Happenings in Linn Grove and Buena Vista County
Peterson Patriot notes Harry Noel and crew building fills for a new Linn Grove bridge with traffic moved onto the new span on Tuesday. Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune reports Buena Vista college enrollment near a record high for the 46th year. It also notes potential railroad dismantling in Buena Vista County and three state police radio stations yielding 85 arrests by August 1. Sioux Rapids Press covers road grading and bridge work on highways 71 and 10 with federal funds. Storm Lake Register announces the death of Arthur D. Bailie, longtime Storm Lake resident and attorney.
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Sioux Rapids
Rembrandt
Northwestern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Storm Lake
Des Moines
KNFN
Waterloo
Sioux Rapids Press
Clay County
Little Sioux River
Iowa
Buena Vista County
Judge Bailie
Cayuga Street
County Legion Meeting at Aurelia This Thursday
Cherokee county American Legion posts and Auxiliaries will hold the regular county meeting in Aurelia this Thursday night. The event is open to the public with a program and social evening. George Paradise ninth district commander of Sioux City will be the principal speaker. The local Auxiliary will serve lunch.
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American Legion
Cherokee County
Aurelia
Regular County
George Paradise
Sioux City
Notice of Winter Move to St Petersburg
October 8 notice states the office will close and relocate to St Petersburg Florida for the winter. The message is signed by James McDonald the Washta Optometrist.
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St. Petersburg
Sun Shine
Florida
James McDonald
Washta
Alta and Aurelia to Battle in Little World Series
The Alta Westsiders and the Aurelia All-Stars will contest a five game Little World Series at Aurelia grounds with the first to win three games taking the series and prize money. Opening game is Sunday at 8:00 p.m. with Thompson and Matzdorff pitching for Aurelia and Dreier expected for Alta.
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Alta Westsiders
Aurelia All-Stars
Aurelia
Alta Grounds
Alta
Thompson and Matzdorff
Dreier
Hanover
Neil Whitney Named Relief Engineer for Four Counties
Neil Whitney, formerly of Aurelia, was named temporary relief engineer for Cherokee and three nearby counties. He replaces H. W. Hahn, who arrived June 1 as Cherokee county’s first resident relief engineer. Whitney will oversee projects in Cherokee Buena Vista Ida and Sac counties from LeMars headquarters.
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Cherokee Times
Neil Whitney
Aurelia
Cherokee
H. W. Hahn
Cherokee County
Whitney
LeMars
WPA
Buena Vista
Ida
Sac
Hahn
Des Moines
Sekign
Cherokee County Delinquent Personal Tax and Claims Examiners
Notice by Henderson and Narey tax examiners announcing collection of delinquent personal taxes and claims for Cherokee County. Readers urged to visit the Court House office to adjust matters without further costs or penalties. dated September 17, 1936.
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Cherokee County
Court House
Henderson & Narey
Alta Opens Lighted Field as 1985 Football Season Starts
At eight o clock Friday Alta begins the 1985 football season with the last Albert City team visiting the local field marking the official opening of Alta’s lighted football field. Mrs. D A Herron travels to Minneapolis for a P E O delegates excursion to Yellowstone National Park Old Faithful Inn hosts the convention. Wesley Mark marries Marion Sanderson last Saturday Sept 7 at 4 30 pm. School enrollment after one week sits at 424 down from 428 last year. Dr Everett Lund and wife depart Alta for Bierut Syria where he serves as instructor at the American University.
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Alta
Albert City
D. A. Herron
Minneapolis
Yellowstone National Park
Old Faithful Inn
Methodist Church Notes Lloyd Scheerer, Pastor
Sunday School at 10:00 A M led by W A Lewis. Morning worship at 11:00 A M features choir anthem Serve The Lord With Gladness and sermon What Are The Signs. Epworth and Intermediate Leages meet at 7:00 P M with Mirherd Fassler and Dorothy Beeghley. topic Building a New Ep worth League Year. Interim and Intermediate topics explore What Can Our League Mean To Us. New membership pledge cards due next Sunday evening. Evening service at 8:00 P M features choir anthem Nearer To Jesus.
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A. Lewis
EPW
Mirherd Fassler
Dorothy Beeghley
E. L
Epworth League
Jesus
Sunday School Officers Change at Local Church
The Ladies Aid Society meets next Thursday afternoon September 26 at 3:00 in the church parlors with program leader Mrs. George Lamm. A King Herald meeting is set for September 29. Annual conference at Spencer runs October 2 to 7. The Sunday school elected new officers after Mr. W. A. Lewis resigned as Superintendent after fifteen years. New officers include George Lamm as Superintendent and Eurella Waddell as Assist. Superintendent. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society named officers for the coming year.
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Ladies Aid Society
George Lamm
H. J. Will
Geo. Scott
Frank Jordan
Theresa DeVries
King Herald
Spencer
W. A. Lewis
Eurella Waddell
C. Beeghley
George Scott
Lois Anderson
Lyle Waddell
Edwin Watts
Philip Peterson
Theressa DeVries
Evelyn Brummer
Mildred Cave
Ralph Peterson
Clifford Ohlson
Emily Loucks
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Frank Waddell
Roy Hench
C. DeVries
Notice to Pay Poll Tax and Church Service Ads
Poll tax must be paid before October 1 with a $100 penalty after the date. Town Clerk H. H. Deyloff. Damond Center M E Church pastor L A Hansley. Worship 9:45 with Sunday school at 10:46 and sermon on God in Our Church. Good Hope M E Church Pastor L A Hunsley. Worship 11:80 and Sunday school 10:80 with God in Our Church as topic.
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H. H. Deyloff
Ten teachers begin student teaching in Cherokee schools
Cherokee public schools welcome ten primary and two elementary teachers for a 12 week fall term as student teachers. Rock township resident Robert Fee dies at Sioux Valley Hospital after years of illness. Federal relief delivers 73 cases or 1752 cans of beef to Cherokee County families. Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters plan open sectional meeting in Crystal Ballroom at 7:30 p.m. Old age pensions rise to 16 more Cherokee county residents, on top of 88 already receiving aid.
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Cherokee
Robert Fee
Rock Township
Sioux Valley Hospital
Cherokee County
Knights of Pythias and
Pythian Sisters
Crystal Ball
County Old Age Assistance Board
Court House
Junior Farm Bureau Party Set For Friday Night
Cherokee Times reports the Cherokee Junior Farm Bureau plans an elaborate meeting at 8 o'clock Friday in the Masonic temple. The event features an Indian pow wow theme with costumes, contests, songs, and refreshments. Nestor Stiles will speak on Indians and Mariam Edwards will read Indian poems.
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Cherokee Junior Farm Bureau
Masonic Temple
Masonic Blue Lodge
Reuben Ohlson
Mrs Pearl Dailey to Head Auxiliary Unit
At the regular Auxiliary meeting elections selected Pearl Dailey as president and Nata Coombs Myra Beeghley Margaret Scott Mary Baumann Nancy Sweet Ora Jordan Ethel Larson as officers. Installation set for the next regular meeting October 1.
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Pearl Dailey
Nata Coombs
Myra Beeghley
Margaret Scott
Mary Baumann
Chaplin
Nancy Sweet
Ora Jordan
Ethel Larson
Ubbo Gerjets Dies After Illness at 65
Ubbo Gerjets died at his home northeast of Aurelia Tuesday evening about 7. He had suffered poor health for months and was in serious condition since last Saturday. He was 65. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:00 pm from the home and 2:30 pm at the Congregational church in Aurelia. Burial in Aurelia cemetery.
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Ubbo Gerjets
Aurelia
Cherokee County Public Notice on Roadside Weeds
Public notice states all weeds along public roads in Cherokee County must be mowed or cut immediately or the Board of Supervisors will order mowing at the expense of the adjacent property, taxed to the property owner. By order of the Board of Supervisors H. M. Montgomery County Auditor.
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Cherokee County
Board of Supervisors
Subscriptions Offered for Sioux City Papers
The Sentinel promotes it role as authorized agent for both Sioux City papers and offers to handle subscription orders for readers seeking convenient service.
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the Sentinel
Sioux City
Aurelia Opens 1935 Season At Home Against Cleghorn
The Aurelia football team hosts Cleghorn in the season opener on Friday. Six starters return from last year as the teams split last year’s scoreless tie. Captain Chester Mattison will pilot the team with Burdette McKinnis calling plays in a close anticipated matchup.
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Cleghorn
Aurelia
Kenneth Bruce
Burdette McKinnis
Virgil Larson
John Christensen
Wilmer Anderson
Aurelia All-Stars Extend Winning Run Into Semifinals
The Aurelia All-Star softball team has 10 straight wins and had previously reached 15 in a row. They won three games since the last report, beating Marcus 5 0 at Paullina, Hartley 6 3, and Early 5 0 at home. Thompson and Grienke pitched in the Paullina and Hartley wins, with Matzdorff and Grienke on the battery for the Early game.
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Aurelia
Paullina
Larrabee
Marcus
Hartley
Ompson
Grienke
All-Stars
Matzdorff
Congregational Church to Host Sermon by Rev. William Wilson
Church services at 11 a.m. led by Pastor Edwin Trigg with church school at 10 a.m. Rev. William Wilson of Fonda, Iowa, to deliver the sermon. Women's Missionary Society plans Wednesday meeting on September 25 at Mrs. Neil Whitney's home.
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William Wilson
Fonda
Iowa
Women’s Missionary Society
Neil Whitney
Looking Back Into the Past of Aurel ia
Ten years ago Elizabeth Scott left for Polk Pennsylvania to teach grade work and physical training. Clara Lockin went to Brookyln New York for library studies. Lewis Morgan suffered a broken neck vertebra after a motorcycle accident. Mrs J C Dick had goiter surgery in Rochester Minnesota.
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Elizabeth Scott
Polk
Pennsylvania
Clara Lockin
Brooklynn
New York
Lewis Morgan
J. C. Dick
Rochester
Minnesota
St Pauls Lutheran Church Reformation Day Program
William Walter pastor leads St Pauls Lutheran Church events including Sunday School at 10 a m English service at 10 45 a m with sermon The Christian Training of Children based on Proverbs 22 6 and invitations to attend A baptism welcomed Mona Gaylene Matzdorf infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Matzdorf last Sunday Religious instruction class Tuesday 5 00 p m confirmation class Tuesday 7 80 and Friday 7 00 Sunday school teachers meet Friday 8 00 Annual Ladies Aid supper next Wednesday for church families to share fellowship
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Mona Gaylene
Walter Matzdorf
Christ's Church
Ladies Aid
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Aurelia, Iowa
Alta Advertiser
Methodist
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Good Hope
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L. A. Hunsley
JR. Farm Bureau Party
H. M
Montgomery County
Sentinel
M. E. Skalovsky
People
Aurelian
Will Tolzin
Verna Howell
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Margaret Lockin
Conservatory of Music
Chicago
James Carr
Geo. Bannister
Pilot Township
New City
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
William Walter
the First Trust & Savings Bank
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