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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1963
Page
5
A total of 763 students are enrolled for the 1963 64 term at Aurelia Community School an all time high. Elementary enrollment rises to 571 while high school holds 192. Compared with 1962 63 totals enrollments show growth in elementary and a slight drop in high school.
Postmaster Lou Pfaff announced this week that there is still time to take the examination for the clerk carrier position in the Aurelia post office. Those who wished to take the exam but could not do so may still participate, and anyone else interested is welcome.
Additional funds are requested to cover dug-out construction at the high school baseball diamond. Donations may be left with Duane Gaudian at The First Trust and Savings Bank.
Aurelia school hosts a two part safety program led by Ray Forsythe to show how false security in modern cars can mislead drivers. A lecture and street demonstration will feature student and faculty driving tests with paint bullets to measure stopping distances at 20 30 and 40 mph. Police officers will drive in high speed tests under Farm Bureau sponsorship.
Mr and Mrs Richard Anderson welcome a son named Marc David born August 23 at Ata Memorial Hospital he weighed 615 pounds and is a grandson of Merlin Resene Aurelia and Ed Pookes Ellsworth Minnesota Mrs Robert Whiting Aurelia is great grandmother Ervin Westphal and wife have a son Brian Carl born September 6 at Sioux Valley Hospital weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces Grandparents are Alvin Pitts Cherokee and Henry Westphal Aurelia
The 1963 football season opens Friday night as the Sioux Valley defending champions Bulldogs travel to Laurens to face the Laurens Elks, Twin Lake conference members, at 8 p.m. Coach Bill Hodam notes the Elks lost only five to graduation and field 42 players this year with tackles around 220 pounds and guards near 205. He plans to start Patten and Nelson at ends, Bliel and Daniels at tackles, Estes and Johnson at guards, Miller at center, Jones at quarterback, Grause and Honsbrnch at halfbacks, and Coombs at fullback. Denotes lettermen.
The Bulldogs' second team will host Laurens' second team Monday at 7 p.m. in a local prep basketball game. The contest adds a second matchup on the day's schedule for area fans.
The 1963 fall Cattle Feeders meeting will be held in Session Hall on Thursday Sept 19 at 8 p.m. Sponsored by First Trust and Farmers National Banks with Extension service. Speaker John McMurry of Wilson & Co Sioux Falls S D will present slides from his South America cattle industry study. Also on the program is a feed and livestock outlook for 1964 discussed by Extension Economist Bill Turner from Iowa State University. All interested persons invited.
Funeral services were conducted in Milford on Wednesday for Mrs. Ross Miller the former Lydia Bischel. She died at the Milford home of her daughter Mrs. Kinkaid where she had lived for several years. Her husband preceded her in death.
The Aurelia Commercial Club will meet at the Nelson Cafe at 12 noon on the first Tuesday each month. The new time, approved on a trial basis to boost attendance, starts with a meeting on Tuesday October 1. All members urged to attend.
The Ameha Golf Course opened Saturday with over a hundred rounds reported. Sunday at 2 pm Aurela Golf Club officials will hold a free instructional class at the course covering grip, swing, fundamentals, rules, and course discussion. If interest grows, more sessions may be planned.
In a Monday local school election with 86 votes cast Duane Cram was re elected for a three year term with 78 votes and Ralph Plagman Sr won his first term with 79 votes Incumbent Karl Ehrhardt did not seek re election Scattered write in votes produce a new board of Howard Peterson Don Tietgen Paul Jones Duane Cram and Ralph Plagman Sr County results show Walter Peterson winning 84 votes for Area IV Board with official totals incomplete at press time
Voters in Cherokee County will decide October 1 on funding a new courthouse costing up to 500000 with bonds not exceeding 400000 and a property tax levy not over 2 mills. The plan saves most shade trees, uses two floors with a 13500 and 8800 square foot area, and keeps jail facilities.
The 75th anniversary celebration drew an even turnout as ovations and a pageant filled the morning service. Former pastors attended including Rev Raymond Hare and Rev Auwuet Hak with Dr Roi Huenemsann of the Twin Cities offering the sermon on renewal. The event launched a Student Aid fund to support Christan vocations amid hours of fellowship and a noon meal.
The Axel Johnsons observe their 56th wedding anniversary with an open house at their Aurela home on Sunday September 22 from 2 to 5 PM Invitations are extended to friends neighbors and relatives to call for details.
The yearbook notes Mot Patoess K Sceeter and Sir Dale Shearer of Aurelia married at the Meth odst Kahler School in Rochester. Sceeeter is named treasurer of the school and a student at the institution.
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