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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
6
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The Union Creek Church announces evening services on Sunday August 11 at 8 o clock with Rev Linne Bomgren of Fort Williams Ontario as guest speaker. The Ladies Aid meets at Luther Hall on Wednesday August 14 before the annual picnic. The Union Creek Picnic is set for Thursday August 15 at the church grounds with Rev G A Palm of Valley Springs SD delivering the evening talk. A bountiful supper and a fine program have been arranged. all are invited.
Ten Camp Ripley bound young men from LeMars National Guard Company K of the 183rd Infantry depart Sunday for Minnesota to join 40 000 guardsmen and regulars in intensive training led by Captain Matthew A. Levins. Privates Kenneth Zierath Harold Scott Jerome Stoos and Wayne Von Hagel travel with Robert Hamman a sergeant and former Akron boy now in LeMars.
The church schedules regular services through year end with September 17 set as the church year end. Members are urged to pay dues early for final reports and planning. The Official Board meets next Monday at 8 PM. Choir and Ladies Aid hold meetings next week with music and a program. The Women’s Organization of Christian Service will be discussed to prepare a new Woman’s Work program. Regular services continue next Sunday with a pastor’s message.
The Plymouth county Legion and Auxiliary invite members to a picnic at LeMars Municipal Park on Sunday August 11 at 1 pm. County Commander Geo W Pavlik and County Adjutant Clyde Marshall oversee plans. Casper Post of Hinton supplies ice cream cakes and drinks. Families bring sandwiches and a covered dish. There will be swimming and sports with prizes for all ages.
Mrs. G W Campbell attended a family reunion in Ponca Nebraska. Miss Ruby Johnson returned to Sioux City after visiting her uncle Gust Granquist. Several families planned western trips to Yellow stone and other sites. 4 H Roundup attendees Ruth Stoutenburg and Dorothy Baldwin traveled to Brookings SD. Outing at Lake Hubert expected for Brunner family. Dondelinger family visited from Mission Texas. Gusman recovering from a hernia at Akron Hospital. English Lutheran Ladies Aid to host ice cream social August 10. Union Creek extension club to meet August 12 at Mrs Chas Waterbury home. Karl Sauer returned from Texas to visit family. Multiple guests from California Des Moines and Sioux City visiting Mrs Ethel Thorson. Dr C R Mason and family drove to Omaha to join visitors. Arthur Montagne and daughter vacation in Ozarks Mo with sister Mrs Holland Anderson.
The Inter-State Editorial Association held its twentieth annual session in Sioux City on August 1 and 2 with golf at Mayd Park, a banquet at Mayfair Hotel, and a Musical Comedy Circus at Grandview Park. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith and Ray A. Smith of the Register-Tribune, and Mrs. G. H. Smith of Mt. Vernon SD.
The Legion and Auxiliary held their annual picnic at Legion Hall on Tuesday August 6 with a large crowd in attendance. A musical program followed the luncheon featuring Maybelle Burrill June Larsen Olive Burrill and Beulah Port with Joy Deane Arkin on piano accordion Ruth Rae Stoutenburg played piano accordion A brief business meeting elected Cecelia Lucken as a delegate to the fall conference in Dubuque Town This week The county Legion and Auxiliary meeting was scheduled for Sunday August 11 at 1 pm in Municipal Park LeMars.
The Empress Theatre schedules a week of features starting Friday August 9 with Yukon Flight continuing Renfrew saga alongside Gambling On the High Seas starring Wayne Morris. Susan and God with Bing Crosby Swing, Take A Chance night ten cent tickets Tuesday, and Baldevin's Wedding Swedish comedy Wednesday and Thursday. Ruth Hussey John Carroll Rita Hayworth lead a strong cast. Tales promise action, romance, humor and language captions for the Swedish film.
Trinity Lutheran Church announces Sunday school at 10 a m and German service at 11 a m Mrs Mary Beckmann hosts Ladies Aid in church parlors Thursday August 15 at 81 Matth Luth Church Chatsworth lists Sunday school at 9 a m German service at 9 30 a m Pastor Fred A Meske notes Miss Dorothy Montagne of Omaha visiting at the Montagne home.
The Akron Juniors defeated LeMars Juniors 16 to 6 in a nine inning game. Barney Swift pitched the entire game for Akron, fanning 16 and allowing eight hits. LeMars used Beggs and Orban as pitchers, with Akron forcing the decisive eighth inning and a seven run stretch across the seventh and eighth frames.
Sunday Bible school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11. Union evening service at City Park at 8 with Rev Williams delivering the sermon and special music. Leslie G Williams, Pastor. Try a Want Ad for quick results.
The column frames a campaign race as Caesar style conquest with players likened to hitters and pitchers. It notes final August 24 score expectations, urges effort, warns about upcoming heavy hitters, and lists a peculiar scoreboard of Akron voters and tallies, ending that votes will decide the outcome.
Emanuel Lutheran Church announces Sunday services led by Ernest G Svenson with a sermon on Deaf and Dumb People Can Be Cured. A church picnic is planned for Thursday August 22 at Robert Anderson farm with races games and food. An ice cream social is set for Saturday evening on the church lawn and the Woman's Missionary Society will meet Wednesday at 2 30 pm on the hotel lawn.
Communion and preaching service at 11 a m Junior C EB meets at 4 30 p m Missionary Circle August 13 at the church parlors with Mrs Genevieve Fickbohm hostess Mrs Lois Waterbury program leader Ladies Aid meets August 15 in church parlors with Mrs Bessie Elliott hostess Pastor W J Zane announces these church events.
Sunday school at 10 a m with no morning worship. Evening service at 8. Election of Sunday school officers Sunday morning August 18. Plan to attend if you have a voice in this Sunday school. RuV EK PUCKETT, Pastor.
Grace Cunningham and Ruth Swift visited Sioux City families this weekend while Flora Ross planned a vacation with her mother Ida Ross. The Sioux Valley Extension club hosts a canning demonstration August 9 at Mrs. Joe Lambert’s home with Mrs. Swanson assisting. Rev. W. E. Smith, formerly Plymout h pastor, now serves a Presbyterian church in town. Omaha visitors Lampert family and Tangeman relatives toured local homes, while St Patrick’s Parish Bazaar is set for August 27 in Legion Hall. A Moore Montana trip followed a Elk Point party, and Birth day Club held a large picnic at the Wm. Anderson home. Announcement of Clarice Wynna and Dale Wells marry July 12, 1940 in Rock Island Illinois concludes with wedding congratulations.
Reports from Union county and across central Plymouth county show strong grain yields. Rollo J. Baker reports 40 bushels per acre of spring wheat, while oats reach 65 bushels and barley 40 45. Flax yields vary with Red Wing at 24 and Bison at 18, with some fields over 30 bushels per acre.
St Patrick s Akron offers Mass on the first, third and fifth Sundays at 8 am and on the second and fourth Sundays at 9 30 pm Confessions are heard Saturdays preceding the third and fifth Sundays at 4 pm and 8 pm St Catharines Westfield holds Mass on the first, third and fifth Sundays at 9 30 am Confessions are heard Saturdays preceding the second and fourth Sundays at 8 pm Father C Ernst Pastor.
Big Springs Baptist Church announces services led by Pastor R A Dahlquist with Rev J E Tanquist of Assam India as speaker. Events include morning worship 10 30 a m Sunday school 11 45 a m evening service 7 45 p m Bible Study Prayer and Fellowship Hour Tuesday August 13 8 p m and a Sunday school picnic Friday August 23.
Miss Eleanor Johnson and Lynn C. Jarrett were married July 20, 1940 at The Church of God in Vancouver Washington. The bride, from Akron, wore a two piece old rose dress. the groom is from Portland Oregon. They will reside in Portland and honeymoon on the coast. The ceremony featured flowers, music by Evelyn Jarrett, and Don Jarrett singing.
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