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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1964
Page
1
Mrs Harold Speers is shown after winning Aurelia's first 75 prize in the Buck Night drawing held last Friday. The Aurelia Commercial Club sponsors weekly drawings for those 16 or older, with rules about registration, participating firms, and presence when called.
Aurelia high school concert band directed by Don Jackson offers a Friday night performance on Main Street at 7 30 PM. The group plans a summer series of concerts along Main Street and invites the public to attend.
Two Aurelia youths Bruce Rapp and Tom Johnson were selected by the Aurelia Legion post to attend Boys State at Camp Dodge near Des Moines from July 7 to 18. The selection honors them for character and citizenship as they study government and civic work.
Mrs. Leo Cosgrove, county home economics chair, announces a May 12 demonstration by Mrs. Clarence Anderson of Laurens at 1 30 pm in Bethlehem Lutheran Church. The talk covers color theory and flower arrangements with a short lecture on color.
Mr and Mrs John Baumann Jr welcomed a son Alan Jon at Sioux Valley Hospital on April 28 weighing 7 lbs 2 oz with sisters Cynthia and Kelley. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Baumann Sr and Mr and Mrs Wilbert Otto. great grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Radke. A second birth at Osceola Community Hospital on April 30 produced Verlan Gene 7 lbs 13 oz. grandparents Mr Her bert Troxel and Mr Ray Grigsby of Aurelia and Mrs Marian Grigsby of Sibley with parents unnamed.
The Aurelia Bulldogs won the 12th annual Aurelia Relays scoring 58 to Odebolt-Arthur 51 and Sutherland 32. Art Leonard won the 100 yard dash and helped set records in the 880 yard relay and 440 yard relay with teammates Bob Whitney Dick Johnson and Rodney Nelson. The Bulldogs dominated the Sioux Valley conference meet Tuesday night with 74 percent of points led by wins in the 880 relay and 440 relay and multiple top placements including Duane Hill high jump and Dick Johnson 440 dash.
The 40 voice Mounds Midway School of Nursing choir of St Paul Minnesota under James P Davies will present a sacred concert at Mt Olive Baptist Church Saturday May 9 at 8 30 PM CST. The announcement notes the group has earned first place honors nationally.
Aurelia high school swept the State Class B Large Group Music Contest last Saturday as the only school in either class to earn Division I ratings in all four events. The Aurelia Mixed Chorus, Boys Chorus, Girls Chorus, and Concert Band earned Division I ratings, marking the ninth straight year for the band and seventh for the Mixed Chorus.
Forty four seniors at Aurelia high school will receive diplomas at the annual commencement on Wednesday May 20 in the High School Auditorium. Gordon E Hermanson vice president for development at Buena Vista College will be guest speaker. Baccalaureate services are set for Sunday May 17 Class Night for Tuesday May 19 and all programs begin at 8 p m.
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Munson 87 were held at Boothby Funeral Home Cherokee with Rev H H Pruett of Aurelia officiating. Burial followed at Graceland Park Sioux City. Born Feb 14 1877 at Willow Creek she married Arthur S Munson in 1901 and lived in Cherokee Sioux City and Aurelia. Survived by two daughters Jane Covey Helen Beckwith, a sister Katie Griffiths, seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce representatives visit Aurelia next Tuesday at 11 30 in a northwest Iowa goodwill tour. The Aurelia band will greet the special train arrival.
A garage and a 1960 Chevrolet were destroyed in a Wednesday afternoon blaze at the B. H. Dukes farm home in Mt. Olive. Aurelia Fire Department contained the flames to the outbuilding and blistered paint on the house. cause remains unknown.
Funeral services for George C. Schaffer 74 will be Friday at 1 30 p m at St Paul Lutheran Aurelia with Pastor Wehrspann officiating Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery Wharton Funeral Home handles arrangements Schaffer died unexpectedly Tuesday May 5 He and his wife Ciara farmed south of Aurelia for 31 years before moving to Aurelia six months ago He is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Homer Anderson of Alta three grandchildren and three great grandchildren A son Erwin preceded him in death last month.
An open house honoring Miss O Letha Bartley will be held at the home of Mrs Celia Daniels on Sunday May 10 from 2 to 5 pm and 8 to 10 pm. The Aurelia faculty member for 12 years will retire at the end of the school year and invites the public to attend.
Robert E. Westphal purchased the late Hilda Stutz property in a transaction reported this week by H. H. Deyloff, R. E. Broker.
The veterinary facilities of the late Dr. W. A. Liebsch have been sold to Dr. Robert Bryant. He will establish his practice in Aurelia on June 2 and is a native of Washta. Dr. Bryant will graduate from Iowa State University in Ames this spring.
A disjointed fragment notes Mr and Mrs Elmer C Budden with a forthcoming ceremony involving Helen and Sari Arthur Borchert. It mentions Myrna a graduate of Aurelia High School and Teachers College.
A tornado struck near Remsen LeMars Paulina around 6 p.m. Tuesday with extensive rural damage and city impacts. Winds up to 50 mph caused downed power lines, damaged farmsteads, and cars blown off roads as a 2% inch rainfall total accumulated in the area since Sunday.
Mrs George Wharton Jr Mrs Winfred Moulton and Mrs John Axelson returning from Sioux City were caught in a storm at Le Mars. Power lines hazards forced a stop and a ride to a LeMars filling station where a fire caused by the storm broke out. They waited at a motel and were driven home around midnight. On return the car had slid into a ditch but was undamaged.
The Junior High Science Fair will be held at the School House this Saturday May 9th with exhibits open to the public from 2 to 4 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Public notices reveal Aurelia Public Library has received thirty-one new juvenile books. Titles include It's Nigh a Cat which won the New Award for Excellence in Juvenile Stories and Where the Wild Are which earned the Sale Award for Excellence.
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