Local Happenings and Community Notes
Local items report a 2 for 1 sale at the drug store and 10c skate sharpening. The Woman’s Club meets February 8 at Mrs Mildred Whitney’s home. Funeral attendances, hospital stays, and local church group meetings fill the week. A Red Cross meeting is slated February 6 at 4 PM, with several residents traveling to Des Moines for a convention. Local basketball doubleheader results, insurance ads, and public notices accompany updates on attendance, travel, and a cemetery records correction.
Social clubs host meetings and showers in January
Rebekah Circle met at Mrs Rosalie Johnson's home for quilting followed by luncheon. Mrs J Shank hosted a miscellaneous shower honoring her daughter Mrs Lowell Smith of Sioux City. Helping Hands Circle sewed rag carpets and shared salad recipes. Bridge and card games were enjoyed at several gatherings with high scores noted. A Shrove-like party featured 500 and a luncheon. Several parties honored engagements and anniversaries with cards, gifts, and bridge games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Circle
Rosalie Johnson
J. Shank
Lowell Smith
Sioux City
Helping Hand Circle
Emma Rapp
K. C. Dagger
Jack Grapenthen
Roy Matzdorff
George Kaskey
Mabel Johnson
Pythian Card Club
Mildred Whitney
Fred Fassler
Herbert Grienke
Walter Whitney
Estelle Blanch
Miss Blanch
Andrew Peterson
Leland Dawson
Frank Jordan
Junior Girl Scout Diary Readies Second Class Test
Lois Whitney records a meeting at Mrs Gruss home with the secretary and treasurer reports. The group learned table setting skills, played games, and heard captains Irene Paulson and Marian Will. Two weeks earlier they hiked around town and drew street maps for the second class test. Members Beulah Williams Dorothy Harrison and Phyllis Port are to rejoin the troupe.
Livestock Feed Shortage Reported by US Agriculture Dept
A recent United States Department of Agriculture survey finds a shortage of total feed available for the number of livestock on farms across the United States. The study highlights supply gaps affecting farmers' feeding plans and potential implications for agricultural operations nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Startling Facts About Auto Accidents in the 1930s
A 1930s-style overview notes that autos kill 3,152 Americans every 36 days, far surpassing War losses. It cites 1934 data: 36,000 deaths and 1,090,000 injuries, with 90,000 permanent disabilities and $680 million costs. It attributes crashes mainly to human carelessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Palm Beach
San Francisco
Maine
Shenandoah
Ohio State Penitentiary
Akron
Auxiliary to Hold Membership Drive Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary invites eligible women relatives of members to attend a meeting at the Legion hall on Tuesday February 5 at 2 PM. The event marks Americanism and national defense month with special entertainment and lunch prepared by a group of members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
the Legion Hall
Verna Lockin
Clara Jordan
Edna Dick
Nora Coombs
Afton 4-H Plans Meeting At Hahn Home
The Afton 4-H club will meet at Fern and Lois Hahn's home on Saturday February 2. Each girl should bring quilt blocks and ten cents for music memory sheets. The program committee is to meet at 1 PM to organize the yearbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afton 4-H Club
Fern and
Lois Hahn
Afton and Vicinity Social Roundup
News notes from Afton and nearby areas recount visits and travels. Donald Groff of Cherokee spent the weekend with Guy Robinsons. Mr and Mrs George Zwick and Laurine visited Washta. Billye Hall left for Cherokee to live with her mother. Anna Danielson visited Hinton and Sioux City. Ernest Swanson and Dell Huff families were in Storm Lake and Cherokee. Irma Allen hosts A C C meeting February 6. The Zwick family and Henry shared a Saturday visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Groff
Cherokee
Guy Robinsons
George “Zwick
Laurine
Wm. Jenkins
Washta
Billye Hall
Kenneth Jones
Afton Center
Clow
Gilbert Clow
Chris Montgomery
Sutherland
Anna Danielson
Hinton
Sioux City
Ernest Swanson
Storm Lake
Dell Huff
Troy Mummerts
E. A. Gifford
Grinnell
Irma Allen
Cherokee Social Roundup Notes Week End Visits
Stevens home in Cherokee hosts Dale Sleezer and McKinley Menefee over the weekend. Mrs Lyle Gifford and family of Cherokee township spent Friday evening at Harry Mummert home. Clifford Gould, now in the marines, stationed at Vera Cruz California, was heard from from Seattle. Ruth Pearson of Cherokee spent Tuesday evening with Glenn Dyslin family in Alta.
East Afton and Elk social notes from local residents
Mrs. Wm Booth and Orvis Erickson visited Cherokee for dinner at the Ed Erickson home. Ed Dooley from Rockwell City stayed with the W S Ammons. Guests at the W M Booth home included Fae Mitchell from Sioux City, the Hines family from Aurelia, Mrs John Booth, Lois and Jaine, and Mr and Mrs Lester Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Booth
Orvis Erickson
Cherokee
Ed Erickson
Ed Dooley
Rockwell City
W. S. Ammons
Fae Mitchell
Sioux City
M. Hines
Ray Hines
Aurelia
John Booth
Lois and
Jaine
Lester Anderson
For Sale Corn Fodder and Corn by Henry Kolpin
For sale 120 shocks of corn fodder with corn. Henry Kolpin quarters mile west of Hanover on Route 3 Alta Iowa. Livestock auction every Thursday at the Sales Pavilion Alta Iowa consignments solicited.
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Henry Kolpin
Hanover
Alta
Iowa
Local Social Notes From Aurelia and nearby towns
Residents and visitors listed with Monday and Sunday visits across Aurelia Peterson and Sioux City. Mr and Mrs Maris McKeever from Peterson visited Charles Stanley home while Alfred Stiencke hosted Mr and Mrs Hines Aurelia and Fae Mitchell Sioux City over the weekend. Jim McManus was ill earlier in the week but improving. Quentin Anderson and Fred Kolpin family visits tied to Aurelia George Kolpin home with Mrs Kolpin ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta
Dewey Deyloff
Maris McKeever
Peterson
Charles Stanley
M. Hines
Aurelia
Fae Mitchell
Sioux City
Alfred Stiencke
Jim McManus
Quentin Anderson
George Kolpin
Kolpin
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Mummert Howe. Co
Nyal
L. C. Johnson
Womans Club
F. F. Faber
LeMars
Edward Shaw
F. HE. Crepps
Luke Arneson
Bates Hospital
The
Red Cross
Congregational Ladies Aid
Bert Waddell
N. R. Whitney
Glenwood Waddell
Faye Beckoff
E. C. Bjorklund
Brookings
South Dakota
I. H. Crepps
August Nelson
C. DeVries
Geo.j. Blanch
Chas. Nelson
E. W. Peterson
Gust Peterson
A. L. Neville
Frank Kolpin
Des Moines
Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers Association
Em, Conception School
Wn. F. Otto
Perry & McDeid
W. H. Bischer
C. C. Hansen
M. E. Pebenet
Margaret Diercks
I. L. Crepps
F. H. Crepps
Nice
Ed Rice
Ralph Fritz
Tracy
Minnesota
Ervil Rapp
Henry Stutz
Chas. Locke
Harold
Mrs. Locke
County American Legion ‘and Auxiliary
Quimby School House
L. M. McCannon
Adj
the Sentinel
Cemetery Association
Olive Johnson
W. H. Bischel
Merrill
Harold DeVries
O. B. East
Chicago
Florence
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Mildred Thomson
L. E. Christensen Jente
Clarence Kaskey
G. R. Wharton
Evelyn Brummer
M. E. Choir
Bernard Johnson
Art Larson
Les. Paulson
Billy Westphal
Freda Thevenin
Clair N. Parrott
Mildred Cave
Howard Anderson
Ray Beeghley
Herbert Will
Lumber Service
Paulson-Finkbine Lbr. Co
Lois Whitney
AFTON
Afton and Vicinity
Mrs. Earl Zwick
Old Sol Coal
Frank F. Faber
Mei
East Afton and Elk
Mrs. Wm. Booth
Congress
Franklin Delano Roose
Cravelt
Benjamin Franklin
Rocking Chair
Thomas Wales
Kansas
Ewnit
Briardale
GWC Coffee
Larson’s Store
Aurelia, Iowa
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