Happenings in Nearby Towns Across Several Notices
Ed C. Spooner named concilator for Buena Vista county under the Frazier-Lemke farm debt law. Wm Kracht breaks arm again after a fall from basement stairs. Peterson business folks form the Peterson Commercial club aiming for local growth. Civilian Conservation Corps recruits, including 20 Buena Vista county youths, depart Storm Lake for camps. Jule Lundell, known as Jack, injured in an Ogden area auto crash. Rev Geo H Koch resigns from St John’s Lutheran Church Galva after 14 years of service.
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Storm Lake
Ed. C. Spooner
Grant Township
Buena Visita County
Peterson Patriot
Wm. Kracht
Peterson
Legion Hall
Peterson Commercial Club
Storm Lake Register
Uncle Sam
Army of Peace
Civilias Conservation Corps
Buena Vista
Ogden
Lundell
Galva Tribune
Geo. H. Koch
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Koch
Congregational Church Announces Service Schedule
The Congregational Church led by Pastor Edwin Trigg lists church school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. No Endeavor Service until September. The Sentinel remains the authorized agent for both Sioux City papers and invites subscriptions.
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the Sentinel
Sioux City
A L A Luthreans Convene In Storm Lake Event
Storm Lake hosts the Annual Convention of the Iowa Federation of the A A L to be held in the new high school auditorium next Sunday July 16. The business session opens at 1 30 p m with Alf F Rothman president presiding. A evening program at 7 30 features music entertainment and an address by Alex O Benz national president of the Aid Associations for Lutherans.
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Storm Lake
Iowa Federation of the
Alf. F. Rothman
Federation
Schleswig
Iowa
Alex O. Benz
Aid Associations
Appleton
Wisconsin
H. P. Schmidt
Edgar Schuelke
Alta
Iowa Federation
Garden Club Meets At Mrs Olive Johnson Home
The Aurelia Garden Club met at president Mrs Olive Johnsons home for July. Plans were set for August pilgrimage to Storm Lake and nearby Schaller gardens. Members proposed donating iris and peony roots for city park beds.
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Garden Club
Olive Johnson
Aurelia Garden Club
Storm Lake
Schaller
W. H. Honsbruch
Grimes Named Republican State Convention Chairman
J. M. Grimes former receiver of The First National Bank of Alta and current editor of The Osceola Sentinel is chosen as temporary chairman and keynote speaker for the Republican state convention in Des Moines on July 18. Alta district census shows 574 school age children 293 girls 281 boys.
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J. M. Grimes
First National Bank of
Alta
Osceola Sentinel
Des Moines
C. F. Langston
Family at Meriden Faces Hard Camping Life After Fire
The Thompson family of Meriden endures outdoor living since their Lamoreux farm house burned. They shelter in a bunk house and a former machine shed while eight trees toppled nearby injuring tents and damaging clothing and bedding amid recent heavy rains.
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Martin Thompson
Meriden
Lamoreux
Anothey
Tugwell to Headline Farm Bureau Day at Iowa State Fair
Rexford Tugwell, Roosevelts brain trust member and Undersecretary of Agriculture, will speak on Monday August 27 at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. He will deliver the principal afternoon address and be introduced before crowds at the State Fair amphitheatre with improved amplification to reach large audiences.
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Des Moines
Rexford G. Tugwell
Roosevelt
Brain Trust
Tugwell
Chas. E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Toepfer Mersch Wedding in Des Moines on July 6
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Jean Mersch of West Bend Iowa to Dr. Howard C Toepfer of Pittsburgh Pa. The ceremony was in Des Moines July 6 with Rev F O Connell officiating. The couple will reside in Grantsville West Virginia after a two week eastward trip. Mrs Toepfer taught sixth grade in Aurelia school for four years.
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Jean Mersch
Nick Mersch
West Bend
Iowa
Howard C. Toepfer
R. J. Toepfer
Pittsburch
Des Moines
F. O'Connell
St. Augustaus Church
Grantsville
West Virginia
Heavy Rainfall Strikes Area With Strong Winds
Over ten days the region saw nearly five inches of rain in the past week and lighter showers this week. Sunday night brought wind that snapped tree limbs and damaged corn fields across the vicinity.
Iowa Farmers Hope July Brings Moisture After Drought
Weather and Crop Bureau notes June rainfall was well above normal in Iowa but July started with beneficial rains. Hot spells and heat linger, especially near Ames and Charles City, with corn stressed by drought and chinch bugs. Water wells run dry. farmers drill deeper for moisture.
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Iowa
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Charles City
Ames
Aurelia All-Stars Win On Aurelia Grounds In Baseball Night
Aurelia All-Stars defeated Alta Westsiders 10 to 8 on the Aurelia grounds Tuesday night with Grapenthen and Grienke securing the win. Alta’s Anderson and Sansen shared the battery, while Stiencke and Faber pitched for Aurelia in earlier games.
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Aurelia All-Stars
Alta Westsiders
Aurelia Grounds
Grapenthen
Grienke
Battery
Aurelia
Anderson
Sansen
Alta
Sutherland Creamery
Guarantee Oil
Aurelia Boys
Stiencke and
Faber Battery
Phillips 66
Aston
Guarantee Oil Boys
Highview
Meier
Stieneke
Faber
Fessler
Rice and Wills
Phillips
Rice and
All-Stars
Hanover
Exams Set for Pension Investigator Jobs in Iowa
Examinations for applicants who filed before July 7 for local investigator posts will be held across the state. In Sioux City at Central High School on Thursday July 12 at 9 30 a m E R Meredith chairman notes J F Porterfield a state commissioner will oversee the process.
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Des Moines
Old Age Assistance Commission
E. R. Meredith
Lyon
Osceola
Dickinson
Sioux
O'Brien
Clay
Plymouth
Cherokee
Buena Vista
Woodbury
Ida
Monona
Sac
Crawford
Central High School
Sioux City
J. F. Porterfield
State Commission
Cherokee County items feature tradesmen and civic appointments
Fred J. Carpenter returns to business by purchasing Watts cigar and confectionary shop and barber. Judge George C. Scott announces Hugh E. Bennett as Cherokee conciliator under the Frazier Lemke bankruptcy act. Old age assistance board named by supervisors includes Ross Simons Earl Fraser and Mrs Margaret Garner. Seventeen Cherokee youths report to United States Army authorities at Storm Lake for Civilian Conservation Corps service transfer.
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Fred J. Carpenter
Cherokee County
Watts
George C. Scott
Federal Court
Hugh E. Bennett
Cherokee
Ross Simons
Tilden Township
Earl Fraser
Aurelian
Margaret Garner
Board of Supervisors
United States Army
Storm Lake
Civilian Conservation Corps
Earl Ruge
George East
Larrabee
Lenard Griffith
Albert Johnson
Glenn Mongan
Aurelia
Destructive Hail Storms Hit Plymouth County
A wind and hail storm tore through Plymouth County with damage to crops and property. The system tracked southwest of Ire ton to Cherokee County, damaging areas north and west of LeMars and along the Oyens gravel road. A second southern Plymouth county storm damaged crops Sunday evening.
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LeMars Sentinel
Plymouth County
Ireton
Cherokee County
LeMars
Hinton
Remsen
Oyens
Afton School Budget Publication Details
The Afton Consolidated School District budget estimate appears in this week’s Sentinel. Taxpayers may speak for or against the budget at a meeting on July 28 at 8 p m at the school house district No 6. The proposed next year expenditures total 7000, down from 7500 last year, with 649?00 raised by taxation due to a 4997 on hand. Last year’s school spending was 5185 versus 7877 the year before.
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Afton Consolidated School District
New Blacksmith Opens in Chamberlin Shop
J. M. Kelsey of Elwood, Clinton County, has rented and taken over the Chamberlin blacksmith shop. The 85 year old smith moved his family from Elwood Monday and previously worked at the Chris Olson shop in Alta. This week he announces the shop is operating under new management in The Sentinel.
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J. M. Kelsey
Elwood
Clinton County
Chamberlin
Kelsey
Chris Olson
Alta
the Sentinel
Bible Study Classes at Epworth League Institute
Rev Lloyd Scheerer of the M BE church conducts two Bible study classes this week at the Epworth League Institute on the Methodist Camp Grounds East Okoboji. Attending from Aurelia and nearby are Vira Ammons Lois Dieterich Grace Ruma Evelyn Brummer Marjorie Person Raymond Kruse Edwin Watts Glenn Sleezer Ladell Rapp and Lyle Waddell. the pastor and his wife accompany the group.
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Lloyd Scheerer
M. BE
Epworth League Institute
East Okoboji
Aurelia
Vira Ammons
Lois Dieterich
Grace Ruma
Evelyn Brummer
Marjorie Person
Raymond Kruse
Edwin Watts
Glenn Sleezer
Ladell Rapp
Lyle Waddell
Plucky Pitcher 4-H Club Plans Okoboji Camp and Sale
Lois and Jeanne Anderson led fifteen members of the Plucky Pitcher 4-H club in Aurelia. They voted to attend Okoboji camp and planned a July 12 Main Street sale to raise funds for ice cream and cake.
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Lois
Jeanne Anderson
Bess Pitcher
Keister
Pearl Sims
Lillian Johnson
Okoboji
Aurelia
Phyllis
Florence Blanch
Corn Ear Worm Serious Pest in Northwest Iowa
The corn ear worm is a major Iowa pest with 10 to 90 percent infestation in some fields. It cannot overwinter in Iowa. three generations occur annually with the first causing the most damage. Most worms are near maturity now and will enter the ground to pupate. Control is unsatisfactory. one lead arsenate to sulfur mix can kill 40 to 60 percent of worms if applied before eggs hatch. The female moth averages about 1100 eggs.
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Iowa
Cher okee Conductor Killed By Own Train Onawa Fourth
Ten years ago conductor Charles E James of Cher okee died July 4 after stepping in front of his freight train near Onawa. He previously lived near the Aurelia area and the incident was reported in the Looking Back column.
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Chas. E. James
Cherokee
Onawa
James
Glenn Parrott
Aurelia
Redpath Vawter
Board of Supervisiors
Peterson
American Theatre
Sheldon
Town Budget and Estimate in Sentinel This Week
The Sentinel publishes Aurelia town budget estimates for the coming year including balances on hand and tax requirements. Taxpayers may discuss the proposed expenditures at a council meeting on July 28, 1984 at 8:00 p.m.
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