Local Residents Share Weekend Visits and Gatherings
Charles Lockin returned to his home June 17 after visiting his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Van Dyke in Primghar. Herman Coker of Meriden attended the Horse Show and spent Sunday with Clifford Coombs. Joe Coombs traveled from Wayne Nebraska for the weekend. George and Harriet McCurdy joined Floyd Parrott in Balaton Minnesota on Sunday. Anna Anderson attended a birthday party at Earl Crippen’s Friday. Gladwyn and Otto Anderson visited Quentin Anderson’s home Thursday with Baltimore and Alta ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lockin
Mrs. van Dyke
Primghar
Herman Coker
Meriden
Clifford Coombs
George McCurdy
Harriet McCurdy
Floyd Parrott
Balaton, Minn
Anna Anderson
Earl Crippen
Gladwyn Anderson
Baltimore, Md
Otto Anderson
Alta
Quentin Anderson
Homer Foster
Moville
Dick Davies
Lawton
W. K. Nelson
Foster
Advertisers urged to submit copy by Monday for Tuesday print
The Sentinel notes the 4th of July holiday shifts printing to Tuesday and asks advertisers and correspondents to deliver their copy by Monday night for timely publication. Cooperation is appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sentinel
Social visits across towns in early summer
A string of local visits fills a weekend page as Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones and Mrs. Ray Jones join relatives at the Cecil Branbridge home in Ethan S Oak. Laverne Geister and family in Cherokee visit Clifford Benson, while George Glawe calls on Quentin Anderson. Francis Smith and baby of Cleghorn spend Sunday with Ernest Bjorklund, and Quentin Anderson with Duane Perry and Marvin Anderson visit Otto Anderson in Storm Lake. Also noted are funeral attendance for Mrs. Olive Buckingham in Alta, Carlsons at Arnold’s Park, and a Peters family reunion in Worthington Minnesota plus various social runs for out of town guests and a Push for Pike’s Peak ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Jones
Ray Jones
Cecil Branbridge
Ethan, S. Oak
Quentin Anderson
Duane Perry
Marvin Anderson
Otto Anderson
Storm Lake
PMA Clarifies Corn Re Seal Rules for Cherokee County
The Cherokee County PMA chairmen letter outlines extended reseal terms for 1948 and 1949 corn loans not extending past July 31, 1951. Storage payments arise only when corn is delivered to CCC after maturity. refunds apply for prior 1949-50 storage payments if redeemed after maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford L. Chapman
Cherokee County Pma
CCC
Department
Buckingham Farm Sells at Public Auction in Buena Vista County
The Buckingham estate sells 240 acres in Elk township six miles northeast of Aurelia to a Moneta buyer for 389 dollars per acre. The public auction drew many bidders and active bidding, with the Buckingham farm belonging to the Buckingham estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham
Elk Township
Buena Vista County
Aurelia
Moneta
Local residents host gatherings and visits over weekend
A flurry of weekend visits spans multiple households with relatives and friends traveling between Aurelia and nearby towns. Notable stops include Heimsoths hosting and hosting guests, trips to Galva and Brook township events, and extended visits to Iowa City and Sioux City. Community groups held picnics, weddings anniversaries were noted, and various insurance and plumbing ads appear among social notes.
Aurelia Girl Attends Hawkeye Girls State at Grinnell
Darlene Stief daughter of Mr and Mrs John Stief spent a week at the sixth annual Hawkeye Girls State in Grinnell. She will be a Aurelia senior next fall and was chosen from the junior girls to attend. She was sponsored by the Aurelia American Legion Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Stief
John Stief
Grinnell
Miss Stief
Aurelia
Aurelia American Legion Auxiliary
Man Injured Framing New Walter Meinking Residence
John Bauman sustained a broken arm in a Friday afternoon fall while working on the base man of the Walter Meinking residence under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bauman
Walter Meinking
Joe Kastengren Named Night Marshal Replacement
Joe Kastengren has taken over as night marshal, succeeding Frank Crapser who resigned to become a truck driver with Benson Trucking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Kastengren
Frank Crapser
Benson Trucking Service
Marvin Johnson Elected Legion Commander at Aurelia Post
Marvin Johnson was elected commander of the Aurelia American Legion post at a Legion hall meeting on June 21. He succeeds Russell Allen. Verner Johnson, Robert Orr, and Melvin J. Johnson were elected first, second, and third vice commanders respectively. John Christensen kept treasurer, Robert Orr became sergeant at arms, and Rev. John Gebhardt with Lloyd Ohlson were named co chaplains. A pot luck supper and joint Legion Auxiliary meeting preceded the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Johnson
Aurelia American Legion
Legion Hall
Russell Allen
Verner Johnson
Robert Orr
Melvin J. Johnson
John Christensen
John Gebhardt
Lloyd Ohlson
Rainfall totals in local area reach over one inch
One and two-fifths inches of rain fell this week in the vicinity with nineteen-twentieths of an inch during a late Saturday downpour and nine-twentieths of an inch on Monday night amid high winds and some hail, per W H Bischel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Bischel
Scouts Plan Paper Drive Friday Afternoon
The Boy Scouts will hold another paper drive Friday around 4 PM. People with waste paper should place bundles on the parking lot for pickup as the Scouts busily go about their rounds with the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Extensive Recreation Program Underway Here This Summer
A community summer recreation program features a girls softball team the Atoms, a high school baseball team, a midget team the Bums, and Aurelia PeeWees for boys 12 and under. Activities run daily 9 to 12 at the city park with 40 to 60 children supervised by Coach Bill Hodam, including swimming and supervised games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hodam
Hodam
The
Atoms
Maureen Mallory
Carol Elliott
Shirley Sherkenbak
Janith Corrington
Caroline Wogahn
Gayle Mongan
Joyce Klumpp
Dorothy Lochner
Elizabeth Buenger
Anita Stegen
Gaylene Matzdorff
Mary Ann Bjorkgren
Gail Schramm
Jane Stutz
Remsen
Storm Lake
Elliott
Mallory
Battery
Correctionville
Supt
D. J. Friedlund
Aurelia PeeWees
Storm Lake PeeWees
Aurelia
Ehlert
Chuck Carlson
Robert Hilmer
John Teerink
Artie
Joe Coombs Named Wayne State Athlete of the Week
Wayne Neb. Wayne State Teachers College honors Joe Coombs Aurelia as Athlete of the Week. The 22 year old junior, a boxing standout and baseball contributor, reached the Golden Gloves final in Sioux City this year and serves as Terrace Hall treasurer. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Cliff Coombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne State Teachers College
Wayne State Teacher’s College
Wayne Neb
Joe Coombs
Aurelia
Joe
Wayne
Sioux City
Terrace Hall
Cliff Coombs
Schoolhouse Windows To Be Replaced in Three Year Plan
A three year program will replace schoolhouse windows with glass block. East side this year, west side next summer, and north and south ends the following year. Arnold Hasenwinkel of Aurelia and Bob Edson of Storm Lake will lead the project, replacing the laborer who broke his arm Friday. They plan to start work next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Hasenwinkel
Aurelia
Bob Edson
Storm Lake
John Bauman
Boy Scout Promotions Lead New Scout Leader At Meeting
David Nelson was promoted to Senior Patrol Leader of the Flying Eagle Patrol at the Scout Meeting Monday night. Gary Morgan was elected to succeed him as Patrol Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Nelson
Flying Eagle Patrol
Gary Mongan
Farewell Party for the Crams Held in Legion Hall
Friends and neighbors of the Duane Cram family held a farewell party in the Legion hall Tuesday evening. The event was a social gathering with a pot luck lunch. Mr and Mrs Cram were presented a purse of money as a farewell gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Cram
Legion Hall
Mrs. Cram
Elk Township Farm Bureau Meeting At Elk Lutheran Church
Elk Township Farm Bureau met at Elk Lutheran Church on a Thursday evening with 60 in attendance. The program featured piano by Shirley Stief, a vocal solo by Mrs. Melvin Peterson, reading by Hallie Sauter, piano accordion by Duane Kolpin, and a talk by Edgar Mack of Storm Lake, followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Township
Horse Show Draws Hundred Entries and Big Crowd
A crowd of more than 800 attended the horse show at Au Telia Park last Sunday with over 100 entries across 14 classes. Winners received trophies and ribbons. notable is Silver the trained horse of the Abu Bekr White Horse patrol led by Bob Taylor of Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Au Telia Park
Silver
Abu Bekr
White Horse Patrol
Sioux City
Bob Taylor
Rev Hilmer Returned To Methodist Church
Reverend E Wayne Hilmer has been reappointed pastor of the Au relian Methodist church for the coming year He has served the local church the past two years All other Methodist ministers in Cherokee county were also reappointed to their present charges at the conference held in Waterloo from Wednesday through Sunday last week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Wayne Hilmer
Aurelian Methodist Church
Cherokee County
Waterloo
Dennis Anderson Breaks Leg in Ball Practice
Dennis Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Henry Anderson fractured his leg during baseball practice at the Aurelia ball park Tuesday night. He was taken to Sioux Valley hospital for examination and later sent home after his leg was cast. He will wear the cast for several weeks following a slide into catcher Gerald Parrott at home plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Anderson
Henry Anderson
Aurelia Ball Park
Sioux Valley Hospital
Dennis
Gerald Parrott
Merlyn Honsbruch Earns A Average at Drake
Merlyn Honsbruch of Aurelia is among 31 Drake University students with an A average for spring semester. Dutch Honsbruch, a Drake College of Pharmacy student and proprietor of Honsbruch Drug, continues his studies in the summer session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlyn Honsbruch
Aurelia
Drake University
College of Pharmacy
Drake
Honsbruch Drug
Cherokee County PMA Office Extends Saturday Hours
Beginning July 1 the Cherokee County PMA office will be open Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. The change, released by county PMA chairman Clifforn L. Chap man, aims to boost convenience and service for farmers during the current emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee County
PMA
Clifforn L. Chapman
Elaine Leonard Named to Teach First Grade in Aurelia
Elaine Leonard of Holstein has signed to teach first grade for the 51 52 term per Supt. D J Friedlund. A Buena Vista normal graduate, she joins a nearly full Aurelia Consolidated faculty with two vacancies remaining for instrumental music and science after Harry K Blomstrand’s resignation to Denison schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Leonard
Holstein
D. J. Friedlund
Miss Leonard
Buena Vista College
Aurelia Consolidated School
Harry K. Blomstrand
Denison
Jim McCord Named to Succeed Tom Shumate at KAYL
Jim McCord former commercial manager of KAYL will succeed Tom Shumate as general manager. Shumate resigned to take a post in Spencer. McCord has led KAYL’s commercial operations since its November 1948 launch and will assume full duties July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim McCord
Tom Shumate
KAYL
Shumate
Spencer
McCord
Births in Sioux Valley Hospital Add Two New Arrivals
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Bernard Buenger Saturday June 23 at Sioux Valley hospital. Mrs Estel Wickenhagen Wednesday June 13th is noted in the birth notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Buenger
Sioux Valley Hospital
Mrs
Estel Wickenhagen
Local service members listed with duties and travel notes
Men in The Service Agt Melvin Williams 3rd CID APO 59 c o PM San Francisco California Pvt J R Gustafson US55077860 Hq 2108th Co ASA Breckenridge Kentucky Cpl and Mrs Edwin Engdahl returned Monday from Ft Belvoir Virginia where he was stationed Cpl Engdahl left Tuesday for Ft Leonard Wood Missouri Pfc Roger Mummert home from Kansas City Missouri over the weekend Mrs Karl Mummert and Jimmy Schulke went to Kansas City after him Friday Pfc Roger F Mummert AFP17327475 Commonwealth Hotel Room 425 Kansas City Missouri
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Williams
C-O
San Francisco
Calif
Edwin Engdahl
Ft. Belvoir
Cpl. Engdahl
Ft. Leonard Wood
Pfc
Roger Mummert
Kansas City
Karl Mummert
Jimmy Schulke
Roger F. Mummert
Commonwealth
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Wayne, Neb
Sentinel
George Glawe
Tornado Insurance
Lockin Insurance Agency
Wayne Tail Curler
Whitney Grain Co
Oren Parrott
Sibley
Mel’ Parrott
George Parrott
Olive Buckingham
George Dise
Margaret
Marsha Kay
Emil Carlson
Matt Beckman
Larrabee
Pike’s Peak
Hermansons Cafe
Nels Carlson
Carlson
Arnold’s Park
H. H. Deyloff
William Tolzin
Worthington, Minn
Peters
August Specketer
Chicago Heights
Frank Graper
Custer Park
Lloyd Reckoff
Sac City
Bill Huber
W. H. Heimsoth
Erwin Stutz
Garvin, Minn
Ervil Rapp
Marian Eddy
Barbara Jensen
Ames
Lulu Newcomb
Fae
Fraser
Will Tigges
Evangelical Church
Brook Township
Otto G. Plautz
W. H. Helmsoth
Galva
Clarence Specketer
Henry Specketer
Altater
Nelson
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Bill Maas
Iowa City
D. J. Friedland
George Wieland
Frank Wieland
Heron Lake, Minn
Jack Drzycumski
Jerry
Linn Grove
Shirley Nelson
O. S. Nelson
Automobile Insurance
Bernard Laposky
Frank Laposky
Cherokee
George Laposky
Quimby
John Laposky
W. H. Genson
Harold Sheets
Marathon
Isaac Crow
Wilson Perry
West Bend
Dean Will
H. J. Will
George Johnson
Lois Galvin
Rev
Hilmer
Town ‘Methodist ‘Conference
H. H. Otto
Miller
Hanover
Milton Otto
Saudi
Rev. Otto
H. H. H. Otto
Rex Stoner
Harold Brownmiller
Albert Libke
Alta Hospital
John Sterns
Alice and
John
Brookings, S. D
Leon Crepps
Nelson Home
Claus Swanson
Rockford, Il
Marsha Sue
Linda Jo Aitken
K. C. Dagger
Ben Forbes
Iowa
Elaine Proctor
Mt. Pleasant
Forbes
Mrs. Forbes
Wm. Glane
Freeport
Albert Fierk
Clyde Leeds
Estherville
Otto Plautz
Emma Miller
Melvin
Herman Frey
Marvin Frey
Frey
Inez Larson
Harold and
Carole Larson
Charlotte Koch
Okoboji
Carole
Charlotte
the Lakes
Fire Insurance
Bob Coombs
Tom Combs
Bert Satterlee
Art Will
Dick Diercks
Will
Verna Lockin
Edna Armbrecht
Red Wing
Minn
Paul Stieneke
Willard Petton
Irving Hahn
A.C.C. Club
Afton Community Center
Enoch Nelson
Ozarks
Allen Plumbing Shop
Jack Grapen
William Ruebsam
Amanda Heidin
Walter Matzdorff
Gaylene
Richard Simmons
Park Rapids, Minn
Founda
Tion
First Trust & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hawkeye Girls State
Legion
Legion and Auxiliary
Frank Rapp
Kenneth Rapp
Dick Reed
Gorlyn Anderson
Kay Elliott
Gaylen Miller
Billy Whitney
Marian Grigsby
Eldon Otto
Bob Miller
Bob Anderson
Schaller
Géne*Petérson
Teerink
Kenneth Kolpin
Lanny Grigsby
Duane Kolpin
Artie Steffens
Lundquist
Dick Anderson
Sherkenbak
Mongan
Boy Scout Promotions
Farm Bureau
Halter
Orville Erickson
Clarence Rasmus, Jr
Clarence Rasmus
Unknown
Frank Wilson
Jack Coombs
Clarence Rasmus Jr
Ed Lee Ransom
Mary Ann Adams
Freddy Kraeger
Billy Johnson
Joyce Madsen
Fred Kraeger
Francis Patterson
Kenny Nelson
Don Dingman
Vere Corrington
Sam Leonard
Howard Fagen
Lloyd Darling
Roger Huntress
Mr. Finnegan
Virgil Potts
Jack Ginger
Jack Davies
Russell Schulke
Curtis Tolzin
Ruth Huntress
Lloyd and
Bee Darling
Mrs. Davies
Mr. Patterson
Ellis Johnson
Eva Leonard
Orville Watt
Betty Crane
Alex Cuthbert
Wayne Sutherland
Coombs
Milo Swanson
Dea Pope
Lester Krueger
A. B. Lindsay
Bud Harvey
Marcus
L. B. Darling
Northwest Iowa Trailriders
Methodist
J. R. Gustafson
United States of America
Farmers National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
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