HAPPENINGS OF NEARBY TOWNS
Peterson group 7 elects Armand Wound Peterson as president at Tangney hotel in Spencer Holstein Advance reports Richard Branco to Hollywood at age 11 for Juvenile Follies of 1989 with mother May 1989. Holstein high school band earns highly superior rating among 17 class C bands at Omaha competition. Marcus News notes sewer and street bond objections overruled by State Comptroller C B Murtagh. Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune: Glenn B Peck found guilty of obtaining money by false pretenses by district court jury after five hours deliberation.
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Peterson
Omaha
Holstein
Marcus News
C. B. Murtagh
Des Moines
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Glenn B. Peck
Storm Lake Auto
F. C. Davidson
Baccalaureate Services for Aurelia High Class of 1938
Sunday evening the Aurelia high school auditorium hosted baccalaureate services for the class of 1938 with Rev. Edwin Trigg delivering the sermon on "The Builders of Roads." Rev. L. H. Preul gave the invocation and benediction while the Methodist choir provided music with Mrs. O. C. Waddell at the piano.
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Aurelia High School
Edwin Trigg
Congregational Church
L. H. Preul
Methodist Church
Methodist
O. C. Waddell
Evelyn Brummer
Achievement Day honors county home project work
The county held its annual home project day in a Christian church with 263 registered attendees. Exhibits from Afton Spring and other townships highlighted homemaking practices and color schemes, while Spring township earned top organization honors. The day closed with a county chorus performance and reminders for veterans to attend Union Memorial services.
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Christian Church
Clay
Sac
Buena Vista
O’brien
Plymouth
Woodbur
Sheridan
Rock and Afton
Spring Township
Ralph Peterson
Aurelia Business Men to Meet Friday Night
Aurelia business and professional men will gather Friday night at the Community Club room for the regular monthly meeting postponed a week. Attendees will arrange summer band concerts and plan Carl Nelson's band appearance in town.
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Aurelia
Carl Nelson
Boy Scouts of Aurelia Award Flying Eagle Patrol
The Flying Eagle patrol won a pup tent after a contest based on tests passed, church attendance, and uniform parts worn at meetings. They plan a scout hike on June 1.
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BOY Scout News
Boy Scouts of
Memorial Day Observed With Procession and Ceremonies
Memorial Day services will be held Monday at Aurelia cemetery starting 10 a.m. with a 9:30 a.m. procession from the church corner. The program includes a memorial address by Rev. William Wolter, a high school band, Lincoln Gettysburg address reading, flower girl decorations and taps.
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Aurelia
William Walter
Aurelia St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Main Street
America
H. H. Lockin
William Wolter
Seniors Shine in Aurelia High School Play Going on Seventeen
Aurelia seniors stage two night performance of Going on Seventeen before about 375 attendees each night. Director Miss Celia Lewis leads cast praised for high class entertainment. Net proceeds around 133 dollars after expenses fund caps gowns travel to Lake Okoboji and a school stage Davenport chairs and rug.
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Aurelia High School
Aurelia
Vhe
Celia Lewis
Lake Okoboji
Soil Test Meeting to Be Held Here June Second
Farmers are invited to bring soil samples for immediate acidity and phosphorus tests at the Community Club room in Aurelia on Thursday evening June 2 at 8 00 oclock. County agent C H Thompson notes Paul Farlow of Illinois agricultural agent will assist. The event offers producers a chance to learn if their soil is sweet enough for legumes and notes lime tests showing a need of two to three tons to neutralize.
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Aurelia
C. H. Thompson
Paul Farlow
Illinois Agricultural
Farm Bureau
Opening Decoration Day Baseball At Aurelia Grounds
Aurelia hosts its Decoration Day baseball double header at the new grounds south of the depot. The regulars face Petersons league team in the main game starting at 3:00 PM, while a 1:00 PM curtain raiser pits Aurelia Junior Legion against Cleghorn Junior Legion.
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Aurelia
Depot
Peterson
Aurelia Junior Legion
Cleghorn Junior Legion
Jane Scott Ill at Storm Lake Amid Health Struggle
Jane Scott daughter of County Clerk Vera L Scott is seriously ill at her home 411 College Avenue Storm Lake. The spinal ailment remains undiagnosed and Mrs Scott is absent from her office and campaign work. Scott has resigned from her Teachers Service Bureau post and cannot serve as personal page for Catherine Spooner at the Iowa Rainbow Girls state convention in Clinton.
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Storm Lake Register
Jane Scott
Vera L. Scott
College Avenue
Air Mail Highlights From Aurelia During National Week
Postmaster A A Dingman and assistant M C Paulson report 206 air mail pieces sent from Aurelia during National Air Mail week. Thursday’s total reached 136, with a failed pick up at Cherokee due to weather. mail went by auto to Sioux City for the regular air service. Sheldon was the only northwest Iowa city contacted by plane that day.
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A. A. Dingman
Ant
M. C. Paulson
Aurelia
National Air Mail
Cherokee
Paulson
Auto
Sioux City
Iowa
Sheldon
Looking Back Into the Past Ten and Twenty Years Ago
Ten years ago Mr and Mrs C R Kleeberger celebrated their golden wedding Wednesday of this week. John C Wogahn and Lena Roggen were married at Storm Lake May 17. Monahan Post orchestra of Sioux City will furnish music for the opening street concert and Legion dance Saturday night. Twenty years ago Clifford Dick and Sim Striker are reported on their way to France H A Mohn has purchased the Rueben Bartley farm 240 acres in Buena Vista county W C Newcomb and family moved from Aurelia to a farm ten miles northeast of Aurelia Carl Kannenberg left for Minneapolis draft service Wilford Diercks will leave Saturday for Pierce Nebraska for draft dear Rapp volunteered and left with 14 others from Cherokee for Jefferson Barracks Missouri Albin Peterson Alvin LB Larson Albert Johnson and Claus Carlson of Aurelia among 48 Cherokee county Thirty years ago Roy Schroeder of Aurelia won high honors at the Northwest flona high school meet in Cherokee Friday Mrs Ernest Radke died in Diamond township basement for J S Mummert's new residence on north Main street excavated this week.
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Melvin Parrott
Aurelia
James and
Elizabeth Whitlock Parrott
Worthington
Dubuque County
Iowa
Alta
Mr. Parrott
Aurelia Methodist Church
Wheaton
Iinois
Mary Wolfer
Charles City
Ada Hassenpflug
Ipswich
South Dakota
Methodist Church
L. H. Preul
Frank Jordan
Frankie
George Baker
Mankato
Minnesota
Irl Baker
Fulda
Max Baker
Amber
Lester Smith
Wm. Buser
Windom
C. L Williams
Oelwein
Chas. Toomer
Frank la Grauge
Nemaha
Frank Toomer James Toomer
Henry Townsend
Early
Albert Keck
Pierson
George Geuther
Sutherland
Orris Holderness
Cantine
Cherokee
R. Hauge
Sedan
Harold Attig
Chris Attig
Sibley
Grant
C. R. Kleeberger
John C. Wogahn
Lena Roggen
Storm Lake
Monahan Post Orchestra
Sioux City
Legion
Clifford Dick
Sim Striker
France
H. A. Mohn
Rueben Bartley
Buena Vista County
W. C. Newcomb
Carl Kannenberg
Minneapolis
Wilford Diercks
Pierce
Nebraska
Dawson
Dear Rapp
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Albin Peterson
Alvin LB. Larson
Albert Johnson
Claus Carlson
Cherokee County
Ernest Radke
Diamond Township
Mummert
North Main Street
Hail Insurance for Growing Crops Ad Promotes Fair Settlements
The Larry H. Lockin Insurance Agency advertises hail insurance for crops with a fixed rate and prompt payouts after adjustment. It asserts many policyholders experienced fair settlements in 1986 and 1987 and invites inquiries without obligation.
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Larry H. Lockin
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Sentinal
M. Parrott
Afton
Amherst
Pilot
Spring Townships
Lucile Lacock Cochran
Iowa State College Extension Service
Todthsty
County Farm Women's Chorus
Dee Ferrin
Ivan Bushlow
Spencer
Legion Hall
J. C. Dick
Trust Services
First Trust & Savings Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Walter
Order of Procession
Girl
Spy McDeid
Sentinel
Roy Schroeder
Northwest Flona
Mark Twain
Father
Taat
Yameel
Farmers National Bank
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