Iowa Ends War Years With Good Balance Despite Uncertainties
State treasury figures show Iowa will end 1945 with about 58.76 million dollars in balance after meeting 1945 appropriations including 13 million for buildings. The report notes wartime revenue shifts, with sales and income taxes rebounding and later investments to fund a centennial program. The piece also covers new leadership at the board of control and a forthcoming mental hospital needs report.
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Iowa
Blue
Herman Knudson
Mason City
Iowa Fairgrounds
Henry Wichman
Verd een Gertsmeier dies after Storm Lake accident
Verdeen Frederick Gertsmeier 17 of Aurelia died at Storm Lake hospital from a fractured skull after a car collision near the Storm Lake highway station. He was a senior at Aurelia High School and active in the Walther League. Funeral services were held at Aurelia with Rev. Wm. Walter and Rev. 0. Bahr assisting. He is survived by parents, a brother Ordell, two sisters Eloise and Charlotte, and relatives.
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Verdeen ‘Gertsmeier
Elmer Gertsmeier
Aurelia
Storm Lake
Storm Lake Highway Patrol
Verdeen
Lyle Lichtenberg
Hanover
Wayne Waterman
Newell
Lichtenberg
Ordell Gertsmeier
Lakeside
Waterman
Bahr
Walther League Society
Wendell Zwoldt
Robert Buenger
Paul Wogahn
Orville Peckenschneider
Lloyd Hermanson
Ernest Tuttle
The
Mildred Tuttle
Gladys Tuttle
Wilma Volkert
Ardys Volkert
Phyllis Lehnhardt
Elaine Schramm
Shirley Ewoldt
Joann Deyloff
Verona Wogahn
Lela Wogahn
Aoe
Tatermerit
Frederick Gertsmeier
Eva
St. John’s Christian Day School
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Ordell
Eloise
Charlotte
Gertrude Gertsmeier
Schaller
Iowa
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Flowers
Acknowledges sincere appreciation for kindness and sympathy after a sudden bereavement and thanks for floral offerings. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C Gertsmeier Ordell Eloise and Charlotte.
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Elmer C
Gertsmeier
Ordell
Eloise
Charlotte
Ross nephew aids search for Chelan school bus tragedy
Lt. L. P. Ross, a navy diver and former active diver, located the first identifying parts of the Chelan Washington school bus wreck that claimed 16 children. He answered the emergency call despite retirement.
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Carrie Ross
Clarinda
L. P. Ross
Navy
Chelan
Wash
Ross
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance to Hold Annual Meeting
The Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association will hold its annual meeting on Saturday January 12 1946 at 2 00 p m in the K P Hall Aurelia Members urged to attend H H J Lockin Secretary
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Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association
K. P. Hall
Aurelia
H. H.j.lockin
Jorgensen Kahl Wedding at Newell in 1945 Ceremony
Dorothy Cecilia Jorgensen wed Eugene Carlton Kahl in a candlelight service at First Baptist Church Newell. Rev. A I Osborne officiated with a reception for about 100 guests. The couple plans to live on the groom’s farm near Holstein after a California honeymoon.
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First Baptist Church of
Newell
Dorothy Cecilia Jorgensen
Ingvard Jorgensen
Eugene Carlton Kahl
Carl Kahl
Holstein
Town
A. I. Osborne
James Jensen
Shirley, Kahl
Miss Kahl
Grace Jorgensen
Ardeth Willadsen
Vernon Kahl
Shirley Kahl
Sherwood
Knoth Ohison Bied
Bhride
Gespent
Marie Larsen
Vivian Anderson
Edith Osborne
Joyce Larsen
Osborne
E. H. Gillet
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Aurelia
Cherokee
Alta
Albert City
Newell and Sulphur Springs
Kerkhoven
Minn
California
Newell School
Buena Vista College
Iowa State Teachers College
Fairview
Aurelia Consolidated Schools
Holstein High School
Return to Sender Dollar Bill Keeps Returning Home
A dollar bill placed in a package from St Ansgar to Little Rock Arkansas traveled back and forth unseen. Mrs Jessie Schulz sent the parcel to her daughter Wanda Denolf, and the bill remained lodged under the string. The bill was eventually found upon the package’s return to St Ansgar with a note from the Little Rock post office.
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St. Ansgar
Little Rock
Arkansas
Jessie Schulz
Wanda Denolf
Arik
Dean Weatherman Declared Dead By Navy Department
Dean Weatherman, Electrician's Mate second class U S Navy, is declared dead by the Navy Department. The Langley sank near Java after bombing on Feb 27 1942 and survivors were rescued by the Pecos and Whipple. Weatherman was not among those saved. He was 23 years old when presumed dead on March 1 1942. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Jesse D Weatherman and a brother Lyle Weatherman of the PC 1081.
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Jesse D. Weatherman
Aurelia
James Forrestal
Secretary of the Navy
Dean Weatherman
U. S. Navy
Navy Department
Dean
Lyle Weatherman
Battle Creek
Iowa
Army
Navy
Langley
Java
Tjilatjap
Freemantle
Australia
Pecos
Whipple
Trichinosis Time Again Preventive Care Urged
Iowa health officials urge thorough cooking and freezing of pork and smoked sausage to prevent trichinosis after a 1945 outbreak linked to pork products near Lowen. Freezing should last 21 days. rats may carry the parasite. Disease can last weeks with possible death and flu like symptoms.
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Iowa
A. H. 8. Basketball Schedule and Results List
A list of basketball games with dates and locations for A. H. 8 teams. Includes Jan games at Sanborn Sioux Rapids Newell Marcus Sutherland Quimby and Immaculate Conception, Feb sectional tourney in Cherokee, and late December results like Aurelia beating Paullina and Paullina beating Fairview.
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Sanborn
Sioux Rapids
Newell
Marcus
Cherokee
Sutherland
Quimby
Immaculate Conception
Hogans Offer Job And House In Marengo Deal
Hogan Brothers of Marengo, automobile dealers, insured a prospective employee a home. Jim Woodward of Pella accepted the job and the house after his previous home was sold, using the vacant Hogan house in Marengo as part of the offer.
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Hogan Brothers
Marengo
Jim Woodward
Pella
Hogans
Wild Cat Bit Chris Rathkovich in Cresco Garage
Chris Rathkovich of Cresco was severely bitten and scratched by a cat in his garage. After escaping, he retrieved a gun and shot the animal.
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Chris Rathkovich
Cresco
Rathkovitch
Sentinel Promotes Subscriptions for Sioux City Papers
Sentinel acts as authorized agent for Sioux City newspapers inviting readers to renew or start subscriptions.
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the Sentinel
Sioux City
Aurelia Scouts Swim Trip to Fort Dodge
Twenty Aurelia Boy Scouts traveled by the Aurelia Consolidated school bus to Fort Dodge last Thursday to swim in the YMCA heated pool. They were accompanied and supervised by Scoutmaster Vernon Peterson Assistant Scoutmaster Ladellupp Harold Nelson Rev Trigg Ervil Nelson Merryl Schulke Arlo Sturgeon Dale Otten John Lockin Bill Trigg Jimmy Sexton Roger Mumert Ray Renaud Bob Howell Clayton Johnson Keith Langwin Frankie Rapp Kenneth Rapp Larry Nelson Devryn Schramm Johnnie Holderness Leland Anderson and Bob Holderness.
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Aurelia
Fort Dodge
YMCA
Aurelia Consolidated School
Vernon Peterson
Ladellupp
Harold Nelson
Rev. Trigg
Ervil Nelson
Merryl Schulke
Arlo Sturgeon
Dale Otten
John Lockin
Bill Trigg
Jimmy Sexton
Roger Mummert
Ray Renaud
Bob Howell
Clayton Johnson
Keith Langwin
Frankie Rapp
Kenneth Rapp
Larry Nelson
Devryn Schramm
John Wilson
Johnnie Holderness
Leland Anderson
Bob Holderness
Farm Sale Dates Listed for January by Local Sellers
Farm sale dates appear for January listings including Harry Wilson January 7 John Honsbruch January 15 Edmund Radke January 21 Walter Lauridsen January 22 and Clay W Dawson January 29 Sell Swap Rent Buy via Want Adway in the community notices.
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Harry Wilson
John Honsbruch
Edmund Radke
Walter Lauridsen
Clay W. Dawson
Want
Ten Years Ago Highlights In Aurelia Area
Reports recall a closing out sale for John Hasenwinkel on Thursday January 16. Obituary notes Mrs. August Carlberg dies at home. Roy Owens dies suddenly in Armour South Dakota. Newborn son to Mr and Mrs Roy Davis on December 30. Nurella Waddell and George A Johnson wed December 29. Rosalie Garber and Clifton Robar marry in Sioux Falls. County board decides to gravel three miles east of McQuinn corner. Mrs L E Christensen undergoes major operation. Emma Langer and Elmer Tilgren wed December 22. Earl Fraser returns from Chicago where studying business. Jay Parrott suffers broken collar bone from wagon wheel accident.
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John Hasenwinkel
August Carlberg
Aurelia
Roy Owens
Armour, S. Dak
Roy Davis
Nurella Waddell
George A. Johnson
Methodist
Rosalie Garber
Sioux Falls
Clifton Robar
Sioux City
Board of Supervisors
McQuinn Corner
L. E. Christensen
Bates
Earl Fraser
Chicago
Jay Parrott
Larson promoted to Corporal on Guam in Pacific service
Earl W. Larson, son of Mr and Mrs George Larson, promoted to corporal at Harmon Field Guam. He entered active duty August 26 1943 and since November 8 1944 served with an ordnance aviation company in the Pacific Ocean area. He wears the Asiatic Pacific Theater ribbon.
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Harmon Field
Guam
Earl W. Larson
George Larson
Talat i Oa Ee
Marianas Islands
Donald F. Stace
Guam Air Depot
Corporal Larson
Ordnance
Pacific Ocean
All for Fun ends with dangerous duck hunt mishap
Bob Paczynski a Guttenberg high school student and Wesley Ashby were duck hunting on the Mississippi river when their boat drifted away in December. The boy jumped into the river to retrieve the boat.
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Bob Paczynski
Guttenberg High School
Mississippi River
Bob
Wesley Ashby
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State Capitol
Sentinel
Elkader
Hopkins
McCreery
Robert D. Blue
C. D. Vernon
Fairfield
State Hospital
Woodward
Board of Control
Centennial Group
Governor Blue
First Trust & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Verdeen Gertsmeier
A. H
Larrabee
Primghar
Paullina
Boy Scouts
W. P. Dawson
A. B. Cummins
Emma Langer
Elmer Tilgren
Farmers National Bank
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