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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1962
Page
7
The high school music department presents a two act musical comedy Check Your Worries on Friday May 25. Back row from left Loren Kolpin Ralph Plagman Jim Niebuhr Scott Bryon and Jim McKay front row Don Steffens Judy Gustafson Roberta Wise Peggy Hartwig Janeen Ardesen and Bob Forbes photographed courtesy of Jerry Cenley.
Aurelia school music department presents a two act musical comedy Check Your Worries directed by Tom Anderson and Don Jackson. The play follows two city reporters visiting a town amid a Founders Day dispute over its tradition. The cast includes high school chorus and a student pit orchestra led by Tony Klein.
Mrs Felix Cruz of Storm Lake will guest speak at the United Council of Church Women annual May Fellowship at the Congregational church tomorrow at 9 30 am The theme is One Family Under God Who Is My Family Dr and Mrs Cruz formerly lived in Cuba and fled after the Communist takeover A coffee hour follows and all church women are invited.
Funeral services for Mrs Amanda Hickman of Quimby will be held Friday at 10 30 AM at the Quimby Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Silver Cemetery. She is a sister of Roy Glidewell.
The Holstein school music department will present a concert at the high school auditorium next Monday May 21 beginning at 9 30 a m The public is invited to attend.
The Aurelia High School chorus directed by Tom Anderson will broadcast a 12 to 12 30 p m concert on KTIV Channel IV Sioux City next Thursday May 24 The group recently earned a Div rating at the state music contest.
Memorial Day committees announced by Legion Commander Melvin Johnson for the May 30 service list roles and meeting times. The Flower committee will meet May 29 at 3 p.m. at the Legion Hall to prepare bouquets and requests flowers by 3 p.m. that day.
Markets in Aurelia feature Egg prices Grade A 22 cents Grade B and Med 16 cents Chex Dirts Pullets at 14 cents Poultry 6 cents per pound Grain prices show corn oats and beans with corn around 1.05 dollars per bushel noted, oats and beans details obscured by text.
Graduation week begins with 40 seniors. commencement on Tuesday night May 22. Baccalaureate Sunday at high school auditorium led by Rev. Douglas Qostlund with music by the woodwind quintet and Girls Chorus. Donald Jackson pianist. Class Night Monday at 8 p.m. features histories, salutatorian and valedictorian addresses, Will, and presentations led by Ralph Plagman.
Principal R E Miller announces Myrna Mohn daughter of Mr and Mrs Eitel Mohn as Valedictorian of the Class of 1962 with a 3.97 GPA. Kathleen Flanigan daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Flanigan is Salutatorian with a 3.94 GPA.
The passage lists award presenters and honorees including Mr. Hodam Mr. Moritz Mr. Rath Miss Mason Mrs. Daniels Mrs. Littell Mr. Jackson Mr. Anderson Mrs. Bob Orr Mrs. A. W. Larson Principal R. E. Miller and a representative of the Iowa Bar Association.
The May 22 commencement at the high school begins at 8 p m in the auditorium with Prof Geo W Anderson Gustavus Adolphus College as guest speaker The program includes processional a band selections by the Aurelia high school band brass sextet and mixed chorus led by Tom Andersen and a diploma presentation by Duane Cram. The class roll lists senior members with their parents names in parentheses.
The 12 year old son of Melvin Lindquist is reported improving rapidly after surgery Monday to remove his damaged left eye. He is able to be out of bed part of the time at St Joseph hospital in Sioux City where he has been confined since the May 3 accident in which he injured himself with a 22 rifle.
The annual Augustana Owl Here Pops concert is set for tonight on the Augustana Commons at Sioux Falls. Theme is Fantasia with Keith Peterson as program status chairman and Juds Ehrhardt as a band member.
Iowa State University junior electrical engineering student David L. Hench son of Mrs Le Roy Hench Aurelia earns a Western Electric Scholarship valued between 400 and 1000 dollars based on merit and need Established by Western Electric Co Hench is active in Eta Kappa Nu Tau Beta Pi Pi Mu Alpha Alpha Chi Rho in the Honors program and has seven Dean's List times He was salutatorian of his high school class
A group of neighbors assisted Paul Rebhuhn’s farm near Aurelia on April 30 with 11 men plowing 45 acres and on May 11 with spring tooth harrows and planters finishing 100 acres of corn and beans. Gas and diesel were provided by Clayton Lehnhardt and Skelly Oil Co. A noon dinner was served by local Mesdames. Paul, recovering at home after a compound fracture of his left leg and fractured ribs from an April 19 tractor upset, had been hospitalized and returned home Sunday.
The Post Office department designates May 21 to 26 as Mailbox Improvement week. Rural patrons should provide approved boxes with names visible to the approaching carrier and keep boxes and supports painted and in good repair to maintain the countryside’s appearance.
The Aurelia Bulldogs place second in the district meet with athletes Trae Mie ato Holstein Fridwasy, Dan Peterson, and Dan Steffens among top finishers. Competitors from Odebolt Arthur and Antenna areas join in relay and field events, highlighted by strong performances in sprints, jumps, and throws.
District athletes secure state berths in Des Moines with Mackay Ath and Chass Botime leading sprints and relay teams. Dan Petersen and Rob Nelson post top marks in high jump and broad jump as East High hosts the state meet.
May 26 designates Poppy Day in Aurelia with posters on display at the Lockin Insurance office and a planned ceremony. The American Legion Auxiliary conducts the event to honor Americans who died or were wounded in wars and Korea. Proceeds from poppy sales support Child Welfare and Rest Nation programs. Mrs Art Larson chairs the event with Mrs Emma Gearke as cochairman.
Douglas Whitney son of Mr and Mrs Rex Whitney was among the top 10 percent of ISU freshmen honored at the Inter Fraternity Council Freshman Leadership banquet held in Ames. He serves as assistant manager of the Fraternity Payers Association and represented Acacia fraternity on the Interfraternity Council.
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