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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1934
Page
2
A crowded jumble of town notes covers visits, travels, hospital cases, reunions, church and club events, and local business moves. Harold Port visited family in Letcher South Dakota while others journeyed to Omaha and Yankton. Numerous residents attended weddings, picnics, and Masonic events, with hospital tonsilectomies noted and grain shipments from Akron rising sharply in July as weather stays hot and dry.
The Akron area crowns two weddings with detailed attire and ceremonies. A bride in rose crepe and sweet pea corsages marries in a simple ceremony, followed by a three course breakfast at the bride’s home. The couple plans to reside in Akron after work at local firms. A second wedding in Sioux City features Miss Cleone Billings and Norbert Thornton, with a rose gown and pearl rosary, a church mass, and a post ceremony breakfast before a Omaha trip and a home on Sixth Street. George and Albert Doering unite in Grant township, with family witnesses present and future farming life planned on their Grant township farm.
Alumni picnic scheduled for Thursday August 9 at Nearys Park with a 3 p.m. start and a 9 p.m. dance in the pavilion. Brownie Walters and his orchestra provide music. admission 25 cents for gentlemen, ladies free. Tickets selling well. all alumni invited and urged to attend to support those unable to attend Homecoming.
Jefferson edged Akron 11 to 10 in nine innings as Thesenga earned the win. C. Metz led Akron with three hits including a triple and two doubles, while Peterson hit a homer for Jefferson. Akron rallied to lead late, but Jefferson tied it in the eighth and won with a ninth inning run.
Bids for the River View school in Portland township Plymouth county Iowa are due by 1 p m Thursday August 14 1934. Sealed bids require a five percent certified check or Liberty Bond. Bid openings at Searls school house at 1 p m August 14 1934. Plans available at a home five miles east of Akron. Alfred Buehre secretary. Also includes timetable notices for Soo Line trains and a local S and D league sports recap with Westfield leading Elk Point Hub City and Jefferson.
Teams must file a list of 10 to 12 players for the second half and do so by Saturday, August 11. Play resumes Monday, August 13. Full schedule to follow next week. Shorty’s Hamburgers beat Union Creek 11 to 4 Tuesday. Blatz Brewers host Elk Point All Stars tonight. Aug 7 sees Whippoorwills vs Night Hawks in Akron. Seventy-Sixers to practice against Sod Busters next Thursday.
The article outlines new softball season rules limiting rosters to twelve players plus a manager, or eleven players plus a player-manager if the manager is also a player. Dropping a player allows a new addition, who is suspended from league play with the original team. Teams not at full quota at season start may complete after opening.
On June 25 1934 the District Court of Plymouth County Iowa appointed Elmer Petty as Administrator of Ella May Lias deceased. All debts due to the estate must be paid to the administrator and all claims presented to the court for allowance. Attorney J F Stecker for the estate. Published July 26 August 2 9 1934.
A recipe outline describes Baked Potato Surprise using three large potatoes and creamed tuna filling with butter, milk, and cheese then browned in a hot oven. It adds Frozen Fig Cream made from cream sugar fig syrup and lemon juice, to be frozen.
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