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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel informs readers that the paper will not stop after expiration and continues under obligation to pay if no notice is given. Proprietor E. C. Lighter publishes the Thursday paper as second class matter in Aurelia Iowa.
Edwin Trigg pastor leads activities with church school at 10 morning worship at 11 Pilgrim Fellowship at 7 Junior society meets 7 with Halloween party in basement October 28 A men's forum Sunday at 8 at Congregational church in Sheldon Aurelia group set to attend Women’s Missionary Society meets October 30 with officers elected.
Church school at ten o clock led by George Lamm the superintendent Epworth League meets at seven pm with Deloris Peterson as president Circle No 4 will meet this week
Friday with Mrs Leat Cave and Mrs August Nelson plan a meeting with Mrs L H Peryl on Thursday October 31 assisted by Mrs Ray Jones. Epworth league leaders Sunday evening are Betty Pruitt and Celesta Allen. Choir rehearsal Sunday at 2 30 pm. Annual pancake supper by the Men's Brotherhood Tuesday October 29 starting at 5 30 pm until finished. Everyone is invited to all services.
Saint Pauls Lutheran Church led by William Walter, Pastor, offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and English worship at 1045 a m with a sermon on When God Used a Worm based on Jonah 4 7 emphasizing repentance and forgiveness. Holy communion observed and Friday announcements. Storm Lake Sioux City teachers conference next Sunday at 230 p m in Cherokee Wilson school hosted by Rev Stock’s congregation.
A dense roster of registrant numbers and full names across Galva and Alta regions. Includes Paul Nelson Mahn, Byrl W. Elliott, Hans H. Sterman, Harold J. Pridemore, Tracy Daniel Crippen, Jess R. Akin, and many others with varied middle initials. Indicates a large local registration or census-like record featuring dozens of individuals linked to specific numbers and places such as Galva and Alta.
Mrs. Will Sleezer attended a shower at Leland Loucks home near Sherokee honoring Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loucks. Mr. and Mrs. Will Jenkins of Washia were guests at George Zwick's. Bob Jackson and family visited Gilbert Crow home. Wayne Fredenberg and son work at Aaron Holderness. Mrs. Frank Mummert traveled to Fresno to visit aunt Jennie Johnson and Berkeley with Qlin Jones family. Gladys Jones works in Mummert home during absence. 4 H training in Cherokee attended by Mrs. Gilbert Clow and others. Mrs. George Smith visited her parents near Peterson. </S>
Merlyn Honsbruch of Cedar Falls visited his home this weekend. Local residents hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Hill of Petersón and various Aurelia, Sioux City, and Florence Alabama visitors. Afton ladies attended a Spring meeting at Spring, and Hons farms reported the first corn picking finishers, Fred Hockanson and Raymond Zwick.
Mrs. Wm Booth hosts East Afton and Elk residents as Mr and Mrs Lee Hayes visit Alta friends. Ed Pingel family spend Sunday at Peterson. Alice Lydell and LaMerne Ruebsam, beauty culture students in Sioux City, weekend at home. Irving Lydell and Kathleen Grashoff drive to Sioux City to pick up Alice. LaMerne returns to work by train. Arvid Anderson hosts Larrabee Rebecca lodge gathering. Booths visit Carrington near Quimby. Orville Erickson called to Cherokee for a serious condition.
Iffs brother suffered a skull fracture Tuesday evening after being kicked by a horse. Mr. and Mrs. William Ruebsam and LaMerne joined Sunday dinner in the Mrs Tobe Ruebsam home in Aurelia. Mrs. Roy Matzdorff of Aurelia visited her sister Mrs Quentin Anderson who has been ill. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dyslin and family called on Mrs. Ruth Holderness at Sioux Valley hospital where she underwent an appendectomy Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W M Booth visited Orris Erickson at Sioux Valley hospital Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Anderson attended a party at Larrabee Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Erickson spent Sunday with Orris Erickson north of Cherokee. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ammons, Max and Joyce visited the Bill Henley home near Linn Grove.
Mrs. Ben Galvin hosted her Birthday Club last Thursday with contests and games and refreshments served afterward. Miss Esther Swanson visited the club while Ben Galvin Sr of Eldorado Spring Missouri came for a visit with his sons near Aurelia. Mrs. Will Haight and Mrs. Harry Hilbert and baby of Waterloo were dinner guests Friday at J. S. Linquist’s home. Hilbert previously Miss Marguartte Haight.
Democratic candidate Melvin E. Wilson seeks votes for the third district supervisor seat covering Afton Pitcher and Spring townships. Republican incumbent Art Hickey also asks for support for re election in the same district.
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