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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1949
Page
2
The fragment describes glamorous carnival attendees and makeup artists at a Thursday night event. References to Darlene S, Mrs. Rowley, Mr. Hodam, and Mr. Bloomstrand appear alongside notes about spiders, hairpieces, and a mixed chorus memorizing songs including Jingle Bells.
Eldon Otto a freshman and new member of the Aurelia F F A chapter is the son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Otto southeast of Aurelia. He was one of 17 initiated at the last meeting and plans to participate in most school sports. His project for year is three Hereford calves purchased at Cherokee sale weighing about 380 pounds each at 135 and 140 dollars. Eldon serves on recreation and membership committees and aims to become a farmer in the community.
The writer recalls a school carnival and a 1000 word English theme finished last week. An armistice Day program, a half day, and a year end unit test in American History followed. Bookkeeping covered ledgers and journals while typing class completed a personal business letter.
The class drafted a theme on courtesy as a classroom guide for Mr. Rowley. Students prepared two minute informative speeches. In physics the topic was falling bodies, and Latin review focused on a festival preparation.
Last week students stayed busy with carnival prep and library work. In World History a current events test prompted concern, with hopes for better results next week.
Freshman agriculture boys craft sawhorses in shop and learn tool types while algebra covers signed numbers. General science class explores water uses, conducts tests, and performs exciting experiments.
The class lists perfect spellers Donna Marjorie Marion Marylin Carolyn Gail Jane Sjoberg Roland Don Dennis Gary Fredrick Bill Tommy. They study division in arithmetic. Armistice Day program Friday morning November 11 organized by Dennis Tommy Jane Stutz and Carolyn. Mrs Chester Sjoberg welcomed visitors. Marcia Nelson had a birthday and treated the class to candy bars. Billy returns to class and asks how were the mumps.
Mrs. Clarence Sump and her daughters visited on Wednesday for Jeralds seventh birthday celebration with his class. The note also welcomes two new classmates Jimmie Anderson from Spencer and Carolyn Campbell from California.
The children describe their progress in kindergarten. They note printing first and last names, learning the alphabet, and counting from one to ten. They praise their workbooks as masterpieces and share their effort and improvement with their mothers.
Local families share Sunday visits and gatherings across Aurelia Storm Lake Marcus and Cherokee. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Oscar Smith Anne Dubes Ralph Godfrey Delbert Carlson reception near Aurelia and numerous callers at the Stellish and Glidewell homes. Various trips to Omaha Minneapolis Hartley and Cleghorn noted.
Administrator of the Estate of A. A. Dingman announces sealed bids for a residence in Aurelia. Bids at Farmers National Bank in Aurelia until noon November 23, 1949, with a $1000 draft or certified check. Sale subject to probate court approval. cash settlement. purchaser receives Administrator's Deed and Abstract of Title. L. E. Christensen, Administrator.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winterhof Delbert Royce was baptized with Rev. H J Witzgall presiding. Guests included Rev. and Mrs. Witzgall and daughters Barbara and Gloria and others. Local families traveled to Princeton for a funeral and attended weddings and visits across Aurelia Davenport Paullina and Des Moines.
A 13 year old boy Samuel Olsen of Extra died in a basement accident strangling himself with a belt looped around a water pipe. The belt reportedly caught as he slid down the pipe.
Near Clayton Center the Auer family maintains ownership of the historic farm for more than 100 years. Oscar and Rose Auer, the current owners, are grandchildren of Frank Auer who purchased the property in 1840. A stone smoke house over a century old still stands on the site.
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