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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1939
Page
4
Sioux City visitors were noted for the weekend as several locals hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kaskey and Fred Kaskey. The column lists many informal calls, church and family visits, a funeral attended, and travel to Illinois and Wisconsin for family relations.
A long list of visits and happenings from Aurelia and surrounding towns. Notable entries include Mr. and Mrs. Demarest visiting the Will Goodburn home, Carl Stief fire incident near Atre Ha, and Clarence Bengston’s visit from Oakland. Auburn, Ames, and Des Moines trips noted along with farm and real estate movements, births, and school staff changes.
Mr and Mrs John Weiser of Emhurst Illinois are parents to a son born Sunday October 8 Mrs Weiser is formerly Miss Florence DeVries. Weekend visitors included Mr BR V Fiebig of Sioux City Mrs Fritz Mueller and daughter Gretchen of Cherokee at Mrs Mildred Thomsons home.
Aurelia high school band invited to participate in Buena Vista College Homecoming activities in Storm Lake Iowa October 14. Bands compete for cash prizes and banners, parade through the business district, and perform at a massed concert. Events include plays bonfire movies alumni banquet dance coronation and various open houses and luncheons.
All classified locals 10c per line first insertion 5c a line for each succeeding insertion Phone No 70 R3 Housework by the hour wanted Mrs W J Goodburn Dieterich house 80 2 Found Keys fold with two keys Call at Sentinel office FOR SALE Good spring Poland China boars vaccinated John V Carl gon 24 miles south of Aurelia 31 3
Mrs. A B Krout hosts Tuesday Afternoon Bridge with substitutes Mrs. A A Davis and Mrs. Mildred Thomson. High score to Mrs. Lloyd Patterson and second to Mrs. J C Lighter. lunch follows. Various clubs meet in October with prizes, guest days, and charitable programs. next Embroidery Club hosts at Mrs. Rosalie Johnson’s home. M I Church W I M S reports choir and Africa study session with 22 members and 6 guests, lunch served.
Northwest Iowa Funeral Directors association held its annual meeting in Aurelia at the Nelson Cafe with 18 attendees due to the Sheldon Legion convention. Irwin C. Kroll presided as district president. officers elected were N A Seivert Primghar president B F Stiles Moville vice president and Harry Chandler Sioux City secretary. The district spans 10 counties and meetings occur about every two months with the next gathering set for Hawarden.
Funeral services for Jane Coombs drew many friends and relatives. Miss Marjorie Melton returned from a college visit in South Dakota. Mrs Grace Haltgren of Sioux City dined with the Ray Jones family. Mrs Holtgren and Mrs Jones are cousins. Afton boys attended the Akron Aurelia game. Dorothy Kindas hosted an A C C gathering with prize winners Pearl Mummert Margaret Jones Pearl Booth and Ardythe Montgomery. Next meeting set with Mrs Margaret Jones October 18. W A Zwick of Cherokee visited Wilson Bowers. Farm Bureau tea attended by several Afton Ladies.
Thursday afternoon guests included Mr and Mrs Henry Stevens Emma Mrs Annadill W A Zwick of Cherokee at Karl Zwick s. A week of heavy corn shelling kept workers busy day and night. Clifford Gould visited the Russell Parks home in Larrabee on Monday. Karl and Mrs Zwick spent Monday afternoon with the Ernest Swanson home south of Alta. Mr and Mrs Art Wetherell Burton and Mr and Mrs Herbert Swanson of Peterson were Sunday guests at Mrs Violet Sexton s. Miss Loma Robinson visited Cherokee friends from Saturday to Tuesday. Mrs McKinley Menefee learned her nephew Roy Clover of Angus Minnesota was hurt in an auto accident. The injured youth had worked at Menefee s for three years. Miss Glennie Melton spent the weekend with Isabelle Zwick.
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