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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1945
Page
3
Several residents and visitors are noted in Aurelia and nearby towns. Fae Hines and Fern Beeghley visited relatives in Sioux City while Laura Rupe Alexander and Gladys Shay spent weekends at local homes. Gilbert Bell began a 15 day leave from Norfolk Virginia, visiting his parents.
Sunday visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kruse and two children from Sioux City. Lt. Russell McKinnis of Harlingen Texas arrives to spend a week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harley McKinnis. Mal Prewitt undergoes surgery in Sioux Valley Hospital Cherokee. Walter Borgeson and wife welcome a five pound daughter born May 1 at Storm Lake hospital. A. A. Davis of Omaha and family visit Mrs. C. R. Waddell. Mrs. Dorothy Adams and son Phillip from Riverside California stay two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lighter. Local residents visit insurance agencies and dined with Bengtsons. Aviation machinist mate Wilbur Snapp visits enroute from Oakland to Florida. Multiple guests stay with G. R. Wharton and Mrs. Hudgins of Richmond Virginia. Edgar Allen’s visiting party from Aurelia honors their son. Rev. Geo J Hartman obituary noted in Quincy Illinois. Sgt. Tom Coombs liberated from German camp. awaiting homeward return. Miss Florence and Miss Ella Heimsoth visit storm lake family for Mother’s Day.
Sgt. Edgar Allen returned to Clovis New Mexico and expected transfer to Harrington Kansas this week after recent promotion to sergeant and pending graduation from radio school. His wife accompanied him to Kansas City where she will visit the Ralph Demarest home before returning to Aurelia. The Else J Nelson cafe completes a major interior renovation planned by Lars P Nelson before his December death to mark the cafe’s forty year anniversary.
Tuesday afternoon Bridge club met at Mrs. Howard Nelson’s home with guests listed and high scores noted. The Little Sioux Rebekah district No. 18 met in Larrabee with Aurelia lodge winning unwritten work, electing officers and naming Aurelia as 1946 convention site.
Harm to vegetables from tomato worms fleas beetles and potato beetle may require Bordeaux or other treatments. Cabbage pests on cabbage cauliflower sprouts broccoli and Chinese cabbage can be managed with poison dust or spray or rotenone. Cabbage maggots can be halted by tar paper pads around stems or by calomel and corn starch dust before planting.
A V E Day address reflects on Allied victories in Europe and plans for Japan as the San Francisco Conference and war-ends costs frame policy. Troop dispositions show Europe 42 infantry, 14 armor, 8 airborne. Italy six infantry and one armor. South Pacific 18 infantry, one cavalry, one airborne. Budgets and veterans laws loom, with talk of readjustment benefits, tax cuts, and postwar spending. A Midwest prison camp report counters coddling claims, detailing strict work, rationed food, and ongoing investigations by the Military Affairs Committee.
Classified notice offers a six room bungalow with bath, garage and two lots under George Booth Estate with John Booth as administrator. Includes address and sale terms. Also promotes Aetna Farm Loans from Farmers National Bank Aurelia Iowa and Rawleigh Products sales in Cherokee and Ida counties with contact details.
Mrs Earl Zwick notes a busy week with visitors from Tennessee and several gatherings in Cherokee and Sutherlin. Families including Snapps Hantsbargers Clows Lawniczak Stevens Zwick and others hosted relatives and friends in the area with card games and lunch to follow.
Mr and Mrs Henry Stevens and Imma of Cherokee were recent callers at Ray Jones home. Aurelia graduates this year include Richard Jones Jean Mongan Galen Gilbert Raymond Kolpin Harold Crane and Ruth Kudrle. The A C C met last Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Lulu Bugh.
The regular council meeting chaired by Mayor Keimsoth includes members Shank Kaskey Brummer Maltby Wieland. Minutes from April 2 1945 approved. Treasurer and Clerk reports read and approved. Bills approved for payment including taxes streets cleaning salaries fuel and supplies.
A fragment listing Aurelia Iron Works with welding and material notes. Mentions A. Y. McDonald Manufacturing Co supplying Iowa Public Service Co and Light Fund Town Public Service Co with current figures 80 and 83, plus Rapp Electric Service doors on posts at 56.00.
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