02 Aug 1962
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1962
Page
1
The notice shows rates: 2.50 per year or 1.25 for six months in Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury Counties, Iowa, and Union County. It lists 3.00 per year elsewhere.
A Sioux City teacher Mrs Turner visits the Mabel Lilly home with Rev George Rice and others from Kansas City. Library notes, August meetings canceled, book list and reading programs, Goodwill statistics for 1961 shared by Jennie Lilly.
A poem by Jennie Lilly We hear about picture windows in modern homes yet this one is an old fashioned window with a broad view of tulips trains robins and birds. Neighbors pass by as birds build nests while other birds like black birds turtle doves and orioles contribute music from spring to night. The speaker cherishes trees fields sky and a sunset with moon and stars as the only view needed.
Eight teams will play double headers each night with 7 30 and 9 00 starts and no admission. Friday August 3 features Christian versus Methodist and Trinity versus Baptist. A gift subscription to the Register Tribune is offered as a lasting gift and can be paired with a Want Ad.
The column recalls 20, 30, and 50 years ago in Akron with baseball wins and thrills, marriages, and local notices. Highlights include Akron beating Lennox 8–0 behind Barney Swift and Emery Tucker, a Sioux City game 13–12, Farm Show plans, oil tanker incident delays, obituaries, births, and town events spanning 1942 to 1982.
James Pearce Kelley, 52, a LeMars Democrat and attorney, named by Governor Erba to the 21st Iowa judicial district replacing Leo Lampman. Appointment effective Sept 2. Kelley graduates Iowa 1984, served in Navy, partner with J T Keenan, seven children, former district bar president, Iowa Bar board member, and active in Crippled Children society and local civic groups. Johnson Jr Homemakers 4-H Club met July 23 at Karen Willer's home with 17 girls and 12 mothers. projects judged and fair plans set.
A transient’s body was found near the Great Northern railroad track north of Dalton with an apparent head wound. letters addressed to Walter T. Wilson of Ogdensburg New York were found in his pockets. The item reflects 60 years ago events including building, property sales, a buggy accident, births, and local news items from Union County and Akron.
The 1962 Iowa Publisher Directory details more than 500 newspapers and broadcasting stations. Published by the University of Iowa School of Journalism, it lists names, locations, executives, circulation, advertising rates, call letters, staff, and locations for 46 dailies, 878 weeklies and semiweeklies, plus 12 TV stations and 79 AM FM radio outlets. Des Moines leads with extensive outlets. Sioux City follows. Single copies are $1 from the university.
Akron Iowa council met July 24 1962 to adopt the budget after hearing taxpayers none spoke. Verle Barwick Joseph Tratzig and Roy Nielsen voted aye while Mayor Clarence Hummel and others presided. Bills approved include Akron Register Tribune publication and various local suppliers.
Local notes report Arden Johnson family vacationing in Nederland Colorado while Harold Lewison recovers from a fractured ankle after an auto crash. Rev Michael Strom and family vacation in Wisconsin, Roy Nielsen and Robert visit Athens and Milwaukee relatives. Pastor David Roy attends funeral in Emanuel Lutheran Church for parishioner John B D Peters. Mrs F F McElhaney mourns Charles F Schuyler brother to Tacoma Washington death. body returned to Sioux City for burial. Chris Beech and family return from Denver visit with Horbath relatives and grandson Bob Frerichs. Theodore William Porsch dies at 64 near Hinton. funeral in Trinity Lutheran Hinton.
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