Aurelians Are State Semipro Champions
Ten years ago Aurelia voters approved selling the town electric system to Iowa Public Service Co for 22000 and granted a 25 year franchise. A park board was approved. Also noted: the death of F B Dyslin in Slayton Minnesota and new teachers hired for the coming school year. An Alta resident, Claus Johnson, was injured by a self binder wheel.
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Aurelia
Iowa Public Service Co
Board of Park Commissioners
F. B. Dyslin
E. W. Johnson
Slayton
Minn
Jean Mersch
Ramona Murray
Dorothy Stump
Glayds Shay
Ruth Walters
Lucille Tumley
Laura Rupe
M. T. Burham
Claus G. Johnson
Alta
Storm Lake White Caps to Visit Aurelians Sunday
The Storm Lake White Caps travel to the Aurelians for a Sunday 2:80 game. Wattie's boys hold a 4 to 2 season edge after defeating Storm Lake on the Fourth. Both teams seek a win in what promises to be a heated baseball showdown.
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Storm Lake
White Caps
Aurelians
Wattie
Illinois Central Tax Bill in Cherokee County 1939
The Illinois Central System paid a tax bill of 36120 into Cherokee county treasury in 1939. The report shows Cherokee county expenditures totaling 355809 for payroll purchases water power phone and taxes.
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Cherokee County
Illinois Central System
Iowa
School bus staff rehired with route changes announced
At a school board meeting all bus drivers were rehired except C H Kaskey who will take over his brother George's route. J M Gay retained as janitor and Martin Burshheim as engineer for another term. Routes and distances to country communities listed for each driver. Local visitors from Beresford SD joined the Larson family at their home Sunday.
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C. H. Kaskey
George
J. M. Gay
Martin Burshheim
Jack Grapenthen
Roy Matzdorff
Oren Coombs
Clay Dawson
Otto Plautz
John Holderness
Charlie Waddell
Iva Mann
Roy Demarest
James Scott
Clash over Illinois issues fuels Iowa duel at national convention
The feud between former Gov. Kraschel and Sen. Herring widens as Iowa’s delegation aids unity yet splits linger. Kraschel pursues a Senate bid in 1942 while backing Wallace for vice president. Willkie-Wilson talks in Philadelphia hint at farm policy pressure. Continued on back page.
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Nelson G. Kraschel
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Chicago
Kraschel
Herring
Senate
Nels Kraschel
United States Senate
Louis J. Murphy
Dubuque
Nels
Harlan
Roosevelt
Guy M. Gillette
Otha D. Wearin
Henry Wallace
Marshall County
Willkie
Wilson
Whitehill
Walter
Philadelphia
Wendel Willkie
Representatives
Willkie-Wilson
George A. Wilson
Colorado Springs
Colo
Des Moines
Pitcher Farm Bureau to Meet Friday Evening
The Pitcher Farm Bureau will hold its annual July meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs Cliff Coombs this Friday evening July 26. County Agent C H Thompson and FSA Supervisor Co C R Bush will speak on farm problems. Halcyon Warren will describe the Junior Farm Bureau trip west. Each family is asked to bring cake.
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Pitcher Farm Bureau
Cliff Coombs
C. H. Thompson
FSA
Co. C. R. Bush
Halcyon Warren
Farm Bureau
Guarantee Oil Co. Opens In-House Gas Transport Truck
Guarantee Oil Co. now operates its own transport trailer truck to stock its bulk station with gasoline and fuel oil. Ervil Rapp will drive the 3,940 gallon capacity truck, making three weekly trips to keep supplies flowing and improve service. Mr and Mrs Fred Kaskey and Ervil Rapp traveled to Kansas City Missouri for the new operation.
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The
Guarantee Oil Co
Fred Kaskey
Ervil Rapp
Kansas City
Music Room in School House Redecorated with Nu-wood
The school music room is now sound proofed with Nu wood materials reducing sound leakage to adjacent rooms. Band Director Lloyd Ruby and members thank the school board for the upgrade. The district also added a new bassoon to the music department.
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Lloyd Ruby
Muscians
W. H. Bischel
Ruby
Eding
Plans for Farmers Picnic Progressing
At the Business Men's meeting plans for the Farmers Picnic on August 30 31 were reviewed. A. J. Fraser became concession chairman replacing Fred Kaskey. A large wooden floor will host dancing both nights with pony and bike races and junior ball games. Livestock show funding will increase for bigger features at L H Daniels barn. Ewolt rides will be free except ferris wheel at five cents.
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A. J. Fraser
Fred Kaskey
L. H. Daniels
Aurelians win state semi pro title with Audubon doubleheader
Wattie's Aurelians beat Audubon twice in Adel to claim the state semi pro championship, advance to the national meet in Wichita, Kan. next month, and collect a trophy plus 20 percent of meet gross. The squad went 6 of 7 in the tournament, with strong hitting from Holm and Brown and decisive 17 0 victory over Adel.
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Wattie
Aurelians
Audubon
Adel
Wichita
Kan
Minnesota
Aurelia
National Semipro Baseball Congress
Guarantee Oil Co
Daniels Bros
Ellis Insurance
Des Moines
Marvelous
Ronnie Miller
Lloyd Jones
Ellis Ins
Miller
Holm
Brown
Bretthauer
Sccces
Hamilton
Morlan
Collins
Caswell
Henricks
Crimmings
Pmuller
AB R .H Ward
Masterson
Sherman
Barricks
Hector
Emery
Ranerson
Woxell
Evans
Freed
Csssssseeerers Wieiget
Helm
Ward
Aure
Lians
Radosevich
Gene Ford
Jack Bennett
Congo Collins
Ralph Brown
Elen Glaze
Wayne Henricks
Glenn Bretthauer
I Glaze
Helms
Lfe
Clf
Vaupolia .O
Glaze
Bennett
Ford
Loving
Bennet
Wharton Receives State Embalmer License
G R Wharton is now a licensed embalmer after graduating with honors in Kansas City and passing the Iowa state exam. He operated in Aurelia as a funeral director but will run Wharton Funeral Home under his own name and plans to add ambulance equipment soon.
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G. R. Wharton
Des Moines
Wharton
Aurelia
Kansas City
Wharton Funeral Home
Local Happenings and Town News Briefs
Marcus News reports corn stalks from Cleghorn fields reaching 8 feet 2 inches and 9 feet 7 inches in height. Northwestern Bell builds new Sioux Rapids area plant with Des Moines firms in charge. Storm Lake men ordered for army air service physicals in Des Moines. Buena Vista county ranks third in northwest Iowa population per census data. Sioux Rapids launches non profit Lee Township Telephone Association rebuilding and adding a new dial system connecting with Bell Co.
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Marcus News
Bill Miller
Cleghorn
Stub Rae
Peterson Patriot
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
L. &. Benson
Des Moines
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
John Miller
Bill Lucia
Storm Lake
D. E. Ingram
New Telephone Company
Bell Co
Sioux Rapids
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Sentinel
Little Sioux
Peterson
Bertha Tuttle
H. J. Mahoney
John
Rosenbrook
Jess McDeid
Kate DeVore
Cherokee
Dan Whitney
First National Bank
J. P. Morgan
Tulsa
Okla
W. Schumann
German Evangelical Church
Ray Reynolds
R. E. Bell
Virginia
Orlando
Fla
Storm Lake White Caps
Albert Bachman
Beresford, S. D
Art Larson
First Trust & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
State Capitol News
Holm Sreeeneseses
Crimmings Eeere
Farmers National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
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