Albert City to visit Aurelia in opening league game
Albert City meets Aurelia in the 5 county league opener at 2 30 Sunday afternoon May 5 at home. Other league members include Nemaha Newell Schaller Sioux Rapids Rossie and Laurens. Sentinel window cards and a league ad summarize the schedule. A A Rapp president thanks Aurelia businessmen for printing and advertising support.
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Albert City
Nemaha
Newell
Schaller
Sioux Rapids
Rossie
Laurens
The
Sentinel
A. A. Rapp
League
Aurelia
Town Team Triumphs in 10 Innings Over Schaller
The Aurelia club edged Schaller 8 to 6 in ten innings on Sunday. Harlan Hinkeldey and E. Laursen pitched, Fassler and Stabelfeldt led with 3 for 5, and Fassler’s tenth inning triple plus two errors sealed the win. Aurelia opens home play May 5 versus Albert City at 2 30 p m.
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Aurelia
Harlan Hinkeldey
E. Laursen
Pingel
Fassler
Stabelfeldt
Holstein
Rapp
Aurelians
Schaller
Albert City
Mrs Cornelia Renaud Hostess To Cong Missionary Society
Congregational Missionary Society met at Mrs. Cornelia Renaud's home on April 24 with Mrs. Mary Hines as assistant hostess. Fifteen members and five guests attended. The business meeting was led by president Mrs. Inez Larson. Devotionals were by program chair Gladys Glawe, with a Bible program including readings by Pearle Glawe Julia Wharton Celia Daniels Aileen Peterson Amy Peterson Sylvia Langwin and Ethel Bell. Prayer was by Gladys Glawe. The society adjourned to meet with Mrs Imp Krout and Sadie Gearke in May.
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Congregational Missionary Society
Cornelia Renaud
Mary Hines
Inez Larson
Gladys Glawe
Reader’s Digest
Pearle Glawe
Julia Wharton
Celia Daniels
Aileen Peterson
The
Bible Society
Amy Peterson
Sylvia Langwin
Ethel
Senior Class Play Comes to Town at High School
The Sentinel advertises the senior class three act mystery comedy drama at the high school auditorium on May 2 and 3 starting at 8 PM. Set in a small town hotel lobby a time bomb in a guest's suitcase sparks excitement as further strange events unfold.
Mrs. O. B. Kast Dies After Illness in Aurelia
Mrs. O B Kast a longtime Aurelia resident died Friday at five o clock after several months of illness from complications. Funeral services were held at Wharton Funeral Home and the Congregational church with Rev. Ernest Stanworth and Rev. E Trigg officiating. Obituary notes Barbara DeVries East born February 26 1884 in Bavaria Germany died April 26 1946 in Aurelia Iowa aged 62. She married Garrett DeVries in 1904 and Otto B East in 1925. Survived by husband daughter Mrs John Weiser Elmhurst Ill son Harold C DeVries San Jose Calif stepdaughter Mrs Viola Ammons and a brother Andrew Herold plus five grandchildren. Active in Evangelical then Congregational church and a member of Pythian Sisters and Legion Auxiliary. Funeral attendance listed from many Iowa and Illinois communities.
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O. B. Kast
Aurelia
Wharton Funeral Home
Congregational Church
Ernest Stanworth
E. Trigg
Barbara DeVries East
Wuesereuth
Bavaria
Germany
Iowa
Eva
Jacob Herold
Garrett DeVries
Florence
Ronald
Harold C. DeVries
San Jose
Calif
Viola Ammons
Andrew Herold
Evangelical Church of
J. W. Weiser
Elmhurst
Walter Vander Well
Steve Vander Well
Rock Valley
John Hilton
Nell Vanden Brink
Steve Vanden Brink
Boyden
William Meisenhelder
Willis
Dale Whitney
Hartford
S. C
George Kaskey
Lloyd Lamm
Galva
Robert Kramer
Mildred
Arthur Kramer
Bertha Kramer
Bessie
Walter Whitney
Fred Paap
Clyde Bentzen
Storm Lake
L. C. Kraemer
Walter Kraemer
Alta
Emil Kast
Fort Morgan
Col
Charles Kast
Brush, Col
J. W. Pickerell
Sutherland
Owa
N. E. Weems
Paullina
Charles Buma
Cherokee
H. S. Baseball Team Competes In Sectional
H S high school coach Russell Null leads his team into the sectional tournament at Quimby May 4 6 and 7 with Immaculate Conception Cherokee as notable opponent. Each seven inning game. Winners advance to district May 11 18 14 with state rounds in Manson May 20 21 22.
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Russell Null
Quimby
Immaculate Conception
Cherokee
Aurelia
Manson
Pierson
Meriden
Grand Meadow
Galva
Cleghorn
S. C
Found Lester Sage near Gladbrook with old pasture check
A 26 year old check dated June 6, 1921 was found in a pasture near Gladbrook by Lester Sage. The check remained in good condition, as if recently taken from a billfold.
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Lester Sage
Gladbrook
Pitcher Farm Bureau Team Sets National Sign Up Record
The Pitcher township Farm Bureau members and their teams achieved a national record by securing one hundred percent sign ups of all operative farmers in the township. County director George Zwick praised the effort as a first in Farm Bureau history, noting pride for the community and county. The accompanying photo shows eight of nine leaders including O S Nelson Raymond Nelson Erwin Radke Harold Nelson Maurice Eddy Vernon Peterson and Herbert Peterson. Edmund Radke was unavailable.
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Pitcher Township
Farm Bureau
George Zwick
O. S. Nelson
Raymond Nelson
Erwin Radke
Harold Nelson
County Farm Bureau
Herbert Peterson
R. J. Sturgeon
Maurice Eddy
Vernon Peterson
Edmund Radke
Looking Back Into the Past Ten Years Ago
Prospect for a refrigeration plant in Aurelia fades per C H Kannenberg who eyed installing such a plant in his Main street building. Funeral services for Louie Witt of Primghar were held at St Pauls Lutheran Aurelia with burial in the Aurelia cemetery. Members of St Pauls Lutheran plan a May 3 service to burn the parsonage mortgage. Mr and Mrs William Whitney welcomed a son William Gene born April 24 at Sioux Valley hospital Cherokee. A set of harness saddle bridle and straps were stolen from Will Mummert farm Monday night. H P Nelson suffered injuries felling on Bowers house in Afton township. C E Day selected for 12 weeks at Cherokee summer school.
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Aurelia
C. H. Kannenberg
Main’ Street
Louie Witt
Primghar
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
William Whitney
Sioux Valley Hospital
Cherokee
William Gene
Will Mummert Farm
H. P. Nelson
Bowers House
Afton
C. E. Day
Nitzke Named Coach at Rockwell City in Iowa
Julian Nitzke of Albert City a former Aurelia coach has accepted the head football basketball and track post at Rockwell City. He is Buena Vista College 1985 graduate and previously coached at Ocheyedan and Aurelia before joining the army. Superintendent Arthur Anderson and Aurelia board members reviewed candidates for Nitzke’s qualification.
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Julian Nitzke
Albert City
Aurelia
Rockwell City
Buena Vista College
Nitzke
Ocheydan
Arthur Anderson
Thirty-Eight Children Enroll At Local Pre-School In April
A local pre-school began on April 22 with an enrollment of 38 children including Theo Becker Jimmy Becker Billy Bengtson Terry Bruce Myrna Buddenhagen Le Roy Buxton Margret Ann Dice Jane Enderson Eugene Enderson Larry Joe Fraser Charlotte Gextameier Ray Grasshoff Lorene Griffith David Hench Georgianne Johnson Karen Roth Tommy Kristenson Marylyn Laposky La Vern Larson Lois Mohn Danny Mummert Beverly Ann Nelson Ronnie Nelson Richard Null Joleen Osterling Douglas Peterson Donna Lee Peterson Gordon Radke Janadene Radle Susan Rapp Frances Reinert Carol Ruppert Eugene Schipper John Teerink Dennis Tharp Jimmy Vogel Marilyn Waddell and Larry Woghan. Children cited favorite activities include play house paint color singing and cut and paste. The older group finished May 1 while the younger group began May 2.
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Theo Becker
Jimmy Becker
Billy Bengtson
Terry Bruce
Myrna Buddenhagen
LeRoy Buxton
Margret Ann Dice
Jane Enderson
Eugene Enderson
Larry Joe Fraser
Charlotte
Gextameier
Ray Grasshoff
Lorene Griffith
David Hench
Georgianne Johnson
Karen Roth
Tommy Kristenson
Marylyn Laposky
LaVern Larson
Lois Mohn
Danny Mummer
John Teerink
Jerry Bruce
Richard Null
Douglas Peterson
Jimmy Vogel
Donna Peterson
Joleen Osterling
Ronnie Nelson
Eugene Endreson
Clay
Beverly Nelson
Larry Waghan
Claude de St. Paer To Lead Aurelia High Next Year
Claude de St. Paer, former Alta instructor, signs to teach in Aurelia next year. He will serve as high school principal after filling the Coach Miller vacancy. St. Paer previously taught 1942 to 1944, then served two years in the navy.
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Claude de St. Paer
Alta
Aurelia
Mr. St. Paer
Miller
St. Paer
Navy
Crippen Reports Timber Wolf Seen Near Aurelia Field
H E Crippen, a farmer northwest of Aurelia, reports spotting a large gray timber wolf about 100 feet away while operating a tractor near the Little Sioux river timber area. He notes the wolf crossed the field, scaled a five foot fence, and watched the machine. It is the first timber wolf seen here in nine years.
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H. E. Crippen
Aurelia
Little Sioux River
Mr. Cripper
Tragic Field Death Claims Alta Farmer
Timothy J. Cavanaugh 52 of Buena Vista County died near his tractor in an Alta area field. Discovered by neighbor Art Green around 11:30 p.m. death attributed to accidental heart attack with body found between tractor and disc. Funeral at St Marys Catholic Church with burial in local cemetery. Survivors include widow Margaret Sippel and children Dale Kathleen and Mrs Hubert Dick.
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Storm Lake Register
Timothy J. Cavanaugh
Buena Vista County
Mr. Cavanaugh
Alta
Art. Green
Green
J. J. Taylor
Cavanaugh
Taylor
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Margaret Sippel
Early
Dale
Kathleen
Storm Lake
Hubert Dick
Farmer mows after sundown with flashlight lawnmower
In New London Fritz Preuss defies daylight limits by attaching a flashlight to his mower to cut grass after sunset while others rest. The innovation allows continued outdoor chores beyond daylight hours.
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Fritz Preuss
New London
Aurelia Trackmen Sweep Sioux Valley Conf Champs
Aurelia High School boys win the Sioux Valley Conference meet at Alta, earning the 1946 conference trophy. Coach Russell Null’s squad score top honors with 16 of 17 events placed, setting a new conference time record by Sherm Nelson in the 220 yard dash at 22.37. Milford and Alta trails follow with multiple firsts, as Aurelia dominates several events led by Beeghley, Nelson, Sturgeon, Glawe, and Galvin in sprints, relays, and field events. The chap remains the same: Aurelia secures both conference crown and trophy. basketball trophy also claimed by Sioux Valley.
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Aurelia High School
Russell Null
Alta
Aurelia
Milford
Sherm Nelson
State of Sutherland
Null
Tracksters
Glenn Beeghley
Bill Glawe
Nelson
Roger Sturgeon
Beeghley
Sturgeon
Harold Larson
Marian Haight
Charles Galvin
John Kastengren
Gene Kline
Paul Galvin
Dan Coombs
Delbert Johnson
Gerald Peterson
Ronald Bengtson
Larson
Kline
Arlo Sturgeon
Haight
Card of Thanks for Otto East and Family
We express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness during the illness and death of our wife mother and sister Otto LB East. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Weiser and Mr. and Mrs. Harold DeVries Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ammons Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Herold. Wedding stationery at Sentinel.
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Otto LB. East
J. W. Weiser
Harold DeVries
Carl Ammons
Andrew Herold
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Aurelia Baseball Club
Cong’! Missionary Society
H. S
Linn Grove
Larrabee
Melvern Anderson
Lloyd Hermanson
Verlyn Dyslin
Hermanson
Dyslin
First Trust & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ella Dingman
A. J. Whinery
J. C. Dowding
Bernard Paulson
Roy Schroeder
Tribe of the Little Sioux
Sioux City
Gertude Waddell
Sioux Valley
Farmers National Bank
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