Aurelia News Roundup Ten Years Ago and More
Football practice opens with eighteen players under Coach Clifton as the season starts September 19 with Pomeroy visiting. Aurelia hosts Geo Sweet shows for three days next week. Diamond township votes 85 to 60 against two new school houses in a special election. Arthur Larson takes over the Olds mobile agency in Storm Lake, tied to Turnholm of Minneapolis. A large crowd attends Aurelia’s band concert and hot dog treat. Aurelia consolidated school enrollment up 21 from last year per Supt. Day. Twenty Years Ago notes: J. H. Boatman new superintendent opens Aurelia consolidated school. Walter Johnson and O. C. Jones serve as VP and secretary of Moline Power Corp. Thirty Years Ago items include Elsie Nelson’s millinery move and Rev H Menke’s farewell, with Sentinel office relocation and local banking staff changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Pomeroy
Geo
Sweet
Aurelia
Diamond Township
Arthur Larson
Oldsmobile Car Agency
Storm Lake
Turnholm
Minneapolis
Aurelia Consolidated School
J. H. Boatman
Walter Johnson
O. C. Jones
Moline Power Corporation
Universal Tractor Co
Cherokee
George Scott
Carl Herold
Cedar Rapids
State Legion Convention
Elsie Nelson
Wapello
H. Menke
Methodist Church
Sentinel
Wall Building
A. D. Conman
Emerson, Nebr
First National Bank
R. H. Edens
Ruth Johnson Weds Loren Anderson at Cherokee Ceremony
Miss Ruth Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs C J Johnson wed Loren Anderson son of Mr and Mrs L L Anderson in Bethlehem Lutheran church Cherokee at 2 o clock with Rev Howard Lindstrom officiating. The ceremony drew hundreds of relatives and friends followed by a blue and white reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Johnson
C. J. Johnson
Loren Anderson
Melvin Johnson
Marvin
Miss Hanson
Patricia Osterling
Gunnar Osterling
Paul Nelson
Enoch Nelson
Violet Nelson
Miss Nelson Yavendar
Lillie Gustafson
Fern Bengston
Martha Benson
Bernice Benson
Bernice Nelson
Harry Williams
Oscar Karlson
Einar Nelson
Julius Carlson
Successful Colt Show Tops Farmers Picnic This Year
Raymond Nelson won grand champion colt at the two day Farmers Picnic event held in the large barn of L. H. Daniels. A total of 31 entries drew crowds as colts paraded Main Street and prizes ranged up to $6 and 4 bushels of DeKalb seed corn. Pony races capped the program with multiple Coombs family wins and a cancellation in the Shetland pony class due to no entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Nelson
Chas. Shinker
L. H. Daniels
Main Street
Ralph Held
Storm Lake
DeKalb
Ed Lehnhardt
Garland Hickey
Pioneer
Oscar Gustafson
Oren Coombs
Wilbur Allen
John Galvin
Pfister
A. A. Woltman
Glenn Waddell
Thompson
Nordstrom
Pfisters
Bert Mummert
T. E. Julius
Harvey
Kaplvin
George Johnson
Bill Patton
Burt Mummert
Leaf Cave
Harold Paulson
Walter Radke
Bill McDonald
Homer Anderson
Bu. Pfisters
Harvey Kolpin
Shetland
Dan Coombs
Bob Coombs
Marvin Tuttle
Vernon Galvin
Dean Will
Tom Coombs
Dale Sangwin
Tommy Coombs
Jack Coombs
Primghar
Aurelia Future Farmers
Aurelia Boy Scouts
Future Farmes
John Mongan
Bob Booth
Bud Dugan
Howard Nelson
Brownie Walters
Two-Day State Capitol Campaign Draws Big Crowds
Large crowds attend a two day celebration as Democratic vice presidential candidate Henry Wallace campaigns in Iowa. The event features Id Flynn and a national effort to boost Roosevelt Wallace support with Republican defections and state ticket implications explored. Aurelia hosts a parallel two-day farmers picnic and colt show with band concerts, dog and pony acts, races, and local games drawing strong attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Wallace
Ilinois
Chicago
Iowa
Id Flynn
Flynn
Middle‘west
New York
Andersons Tie Knot With Weeklong Minneapolis Honeymoon
Mr and Mrs Anderson journeyed after their reception for a week in Minneapolis. The bride wore a wine fur trimmed costume suit with wine accessories. Upon returning they will reside in Cleghorn where Mr Anderson works at Cleghorn State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Mrs. Anderson
Cleghorn
Mr. Anderson
Enrollment in Aurelia School Shows Loss
The Aurelia school reports a drop in opening enrollment for the current year compared with last year. Superintendent A. J. Renaud notes a 14 pupil loss from the opening figures, with a 12 reduction in first grade offset by a two pupil gain in high school and a four pupil rise in the Senior class. A three year table accompanies the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Sunday Children Day at Aurelia Baseball Park
Sunday Is Children Day at the Aurelia baseball park as the Rock Valley Giants visit the Aurelia team Free admission is offered to children 15 and under South bleachers and flat seats are open to the young while the grandstand and other bleachers remain for older fans This may be the last game of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Rock Valley Giants
Meriden Youth Crowned King of Plowmen in 1940 Match
Lyle Mason, 18, won the sweepstakes title at the Pilot Rock plowing match with 89 points, beating Ed Wolkenhauer of Poca hontas who had 88.75. Mason, from Meriden, is among the youngest champions, with a family history of winners including his brother Don. Adolph Hempel led the men’s three bottom class with 88 points, while Delbert Kohn topped the boys under 18 with 86.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Times
Lyle Mason
Mason
George Mason
Meriden
Ed Wolkenhauer
Pocahontas
Mitchellville
Meriden High School
Don
John Deere
Adolph Hempel
Delbert Kohn
Quimby
Harry Hischen
Bob Graham
Don Graham
Robert Clark
George Munday
Merle Lickiss
Thomas Fee
Floyd Reinert
Carl Reinert
Aurelia High Prepares For Tough Football Season
Twenty five Aurelia high school players reported for football Monday with more expected this week. Coach J. H. Nitzke oversees drills to build condition ahead of a season with nine returning lettermen including Anderson Booth Porter Coombs Fassler Williams Peterson Kolpin Kastengren. First game vs Sioux Rapids on Sept 20 at night on Aurelia’s new field with gala dedication planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia High School
Aurelia
Sioux Rapids
Alta
Nitzke
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Ray Waddell
Alcester
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State Capitol News
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Roosevelt
Wallace
National Committee For Agriculture
Ike Conrad
Melbourne
Earl Dean
Mason City
Charles A. Housh
Des Moines
Conrad
Bess Pryor
Burlington
K. H. Rinehart
Winterset
Ralph G. Lowe
Letts
Fletcher Atkinson
Cascade
Otis Tuttle
Norway
Warren 8S
Bissel
Manchester
Dean
George Ireland
Oskaloosa
Housh
A. W. Harvey
William Meckle
Bedford
Lester Wegers
Stratford
J. R
Lloyd Ruby
Remsen
Black Spiders
Mr. Ruby
Sav
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CASIE
First Trust & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Plowmen
A. J. Maltby
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Farmers National Bank
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