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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1952
Page
3
A long list of visits and dinners links Aurelia residents and neighboring towns. Des Moines guests, Omaha visitors, and Cherokees travelers mingle at numerous homes including the Hoke and Matzdorff families. Members of WSCS served a tornado relief meal. Several trips to Storm Lake, Marcus, Alta, and Clinton mark a week of hospitality and social activity.
Mrs. Iva Fowler of San Fernando California visits Mrs. Lulu Newcomb and Mrs. Fae Fraser. Iva Sutton of Afton township remembered. A J Byerly and family leave for Santa Monica after a 10 day visit. Delaine Kolb visits Orville Kolb home. Linda Kolb stays several days. Hilma Nelson of Cherokee visits sister-in-law John Chilgren. Larson Chilgren and Hilma Nelson attend a family picnic at Marathon State Park. Fraser meets Pioneer World Book reps hosted by District Manager V Hadenfeldt at Cobblestone Inn Storm Lake room. Alice Sauter and Lake City visitors stay with Charles Galvin.
Herman F. Nelson of Cherokee died at 5 45 a m Tuesday July 1 after a long illness. A son Jimmy in Japan with the armed forces awaits word on funeral times. A prayer service will be at Wharton and burial in Aurelia cemetery with Rev Carl W Larson of Trinity Lutheran church officiating. Survived by wife Adel three sons Merle Jim John and four daughters Mildred Lois Donna Ruby.
Mr and Mrs Chester Sjoberg with Jane and John return home after a two week vacation through the west. They visited the Badlands and Black Hills in South Dakota traveled through Wyoming to Denver and Estes Park then to Colorado Springs Pike Peak region and Salida for trout fishing before heading home via Santa Fe New Mexico and Texas Oklahoma and Kansas.
Elk township Farm Bureau Homemakers and families plan a picnic at the Art Loft home on Tuesday evening July 8 at 7 o clock All members should bring a covered dish weiners bread and peanut butter sandwiches cake or cookies and their own dishes and silverware Ice cream will be furnished
Voluntary groups from Aurelia join in clearing tornado wreckage in Cleghorn Larrabee area. Trucks tractors and tools aid workers while church circles provide meals to laborers and victims. Rebuilding will take time and more volunteers will be welcome.
A son was born Saturday June 28 at Sioux Valley hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Huseman of Storm Lake and Mr and Mrs Herbert Grienké of Aurelia.
Damage from a hail storm hit Buena Vista county Saturday afternoon causing thousands in losses. Reverend G. R. Gilbert former Aurelia Methodist pastor died June 25 in Sioux City Methodist hospital. Funeral services for Fred Hustedt were held June 24 at St. John's Lutheran, Hanover. Fifty five youths ages 18 to 20 registered in Aurélia Tuesday June 30 in the fifth U.S. manpower registration.
Twenty years ago Clementine Waddell and William Westphal Jr tied the knot in Omaha on a Tuesday morning June 28. The piece also notes visits from Jack Thomson of Chickasha Okla and mentions 30 years ago Ruth Gifford and Harry Mummert wedding in Cherokee and C E Day elected Aurelia school superintendent as Aurelia Chatauqua slated for July 9 for a five day session.
Four decades ago Aurelia prepared a large July Fourth event with a-Mardi Gras torch parade planned for the evening. J C Lockin and M Mummert sold half-section of land east of town to George and Leonard Larson at 150 dollars per acre. Frank Welch won the contract to build the new structure west of the school. B A Colby remodels his Main Street east-side building for a cafe.
Over 200 attendees gathered at the local Methodist church for Eunice Bruce Stephens's commissioning as a missionary, the first of its kind in the church. Bishop Brashares delivered the sermon and a fellowship hour followed with readings from visiting pastors and greetings from former staff.
Junior Cline of Pat and Mrs. Cline has enlisted in the Coast Guard and trains in California. The letter describes a 10 week boot camp with lectures on the Coast Guard, rope work, lifesaving, and code communications, plus meals, PT, and a company of 65 men.
Rev Andrew Craig of Grinnell will preach the morning service at the Congregational Church on Sunday July 6 after the regular service. A business meeting of church members will follow. Rev Gebhardt left Tuesday for Colorado for July at a summer school for ministers.
Mr and Mrs Maurice Eddy of Aurelia announce the engagement of their daughter Jean Eddy to Jack Schueder son of Raymond Schueder of Paulina Jean is a graduate of Aurelia high school and Buena Vista college two year program Mr Schueder works in farming with his father.
Dr. Betty Nilsson longtime doctor and missionary in India since 1908 will address Trinity Lutheran Church Alta Women’s Missionary Society Friday July 11 at 2 15 pm A special offering for Indian missionary work will be collected All women interested in the work are invited to attend
In Aurelia the week’s rainfall reached 3.7 inches after Tuesday’s downpour. W H Bischel notes heavy rain and strong winds with creeks spilling over banks into low lands. Last Friday brought 0.8 inches, keeping the weekly total at about 3.7 inches.
Mr and Mrs Howard Haight and daughter Elsie Mae with Janis Friedly of Helix Ore returned from a 12 day tour of eastern states. They visited Washington DC the White House Smithsonian Arlington National Cemetery Lincoln and Jefferson memorials the senate Mt Vernon Philadelphia Independence Hall Betsy Ross Liberty Bell Plymouth Rock Boston New York Statue of Liberty and Niagara Falls. They also saw Plymouth Rock and Old Ironsides and visited Paul Revere's home. Travel included Mount Vernon Philadelphia New York and Niagara Falls.
Sandra Jeanne Peterson 3, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bertil Peterson of Mt Olive, died at 8 15 pm Monday in Cherokee after a lingering illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at Boothby funeral home Cherokee at 10 am and Bethlehem Lutheran church at 10 30 am with Rev Carl Benander officiating. Burial in Good Hope cemetery six miles south of Cherokee. Survived by sister Janet Kay and grandparents August Peterson Cherokee E A Rud Cleghorn and Karen Rud Hankinson ND.
The Aurelia Midgets beat Alta 2 1 and Marathon 15 2 to improve to four wins one loss and one tie on the season. In league play Aurelia sits third with two wins one loss and one tie. Dick Anderson pitched two hits allowed in the Alta game with Gene Peterson catching. Peterson and Sherkenbak formed the battery in the Marathon rout.
The Aurelia Community Council calendar committee will meet at 7 30 p m Friday July 18 in the school Ag room to start a calendar of local activities. Members include D J Friedland O J Nelson Mrs Roy Matzdorff Mayor Orlo Shank Rev E J Wehrspann and Bob Forbes.
Jim Parrott started this week as custodian replacing Ben Forbes who resigned after six years. Cris Droegmiller remains the other custodian.
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