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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1950
Page
5
Local notices mention insurance agencies and decorators with names like Lockin Agency and Dale Sturgeon Decorators. Social visits include Ben and Mrs Galvin of Quimby and Mr and Mrs H H Deyloff in Galva. Activities include 4 H club meeting March 20 and wallpaper book promotions at Dale Sturgeon Decorators with open houses and samples.
Community updates include visits by the Parrotts from Florida and local residents, a death notice for an infant in Aurelia, March of Dimes and charity efforts, engagement and wedding plans of Phyllis Margaret Engdahl, Congregational Ladies Aid meeting details, a blizzard travel incident near LeMars, and Christmas Seals sales totals with township chairmen.
Research at the University of Chicago shows vegetarian diets in laboratory rats tend to shorten life compared with omnivorous diets. Growth was stunted in pure vegetarian groups, and they did not live as long as rats on omnivorous diets. Watch your subscription date.
Mrs Harriet McCurdy hosts dessert bridge with prize winners named. Pythian Sisters discuss district convention and card party. Congregational circles meet with programs on The Woman's Gift and The American Way of Life. Everlasting Metals noted for durability. 1949 pig crop up 10 percent. farm worker output up 121 percent from 1910 to 1950.
Rental and sale notices list apartments studios furniture and appliances. Local buyers advertise tractors seeds pigs and chickens from Aurelia Alta Storm Lake Marcus and Cherokee with contact numbers and addresses.
Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. Sermon titled Turn Ye during the One Great Hour of Sharing. Listen to the CBS program this Saturday at 5 30 p.m. Thursday choir practice and Youth Fellowship announced.
Regular hours listed for Sunday services at First Congregational Church under Pastor J. E. Gebhardt include Sunday School at 11 a.m. and Worship Service at 11 p.m. All who desire to share in the fellowship are welcome.
Sunday 9 45 am divine service 10 45 am Sunday school Wednesday 8 00 pm Lenten service Meeting at Clarence Ohlson home March 12 and 19 10 00 am church school 11 00 am worship service 7 30 pm evangel service
The bulletin lists events for Trinity Lutheran Church in Alta Iowa led by Pastor Carl W. Larson. Women’s Missionary Society meets at 2 15 p m with hostesses. Friday program led by Mrs Bell. Saturday includes confirmation class choir rehearsal and church school sessions. Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m with theme The Test of Devotion. Week activities include teachers meeting at 2 30 p m at Karl Bengtson’s home and Mid-Week Lenten service at 7 30 p m followed by adult instruction and choir rehearsal at 8 30 p m.
Pastor Carl W. Larson leads Emanuel-Ele Lutheran as Confirmation class at 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion at 9:30 a.m. Church school at 10:30 a.m. Lenten service at 7:30 p.m. theme The Cross Destroys Evil. The article notes birds have body temperatures of 104 to 110 degrees.
Mason Reger the extension horticulturist at Iowa State College urges gardeners to try new crops in 1950. He highlights vegetable soybean similar to black eyed pea high in protein and hamburger like flavor and Orkra gumbo as adaptable in Iowa. Also suggests turnip and chinese cabbage.
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