksgiving turkey dinner at the Fierk home gathered multiple families. Pinochle nights featured Ralph and Lawrence Mongan as hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Sturgeon
Camp Stoneman
Pittsburgh
Calif
Raymond Sturgeon
Charles E. Lee
East Side
Aurelia
Pisgah
Marcus
Congregational Missionary Society
Helmer Carlberg
Fred Jordan
Herbert Peterson
Aurelia School
Don Calderwood
Iowa City
Calderwood
University Hospital
Anna Calderwood
Benton Harbor
Mich
Illinois Central
Henry Hansen Jr
William Hansen
Kingsley
Hansen Home
Mrs. Hansen
Fred Wieland
Donnie
Will Wieland
George Wieland
Gretchen
Janet
Robert Taylor
Arleen Meyers
Bennie Wieland
Cherokee
Coral
Joan Parrott
Robert Parrott
O. C. Holderness
Clair Parrott
Frank Betsworth
Imogene Parrott
Katherine Nelson
Albert Fierk
Fierk
Clyde Leeds
Garden City
Minn
Arnold Faber
A. J. Byerly
Vernon Fierk
Edgar Allen
Roy Demarest
Mesdames
Ralph
Lawrence Mongan
Virgil Larson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Flory Drug
Rexallstore
H. P
Arthur D. Bruce
Larson’s Store
Aurelia, Iowa
G. R. Wharton
A. A. Rapp Sr
Ervil Rapp
Buffalo
Chicago-Black Hillis Highway Association
Pocahontas
Niels K. Rasissen
Tyn
Denmark
J. W. Grapenthen
Art Ruebsam
Omaha
Ruebsam
Eleanor Bucknell
Louie Kroll
Leonard Gunther
Waterloo
Chas. Elliott
Don
Honolulu
Korea
U. S
San Francisco
Don Elliott
R. A
Casual Co
Society Notes
Marjorie Parrott
Ed. Bartscheller
Arlene Bugh
Gertrude Jones
Chas. Smith
Laura Rupp
Albert Libke
Lois Lydell
Roy Lydell
John Lydell
Victor Mading
Spencer
Elmer Wohlstrom
Nels Norlin
Chris Jensen
Hazel Parrott
Ollie Pruitt
Larry’s Dray Service
Phone 194
Larry BE. Griffith
Prop
Aurelia Theatre
Wallace Beery
Margaret O’brien
Jean Arthur
John Wayne
Ralph Mongan
Carroll Sansen
Evelyn Lansen
Robert Bjorkgren
Automobile Insurance
al Holler & His Orchestra
Legion Hall
Are
Deuschel’s
Ibe
Hamburger
Pork Hearts
Lard, Ib
C. S
Royal Ann
LINCO
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