Aurel ia Consolidated School Notes Toad Visit and May Basket Fun
School notes describe a visit by a toad named Hop-Toad in the kindergarten room and plans for a Mother's Day party on Friday May 9. Students recall May basket exchanges, perfect attendance, and progress in science and reading. Junior high topics cover math, science, history, and writing as tests and projects proceed. Freshman and senior activities include baseball, track meets, and class reflections amid end of year events.
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Roger
Chuck
Frances
Norma
Stanford
Patty Ehrhardt
Richard Forbes
Jack Hanson
Eva Marie Hasenwin
Dean Nelson
John Nelson
Carolyn Kolpin
A. H
Shirley Nielsen
Quimby
Galva
St. Paer
Harriett
Best Defense Against Rabbit Is Wire Fence
A gardener should use a well staked chicken wire fence to guard against rabbits. As a game animal the rabbit cannot be shot out of season or poisoned legally. For those without wire, entomologist Harold Gunderson of Iowa State College recommends repellents like sulfur-dusted young shoots and nicotine sulfate spray, noting rain wash-off requires reapplication.
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Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Minnow and Frog Season Opens May 12
The season for taking frogs and minnows begins May 12. No catch or possession limits on minnows are set but officials warn of a statewide minnow shortage and urge hunters to seining only what will be used soon. Frogs have a daily limit of four dozen and a possession limit of eight dozen.
Looking Back Into the Past Highlights Local Life
A ten year recap notes Marymay Walker and Fred A. Kaskey wedding in Dakota City. Sewer work advances behind Aurelia’s Larson’s Story site. A May birth announced for Herbert and Mrs Kolpin. Twenty years earlier Aurelia contracts for street work and a river bridge near Cherokee. Class of 22 graduates listed with names.
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Marymay Walker
Oakland
Cal
Fred A. Kaskey
Aurelia
Lutheran Parsonage
Dakota City
Nebraska
George Scott
Larson
Aurelia Motor Co
Herbert Kolpin
Cherokee
Ames
Reva Adler
Norma Lewis
Helen Gustafson
Helen Wilson
Jessie Campbell
Mildred Holmes
Mildred Thevenin
Erwin Matzdorff
Louis Mongan
Lloyd Reckoff
Elliot Mongan
Orville Hickey
Glenn Stutz
Carroll Mongan
Earl Peterson
John Peterson
Lorine Johnson
Dorothy Scott
Pauline Herold
Charice Moore
Hazel Buma
Ruth Sawvell
Raymond McLaughlin
Duluth
Minn
Conley McLaughline
W. A. McLaughlin
Cyril Mahoney
Henry Grashoff
Lawrence Butterfield
Will Baumann
S. B. Golden
Peterson
Lane-Moore Lumber Co
Frank Faber
Storm Lake
Anna Bischel
How The American Legion Was Named
A Kentucky major linked to Madisonville and the 36th Division sparked the naming of The American Legion. Commander Jack Coombs cites a Paris caucus where Maurice K Gordon moved to adopt the title amid a lively fallback debate among 1st AEF fighters.
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Texas
American Legion
Jack Coombs
Grashoff-McManus
Maurice S. Gordon
Madisonville
Coombs
1St
AEF
Paris
France
Veterans
The
Richard Seegle Jones
Committee On Name
Legion of the
Legion
Maurice K. Gordon
Joseph Mills Hanson
Alexander Woollcott
1St Division
Foreign Legion
Soissons
Diamond Township School Districts to Sell Buildings at Public Auction
District No. 1, No. 2, No. 8 and No. 9 in Diamond township will sell their school buildings at public auction on Monday June 2. Auction starts at 1 p m at District No. 9 school then moves to Nos 8 2 and 1 in that order. Secretary Mrs Walter Schuike notes the plan.
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Diamond Township
Walter Schuike
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Ruth Schramm
Vernon Kaskey
Sac City
Flory Drug
Flory Drug Telephone
Rexall
Sentinel
St. Louis
Deaconess
C. DeVries
Boyden
New Farmers Elevator Company
Julius Jordan
H. J. Mahoney
Harry H. Lockin
Admiral
Paul’s Radio
Aurelia, Iowa
Paul Stieneke
Prop
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