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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
4
Local residents and visitors from Aurelia Peterson Balaton Sioux City Rapid City and Meriden gather in Cherokee area for family visits and social events. Eileen Christensen daughter of L Christensen earns Dean’s List at Christian College Columbia Missouri for first semester academic excellence.
The column lists various local items from Aurelia including plans for an Oliver 60, social visits by Sweet & Bruce and Harold Moser, church and club meetings, farm auctions and AAA program signups. It notes residents traveling to Sioux City, fabric and embroidery groups, medical visits, and family news from families such as Howell, Nelson, Kroll, and Fraser with dates around March and early 1941.
The Men's Brotherhood of the Methodist church will sponsor a pie social in the church parlors next week Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Men will entertain their wives or sweethearts and each lady should bring a pie for auction. Games and contests are planned. all church men are invited with a lady friend.
Richard Akers son of Mr and Mrs Guy Akers attended the American Institute of Business in Des Moines and competed in a 30 minute typing contest at 68 words per minute with only two errors. Kathryn Holland grand treasurer of the International Honor Society supervised the test and praised his accuracy and speed. Akers graduated Aurelia High School in 1940.
Mrs. Clifford Ohlson hosted a dinner bridge with three tables. high was Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Radke. Pinochle club guests at A W Larson home. Mrs. Larson and Les Paulson top scores. Rebekah Club card party at I O O F hall. Mrs A A Davis high in bridge. Mildred Cave guest hostess for five hundred. Mrs Raymond Kruse and Knox Montgomery high. Various birthday and anniversary celebrations follow with lunches and gifts.
Dr Dean Simonsen of Cherokee spoke to the Aurélia part time school class on hog diseases. He covered necro anemia white scours erysipela cholera parasites including round worm mango and lice with vaccination urged at about six weeks to prevent complications in young pigs. After the meeting the I A F boys played basketball against the part time group with the second team losing 18 to 10.
The Silver wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Carl J Johnson near Aurelia was celebrated with 200 friends and relatives at Bethlehem Lutheran church. The program featured songs readings and poems by local groups and a purse gift from Rev Howard Lindstrom. The couple and their three children received a silver coffee service and a blue and white themed supper followed by cakes and bouquets.
Three families in a Maquoketa neighborhood mourn the loss of pet dogs poisoned by an unknown person. Authorities are investigating the incident as a criminal act and urging residents to report any information.
Ray Stump of New Sharon keeps his cocker spaniel Mugsie supplied with a daily bottle of cocoa cola each afternoon. The dog grips the bottle with all four paws while Mrs. Stump steadies it for him.
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