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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1936
Page
5
The Peterson football team secured their first win of the year by defeating Schaller 6 to 0 last Friday in a hard fought game.
Funeral at the Aurelia Methodist church drew a large crowd for Frank Wm. Jordan a 39 year old Aurelia business owner and Navy veteran. He died October 1 1936 after an appendectomy and is survived by his wife Ora son Frankie his mother and twin brother Fred. He served in naval aviation and was active in the American Legion fire department and town council.
Jay N. Darling internationally famed cartoonist and conservation advocate will address a public meeting at the Rialto theater in Cherokee Friday at 8 p.m. The Cherokee Conservation Tea ge sponsors the event and invites local sportsmen to attend. Darling formerly headed the U S Biological Survey in Washington D C.
Regulations prohibit guns with more than three shell capacity and set a ten duck daily bag. No blinds location limit remains, baiting and live decoys are banned, and certain duck species may not be killed. Rifles are illegal for waterfowl, and a $1 duck stamp is required for hunters over 16, to be signed and carried with state license. Landowners hunting on their own land are not exempt.
Members of the Aurelia Methodist Church and friends held a farewell gathering for Pastor Rev. Lloyd Scheerer and his wife as they prepare to move to Odeboldt this week. The event featured a church orchestra, a program led by W. A. Lewis, remembrances from the Ladies Aid and Boy Scouts, and a closing prayer and song.
Rally day services are planned for next Sunday at 10:80 with prayers hymns and scripture. The program includes memory drills by multiple classes a missionary play Something Big and an address by the pastor featuring named participants and choral numbers.
Ninth District Legion and Auxiliary convention to be held in Alta this Friday with business sessions bands drill teams and a public dance at the Legion hall at 9:00 pm The afternoon features memorial service parade and unit meetings and a joint program at the high school auditorium beginning 7:80 pm Also mentions Lee and Frank Kolpin visiting Marion SD for knee injury consultation.
Booth and Olson push paving on Highway 6 toward Aurelia. In four and a half days they completed a mile, with 22 trucks hauling 4,200 pound loads daily. Sand, gravel, and cement flow from plants to the mixer as Aurelia provides water for the project and the new pump runs about 20 hours daily.
Football schedule notes list Lake View October 9 Marcus October 16 and other games including Oct 23 Paullina Oct 30 Linn Grove Nov 11 Sutherland Nov 18 Holstein Nov 20 Alta Nov 28 with conference designations. Ad lists Perry and Ammons as suppliers for pumps windmills plumbing pipes and tanks with telephone contact 59.
A column recalls past events from Aurelia area history with notes on pastors moving churches, district meetings, a veteran’s death, a barn fire, and land transactions. It also lists earlier auctions, educators, and local business ads, plus a note on Sentinel’s six page home print and forthcoming installments.
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