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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1944
Page
1
The Town Council of Aurelia in Cherokee County Iowa will convene July 24 1944 at 8 PM in the Council Room Taxpayers may comment for or against the proposed expenditures for the year starting April 1 1945 A detailed receipts and disbursements statement will be available with Chester G Sjoberg and others.
A educational piece urges continued reading as a valued pastime while warning against letting books become a child's sole friends. It stresses social development, shared activities, and skills training to help shy or clumsy children engage with peers and avoid negative attitudes.
A public message urges drivers to treat every vehicle as precious. It compares lifelong care to the first thousand miles and stresses personal responsibility for the safety of motorists and pedestrians.
Twenty scouts from Troop 111 spent a week at Gull Point State Park West Okoboji with Scoutmaster and staff. They attended classes swam hiked and earned merit badges. diamonds honored individual advancement with red white and blue tokens.
Casualties returning to the United States from the Solomons include men who lost hearing not from injury but from insect attacks on soldiers without mosquito bar protection.
A low flying airplane over Howard county frightened a flock on the Guy Swann farm near Riceville. Before Swann could separate them, 216 turkeys were smothered in their huddle.
Boiling water bath is advised for tomatoes and fruits while vegetables other than tomatoes should be pressure canned to prevent botulinus. Poisoning cases have appeared nationwide. Buy borrow or share a pressure cooker and avoid canning low acid vegetables without pressure. For more information write Good Housekeeping Magazine New York.
Aurelia Iowa council meets July 5 1944 with all members present. Minutes of June 5 approved. Treasurer and Clerk reports approved. Bills totaling general fund waterworks grading sewer and cemetery funds approved for payment. Budget hearing set for 8 oclock July 24 1944 in council room.
The Board of Directors of Afton Consolidated School District will meet July 28 1944 at 9 P M at School House District No 6 Afton Township to consider expenditures for the year beginning July 1 1944 and ending June 30 1945. A detailed statement of receipts and disbursements will be available at the hearing. CHAS L MENEFEE District Secretary.
The motion to adjourn was moved by Maltby, seconded by Shank and carried. W. H. Heimsoth served as Mayor and Chester G. Sjoberg as Clerk.
Miss Dorothy Freriks, R N public health nurse, leads the sixth annual county tuberculosis survey. She visits contacts of known cases to offer a tuberculin skin test and later a chest x ray to detect infection. Early detection aims to prevent advanced disease and serious illness. The tuberculin test is conducted at the individual doctor’s office.
Chest x rays will be given to those who test positive on the initial screening. A later date and location will be announced. Half the program’s cost comes from funds from the annual Christmas Seals sale and the rest from the state health department.
Women of the WAAC serve overseas after hard training to meet wartime duties. A complete WAAC uniform costs about 170 dollars and the quartermaster’s department must supply thousands. Purchase War Bonds and invest at least ten percent of income through payroll savings to fund uniforms and keep America free.
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