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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
1
Published every Thursday and entered as second class matter at the post office at Aurelia Iowa. Notice this paper does not stop at expiration date unless we are so ratified and subscribers who continue to accept paper will be under obligation to pay for same.
Mrs. John Larson celebrated her birthday with a Friday evening gathering at her home. Attendees included the Larsons nearby Aurelia and several families from Alta Cherokee and Aurelia. A decorated cake and two course luncheon topped the party with thanks and gifts for the guest of honor.
Reading period note highlights enjoyment of Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer. Story follows a city girl and her problems, reflecting school activities.
Norma and Genevieve brought seeds while Jack Artie Ruth Ann and Darrell shared story books for Miss Galvin to read. Benny brought a jack oct lantern as October approaches. They anticipate Hallo ween and the third floor lunchroom redecorating by Homemaking girls.
Students collect colorful leaves as they join reading and art activities. They read The Three Bears and Bambi, craft Baby Bear, and enjoy a party after John Baumann’s birthday. Several students, including Patricia Allen and Larry Hansen, were absent this week, while John Baumann’s family contributed ice cream cups for the party.
Ruth Sawvell Leeds, born September 5 1909 in Savannah NL, died September 20 1944 at age 35. She married Glen H Leeds February 20 1932 and was a Mt Olive Baptist Church member. Survived by husband two daughters two grandkids and three brothers. funeral services held at Wharton Funeral Home Aurelia and Mt Olive Church with Rev EB Gillet and Rev Vernon White leading prayers and songs. Burial in Good Hope Cemetery.
Friday perfect spelling scores were earned by Jerry Conley Marilyn Radke Douglas Schulke Lu Dene Bengtson Eva Marie Hasenkwinkel Howard Wohlers Gary Morgan Gerry Ann Hansen and Janet Ohlson. Our class plans orange crate chairs for the library then will paint them. In geography we studied types of communities and how town and city neighborhoods differ. Mrs Ralph Mongan visited our room Monday afternoon.
Students imagine a voyage on the Normandie while learning visas passports and shipboard comforts. A bulletin board lists top papers Arlen Marlys Anne Joan Donald Carol Jerry Gaylene and Frank and perfect spelling scorers Rita Smith Marcalyn Bell Carol Elliott Dick Fassler Gaylene Maddorff and Marlys Anne Mum mert.
In Science they mounted leaves from local trees and wrote poems about Willows and Oaks. A hike helped name trees, plus a wind becoming music in autumn colors. Art displayed student tree pictures. geography unit ends with a test this week.
The Junior High Sentinel notes the opening of the V-Stamp bank last Wednesday. Sales on opening day reached 251 dollars. Seventeen eighth grade papers were perfect in spelling and fifteen seventh grade papers perfect. Seventh graders study areas in arithmetic. Election News and Views bulletin board to publish speeches up to November 7. Leonard Johnson returns. several students absent due to illness. Bankers of the week are Betty Lou Speers and Bob Holderness.
On September 19 the Aurelia High School Junior Class finished a 10 day magazine drive for Curtis Publishing. The 43 students raised 968.00 from 351 subscriptions earning 302.94 after prize money. Red captain LaVern Gustafson blue captain Orville Gregg supervised daily deposits to Jane Goettsch and Curtis Publishing.
The article details a sales contest with prizes on specific days from September 11 to 15. Lois Galvin led with 84.26 in sales and wins a 25 war bond, followed by Jane Lawniczak and Ruth Renaud receiving defense stamps worth 5 and 2.5 respectively. other rewards include a memento pig and personal items.
A. H. 8 announces a football schedule with games at Akron Marcus Cleghorn Paullina Linn Grove Marathon Alta from Sept 29 to Nov 11 and notes a classified ad may sell it.
Mr and Mrs Eddie Juergens Mrs Robert Kaufman Mr and Mrs Wayne Wrede of Storm Lake Mr and Mrs Arthur Wogahn and son Larry and Fred Wogahn of Aurelia and Miss Joan Huseman celebrated Mr Wrede s birthday at the Herman Wrede home with additional guests later in the evening. Sgt Arthur Roth on furlough from overseas visits his parents Emil Roth and family. Irene Zwemke spent weekend with Harold Hogrefe near Newell.
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