Annual Awards Made Class Night Program
The graduating seniors hosted class night exercises in the high school auditorium led by valedictorian Doris Jeanne Renaud and salutatorian Elaine Lauridsen. Scholars and activities featured include class history by Phyllis Holderness and the class prophecy by Earl Larson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Jeanne Renaud
Elaine Lauridsen
Phyllis Holderness
Earl Larson
Elda Dagger
Don Hamann
Carolyn Lindsay
Lorraine Bruce
Betty Lou Bell
Arlene Nelson
Gene Peterson
Galen Gilbert
Loren Peterson
Gus Chison
Lois Coombs
Eunice Bruce
Betty Anderson
Delores Kaskey
Barbara Wilson
Elaine Booth
Charlene Ohlson
Dale Dise
Orrin Sweet
Kenneth Davis
Charles Wharton
Maxine Nielsen
Lois Johnson
Wanda Haris
Helen Paulsen
Ruth Lehnhardt
Clayton Lehnhardt
Irene Kreutz
Harold
Duane Otten
Ritzel Gustafson
Norman Johnson
Darrel Huseman
Kenneth Schulke
Vernon Galvin
Herb Carlson
Donald Nelson
Isabel Zwick
Ruby Stieneke
Lela Morah-ohpbert
Jetrony
Lene Hahn
Donald Johnson
Frances Hahn
Beverly Stellish
Memorial Day Closings at Local Groceries
Kruse Grocery Waddell s Grocery Larson s Store will close at 10 a m Memorial Day May 30 and stay closed for the day. They reopen Friday evening for Saturday shopping. Mrs E W Kammer of Ames visited the home of her parents Mr and Mrs W H Bischel over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Kammer
Ames
W. H. Bischel
Louis Kaskey Buys 80 Acres to Create Lazy Acres Dairy
Louis G. Kaskey purchased about 80 acres of land west of the Eclipse Lumber yard from the A. Fraser Estate. He named the farm Lazy Acres and plans to develop it into a dairy operation, buying registered Guernsey calves for future cattle herds.
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Louis G. Kaskey
Eclipse Lumber Yard
A. Fraser
Louis
Joyce Davis 16 Named for State 4-H Nomination
Joyce Davis a 16 year old from Spring township daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Davis will be suggested for state 4 H office by the Cherokee county 4 H girls organization this month Her credentials will be sent to the state 4 H committee at Ames for review and final selection The Spring township girl is a Brooke Consolidated school junior and serves as county 4 H girls club president with six years in 4 H She also belongs to a boys 4 H livestock club and has earned many livestock honors Mrs Lois K Hughes home demonstration agent calls her a natural leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Times
Joyce Davis
Lawrence Davis
Spring Township
Cherokee County
Farm Bureau
Miss Davis
Ames
Brooke Consolidated School
Spring- Riverside Club
Lois K. Hughes
Albert Johnson Weds Leslie Derr In Louisiana Church
Sgt Albert E Johnson of Harding Field La marries Miss Leslie Derr of Baton Rouge La on May 9 at a Baton Rouge Methodist church. The couple’s wedding party included Miss Derr sister and a friend. After the ceremony they dined at the Peacock Inn. The bride, a University of Louisiana graduate, works for the Dept of Public Welfare at Baton Rouge. the groom, Aurelia High School 1934 graduate, lived in Aurelia before enlisting June 22 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Johnson
Louisiana
Albert E. Johnson
Harding Field
Leslie Derr
Baton Rouge
Dept. of Public Welfare
Aurelia High School
Aurelia
Jeanette Jones Married in Oakland California Ceremony
Miss Jeanette Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs Olin Jones Berkeley married Paul E Godfrey May 4 at Mission Covenant church Oakland The Rev Edwin S Johnson presided in a ceremony attended by 650 Bay Region guests Matron of honor was Lois Jones Gammon sister of the bride The couple will live in Alameda Separately the Jones family notes military service by three of O C Jones sons and other relatives with posts in California and at Fort Benning and Camp Roberts The letter closes by greeting Cherokee county Aurelia friends and noting local defense housing growth.
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Berkley Daily Gazette
Aurelia
Afton Township
Jeanette Jones
Olin Jones
Berkeley
Paul E. Godfrey
Mission Covenant Church
Oakland
California
Edwin S. Johnson
Bay Region
Lois Jones Gammon
San Francisco
Alameda
Jones
Nhe Po Inance
Ft. “Benning
Calif
Pacific Coast
Sunnyvale
Harold R. Jones
del Marr
Robert C. Jones
Field Artillery School of
Camp Roberts
San Jose
O. C. Jones
Cherokee
Iowa
Stanley A. Gammon
Gammon
Lois Jones
Ft. Scott
Coast Artillery
Winton
Harold
Stanley
University of Calif
Robert
Uncle Sam
Sentinel Weekly
Cherokee County
Baccalaureate Services Draw Large Crowd
The high school auditorium was filled to capacity Sunday night for the Baccalaureate services honoring the class of 1942. Rev. Edwin Trigg delivered the address, using Road Building as the topic and framing life as a road being built by people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Trigg
Card of Thanks for A. J. McKinnon Death
The McKinnon family thanks friends for courtesies acts of kindness in bereavement for A. J. McKinnon and for flowers. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. A L McKinnon and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert McKinnon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. McKinnon
A. L. McKinnon
Gilbert McKinnon
Poppy Day May 23 Volunteers Sought
All Auxiliary members are asked to volunteer in the Poppy Day Sale Saturday May 23. Please call Mrs. JA W Larson chairman for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JA. W. Larson
Flames Devour Fronts Of Thiel's Cafe And Shank's Station
Fire hit the fronts of Thiel's Cafe and Shank's service station after a gasolene pump was knocked over by a Shank truck causing sparks from a shorted line. Firefighters fought three water streams to control the blaze with damage to pumps and equipment. The building owner insured. one pump ruined, another damaged. Shank's uninsured loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thiel
Shank
Orlo Shank
Bryce Thiel
O. B. East
Aurelians Headed to Service Induction in Des Moines
Five Aurelia men Melvin Anderson Glenn Mongan Albert Libke Elmer Johnson and Raymond Hasenwinkel joined 42 others from Cherokee County for a Fort Des Moines induction. Aurelia American Legion members saw them off and W H Bischel the selective service chairman called the gesture very fine and appreciated by draftees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelians
Armed Services
Norning
Cherokee
Fort Des Moines
Aurelia
Melvin Anderson
Glenn Mongan
Albert Libke
Elmer Johnson
Raymond Hasenwinkel
Aurelia American Legion Post
W. H. Bischel
Selective Service
Aurelia Legionnaires
Lutherans Raise Large Summer Army and Navy
St. Pauls Lutheran Aurelia reports a total of 246.95 dollars raised for the Army and Navy Commission drive. Treasurer W H Bischel announced 236.50 from church solicitors plus 10.45 from Sunday School on Mother's Day. The fund supports spiritual welfare and social centers for service members in camps nearby.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Aurelia
W. H. Bischel
Army and Navy Commission
Lutheran Church
Walter
Weekly Fisheries Report Highlights Inland Waters Activity
The week ending April 18 reports 82,138 pounds of rough fish removed from inland waters and 96,000 game fish stocked in the same period.
Aurelia Stores To Close Decoration Day
Aurelia stores will close at 10 oclock a m on Decoration Day Saturday May 30 and stay shut the rest of the day to allow merchants and employees to attend services and observe the holiday. Stores will open Friday evening for shoppers who cannot shop during the day Friday or Saturday morning.
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Aurelia
Mrs. C DeVries Dies At Ames Tuesday
Mrs. C DeVries a four year Ames resident died at 9 o clock Tuesday evening at her home 226 South Maple avenue born December 13 1880 in Pella Iowa she lived in Aurelia Iowa eight years before moving to Ames in 1938 funeral services at the Methodist church burial in Ames cemetery body lies in state Thursday evening surviving husband Cornelius DeVries son Anie of Cedar Rapids daughter Theressa of Ames six brothers and three sisters strong church and missionary involvement noted
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C. DeVries
Aurelia
Ames
South
Maple Avenue
Pella
Anie
Cedar Rapids
Theressa
Con
Guy
John
Charles
Marion
Herold
Kate
Jennie
Arvilla
Senior Class Play America First Draws Big Crowds
The Senior Class play America First drew large crowds over two nights with total admissions of 119 dollars and 50 cents. The cast delivered strong performances and the group plans to use receipts after expenses for a school gift.
Cherokee May Benefit Concert By Cherokee County Service Org
A 30 minute concert by the Cherokee high school concert band and the film Rainbow Recollections will be shown at Arrow Theatre Cherokee on Thursday May 28 to benefit Navy Relief and the U S O. Rainbow Division veterans from across northwest Iowa are expected. the program combines band numbers with the history of the 168th Iowa National Guard in World War I.
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Rainbow
Rainbow Division
Arrow Theatre
Cherokee
Cherokee County Service Organization
Iowa
Navy Relief
U.S. 0
Dale Caris
Rainbow Recollections
Iowa National Guard
168Th Iowa
France
Beaten Path Yields to Advertised Mousetrap Rivalry
A concise quip notes that traditional makers face stronger competition when rivals advertise boldly suggesting market shift toward the better mousetrap. The line contrasts a slow route to the craftsman with a concrete highway of aggressive marketing benefiting competitors.
3300 Pennies Turned In For War Bonds And Stamps
Postmaster A A Dingman reports a large number of pennies turned in at the post office for war bonds and savings stamps. A single contributor handed in 1900 pennies and another bought war savings stamps with 1400 pennies.
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A. A. Dingman
Eighth Graders to Graduate May 29 in Cherokee
Sixty nine county rural eighth graders will receive diplomas and honor letters at the Arrow Theatre in Cherokee on Friday afternoon May 29. The program starts at 2 30 with recitations and songs. Miss Irene Brooks will present diplomas. Names listed include Archie Brown miller Helen Marie Carlson John Verris Tena Mae Fox Evangeline Johnson and many more.
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Arrow Theatre
Cherokee
Irene Brooks
Afton Township
Archie Brownmiller
Helen Marie Carlson
John Verris
Tena Mae Fox
Evangeline Johnson
John Letsche
Beverly Jean Sones
Norma Wittmaack
Joyce Woltman
Diamond Township
Gene Clymens
Darrell DeBoom
Wendell Ewoldt
Robert Rasmussen
Pilot Township
Janice Akers
Ronald Bengtson
John Mann
Marion White
Silver Township
Norbert Bumann
Vera Jane Goettsch
Orville Gregg
Harold Nation
Darlene Peterson
Carol Stratton
Carolyn Volkert
Spring Township
Sadie Gearke Breaks Hip While Visiting on Farm Porch
Miss Sadie Gearke of Aurelia fell Sunday evening on a cement porch at the Lawrence Johnson farm near Larrabee while visiting. An X‑ray showed a hip fracture. she was placed in a cast at Sioux Valley hospital in Cherokee and returned home Tuesday night. Her cast will likely stay on two to three months.
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Sadie Gearke
Aurelia
Lawrence Johnson
Larrabee
Gearke
Dr. Bates
Sioux Valley Hospital
Cherokee
Miss Georke
Memorial Day Observance Planned for Aurelia
Plans completed for Aurelia Memorial Day observance on Saturday May 30 with a parade through Main Street at 9 a.m. and a cemetery program at 10 a.m. The service features Rev. Ernest Stanworth, high school band, veterans of wars, Boy Scouts, and a Gettysburg address, marker decorations, and taps.
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Aurelia
Ernest Stanworth
Main Street
Cemetery High
America
H. H. Lockin
mound—Boy Scouts
Taps
County Legion Posts Meet Monday in Quimby High
Legion posts and auxiliaries gather at 8 p m Monday May 25 in the Quimby high school auditorium for the county meeting. Elections of officers for the county Legion and its auxiliary are on the agenda. Officials listed include Ed Crouch Washta commander A W Larson Aurelia vice commander O W Smith Quimby finance R L Tate Washta adjutant. Lunch will be served and a program is planned by the Quimby post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Quimby
Sayor Pearse
County Legion
Ed Crouch
Washta
A. W. Larson
Aurelia
O. W. Smith
R. L. Tate
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Kruse Grocery
Waddell’s Grocery
Larson’s Store
Louis Kaskey
Fraser Farm
Sam
Gach
The
Farmers National Bank
Thief’s Cafe
Chateau-Thierru Belleau Woods
Aisne-Marne
Yours Truly, Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Jones
Order of Procession
of Legion Posts
the Sentinel
Sioux City
American Legion
First Trust & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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