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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
2
Mt Olive News notes Rev V White attending the Baptist state convention in Waterloo this week. Mrs White and youngsters with Mrs Thorgness visited relatives in Fort Dodge. Other local social items include a Friday birth and several Sunday visits around Cherokee and surrounding towns.
Community notes list visits and arrivals including Gus Fossell of Holstein and the Gregg family in Cherokee hospital births for Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gregg. Social updates cover Ladies Aid supper profits, hospital returns, and multiple visits among residents of Aurelia Holstein Galva and Diamond township with Halloween program plans.
Several local families, including the Gutch, Danielson, Peterson, Schmidt and Linquist households, hosted or visited relatives and friends across Alta, Storm Lake, Holstein, Aurelia and Quimby. Social gatherings featured club meetings, church dinners for the new minister Rev Stanworth, and neighborly weekend visits.
A staggered roundup of classroom activities from Junior High coverage includes eighth graders tackling sentence types and solar system study, seventh graders tracing the Ice Age, science projects with cocoons and leaves, and a new student Eveline Stanworth from Sanborn. Reports list perfect attendance, high scores, and birthdays amid class projects, poetry, and garden notes.
Mrs. Albert Waldo and Earl visited in the M Hines home in Aurelia. A Rembrandt couple, Pat and Mrs Cline, welcomed a son Jackie Lee born Oct 1 at Sickles hospital Sioux Rapids. Various neighbors visited Aurelia and Larrabee households. Hughings and Ruebsams referenced. fruit harvest note mentions K C Starbuck Grinnell picking raspberries for three servings.
The Aurelia Iowa council met October 6 1941 with Mayor Grapen presiding. Members Grienke Shank Knesky Brummer attended. Trimmert absent. Minutes from September 2 read and approved. Treasurers and clerks reports read and approved. Bills ordered paid from General Fund Waterworks Fund Grading Fund Park Fund Light Fund Fire Fund Sewer Fund Playground Fund with amounts listed. Meeting adjourned.
The article reports on farmer Mortenson using a mounted picker to work contour corn. He found contour planting easier than expected and weed control effective while noting minimal issues. Contoured Cherokee county fields appear greener and promising higher yields, with potential income gains from grassed waterways.
The president announces a nationwide emergency safety drive with the Start Sooner slogan. As traffic increases, drivers are urged to be extra vigilant during the defense program and allow extra travel time.
The church schedules Sunday worship at 11 a.m. with a 10 a.m. school session. The Ladies of Royal Cleaves circle will present a service flag, and I. P. Fellowship and Junior society meet at 7 p.m. A bazaar and chicken pie supper are set for Thursday Oct 23, with harvest services Sunday Oct 26 and a harvest produce sale Monday evening.
Vernon V. White pastor offers Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11, DR P U at 7, and evening preaching at 7 30. Visitors are welcome to all services at Mt Olive Baptist Church.
Rev. E. Stanworth outlines next Sunday's schedule with church school at 10 a.m. led by Edgar Allen, morning worship at 11 a.m., and a Young People's meeting at 7 p.m. Choir practice is Friday at 7 p.m. The Missionary Study Group meets October 22 at 2:30 p.m. at Mrs. Raymond Nelson's home with assistants Mrs. Olive Johnson and Mrs. George Johnson and Mrs. LeRoy Hench as program leader.
William Walter, Pastor presides at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and English worship at 10 45 a m The sermon Becoming a New Man reflects Ephesians 4 22 28 The Lutheran Hour airs next Sunday at 3 p m on KFAB Lincoln with Dr Walter A Maier Religious instruction for children is offered Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7 16 p m Visitors are welcome at all services。
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