Nearby Town Happenings Report Weather, Death and Theft
Storm Lake notes water gauges show lakes rise a foot since last fall while dam clearance remains three feet. Mrs. Margaret Brandt dies suddenly near Peterson. Sioux Rapids approves oiling a bituminous mat surface to improve streets. Marcus reports 200 bushels of corn stolen from Tony Miller’s crib near No. 5 highway. Buena Vista college summer school expands to include grade school instruction for all first eight grades, with Mrs. George Crawford overseeing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Pilot-Tribune
Cunningham
Peterson
Margaret Brandt
George Brandt
Sioux Rapids Press
Sioux Rapids
Marcus News
Tony Miller
Marcus
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Buena Vista College
George Crawford
Four Education Vacancies Open At Au relia Consolidated
The Au relia consolidated school board seeks four new faculty members for next year. Home economics is vacant after Miss dlerle Kahuda resigned for Storm Lake. Junior High teacher spot also open due to a pre nuptial shower. First and second grade posts to replace Dorothy Walker and Eleanor Donnelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Aurelia Consolidated School
Dlerle Kahuda
Storm Lake
Josephine Kelsey
Dorothy Walker
Eleanor Donnelly
Farm Bureau Women Plan Annual Achievement Day
Cherokee Times reports Cherokee county Farm Bureau women stage their annual Achievement Day at Immaculate Conception church on Friday June 4 with a theme Better Homes Through Better Management. Morning sessions include division booths, community singing, greetings from Pearl Sims and Walter Peterson, and a noon banquet. Afternoon program features playlets from Willow Cedar Pilot Grand Meadow Cherokee Afton Rock Sheridan and more, with 4-H groups providing a musical finale. Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis Iowa State College home demonstration leader will judge exhibits and close the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Times
Cherokee County Farm Bureau
Immaculate Conception Church
S. 5
Gilbert
Miss Pearl Sims
Walter Peterson
Home Project
Glen Loucks
Carroll County
C. H. Thompson
Women of Immaculate Conception Church
Willow Township
Cedar Township
Dee Ferrin
Pilot Township
Grand Meadow Township
Cherokee Township
Afton
Marcus
Rock and Sheridan
Memorial Day Program In Aurelia Plans Announced
Memorial services at the Methodist church at 11 30 and cemetery exercises at 2 30 will honor heroes of wars. Rev Edwin Trigg will preach the sermon and the M E choir will provide music. Rev L H Preul will deliver the cemetery address. A 2 00 procession will form at the church and march to the cemetery with the high school band preceding. Events include readings, decorations, taps, and a Star Spangled Banner finale.
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Main Street
Frank Waddell
Order of Procession High School
Cemetery High School
H. H. Lockin
L. H. Preal
Mrs Rosalie Johnson Burned in Kerosene Explosion at Lodge
Mrs Rosalie Johnson suffered severe burns last Friday at the Odd Fellows hall while attempting to light a fire with kerosene. Coworker Mrs Sig Nelson received minor burns as did Clarence Pixler who helped tackle the blaze. Sig Nelson shielded his wife by smothering the flames with a billiard table cloth.
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Rosalie Johnson
Odd Fellows Hall
Lodge Hall
Sig Nelson
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Nelson
Clarence Pix
First Band Concert Set by Business Men Association
The Business Men's Association decided on Saturday evening June 5 for the first high school band concert. A fund solicitation committee was formed to cover Main street east and west sides. Chester Sjoberg was elected secretary, replacing retiring W A Lewis. A one man committee will pursue signs for the No 5 paying tourist park. Mrs David Watts underwent a serious intestinal operation with appendicitis in Marmouth Illinois but was improving on last report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men’s Association
RE. C. Lighter
W. G. Port
C. O. Larson
Irwin C. Kroll
Chester G. Sjoberg
W. A. Lewis
H. Kaskey
David Watts
Marmouth
Illinois
Building Up Soils and Grasshopper Menace Heard at C. C. Meet
The Aurelia Community Club discussed soil wear and a looming grasshopper infestation. Paul R. Farlow of the Illinois Central Railway spoke on liming to restore soil sweetness for about 15 years, and County Agent C. H. Thompson warned of grasshopper eggs and potential crop damage in Cherokee County. A lunch followed the meeting.
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Aurelia Community Club
Paul R. Farlow
Agricultural Research Department
Illinois Central Railway
C. H. Thompson
Mr. Farolw
Iowa
United State
Drouth
Agert Thompson
Cherokee County
County Auditor Urges Homestead Tax Credit Applications
County Auditor H. M. Montgomery urges homestead property owners to file for the tax credit by June 1. Applications received after the deadline cannot be acted upon. Locations to submit are listed in the notice, with Aurelia accepting filings at local banks. Bring the property deed or contract when applying whenever possible.
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H. M. Montgomery
Aurelia
Albert Pingel Died at Farm Home in Afton Township
Albert Pingel a 47 year old resident of Afton township died Monday afternoon at his farm home six and a half miles north and a mile east of Aurelia after years of ill health. He is survived by his widow and son Leonard. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 pm at the Lutheran church in Afton township with Rev Braunschweig presiding. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
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Albert Pingel
Afton Township
Aurelia
Leonard
Lutheran Church
Braunschweig
Mrs. J. C. Wogahn Funeral at Storm Lake
Funeral services for Mrs. d. Wogahn were held at the Lutheran church in Storm Lake this Wednesday with burial in Aurelia cemetery. She died Sunday morning at her Storm Lake home. Survived by her husband, the Wogahns once lived on a farm east of Aurelia before moving to Storm Lake about two years ago.
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D. ©. Wogahn
Storm Lake
Aurelia
Walter C. Anderson Returns Home From Sioux City
Walter C. Anderson was brought home Tuesday after an absence since last Wednesday. An amnesia event followed eye surgery in Sioux City weeks earlier. Family and friends, including Mrs. Anderson, son Robert, Edwin McCurdy, and Melvin Gunnerson, traced him to a Sioux City contact who alerted relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Anderson
Cherokee
Mr. Anderson
Sioux City
Class of 1937 Commencement Exercises Friday Night
The Aurelia high school class of 1987 will hold commencement exercises Friday evening in the high school auditorium. The program includes marches, songs, awards, and the address by Dr. James J. Davies of Sioux City.
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Aurelia High School
James J. Davies
Sioux City
Gauned High School
Handel
Dinsute
Roger—high School
Looking Back Into the Past Ten and Twenty Years Ago
A collage of past notes from Aurelia items: Ten years ago jeweler WH Carroll planned to close out stock and move to Eagle Grove while rural route consolidation was debated. residences sold and moved. summer school instructors named. twenty years ago seniors listed for Aurelia High School. Thirty years ago farm purchases and a major fire damaged Barns and outbuildings near Aurelia with livestock and feed lost.
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Carroll
Eagle Grove
Post Office Department
Aurelia
Paulson Brothers
Mana Buddenhagen
Storm Lake
Fame
Co. Day
Spencer
Aurelia High School
Albert Grashott
Garret Robar
Keila Bauman
Floyd Chiane
Leland Dawson
Glenn Nelson
Mlse Nelson
Leliah Cole
Pearl Waddell
Mildred Stark
Nila Watts
Cora Clover
John Holderness
Surprise Wedding of Former Aurelia Boy Announced
A surprise wedding announces George Garber Jr of Honolulu and Eva Black of Los Angeles on February 24, 1936. Garber, a government service employee and National Law School graduate, sailed from Honolulu April 29 aboard the Empress of Japan and arrived in the U.S. five days later. The couple visited relatives in Sioux City after arriving in the country.
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Aurelia
George Garber, Jr
Honolulu
T. H
Eva Black
Los Angeles
California
United States
Detroit
Washington
D. C
Mas
Garber
Aomanth
Sioux City
Mav
George Garber
C Ot. Robi
Prst
National Law School
Washington, D. C
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Farm Bureau
Sentinel
Xslele
GLORE
First Trust & Savings Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
C. C. Meet
J. C. Wogahn
We Menefee
Frank Menefee
A. Ff. Bundy
Hans Nelson
Tone
South Dakota
J. L. Robinson
Kmspy McDeid
Our Bank
American Express
American Express Company
Meng Jempee
the Farmers Nationalk:Bank
Lowa
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