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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1937
Page
4
Nearby towns note Peterson starts library construction with the first shovel of dirt at 8:00 AM in the city park. Other items include Storm Lake’s Tornadoes crushing Alta 82 to 0 and bank purchase by Storm Lake investors, plus marriages, long service honors, and local coaching changes in the region.
The Grashoff family expresses sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for acts of kindness and sympathy after the death of wife and mother. They also thank for the floral offerings.
Aurelia school representatives led by Superintendent Arthur J. Renaud Coach Lyle Paulson and Charles Beam attended the annual schoolmaster meeting at Clegthorn Wednesday evening. Plans were set for county declamatory contests among Cherokee Marcus Aurelia Cleghorn and Larrabee with preliminary sites at Aurelia and Marcus and later sub county and state rounds. The program will include one act plays and a county basketball tourney will move from Cherokee to Marcus due to date conflicts.
Aurelia high school football under coach Lyle Paulson beat Sioux Rapids 25 to 7, with John Christensen scoring three first half touchdowns including a 45 yard run and Jack Coombs adding a late score. Sioux Rapids managed their only touchdown after Aurelia rested starters. Aurelia travels to Sutherland for next conference game on Friday night.
County Agent C H Thompson spoke at Immaculate Conception church hall on the Junior Farm Bureau advantage of character building leadership and guiding youths to future senior work. The October 21 meeting will feature a debate as over 60 members attended with a baby picture contest won by Celestine Corzilius and refreshments provided by Irene Turner and team.
Mr and Mrs John W Swanson observed their 25th wedding anniversary with 200 relatives and friends at their southeast of Aurelia farm. A program featured Ruth Johnson Violet and Bernice Nelson I Love You Truly and Home Sweet Home, vocal trio, cornet solo by Raymond Kruse, Swedish song by Chicago nieces, Rev G A Johnson of Cherokee spoke, flowers and silver streamers decorated the home, a large wedding cake was given by Mrs August Gustafson, and gifts of silverware and money were received from many. Attendees included Ernest Johnson Carl Johnson Garvin Minnesota Henry Swanson and son Harold Eaton Colorado Alfred Franzen Chicago and Alfred Johnson Flandreau South Dakota.
An unofficial report states No 6 paving should finish westward this afternoon or Thursday morning to join city paving at Cher okee. Equipment moves to Aurelia to complete the stretch between finished pavement and Erick Johnson corner. Remaining paving stretches east to McQuinn corner then south to Johnson corner. Bridge work east of McQuinn advances. Pixler bridge work is only preliminary. If weather cooperates, paving should be completed this fall.
Aurelia defeated Sioux Rapids 26 to 7 while Ida Grove beat Cherokee 18 to 7. Storm Lake shutout Alta 32 to 0 and Sutherland topped Cleghorn 6 to 0. Schaller blanked Peterson 18 to 0 in Friday action.
Harold H. Beaty of Iowa State College will discuss low cost hot and cold running water systems for farm homes at a Cherokee Farm Bureau meeting Tuesday October 5 at 8 p m. The session will cover cost, renters, freezing, supply and storage, pressure, sewage, planning, and plumbing. Beaty will use charts and visuals and invite audience questions and problem-solving.
Long time Afton township resident Ammon Sexton died at Aurelia Iowa September 28 1987 at age 68. He lived on the same farm for 68 years married Albertena Betcher had six children and 19 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at his home with Rev L H Preul of the Aurelia Methodist church and he is buried in Aurelia cemetery.
The Sexton family extends sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for acts of kindness and expressions of sympathy in the passing of their husband and father, Mrs. Ammon Sexton and Family.
County Treasurer F. M. Tyner and staff began mailing nearly 2000 homestead exemption certificate checks late last week. The funds help residents pay the final half of taxes due by October 1.
Four cars were involved in a Sunday evening collision west of the Kellogg hill southeast of Cherokee. K C Dagger and wife Delores and Joan Wieland sustained only slight injuries from flying glass. Dirk Wieland reported damage to his rear wheel, and the Dagger vehicle left the road into a ravine after hitting Wieland on the down grade.
Cherokee county Ladies Aid association meets at Mt Olive Baptist church for an all day session Friday. Registration at 10, devotional and greetings, noon lunch by Good Hope ladies, afternoon program with multiple church musical numbers and addresses by Cherokee community members and church groups.
Rasmussen Bros of Sioux City began drilling a new deep well in Aurelia on Wednesday forenoon and reached a depth of 16 feet by four o'clock that afternoon.
Ten years ago Aurelia’s independent football team tied 0 0 with Sae City at Lakewood park near Lake View. Mrs U TH Dyslin elected chairman of PLBL. Sleezer began erecting a 32 by 40 barn on his farm north of town. A A Davis will quit farming and hold a sale October 5 on the Bisehel farm. Mrs Clara Neville estate sold for 2000 to J Shank. A B Lindsay and Walter Jensen formed an auctioneering partnership. VP Basler died at home in Aurelia. Glenn Nelson enrolled in a four year civil engineering course at Madison Wisconsin. Lloyd Scott failed final exam at Long Island and will return home with honorable discharge. John Whitney bought Amos Loucks farm of 160 acres in Spring township. H W W Lockin bought partner Andrew Johnson’s interest in city livery barn. After six years at Aurelia Methodist church Rev O M Bond transferred to Spencer. Rev L H Troutman assigned to Aurelia church.
Storm Lake Register reports Q C Fuller seventy a Milford physician died when his car struck a state highway commission truck twelve miles north of Storm Lake on highway seventy one around 3 PM Friday. Relatives say he was en route to visit two daughters Marian and Ila Buena Vista College when the crash occurred.
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