Two Local Business Men Die In Week In Iowa
Obituaries report Frank Edward Pratt 65 of Aurelia and Edwin McCurdy 26 of Aurelia who died within days of each other. Pratt died in Rochester Minnesota after surgery and is mourned by Grace Powell Pratt and siblings. McCurdy's death follows brief illness leading to funeral services in Aurelia with church and fraternal honors.
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Frank Pratt
Rochester
Minn
Frank
Turner Funeral
Cedar Rapids
L. H. Preul
Aurelia
Frank Edward Pratt
Morgan
Mary Pratt
Shellsburg
Iowa
Colonial Hospital
University of Iowa
Lytton
Grace Powell
Sioux City
J. C. Nelson
Pratt
Presbyterian Church
Masonic
Odd Fellow
Clara Godden
Thorp
Wis
Alice la Tourette
Bertha Pratt
Pasadena
Cal
Edith Ellson
James Pratt
Independence
Thomas Pratt
St. Croix
Edwin McCurdy
Mac
Charles Edwin
Charles
Harriet McCurdy
Alta
Borden
Business Men’s Association
Knight of Pythias Lodge
Edwin
Fifteen 1940 Graduates Seek Further Training
According to available data fifteen of the thirty six graduates from 1940 plan to pursue advanced schooling in various colleges and schools nationwide. Students listed include Richard Akers at Des Moines, Wayne Bruce and Robert Parrott at Buena Vista Storm Lake, Eileen Christensen at Christian College Missouri, Roberta Dawson at Minnesota, Paul Holderness at Chicago Technical College, Adrian Kline at Iowa City, Alice Lydell Lois Marquardt Ruby Nelson La Merne Ruebsamura at Sioux City beauty schools, John Mongan aviation mechanics in California, Paul Niles business school in Sioux City, Jakem Ohlsop Gornell Mt. Vernon, and Robert Wilson postgraduate study Cherokee.
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Richard Akers
Des Moines
Wayne Bruce
Robert Parrott
Buena Vista
Storm Lake
Eileen Christensen
Christian College
Columbia, Mo
Roberta Dawson
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Paul Holderness
Chicago
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Alice Lydell
Lois Marquardt
Ruby Nelson
la Merne Ruebsamura
Sioux City
John Mongan
California
Paul Niles
Jaken
Ohlsop
Gornell
Mt. Vernon
Robert Wilson
Cherokee
Card of Thanks for kindness after death of husband and son
For every kindly service rendered during the illness and death of our beloved husband and son and for the beautiful floral tributes we extend our sincere thanks and gratitude. Such kindness and sympathy will remain a precious memory. Mrs Edwin McCurdy Mr and Mrs Chas McCurdy Mr and Mrs Walter Anderson
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Edwin, McCurdy
Chas. McCurdy
Walter Anderson
Aurelia Garden Club Elects Officers for Next Year
The Aurelia Garden Club held its last meeting of the year at Verna Lockin’s home with 14 members and one visitor present. Officers elected were Eula Lewis president Olive Johnson vice president Margaret Scott secretary-treasurer and Forney Dukes reporter.
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Aurelia Garden Club
Verna Lockin
Eula Lewis
Olive Johnson
Sec
Treas
Margaret Scott
Forney Dukes
Fae Fraser
Ethel Matzdorff
Ruth Carlberg
Mary Wieland
Successful I. P. F. Rally Held Sunday
Over 200 youths from northwest Iowa attended the Sioux Association fall rally of the Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship at the Congregational church. The Aurelia group opened the program before Rev. Homer E. Blough of Rock Rapids spoke on achieving a personality after the pattern of Jesus. Kenneth Allbaugh reported on the national conference in California. No films were shown after lunch due to unavailability.
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Iowa
Sioux Association
Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship
Congregational
Trigg
Aurelia Group
Homer E. Blough
Rock Rapids
Kenneth Allbaugh
State I. P. F
California
Aurelia Pastor To Write Radio Script for KFUO Feature
Rev. Walter Wolter of St. Pauls Lutheran Aurelia has been invited by KFUO St. Louis to prepare weekly manuscripts for a Friday 4 16 to 4 30 p m program Seeking The Truth. The feature describes religions of different peoples to illustrate spiritual blindness in seeking the true God.
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Wm. Wolter
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Aurelia
KFUO
St. Louis
Walter
Lutheran Church
Concordia Theological Seminary
Walter Maier
South Sioux Valley Jam Fetes Four Wins 18 to 0
The south four teams Aurelia Cleghorn Alta and Sioux Rapids won the jam boree game 18 to 0 at Alta field before a fair crowd. Aurelia scored both touchdowns and the extra point in the first quarter as Anderson crossed the line after two Sutherland punt blocks Coombs added the extra point Hamann scored on a Booth pass Porter blocked. Cleghorn Hartley Alta Primghar Sioux Rapids Paullina each played in later quarters with Primghar driving to the five before a fumble.
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Aurelia
Cleghorn
Alta
Sioux Rapids
Alta Field
Aurelia Bulldogs
Sutherland
Coombs
Hamann
Booth
Porter
Hartley
Primghar
Paullina
Aurelia Business Men
Sioux Valley
Bulldogs
Manson
Lowell Henry
More Power to You free film shown in Aurelia
An educational sound film about rural electrification titled More Power to You will be shown at the Community Theatre in Aurelia on Thursday night September 26 at 8:00 PM. The public admission is free and attendees are invited to view this entertaining yet informative program.
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Aurelia
Aurelia School to Hold Friday Flag Raising
Students and faculty at Aurelia school will hold a flag raising ceremony Friday at 1:15 PM for a new 40 foot flag pole placed south of the front entrance. The program includes the high school band performance and choral readings as the flag is raised and flown daily if weather permits.
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Aurelia School
Washta optometrist closes for winter notice
28 8 notice states the office of James McDonald The Washta Optometrist will close for the winter on October 5.
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James McDonald
Washta- Optometrist
Cooking School At Pauls Radio Shop Attracts 60 Ladies
About sixty women attended a free cooking school at Pauls Radio Shop Wednesday evening with a larger turnout expected Thursday afternoon. The event, sponsored by Iowa Automatic Gas Co., featured Miss Marie Butler of Cedar Rapids delivering a demonstration of bottle gas baking and broiling on a modern automatic range.
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Paul
Iowa Automatic Gas Co
Paul Stieneke
Marie Butler
Cedar Rapids
Much Corn To Be Stored in Aurelia
Local grain firms prepare for a bumper crop by ordering eight carloads of steel bins, 16 bins per car, to be distributed to county towns. Each bin holds about 2750 bushels, with farmers resealing corn to earn 10 cents a bushel in advance from the Commodity Credit Corporation.
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AAA
Aurelia
Commodity Credit Corporation
Howell Announces 1941 Auto Showing
Harry Howell promotes the first showing of the 1941 Oldsmobile and Chevrolet models this Saturday at Jack's Service Station. The event runs in the afternoon and evening, with rice cream offered to every visitor.
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Harry Howell
Chevrolet
Jack
Harry
Bulldogs to Open Season on New Field Friday Night
The town begins a new season on a freshly built field this Friday night. Local sports readers will note the season opener sets a fresh tone for area teams, with excitement mounting as players prepare for the first home game.
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Bulldogs
Hanover Girl Is Accidentally Shot
Hanover-Eunice Bahr an 18 year old daughter of Rev and Mrs Otto Bahr was seriously hurt Sunday when a .22 rifle discharged by accident. The bullet entered under the right eye passed below the nasal passage and shattered the left cheek bone. The accident happened as her brother was putting the rifle away after target practice with a group of youths. Miss Bahr was seated in a car nearby.
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Hanover
Eunice Bahr
Otto Bahr
Miss Bahr
Woman's Club Opens New Year Meeting
The Woman's Club held its first meeting of the club year on Friday September 13 at Mrs Mildred Whitneys home. President Mrs Fae Fraser presided and the program committee introduced the lineup featuring the biography of Osa Johnson Ruth Carlberg a seventh grade sextet singing and a book review I Married Adventure by Osa Johnson presented by Miss Celia Lewis.
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Woman’s Club
Mildred Whitney
Fae Fraser Ser
Leone Mummert
Lorene Radke
Osa Johnson
Ruth Carlberg
Celia Lewis
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Wharton Funeral Home
Congregational Church
Edwin Trigg
Aurelia Cemetery
Vivian
E. Wall
First Trust & Savings Bank
Federal, Deposit Insurance Corporation
Garden Club
Aurelia Pastor
William Wolter
Jamboree
Methodist “Church
O. C. Waddell
Aurelia Methodist Church
Risher
Vernon Kaskey
Hopkins
Karl Kludas
Adair
Roger Glawe
Barbara Jean Glawe
Jean Hddy
Preston
Elizabeth Eddy
Hewitt
Betty Phillips
Slater
Shirley Nielsen
Crammond
Marjorie Huseman
Peery
Lorraine Preul
Young Hunter
Woodward
Betty Albright
Lawson
Harriett Ohlson
Crosby
Joan Will
Sweet Genevieve
Tucker
Crabb
Ardys Deyloff
van Rees
Arlene Nelson
Friedman
Melba Carde
Kern
Margaret Johnson
Nevin
Betty Anderson
Howell
Sentinel
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Emma Sauter
Mattie Sauter
Fred Parrott
J. C. Parrott
Charlie Pingel
Texas
Aurelia Waddell
State University
Opal Paulson
Lee L. Robinson
W. A. Parks
David Watts
Indianapolis
College of Missions
August Nelson
J. J. Howell
Ina Pearl Lamm
Arthur G. Lansen
Irene Robar
Ada Belew
Morningside College
Sioux Rapids Eleven
Ob Freday
Wwlue
The
Farmers National Bank
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