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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1958
Page
5
Aurelia prepares for three upcoming track events including the Sixth Annual Aurelia Relays with 464 entries from 35 schools. The Sioux Valley Conference Meet and District Track and Field Meet follow with schedules outlining prelims and finals across sprints, hurdles, relays, and field events.
Thirty schools will compete in the IHSAA District Track and Field Meet at Aurelia on Friday May 9. About 300 athletes are expected to participate in two classes Class B teams include Alta Aurelia Twin Rivers Emmetsburg Emmetsburg Catholic Graettinger Hartley In wood Laurens Manson Milford Paullina Pocahontas Pomeroy Rock Rapids Rock Valley Sibley Spirit Lake. Class C features Albert City Cherokee SC Cleg horn Harris Hayes Cons Hes pers Hull Lake Park Lester Linn Grove Marcus Newell Qocheydan Primghar Quimby Remsen Ruthven Sanborn Sioux Rapids Storm Lake St. Marys Sutherland Terril.
Dr and Mrs Herbert Hanger announce the birth of a son at Sioux Valley hospital on Thursday April 24 weighing 8 pounds 11 1/2 ounces. The baby has one brother named Tommy. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Herman Klein of Mt Clemons Michigan and Mr and Mrs W C Hanger of Clinton Iowa.
Rainfall totaled 1.40 inches in the past week with Wednesday precipitation mixing rain snow and hail. Cold conditions followed Sunday night rain with a low of 20 degrees reported Monday night. April rainfall reached 2.21 inches per Mr. Bischel.
Miss Shirley Stief a junior at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls was elected co chairman for the 1959 Religion in Life week observance on campus She also became president of the Alpha Sigma Chapter of Gamma Delta the Lutheran students association Daughter of Mr and Mrs John Stief of Aurelia she majors in English with a speech minor and participates in College Players International Students committee LEA English club and Pi Theta Pi sorority.
Farmers in Cherokee County enrolled in the 1958 Soil Bank acreage reserve were reminded this week of binding obligations for the 1958 growing season. L C Bengtson urged compliance with rules on no pre Jan 1 1959 planting except approved fall crops, no grazing before 1959, no harvest in 1958, weed control at farmer expense, and staying within farm permitted acreage.
Mrs. James Christensen of Washta will speak on A Place to Live at the May Fellowship Day. The Aurelia Methodist church hosts the event with United Council of Church Women and participation by Aurelia Methodist and Congregational plus Mt Olive Baptist churches. Public invited. starts 2 PM Friday.
James Covey son of Mr and Mrs Earl Covey of Aurelia was among Iowa State College juniors and seniors honored with a Certificate of Merit at the Men's Leadership banquet for scholarship leadership character and service to the campus. The awards were presented by Cardinal Key members.
The Northwest Iowa District Rose Show will be held Sunday June 16 at the Sioux City Auditorium for growers in Northwest Iowa, NE Nebraska, and SE South Dakota. Entries by 11 a.m. and judging then public viewing around 1 p.m. Two hundred ribbons will be awarded. Contact Walter P Cropley at 3903 Lakeport Road, Sioux City.
The Cub Scout Pack meeting will be at the Aurelia Legion Hall on Tuesday evening May 6 starting at 7 30. Slides from the February banquet will be shown. Parents are urged to support the Scouts by attending.
Judy Kay Troxel daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Troxel has accepted a third grade teaching post at Marathon for the 1958 59 school year a release from Buena Vista college reports Miss Troxel will receive a two year elementary certificate from Buena Vista this spring
Mrs. O. C. Waddell will present her class of piano students in a recital Monday evening May 5 at the Aurelia Methodist church in Sopom. The program features Lynne Johnson Rufus Daniels Roger Kruse and many others. The public is invited to attend.
Community members hosted and visited relatives and friends at multiple homes over the weekend and weekday evenings. Notable gatherings included Patten, Peterson, Stief, Stablefeldt, Winterhof, Kruse, McDevitt, Rapp, Schipper, Peterson, Lundsgaard, Anderson, and Turner families, with several birthdays celebrated.
Funeral services for A C Will longtime Aurelia resident were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 oclock conducted by Rev Forrest Flowers. Will died suddenly at his home farm Saturday April 26 1888 after a long illness he was 67. He was a farmer cattle feeder and a director of several local organizations including Peoples Telephone Co Maple Valle Mutual Insurance and Farmers Coop. He is survived by his wife Anna two daughters and a son with nine grandchildren. Burial was at Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Aurelia.
The Roy Lichtenberg home at Alta hosted a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Otto of Montgomery Alabama who were visiting Gordon's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Turner and family visited in the Wm. Glasamaker home at Cleghorn Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Volkert and Wilma visited Mr. and Mrs. Minor Moore and Lee Ann at Correctionville Sunday. Mrs. F. E. Flowers attended the Ministers Wives luncheon held in Sioux Rapids on Friday April 25.
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