Aurelia Sentinel Publisher Notice
The Aurelia Sentinel is published weekly on Thursdays and is entered as second class matter at the Aurelia Iowa post office under E C Lighter proprietor.
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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel is published weekly on Thursdays and is entered as second class matter at the Aurelia Iowa post office under E C Lighter proprietor.
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Local residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over Christmas and the holiday weekend. Sioux City callers Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Peterson stopped by Monday to catch up. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thomson and daughter Rita, and Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Fiebig from Sioux City.
The two Aurelia banks will be closed all day New Year’s Day as a banking holiday. local residents mention various Christmas visits and family gatherings across Aurelia and nearby towns.
Sioux City families host Christmas visits with relatives in Marathon Larrabee Ames Greeley Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Notable item Wendell Dawson joins Lockheed in Burbank California. He formerly resided in Aurelia and now lives at 369 BE Santa Anita.
A harvest of Christmas greetings fills the page as relatives visit, travel, or host relatives across Iowa towns. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Mummert announce a baby boy, while others host in Sioux City, Hospers, Marcus, Rembrandt, and Storm Lake. A Des Moines hospital transfer ends a heart illness for John Mummert, and a Minted 26 cent bill with Robert Walker details adds curious local lore.
Mrs Mildred Thomson reports a series of club gatherings from December including Chiefs club at Mrs John Holderness home with luncheon and five hundred prizes won by Mrs Edith Stieneke and Mrs Etta Paulson. Pythian Sisters and Rebekahs held Christmas parties. Embroidery Club and the Handy Helping Hands Circle exchanged gifts and shared lunches. Congregational Missionary Society met with 18 members and 12 guests for a Christmas program led by Rev Trigg and Mrs Mildred Whitney.
Agronomists at Iowa State College report that spring plowed biennial sweet clover builds soil faster than red clover or Hubam clover. Over 16 years in a two year corn and oats rotation the clovers improved yields. the trial's check plot set corn at 100 percent, with red clover 105 percent, Hubam 108 and biennial sweet clover 114 percent.
The Bedford Methodist church hosts a doll display with more than 200 dolls. Dorothea Lincoln leads the collection with 65 dolls. Paul Morrison performs as tenor soloist in the Messiah at Grinnell College, matching his father who sang the same part there.
C C Shilders of Montezuma shot a dog in his hen house recently causing the death of 100 fine laying pullets. The incident left the farmer angry and the poultry loss severe.
The Detroit Masonic Temple stands as the world’s largest lodge building. Architects and fraternal members celebrate its scale and historic status, noting its nine halls and striking tower as leading features.
Mrs and Mrs Hjalmer Anderson hosted a surprise Saturday gathering with neighbors and friends to mark their 25th anniversary. The program included Lohengren’s wedding march, a song, Swedish readings, and a silver gift presentation.
Mr and Mrs Anton Larson welcome a son Merle Albert born Sunday evening December 16 at home. Hjalmer Anderson traveled to Ames to fetch his son Raymond a student at Iowa State College for holidays. Ben Johnsons went to Cedar Falls for daughter Virgene a teacher college student for holidays. Merle Radke a Seward Neb student arrived to spend vacation with his parents. Visits by Rev Bahr and L C Plog to Sioux City to meet Lloyd Bahr on a nine day furlough from Hawaii. Families from Galva Storm Lake Des Moines and Rockford feature in weekend gatherings and dinners. Advertising doesn t jerk it pulls.
VACATION B C Squires started as a butter termaker at the Janesville creamery 34 years ago and now serves as secretary. He is taking his first vacation in that span, the only prior leave being a half day at a creamery operators convention in Des Moines ten years ago.
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