Requiem Mass For Akron Officer Waterbury
A requiem high mass was said at St Patrick's Church for Lieut Arnold L Waterbury who died in action on July 7 1944 while serving with U S forces on the French invasion coast. Relatives and friends attended from Elk Point and Westfield, with Elk Point American Legion and Auxiliary color guards. Jack Behmer presented an American flag to Mrs Waterbury on behalf of Hoschler Post Akron. Arnold Waterbury born August 16 1916 at Westfield Iowa was 27 years old. He attended Westfield schools, then the University of South Dakota Vermillion graduating in 1937 87 He joined the Army January 31 1942 training at Camp Barkeley and Camp Roberts went overseas in March landing in England and arriving in France the second day of the invasion. He belonged to the 358th Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Ehurch
Chas. Ernst
Arnold L. Waterbury
U. S
Elk Point
Westfield
Ek Point
Hoschler Post
American Legion
Akron
Jack "Behmer
Arnold
Frank
Catherine
Waterbury
Iowa
Westfeld School
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
R.C.T.C
The
Eorthwestern Bell ‘Tel
Camp Barkelay
Texas
Camp’ Roberts
Calif
Camp Dix
New Jersey
England
France
Tnfan
Akron Stock Show Set for August 15 Program
The community Livestock Show will be held in Akron next Tuesday August 15 at the large city shed east of the Gussman Motor Co. Entries in 4-H livestock poultry and canning bake goods and fancy work will be judged on a point system with blue ribbons possible in multiple divisions. Raiders colored baseball team of Sioux Falls Air Base canceled their game and a replacement will be sought. After judging a program of races and athletic contests will follow along with a basket picnic in the park. Town vs South Dakota kittenball will cap the evening under lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Gussman Motor Co
Yarma
Mia
Besse Ling
HH. i. Gossard
Raiders
Sioux Falls Air Base
Bean
South Dakota
Methodist Church Notes on discipleship and upcoming conference
A church note from Pastor Albert A. Howe discusses being a devout disciple, faith placement in God’s plan, and personal responsibility. It mentions the final church conference on August 20 with Rev. Frank G. Bean, plus youth meeting on Sunday at 3 p.m. and study of The American Indian. Pleasant Hill Church notes follow with officer elections and an aid social August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Jeans
Fisk
Frank G. Bean
Dr. Bean
Misa Elsie Larsen
Albert A. Howe
Pleasant Hill A. B
Wallace Beeler
J. E. Tracy
Local News Notes From Northside Town
Miss Jean Culpepper left Sunday for Minneapolis Mines where she will pursue a new position. Akron hosts Lyons Nebr in baseball at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Mrs Eva Perlin of Milwaukee visited relatives here. Miss Betty Hansen returned to Chicago after visiting her parents northwest of town. Ruth Stoutenburg of Sioux City spent the weekend with her parents. John W Raish of Pierre SD tended farm interests west of town. Mrs B J Hartman returned from DeRidder LA where husband Pvt Hartman is stationed. Abe Silverberg visited Sioux Falls to see Lt Philip Silverberg, now bound for Orlando. Joy Deane Arkin from Iowa City will stay with her parents during the intermission. Pvt Junior H Barr from Camp Croft spent a furlough with family. Navy man Lowel Harkness visited from Bremerton. Moir Implement Co renews east front remodeling on Reed street with brick pillars and new glass, flooring and enlargement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean. Culpepper
Minneapolis
Mines
Shesbas
Akron
Lyons
Nebr
Eva Perlin
Milwaukee
Wis
Har
H. Gusman
Betty Hansen
Chicago
Fred Hansen
Ruth Stoutenburg
Sioux City
Lee Stantenburg
John W. Raish
Pierre
B. J. Hartman
DeRidder
Louisiana
Pvt
B J. Hartman
Army Air Corps
Abe Silverberg
Sioux’ Falls
Philip Silverberg
Army Air Base
Orlando
Florida
Joy Deane Arkin
Iowa City
State University
J. J. Arkin
H. Barr
Camp Croft
South Carolina
Hayes Barr
Pvt. Barr
Maureen
Orin Blake
Dan
Blake
Dan Blake
Lowell Harkness
U. S. Navy
South Pacific
Bremerton
Wash
Asa ‘Harkness
Akron Ball Team Loses Its Initial Game of Season
Akron drops opener 6 to 4 to Freeman of South Dakota in a hard fought contest. Emery Tucker started for Akron, Pfeiffer starred for Freeman, with key infield double plays and tight defense shaping the score. Freeman's early four run burst in the second inning proved decisive as Akron battled back but fell short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AKRON
Freeman
S.D
South Dakota
Emery Tucker
Bartling
Wollman
Creeman
Heirigs
Koerner
Walter
Pfeiffer
Anderson
Pitcher
Hartman
Swalley
Miller
Short
Tucker
Peek
Brown
Spomer
Huber
Barling
Enockson
Peck
el. Tucker
Norka Theatre Features Week of Western and Screwball Comedy
The Norka Theatre presents a western Beyond the Last Prontiex with Smiley Burnett and Eddie Dew, a screwball Danger! Women At Work with Patsy Kelly, Mary Brian, and Isabel Jewell, and the comedy Sea Here Private Hargrove starring Robert Walker and Keenan Wynn. Also Rosie the Riveter, a drama about two boys and two girls sharing one room near a defense plant, with a comedy-drama on Tuesday and Wednesday nights August 15 and 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thera
Norka Theater
Talking Picture Entertainment
Smiley Burnett
Eddie Dew
Bob Mitchum
Patsy Kelly
Las Vegas
Mary Brian
Isabel Jewell
Robert Walker
Keenan Wynn
Marion Hargrove
Robert Benchley
Donna Reed
Ray Collins
Chill Wills
Bob Crosby
Marta Lirden
Rosie
Fiawcd
Local Notes On Visits And Military Returns In Town
Miss Judy Baldwin returned Tuesday from Edgerton Minnesota to visit family. Mrs. M J Publ left Saturday for a visit near Jackson Nebraska. Mrs L J Cross and daughter visited their sister Mrs Herman Buron in Madeira Minnesota last week. Miss Irene Bly a federal employee in Washington arrived Thursday evening to vacation with her parents Louis and Mrs Bly west of town. Maude Van Court learned her son Eugene Sie after 18 months in the Pacific theater is back in San Diego. Mrs Alton V Foster and Barbara Kay arrived Tuesday night for an extended visit with her parents. Her husband Pfo. Alton V Foster serves in the South Pacific with the U S Marines. Unspecified hospital updates note Clifford Clarey appendectomy and tonsillectomies. Arvid Hilliker a daughter of Harry Saterbo. a daughter of Ed N Willer. Mrs Lambert Jeffers a surgical patient. A daughter of Emil Klemme west of town is an appendectomy patient at Vermillion hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Publ
John Kramper
Jackson
Nebraska
L. J. Cross
H. Crain
Herman Buron
Madeira
Minn
Irene Bly
Washington, D. C
Louis Bly
Maude van Court
Eugene, Sie
Pacific
San Diego
Alton V. Foster
Barbara Kay
John Thatcher
Pfo
South Pacific
U.S. Marines
Akron Hospital
Clifford Clarey
Arvid Hilliker
Harry Saterbo
Ed. N. J. Willer
Lambert Jeffers
Emil Klemme
Vermillion
Memorial Service for Pfc Byron Allen Held in First Baptist
A memorial service at 2:30 Sunday August 6 1944 honored Pfc Byron K Allen son of Mr and Mrs H L Allen of Akron. About 200 attended including Akron High School Class of 42. Rev J Olen Kennell led the service with prayers by Rev A A Howe, organist Mrs V G Adams. The Legion color guard presented the flag. A memorial address cited Romans 1 16. A substantial memorial purse was donated, flowers were given, and many relatives attended from Iowa towns including Marcus Remsen Sioux City LeMars Merrill and LeMars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Byron K. Allen
H. L. Allen
England
Allen
Akron High School
Byron
Richard Coleman
William Krose
J. Olen. Kennell
V. G. Adams
Don Taylor
American Legion Color Guard
Otto Larsen
A. A. Howe
Methodist Church
E. Youngstrom
Virginia Tucker
Robert Adams
Byron Allen
Hayes Barr, Jr
James Coleman
Darcey Fletcher
Roland Fletcher
Harold Gillespie
Harper Kerr
Arvel Lake
Wilmer Lake
Sidney Moore
Marjory Mowery
Ae Myers
Losen Newman
Lyndall Newman
Kenneth Shoulberg
Eldon Small
Ivy Small
Clayton Small
Hugh Swift
Robert Tucker
Legion
Jack Behmer
Rev
Kennell
Virginia’ Tucker
Isle of Somewhere
W. G. Adams
C. W. Samuelson
Harriet Samuelson
Marcus
Iowa
Mary Kipp
Conrad Sr
Yvonne Reilly
Remsen
William Howes
Colleen Howes
Sioux City
J. I. Taylor
Merrill
Walter Howes
Loyd
Gene Howes
LeMars
Baptist Church Notes for August Schedule
Sunday services with unified worship and Sunday school. Ladies' Association meeting August 16 hosted by Mrs Clarence Kjose. World Wide Guild girls present lesson. Bible study and prayer meet weekly. Missionary Tea August 22 at 2:30 p.m. speaker Miss Enid Johnson of Swatow China. Pastor Olen Kennell invites attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
lThe Ladies’ Association
Clarence Kjose
World Wide Guild
World Wide Guild Missionary
Enid Johnson
Swatow
China
Olen Kennell
Adaville U B Church Announces Sunday Services
Adaville United Baptist Church schedules a 11am worship with the sermon An Antidote for Anxiety from Matthew 6 31 and lesson Matthew 6 19 34. Evening service at 8pm and Christian Endeavor at 7 30 pm conducted by Pastor L B Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaville
U. B
Christian Endeavor
L. B. Foster
Birth announcements from Akron area in 1944
A daughter was born to Seaman and Mrs. Ernest Gt Lucken of Akron at Akron Hospital on August 4 1944. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Embert J Klemme west of town at Akron Hospital on August 8 1944. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Geo Schumacher northeast of town on August 10 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman
Ernest Gt. Lucken
Akron
Akron Hospital
Embert J Klemme
Geo. ‘Schumacher
Rinity Lutheran Church Announces August 20 Services
Pastor J A Pannhuk leads Sunday School and Bible Class at 10:00 a m and Divine Worship at 11:00 a m with Holy Communion. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Ernest Muske’s home Wednesday afternoon. A special congregational meeting follows the service on Sunday August 20. Luther League pauses until September due to threshing. Town District American Lutheran convention August 21-24 at Waverly. We invite worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Lutheran Church
Waverly
Math. Luth
Chatsworth
Pannlink Pastor Schedules August Services at Chatsworth
iT MATH LUTH CHATSWORTH J A Pannlink pastor announces Divine services at 9:00 a.m. and Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday August 20, with services continuing throughout August.
Emanuel Eng Luth Sunday School and Services Announcement
Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m led by Student Roger Carlson of Augustana Seminary Rock Island Til Confirmation class at 2 p m The Woman's Missionary Society meets at Mrs John Nelsons home on Wednesday August 16 for birthday observance Bring lunch items for the gathering Roger Carlson Student Pastor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mmanuel Eng
Luth
Churocr
Roger Carlson
Augustana Seminary
Rock Island
Til
Woman’s Missionary Society
John Nelson
Various Local Visits and Postwar News from Akron
Miss Kathleen Rozell visits with Edith Gray at the Walter Beasong home while J B Brady takes a new post at First State Bank in Mapleton Iowa. Numerous travel notices include Henry Biehack’s move through Iowa towns and Carla Johnson visiting Minneapolis, Lorraine Dysard en route from California, and Claude Seamands traveling from Idaho for his mother’s illness. Cpl Karl Jans leaves Vermillion for Camp Butner after a sister’s death, and Mrs E L Wilson with Paul visit relatives in Missouri. Nearby, Frank DeJong’s family hosts visits in Rock Valley as Navy training takes him to Norman Oklahoma. Harold Crain travels from Iowa City to join his wife and child, while Crain’s Buffalo teaching role shifts. Akron public schools plan a Sept 4 opening with August 24 football-interest meetings and a Boone coach-school session for staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Rozell
Edith Gray
Walter Beasong
J.B. Brady
First State Bank
Mapleton
Lloyd Stinton
Seneca, al
Henry Biehack
Dyersville
Ducinity
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ernest W. Johnson
Carla
Johnson
B. J. Harwig
Minneapolis
Minn
Lorraine DySard
Oeal
California
Heela
Claude
Seamands
Patty
Farrag
Camp Butner
North Carolina
E. L. Wilson
Gon. Paul
Excelsior Springs
John W. Hedges
Chicago
Omaha
Frank DeJong
Rock Valley
Frank Hastings
Norman
Oklo
Harold Crain
Iowa City
L. J. Cross
Mar. Crain
Eachers’ College
Buffalo
N.Y
University of Town
Akron Public Schools
Markham
Supt
Finley
Coach Markham
Boone
Akron Couple Wed in St John’s Lutheran Church
Two Akron youths Evelyn Koch and William Rademacher wed in St John’s Lutheran Church Preston Township on August 2 1944 at 8 30 pm Rev Karl Fenske officiated with maid of honor Phyllis Henn and best man Lowell Koch. The bride wore white satin with lace and veil. A reception for 65 followed at the bride’s home. The bride attended Akron High School class of 1944. groom is Osage High School graduate employed by Akron Lumber Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Preston Township
Evelyn Koch
John Koch
Iowa
William Rademacher
City
Herman Stewart
Osage
Karl Fenske
Phyllis Henn
Waverly
Lowell Koch
Joyce Neuacher
Jeane Culpepper
Lawrence Rademacher
Darrell Port
Jessie Gabel
Mendelssohn
Frances Scott
Miss Frances Andersen
Connie Mae Gabel
Ower
Patricia Lou Borchers
Wrosa
Pawny
Broom
Haldi
Akron High School
Osage High School
Akron Air Cadet MarrIed in West
Announcement of the marriage of Myrtle Hart of Hollywood California to Cadet Charles Donald Boden of the U S Army Air Corps, solemnized at Blessed Sacrament church Hollywood by Rev J R Crowley. Bod en stationed at Santa Ana California, bride will reside in Hollywood. Boden born in Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Hart
Hollywood
California
George Hart
Murtlo
South Dakota
Charles Donald Boden
U. S. Army Air Corps
H. P. Anderson
Akron
Blessed Sacrament Church
J. R. Crowley
Dale Finnigan
Jack Conk
Yuma
Arizona
Boden
Army Air Base
Santa Ana
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Lieut
Arnold Waterbury
Moir Implement Co
Reed Street
Fast Freeman
S. D
Talbie Chatter Norka
Judy Baldwin
Edgerton
Pfc
Baptist Church
Preston
Wm. Rademacher
Akron Air Cadet
West
C. Donald Boden