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Akron Register Tribune

Location

Akron, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1939

Page

4

Unclaimed Driver Licenses at Plymouth County Sheriff

Unclaimed drivers licenses remain at the Plymouth County sheriff's office in LeMars and may be claimed at no cost. Names listed include Mrs Eber Waterman Teber Waterman A W Hummel A I Harrington Joe Welch John Meinnis Ben Andresen Toit Bruce Matie Meinnis Mrs Glenn W Sheeler Gerd Ludwigs Worth Banks M P Spaulding Mrs Ward Knapp.

Sheriff's Office LeMars Eber. Waterman Teber Waterman A. W. Hummel A. I. Harrington Joe Welch John MeInnis Ben Andresen Toit Bruce Matie MeInnis Ward Knapp Prank ‘Scholer Plymouth ‘County Iowa

Akron Daily News Highlights Local Happenings

Community notes from Akron feature visits by Mrs Chas Boden and other relatives in Sioux City. Local events include a St Patrick's bazaar in Akron on August 17, a 4-H candy sale August 5, and a baseball game Akron versus Alvord on August 6. Hospital updates list several tonsil and ear surgeries, while town residents attend funerals and visit relatives in nearby towns. Multiple church and social gatherings, a trailer-city grown near Kilstrom’s, and ongoing road grading by Clark Construction are reported along with recent rains aiding corn crops and ongoing grasshopper damage in spots.

Mankato Commercial College Minn Win Spirit ‘Lake Towa James Coleman Souith Weidenfeller’s Chas. Obye K.L. Patrick Akron Little Rock Iowa Alvord Walter Sterk Shirley John Sokolovsky Barbara Joan Sioux City Clarke Heyl John Willis Frank Port Lloyd Port Mia Lloyd Morehead Nellye Wendt Morten Sherwood Vermillion

Catholic Church Services and Mass Schedule

The schedule notes Holy Mass on the first, third and fifth Sundays at 8 a m and 9 30 a m on other Sundays with Confessions on Saturdays before those Sundays. Pastor Father G C Ernst.

Ernst

Youth Eligibility Policy Relaxed for NYA Benefits

NYA plans to expand youth projects as communities show sufficient unemployed youth. In LeMars a project operates, with regulations requiring ages 18 to 25, unmarried, unemployed and in need of employment, not currently in school, registered with the Iowa State Employment Service, and approved as needy. Applications begin via the Employment Service by calling 224 and referrals to the Department of Public Welfare for interview.

NYA LeMars Iowa State Employment Service Department of Public Welfare

Westfield Middlings Funeral Notices and Local Visits

Special correspondence notes Mrs F Taylors uncle funeral in Wessington South Dakota last week attended by L F Taylor Alex McInnis Mr and Mrs Harvey Taylor and Stanley. Mrs Mary Clarey visited the Will Buryanek family at Vermillion South Dakota for a week. Mrs Axel Kilstrom hosted the H F club Tuesday afternoon.

L. F. Taylor Alex, McInnis Harvey Taylor Stanley F. Taylor Wessington Mary Clarey Will Buryanek Vermillion Axel Kilstrom H. F. Club

Legion and Auxiliary Picnic and Notes

A fine crowd attended the Legion Auxiliary picnic Tuesday evening. A seven o clock chicken supper was served and a short program followed with Bonnie and Beulah Port musical readings, Lorraine Johnson singing, Dorothy Johnson assisting, and a piano accordion solo by Dorothy Johnson. After the program a brief business session. Mrs Otto Larsen offers rag rugs from Knoxville Hospital. Sympathy to families of Mr I Halvorsen who died Tuesday noon from pneumonia. funeral Thursday at 2:30 p.m. English Lutheran church.

Legion‘Auxiliary Bonnie Beulah Port W. J. Brunner Lorraine Johnson Dorothy Johnson Otto Larsen Knoxville Hospital Mabel Lewison I.’ Halvorsen English ‘Lutheran Church

Le Mars to Host A A U District Swim Meet

The LeMars municipal pool hosts the 1939 District A A U swimming meet for ten northwest Iowa counties on Sunday August 6. Athletes from Monona Crawford Woodbury Cherokee Ida Plymouth Sioux O'Brien Lyon and Osceola counties compete to qualify for the Midwest championships for younger swimmers. Entry fee 25 cents plus 25 cent A A U fee. spectators free. Information via D H McCluskey LeMars.

LeMars A.A. U Iowa Monona Crawford Woodbury Cherokee Ida Plymouth Sioux O’brien Lyon Osceola LeMars Junior ‘Chamber ‘of ‘Commerce D. H McCluskey

Union County 4 H labs announce August achievement days

Union county 4 H clubs will hold Achievement Days from August 10 to 29 with exhibits demonstrations and judging events open to parents and the public. H M Jones reports demonstrations teams and county exhibits will be chosen for state events later in the fall. Adjacent counties Clay Lincoln Yankton hold days in August with varied dates.

Union County Clay Lincoln Mes Yankton

Second Annual Interstate Gladiolus Show in Sioux City

Gladiolus growers and fanciers from northeast Nebraska southeast South Dakota and northwest Iowa gather in Sioux City August 5 6 for the second annual Interstate Gladiolus show. The air conditioned Martin Hotel ballroom hosts exhibits with judging by noon day one. Awards valued over 600 plus loving cups and medals for amateur and commercial classes. space requested by several large eastern growers. small growers class added to allow amateur entrants. The Sioux City Gladiolus Society sponsors with the Chamber of Commerce and Sioux City Garden Club inviting middlewestern entrants.

Sioux Nebraska South Dakota Iowa Martin Hotel T. M. Pratt Sioux City Gladiolus Society Pew Glub Chamber of Commerce

Akron jeweler advertisement fragment

Fragment from an inter-tribung want-ad noting a buried or hidden item and directing readers to search for it with similar notices. The text repeats a phrase about a jeweler in Akron and urges finding the item through an advertisement.

A World For Two Blossoms In Rita's Room

Rita, amid roses from Grace, prepares a romantic scene in a shabby room turned fairyland. Ed discovers the blooms and questions who sent them, sensing another girl may have unlocked Rita's happiness as she withholds the secret.

Rita Grace Eesti

No Cure All in Label of Science Says Watson Davis

Watson Davis of Science Service argues that no label or package can be a universal cure all for science. He notes science is a passionate devotion to facts and distinct from other activities, while warning that statements without comment can be libelous or slanderous in certain contexts.

Watson Davis Science Service Pearson Poincaire George

Royalty's Height Measured and Reunion Plans

A historic granite pillar in Roskilde records the heights of monarchs such as Peter the Great at six feet eight inches. The Fifty-second Iowa Volunteer Infantry plans its annual reunion and picnic in Cherokee on Sunday, August 13, inviting Spanish-American War veterans and families. If Congress has adjourned, Senator Guy M. Gillette will attend the event.

Roskilde Ogaigat Canute Peter the ‘Great Christian VI Edward VII Peter the Great Fifty-second Iowa Volunteer Infantry Cherokee Guy M. Gillette

National figure hosts speaker on Dr. Donald day

A national figure delivered remarks featuring a speaker addressing Dr. Donald in a public event. Details on location and exact time were not provided in the readable text, but the appearance drew attention from attendees and local observers.

Sday Donald

The Boarding House Muscle and the Reach of Advertising

A humorous note on the human anatomy names the "boarding-house muscle" for extending the arm to reach at meals. It links reach to business success, arguing that advertisers win by reaching more customers and delivering value, while the chief business aim is serving those customers and expanding their reach.

Vanyone

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