Afton Vicinity Holiday Gatherings Highlight Locals
Afton area residents share Christmas visits and travel plans. Madalynne Booth Eleanor Blake George Loucks Russell Allen Paul Jones and others join kin from Storm Lake Omaha Cedar Falls Ames Correctionville and Sutherland for holiday gatherings. Families travel to Mankato Kansas Texas and California while health notes and gatherings fill the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afton
Madalynne Booth
Storm Lake
Eleanor Blake
Omaha
George Loucks
Cedar Falls
Russell Allen
Ames
Paul Jones
Correctionville
Joe Petton
Willard
Galen Dyslin
Sioux City
George Zwick
Laurine
Mankato
Minnesota
Zwick
Fred Hokanson
Kastengren
Bonnie Whiting
Floyd Anderson
Earl Zwick
Raymond
Isabelle
A. Zwick
Cherokee
William Sleezer
Glenn
Kansas
Frank Hill
Bernice
Peterson
Willis Hill
Frances
Edna
Garrettson
South Dakota
Billie Mummert
Sioux Valley Hospital
Isaac Clow
Eric Stark
Paullina
Gilbert Clow
Wilson Perry
Good Hope
Irvin Lydell
Minneapolis
John Lydell
Walter Meinking
Janice
Ed Meinking
Robert Sitz
Ray Jones
Will Kludas
Harold
Kenneth Jones
Art Will
Aurelia
Lewis Richards
Francis
Marjorie
Doris Melton
George Melton
Arthur Phipps
PF. F
Drive safely in 1939 and set a safe example
The piece urges drivers to start 1939 with a determined effort to drive safely carefully and courteously. It warns that careless driving in 1988 leads to a poor year and hopes to make 1989 the safest year through personal resolve and peer influence. The article also notes a stone crocodile from India, dating to the third century B C, exhibited by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts as the oldest Indian stone sculpture in America.
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India
Boston Museum of Fingery
America
Mt Olive News Roundup of Christmas Visits and Local Events
Local notes record visits and festivities across Mt Olive area. Families including the Perry, Schafer, Radle, Gustafson, and Lundquist clans shared Christmas meals and hospitality with kin and neighbors in Paullina Aurelia Aurelia area. A watch party at Mt Olive church and a fire scare near Earl Bruce are noted along with hospital recovery news for Mrs. Claude Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Perry
John Perry
Paullina
Isaac Clow
Afton Township
Shirley Leeds
Minneapolis
George Schafer
Erwin
Schafer
Fred Huseman
Hanover
Frank Radle
Minnesota
Radle
Pete Peterson
Dale
Illinois
Clara Ohlson
DeKalb
Lena Ohlson
Nina
Mt. Olive Church
Edd Cline
Cherokee
Mt. Olive
Ladies Aid
Glen Leeds
B. H. Dukes
Edgar Johnson
Donald
Leonard Anderson
Dickie
Carol Jean
Howard Anderson
Stella Coe
Ray Wall
Homer Anderson
Larry
Aurelia
Oscar Gustafson
Carl Johnson and Sons
Enoch Nelson
Everett Radle
Carl’ Herald
Olive
Good Hope
John Leber
Tony Leber
Alta
C. R. Jackson
Mondamin
Iowa
Claude Jones
Sioux Valley Hospital
Melvin Wilson
Owen Jackson
Ivan Wilson
Wayne
Earl Bruce
Aurelia Fire Department
Bruce
California
LeRoy Goettsch
A. A. Davis
Henry Holst
Denison
D. Warrender
Harl Crippen
M. F. Dukes
Levi Lundquist
Gerald Decker
Jonas Lundquist
Near Larrabee
Oscar Peterson
Moneta
Arlene McCarty
Des Moines
Carl Miller
Must Stand Fire Test In Indian Jungle
In southern India the girl of Bonda Porjas tests a suitor by applying fire to his bare back in the jungle. If the pain prompts a yell, the chosen man is rejected.
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Bonda Porjas
India
East Afton and Elk Family Christmas Gatherings
Mrs. Wm. Booth reports multiple Christmas and holiday visits in East Afton and Elk areas. Families including Hamann Kalpin Anderson and Kalpin groups attended a dinner at George Glawe’s near Alta, with other guests in Primghar Aurelia and Aurelia, and Minnesotas brief visits. Several residents traveled for gatherings, with hospital discharge news for Esther Alderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Hamann
Fred Kalpin
Quentin Anderson
Cullen
George Kalpin
George Glawe
Alta
Alfred Stieneke
Dorothy
W. A. Brown
Ed Pierce
Primghar
W. M. Booth
M. Hines
Aurelia
Ellen Booth
Fred Tigges
Lois Booth
John Booth
Carl Ammons
Max
Joyce
O. B. East
Irvin Brewster
Minneapolis
Gerald
Sioux City
Fae Hines
Esther Alderson
Sioux Valley Hospital
Church Announcements and Schedule for Sunday Services
Church school at 10:00 with George Lamm as superintendent. Morning worship at 11:00. Epworth League 7:00 p.m. Delores Peterson presiding. Regular choir practice Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Epworth League meets Sunday evening. W. F. M. S. meets Wednesday January 4 at Mrs. H. H. Lockin home. Topic India's Rural Millions. Hostesses Mrs. Storberg and Mrs. Preul. New Year resolutions urged and regular church attendance emphasized. Warm welcome offered at all services.
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George Lamm
Epworth League
Delores Peterson
Freddie Daniels
Edgar Allen
Lorren Coburn
H. H. Lockin
Nels Carlson
India
Storberg
Congregational Church Sets New Year Services
Edwin Trigg, pastor, invites attendance at church school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Junior and Senior Endeavor meet at 7:00 p.m. to greet the new year with a good beginning.
St Pauls Lutheran Church Sets Sunday Services
William Walter, pastor, leads divine worship in English at 10 46 with Sunday school at 9 45. No service is scheduled for New Year’s Eve.
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ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
William Walter
Immaculate Conception Parish Church Mass Schedule and Readings
Parish outlines Sunday Masses at Cherokee with 6:30 8:00 and 10:00 o clock times and a sermon at each. Mission Station Aurelia holds Mass second and fourth Sundays with 8:00 and 10:00 o clock sessions. New Year’s Day Mass at Cherokee followed by scriptural readings from St Paul Galatians and St Luke and a special prayer invoking the Virgin Mary for intercession.
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Cherokee
Mission Station
Aurelia
Schroeder
Jesus
Virgin Aary
Jesus Christ
Hanover News Christmas Party and Holiday Visits
The Hanover Walther League hosted the League of Sutherland with games and gifts from Santa. Various relatives and friends, including John Gaeser, Merle Radke, Harold Frederick, Kenneth Johnson, and Alma Otto, are noted spending Christmas or holidays with family in Alta, Galva, Seward, Storm Lake, Ames, Havana, and nearby homes.
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Hanover Walther League
League of Sutherland
Santa Claus
John Gaeser
Kansas City
Rev. C. Bahr
Merle Radke
Gollexe
Seward
Neb
Fred Radke
Harold Frederick
Aurora
S. D
Wm. Fredericks
Kenneth Johnson
Ames
Einer Johnson
Herman Walbearum
Harry Specketer
Gusse
Specketer
Havana
Della Menke
Alta
Wm. Menke
Alma Otto
Des Moines
C. Otto
Ole Johnson
A. J. Anderson
Former Alta Man Tied to Huge McKesson Robins Swindle
The Alta Advertiser reports John M. Kantor, once a notable Alta resident, linked to a vast arms sale fraud tied to the McKesson Robbins case. Kantor allegedly played a role in a plan involving 1.25 million rifles and 2 million rounds for China or other nations, with a potential sales commission over 50 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Advertiser
Alta
McKesson- Robbins
Swindle
John M. Kantor
Wegerslev
John Kantor
Sweden
Des Moines
Drake University
Drake
Webster City
Kantor
Saturday Evening Post
Chicago
Spain
Christmas Socials And Dinners Populate Local Holiday Afterglow
A series of family gatherings shared Christmas cheer across the area. Mrs. Ella Johnson hosted a party with guests from Peterson. A. V. Fierk hosted a family dinner with relatives from Vermillion, Vancouver, Greely, Cushing, Cherokee, Storm Lake, and more. Out of town relatives celebrated at H. H. Lockin’s. Past President Parley met at Mrs. Walter Port’s for lunch after gifts. Additional reunions included the Coombs country home group with visitors from Sac City, Paullina, Burlington, and Cherokee. A Helping Hand Circle birthday event for Mrs. Bert Niels featured a cake by Mrs. Roy Noble. More out-of-town guests joined Christmas dinners at A. A. Dingman and C. O. Larson homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Johnson
Away
Lawrence Davis
Peterson
A. V. Fierk
Will Soule
Vermillion
S. Dak
Wm. Goodburn
Vancouver, Wash
Mabel Roeder
Greely, Colo
Harold Demarest
Cushing
Norman Mongan
Robert Orr
Cherokee
Clyde Leeds and Son
Storm Lake
H. H. Lockin
Elvin Bjorklund
Hawarden
Archie R. Nelson
Bill
August Nelson
Parley
Walter Port
C. C
Coombs
Bud Reckoff
Betty Jennings
Donna Reckoff
Sac City
Emmett Reckoff
Gordon Brown
Paullina
Austin Peterson
Burlington
Joy Smith
Helping Hand Circle
Bert Niels
Roy Noble
Anna Danielson
Rose Stiner
Arthur Meier
Minneapolis
Kathyrn Meier
Des Moines
A. A
Hunters Warned Of Rabbit Poisoning And Tularemia Risk
Instructions warn hunters cleaning rabbits to wear rubber gloves and avoid touching face or eyes. Emphasizes dangers of tularemia from infected rabbits, especially those with spotted livers, and stresses thorough cooking and hand hygiene. Sixty four cases and three deaths reported.
Adlerika Claim Gas Relief for Heart Pressure
Advert says Adlerika relieves stomach gas pressing on the heart after one dose. Claims it cleans out both upper and lower bowels and is available at all leading druggists.
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Adlerika
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Avrella
East Afton & Elk
Wm. Booth
Methodist Church
L. H. Preul
Paul
Stewart-Warner
Sentinel
Irene Zwemke
Don R. Hankens
Larson’s
State Bank
Bud Fogleman
Society
Mildred Thomson
Mrs. C. O. Larson
Winfred Moulton
Aurelia, Iowa
Theatre
John Blake
Wayne Kirkpatrick
Simonsen
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
Cherokee County
Geo. E. Blanch
W.F. Hickey
Chamberlin Bldg
Gustafson& Johnson Garage
Reggy Martin
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