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Aurelia Sentinel

Location

Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1956

Page

5

Darlene Kolpin Weds Gene F Simmons in Sioux City

Miss Darlene Mae Kolpin daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Kolpin of Sioux City wed Gene Francis Simmons son of Mr and Mrs Claude Simmons of Quimby in a Nup tial Mass at St Boniface Church May 31. Attendants wore lavender gowns and bouquets of pink and white carnations. The couple reside in Steuart Apartments Sioux City Iowa.

Darlene Mae Kolpin Herbert L. Kolpin Sioux City Aurelia Gene Francis Simmons Claude M. Simmons Quimby St. Boniface Catholic Church Bonaventure Draude Delores Krogman Betty Kolpin Karen Simmons Ronnie Brewster Edward King Robert Streed Dennis Kolpin Duane Hacket Moose Lodge Hall Grace Mummer Nancy Hodge Marcalyn Bell Aurelia High School St. Joseph Mercy School of Nursing Simmons Quimby High School Berland’s Mrs. Simmons Steuart Nebraska Street Towa

June Rainfall Reports Lowest in Years

W H Bischel notes June 1956 total rainfall was only 0.95 inches, far below normal. July has reached 1.30 inches so far with daily amounts on July 1 0.30, July 3 0.10, and July 7 0.90. Past six years rainfall totals include 1950 3.20, 1951 6.10, 1952 3.15, 1953 8.30, 1954 7.60, and 1955 2.75 inches.

W. H. Bischel

Hosier Collier Tie the Knot in Council Bluffs

Miss Verna Hosier of Des Moines and Lewis A. Collier of Ida Grove wed at the Presbyterian church in Council Bluffs on Sunday June 30. The couple, now at home in the Will apartment, plan a quiet wedding trip and note Collier’s duties as a basketball coach and pool manager this summer in Aurelia.

Verna Hosier Des Moines Laura Hosier Woodland Hills Calif Lewis A. Collier Aurelia Fannie L. Collier Ida Grove Presbyterian Church Council Bluffs Will Apartment

Birth announcements for Calvin Dean and Randall Arvid

Mr and Mrs Wilfred C Johnson of Corpus Christi Texas announce the birth of a son Calvin Dean on June 30 weighing 4 lbs 11 oz. Grandmother is Mrs Rosalia Johnson of Aurelia Iowa. The Johnsons recently moved from Aurelia to Texas 413 Stages Corpus Christi Texas. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Anderson announce a son Randall Arvid born July 2 at Sioux Valley Hospital weighing 7 lb 6 oz. He has three sisters and one brother. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Arvid Anderson of Aurelia and Mr and Mrs Franklin Eischen of Cherokee.

Wilfred C. Johnson Corpus Christi Tex Calvin Dean Rosalia Johnson Aurelia Johnsons Texas Lawrence Anderson Sioux Valley Hospital Randall Arvid Arvid Anderson Franklin Eischen Cherokee

New Telephone Directories Dispatched in Aurelia

Aurelia Telephone Company places new directori es in service this week. Mabel Johnson chief operator of the People's Telephone Co notes many number changes and new listings and urges users to refer to the new directories before calling. Residents are reminded to use the classified directory in the back for merchant and service listings.

Aurelia Telephone Company Mabel Johnson People’s Telephone Co

Special Concert and Community Sing at Aurelia Park

The Aurelia Band stages a Sunday night concert at the park starting 7 30 p m with Tom Anderson singing a solo and leading community singing. Don Jackson says the band will play several selections and accompany the singing as residents bring blankets to enjoy the informal program on the grass with chairs for elderly attendees and a collection to fund treats for band members.

Park Aurelia Tom Anderson Aurelia High School Don Jackson

Tom Whitney to Lead Aurelia Band in Saturday Concert

Soloist Tom Whitney will headline Aurelia's concert this Saturday directed by Don Jackson. His trumpet piece Soliloquy For Trumpet by Morrissey opens a program of Bennett marches and other band selections starting at 8 p.m. on Aurelia Main Street.

Tom Whitney Aurelia Don Jackson Tom John Morrissey Harold Bennett Morrissey Concord Bennett Cleopatra King MacRae Walters O'Keefe Miller

Patterson Paulsen Wedding at St. Pauls Aurelia

Su san Patterson daughter of L. M. Patterson married William Paulsen Jr lieutenant in the U S Air Force at St Pauls Lutheran church Aurelia The ceremony featured a 15 minute program of church chimes organ preludes and songs O Perfect Love and Abide With Me The bridal party wore blue organdy dresses and white daisies with Rolan Blake as best man and Gary Kirby as groomsman

St. Paul's Lutheran Church Aurelia Susan Patterson L. M. Patterson William Paulsen Jr U. S. Air Force E. J. Wehrspann O. C. Waddell Norman Olson Whittier Calif Claire Wuerl Detroit University of Colorado Patty Ehrhardt Lutheran Hospital Sioux City Melinda Guenther Wilhelmina Buenger Rolan Blake Gary Kirby William Whitney Jr

Bride and groom wed in Cherokee with military honors

The ceremony featured ushers Norman Olsen of Whittier and other groomsmen in dark suits and white jackets. The reception in the Fern Room of the Lewis hotel followed, with an all white decor and a daisies topped cake. The bride, an X Ray technician trainee, and the groom, air cadet graduate, plan to travel to Del Rio Texas before Craig Air Force Base.

Norman Olsen Whittier Calif H. H. Deyloff Edmund Radke Carl Anderson M. C. Paulson Sharon Ohlson Marcalyn Bell Shirley Stief Penny Morton Vicki Morton Aurelia High School University of Colorado Baylor University Hospital Dallas Tex Air Force the Lakes Des Moines del Rio Craig Air Force Base Selma Ala

Vogel's Observe 25th Anniversary With Open House

Mr and Mrs Al Vogel former Aurelia residents will be guests of honor at an Open House in Terril Sunday July 22 in observance of their 25th wedding anniversary. Friends and relatives are invited to call between 230 and 430 pm and 700 and 900 pm Mr Vogel formerly taught vocational agriculture here and later operated the local hatchery.

Vogel's Terril al Vogel Aurelia Jin Terril Vogel

Services Tuesday For George E Wall

Funeral services for George E Wall 87 longtime Aurelia resident were held Tuesday at 2 from Wharton Funeral Home. Born in Somersetshire England he died Saturday night in Alta after a lingering illness. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery in Alta. Survived by two sisters Mrs Harriet McCurdy and Mrs George McCurdy both of Aurelia.

George E Wall Aurelia Wharton Funeral Wall Somersetshire England Alta Woodlawn Harriet McCurdy George McCurdy

Farmers Sign Up For Soil Bank Plan in Cherokee County

Farmers in Cherokee County face a July 20 deadline to decide participation in the 1956 soil bank program. ASC chairman Louis C. Bengtson says 585 agreements had been signed as of Friday, with farmers urged to complete decisions and sign agreements for 1956.

Cherokee County Soil Bank Louis C. Bengtson ASC Bengtson

Rites Held Monday for Mrs V Thevenin

Funeral services for Mrs V Thevenin of Washta were held at Aurelia Methodist Church with the Reverend Forrest Flowers leading. Pallbearers included John Booth and Henry Snapp. Interment followed in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Thevenin, 66, died July 7 near Cherokee after a long community life. survived by Virgil Thevenin, two sons Meridia Glidden and Ralph, two daughters Freda Nelson and Dorothy Miller, ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Naeh Thevenis Waanhta Ant Aurelia John Booth Herb Grieneke Henry Snapp George Roberta News Abank Henry Pleasant Hill Cemetery Aurela Ora Cherokee Sears Crassipolis Methasatia Church Wath Thevenin Virgil Thevenin Washta Meridia Glidden Ralph Aurela Freda Raymond Nelson Dorothy Mra Clifford

Final dates for soil bank agreements and cuts for 1966

County ASC outlines key deadlines for operators and farmers. July 20 is the final day to sign agreements and for farmers to terminate or adjust them without penalties. landlords may sign by August 31. July 15 sets final date to crop barley oats or rye for acreage reserve, July 31 governs corn cutbacks and flax soybeans plow under, and farmers should obtain must have information at the county ASC office before destroying any crop.

ASC

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Darlene Kolpin Gene F. Simmons George E. Wall James Virgil Whecen Cary Sears Gamsais
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