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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
3
A long list of weddings visits and family gatherings across Aurelia and nearby towns through Memorial Day includes the Herrick-Caboth wedding in Alta, numerous calls on residents in Storm Lake, Quimby and Washtaanu, and visits by travelers from Detroit Lakes and Sioux City. The column also notes business ads and a theater ticket offer, with a steady stream of kinship ties and weekend activities.
Parson Hiram M. Frakes and the Sunbonnet Quartet from Henderson Settlement will lead the morning service at Aurelia Methodist church in Aurelia, Kentucky this Sunday. Frakes, who left Pineville 27 years ago, transformed the mountain community into a center with 18 buildings for worship and education. a free-will offering will be taken to support the settlement's work.
Miss Louise Bong of Cherokee and Donald Elliott of Aurelia were married Sunday June 1 at 3 p.m. in the Cherokee Methodist church. A reception followed at the church parlors and the couple will live in Aurelia where Elliott works at the First Trust and Savings Bank.
The column records numerous visits and gatherings across towns including Cherokee Aurelia Odebolt and Rembrandt. People mentioned include Frank Becker and Vincent Becker of Cherokee guests in the Becker and Diercks homes. Visits span Memorial Day to recent weekends with relatives friends and wedding attendees.
Dennis Robinson son of Mr and Mrs Lee Robinson attends Hawkeye Boys State at Camp Dodge near Des Moines. He was chosen by the local American Legion post to participate. Activities run from June 1 to June 8, focusing on government processes and citizenship.
Darrell Matzdorff son of Mr and Mrs Emil Matzdorff of Aurelia suffered severe injuries when his motorcycle veered in Cherokee and struck the Rapson building. He was unconscious with a head injury and facial bruising, required stitches, but no bones were broken and he was taken to Sioux Valley hospital for treatment.
Maurice Eddy suffered the loss of the tip of his left index finger last Friday when a sprayer on his tractor fell and severed it near the first joint.
Funeral services for Ernest Colquist 67 who died in his sleep Monday night will be held at 2 p.m. today from Wharton Funeral home with Rev E Wayne Hilmer officiating. He had lived in the Elmer Swanson home the past year and had heart ailment but was not confined. Survivors include a brother Carl and a nephew Pfc Dale Peterson of Ft Leonard Wood Mo plus several nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Diamond cemetery.
The Aurelia Legion Auxiliary reports $109.40 raised from poppy sales this year. Twenty one women and girls sold posters in the residential and business district on Saturday May 24. Posters can be picked up at Larson's store or via Mrs Ola Eding for free theater admission.
Cpl. Marvin Peckenschneider left for Hastings Nebraska after visiting parents on furlough following service in Korea. Junior Cline joined the Coast Guard in Omaha. Pfc Donald Mummert and Pfc Jerry Mayfield depart for Jacksonville Florida. Cpl Norman Carlson heads to Ft. Sheridan for reassignment after a 30 day furlough. Sgt Dale Larson returns from White Sands to spend a 30 day furlough with his mother. Cpl Gerald Hahn, in Bamberg Germany, reports a 15 day furlough in Paris London and Belgium and plans to return to the states in July.
The 1952 53 school term will see five new teachers hired as Supt. D. J. Friedland announces. resignations from Owen Wunder and William Sander created three vacancies while two posts remain to be filled. New staff include Joan Gaffney kindergarten O Letha Bartley sixth grade Herman Fuller junior high driver training Ellen Langner vocational homemaking and J R Carpenter vocational agriculture.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ray Adsit 74 of Cherokee are set at Boothby funeral home today at 2 30 p m Rev J E Gebhardt of Aurelia will officiate She died Monday June 2 after four weeks illness Burial is in Oak Hill cemetery Survived by husband daughter Mrs Howard Nelson Sr Aurelia grandson Howard Nelson Jr Aurelia three great grandsons sister Mrs Helen T Smith El Monte Calif brother Roy Townsend Sioux Falls No flowers requested
Twenty four scouts from the local troop attended the Prairie Gold area Camporee at Peterson over Friday and Saturday. The troop earned an excellent rating with Flying Eagle Patrol Junior Leaders Patrol and Crow Patrol winning honors in signaling judging and flint and steel. The group returned to Aurelia at 9 am Sunday as many parents joined the council fire Saturday evening.
Four Aurelia residents earned degrees in recent graduation exercises. Joe Coombs earned a bachelor of arts in education at Wayne State Teachers College on May 23. Reverend John E. Gebhardt received a bachelor of education from Buena Vista College and a standard teacher certificate. Lola Hermanson and Alta Shherkenback completed Buena Vista’s two year Teacher Training course, receiving their diplomas on May 30.
Bob Holderness of Omaha visited friends in Aurelia Saturday and spent time at the A. A. Zilisch home in Ft. Dodge. Cyril Johns hosed guests including Mr and Mrs Charles Brown and Allen Spencer Mrs Clarence Wieland and children from Alta and Mrs Roy Casek and Linda of Cherokee Sunday.
Melvern Anderson son of Hans Anderson was elected chief justice of Cole chapter Phi Alpha Delta at Drake University. He also earned a delegate seat from 57 members to the national convention in Chicago in August. Melvern will be a Drake senior next year.
The Elk township Farm Bureau Extension meeting will be held June 10 at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Oscar Peterson.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ben Forbes 69 were held Tuesday at the Keosauqua Methodist church. She died May 31 at 6:45 p.m. at her daughter’s Ottumwa home following a heart attack. She leaves a husband and seven children, plus two brothers and 11 grandchildren. Burial was in Forbes cemetery near Keosauqua.
D. J. Friedlund was elected president of the Buena Vista college Alumni Association at a meeting in Swope hall last Thursday. One hundred forty BV graduates attended the gathering. He will manage alumni affairs for the coming year, succeeding Ed Wix of Storm Lake as secretary of the Storm Lake Chamber of Commerce.
Vacation Bible school will begin Monday at Mt Olive Baptist Church and continue for two weeks. Classes run 8 30 a m to 11 30 a m each day with everyone welcome to attend.
James L. McDonald of Cherokee won the Republican nomination for county attorney in a tight race. Delegates to the county Republican convention will be certified June 12, with the convention set for June 27 at the Cherokee courthouse. McDonald will face Loyal R. Martin, Democratic nominee for county attorney, in November. Martin was unopposed.
Senior group pictures have arrived and may be picked up at the home of Supervisor D J Friedlund.
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