Local Happenings and Visitors Around Aurelia
A long list of community notes from Aurelia covers visits by Mr. and Mrs. Fessler, the Froning and De Vries families, and relatives of the Lamm and Lee families. Howard Nelson tops the Sioux City hog market with 41 head at 11.40 per cwt. Hospital patients include Mrs. Kaskey, Miss Rapp, and Marianne Nelson after tonsil removals. The Sweets shows entertained crowds with The Awakening and She Walks In Her Sleep, returning after a several year absence. Congregational Ladies Aid meeting announced for Sept 19 with listed hostesses. Knights of Pythias set to resume activities Sept 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Nelson
Afton Township
Sioux City
Farrow
Bates Hospital
George Kaskey
Emma Rapp
Marianne Nelson
Wesley Nelson
Sweet
Aurelia
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Sptember
Virgil Thevenin
Community notices mix social groups and local events
Various Aurelia social circles report activities including quilt sessions hosted by Miss Mabel Johnson and Mrs. Mildred Thomson, birthday observances, and luncheon gatherings. The Aurelia All-Star softball team enters a Schaller tournament while negotiations for a post season series with the Alta Westsiders are announced. A radio broadcast from the I O C F Lodge is planned and a California wedding between Mildred Darby’s daughter and Elwin Orlet is noted with relocation to Bend Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia All-Stars
Alta Westsiders
Aurelia
Sentinel
Mildred Darby
Whittier
California
Elwin Orlet
T. A. Darby
Bend
Oregon
Local Socials and Visits Span Several Towns
Miss Cora Hale was taken to Iowa City for treatment at University Hospital last week. Humboldt residents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Rapp and family visited the Dr. W. Moulton home on Sunday. Storm Lake ladies Mrs. William Kruse Mrs. Esther Keith Mrs. Holtz and Mrs. Henry Behrens spent Wednesday afternoon at the Fred Miller home in Aurelia. Missouri Valley couples Mr. and Mrs. Everett Jenkins and Mr. and Mrs. Chas King and daughter spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. J. C. Parrott and George Guether homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Radke
Orville Hickey
G. R. Wharton
O. C. Waddell
Iva McWilliams
Mabel Johnson
E. H. Lighter
Jane
Rapid City
South Dakota
E. C. Lighter
Mr. Lighter
The
Daily Journal
J. W. Parrott
Webster City
H. B. Dale
Harry Hoover
Cora Hale
Iowa City
University Hospital
E. L. Rapp
Humboldt
Dr. W. Moulton
William Kruse
Esther Keith
Holtz
Henry Behrens
Storm Lake
Fred Miller
Aurelia
Everett Jenkins
Chas. King and Daughter
Missouri Valley
J. C. Parrott
George Guether
Club gatherings and birthday party at local homes
Mrs. Carl Herold hosted the P. L. E. T. Club with social needlework and lunch. N. R. Club met at Mrs. Clif Coombs home for a fall start with a business session and two contests won by Mrs. Pat Klein and Mrs. Emil Rydstrom. Neighbors surprised Mrs. Albert Grashoff on her birthday with a picnic lunch. James Nelson hosted a birthday party for twelve friends at his parents’ home with games and a two course lunch assisted by Roberta Dawson and Joyce Nelson. gifts included toy balloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. R. Club
Clif Coombs
Pat Klein
Emil Rydstrom
Troy Mummert
Glenwood Waddell
Albert Grashoff
James Nelson
Harold Nelson
Nelson
Roberta Dawson
Joyce Nelson
McKinley Menefee Weds Katherine Osterloh in Crookston
Miss Katherine Helen Osterloh of Angus Minnesota married McKinley Menefee of Afton township at the Presbyterian church Crookston Minnesota on Sunday September 1 at 8 pm Rev F J Hibbard officiated. Attendants were Gladys Clover and Herman Osterloh. The couple plan a west coast honeymoon then Montana and return to Aurelia November 1 to run the Menefee farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Helen Osterloh
Angus
Minnesota
McKinley Menefee
Afton Township
Presbyterian Church
Crookston
F. J. Hibbard
Gladys Clover
Herman Osterloh
G. A. Olson
Vernon
Dale
Dallas
Iowa
Jim Love
Key West
Methodist Church Notes Highlights For September
Lloyd Scheerer is pastor. Sunday School at 10 with officer elections next Tuesday at 8 pm. Morning worship at 11 features choir and sermon Soul Hunger. Evening service at 8 includes Dr. A. L. Semans preaching and quarterly conference. Sunday school and Ladies Aid officers elected this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lewis
EPW
Edwin Watts
Earl McKinnis
E. L
Jesus
Evelyn Brummer
Theresa DeVries
A. L. Semans
Ladies Aid
Gene Ammons
Fred Wieland
George Lamm
St Pauls Lutheran Church invites to services and classes
German service at 9 a.m. Sunday School at 10 a.m. Finglish service at 10:45 a.m. Sermon titled Doing Good based on Acts 10 38 and Luke 10 37. Religious instruction classes Saturday 10 a.m. and Tuesday 6 p.m. All are welcome to join to seek salvation through the gospel.
East Afton and Elk Community Social Notes
Mrs. Edwin Hesse and family visited in Meriden while Walter Bates and Cherokee guests spent Sunday with Earl Waters. Elaine Booth enjoyed a surprise tenth birthday party with a multi table game and a decorated cake. Various local families hosted dinners and gatherings with birthdays and visitors from Quimby Cherokee Aurelia Larrabee Galva and Riverside Park outings in Sioux City. A high school band joined a Sioux City broadcast along with several local attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hesse
Meriden
Walter Hesse
Walter Bates
Earl Waters
Elaine Booth
Bunee
Deloris McGowan
Tina Mas Fox
Francis Hesse
Quimby
Algy Fox
Imloyd Sexton
Frank Gerjets
Famiy
Aurelia
Abba Gerjets
Ed Martin
Winthrop
Minnesota
Carl Grienke
LaMont Schuminn
Varina
Abbo Gerrets
Sioux City
KSCJ
Jack
Betty
Tommy Coombs
Dean Parrott
Dale Robar
Madelynne Booth
George Parrott
Margaret Montgomery
Will Montgomery
Galva
Alfred Stienke
Madalynne Booth
M. Hines
Fae Hines
Dorothy Stieneke
Riverside Park
Galen Dyslin
Frank Gerrets
Black Duck and Food Scavengers Survival Note
A brief U.S. wildlife reflection says black ducks, though shy and harmless, are widespread across states as food scavengers and are deemed to persist with humans. The piece highlights their role in ecosystems and public attitudes toward hunting.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Community Theatre
Aurelia, Iowa
Mae West
Janet Gaynor
Warner Baxter
Lyle Talbot
Mary Astor
Miss Tae Hines
Mrs
Vincent Buman
Mrs. Fessler
Cleghorn
A. V. Fierd
Burdette MecKinnis
Manchester
A. J. Froning
Parkersburg
C. DeVries
L. F. Lee
Fort Dodge
Vincent Lee
Badger
Mr. Lee
Lamm
Perry & McDeid
Mrs. Faber
Arnold
Olive Lewis
West
Herbert Peterson
Carl Lighter
Charter Oak
Vernon Butterfield
Zelma Parrott
E. M. Butterfield
Paullina
Fred Torneton
Council Bluffs
Henry Stiencke
M. O. Miller
Frank Wharton
Tarpon Springs
Florida
Farmers Elevator Co
Congregational Ladies Aid
C. O. Larson
John Holderness
Clifford Dick
E. G. Bates
John Fiege
Monroe
Wisconsin
Chicago
A. A. Dingman
Grace Meier
Wm. Paulson
Geneveve
Florence
DeEtta Hartiwig
Kanawa
Lloyd Scheerer
Spriety
Mildred Thomson
Rebekah Circle
Helping Hand Circle
Roy Noble
Chiefs Club
Lockin Hotel
John Eding
Schaller
Aurelia Grounds
I.0.c.f. Lodge
Columbia Network
Atlanta
Georgia
Frank F. Faber
Mgr
Carl Herold
P. L. E. T. Club
Methodist
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
William Walter
Theatre
Cherokee
Spencer Tracy Claire Trevor
Henry B. Walthall
Alan Dinehart
Sol M. Wurtzel
Harry Lachm
Laurel & Hardy
W. G. Whitney Elevator
East Afton and Elk
Mrs. Wm. Booth
Anne Degen
Larrabee
Herbert Grienke
Kellogg’s
Kellogg’s Whole Wheat Bisquits
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies
Kellogg’s Wheat
G. W. C. Coffee
Briardale
Lic
Larson’s Store
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