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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
5
Aurelia Commercial club reveals plans for the annual Farmers Picnic and FFA Livestock Show and Sale. The one day Picnic is set for Thursday August 25 with the Sale on Friday August 26 following the show.
Four girls and a counsellor from the South form the Methodist Caravan of Youth Leaders visiting Aurelia for a week. The group includes LaVerne Wright Falls ton N C Carol Peterson from Neillsville Wis Delores Hamilton Lexington Ky Catherine Miller Palestine Tex and Virginia Sanders O Donnell Tex. They will work with junior high youths 2 to 4 pm and with the senior group 7 30 to 9 30 pm.
Dan Whitney former Aurelia resident died after illness at a Hampton Iowa hospital. Funeral services are scheduled this Thursday at 2 p.m. Burial will follow in a Hampton cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Ed Gano 70 were held Friday with a 1:30 service at Boothby funeral home and a 2:00 service at the Methodist church in Cherokee. She died suddenly at her home Tuesday afternoon. Survived by Ed her husband and six sons Melvin Sanborn Marvin Milford Willis Battlefield WA Virgil Sutherland and another son in Vancouver WA and one sister Mrs Annie Thrush Keyser WV.
Director Donald Jackson announces a program for this Saturday featuring Altamont March McCaughey Nobody Knows the Trouble Ive Seen arr Roberts Indiana State Band March Ferrar Anniversary Waltz Dubin United Nations March King Beau Labour Overture Olivadoti Merry Minstrels March McCaughey King Korab Overture Lorenz High Barbary Jackson Moonlight Serenade Glenn Miller Show Boy March Huff High School Cadets March Sousa National Anthem
The annual meeting of First Trust & Savings bank of Aurelia was held Tuesday afternoon. The report showed a successful year and the usual dividend was declared. Directors re-elected: A. E. Hickey, George A. Johnson, R. W. Whitney, W. H. Bischel, H. H. Deyloff. Officers: H. H. Deyloff president, A. E. Hickey vice president, C. M. Johnson vice president and cashier, Duane Gaudian assistant cashier.
Cpl Gary C Mongan 1486411 of Company A C E Battalion stationed at MCRD San Diego California appears in this wartime personnel record listing.
A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rayburn at Sioux Valley Hospital on July 6 weighs 8 pounds 7 ounces and is named Russell Doy. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Doy Rayburn and Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Sullivan of Bloomfield. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bjorklund at Rockford on July 2 is named Ronald Dale. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bjorklund of Auriela and Mrs. Elsie Hendrickson of Rockford.
Miss Janice Dyslin will be featured in the transcribed Bride of the Week broadcast on station KAYL July 23 at 10 30 a m. She will wed Jack Wickersheim of Sac City on July 24 and was honored Friday evening at the Bradford hotel in Storm Lake with gifts from program sponsors. A large gathering of relatives and friends attended.
Miss Janice Johnson and Marvin Charles Fassler wed at The Little Chapel of the Roses in Chula Vista California honored by family and friends. The couple plans to reside in San Diego after a Las Vegas honeymoon and a reception at the Little Lodge.
Local notes show Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gustafson spending Tuesday in Coon Rapids and visiting the Bob Garst and Oswald Anderson homes. Melba Card traveled from St. Joseph to visit relatives, with a ten day Black Hills trip planned. Patricia Card headed to Lake Andes after a Cherokee visit as Connie Veencamp and grandchildren hosted. Loren Phipps and family from Coral Gables arrived for a stay with Clifford Coombs.
The Aurelia Swimming Pool project moves forward as Carman Construction of Stauney begins shaping the pool walls. Russell Allen and Nivis Nielsen are listed as initial occupants while Carman’s crew handles finish and cement work. Volunteers are asked to assist evenings under Supervisor Verner Johnson during the critical period before August completion.
Numerous families share visits across Cherokee Albert City Sac City Storm Lake and Storm Lake area. Rounds of hospitality include picnics birthdays and hosting relatives. Several residents attend church camps and celebrate or travel to Cedar Falls Minneapolis and Okoboji.
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