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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1932
Page
4
Local items mention Decoration Day bank closings and visits by residents to Sioux City and Webster City. Readers learn of sales at Home Grocery and Aurelia Hardware, garden plants for sale, and Monroe and Mrs. Fraser hosting services and recitals. Multiple town residents travel, visit, or attend events, with notes on church, school, and Farm Bureau activities.
A school band fundraiser lauds local businessmen for their support and highlights the benefits to band pupils. Refreshments were served to all at the close of the evening.
The Aurelia kitten ball league reports three recent games with rising attendance. Ed Brummer’s Fenny Pickers crushed George Lamm’s Nickel Dusters 29 to 8, with Matzdorff and Butterfield as Battery for the winners and Philpott and Welch for the losers. A Tuesday doubleheader saw Penny Pickers beat Kaskey’s Grease Balls 7 to 4, then Sewer Rats outscorie Nickel Dusters 28 to 21. standings show Sewer Rats and Penny Pickers at two wins, two losses each, while Nickel Dusters and Grease Balls sit without wins.
Misses Laura Rupe and Merle Kahuda hosted a miscellaneous shower for Ruth Walters with a one o'clock bridge luncheon at the G R Wharton home. Jean Mersch won high and Wanda Zweifel won consolation. Lutheran Ladies Aid met at church parlors with social time and lunch by Mrs Walter Matzdorff. Embroidery club members and husbands gathered at Mrs Ethel Holmes’ home for a £ 500 evening. prizes went to Mrs L C Johnson and Ed Rice, consolation to Mrs Ed Rice and J Shank. W F M S of the Congregational church held guest day at Mrs W G Whitney’s home with a Mother’s Day program and talks and readings, followed by a two‑course lunch by the hostess.
Afton residents note several family and social visits as the community responds to a bereavement in Oskaloosa. Mrs Terrill’s death calls Glenn Loucks family south while local gatherings include picnics, Sunday visits to Storm Lake, and a club meeting with prize winners and a birthday song for the hostess.
Mt Olive notes many visitors across the region including Howard and Homer Anderson in Galva and Mrs Joe Kastengren near Aurelia. Ladies Aid gathers June 1 at the Ohlson home. A birthday party honors Dickie at the Anderson home. A weiner roast at Louis Regenan's is postponed. Church services at Mt Olive include a reading by Mildred Farran. A baby girl was born at the Elmer Dukes home in Armour.
Mr and Mrs Quentin Anderson Colleen and Mr and Mrs Fred Kolpin shopped in Sioux City Wednesday. Misses Iva Miller Pauline Herold visited the Walt Radke home Thursday afternoon. A large crowd attended the Negro program at Oak No 4 Thursday evening. Mrs Matzdorf praised the school programs and the children. Mrs Theressa Betcher of Sioux City stayed Wednesday afternoon and night with the Ammon Sexton home. The Kolpins and Larry Kolpin with Mr and Mrs George Kolpin moved to Des Moines last week to attend the commencement ex
Residents and families from Aurelia and Storm Lake share visits with relatives at the W. G. Ruebsam and Booth homes. Elk No. 4 closes its year with a Sunset Park picnic and honor bells for Madalynne Booth and Bobbie Booth for perfect attendance over several years.
Diamond Center 4-H club met Saturday at Erna Otto's home with attendees including Mesdames Tolzin Freese Sureed Rasche Otto and Haight. Demonstrations covered canning pineapple rhubarb salads and vegetable prep. Plans were set to host a Farm Bureau meeting June 17 and to send delegates to Ames at month’s end.
Miss Dorothy Linguist spent Sunday and Monday with Miss Jola Bennett near dheuaalier. Clarence Haight of Elk township spent Sunday at the Witlara Slaight home. Miss Anna Nordstrom closed her school at Diamond Center last Friday with a picnic in Buckley's woods near the Sioux river. Mrs. Vernon Anderson assisted hostess to the Past Noble Grand's club of Galva at Mrs. Louie Otto's home Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Nordstrom were Sioux City visitors last Saturday. Mrs. Theodore Nordstrom and daughters Anna and Muriel attended the class play at Alla Tuesday eve. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Garrich and Lois spent Monday with Mrs. Garrich's grandmother Mrs. A. G. Anderson at Cherokee. Rev. Liming assisted at the bac calaureate services at the Methodist church in Aurelia last Sunday evening.
A moral exhortation urges practicing calmness in all tasks to retain self control and inner peace. It emphasizes avoiding haste and cultivating tranquil action in one’s occupations as a safeguard for personal composure.
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