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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1950
Page
4
The Aurelia Sentinel publication details publisher Robert Forbes and Thursday issue schedule. It lists subscription rates: 2.50 per year in advance and 3.00 for foreign countries.
The Aurelia Garden club met with Mrs. Clyde Beeghley on Oct 8 with 12 members present. New officers elected include Mrs. Harold Nelson president, Mrs. J E Gebhardt vice president, and Mrs. Ralph Peterson secretary and treasurer. Members shared talks and slides from trips, and meetings will resume in March.
A miscellaneous shower honored Mrs. Kletis Lenz, a recent bride, with Sunday afternoon festivities at the Else Nelson cafe. Contests provided entertainment led by Mrs. Colleen Per.
The report lists multiple social activities including a bridal shower with decorations in pink blue and yellow and gifts opened by Joan and Janice Dyslin. A kitchen honor tradition honored the mothers of the committee amid embroidery and pinochle club gatherings. Bonnie Allen celebrated her ninth birthday with a party at the Nelson cafe due to rain at the park. Doreas circle met at the Harold Conley home with seventeen members and three guests, ending with lunch.
A Friday Oct 6 event at Mrs. Hannah Allen’s Mount Olive home marked the 92nd birthday of pioneer Mrs. Margaret Juber. About eighty guests from Wisconsin Washington Minnesota and South Dakota attended to honor her and hear of her interest in the Mount Olive Baptist church building project. The Ladies Aid served refreshments and presented cards gifts and a purse. Congregational Mayflower circle met with Mrs. Cliff Coombs with fifteen members and one guest. devotions and a business discussion for a bazaar were noted.
Social hour notes November meeting with Mrs L E Christensen and Priscilla Alden circle led by Mrs Burt Mummert with new member Mrs Floyd Kirby. Mary Guild, Petergine White, and Petergine White circles report officer elections, bazaar planning, devotions, programs, and lunch service.
Mrs. Phil Fassler and family express gratitude for the kindness shown during their confinement in hospital and at home. They acknowledge the flowers and cards with deep appreciation.
Expresses gratitude for cards and letters received during hospital stays in Sioux City at St. Joseph Hospital and in Rochester Minnesota.
A dense classified page lists numerous farm items for sale including purebred Duroc boars and Hampshire spring boars from Creston and Aurelia areas, plus Chester White boars and Duroc Jersey stock. It notes also a 1946 Ford ton and a half truck for sale, land offers near Aurelia, and a spinet piano sale with installment terms. Local farm services and contact numbers are provided for Aurelia Iowa area buyers.
WANTED TO RENT two or three bedroom house in or near Aurelia. Inquire at Sentinel office. WANTED Garden plowing in Aurelia with scoop and blade for loading dirt and leveling lawns. Phone 229 Blk or see Frank Crapser. HOG FEEDING PROFITS, Sargeant's Meaty Mineral Meal feeds twice as far as tankage. Boosts feeding value of corn and grains. Money-back guarantee. Farmers Co-op Co.
Local residents visit in Cherokee Aurelia and Algona. Earl Kludas Art Kenny and Mrs Laura Whiting host callers. Leo Presentt Edna travel to Mitchell and other sites in South Dakota Nebraska. Frank Dreyer tends farm duties. George Scott spends Sunday with Bill Myers near Peterson. George Parrott visits Algona with son D G Parrott. Tommy Thomas Orchestra to perform.
The piece notes a mixed dance at Aurelia Legion hall planned for Wednesday Oct 18. It also mentions visitors Mr and Mrs E W Kammer of Washington DC staying with Mr and Mrs W H Bischel, plus Sunday visits by Mr and Mrs George Pithan and son Joe of Sioux City to the Herbert Will home. Henry Meyer of Storm Lake helped install a Hobart mixer at the Bakery, replacing an older two year old unit, enabling pastry making previously impossible with the old mixer.
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