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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
4
Local items list dances, visits, and social plans at Aurelia and nearby towns. Names include Espy McDeid and various families. A Buena Vista chorus tour and a Storm Lake concert are announced. Funeral details for Merryl Cook note a fatal neck injury from a prior auto accident.
News items note visitations by Pete the Tailor and Opal Schroeder party in Aurelia, with seed oats and barley cleaning ongoing at area mills. A Red Lodge clipping records Luther Albert Pomeroy, age 58, dying. born near the Jones farm east of the McQuinn corner, later living in Aurelia and leaving in 1907.
Relatives and friends gathered at the Adolph Fassler home to celebrate Mrs Fassler's birthday with cards and lunch. Bridge club hosts Mrs M C Paulson and George Kaskey led scores March 11. Various church and social groups met March 6 7 8 10 11 with devotions, stories, prize boxes, and gifts. Out of town guests attended Mrs W S Ammons birthday dinner March 10 with fifty four at dinner. Lunches and covered dish gatherings followed by social time and gift presentations.
Mrs. Carl Larson hosted district Rebekah vice presidents on March 9 as Aurelia prepares for June convention. Card parties at Mrs. L. E. Christensen and Miss Mabel Johnson's homes featured prizes for high scores and hands without face cards. Out of town guests from Washta Cherokee Onawa and Greeley attended.
Maurice Peterson returned Saturday night from Santa Monica California after a three month visit with his sister Mrs Otis Garrich and family. Numerous local families visited, attended dinners and gatherings in Galva Aurelia Cherokee Storm Lake and Storm Lake area including hospital news and a funeral.
A major snow storm hit this section of the state before midweek, with a blanketing snowfall and minimal wind. Roads blocked, schools dismissed, and events postponed, though farmers welcomed the moisture despite disruptions.
G H McMillian superintendent of the Cherokee county CCC camp says farmers are the custodians of wildlife. The effort includes 4 H clubs schools and local organizations as Wildlife Restoration Week in Iowa. Plans include planting 87 000 trees across nineteen plots and extensive fencing for cover and nesting sites.
G N MacDonald of Iowa State College urges careful land prep before planting trees under conservation programs. Remove heavy sod to give each tree 18 inches of clear space and plant on contour to improve establishment. State forests offer stock from federal nurseries, with shrubs and small trees also permitted for wildlife cover. Planters may request stock from cooperative nurseries by contacting the state forester in Ames.
Application forms indicate kinds of trees available, prices for obtaining them, and planting conditions. Landowners aiming for success must keep grazing animals out of plantations during the growing season.
Stanton Marquardt of Des Moines built a model airplane with a small gasoline engine after spending about a hundred hours and significant money. On testing, the craft vanished into the sky and was pursued through snow. Three days later Mrs. Marquardt located the undamaged machine at Waveland golf course, roughly five miles from takeoff.
Alfalfa 87 95 per unit Clover 7.80 per bushel Hybrid corn 2.00 and 2.75 per bushel All prices in cents per bushel and per unit Vestal card for catalog and samples Postville Iowa 62-4 Hall Tobberis Son offers farm bargains and a catalog pickup option.
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