Local Happenings and Community Notes
Community notices recap visits and trips among Aurelia area residents. Mr and Mrs Henry Braasch of Peterson stopped in Aurelia on business. Anna Miller of Bloomfield visited Ben Forbes family. Mrs A V Fierk returned from Garden City Minnesota. The Petersons welcomed a son Larry Dean at Atlantic Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Braasch
Peterson
Aurelia
Anna Miller
Bloomfield
Iowa
Ben Forbes
Robert Forbes
Rockwell City
Lester Peterson
Elk Horn
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Larry Dean
Phyllis Ann Port
Local Notes include visits, births, travel and ads
Family visits span Alden to Charter Oak with stops in Blenco and Clarence Kortman homes. A new seven pound son Gary Edward arrives at Holstein hospital to the Nelsons. Claude Davis resumes studies at Morningside after summer break. Lee's Emulsion and Vapo-spray promoted for poultry care. Trips include Rockford Illinois Chicago Cedar Falls and Onto Sioux City and Minneapolis to Oregon sightseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Way
Fiery Drug
Hardware and local notices mix of events in Aurelia
Its Whitney Hardware for barbed wire six fifty nine per eighty red spool Tornado Insurance Local business callers in Aurelia Mr and Mrs Chas Everett of Alta Home for aged and convalescent Delaney Nursing Home Spencer Ia Phone 1300 Embroidery club meets Friday Sept 26 with Mrs Tom Grifith Taxes due second installment at First Trust Savings Bank Residents visit relatives in Spencer Holstein and Pat Cline home Jo Ann to Morningside College in Sioux City knee operation for Burton Ruppert St Joseph hospital in Sioux City Fall paint supplies limited outside primer on hand Flory Drug San Diego visitors Greensburg Greensburgh Washta and Washta residents visit Aurelia Traveling to Denver for Colorado Women's College Deyloff family and Daniels family visits Ames Sgt Galen Gilbert terminal leave discharge from Ft Knox plans to resume study at Iowa State College
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen Gilbert
Ft. Knox
Max Gilbert
Third Armored Division
U. S. Army
Galen
Ames
Iowa State College
Mrs Virgil Carley and infant son die in journey aftermath
Mrs. Virgil Carley and her infant son Jimmy left Jefferson Iowa en route to Tokyo to join Lieut Virgil Carley. En route in Seattle she learned her husband was a passenger on a B 17 that crashed near Honolulu and was listed as missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Carley
Jimmy
Jefferson
Iowa
Tokyo
Seattle
Honolulu
For Sale Classified Ads From Cherokee County Telegraph
Classified listings include various sales and notices. 1947 Case combine, Royal portable typewriter, Hampshire boats, and farmland in Buena Vista and Cherokee counties with administrator W H Bischel and E F Ducharme as field supervisors. Readable items list buyers and locations such as Aurelia Alta Afton Spencer and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Portable
Nels Carlson
Hampshire
Alta
W. J. Poller
Brooke Township
Buena Vista County
Afton Township
Cherokee County
John M. Whitney
W. H. Bischel
Aurelia
E. F. Ducharm
East 3Rd Street
Spencer
Society Notes From Local Hostesses This Week
A Stanley party at Mrs. A A Davis home featured Gibeau of Cherokee demonstrating products and lunch. Bata Gaba club gathered at Mrs. Herbert Grienke’s with two pinochle tables and lunch. Past Chiefs met at Ralph Morgan’s with 15 members and a social lunch. Mrs. Karl G Mummert Mrs. M C Paulson and Mrs. Chas Schulke hosted a luncheon and shower for Miss Shirley Robinson with twenty guests. Friendship club met with 23 members and fancy work followed by refreshments. Next gathering at Mrs C A Peterson’s on October 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Davis
Bata Gaba Club
Herbert Grienke
Ralph Mongan
Karl G. Mummert
M. C. Paulson
Chas, Schulke
Shirley Robinson
Gena Paulson
Harley McKinnis Sr
Friendship Club
Henry Haight
C. A. Peterson
Representative Kerr Reunites With Heirloom Watch
Francis Kerr of Harlan rediscovered his late father’s heirloom watch while clearing ground for a shed. After cleaning and winding the stem, the watch began running and has kept time since. Kerr serves as state representative for Shelby County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Kerr
Harlan
Mr. Kerr
Shelby County
Small World Run Ends With Clarksville Travelers
Walter Pusching family from Clarksville drives into a cabin court in Elke Nevada on a trip home from California. Neighbors Mr and Mrs Fred Seitz from Clarksville occupy adjacent cabin while en route to California. Rabies risk among wildlife like skunks hampers veterinarians' control efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Pusching
Clarksville
Elke
Nevada
California
Fred Seitz
Tuberculosis vigilance urged for animals and humans
The piece warns dairy and livestock raisers that tuberculosis is not eradicated and requires ongoing testing. It notes cattle TB remains low but present, with reactors found in a Midwest herd, and describes swine TB affecting millions yearly. It calls for constant farmer vigilance to combat the disease in animals and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Packing House
Albia Bass and Sunfish Swap Splashes at County Club Lake
Albia merchant Abe Bernstein hauled in a three pound bass at the Country Club lake when a three ounce sunfish leaped from the water and landed in his boat last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Bernstein
Country Club Lake
Escaped driver hits grain elevator yard with train collision
ESCAPED Art Mathers of Redman drove onto a railroad track to position his trailer for a grain elevator load. A backing freight train struck his car, demolishing it while Mathers escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Mathers
Redman
Mathers
Thistle Dispute Skirts Nashua Farms
Kenneth McGregor, a nearby Nashua area farmer, sues neighboring growers over failing to eradicate thistles. He cites one field once clean now harboring 150 patches due to seed spread from adjacent farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth McGregor
Nashua
McGregor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Whitney Hardware
Lockin Agency
Whitney
A. V. Fierk
Garden City
Minn
H. T. Lansen
Shirley
Albert Stock
Cleghorn
Fred Kolpin
E. C. Lighter
Selene
H. F. Peters
Des Moines
Fire Insurance
Harry H. Lockin
Flory Drug
Mrs. Clair Parrott
Paul Frank
Alden
Ernest Stanworth
First Church
Fort Dodge
Eddie Nelson
Holstein Hospital
Gary Edward
Roy Whitney
Minneapolis
Oregon
Carl Lighter
Wilber Reynolds
Blenco
Clarence Kortman
Charter Oak
Claude Davis
Sioux City
Morningside College
Ernest Bjorklund
Phyllis
Harold Pearson
Kenneth Bjorklund
Rockford, Il
Jenny Lind
Chicago
Mlinois
Myron Gildersleeve
Ruth Renaud
Maxine Nielsen
Cedar Falls
Mackinaw Coats
Larson’s Store
Aurelia, Iowa
Tornado Insurance
Mrs
Chas. Everett
Delaney Nursing Home
Spencer, Ia
Embroidery Club
Tom Grifith
First Trust & Savings Bank
Geo. Streed of
Odebolt
Pat Cline
Alice Streed
Arnold Albers
Janet
Holstein
Richard Forbes
Bryan
H. J. Will
Dean
Jo Ann
Burton Ruppert
St. Joseph Hospital
W. H. Heimsoth
Henry Speckerer
Mary Frank
Ruth
Doris
Compton
Calif
White House
Adolph Fassler
Robert Fassler
Sherry
San Diego
Harry Price
Greensburgh
Ind
Virgil Thevenin
Washta
Leonard Gunther
Waterloo
Saturdy
Louie Kroll
H. H. Deyloff
Joann and
Jerry
Beverly Ohlson
Denver
Colo
Joann
Beverly
Colorado Women’s College
Freddie Daniels Jr
Freddie III
Fred Daniels Sr
Helmer Carlberg
Fred Jr
Case
Art Pearson
Aurelia Theatre
Gary Cooper
Jean Arthur
George Raftava Gardner
Paulcon-Finkbine Br.co
J. H. Teerink
Northwest IA
Firestone
Kroll & Patterson
ANG Ons
Manchester
Graham
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