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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1945
Page
2
A state report notes 567,567 motor vehicle stamps sold in Iowa through Sept 20 while about 680,000 vehicles have been registered this year. Boats over 16 feet require stamps but the number of eligible boats and owners is unverified. Bulk buying policy questioned as the state discusses the program.
A bulk buy of letter openers was made for state legislators. many are taken home after sessions to aid duties. State guard units and volunteers have aided in Eldora operations, with highway patrols detaining nearly 200 escapees. About 48 still unaccounted, some paroled. records remain incomplete as youths near age 21 and are released or shifted.
Mrs Maggie Fritz hosted the Mt Olive Ladies Aid at Edgar Johnson home Sept 27 with large attendance. A chicken sale planned for Oct 6 in Cherokee. Devotional led by Mrs Rueben Ohlson and talks by Mrs Paul Anderson and Mrs E H Gillet. Visitors included many locals and relatives. next meeting at Mrs Ed Georkes. Nearby families hosted and visited during the week with multiple dinners and social gatherings across Aurelia Cherokee Storm Lake and Sloan. Sgt Harry Larson recently returned home after service.
Fat cattle sold steady with steers to 17.65 and mixed steers and yearlings to 17.65, a year to date high. Cows 6.25 to 13.50, stockers and feeders up to 25 cents higher. Feeder steers up to 14.25 with top around 14.75, stock steers 14.50, bred feeders 13.25, steer calves 14.00 to 14.50. Swine steady at OPA limits, lambs and ewes mixed weak, feeder lambs steady at 14.50 to 15.00. Cherokee county shippers posted varied loads at Sioux City including Gettner and Zoch consignments.
Miss Carrie Krass of Illinois, fiancée of Sgt. Larson, returned with him. The brief item notes the couple’s reunion and identifies Krass as his fiancee from Illinois.
Walter Zwemke arrived home Friday morning from Fort Sheridan Michigan where he received an honorable discharge from the army. Mr and Mrs George Bumann and family spent Saturday in Sioux City. Charles Zwemke and family attended a gathering near Peterson in honor of Mr and Mrs Herman Sorbe of Richmond California. A pot luck dinner was served at noon.
Mike Mead 64, WWI veteran, is building a house in Waverly largely by himself. He excavated a basement with a spade, made concrete mixing gear and cement blocks, and set the rafters with only one day of help for the roof beams.
Mrs. W M Booth hosts guests Mr. and Mrs Joe Bubb and Patsy Ann of Lake Bluff Illinois with pinochle games at three tables and prizes for high low and guest. The article lists multiple visits and dinners involving Booth Bubb Kolpin Mavis families and others in Aurelia Sioux City Storm Lake Rembrandt Pipestone and nearby communities. A wedding of Jean Haight and Donald Farquhar in Aurelia is noted along with cattle trading and a funeral in Pipestone.
Iowa Insurance Commissioner certifies Yorkshire Indemnity Company of New York is authorized to transact casualty and miscellaneous insurance in Iowa until April 1, 1946. The December 31, 1944 sworn statement lists assets 2,701,402.59 liabilities 760,000, with surpluses and policyholder protections, dated June 15, 1945, Des Moines.
Rhinehold Braunschweig has received his honorable discharge and is at home with his wife and daughter. The Pal Club met with Mrs. Ruth Wolters. The Peters family moved to near Storm Lake. Mrs. Will Sleezer of Cherokee visited the Dale Sleezer home. The Lorenz Roth family visited Joe Kastengren. The A C C met with Mrs. Margaret Kolpin. The Lars Zwick and Mrs. Junior Kastengren spent Sunday in the Brady home east of Sutherland. Mrs. Kenneth Jones hosted guests for a handkerchief shower for Mrs. Buelah Browning leaving for San Diego. Sgt. John Anderson arrived home from overseas and a San Diego hospital stay. Galen Gilbert, home from college at Ames, visited. J R Snapp visited R Ferris in Grand Meadow. Local attendance at midget auto races in Alta. Sentinel is authorized agent for Sioux City papers. subscriptions promoted.
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