Community Club Picnic A Success In Aurelia
The Aurelia Community Club picnic at W. P. Dawson Grove drew a large turnout with indoor games, entertainment by Carl Nelson, and free lemonade and ice cream. A small business session honored Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Parks before a close run ball game. Wesley Siglin wed Mary Kathryn Lynch in San Francisco. Grandchildren receive 160 acres each from Ellen Boothby in Cherokee County valued at about 250000 dollars.
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W. P. Dawson Grove
Carl Nelson
Therogram
Carl
Aurelia
W. A. Parks
Bate
Benedicts
Wesley Siglin
California
Wesley P. Siglin
Nels Siglin
Mary Kathryn Lynch
Mary Lynch
San Francisco
Paddy
Salt Lake City
the Sentinel
Cherokee County
Ellen Boothby
Washta
Laurence M. Boothby
Thomas D. Boothby
Alberta Boothby
B. F. Boothby
Margaret Mattoon Frincke
Paul F. Mattoon
Afton Picnic Plans July Fourth at Baldwin School
Afton Township will hold a Fourth of July picnic at Baldwin Schoolhouse No. 2 with a speech by Guy Gillette Ric Sharp. The event will feature various contests and stalls including horseshoe pitching and other entertainment.
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Afton
Baldwin School House
Guy Gillette
Ric Sharp
Aurelia and Mt Olive Churches Federate in Unanimous Vote
The Aurelia Congregational and Mt. Olive Baptist churches unite as a federated body. Rev. E H Gillette will lead the federation with the family remaining at Mt. Olive. An educational assistant will be hired to boost youth and program work. Rev. W A Parks will leave Aurelia for Tacoma Washington in late July with his family after more than three and a half years of service.
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Aurelia
W. A. Parks
Tacoma
Washington
Parks
Gillette
Parka
Afton Farm Bureau and Club Hold Joint Social
Cherokee Democrat reports a June 22 gathering at O C Jones home in Afton as the Afton Farm Bureau and Afton Community Club unite. About 400 attendees enjoyed musical numbers readings a Negro comedy by fifteen boys and a tableau on the seven ages of women. Chas Buab of Washta urged ongoing community programs. Refreshments of ice cream and cake followed.
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Afton Farm Bureau
Afton’ Community Club
O. C. Jones
Afton
Emmet Ammons
Lester Reckoff
Dean Mummert
M. F. Casey
Gilbert McKinnon
Farm Bureau
Chas. Buab
Washta
Aurelia School Plans Ten Mill Tax Levy Election
Voters in the Aurelia Consolidated district will decide on a ten mill tax levy on Friday July 1 to complete the new school building and equip it. The levy does not add to already authorized funds but legalizes a promise from the prior bond election. The school board stated a bond approval would imply the ten mill levy if construction proceeds.
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Aurelia Consolidated
Atlantic Man Killed in Iowa Crash
Oll Coomes, 70, of Atlantic Iowa died instantly when his car ran into a ditch two miles north of Storm Lake. His wife was seriously injured and remained hospitalized in Storm Lake after the wreck en route from Rock Rapids where they had visited relatives.
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Storm Lake
Oll Coomes
Atlantic
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the First National Bank
Iowa
Aurelia Lumber CO
Tao Ee
Dawson Grove
Aurelia-Mt. Olive Church Federation
Congregationalists
Baptists
Rev. Gillette
Afton Farm Bureau and
Afton Community Club Unite
Hart Schaffner & Marx
G. J. Lewis Modern Store
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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