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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1955
Page
5
Aurelia community pool funding moves into final drive as the 300 Club seeks 300 donations of 10 dollars to clear remaining debts and finish painting and groundwork. The small drive parallels a detailed financial report showing total receipts and outstanding accounts payable.
Mt Olive Baptist Church will host a special illustrated Christmas Hymn Sing on Sunday night December 18 at 3 o'clock. Five color film strips will show hymns and their origins before singing. An illustrated Life of Christ message with a dozen paintings will follow. Dr Paul Smith executive secretary of the Iowa Baptist Convention will speak at a family night supper on Monday December 19. The supper begins at 6 p.m. and program at 8 p.m. He will share pictures from his world tour covering the Philippines Hong Kong India Burma the Holy Land and other nations.
In a community forum Aurelia residents urged more support for two top local basketball squads. They criticize half filled seats and low gate receipts despite tough schedules with Lake Storm Lake Sioux Center Holstein Manson Pocahontas Sac City Ida Grove and others. A perk offered is free rides to the Dec 21 game with Manson.
Aurelia announces the engagement of Karol Elaine Grashoff to Ted White Jr with a December 25 wedding planned at the Aurelia Methodist church. Sioux City confirms Darlene Mae Kolpin to Gene Simmons with a fall wedding planned.
The district will dismiss Thursday December 22 at 2 p m for Christmas vacation. Classes resume at the usual time on Tuesday January 3. Superintendent D J Friedlund announced the schedule.
A collection of children’s gift requests from Aurelia and surrounding area. Janet Betz asks for a dolly bed candy and nuts and a truck for Bobby. Ann Ohlson lists Candace a Bride doll guitar games and Matt a gun set electric train toy tractor and car.
The Livestock committee of the Farm Bureau launches Operation Pork Lift to reduce a pork surplus and boost hog prices. Restaurants feature pork menus and grocers promote pork bargains with ads highlighting low prices and value.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Merlin Hasenwinkel on December 5 at Sioux Valley hospital weighing 8 pounds 5 ounces named Bonnie Lee. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Walter Hesse of Aurelia and Fred Hasenwinkel of Cherokee.
The second of three Aurelia Christmas drawings will be held Saturday at 3 PM. Forty merchandise prizes donated by 41 Aurelia merchants will be awarded, with tickets earned by $1 purchases. Prizes are displayed at Lockint Insurance. drawn names must claim within about 10 minutes.
Santa is arriving Saturday or next week with candy for all good children. He is expected about 1 30 pm. A drawing will follow as Santa distributes candy around 2 00 pm, allowing stores to close early for Christmas Eve and church programs.
The annual Christmas Musiale will be presented in the high school gymnasium next Tuesday Dec. 20 at 7 30 p m. The one hour concert by the vocal music department under Mr Thomas Anderson features popular Christmas music and sacred numbers. Vocal groups include Boys Chorus Girls Chorus Mixed Chorus Boys Quartet and Girls Sextette. Collected funds go to the music fund. Public invited.
The Aurelia post office will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday December 17 and Saturday December 24, according to Postmaster Lou.
The Walldogs under coach Lou Collier won 48 45 at home against Paullina Panthers. Bill Blount led with 18 points, Larry Hickey grabbed 10 rebounds, while Paullina’s Brown scored 14 and Max Anderson added 12 in the second game a 62 40 Paulina victory.
Coach Gordon Fetts Atoms defeated Rembrandt 48 43 on Moor Tuesday night to improve to five wins and two losses. Guard trio Phyllis Otto Mary Kaskey Ruth Peterson contributed as Gayle Mongan led with 12 points, R Green scored 21 for Rembrandt.
Schedule notes a Friday game at Hartley featuring boys and girls teams. Conference standings list Milford, Alta, Aurelia, Primghar, Sanborn, Sutherland, Hartley, Paullina with varied records. Last Friday results show close finishes. this week includes Milford at Alta and Sutherland at Paullina plus Aurelia at Hartley.
Aurelia coach Bill Hodam was honored with an engraved plaque by the Aurelia Commercial Club after being named Sioux land Football Coach of the Year by the Sioux City Journal. The award cited a 6 1 1 Bulldog season turnaround from 2 6 to 6 1 1 in 1985, with Alex Stoddard presenting the honor. Fritz Hall of LeMars discussed Hodam in an upcoming LeMars broadcast.
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