Happenings of Nearby Towns Briefs and Notes
Mrs. A G Stoner dies at 63 after a paralytic stroke, after a May 27 hospital stay following a home accident. Fern Brenneman wed Bernard Bowen in a June 28 ceremony at Peterson. Storm Lake reads plans for July 9 Lutheran celebration linked to 1839 Saxon immigration to Perry County. City permits total 69225 since January 1, with a duplex on Michigan and a 100000 seed corn plant east of town. M R Soth buys the Rolfe Arrow and had earlier come to Holstein as school superintendent seventeen years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson Pratriot
A. G. Stoner
Spencer Hospital
Rudolph Brenneman
Bernard Bowen
Storm Lake
Ben Bowen
Peterson
Rolfe
Holstein
Baseball Schedule and Harvest Notes From Local Area
July 7 twilight game in Ft. Dodge at 5 30. July 9 Madrid here. July 16 Mankato here. July 18 Rock Valley there night. July 19 Algona Brownies at Sioux Rapids Tall Corn Festival. July 23 Akron here. July 30 Storm Lake White Caps here. Aug 6 Albert City here. Aug 18 Akron there. Aug 18 Correctionville here. Aug 20 Vermillion tentative. Aug 27 LeMars there. Farmers began harvesting barley and rye. Oats ripening, most corn laid by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Dodge
Madrid
Mankato
Rock Valley
Algona Brownies
Sioux Rapids
Akron
Storm Lake White Caps
Albert City
Correctionville
Vermillion
S. C
LeMars
Wedding Bells In Alta As Kathryn Wilkinson Wed Roy Otto
The home of Mr and Mrs J W Wilkinson hosted the wedding of their daughter Kathryn to Roy Otto of Storm Lake at 4 30 on Wednesday afternoon June 28. Miss Pearl Wilson of Alta will teach third grade at Spirit Lake after resigning at Burt Iowa for a higher salary. Opal Wilson secured a raise and was re elected to Duluth Minnesota schools. Floyd Stivers married Verona Rohweder in Little Rock on Thursday noon. Mrs Flora Sipe C E Cameron Miss Florence Lindlief and Leonard Schuelke were discharged from Alta hospital on Sunday. Ricstor and Mrs W R Coyle and daughter Jean Marie with Floyd Stivers and wife planned a west coast trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Wilkinson
Kathryn
Roy Otto
Storm Lake
Pearl Wilson
Alta
Spirit Lake
Burt
Iowa
Opal Wilson
Duluth
Minnesota
Floyd Stivers
Verona Rohweder
Little Rock
Flora Sipe
C. E. Cameron
Florence Lindlief
Leonard Schuelke
Aurelia
Ricstor
W. R. Coyle
Jean Marie
West Coast
Flax Prospects Improve for Iowa Farmers This Year
Iowa farmers report strong flax prospects as drought resistant flax held up in April and May. L. C. Burnett of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station notes flax could yield well with prices around 1.40 to 1.55 per bushel, boosting returns per acre over oats. The AAA rulings let flax serve as a nurse crop without depleting soil, encouraging higher acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
L. C. Burnett
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Minneapolis
AAA
Aurelia Clipped Storm Lake In Fourth Of July Ball Game
Aurelia semi pro team upset Storm Lake White Caps 8 to 5 under storm lake floodlights on the Fourth. Madden pitched a complete game for Aurelia as the locals built a five run fifth inning and added late insurance. The crowd approached a thousand as Aurelia outplayed the visitors with timely hits and defensive miscues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Storm Lake
White Caps
Lakers
Madden
Entier
Holm
Brown
Storm Lake Boys
Albert City
Kracht
Hoovers
Péargon
Rapp
Olson
Collins
Aurelia Boys
Algona Brownies
Algona
Brownies
Brownie
Rev Bock Writes From Nebraska Charge
Letter from Steinauer Nebraska dated July 1 1939 recounts Rev Bock and wife’s work at a church with about 120 families. He notes strong worship turnout in American and German, substantial rainfall since March, memories of 1934 heat, and finances including pension and Synod contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas
Synod
St. John’s
Peterson
Aurelia
Auretic
Brooke
John Herman
F. W. Budy
William Vehe
Rudolph
Ridward Phyne
Rose
Alice Plagman
Franklyn Plagman
Edward
Oakdale
Interims Committee Membership Has Iowa Woes
The Iowa state interim committee on retrenchment and reform faces a dispute over whether 10 or 12 members should sit. Officials dispute who requested opinions and whether the governor wants enlargement. Clerk errors forced changes in committee leadership and sparked patronage concerns amid a Republican-dominated administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Oon
Statehouse
Wyerett
George A. Wilson
Wilson
EB. P. Donohue
Robert D. Blue
Senate
House
Judiciary
Donahue
Blue
Judiciary Committee
Cherokee school board adopts 1989 40 year budget
Cherokee School Board approved a 98 657 60 budget for 1989 40 year, up 4 600 from 1938 39. Lottery equipment seized in recent raids was condemned and ordered destroyed. Rex Mahoney, 28, a state hospital attendant, recovering after head injuries from a patient attack. Two Cherokeans named in American Women biography: Trene Brooks and Sister Emmanuel Poster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee School Board
Justice of Peace
George Farr
Archie Nelson
Rex Mahoney
Sioux Valley Hospital
Mahoney
Trene Brooks
Mary
Emmanuel Poster
Immaculate Conception School
Fire Blight Hits Iowa Fruit Trees
Fire blight, a bacterial disease affecting apples and pears, is reported in several Iowa orchards. It injures leaves blossoms and young fruit, forming cankers on main branches. Control involves pruning infected wood in late winter and clear guidance from county agents or the Seed Laboratory at Iowa State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Porter
Town State College
West
Iowa State College
Looking Back Into the Past Ten to Thirty Years Ago
A clipped reminiscence notes ten years ago J W Grapen bought Peter Farrow drag equipment and hired Ralph Fritz to run it. Other items include a lease on Trahn hotel in Cherokee, J Shank delivering bakery goods, and community memories of weddings, church plans, deaths, and property sales across Aurelia Cherokee Melvin and Diamond Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Grapen
Peter Farrow
Ralph Fritz
Lucy Kurtz
Aurelia
Trahn
Cherokee
J. Shank
Waddell
Diamond Center
MD Weise
U. GV
Obtson
Diamond Township
Seed Corn Plant Seeks 800 for Detasseling Work
The DeKalb Agricultural Association seeks 800 men and boys to detassle 1,600 acres of Buena Vista county corn for hybrid seed production. Detasseling runs about a month starting July 6 or 2, with the Goodyear tire shop office as theApply point. P. V. Vance manages the local plant as excavation begins for a five-building facility east of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Pilot-Tribune
Buena Vista County
DeKalb Agricultural Association Incorporated
Goodyear ‘Tire
P. V. Vance
DeKalb Company
Country Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alta Advertiser
Sentinel
First Trust & Savings Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Borrybody
Tecan
Rev. Bock
Nebraska Charge
Steinauer
Nebraska
Weekly News Letter
Cherokee News
Cherokee Times
Sylvia Miller
Herman Frey
Melvin
W. A. Parks
Harriet Sage
Nancy Groff
Congregational Church
Farmers National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
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