Mt Olive Club Hosts Pleasant Meeting in Cherokee Home
The F N club gathered in Mrs Paul Petersons new Cherokee home for a Friday afternoon session with most members present. A business meeting set plans for future entertainment and two members drew numbers to share duties. July August meetings pause for a picnic in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. N. Club
Paul Peterson
Cherokee
Roseene
Kjorness
Frank Laposky
Sam Bevins
Earl Crippen
Freeman Will
Hartford
S. C
Mt. Olive
L. C. Bengtson
Oscar Gustafson
Magnusson-Bekiah
Trinity Lutheran Church
Alta
Ronald Becker
Near Diamond Center
Walter Simmons
Howard Skadland
Shirley
Near Larrabee
Jess Pennington
Minnesota
Wayne Stellish
Near Alta
Louis Stellish
Ralph Godfrey
Washta
Ralph
Sioux Valley Hospital
Paul Anderson
B. H. Dukes
Fred Hallbauer
Cliff Simmons
Lorne Simmons
Quimby
Fred Parrott
Larrabee
Cronk
Baby
California
Clarence Simmons
John Towner
Mr. Cronk
Simmons
Towner
Will Hahn
Mr. Hahn
Lodge
Bertil Peterson
Chicago
Donald Johnson
Clarence Johnson
Seattle
Washington
Harry Bengtson
Clifford Bruce
the Lakes
Ludwig
Near Battle Creek
Jes Wetherman
Wetherman
Edwin Radke
South of Aurelia
L. C
Jack Lamb
Antone Hanson
Decorates Graves A Sturat Mail Carrier Keeps Memorial Aid
Raymond Knowlton, a Sturat mail carrier, began decorating soldiers graves 23 years ago because someone had to do it. Each spring he paints crosses and places flowers in three cemeteries at Sturat and in Morrisburg Fairview Wahwa Jefferson Center and Menlo. He maintains a map showing 802 graves in the Sturat area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Knowlton
Sturat
Morrisburg
Fairview
Wahwa
Jefferson Center
Menlo
Car pursuer mistaken police car leads to armed robbery
Mrs Inga Kalvig of Kanawha and Walter Lundberg of Austin Minnesota were driving from Minneapolis to Austin when a second car with a siren overtook them. The Lundbergs pulled over misreading it as a police vehicle and the driver fled with a small amount of cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inga Kalvig
Kanawha
Walter Lundbergs
Austin
New Aurelia District Sets July 30 School Bond Vote
Public notice sent to Cherokee and Buena Vista counties voters announces a July 30 1947 special school election in Aurelia Iowa to decide issuing up to 90000 dollars in bonds for adding and equipping a school building. Polls open 12 noon to 7 pm at Aurelia city hall. secretary M C Paulson signs notice per Board resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia Consolidated Independent
Aurelia
Cherokee
Buena Vista
Iowa
Cherokee County
Towa
Consolidated Independent School District
Board of Directors
M. C. Paulson
Divorce Petition in Cherokee County Court
In the district court of Iowa for Cherokee County a petition seeks an absolute divorce from Mabel E Seyer on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The defendant must appear at Cherokee courthouse by July 21, 1947, or default and decree may be entered. Maher Meloy Hankens, attorneys for plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee
County
Iowa
Sawmill Owner Rex Killed by Flying Board in Decatur County
Rex of Leon operated a Decatur county sawmill for about twenty years. A 2x6 board sprang from the saw and struck him on the side last week. He died a few hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Rex
Leon
Decatur County
Rex
Afton Vicinity Social Notes Lead Toward Summer Gatherings
Mrs. Robert Gates reports local events from Afton vicinity including Ruth Kudrle shower and family dinner in honor of her. Ruth Kudrle to wed Archie Sexton at Cherokee Methodist Church. Farm Bureau picnic planned for Storm Lake. 4 H group meeting. Olin Jones visit. Des Moines conference for Farm Bureau women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Emil. Johnson
Will Hahn
John Leber
Gus Fossil
Holstein
Mt. Olive
Victor Pierce
Bertil Peterson
Chicago
Oscar Gustafson
Edgar Johnson
Larry Anderson
Donald Johnson
Sioux City
Antone Hanson
Alva Lease
Storm Lake
Jim Cary
Cherokee
Earl Crippen
Harry Bengtson
Sioux Valley Hospital
Nina Ohlson
Earl Kahl
Bengtson
Gillet
Sioux Valley Baptist Association
Webb
Iowa
Nina Cleaves Morrell
Los Angeles
Calif
Nellie McCulla
Walter Simmons
Will Rubberness
Lee Shelford
Cloverdale
Ronald Becker
Near Diamond Center
Robert Torrey
Clifford Bruce
Omaha
John Towner
Carol Sansen
Ralph Stoneking
Willy Sleezer
Victor Carlson
Minnesota
Ruth Kudrle
Herbert Swanson
Peterson
Ruth
Roy Little
Guy Anderson
Avis
Ray Smith
Grand Island
Nebr
Willard Anderson
Navy
Wm. Kludas
Olin Jones
Berkley
Cal
Farm Bureau
Ellis Stieneke
A. M. Bengtson
Joan Stief
Archie Sexton
Methodist Church
Guy, Anderson
Frank Ducommon
Robert Gates
Harold Peterson
Des Moines
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Schroeder
Legion
A. A. Woltman
Fred J. Stoyke
W. A. Liebsch
A. B. Lindsay
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
Fred Radke
H. H. Lockin
Executive Coin
C. H. Kaskey
B. Thorpe Co
Sioux City Stock Yards
Carlson & Gustaeson
Nelson & Nelson
Archie R. Nelson
Joe G. Nelson
Wharton Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
G. R. Wharton
L. E
Christensen Bros
Ideal Dry Cleaners
Harold Bezoni
TRY
Larson’s
Dagger
Aurelia - 30 Valley Rendering Coo
Cherokee Rendering Service
MT. Olive News
Robert Bjorkgren
Midwest Agricultural Colleges
Coop
Consumers Cooperative Association
Kansas City
Co-Op
State OF
Louis F. Seyer
Mabel E
Seyer
Don R. Hankens
Cherokee ‘State Bank
Chet’s Dray Service
Chester F. Dyslin
Prop
Otto G. Plautz
Afton
B. F. Ruppert
Mar
le New Real Suet CO
Rathbun Auto
Donald
Rathbun, Prop
Aurelia Hotel
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