26 Apr 1973
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1973
Page
1
Special Correspondence from Chatsworth lists Easter weekend visits and gatherings in Akron Hawarden Elk Point and Sioux City including Emil Erickson's return home thanks to prayers and a hospital fund. Dinners weddings church baskets and multiple family visits highlight the community’s holiday observances. Mrs Doyle Fickbohm signs off with gratitude for cards gifts and support.
Lois Kettering Rossow 52 of LaPorte City died Thursday evening at Scholtz Memorial Hospital Waterloo of cancer. Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Monday at St Paul United Methodist Church LaPorte City with burial at Ferguson Cemetery Lake View. She taught fourth grade at Akron school then owned Johannsen Rossow Funeral Home with her husband since 1958. Survived by husband Gordon R Rossow mother Mrs Howard Kettering Lake View son Mark and daughter Lexa Jane, a brother Fred M Kettering and sister Mrs John Barker. Memorials to St Paul UMC or Hawkeye Chapter Red Cross Waterloo.
The Frerichs family expresses thanks for support during their loss. They thank Pastor Sandvik for spiritual strength, Emma Frerichs and Edna Latham for continual help, friends for food, and Martha Circle members for lunch. Sincerest appreciation from Mr and Mrs Henry R Frerichs and families.
Items from the Akron Register-Tribune file trace anniversaries births and local developments across decades. Highlights include a 1903 birth, railway work near town, fish theft reports, and early soda fountain installations. The column then surveys subsequent decades with births marriages new businesses and public works through 1963.
Local groups report April meetings and plans. The Home Culture Club at Meriele Wilmot’s discussed Portraits of the Apostles with pictures by Mrs. Richardson. 13 members attended. The Friendship and Service Club at Elvira Nielsen’s held skits and distributed Bicentennial Plates. Jeanne Hinrichsen won a state sewing contest. Senior Citizens heard Rev. Ralph Burdette speak on Wounded Knee. Sioux Viking Lodge No. 494 set an May 1 initiation and folk dancing night led by Clara Luther. Veterans of WW I district meeting planned for April 28 in Orange City with a potluck. Tops No. IA 299 hosted a weight loss themed fun night in Sioux City, with plans for a rematch against Adventurers Travel Club. Travel group heads to New Orleans for Spring Fiesta and to Sioux City for Lawrence Welk Show. A thank you note by Larry Waterbury reflects on flowers and hospital visits. Scattered 4-H met at Judy Beech’s, pledged, and planned nut cap project. Terry Kjose, Reporter.
Sioux County leaders push to protect tax revenue as the site near Hospers is eyed by a landfill group paying 997 in yearly real estate taxes. Local civic notes report Vietnam veterans honored at Sioux Center High School, regional business talks in Orange City, and new board directors for Sioux Center Land Development.
Verna Bournoutian arrived from North Hollywood for Easter with the French family and returned Sunday. Easter Sunday dinner guests included several Iowa families. Local patients include Albert Bernhart and Phil Beaubien at area hospitals. Veterans of World War I meet in Orange City with pot luck lunch. Community visits and guests roam Westfield listings, with a note for kitchen tips and stamps.
More scenes from Come Blow Your Horn will be presented by the Akron Community Theater on April 27 28 29 and 30. The shows promise a lively comedic look at young adulthood with local performers in a small theater setting.
Plymouth County forms a Conservation Education Committee with Worth Banks as chair. Douglas Herman of Remsen Union High School elected chairman with Judy Homan as secretary. The group plans outdoor classroom projects and broader environmental education across county schools and local organizations. May Fellowship Day 1933 theme honors volunteers in health, education, aging care, and environmental advocacy.
The Sioux Falls Choral Fest on April 14 featured five high school choirs including Washington and Liggels light. Directed massed choir led by Dale Grotenhuis of Dordt College. Baltic High School led by Ronn Huettmann presented Lotti Kyrie and Schubert mass extracts plus Yugoslav folk songs. Huettmann also organist at April 18 wedding of Rhonda Wills and Jerry Baumann at The Church of the Good Shepherd.
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