Aurelia Defeats Anthon in Friday Night Football
Aurelia wins 26 to 0 over Anthon highlighted by a run from mid strip to the two yard line and a final touchdown by Coombs after a pass for extra point failed. Anderson and Coombs standouts with strong defense from Kastengren and Peterson. Injuries: Roggon and Porter. Akron visits Aurelia Friday seeking revenge from last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthon
Coombs
Aurelia
Anderson
Tom Coombs
Kastengren
Gene Peterson
Cunningham
Nitzke
Akron
Porter
Robert Fassler
Bulldogs
Aurelia Alta Second String Football Battle Ends In Tie
The Aurelia and Alta second teams played to a scoreless draw on the Alta field. Aurelia moved into scoring range several times but was halted at the 8 and 16 yard lines while Alta never threatened. Lisle Harris Bob Coombs and Jerry Booth led ball handling and passing with Harris catching most passes. Loren Peterson Ike Braunschweig and Lawrence Anderson were strong on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Alta
Lisle Harris
Bob Coombs
Jerry Booth
Harris
Loren Peterson
Ike Braunschweig
Lawrence Anderson
Jefferson man builds automatic pretzel bender
Robert Ripley once claimed a machine to bend a pretzel was impossible. Harry Elliott of Jefferson rose to the challenge despite no machinery knowledge and minimal pretzel experience and created an automatic pretzel bender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ripley
Harry Elliott
Jefferson
Elliott
Aurel ia Consolidated School Notes Highlights
Freshman class works on breeding stock and pork production while sophomores study soils and collect farm samples for lab analysis. Classes cover economics, government, English, music, and science as grades progress from sixth to ninth, with programs in glee club, theater, and band and recent field trips and perfect spelling scores noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West McGregor
Shay
Bowen
Laurine Zwick
Ralph Sauter
Loraine Preul
Mildred Paulson
Norma Nelson
Bob Howell
Geraldine Klumpp
Lloyd Hermanson
Roger Glawe
Paul Galvin
Delores Galvin
Phyllis Engdahl
Joann Deyloff
Corrine
Barbara
Donnie
Joanne
Kenneth
John Lou
Diamond Center social notes mix with a child’s scare
Local society pages list dozens of dinner guests and visits across Aurelia Aurelia Quimby Storm Lake and Washta with families including the Petersons Galvins Neglesses and Linquists attending gatherings and a dramatic search for a missing two year old Merlin Butcher. A near miss with a low flying plane over Cass County Auditor M E Hubbard’s car adds a startling capstone to the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin
George Butcher
Rockwell
Cass County
M. E. Hubbard
Hubbard
Pretty Wedding at Hanover Church Sunday Afternoon
Miss Gladys Roth bride of Glen Lillie in St. Johns Lutheran church ceremony with Rev Bahr officiating. Attendants wore blue and coral gowns, two-tier and decorated wedding cakes, lengthy reception at the bride’s home, later to reside in Marshalltown with groom employed locally. Observed guests from Anthon Oto Holy Springs Albert City and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Roth
Fred Roth
Glen Lillie
Elmer Lillie
Anthon
Iowa
St. John’s Lutheran Church
QO. Bahr
Ludwig
Bernice Roth
Mildred Roth
Norman
Raymond Koth
Albert Weiland
Carl Weiland
Emma Weiland
Opal
Vera
Agnes Roth
Zoe Hansen
Irene Zwemke
Kenneth Metcalf
Holy Springs
Loyal Lillie
Jack
Harold Lillie
Hollis
William Lillie
V. C. Lillie
Charles
Oto
John Burmeister
Gilbert Garberding
Albert City
Bridal Shower Umbrella Gift Exchange Noted
An umbrella hid a slip naming where the bride’s gifts were hidden and guests collected items for the bride elect. Guests kept the umbrellas as favors after a two course lunch. Attendees included Mrs. Virgil Wilcutt and other relatives from Galva Aurelia and Shenandoah areas with several weekend visits and social calls noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Wilcutt
George Bell
Walter Holtz
Alta
Mary Lichtenberg
Jensen
Harry Otto
Richard Kolpin
Galva
Emma Neuman
H. H. Deyloff
Aurelia
Fred Schmidt
Glencoe
Minn
Lester Kelpin
Dick Schmidt
Reinhardt Miller
Tillie Schmidt
Anna Denning
Shenanadoah
Kenneth Larson
Slayton
Albert Moschell
Herman Wrede
Wayne
Joan Huseman
Harry Lietz
Ruth Roggon
Storm Lake
Harold Hustedt
Audrey
Clarinda
Davenport
Baby Beeves Proceeds Over Million Dollars
The average price for 4-H baby beeves at the 1940 Iowa state fair rose to 130 per head from 105 last year, a 25 increase. Iowa Beef Producers association official C A Oldson says the higher price should push the 1940 sale value past 1 million dollars, assuming similar calf numbers to 1939’s 852,938.
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Iowa
Barn Door Mishap Injures Hopkinton Man
Mervin Miles of Hopkinton suffered a broken right leg and severe bruising to the left after a heavy barn hay loft door detached from its hinges. He was injured when the door fell and caused the wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mervin Miles
Hopkinton
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Uncle Sam
Eclipse
B. F. Ruppert, Mer
Don Roggon
Aurelia Anthon Williams
Livermore Kolpin
Burrow
G. Peterson
Lyons Roggon
Swanson Kastengren
L. Jensen Nielsen
Lloyd Jensen
Hamman LE Lillie Coombs
Kissinger Booth
Cunningham Anderson
R. Jensen Porter
Waynbourne
Beeghley
Larson
Wharton
Card
Braunschweig
Paul’s Radio
Stewart-Warner
Philco
Wayne Kirkpatrick
Winfred Moulton
Aurelia, Iowa
Don R. Hankens
Larson’s
Wherokee
State Bank
Sedan Ambulance Services
W. A. Liebsch
Office
Haple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
Cherokee County
Geo, E, Blanch
H. H. Lockin
Lockin
Geo
Blanch
Chas
Gustafson
Carlson’s Dairy
Reggy Martin
Gustafson & Johnson Garage
Aurelia Consolidated School
Mathematics
Dean Gilbert
Kathleen Grashoff
Harold Anderson
Charlene Ohlson
George Wharton
Arlene Nelson
Ralph Pingel
Junior Kastengren
Betty Lou Bell
Elda Dagger
Carolyn Lindsay
Elaine Lauridsen
Mr. Ruby
George Coburn
Elizabeth Eddy
Clayton Johnson
James Nelson
Jerry Peterson
Margaret Pruitt
Georgiane Lauridsen
Miss Reynolds
Bonnie Albright
Jeanette Langwin
Betty Nelson
John Kastengren
Ruby Niles
Patty Clark
Glenn
Mary Ann Nelson
Roger Mummert
Joan Parrott
Lois Jeanne Paulson
Bobby Waddell
Metropolis
Frank Craven
Domalg Crisp
Frank Merwgi
Arthur Kerkely
Akatole Litvak
Warmer Bros.firat
Abee Kandel
Kas Choe
Jimmie
Ann
New York
Football
Jimmie Dorsey
Late News Service
Diamond Center
Miss Deila Peterson
Don Everhart
Cherokee
Richard Peterson
George Swanson
Ben Galvin
Charlie Galvin
C. J. Morrison
Waterloo
Della Peterson
LaVone Clymens
Claus Anderson
J. C. Schmidt
Violet
Estherville
Richard ‘Peterson
Bonnie
Nona
A. A. Davis
Frank Negless
Naomi
A. W. Sherrill
Washta
Herman Linquist
Galva Ladies Aid
J. S. Linquist
John, Jr
Frank Johns
Elmer Goettsch
Ralph Freese
George Johns
William Boock
Alice Anderson
LeRoy Hench
Sioux City
Mrs. Waterman
C. A. Peterson
Frank
Della
Harry Burns
Arthur Ohlson
Farm Bureau Training School
Pitcher and
Diamond
Jim O'Conner
Clifford Wilson
Tom Williams
Indiana
Harry Wilson
Fritz Kreutz
Carl Albers
Quimby
Hanover Church
Hanover
By Irene Zwemke
Reinhardt Greme
Donnabelle Wilcutt
Harold Holtz
Good Hope Church
Everett
Radle
Baby Beeves
China
Eteare
U.s. Chemical Company
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