Local Happenings and Community Notes
William Whitney visited Ames for the weekend. Sioux City visitors included Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Larson and Mrs. A. W. Larson. Funeral attendance drew Henry Brummer and family to Holstein. Einar Petersen of Cherokee visited his brother Niels P. Petersen. H. K. Leonard and Lola joined Sunday visits at the Lesley Leonard home in Cherokee. Mrs. W. H. Bischel and daughter Lamerne went to Cherokee for family travel to Holstein funeral. Harley McKinnis traveled to Manchester to help celebrate a fiftieth wedding anniversary. Harold Anderson moved to the old Wallace farm near Aurelia. Mummert Hardware Co. leased the W. H. Bischel building for five years starting March 1. Burshams, Fierk family, Rosalie Johnson, and Sansen clan visited the Frank Becker home. Nancy Eggleston and Lloyd visited from Onawa and Mrs. Fletcher from Albaton. Petersen family hosted. The Community Theatres offer reduced school group prices for Little Women matinee on March 3. engagement by February 28.
Community notices and events in Aurelia area
Weekend visits by locals and guests mark social ties as H H Lockin Agency reports a VanWimwegen residence sale to Walter Holderness with possession on March 1. Community luncheon, high school musical program, cantata and two part program at the school auditorium highlight local civic and school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Lockin
VanWimwegen
Walter Holderness
John Holderness
George Washington
Aylesworth
Local social and business notes from Harmony area
Miss Gladys Bailey visited at her sister’s home from Saturday to Sunday. Fern Parrott traveled from Des Moines to stay with her parents until Tuesday. A shoe stock is discontinued but repair work continues. Geo G. Bischel reports good recovery after appendicitis. Mrs. George R. Lamm and daughter planned a weekend with relatives at Badger and Fort Dodge. A. L. Neville drove to Sioux City with daughter Elizabeth and guest Miss Mary Bruggerman, returning Monday with Mrs. Neville and Frank Hale. Carl Lighter and daughter, with Miss Helen Reimers, visited Charter Oak. Reimers joined Carl’s party to Wesley for Miss Alice Hill. G. R. Wharton furniture store holds a stock-reducing auction daily with 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm sessions. Twenty CWA workers began trench work for 4-inch water mains south from the hotel corner, funded by labor from CWA and town materials. A 14-inch line will reach near the stock yards to supply yards. Eclipse Lumber Co. to connect to the new main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Neville
Sioux City
Elizabeth
Mary Bruggerman
Mrs. Neville
Frank Hale
Carl Lighter
Charter Oak
Helen Reimers
Carl
Miss Reimers
Rosina Dethlefs
Wesley
Alice Hill
Mrs. Lighter
CWA
Eclipse Lumber Co
Afton Area Social and Family News Highlights
Afton and vicinity report covers A C C meeting with Mrs Martha Anderson and attendees. substitute teaching at Pettingill school. farm moves by Harold Anderson and Ralph Ducummun to Alta area. neighborhood visits and wedding anniversaries. McKinley Menefee drives a new V 8. visits between Zwick, Menefee, Gould and Mienking families. birthday party hosted by Mrs Bert Mummert for Donna Jean. Oscar Swanson of Hartley visits Afton Center and Ern est Swanson family.day trip to school and local gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Anderson
Lillian Smith
Clow
Pettingill School
Audrey McDonald
Harold Anderson
Honsbruch
Alta
Ralph Ducummun
Anderson
S. Clarence Montgomery
Sutherland
Winnifred Morey
Larrabee
Gilbert Clow
William Honsbruch
Aurelia
Earl Zwick
McKinley Menefee
Clyde Gesland
Troy Mummert
Eorge Zwick
Mankato
Minnesota
Zwick
Laurine
Clifford Gould
George and Earl Zwick
Salem Snyder
Peterson
Walter Mienking
Wilson Perry
Chester Perry
Brides
Hartley
Bert Mummert
Donna Jean
Tripoli
Oscar Swanson
Afton Center
Ernest Swanson
Community Celebrates Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversaries
Survity by Mrs Mildred Thomson and others recount multiple social events in Mt Olive Galva and Cherokee. A surprise twenty fifth anniversary for Mr and Mrs A L Neville features "500" games prizes and silver gifts. Various clubs host dinners lunch and bridge and embroidery gatherings with traveling and high scores noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Neville
Mt. Olive
Galva
Cherokee
I. 0. O. F. Hall
Neville
Harry Dailey
Ed Rice
Ed Kohlhagen
R. B. Harrison
Hattie Crippen
Mrs. Neville
Roy Ohlson
Arthur Ohlson
Howard Nelson
Cliff Ohlson
Ted Schulke
Rey Hench
C. H. Kaskey
Bridge
E. C. Lighter
Bridge Club Winners Claim Contest Victory
Two bridge teams from the Community Club finished the contest with E C Lighter leading at 307 average per game and J M Whitney at 294. Whitney’s team, the runners up, will host a victory party for the winners soon, with captains listed in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Lighter
J. M. Whitney
Lighter
Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Roy Matzdorff
Ed Brummer
L. H. Daniels
C. H. Kaskey
Eric Johnson
F. F. Faber
R. B. Harrison
Junior Fraser
R. W. Brown
Roy Whitney
J. R. Snapp
C. E. Gustafson
W .H. Bischel
N. P. Nelson
Carl Gruis
H. H. Deyloff
N. R. Whitney
N. P. Petersen Homer Rob
Methodist Church Notes Lloyd Scheerer Pastor
Sunday School 10 00 am nine teachers attend standard training at Cherokee closing Friday evening Junior Church 11 00 am theme A Knight of Service Thinks of Self Last Morning Worship 11 00 am duet God Is Love and choir anthems The Magic Word Yet sermon Long Ropes and Strong Stakes Epworth League 6 30 pm Great Religious Leaders of Today Coming events include doughnut day March 1 and district music festivals and Easter cantata schedule through April 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Lewis
Cherokee
God Is
Theresa de Vries
George Lamm
Aurelia
Epworth League
Raymond Kruse
Selene Lighter
Ladies Aid Society
Ray Jones
F. G. Scott
Sheldon
Paullina
Storm Lake
Kipling Poem Recessional Honors Queen Victoria Jubilee
The piece notes Kipling’s Recessional published July 17 1897 in the London Times to mark Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee the sixtieth anniversary of her coronation. It describes its somber impact on national humility and its wide early reading from pulpits and public devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
Victoria Kipling
London Times
Queen Victoria
Waltman Barbe
Britain
Rudyard Kipling
Tennessee’s First Name Revealed as Trankland Origin
The article notes that Tennessee once bore the name Trankland or rank lin, formed by inhabitants from western North Carolina in 1755, highlighting a historical naming before statehood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Trankland
Ranklin
North Carolina
For Sale and Rent Notices Classified Page Snippet
For Sale kitchen range listed by Mrs. W. H. Bischel. For Rent Froning residence inquiry via Leland Dawson. For Sale twenty two spotted brood sows immune to farrow in April by Chas. Sawvell phone 812. 46tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Bischel
Leland Dawson
Farrow
Chas. Sawvell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glenfast Wall
U. S. Department of Commerce
Aurelia Drug Store
F. E. Pratt
Alwa
Drugs S In Charge
William Whitney
Ames
C. O. Larson
A. W. Larson
Henry Brummer
Holstein
Einar Petersen
Niels P. Petersen
H. K. Leonard
Lola
John Axelson
Lesley Leonard
Lamerne
Harley McKinnis
Manchester
Iowa
Will Hansbruch
Wallace
Clarence Watson
John Mummert
Mummert Hardware Co
Aurelia Hardware Co
Martin Bursham
A. V. Fierk
Rosalie Johnson
Alfred and
Osear Sansen
Frank Becker
Nancy Eggleston
Lloyd
Onawa
Fletcher
Albaton
Petersen
Joseph Lockin
Guarantee Oil Co
A. J. Whinery
Leon Crepps
Lake Campbell
South Dakota
Nelson
Mattie Smith
Newell
Henry Blohm
Homer Robar
Wesley and
George Rebars
Chester
Donald Rebar
Sioux Falls
Troup
Gruss
Arie DeVries
W. G. Port
Black Hawk
Red Cedar Shingle Bureau
Bureau of Standards
Bre Cs
Frank F. Faber
Mgr
Gladys Bailey
Pomeroy
Fern Parrott
Des Moines
Mrs
George Parrott
Geo. G. Bischel
Harold Rudd
Illinois Central Hospital
Chicago
George R. Lamm
Badger
Fort Dodge
G. R. Wharton Furniture Store
Afton and Vicinity
Surivty
Mildred-Thomson
Mildred Cave
Lois Anderson
Clair Parrott
Martha Phipps
Wayne Anderson
Vernon Peterson
Rebekahs
I. O. 0. F. Hall
Carl A. Larson
Michigan
Embroidery Club
Tom Griffith
Melvin Hermanson
Will Tutt
J. Shank
Albert Johnson
Carl Larson
P. L. EB. F. Club
K. of P. Hall
Libby
Roy Schroeder
Nels Peterson
Gene Ammons
A. A. Davis
Bridge Club
Walter Meinking
Emmett Ammons
Quention Anderson
Walter Radke
Methodist Men's Brotherhood
Edwin Watts
Scheerer
Aric DeVries
Arrasmith
Sentinel
J. M, Whitney
R. R, Jones Earl Fraser Floyd Anderson W. Moulton
Kk. L. Rann
L. EB. Christensen
Methodist
Lloyd Scheerer
Community Theatre
Aurelia, Iowa
Maurice Chevalier
Quality Lumber
H. L. Hoffmann
C. F. Redlich
Minneapolis, Minn
Omi
Lewis Hotel
Home Office
Lincoln Bldg
Briardale
Carton
Larson’s Store
General Merchandise
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