Nearby Town Happenings Highlight Summer Projects and Events
Storm Lake plans pave No. 6 from Storm Lake to Alta and Newell this summer per Iowa highway official C Coykendall. Storm Lake municipal band opens season June 6 at Sunset Park with A F E Morse baton. afternoon concert by bands from Newell Sulphur Springs Early. night concert by Storm Lake Muny band. Sioux Rapids bank reopens as Spencer Farmers Trust branch after cashier Clyde R Cate’s disappearance. $2,000 cash and $24,000 bonds missing. Storm Lake rainfall drives lake up 84 inches this week. total rise 184 inches since fall. Lena Kirchner French wills land north of Peterson for a public library. WPA funding sought. Sioux Rapids building fire damages Gamble Store and Sioux Cafe. losses estimated $2,000 to $2,500 for the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Sioux Rapids
Rossie Savings Bank
Clyde R. Cate
Spencer Farmers Trust and Savings Bank
Cate
Chicago
Peterson Patriot
Lena Kirchner French
Peterson
Works Progress Administration
S. N. Kladstrup
First Street
Gamble Store
Sioux Cafe
Gamble
Harry Kas
Diplomas Granted to Twenty Seniors at Local Commencement
Twenty seniors, eleven girls and nine boys, received diplomas at the high school commencement in the auditorium. Dr. James J. Davies of Sioux City delivered the address, with music by the orchestra and girls glee club. Awards were presented by the Legion Auxiliary and the class was introduced by the high school principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Schol
James J. Davies
Sioux City
The
Legion Auxiliary
A. W. Larson
Joan Thomson
Phillip Peterson
Charles Wharton
Jeanne Simmers
George Wharton, Jr
Celia Lewis
W. H. Heimsoth
Wilmer E
Anderson Jeannes
Anderson Ferne E
Bengtson
Eleanor M. Blake
Lucile Blanch
Robert N. Bruce
Opal E. R. Grieme
John E. Hartwig
Caroline Hilton
George A. Loucks
A. R. Nelson
Old Massa
Mildred Thomson
Chas. Buma
Harriet Waddell
Bess Lindsay
Mammy
Marianne Mongan
A. 5. Krout
Jeanne Anderson
Jeannette MacClain
G. R. Wharton
Mary Fraser
W. G. Port
American Legion Auxiliary
Kenneth Lewis
Ralph Peterson
Walter Peterson
Mabel Johnson
John Mummert
Arnold Fabe
Margaret Johnson
Bernard Johnson
Garden Club Plans Flower Show With Tentative Dates
The Aurelia Garden Club will host its third annual flower show June 9 or 12 at the G R Wharton furniture store. Exhibitors must grow most flowers, displays arranged by exhibitors, and prizes range from gas to cash plus goods across twelve classes with multiple sponsors.
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Aurelia Garden Club
G. R. Wharton
First Trust & Savings Bank
Eclipse Lumber Co
Mummert Hardware Co
Guarantee Oil Co
Z. Chamber
East Side
Kruse’s Grocery
Garden Club
Larson’s
H. H. Lockin
Nelson's Cafe
Waddell’s Grocery
Pratt’s Drug Store
Gustafsoan
Lillie’s
Pratt’s
Aurelia Sentinel
Phillips 66
Paulson- Finkbine Lumber Co
Aurelia Motor Co
Fae Fraser
Geo. Scott
Opening Concert by Aurelia High School Band Saturday Night
The Aurelia high school band under A. E. Morse will open the summer season with a concert on Aurelia Main Street Saturday evening. It starts a series of Saturday night concerts during vacation and promises notable improvement over last year.
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A. E. Morse
Storm Lake
Aurelia
Morse
Memorial Day Guests Seen In Aurelia From Out of Town
Memorial Day exercises in Aurelia drew many visitors from nearby towns including Sioux City Fort Dodge Garrison Clemons Galva Mapleton and Cherokee Locally noted attendees included Mr and Mrs I L McNear Miss Carrie Striker James Martian LeLand Dawson and families among others visiting relatives.
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Aurelia
I. L. McNear
Carrie Striker
James Martian
Sioux City
Walter Frandsen
Fort Dodge
LeLand Dawson
Garrison
Byron Sweet
Clemens
Catherine Lamm
Lloyd
Galva
Edward Gray
Mapleton
E. L. Rapp
Humbledt
Ronald Dyslin
Cherokee
Mrs. John Wogahn of Storm Lake Buried Here Last Week
Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church in Storm Lake for Mrs. Lena Anna Christine Roggon Wogahn born February 5 1880 in Will County Illinois. She died Sunday May 23 following a coma since Thursday. Interment was in Aurelia cemetery. she is survived by her husband John C. Wogahn and six siblings.
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John C. Wogahn
Storm Lake
H. P. Schmidt
Aurelia
Lena Anna Christine Roggon- Wogahn
Will County
Illinois
Iowa
Afton
Cherokee County
Wogahn
John Ropgow
Peterson
Mary Zorn
Gardena
North Dakota
Fred Roggow
Minnie Roth
Kramer
Henry Roggow
Christian Roggow
Highway No 59 paving bids set June 8
The State Highway Commission will receive bids June 8 for paving Highway No 59 from Cherokee to the O'Brien county line. Cherokee county plans two projects one covering 3 miles from Larrabee to the county line and another 6 miles from Cherokee through Larrabee.
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Town
State Highway Commission
Cherokee
O'Brien County
Cherokee County
Larrabee
O’brien County
Teachers Leave to Spend Vacation Across the State
Aurelia school closes as faculty depart for summer locations. Dorothy Walker heads to Mason City. Eleanor Donnelly to Schleswig. Mabel Trossen to Paullina. Gladys Bailey to Jolley. Julia Ceilley to San Francisco. Olive Lewis to Denver. Others head to Des Moines, Smithland, Sutherland, Martinsdale, Cherokee, Lenox, Storm Lake, Ames, Web ster City, Eldora, and Aurelia. Superintendent and Mrs Troup stay with no plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Dorothy Walker
Mason City
Eleanor Donnelly
Schleswig
Mabel Trossen
Paullina
Gladys Bailey
Jolley
Julia Ceilley
San Francisco
Delwein
Olive Lewis
Denver
Gladys Shay
Des Moines
Josephine Kelsey
Smithland
Sva Marie Bryant
Sutherland
CG. L. Beam
Martinsdale
Lyle Paulson
Cherokee
Laura Rupe
Lenox
Merle Kahuda
Storm Lake
Ames
Celia M. Lewis
Webster City
Iowa City
Victoria Aylesworth
Eldora
BL. Troup
Poppy Sale Receipts Reported by American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion hall on Tuesday afternoon June 1. A successful poppy sale reported by the poppy chairman raised 42.65 dollars. One fourth of net proceeds goes to Des Moines department. the rest funds local welfare work. Watch your subscription date.
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American Legion Auxiliary
the Legion Hall
Department
Des Moines
Looking Back Into the Past A Chronicle of Obits and Marriages
A historical column recalls graduates led by Lorine Johnson and Dorothy Sevatt with others named. Notices report the death of Mrs. Bert Miller and Henry Pruitt after surgeries, a land purchase north of Alta, a May 30 year marriage of Guy W. Peterson and Marie Van Nimwepren, and the deaths and travels of local pioneers and nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorine Johnson
Dorothy Sevatt
Lethiott Morgan
Pauline Herold
Norma Lewis
Mildred Yhovenin
Bert Miller
Henry Pruitt
Guy W. Peterson
Marie W. van Nimwepren
Melon
Rey C. al. Young
David Johns
Afton
Trene Robar
Red Cross Service
Achievement Day at Cherokee Friday This Week
The Cherokee county home project hosts an Achievement Day with exhibits ready at morning inspection. The program begins at 10 oclock, features Carroll county chorus, a pageant Better Homes Through Better Management at 1 15, Cherokee county chorus numbers, and a talk by Mrs. Sarah Porterllis. A luncheon is served at noon.
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Cheroke County
Carroll County Chorus
Cherokee County Chorus
Sarah Porterllis
Tawa State College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pilot-Tribune
Alta
Newell
C. Coykendall
Iowa Highway Commission
Storm Lake Register
Bert Cunningham
W. C. Anderson
Holstein
Rudolph J. Holst
Exslaa Elc
Crebes
AG Mae coRe
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
John Wogahn
Highway Commission
Sentinel
George Ghiuwe
Mra
Mary Pingel
Mrs. Fulton
Spring Township
George M. Miller
Monnie
Edinburg
Virginia
Johnson and Family
Sweden
the Sentinel
FDIC
Farmers Nationale Bank Aurelia
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