Local notices and moves around Aurelia area schedule
Community notices recount new hires at Flory Drug store and area visits. Mentions Delores Kaskey starting as clerk, Harry Howell as a business caller, and several residents traveling to Des Moines Ames Plymouth Des Moines and Pella. Includes property purchase by Loren and Mrs. Johnson and occupancy plans. Also notes Raymond Timmerman inducted at Fort Crook and Marvin Jedele named Vocational Agriculture instructor in Aurelia high school with July start and relocation from Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
A. J. Renaud
Marvin C. Jedele
Aurelia High School
Jedele
Congregational Ladies Aid Picnic Lunch Planned
The Congregational Ladies Aid will hold a picnic lunch at the church on Thursday June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Ladies Aid
Local Household Notes from Aurelia Area
Tornado insurance discussed with E. M. Butterfield and daughter Mrs. Glen Chase of Paullina visiting Aurelia. Mrs. K C Dagger and Elda traveled to Sioux City for Tri-State Business College enrollment. Elvin Bjorklund and children from Alcester S D visited relatives in Aurelia. Chester G Sjoberg and spouse plan two week vacation visiting Almelund Minnesota and Eldora Iowa with family hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Butterfield
Glen Chase
Paullina
Aurelia
K. C. Dagger
Elda
Sioux City
Tri-State Business College
Elvin Bjorklund
Alcester, S. D
Bjorklund
August Nelson
Chester G. Sjoberg
Albertina Sjoberg
Almelund
Minn
Pp L BE F Club Met and Society Notes
Pp. L. BE. F. club met at the home of Mrs. Fred Fassler on Tuesday afternoon June 9 with refresh ments served after a social. Mrs. Emil Carlson honored at a birthday party June 9. afternoon of visiting ended with a picnic lunch and a purse of money presented. Mrs. Anuel Byerly guest of honor at a birthday party June 8 at the A. V. Fier d home. lunch concluded informal afternoon with out of town guest Mrs. Arnold Faber. Mrs. Bert Philpott hostess to F. F. club June 6. guests included Mrs. H. Braasch and Mrs. Minnie Lewis. new members Ella Johnson and Loren Johnson enrolled after lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Warriner entertained relatives Sunday for their one‑year‑old daughter. guests included Paul Lindgren, Earl Bruce, Robert Bruce, Clifford Bruce and families from Marcus and near Good Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pp. L. BE. F
Fred Fassler
Emil Carlson
Anuel Byerly
A. V. Fierd
Arnold Faber
Cherokee
Bert Philpott
F. F. Club
H. Braasch
Vernon Warriner
Paul Lindgren
Marcus
Earl Bruce
Robert
Clifford Bruce
Near Good Hope
Arthur Bruce
U S Signal Corps seeks personnel for radio work
The Civil Service Commission announces urgent need for many workers in radio related roles with the Signal Corps. Positions include Mechanic Learner at 1020 dollars yearly and Junior Repairman Trainee at 1440 dollars yearly. 16 to 50 age range. 1 A eligible. civilian status during training. apply via post offices or local U S Employment Service in St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
U. S. Signal Corps
Signal Corps
Secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners
U. S. Employment Service
Highth
U. S. Civil Service District
St. Paul
Minnesota
Hay rack gust injures two men near Marion
Frank Randall of near Marion was toppled beneath a hay rack in a gust and escaped injury as the rack blew into the next field. Carl H. Schlantz of Robins suffered a broken right leg below the knee when a barn door was torn off in the same breeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Randall
Marion
Randall
Frank
Carl H. Schlantz
Robins
Looking Back Into the Past Ten Years Ago and More
Ten years ago events include Miss Ethelyn Mahn and Mr John V Carlson marrying on June 4. Aurelia kit team beat Vilas Co 21 to 1 in Storm Lake. A large town concert drew crowds despite rain. W S Tutt moved his cream station to the Stieneke building. Eurella Waddell graduated from Iowa State University and others enrolled in the county pig club. Twenty years ago political losses and local business changes marked the community with several marriages and moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethelyn Mahn
John V. Carlson
Aurelia
Storm Lake
Vilas & Co
W. S. Tutt
Stieneke
Frank Waddell
Iowa City
The
State University
Eurella
School of Commerce
Philip Peterson
Orville McDonald
Marvin
Melvin Johnson
Thirty Five Iowa Counties Report No Vehicle Fatalities
A Iowa Department of Public Safety report shows eighteen counties had no fatalities in the first four months of 1941 and 1942, totaling 35 counties with zero fatal crashes. The period logged 185 deaths in 1942 versus 187 in 1941, with shifts among collisions involving vehicles pedestrians trains bicycles and non collision deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Statistics Division
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Adams
Allamakee
Appanoose
Cedar
Clarke
Clayton
Delaware
Greene
Humboldt
Jefferson
Jones
Madison
Mahaska
Monona
van Buren
Washington
Wayne
Buena Vista
Carroll
Cass
Emmet
Fremont
Harrison
Jackson
Lucas
Lyon
Monroe
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Shelby
Sioux
Taylor
Bakers honor local mothers on Mother's Day
Ogden baker Fred Wooten presented cakes to the mother with the most sons in the U S Armed Forces and to the oldest mother registering to mark Mother's Day in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wooten
Ogden Baker
U. S
Sheriff causes town siren scramble in Clarion
Wright County Sheriff Roy Wilson accidentally activated the fire department siren causing a large volunteer turnout in Clarion, though no fire was present. The incident sparked considerable excitement as squads arrived within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright County
Roy Wilson
Clarion
Wilson
Fire Department
Vernon WY church invites all to worship services
White, pastor at Church Mt Olive Baptist Vernon Wyoming shares John 3 16 and invites attendance at Sunday school at 10 morning worship at 11 evening service at 8 with a Bible school program and BYPU meetings on Thursday evenings twice a month Visitors are welcome to all services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Olive Baptist Church
Vernon WY
Congregational Church Schedule and Picnic Plans
Church school at ten morning worship at eleven. Children’s Day exercises. The IP F and Junior Society meet in the park at six for a picnic lunch. The Ladies Aid will hold a picnic lunch Thursday afternoon June eighteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IP. F. and Junior Society
Ladies Aid
Methodist Church Notes and Youth Fellowship Events
Rev. E. Stanworth guides church programs with church school at 10 a.m. led by Edgar Allen. Children’s Day exercises at 11 a.m. and the Methodist Youth Fellowship meets at 7 p.m. at the Bruce home. A convention for Youth Fellowship is set for Tuesday, June 16 in Marcus, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
E. Stanworth
Edgar Allen
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Chas, Bruce
Methodist Youth Fellowship Convention
Marcus, Ia
Mission Rally At St Pauls Lutheran Church
The annual Mission Rally at St Pauls Lutheran Church features two services next Sunday. Morning service at 10:80 led by Rev C A Burkhart of Hawarden Iowa, afternoon service at 2:46 led by Rev C Pauling of Sutherland Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Church
C. A. Burkhart
Hawarden
Iowa
Greens For Freezing Require Early Selection
H. H. Plagge of Iowa State College urges quick action to freeze greens. Spinach turnip tops mustard and other greens lose flavor if left too warm and toughen as they age. Pick peas spinach and greens early for best quality and storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Plagge
Iowa State College
New Zealand
Plagge
Blondie the War Bond Pig Sells for Savings Drive
Blondie the Albia Rotary pig supports the War Savings Bond drive by selling for bonds and stamps. He has gained 85 pounds in two months to reach 125 pounds and a new sale is planned with the final bidder required to meet an agreed weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blondie
Albia Rotary Club
Iowa State Fair offers $1000 cash premiums for crops
Des Moines officials announced prize lists for the 1942 Iowa State Fair. Premiums total nearly $1000 for grain and forage crops, with $318 for the Town corn show and $250 for the tallest corn stalks contest. State grain show prizes total $1165 across barley, rye, oats, soy beans, wheat, timothy seed and clover seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Occu
Iowa State Fair Exhibits Moved for War Effort
The agricultural building at the Iowa State Fair, once housing exhibits, has been turned over to the army for wartime use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Army
Sigourney Woman Bitten by Rabid Cat Then Falls Injury
Mrs Leo Flander of Sigourney suffered a hydrophobic cat bite and then fell from a ladder injuring her back. Doctors reported the cat bite as hydrophobia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Flander
Sigourney
Classified Ads Items For Sale And Rent
FOR SALE Brooder house 8 x 10 Webb Waddell. FOR SALE Upright piano cheap Pauls Radio Shop. FOR SALE 7 Room modern house with garage inquire First Trust and Savings Bank. FOR RENT Sleeping rooms Mrs Walter Whitney phone 87. FOR SALE Gasoline range with 4 burners and oven Arnold Johnson. Lawn mowers sickles sharpened. General blacksmithing horse shoeing and wood work located just across alley from Cram s Geo A Hansen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Trust and Savings Bank
Walter Whitney
Arnold Johnson
Cram’s
Geo. A. Hansen
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Mummert Hardware Store
Bates Hospital
Jerry Mahn
Shirley Gilbert
M. Parrott
Wheaton, I
Son
Ray Parrott
Charles Dudley
Mildred Thomson
Fire Insurance
Starry H. Lockin Insurance Agency
Carl Swanson
Margery Ware
Willis Holck
Mt. Olive
Donna Fae
A. E. Fraser
Corps
Whitney
Monterey
Calif
Mary Dugan
Donna Rae Shank
Orlo Shank
George Kaskey
Sioux Valley Hospital
Will Tolzin
Pete Genther
Mr. Tolzin
Anna Witt
Lewis Witt
Primghar
Streff
W. H. Bischel
Herman Schmidt
Worthington
William Schmidt
Margaret Eddy
Des Moinés
A. H. Eddy
Abie Wall
Art Christianson
Alta
John Swanson
John Weiser
Elmhurst
E. C. Lighter
Rube Furgerson
J. d. Hagen
Minneapolis
E. H. Sherkenbak
Stanley
Ed Rice
Ruthven
Shirley Sherkenbak
Homer Lee
O. G. Sage
Miss Minnie
Estherville
O. C. Waddell
Chicago
Miss Sage
Automobile Insurance
Harry H. Lockin
Espy McDeid
Mummert Hardware
Lockin Agency
Delores Kaskey
Flory Drug Store
Harry Howell
Correctionville
E. W. Kammer
Ames
H. H. Deyloff
Fred Lemke
C. C. Hansen
Robert Sprinkle
A.J. Renaud
Pella
Mr. Renaud
P. A. Renaud
Niels Nielsen
Loren Johnson
Cora Clover
Seldon McClusky
Johnson’s
Elbert Schmidt
Raymond Timmerman
Theo. Timmerman
Holstein
Ida Grove
Fort Crook
Omaha
Raymond
Hanson
Good Hope
Tornado Insurance
Society
Lone Bros
B. F. Ruppert
Mgr
Sentinel
W. P. Dawson
W. D. Boies
Sheldon
W. A. Bischel
E. L. Rapp
G. M. Dieterich
M. Mummert
R. W. Morrill
Owens, Bros
George
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
William Walter
R. M. Flory
Brooder House
Webb Waddell
ALTNA
Farmers National Bank
Guarantee Oil Co
Aurelia, Iowa
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