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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1935
Page
5
J L Figs announces a new cobblestone dance hall to be built at Lakeside beach just south of the Cobblestone Inn. Construction started but halted for winter and to resume in spring.
Louis Bruggeman a tenant on the James Alderson farm south of Alta died Tuesday morning after pneumonia. The Fathers and Sons banquet at the Methodist church drew nearly 200 attendees. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mater took over the Alta Cafe from Chas. L. Miller. Myra Hocken and Wesley C. Kindwall wed at the Salix Methodist parsonage. A. G. Johnson and Harold Hoffman bought the Ike Langston lots to build a $10,000 super-service station next to the former tie-in-barn.
Aurelia's new ice skating rink at Kittenball Park opened to the public Friday night with many youngsters present. Floods Monday and again Tuesday enlarged the area, as George Scott supervised under the town council to provide a healthy winter recreation site for youth.
Trial jurors for the district court at Cherokee were summoned to appear Monday forenoon at the courthouse. Local names called include Guy Akers C E Ammons Max Gilbert August Fett R B Harrison Fred Hoffmeier O B East Geo R Lamm Helen Martin Henry Otto Andrew Peterson. Grand jurors for January 14 include W J Stutz and Albert Mosechall.
F H Crepps longtime Cherokee county resident and Civil War veteran died Tuesday at his daughter’s home northeast of Aurelia after a severe cold and age related infirmities. He served three years in the Union Army after enlisting in Cleveland in 1862. A military funeral will be held Thursday at the Aurelia Methodist church with burial in the Aurelia cemetery. A fuller obituary will appear next week.
Funeral services were held at the Aurelia home for Zelda Chamberlin who died suddenly last Friday of heart trouble. Her lifeless body was found by her brother about 11:30 am. She taught school locally, married George Chamberlin in 1905, and continued the family implement business after his 1912 death. She held offices in Congregational and other organizations and is survived by her brother Earl Fraser, sister Imp Krout, nephew Junior Fraser, and Mary Fraser, among others.
Florence Chandler of Aurelia and Lowell Smith of Sioux City wed in a December 12, 1984 ceremony at Sioux City. Rev. Huff officiated as the couple wore blue attire with attendants Burdette and Mrs Burdette Peterson. The bride, a 1928 Aurelia graduate and former Kresge cashier, and the groom, Carroll High School alumnus and Haley-Neeley checker, reside in Sioux City.
Storm Lake radio station KNFO broadcast details of a night hide theft at L. J. Cuthbert slaughterhouse. A Sioux City listener heard the alert, traced a car unloading hides at a wholesale house, and investigators linked the goods to the Sioux Rapids theft.
C V Holsinger extension horticulturist of Iowa State College led forenoon and afternoon sessions on plant propagation in Aurelia this Tuesday. Farmers from three townships and Aurelia residents attended, brave in cold weather, with Mrs Glen Loucks presiding. This was one of four county meetings on propagation topics.
Spencer Iowa McKeever Batchelor case about the death of a 4 year old boy in an automobile crash was settled Saturday. Batchelor to pay McKeever 750 dollars plus court costs after three trials. The boy ran onto highway No 10 and was struck by the Batchelor car.
Mrs. H. J. Mauer of Alta fatally shot herself in the Miller cafe she and her husband had run since December. The coroner's jury ruled death by self-inflicted gunshot. The body went to Ida Grove for burial in Arthur.
A harsh cold spell grips this region with all parts of the country affected. Thermometers show 25 below zero, after a sequence of readings from 15 to 20 below, dipping to zero, then moderating. Henry Braun schweig undergoes eye removal. he recovers in Cherokee Hospital. Federal economists warn of light dairy production this winter.
Rev. Wm Stock leaves St Martins Lutheran near Marengo for Trinity Lutheran in Cherokee. County Engineer Floyd G Ruby resigns to join Western Engineering Co effective March 1. Federal aid distributed veal and rice to Cherokee County families. Rev W O Dailey to lead Cherokee Christian Church succeeding I H Coonradt. Marguerite Danielson elected vice president of the state department Association of Ladies Auxiliary Patriarchs Militant I O O F.
The Cemetery Association held its annual meeting Tuesday at the library building. Officers were elected for the coming year and a caretaker was hired. President Mrs Henry Glawe and other officers were named. Helmer Carlberg appointed caretaker for six months at 70 dollars monthly, replacing long-time caretaker B B McCarty who did not seek reappointment.
Mrs. Claude Davis of Pilot Township will be in Aurelia at the Lockin hotel next Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Farmers of the township are requested to appear with data on their farming operations. Many farmers were not at home, so this method reduces travel for second calls.
A compiled retrospective notes Carl Herold began duties as assessor ten years ago and Fred Wieland succeeded him at Home Grocery. Dying farmer William E. Haight of Pilot township is remembered. A farm sale is planned January 28 on the G. M. Dieterich property. Hog flies threaten swine near Aurelia as Jonas Anderson loses most of a large herd. Twenty and thirty years ago notes cover Byron Reed’s passing, operations in Rochester MN, and local market prices and business changes including Lockin & Son taking over Mumert & Chamberlin implement business.
A corn-hog meeting for Pitcher Diamond and Afton townships is held in the Aurelia Community Theatre this Thursday afternoon. Officials discuss the 1985 corn-hog program as part of a countywide series this week.
Judge C W Pitts of Alton resigns from the district court bench to take effect February 1. He will join Clarence Roseberry in private law practice at LeMars after tendering his resignation to Governor Herring while awaiting the election contest outcome between R G Rodman of Cherokee.
The value of agricultural exports increased nearly 200 million dollars over the prior year in the year ending June 80, 1934, indicating a strong upward trend in farm product overseas sales.
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