Afton Area Socials and Local News Highlights
Afton and Spring 4 H club members attended a dance at the Cherokee K of P hall last Friday. Lois Hahn entertained the 4 H club Saturday afternoon with a large crowd and lunch. Mrs Emma Loucks house fire caused smoke and water damage. Aurelia fire dept battled the blaze. Lorella Anderson hosted the A C C on Oct 21 with a large crowd and prizes. Sylvia Demaree leaving for Oregon received a tea spoon keepsake. Letilla Ducommun hosted A C C on Oct 28 with prizes and lunch. next meeting with Mrs Ruth Gilbert. Mr and Mrs Clifford Lewis visited the former's mother in the area. A F A meeting at Arthur Phipps home featured program and free lunch. Donald Groff and Bonnie Whiting visited and townsfolk traveled to Sioux City for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afton
Cheerio Club
K. of P. Hall
Cherokee
Lois Hahn
Emma Loucks
Frank Ducommun
Aurelia Fire Department
Lorella Anderson
Sylvia Demaree
Oregon
Letilla Ducom
Harold Ware
Mesdames Irma Allen
Ethel Zwick
Moving Pictures
Miss Pearl Sims
Mr. Thompson
Donald Groff
Guy Robinson
Bonnie Whiting
Bonnie Erdman
Spring Township
Troy Mummert
Sioux City
East Afton and Elk Community Notes and Travel
Mrs. Wm Haight notes social visits in East Afton and Elk with the Hines Booth Mattson Stiencke families. Des Moines trip for Minnie Haight and Aurelia stays described. Miss Pauline Petlon hosts Elk No 4 pupils Halloween party. Bertha Ruebsam death reported from Slayton Minnesota, former local resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hines
Sheldon
W. M. Booth
Howard Haight
Ruth Haight
Aurelia
Minnie Haight
Des Moines
M. Hines
Lois
Madalynne Booth
District Christian Endeavor
W. C. Mattson
Omaha
Alfred Stiencke
Diamond Center News Sees 195 Votes Cast in Township Election
In Diamond township the Tuesday election yielded 195 total votes. Local residents, including the Hickeys, Haights, and Winters, traveled for family visits and to Des Moines for weekend gatherings. Venda Albers, teacher at Diamond No. 8, was summoned home due to her mother’s serious illness northwest of Holstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Township
W. F. Hickey
Orville Hickey
Sioux City
Ivan Winter
William Haight
Howard Haight
M. V. Haight
Des Moines
Ira M. Stevens
Venda Albers
Diamond No. 8
Holstein
Sahara Desert Broadening Threatens Colonial Farmlands
The southern edge of the Sahara is advancing, encroaching on valuable agricultural land in British and Prève colonies, threatening local crops and livelihoods.
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Sahara Desert
Halloween Party Guides AurelIa Schools Notes
AurelIa Consolidated notes report Halloween activities across grades. Pupils decorated rooms with pumpkins and jack o lanterns. Reports on spelling honors, geography ship voyage themes, coin lessons, and upcoming operetta. Junior high study includes ballots and history puzzles. senior class details algebra geography and social studies activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Be Jolly
Central States
Slave
Hanover News: Local Visits and Confirmation Service
Irene Zwemke reports residents visiting area homes and relatives from Lakefield Westbrook Paullina Alta and Fort Dodge. Rev Bahr and class from Alta prepare for confirmation next Sunday at ten in the morning with holy communion to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Radke
John Holtz
Lakefield
Minnesota
Henry Hage
Hage
F. Bahr
Los Angles
California
Herman Wrede
Wm. Wrede
Paullina
Kermit Goettsch
Marlys
Alta
Robert Carlson
H. F. C. Mueller
Fort Dodge
Horn
Ludwig
Charter Oak
Bahr
Closing-Out Farm Sale Near Aurelia
A public sale of farm goods and equipment will be held on the Haase farm located six miles east and five miles north of Aurelia on gravel roads. The event marks the farm’s closing and quitting farming, with buyers invited to inspect and bid on items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haase
Aurelia
Farm sale offers livestock, hay, and household goods
A complete yard sale listing items including 5 head of good farm horses, 12 head of Shorthorn milk cows with herd bull, 19 young cattle, 70 head of Spotted Poland China pigs, 70 to 100 lbs each, 3 black faced native ewes, 10 tons bailed alfalfa hay, 10 tons bailed straw, full line of farm machinery, 12 dozen hens and pallets, and complete household furniture. Auction at 1 30 under usual terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
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Earl Zwick
Theatre
and Rais
Frank Morgan
Helen Westley
Robert Kent
Astrid Allwyn Delma Byron the Hall Johnson Choir
Bill Robinson
East Afton & Elk
Mrs. Wm. Haight
Diamond Center
Mrs. Wm. Booth
Aurelia Consolidated School
Geraldine Klumpp
Norma Nelson
Lee Coupe
Joann Deyloff
Phyllis Engdahl
Betty Phillips
Viola Noble
Orville Peckenschiender
Laurine Zwick
Lloyd Hermanson
Loraine Preul
Mildred Paulson
Dale Peterson
Dareld Gerjets
Bill Jackson
Verona Wogahn
Byron Preul
Jean Mongan
Frances Kastengren
Joyce Hartwig
Ardys Deyloff
Harold Larson
Sherr Nelson
Melvern Anderson
Donna Nelson
Lola Kolpin
Doris
Deloris Nelson
Phyllis Bjorklund
Marjorie Ann Cornwall
Arthur Daniels
Pauline Dreyer
Frances Fassler
Galen Gilbert
Betty Grienke
Robert McKinnis
Filmore Nelson
Harold Nelson
Paul Wogahn
New York Bay
John Kellogg
Betty Anderson
Donald Bengtson
Kenneth Davis
Myrna Grienke
Gloria Harden
Helen Paulson
Orrin Sweet
Beverly Walter
Betty Beeghley
Mary Clarke
Lois Dunn
Marian Jordan
Howard Nelson
Harold Niles
Betty Pruitt
Evelyn Rydstrom
Superbus
Roman
Italy
United States
Queen Elizabeth
England
John Lulu
Sydney Spenser
Bacon
Elizabeth
Eclipse
Frank F. Faber, Mer
A. H. Eddy
Aurelia, Iowa
W. E. Simonsen
Arthur Brown
O. K. Simonsen
Hanover
Irene Zwemke
Harold Dreier
Lyman & Julius
First Trust & Say. Bk
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of Aurelia
Iowa
Cherokee County
Geo. E. Blanch
H. H. Lockin
Winfred Moulton
W. G. Port
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