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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1940
Page
3
Sioux City based State Commander George Paradise will headline the joint American Legion and Auxiliary meeting in Aurelia on Friday evening February 19. The public event will feature a complete program announced in a later issue.
A large crowd of farmers viewed The River and the Flow educational films at the Community Theatre in Aurelia last Saturday. The program, presented by the Cherokee county Soil Conservation association, highlighted soil erosion and current soil conditions with a talk on terracing and contour farming by Mr. McMillan of the CCC.
Ten years ago the Iowa Public Service LC electric system existed. Miss Marion Holtz and Harold Hustedt wed January 23 at Hanover St John s Lutheran church. Jake Heller set to closing-out sale next week to gut farming. Twenty years ago Leota Waddell and Arvin A. Davis married January 21 at M E parsonage in Cherokee. Ernest W. Sansen died February 8 from pneumonia. Aurelia Sentinel skipped publication due to flu illness of editor and helper Leta Nelson. Gust Kruse to quit farming with public sale February 14. Thirty years ago Verna Sheldon left for Alton to join a newspaper office. Owen and Weldon bought the Fred Schroeder building to convert into a livery barn.
The Aurelia Town Community Club will hold a meeting Saturday February 10 1940 at 1:80 oclock for electing officers and conducting annual business. All stockholders must attend. Secretary A L McKinnon urges attendance.
County tournament set for Feb 1 to Feb 3. Marcus appears Feb 9. Sutherland hosts Feb 16. Quimby visits Feb 23. Sectional tournament runs Feb 29 to Mar 2.
A Monday February 6 benefit event at the school gym will showcase girls basketball against the Charming Tutors followed by a Farmers National Bank Aurelia team versus Sioux Rapids Merchants. Admission 15 and 25 cents.
Cherokee County Iowa soybean program to be discussed on WNAX in a Saturday broadcast featuring County Agent C. H. Thompson and farmers Howard Nelson Aurelia Viktor Nelson Peterson with W E Simonsen of the Quimby plant. They will cover soy production processing and water conserving practices on Midwest farms. Louis Rank Dickinson County will join February 10 with county farmers as the Iowa and South Dakota agriculture colleges sponsor the weekly show from 1 to 2 pm.
Miss Mabel B. Tjossem of Paullina married Clifford R. Wall of Gaza in a Tuesday evening ceremony at the Congregational church officiated by Rev. Edwin Trigg. The couple, both well known locally, planned a western honeymoon while Mrs. Wall's substitute will teach the third grade in Aurelia until her return.
The Bulldogs start the Cherokee county basketball tournament this week meeting Quimby at 7 80 tonight in Marcus. They note a better venue than the prior Cleghorn game and call the clash a must see. Schedule follows with Aurelia vs Quimby and Marcus vs Larrabee Thursday night then Meriden versus Washta Friday, and semi finals Saturday with consolation and final championships at 7 80 and 8 80 respectively.
Miss Anne Partridge died at Swallum hospital in Storm Lake at 20. Her funeral was at Albert City home and St. John's Lutheran Hanover, with burial in Suhling family lot. She was born July 33 1919 in Zelle Missouri and adopted by George Partridge of Albert City.
Hobbyist Hobby C. L. Collier of Grinnell has spent years gathering spectacles no longer used and distributing them to those in need. He has completed 260 cases and seeks more donations.
In Oskaloosa, Lin Warting, a 16 year old, removed the front wheel of a bicycle and mounted homemade runners to suit icy streets and deep snow, enabling smoother travel.
Political observers puzzle over a Des Moines meeting between former Governor Kraschel and State Senator Breen. The bipartisan talk focused on possible gubernatorial ambitions and whether candidates would uphold liberal policies of the national administration.
A new hatchery in Aurelia, to be run by Floyd Dozier under supervision of A H Vogel, is set to open on February 10 if possible. Equipment installation in the W B Thomas building proceeds with incubators and brooder equipment tested. Dozier recently moved into Mrs. Vogel’s home and will manage the facility.
The Sentinel reports James Hronek hosts a closing-out auction Friday February 9 on his Aurelia area farm after failing to find a new farming site. The sale includes 8 horses and mules 11 cattle 8 sows 19 bred ewes alfalfa hay about 6000 bushels corn and farm machinery. Alfred Stiencke also sets a closing-out sale for Tuesday February 13.
Miss Geneva Nelson daughter of Mr and Mrs Charlie Nelson Aurelia has been elected by the North Dakota state board of education to head the music department at Valley City State Teachers College for the rest of the school year She succeeds R G B Walls who moved to the University of Idaho Nelson will lead the a capella choir and act as head of the department She holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell college and a master’s from Northwestern University Previously she supervised music in Cherokee public schools for seven years In her three years at the state teachers college she has supervised the training school music and directed the choir
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