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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1947
Page
3
The Aurelia team won both Friday and Saturday games at Farmers Picnic events, routing Schaller 12 to 1 Friday and defeating Storm Lake White Caps 7 to 3 Saturday. Sunday they lost 7 to 4 at Elk Point, ending the 1947 season.
Elk Point beat Aurelia 8 to 4 Sunday night ending Aurelia's 1947 season. Rapp led Aurelia with 3 for 5 while Boettcher and Magnuson added two hits each. Begg took the loss, Taylor earned the win, and Runyon contributed two hits for Aurelia.
Delbert Carlson Lisle Harris Arthur Daniels and Wallace Hamann of Aurelia are among those registered for the fall term at Buena Vista College. President Henry Olson expects enrollment to top 1200 for the coming year as housing library and lab facilities expand to meet demand. The fall term opens September 8 with students from twelve states and 98 Iowa communities.
Mr and Mrs Ray Beeghley and children Jean and Billy return to Long Beach California Sunday night after spending four weeks with his parents Mr and Mrs Clyde Beeghely. Mrs Beeghley and the children came in late June and were driven by Clyde Beeghley and Fern of Sioux City who had been visiting over the weekend.
Harlan Kolpin, 16, won grand champion beef with a 1045 pound Hereford at the Aurelia FFA Livestock Show. Reserve grand went to Don Mummert with a Shorthorn calf. The event featured multiple blue red and white ribbon winners across calves heifers and hogs plus a stock sale at Daniels hog barn.
Elmer Brune and Bernhard Johnson tied to show weights and totals of 386 dollars for hog and lamb exhibits. Leonard Neitzke led the market hog class with the champion litter and barrow. Vernon Jensen displayed the champion pen of fat lambs, and Darby Adams son showed the champion fat lamb with Darryl exhibiting the reserve and two lower placing pens.
Hugo Peckenschneider topped the livestock judging contest with 292 points. Cliff Gould and Joe Kastengren Jr. tied for second, Paul Jones took third, and a four way tie for fourth included Gordon Peterson George Loucks and Sherwood Oikson. In the high school section Larry Kolpin scored 300 with others in close pursuit. A total of 55 participants were judged by Robert Clause of Grand Junction Iowa who praised show quality and preparation.
A local look back reviews past anniversaries and notable events from 10, 20, and 30 years ago. Highlights include 4‑H achievement by Betty Coombs in Des Moines, teaching moves by Miss Kroll and Miss Nelson, a joint high school band concert, architecture and business openings, and various civic notices in Iowa towns.
Ernest Stanworth, Pastor. Church school at 10 a.m. Mrs Rutie Carlson, Supt. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Finance Committee of the Official Board meets after worship. W S C meeting in church parlors Thursday afternoon Sept. 11 with a 25 cent lunch served by Mesdames Scott, Lockin, Hickey, Hicks, Becker, Becker, Anderson, and Miss Pitcher.
Immanuel Lutheran Church Elk invites worshipers to morning service at 9 45 with church school at 10 40. An all church picnic follows at noon at Sunset Park Storm Lake with a pot luck. Pastor C Philip Holmberg extends welcome.
Aurelia’s two day celebration was dampened by steady rain that began Saturday evening and disrupted the Farmers Picnic. The livestock sale and parade were well received, and Aurelians defeated Schaller 12 to 1 and Storm Lake White Caps 7 to 3. The high school band performed and Friday’s dance drew good crowds, but the Saturday night concert and dance were called off due to rain.
A list of park events and winners from Farmers Picnic day forenoon contests. The 50 yard dashes feature top boys and girls in three age groups, plus sack races, three legged races, bicycle races, and a Shetland pony race with named participants and placements.
The Aurelia women's club will meet at the Bess Pitcher home on Friday September 12. Members should answer roll call with a nature poem. A picnic lunch will follow. bring a covered dish, silverware and dishes.
The Aurelia Garden club met September 2 at Mrs. Clarence Kaskey home with 13 members and four guests. Fae Fraser presented a varied program including musical selections and garden topics. Refreshments concluded the gathering and the group planned to meet October 7 at Mrs. Fred Jordan’s home.
Jeanne Mummert of Aurelia and Roberta Hantsbarger of Cherokee from the Afton League of the Sour Leaf Clover club won blue ribbons at the Des Moines state fair for their demonstrations How to Make a Bed and Bulletin Beards. They ranked among seven blue ribbon home efficiency teams of 18 and earned Cherokee county representation after Achievement Day wins. The Afton club also won best secretary book with their 9 am Monday demonstration led by Mrs Burt Mummert and Mrs Marl Demaree.
A Farmers Picnic brought a long awaited shower in this community. About a third of an inch fell Saturday night, the first significant rain since early July, insufficient for the corn crop but giving hay and pastures a small lift amid continued dry heat this week.
Rev. R. K. Schwab serves as interim pastor at the Congregational Church with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and the morning service scheduled for 11 a.m.
The Aurelia Consolidated school opened Monday with an enrollment of 471 as per Supt. Lloyd Godfrey. High school enrollment matches last year, with total grade enrollment up 18. Morning hours are 9 to 12, afternoon 1:12 to 4. Football and band schedules noted, and town kindergarten to third grade dismissed earlier for adjustment. A table compares enrollments from 1945 to 1947 across grades, showing overall totals 375, 453, and 471.
The Sioux City branch will hold a week long rally from September 7 to 12 at 8 00 p m. The new Lutheran Welfare film Come Unto Me will be shown and John Bruce field secretary will speak Refreshments will be served Hosts pastors and locations are listed for each day with invitations extended to all Lutheran Welfare friends to attend and check subscription dates.
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