Many Awards Made at Class Night Exercises
A large crowd attended the high school class night as 82 seniors presented speeches and awards. The program featured the senior band, class history, poems, salutatory and valedictory, a class will, and the key to the juniors. Numerous athletic, typing and shorthand, cheerleading, music, and declamatory awards were announced, with top honors going to Bob Howell as valedictorian and Beverly Ohlson for the salutatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Ohlson
Rozella Dyslin
Barbara Jones
Ralph Sauter
Bob Howell
Dale Otten
Larry Kolpin
Colleen Anderson
Clayton Johnson
Carmen Lighter
Corrine Larson
Stanley Teerink
Haliie Sauter
Rose Ann Schramm
Connie Lighter
George Scott
American Legion and Auxiliary
Baccalaureate Services Held Sunday Evening at Aurelia High
A sizable crowd attended the Aurelia High School baccalaureate in the school auditorium Sunday evening. Rev. R. K. Schwab of Buena Vista College delivered the sermon with the theme Remember Jesus Christ, urging seniors to keep this text in mind as their goal. Rev. E. H. Gillet offered the invocation and benediction, with music by the mixed chorus and Harriett Ohlson.
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Aurelia High School
R. K. Schwab
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Jesus Christ
E. H. Gillet
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Harriett Ohlson
Richard Forbes
Notice to Bicycle Riders and Parents in Aurelia
The Town of Aurelia warns bicycle riders to stay off sidewalks and to ride with lights after dark. An ordinance bans sidewalk riding and parents are held responsible for accidents caused by their children. J. W. Grapenthen, Mayor.
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Aurelia
Aurelia Graduates Hear Inspiring Talk by Gillette
Former U S senator Hon Guy M Gillette addressed Aurelia high school seniors at commencement. He spoke on the world situation and what future generations will inherit as 382 graduates received diplomas in a crowded auditorium.
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Aurelia
Guy M. Gillette
Guy M. Gillettee
United States
Aurelia High School
A H S 1947 Graduates List Names
The record lists graduates from A H S in 1947, including Ronald Bengtson, Betty Brewster, Delbert Carlson, Betsy Clymens, Betty Crane, Joann Deyloff, Rozella Dyslin, Phyllis Engdahl, Delores Galvin, Paul Galvin, Roger Grane, Bernadine Godfrey, Charles Grigsby, Lloyd Hermanson, Robert Howell, Delbert Johnson, Barbara Jones, Geraldene Klumpp, Terrell Loucks, Norma Jean Nelson, Beverly Ohlson, Dale Otten, Dale Peterson, Mary Louise Peterson, Joyce Pixler, Herbert Rasmussen, Ralph Sauter, Elaine Schramm, Ray Thomas, William Trigg, Donald Wieland and JoAnn Will.
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Marjorie Craig
Phyllis Engdahl
Joann Deyloff
Betty Brewster
Norma Nelson
Deloris Galvin
Geraldine Krumpp
Harriett Ohlson
Colleen Anderson
Bob Howell
Ethel Johnson
Betty Nelson
Ray Thomas
Charles Grigsby
Bernadine Godfrey Clayton Johnson
JoAnn Will
Elaine Schramm
Nadine Schulke
James Sexton
Dale Otten
Ronald Bengtson
Vernon Gregg
Patty Clark
Betsy Clymens
Larry Kolpin
Alyce Swanson
Ervin Westphal
Bill Trigg
Shirley Nielsen
Glenn Beeghley
Bernice Schmidt
Earl Wilson
Ralph Sauter
John Kastengren
Ardis Gustafson
Bill Fox
James Nelson
Joyce Pixler
Richard Forbes
Elizabeth Eddy
Delores Galvin
Clayton Johnson
Terry Loucks
Beverly
Ohlgon
Harriett
Meier
Vernon Kaskey
Phyllis Leiinhardt
Jeanne Mummert
Mary Ann Nelson
Keith Langwin
Ralph Sauters
Elain Schramm
Shirley Teerink
Janet Wieland
John Wilson
Betty Brewster Delbert Carlson
Betty Crane Joann Deyloff
Rozella Dyslin
Phyllis Engdahl Delores Galvin
Paul Galvin
Roger Grane
Bernadine Godfrey Charles Grigsby
Lloyd Hermanson
Robert D. Howell Delbert G. Johnson
Barbara Jones
Geraldene Klumpp Terrell Loucks
Norma Jean Nelson
Beverly E, Ohlson
Dale Peterson
Mary Louise Peterson
Herbert Rasmussen
Aurelian High School Commencement Opens with Gillette Address
Mr. Gillette spoke at the Aurelian high school commencement praising America, listing the country’s literacy and living standards, and urging seniors to uphold decency. He described inflation, national debt, and wartime legacies, then noted the Aurelia girls’ sextet earned a Division I rating at the National Music contest.
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Aurelian High School
Gillette
Cherokee County
Aurelia Girls
U. S
America
London
Churchill
Bevin
United Nations
Hon
Graduation speech on resilience and protection at ceremony
The speaker compared overprotected youth to tomato plants toppled by wind and weather, urging backbone for life’s ventures. Richard Glawe led diplomas, Claude de St. Paer spoke, and Rev. Stanworth, a girls sextet, and Mrs. Forbes contributed to the program.
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Portant
Richard Glawe
Claude de St. Paer
High Schoool
Ernest Stanworth
Richard Forbes
Sanworth
Beeghley Brothers Shine at State Track Meet
Glenn and Kenneth Beeghley posted personal bests at the Ames state track event. Kenneth finished fourth in the mile in 4:87.1, while Glenn placed eighth in the half mile at 2:03 as Conrardy’s Dubuque Loras pace set 1:58.8.
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Glenn
Kenneth Beeghley
Ames
Kenneth
Dean Peiper
Clinton
Peiper
Conrardy
Dubuque Loras
Aurelia
John Lockin
Arlo Sturgeon
Russell Null
Murphy Johnson wedding ties Parish and Aurelia residents
Miss Sarah Murphy of Parish New York and Loren Johnson of Aurelia Iowa married May 8 1947 at Sioux Rapids South Oak. Mrs Johnson worked at Chief Coffee Shop in Cherokee. They will reside in Aurelia where Mr Johnson is employed at Farmers Elevator.
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Sarah Murphy
Parish
N. Y
Loren Johnson
Aurelia
Sioux Rans
S. Oak
Johnson
Cherokee
Postponed Elizabeth Wheeler Furniture Auction
The Elizabeth Wheeler household furniture sale set for May 28 is postponed to Saturday afternoon May 31 at 2 p.m. in the same location.
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Elizabeth Wheeler
Whitney Estate sale postponed to May 31 7 p.m
The J. M. Whitney Estate household goods sale has moved from Wednesday to Saturday may 31 at 7 00 p m on the premises.
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J. M. Whitney Estate
Jack Coombs Elected Post Commander of County Legion
Jack Coombs of Aurelia was elected county commander of the American Legion at the annual meeting held at Quimby. He succeeds Nels Pallesen of Marcus and will lead the county posts as a World War II veteran who has served the Aurelia post as commander for six months.
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Jack Coombs
Aurelia
American Legion
Quimby
Coombs
Nels Pallesen
Marcus
Elmer Jacobsen
Larrabee
Warren D. Raney
Aurelia Legion
Cleghorn
County Auxiliary
Mortensen
Quimby School
Wylie Satterlee
County Legion
Albert Glawe
Poppy Day Sale Sets $100 Record for Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Day raised $100 for disabled and needy veterans families from World War I and II. About 800 poppies were sold under the leadership of Mrs. A. W. Larson. Auxiliary members held breakfast at the Nelson cafe before selling began and continued downtown through the day.
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American Legion Auxiliary
A. W. Larson
Nelson Cafe
Red Cross Reelects All Old Officers in Aurelia
All officers and board members of the Aurelia Red Cross were reelected at the annual meeting held in the Red Cross room at the Legion hall last Saturday evening. Officers expanded include Chairman L. M. Patterson, Vice Chairman C. H. Kaskey, Treasurer W. H. Bischel, Secretary Mabel Johnson, with directors Earl Fraser Mrs. K. C. Dagger A. W. Larson Arvid Anderson H. H. Lockin and Walter Matzdorff.
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Aurelia Red Cross
Red Cross Room
Legion Hall
L. M. Patterson
C. H. Kaskey
W. H. Bischel
Mabel Johnson
Earl Fraser
K. C. Dagger
A. W. Larson
Arvid Anderson
H. H. Lockin
Walter Matzdorff
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Duane Perry
Roger Glane
Delbert Johnson
Gerald Peterson
Billy Fox
Dan Coombs
Kletus Lenz
Kenneth Peters
Eee Iphavinne
Ser Beeghley
Lig Hermanson
James Buenger
Merry Schulke
Roger Glawe
Charles Galvin
van Norman
Marylyn Minkler
Dorothy Ann Bengtson
Music Awards
Iowa High School Music Association
K. D. Raak
Phyllis Lehnhardt
Betty Spitzbarth
Ramona Radle
Robert Rasmussen
Fars Sei EE
Bob
Reader’s Digest
First Frust & Savings Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
A. H.S. Girls’ Sextet
St. Joseph
Harriett Olsson
Aurelia Sextet
Ida Grove
Spencer
R. W. Forbes
Forbes
J. W. Grapenthen
Robert Howell
William Trigg
Donald Wieland
Salutatorian
Beeghley
Red Cross
Tion
Farmers National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
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