Akron-Westfield Hootenanny honors Bob Brown and Debbie Loetz
Akron-Westfield CEO thanks participants in the 1965 Hootenany at Eagles Hall with special praise for Hootenany King Bob Brown and Queen Debbie Loetz. A farewell picnic at Akron Park honored Mrs. LaVon Hough with many local guests attending. Also note a St. Catherine's Parish picnic set for Sunday August 22 on church lawns.
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Akron - Westfield
Eagles Hall
Bob Brown
Debbie Loetz
Akron Park
LaVon Hough
Albert Hummel
Mac Thorson
Ivyl Knapp
Randall Lilly
Sara
Roy Bliss
Darwin Brink
John Bliss
Wendell Snow
Mary
Lowell Morehead
Susan
Norbert Isert
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota Twins
Boston Red Sox
St. Catherine’s Parish
Summer Celebration At Westfield Saturday
The Westfield Summer Celebration on Saturday August 14 features a Kiddie Parade at 10:00 a.m. a Little League game at 10:30 a.m. Old Settlers picnic from 12:00 to 2:30 p.m. with games, races, and ballgames. The Carl Rapp Carnival offers dart throw fish pond cake walk and pony rides. A Gibson home freezer drawing at 10:00 p.m. and dancing by The Rythmaires on a floating floor at 9:00 p.m. end the day.
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Westfield
Old Settlers
Carl Rapp
Gibson
Animals Spark Children’s Curiosity Across Books and Activity
Mary Whitman notes that children’s fascination with animals grows through diverse books encyclopedias and museums. From giraffes to dinosaurs, animals inspire observation art hobbies and even extra credit projects at school.
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Mary Whitman
Museums of Natural History
Robert Haumersen
Whitman Publishing Company
Racine
Wisconsin
Way Back Yonder Items of Interest
Akron Register- Tribune notes include plans for the 4 H livestock show on August 16 1945 memorial services for Pfc Douglas F Kiewel a 23 year old killed in a Philippine prison camp hospital winning 25th anniversary of Akron Hospital August 15 1946 local youths married births service members returning from overseas and a hot baseball game where Akron lost 6 0 to Westfield with pitchers Huffman and Kapfer.
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4.H Livestock Show
Cliff Miller
Akron
LeMars
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Pfc
Douglas F. Kiewel
Wm. Kiewel
Philippine Islands
U.S. Army Air Corps
Akron Hospital
Silverberg Bros Lease of Swan-Dahl Building
Silverberg Bros Co leased the double storefront previously used by Swan-Dahl Co. The Merrill and Akron bands swapped street concert dates for August 19. Mr and Mrs W W Burrill and Stanley returned from a California trip. A prolonged dry spell ended with light rains. Frank E Burke Vern Swift and Clair McCorkell attended the state rural mail carriers convention in Chariton Iowa. Riversioux Park Akron beat Hudson S C 6 to 4 in baseball. Plymouth county eighth grade graduates, 120 in number, received diplomas in Merrill on August 18 1926. Large crowd at Saturday evening High School Band street concert. Mr and Mrs Henry Dirks and daughters Kathryn Vera Eve lyn and Dick Bolken attended a large family picnic at J H McAninch home in Hawarden Mrs W P Tucker August 6 1915. Died R W Rexford 82 August 10 1915 after surgery. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs C R Smith Akron and Mrs B F Round Duluth Minn and several grandchildren. Funeral at home burial Riverside cemetery. Warden Robt Curran Hawarden confiscated two large seines from the Big Sioux south of town with no owners located. Harvest hands moved northward daily. A sensational report from Chatsworth claimed L A Dailey manager of Farmers elevator attempted suicide by stabbing. Chief G Kirstein’s fire alarm test brought a quick response, water aimed at J C Mellen corner. St Patrick’s parish annual picnic slated August 15 1905 with races baseball and band music. Milwaukee Road planned another daily passenger train between Sioux City and Sioux Falls.
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Silverberg Bros. Co
Swan-Dahl Co
Merrill and Akron
W. W. Burrill
Stanley
California
Frank E. Burke
Vern Swift
Clair McCorkell
Chariton
Riversioux Park
Akron
Hudson, S. C
Henry Dirks
Kathryn
Vera
Evelyn
Dick Bolken
J. H. McAninch
Hawarden
W. P. Tucker
R. W. Rexford
Mary
C. R. Smith
B. F. Round
Duluth
Minn
Riverside Cemetery
Robt. Curran
Chatsworth
L. A. Dailey
Farmers’ Elevator
G. Kirstein
J. C. Mellen Corner
St. Patrick’s Parish
A New Sound of Music Industrial Calypso
Trinidad-Tobago, the Caribbean nation known as the little giant, grows via private enterprise with U S investment. Texaco runs the largest oil refinery in the Commonwealth, Grace built the world’s largest ammonia plant, and Hilton designed an upside down hotel in Port of Spain. The IDC touts tax incentives and industrial estates as U S investors flock to the developing economy. The piece notes rising GDP, consumer power, and a polyphonic future blending calypso with factory rhythms.
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Trinidad-Tobago
Venezuela
Tropics
Caribbean
United Nations
Japan
Israel
U.S
Independent
Western Hemisphere
U. S
Texaco
British Commonwealth
W. R. Grace
Conrad Hilton
Port of Spain
Calypso
Westfield Defeats Akron in 11-7 Baseball Clash
Westfield topped Akron 11 to 7 as C Barr and G Cilley pitched for the rivals. Fred E Waterbury and family left for a new home in Rosebud South Dakota. Harry Clark prepared to take ladies on a Big Sioux launch ride when the boat overturned on the milldam breaking six feet to rocks. no injuries, boat towed to safety.
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Westfield
Akron
C. Barr
G. Cilley
Fred E. Waterbury
Rosebud
S. D
Harry Clark
Big Sioux
Milldam
Snake Bite First Aid Kit from Becton Dickenson and Co
A pocket sized snake bite kit by Becton Dickinson provides a tourniquet suction device blade antiseptic swab and bandage. Steps include remaining calm applying a tourniquet above the bite and using a flame sterilized blade to incise fang marks then suction to remove surface blood. Identify the snake to a physician for proper antivenom treatment.
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Becton, Dickinson and Company
It's News To Me Betty Carroll Picnic Cordless Knife
It's News To Me by Betty Carroll promotes a cordless Lady Vanity knife for picnics. The device includes five energy cells, a storage rack with built in automatic battery recharger, and lets users slice meats cheeses vegetables and bread on site, keeping foods in larger pieces.
Dial Your Hairdo With Set Three From Maradel
Maradel Products of Farmingdale New York introduces Set Three a three dial hair spray can device offering Dial 1 a concentrated spray for damp weather Dial 2 a finer spray for combing and teasing and Dial 3 a misty touch up finish. Available at leading stores for 1.50.
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Maradel Products, Inc
Farmingdale
N. Y
Glory Be Shampoo In Tube From Stanley Home
Stanley Home Products introduces Glory Be Shampoo in a sturdy unbreakable tube. The foaming formula requires only a tiny amount and pampers hair while avoiding harsh stripping of natural oils. It lathers and rinses clean in all water types. See your Stanley dealer.
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Stanley Home Products, Inc
Stanley
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