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Memorial Day Observance and Community Celebration Dorns Aurelia
Memorial Day activities in Aurelia included a funeral procession and cemetery rites in light rain delays, a large Methodist church hall dinner hosted by Cemetery Association proceeds aiding the group, and a strong musical program. The event featured Miss Flora Dukes piano, a female quartet, a chorus led by B A Colby, a war address lauded for its vivid war imagery, and band performances by Bert Dice and Garvin Minn, with evening street concerts and prayers for continued band practice and community support. A local baseball game between Aurelia and Galva preceded a drugging Decoration Day tribute and ended with Galva trailing 8 to?
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Cemetery Association
The
Methodist Church
Flora Dukes
Frank Waddell
B. A. Colby
A. A. Dingman
Art
Garvin
Minn
Bert Dice
Fifth
Walnut Streets