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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1952
Page
5
Local families and visitors gather for New Year events in Cherokee and nearby towns.Residents host dinners and parties as Emil Lundsgaard and others visit, while many travel to See Syracuse New York Philadelphia and Topeka for work or family.
A one day Egg and Poultry Day, organized by the Iowa State College Extension service, will be held January 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Eagles hall in Cherokee. Exhibits cover disease control sanitation housing and marketing. Al Griffith coordinates with Aurelia merchants Maple Valley Hatchery Farmers Co op Paulson Finkbine Lumber Eclipse Lumber.
A daughter was born to Staff Sgt and Mrs A A Rapp of 209 West 79th St Shreveport La on January 4. She weighed 5 pounds and is named Carol Ann.
Seventy two persons registered for the first evening of the Adult Education program at the school. Classes include Agriculture with Owen R Wunder Aurelia, Contract Bridge with Mrs Crosser Cherokee, Beginners Square Dancing with Vernon Peterson Aurelia, Applied Religion with Mrs Karl Bengtson Aurelia, Photography with Harry Fuhrman Cherokee, Leathercraft with Mrs Sylvia Connolly Aurelia, Knitting with Mrs Lewis Daniels Aurelia, Pennsylvania Dutch Painting with Miss Claris Linder Aurelia, and Law with Atty Don R Hankens Cherokee. Classes run 7:30 to 9 p.m. followed by lunch and social square dancing. lunch costs 15c. LP Gas will be the topic at the January 16 meeting of the agriculture class. Carroll Coleman will discuss LP gas use in various farms and homes. Everyone is welcome to join.
Sharon Ohlson daughter of Mr and Mrs Reuben Ohlson won the Blue Ribbon in a state wide junior high essay contest sponsored by the Federated Garden Club of Iowa. The topic was The Economic Value of Birds to Man and awards were presented at the State convention in Ames.
Miss Pearl Mousel and Miss Joanne Kolb teach second grade at Aurelia. Mousel hails from Alton Iowa and began teaching there in 1949 after graduating from St Marys Academy and Briar Cliff College. Kolb was born in Holstein Iowa and joined Aurelia in 1949 after schooling at Holstein High and Buena Vista College.
Cpl. Delbert Johnson arrives from Fort Campbell Kentucky to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Johnson and plans to depart later this week for Camp Stone man California. Levi S Nelson QMSSN 1277239 C N Div USS Gordius ARL 36 West Annex USN Amphibius Base Little Creek Virginia.
Funeral services for Herman F. Schramm 85 lifelong Storm Lake resident were held at Zion Lutheran Church in Storm Lake on Friday afternoon January 4 after a weeklong illness. He died January 1 and is survived by his wife 10 children 47 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter in 1936. He was father of Herbert Schramm Aurelia and Gus Schramm formerly of Aurelia now in Rapid City South Dakota.
The Aurelia Commercial club voted a five dollar special assessment per member firm to fund new Christmas lights and treats for holiday observances. Non members may donate via Lou Pfaff, the special committee chair, with monthly meetings set for the second Monday.
The Aurelia Tiger club sponsors a public square dance at the Legion Hall in Aurelia Monday night January 14. Everyone is invited to attend this community event.
The PTA meeting is moved to January 22, not January 21, to avoid a clash with the boys county tournament that week.
Miss Marjorie Huseman and Kenneth Peterson united in marriage at St. John's Lutheran in a candlelit double ring ceremony. Attended by family from Aurelia Storm Lake Minneapolis and waves of relatives, the couple will reside at the Mental Health Institute in Cherokee.
The Cherokee County High School Girls Basketball Tournament is set for Cleghorn on January 16 to 19. Aurelia opens against Washta at 5 30 p m with Marcus versus Meriden and Grand Meadow meeting Cleghorn later that night.
The Aurelia fire department was called to the Arlin Lehnhardt farm home southeast of town Wednesday evening to extinguish a roof fire. Only minor damage resulted from the blaze.
Elmer L. Johnson born September 21 1890 in Elk township Buena Vista County Iowa lived in Des Moines Waterloo and Brown's Valley Minnesota. He worked for J I Case and Allis Chalmers before retiring to Minnesota then California where he died January 1 1952. He leaves wife Lilah two sons Burl and Doran five grandchildren and siblings. Funeral held January 7 at Wharton Funeral Home Elk cemetery burial followed.
Aurelia's boys and girls posted wins in a midweek doubleheader with strong defense and balanced scoring. The girls beat Newell 42 37 as Maureen Mallory scored 22, while the Bulldogs topped Newell 58 39 led by Bob Anderson with 25. Prior results included a loss to Varina and a win over LeMars for the freshmen sophomores. Aurelia hosts Paullina next, then Immaculate Conception in Cherokee.
The annual FFA FHA King and Queen party will be held this Saturday in the old high school gym, hosted by FFA. Queen candidates include Darlene Kolpin Margaret Johnson Charlene Koch Shirley Stief and Nancy Hodge. King candidates are Junior Cline Bob Lundquist Val Dean Koch John Westphal and Dennis Anderson. The event features a grand march mixers dancing and refreshments with Mrs. Sylvia Connolly and Owen Wunder serving as chaperones.
Joe Coombs 133 of Wayne Nebraska defeated Charles Norman 134 of Omaha Nebraska in four rounds at the Sioux City Auditorium last Thursday night. Coombs floored Norman twice for a nine count to secure an easy decision. Aurelia attendees included Mr and Mrs Tom Coombs Mr and Mrs Clifford Coombs Kay Elliott Kenneth Beegh ey and Jack Coombs.
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