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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
5
The Aurelia Sentinel Be published by C Lighter notes weekly Thursday issues and second class post office entry in Aurelia Iowa. It lists subscription rates per year in advance and states no automatic stop at expiration. continuing subscribers must pay.
Multiple political notices announce candidacies for Cherokee county offices. Republicans seek the sheriff seat in the June primaries with appeals for voter support. Other notices list a clerk of courts bid on the Democratic ticket and a county supervisor reelection pledge stressing fair treatment.
A land tied island is formed when a sand and grass beach connects an island to the mainland. The Rock of Gibraltar is cited as a famous example and many New England coast islands are joined by sand beaches or gravel causeways.
Silk Como, the largest city on Lake Como, dominates Italian silk production and challenges Lyon in France and Paterson in the United States. Mulberry trees are cultivated extensively across the region.
The Cherokee county farm women's chorus plans to enter the district chorus tournament at Spencer on May 24. Miss Lola Antisdel, home demonstration agent, announced today. Iowa State College music department member Rosalind Cook will judge district contests to select 12 choruses for the state contest at the State Fair. The state event will award $25 to each of the 12 choirs. The district tournament also offers a chance to audition for a cantata on June 17 at the 4 H girls state convention in Ames. The 138 member group rehearses twice monthly under Mrs. Dee Ferris and may join the adult chorus of 1,000 at the festival. The program is sponsored by the ISU extension service and the State Fair Board.
Three of four traffic deaths involve vehicles hitting pedestrians. Education reduces fatalities among children and adults. laws alone cannot prevent accidents. Promote care through safety meetings lectures movies posters and articles to instill safety consciousness in citizens.
Deas Moines Ja May 19 Special Town 4-H club officials announce statewide participation in the Territorial Centennial at Iowa Centennial State Fair. Counties will send 2000 to 3000 farm youths for eight days of junior contests with prizes totaling 18123.75 dollars. The event runs August 26 through September 2 and features livestock exhibits crops health contests and other 4-H activities.
The Dells of Wisconsin, shaped by pre Cambrian granite and Cambrian seas, shows sandstone upheaval after Paleozoic cycles. A Wisconsin river carved dramatic cliffs during the last glacial thaw, creating rich red yellow purple and green crags along the verdant banks after thirty thousand years of erosion and weathering.
The banana likely originated in Southern Asia and spread westward through history. Alexander the Great found it near the Indus, Arabs carried it to lands around the Holy Land, and Portuguese introduced it to the Canary Islands and the New World by 1516. By the early 1800s it appeared in the United States.
A medical view describes the brain split into cerebrum cerebellum and medulla oblongata with gray and white matter. Experts say different body parts act as separate brains and the brain functions as a vast switchboard guiding thinking.
A century ago a French inventor, Louis Braille, refined teaching the blind to read through perforations in paper. His system uses holes arranged to form an alphabet, with a number sign prefix for digits 1 to 10.
4-H girls in Cherokee county begin a second year of clothing study aiming for trim and attractive outfits from tip to toe. Miss Gladys Adams of Iowa State College led the final of three training schools held May 12 at the Lewis hotel, emphasizing wool fabrics, pressing, color harmony, and making own accessories.
Pastor L H Preul presides as church school meets at 10:00 led by George Lamm. Morning worship at 11:00. No Epworth league due to Aurelia seniors Baccalaureate at 8:00 p.m. at the high school. Brotherhood meet Thursday 7:30 p.m. Rev H V Bartz guest. Women’s circles meet Friday. several circle details listed. Vacation Bible school starts May 31 for ages 3 to 16. more hymnals needed. choir 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Edwin Trigg, pastor, announces church school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m There is no Junior or Senior Endeavor meeting this Sun Baccalaureate at the high school auditorium Sunday evening at g o clock Music by the M E church Devotions by Rev L H Preul sermon by Rev E Trigg Choir rehearsal Tuesday at 7 30 at the Lockin hotel Women s Missionary meeting Wednesday afternoon May 25 Hostess Mrs Fae Fraser leader Mrs G R Wharton Ladies Aid meet Thursday afternoon Hostesses Mrs Bert Waddell Mrs Floyd Glawe Mrs Richard Glawe and Mrs Ed Rice
Vernon V. White, pastor, invites the community to Sunday school at ten, morning worship at eleven, and evening preaching at eight. The note includes a Bible verse and extends warm welcome to visitors.
William Walter, pastor, leads Sunday school at 9 45 and English language worship at 10 45 at St Pauls Lutheran Church.
Mrs Earl Zwick hosts AA C C and many ladies for a Wednesday afternoon with visiting, contests, and prizes won by Mrs James Sleezer Meinking and Ruth Gilbert. A two course luncheon followed. Several locals and visitors are listed with recent travel plans and gatherings, including Miss Muriel Blake with the Aurelia typing class to Des Moines.
The Alta Municipal Board considers water supply improvements. Martin Steinicke buys a shop in Newell and moves in May. Miss Wilma Wise and Richard J. Goodman wed at the Episcopal church. Evangelists S J Polovina and Muriel Pedersen return from the west coast. Two more district residents seek supervisor seats, with Pedersen and Plog joining the field alongside Moser Anderson Swanson. Buena Vista county fair plans discussed for August 16 to 19.
A claim by Gueet Cullivated LandYsleta near El Paso Texas asserts the oldest cultivated land in the United States.
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