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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel announces weekly publication with owner E C Light er and manager Carl J Lighter. Subscription rates listed as 2.00 per year in advance and 2.30 for foreign countries with notice of continuing service and obligation to pay.
A breezy recap of kindergarten and freshman activities, noting crafts, painting projects, sewing, and year-end celebrations. Mentions birthdays including Theo and Colette, perfect attendance by several students, and reflections on arithmetic and show week. Seniors bid farewell as sophomore class covers tests and awards.
A garbled reminiscence notes a long event week with sections mentioning teachers and families. It references Mr and Mrs and Miss Care Sorty and Miss Grane, a parting board, and gratitude for help. It hints at memory of past years and an annual school or community gathering with numeric percentages and anniversary mentions.
The Future Homemakers of America Iowa group met in Des Moines at Kirkwood Hotel May 25 27 with 142 delegates and advisers. Highlights included officer elections district meeting planning honorary degrees and a speech by Polish adoptive student Maria Finney.
Pythian Sisters met in the K P Nail on Thursday for the last regular May meeting. Birthdays were observed. Nellie McCarty was elected Temple mother for this year. Retiring mother Grace Waddell and the new Temple mother were presented corsages. A Mother's Day program was enjoyed followed by lunch served by the May committee.
Iowa State College hosted the first Iowa Better Farming Field Day on campus. From Aurelia and Clarion attendees learned from Coleze specialists in Agricultural Engineering Dairying Farm Crops Sells and Swine about current experiments and research projects.
The seventh grade track team scored 119 2 3 points to defeat the eighth grade in a two week dual meet held during physical training. Eighth grade totaling 92 points. Event winners include Robert Anderson 7th in 51 yard dash, Norman Carlson 8th in 22 yard dash, Norman Carlson 7th in 440 yard dash, Derryn Schramm 7th in 80 yard run, relay team of Peters Bell Elliott Anderson 7th in 6 8 seconds, Norman Carlson Waddell Buenger Rapp 7th in 5 03, Val Dean Koch 7th in broad jump 12 17, Koch 7th high jump 48, Derryn Schramm 7th discus 64 inches, Dwayne Bell 7th in 10 yard low hurdles 14 1, Norman Carlson 7th in 11 4 high hurdles. Sell Swap Rent Buy via the Want Adway.
Aurelia and Pitcher township members contributed $742.85 to the Red Cross drive. Mabel Johnson reports Aurelia solicitors raised $524.35, while O B Peters, Pitcher township chairman, reports $218.50 collected outside Aurelia.
The local chairmen express gratitude to soliciting committee members for loyal work and to all who responded to the membership drive, acknowledging their efforts and support.
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