Westfield News brief highlights visits and local events
Special correspondence reports visitors from Seattle Roy Langholz staying with relatives in Yankton. Local moves include Mrs Gladys Beaubien’s discharge from St Vincent Hospital and Glen Parson’s nose bleed accident. Community notes cover crafts at Congregational Ladies Aid, a baby shower in Akron, a trash pickup reminder, and birthday greetings for Alice Minor.
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Roy, Langholz
Seattle
Wash
George Berns
John Peters
Roger Newman
Yankton
S.D
Gladys Beaubien
St. Vincent Hospital
Little Glen Parson
Ella Buffalo
Congregational Ladies Aid
Richard Welch
Laverne
Carol Larsen
Nancy
Marie Dewey
Ray Welch
Robert Welch
Excelsior
Robert
London
England
Bullock
Darrel
Dennis
Sioux City
Lesley Anderson
Susan
Rick Anderson
Scott
Mark
Ed Nelson
Vernon Buehre
le Mars
Alice Minor
Helen Joseph
Esther Moffatt
Elsie Nelson
Freda Dreeszen
Elsa Stroble
Cathy Hoffman
Westfield School Events Include Banquet Prom and Activities
Superintendent notes Junior Senior Banquet and Prom set for Saturday at the Oasis. Track teams are busy with meets. The new high school baseball team plays Floyd Valley Friday at 3 30 and Remsen Monday at 4. Operation Pitfall Pett from State Penitentiary visits April 25 at 10 30. Art Show hosted by Mrs Dennison and elementary teachers April 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Westfield School.
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the Oasis
Floyd Valley
Remsen
Sioux Falls
Dennison
Westfield
Thankful notice from McVay family on kindness shown
A heartfelt thank you is extended to friends neighbors and faculty for pantry supplies memorials and acts of kindness after the long illness and death of James F McVay special thanks to Dr Trotzig Rev Burdette and hospital nurses for care The family lists relatives and names and notes election year commentary from Spirit Lale Beacon 1972.
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James F. McVay
Trotzig
Rev. Burdette
Chatsworth Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
A stream of visits and gatherings unfolds in Chatsworth area households. Mrs. Fanny McKee hosts a Stanley party while Le Mars guests dine with Henry Collmanns, and Colin Collmanns host Mrs. G Moller and family. Julia Hartman family travels from Arizona for a funeral. JoAnn Moller returns from Rochester hospital. Several residents, including Moehlmans, Packards, Repps, Friskes, and Hendricks, host and visit across town and nearby Hawarden and Sioux City. A large funeral crowd attends St Matthew Lutheran for Mrs Katherine Hartman.
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Fanny McKee
JoAnn
Rochester
Lowell Hartman
Marty
Arizona
Katherine Hartman
G. Moller
Miss Eilene
Lois Moehlman
Jerry Kelly
Ashland
Nebr
D. Packard
Jack Lake
Sioux City
Charles Hendricks
H. Liston
Nancy
Orson Liston
Hawarden
Nellie Burnight
Harry Stephenson
Alcester
Albert Moehlmann
Rambhorst
Sioux Center
Dale Huellman
Henry Gebauer
Michael Lowell
Dennis Bultman
John Bultman, Jr
Hugh Dowling
Otto Meins
St. Matthews Lutheran Church
Clara Satthoff
Frances
Indiana
Funeral services for James F McVay held in Akron
Funeral services for James F McVay age 64 were held Saturday April 15 at 2 pm at Wesley United Methodist Church with Rev Ralph Burdette officiating Music included How Great Thou Art and Ivory Palaces James Henriksen and Mrs Orin Harris performed graveside rites were at Riverside Cemetery under Schroeder Funeral Home direction Graveside services were conducted by Freedom Lodge No 434 AF and AM Casket bearers Cyril Larsen John Sweyer Dr C R Mason Raymond Hebeler Arval Lake and Grant Gassman Mr McVay died April 13 at Akron Hospital after a long illness He was born August 9 1907 in Hudson SD He married Myrtle Jordahl in 1931 and Genevieve Gossard in 1954 He lived in Westfield IA and Hudson SD area until 1943 when he moved to Akron He worked for Standard Oil until retiring in 1970 He was Past Master of Freedom Lodge and a member of the Sioux City Consistory Survivors include his widow two sons Robert C of Fostoria MI James V of Apple Valley MN a daughter Marlene Aitken of Wheaton IL a stepson Douglas Gossard of Richfield MN a stepdaughter Mary Gossard of St Paul MN 12 grandchildren two brothers two sisters
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James F. McVay
Wesley United Methodist Church
Ralph Burdette
James Henriksen
Orin Harris
Riverside Cemetery
Schroeder Funeral Home
Freedom Lodge
A.M
Cyril Larsen
John Sweyer
C. R. Mason
Raymond Hebeler
Arval Lake
Grant Gassman
McVay
Akron Hospital
Hudson
S. D
Myrtle Jordahl
Buffalo Center
Genevieve Gossard
Sioux City
Westfield
Iowa
Hudson, D.C
Akron
Standard Oil Company
Robert C
Fostoria
Mich
James V
Apple Valley
Minn
David
Marlene) Aitken
Wheaton, Dl
Douglas Gossard
Richfield
Mary Gossard
St. Paul
W. L. McVay
Beresford
S.D
H. V. McVay
Granby
Mass
Palmer Larson
Hudson, 5.D
Leo Thompson
Waynesville
Home Culture Club and 4-H News Recap
Local clubs report April meetings and plans. Home Culture Club met at Mrs. Stanley Andersons in Iowa with book discussion on The Invisible Scar. Johnson Junior Homemakers met March 20 with 15 members. roll call, pledges, treasurer report, summer camp ideas, 50 years celebration prep, and demonstrations on ironing and posture. Palm Sunday favors prepared for Akron Nursing Home. Rural Home Culture Club met April 7 at Jan Harris’s. scripture lesson Matthew 7 7 12, 17 members, May installation of officers, County Convention report, May 5 luncheon at the Biltmore in Sioux City with Martha Mae Anderson as guest speaker on Art Technique and Appreciation. Preston Pearls 4-H News reports April 8 meeting at Faye M.s home with 17 members. Easter roll call, talent contest May 1, Jr and Sr camp planned for June and July, nursing home bingo and lunch on April 15, talks on lingerie and sewing forms, sewing baskets finished, lunch served by Faye and Donna Oetken.
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Home Culture Club
The
Stanley Anderson
Iowa
Ken Peters
Jill Tindall
Christa
Lisa Brown
Akron
Jill
Rural Home Culture Club
Jan Harris
Mary
Biltmore
Sioux City
Martha Mae Anderson
Frances Witt
Preston Pearls
Faye M
Michélene G
Faye
Thanks for kindness after our loss and notes
Sincere thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for acts of kindness after the loss of our mother grandmother and sister. Gratitude for cards memorials flowers food and for St Matthew's Ladies Aid serving meals. Special appreciation to Pastor Clauson Dr Sharaga and Morningside Manor staff.
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St. Matthew's
Pastor Clauson
Bis
Dr. Sharaga
Morningside Manor
Lowell Hartman
Roy Tweet
Mary Brownmiller
William McUhoff
Way Back Yonder Akron Files Recall Local History
Nostalgic items from Akron Register-Tribune cover 1912 to 1982 notes. Depot wiring, theater events, births, marriages, weather, store hours, and sports results appear, with multiple anniversaries and deaths. A 1962 update lights The Little Brown Church in Nashua.
National Consumer Information Week Proclaimed May 1 6
Government levels announce the first national Consumer Information Week May 1 to 6. A National Consumer Referendum will be conducted by the Council of Better Business Bureaus in the form of a brief questionnaire on business practices that irritate puzzle or please U S consumers.
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Council of Better Business Bureaus
U.S
Pasture Interseeding and Arbor Day Initiatives
The Union County program advances pasture interseeding on Floyd Dav is farm near Elk Point with 500 acres planned this spring and 1000 acres interseeded in three years. ETV talks in April cover improving worn pastures weed control and fertilizer use. Arbor Day kits promote planting evergreen trees to mark the centennial and Keep South Dakota Green sponsor contests. Savings bonds in Plymouth County total 35.5 percent ownership worth 12.5 million with 690,118 annual interest.
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Floyd Davis
Floyd
Elk Point
Union County Soil Conservation District
Herb Bergdale
Alcester
Channel 2
Lyle Derscheid
Leon Wrage
Ed Williamson
Chuck Krueger
SDSU
Mel Rumbaugh
Akron Register-Tribune
Saya Chuck Norby
Union County
Norby
Julius Sterling Morton
Plains
Keep South Dakota Green Association
Gordon L. Mennen
le Mars
Volunteer County Savings Bonds
Plymouth County
Treasury
Towa
Plouth
Union County Homemakers share cooking tips and history notes
Freshly killed chickens should rest four hours in cool temps before cooking to prevent toughness turkeys chill about twelve hours fish cooks quickly due to low connective tissue. May 1 is county history article deadline for Union County History Book emphasizing local events and writers beyond club members. Belts and buckles add personality to garments as Sew Smart TV series shows how to craft and attach components.
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Homemakers County
Union County
Ksoo TV
Sioux Falls
Thank You for Kindness After Our Loss
A family expresses sincere gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for cards gifts flowers and pantry supplies after the death of their father and brother. Special thanks go to Rev Sandvik and the women who served lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
Sandvik
Larry Sorensen
Julie
Henry Helmrichs
Art Moeller
Tractors Must Flash Amber Lights On Roads By Law
Farmers show interest in new laws for amber flashing lights on tractors and slow moving vehicle signs on towed equipment on roads. Ed Guntren explains interpretation. signs must be rear mounted or on the tractor if solo. Signs required for speeds under 25 mph. some placement challenges cited with manure spreaders and silage wagons.
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Lyle R. Mackey
Ed Guntren
Plymouth County
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