Tragedy at farm ends in son Sylvester Vanderham’s death
A hunting accident at a farm east of Son Township left Sylvester Vanderham dead after a 22 caliber rifle discharged while an outing for ice cream with his father. Vanderham, 23, of Akron, had moved with his parents to the township years ago. He was married to Miss Madeline and leaves a wife and 3 year old son Johnny, plus parents and grandparents. Services were held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with interment in the local Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derhath -Farm
Son Township
Sylves
Armour
Akron
ar“Vanderham
Henry J. Vanderham
Tea
Falla
Sylvester
Madtnight
Acking
Sterling
Ionny
Delores
Theodore Vander
Henry Popken
Alocks
St. K’s Catholic
Ernst
Mrs Chas Burnight Visits Sister in Sioux Falls
Mrs Chas Burnight visited her sister Mrs M Redmond in Sioux Falls during the latter part of the week. The short trip gathered local chatter and followed Mrs Redmond’s recent house repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Burnight
M. Redmond
Sioux Falls
Death of Mrs Anna Miller of Johnson Township
Mrs Anna Miller wife of J G Miller of Johnson township died Saturday afternoon after long illness from diabetes. Born Atina Siebens in Aurich Germany September 27 4 She came to the United States in 1881 with parents living first at Minonk then LeMars Iowa. Married October 25 1898 at St John Evangelical church LeMars. Survived by husband three sons Abraham Rilert George and a daughter Mrs Arthur Gronmeyer five grandchildren two granddaughters and numerous siblings. Funeral Tuesday at home 130 PM and 200 PM at Plymouth Presbyterian church Rev R I Aneee and Rev T C Plymouth church conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Miller
J. G. Miller
Johnson
Atina Siebens
Aurich
Ostfriesland
Germany
Minonkill
LeMars
Johnson Township
John George Miller
St. John's Evangelical Church
Abraham, Rilert
George Miller
Arthur Gronemeyer
Ben ‘Fischer
B. C. Borchers
John. W. Johnson
Mra
John Plueger
Gert
Claus
John Sie
Bert George
Miller
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Sugar rationing schedule for Akron area residents announced
Hid Lawless of Beresford Paul Erickson of Alcester and Farisa Webber of Bik Point outline sugar canning rationing dates and places for nearby residents. Scheduled sites include West Union school Alcester district and Spink with times in mid August. Rationing rules cap at 80 quarts per person and 65 pounds total for a typical family depending on prior allotments and planned canning output.
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Union County
Lawless
Beresford
Paul Erickson
Alcester
Farisa Webber
Bik Point
Akron
Alcester ‘District
West Union
Arid Elk
Point
John Doe
Canness
Union Creek Church Picnic Near Akron Saturday August 20
The annual Union Creek Church picnic will be held on church grounds five and a half miles northwest of Akron next Thursday August 20. Everyone is invited to enjoy the event with a 5:30 chicken supper served until finished. A speaker and a musical program will headline the evening entertainment.
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Union Creek Church
Akron
Local News Notes From Akron Area Residents
Miss Dorothy Jean Baldwin went to Sioux City yesterday to visit relatives. Mrs. Garl Gale and daughter Lavada visited relatives in Sioux City last week. Mrs. Harry Hodoway left yesterday to visit daughter Helene in Omaha. Miss Sylvia Hummel of Jefferson 8. D. was the guest of Harriet Swanson. Baseball on Akron grounds Sunday at 2 30 p m Mann's of Sioux City vs Akron. See this last game. Mr. and Mrs. I L Burrill and Geo. Ross left yesterday to attend the national Eagles convention in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Conway and daughter Camilla of Sioux City visited the Stecker home. Mrs. Nettie Hilliker and Mrs. B A Adams and daughter Lois left for California. Sgt. Donald Waterbury, aviation corps, stationed near Meridian Miss, arrived to spend a furlough with relatives. Mrs. Alice Campbell went to Sioux City for a visit with her son in law and daughter and granddaughter Alice Clementson. Relatives came to attend Otto Post's burial in Riverside cemetery. Rev. Oscar F. Bohman moved his family here from Spencer and will reside near the Masonic Temple while serving as army chaplain. A former pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Akron, Bohman resigned as pastor of Bethesda Spencer after five years. He has been commissioned a first lieutenant and left for Harvard University to report to the army head chaplain. He served as a private in World War I. He is a member of Glen Pederson American Legion Spencer.
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Dorothy Jean Baldwin
Sioux City
Garl Gale
Lavada
Harry Hodoway
Helene
Omaha
Nebr
Sylvia Hummel
Jefferson
Harriet Swanson
Akron
Mann’s
Wm. Clementson
Alice Clementson
Otto. Post
Huron
Riverside Cemetery
Harold Collins
Chicago
Andrew Swenson
F. Green
Herman Uitzemann
Carrie Peck
Elk Point
Victor Anderson
Hawarden
Holger Boe
Viborg
S. D
Emma Reem
Richard
U. S. Navy
Pensacola
Florida
Wynna
Waldo Hilliker
Arvid
Edith Martin
Norris
Hilliker
Misa Helene Hodoway
Geo. Moehlmann
Tom Meredith
Blair
Misa Mona Meredith
Misses Joyes
Jean Meredith
Joyce
Jean
Wm. Bohlen
Virginia
Spencer
Iowa
Henry Harwig
Hinckley
Minn
Viola Schlotman
Walter Larsen
Earl Eliott
Butler University
Indianapolis
Ind
Albert
Hazel Anderson
Dell Rapids
Hiram Hahn
Gene
Donald Harkness
Cedar Rapids
Asa Harkness
John Sykes
C. F. Bohman
Mia
Carl J. Peterson
Hilma Bohman
Rock ‘Toland
Clara Bohman
Geneseo, II
Henry
Whitey
Willer
Laurens
J. H. Kerr
Akron Hosital
Rossow
Sioux City Hospital
Hattie Sayles
B. Goodrich
John
Sioux Falls
Ed, Eathot
Baby
Oak Park
Ill
Frank Sayles
Otis Maynard
Bertha Sayles
Vernon Sayles
M. Ter Maynard
Bhig
Vicinity
J. Johnson
Branson
Scrap drive opens in Plymouth county for war salvage
Five government trucks arrive in Akron to collect farm scrap metal rubber rags rope burlap bags and more from Plymouth county farms as part of the national salvage program. County and township chairs organize the drive to harvest scrap for war needs including steel rubber and tin while stressing duty to support soldiers.
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Plymouth County
Akron
Portland Township
al. J. Verburg
Maurice
Iowa
W. H. Wassman
LeMars
W. J. Brunner
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Adapan
Ofe
Hitler
Hirohito
Catholic Church Services and Feasts
Catholic parishes list Mass times Confessions and feast days At St Patrick Akron services on Sundays varying 8 9 30 am Confessions 830 pm Saturdays before second and fourth Sundays Feast of the Assumption Aug 15 Mass 7 am Confessions Fri 4 and 8 pm At St Catharine Westfield Mass times 9 30 am and 8 am Confessions 4 and 8 pm Saturdays before Avst third fifth Sundays Feast Aug 16 Mass 8 30 am Father C Ernst pastor First Church of Christ Sunday Bible school 10 am Communion and preaching 11 am Pastor W J Zane Try a Want Ad and get results.
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St. Patrick’s
Akron
Assumption
Tha
C. Ernst, Paetor
Rey First Church
IT Sunday Bible School
Mo W
J. Zane
Methodist Church Notes Meaning of Abundant Life Sermon
In next Sunday's morning service the sermon centers on the Abundant Life theme. Mrs Hugh Chamberlain will sing a solo, with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11. Albert A Howe pastor. Ernest G Svenson pastor, Eleventh After Trinity. Sunday school 10 a.m. morning worship 11 a.m. Sermon The Way to Greatness based on Matthew 28 1 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Chamberlain
Albert A. Howe
Manuel Eng
Luth
Ernest G. Svenson
Trinity
Local Folks Visit Relatives in Nearby Towns and Areas
Community notices list visits to Sioux City Elk Point Hawarden Viborg Norris South Dakota Pensacola Florida and Omaha. Several residents travel for family gatherings market reports note porkers sold at Sioux City. An accident near town injures Geo Moehlmann while threshing.
Akron Ball Team Edges Yankton 7 6 in Ninth Inning Win
The Akron baseball team defeated Yankton Merchants 7 to 6 as Akron held a lead most of the game before Yankton rallied in the ninth. Peron Swailey pitched for Akron and limited Yankton bats while Em Tucker and Talsma supplied key hits for Akron.
Lutheran Churches St Pauls Brule Creek Worship Services
Brule Creek hosts Sunday worship at 11 a.m. with no Sunday school during August. Luther League meets Friday August 14 at 8:30 p.m. Local services announced by St Pauls in Brule Creek.
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Brule Creek
Luther League
Pleasant Hill Church Priday Church Notice
Pleasant Hill church announces Sunday worship at 11 and morning service at 10 with church election of officers. Quarterly conference to be held Sunday evening. Ladies Aid social to occur Friday evening August 21 at the R C Ball home. Carl W Leh, pastor.
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Priday
Ladies’ “Aid
R. C. Ball
Carl W. Leh
Welchs Tobens and Eleeons Welcome Sons in 1942 Akron Births
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welch southeast of town at Akron Hospital on August 9 1942. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Toben southeast of town at Akron Hospital on August 11 1942. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Allard Elee west of town at Akron Hospital on August 12 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Welch
Akron Hospital
Carl Toben
Allard Eleeson
Rinity Lutheran Church Notices with Pannkuk Pastor
Rinity Lutheran Church led by J A Pannkuk invites worshippers to Sunday School at 10 a m and divine service at 11 a m The Mission Circle meets Friday in the shared parlors August 14 Choir practice Monday Ladies Aid meets August 20 at Mrs Henry Stryzewski home Welcome to worship with 48 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Circle
Ladies’ Aid
Henry Stryzewski
St Matth Church Chatsworth Service Notice
Divine services at 11 a m with Sunday school and worship. Pastor J A Pannhuk leads St Matth Lutheran Church Chatsworth and welcomes all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matth. Luth
Chatsworth
J. A. Pannhuk
Local visitors and Army draft note fill Akron social page
Mrs. Cooper visited relatives in Hawarden on Monday. Several residents traveled to visit kin in Sioux City and other towns. Henry Harwig of Hinckley Minn faces army induction soon. Army chaplain candidate C F Bohman’s family visited before his deployment. Whitey Willer’s fall caused a fractured vertebra. treated at Akron Hospital then Sioux City. Many locals entertained guests from Sioux Falls Oak Park and Bran son.
Plymouth County Show to Highlight 4 H Pageant and Demonstrations
Plymouth County 4 H Girls and Boys Club Show and Achievement Day will be next week in LeMars on August 19 and 20. An opening night pageant at the outdoor amphitheatre features the state pageant elements and an honorary Clover chain ceremony. Demonstrations on home furnishings will run August 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in a park tent, with seven 25 minute shows by fourteen girls from seven clubs, covering curtains, dressing tables, and craft projects using available materials.
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Plymouth
LeMars
Benita G. Smith
Plymouth County
Ames
Sioux City
Sioux Valley Junior Farm Show and Harvest Celebration Held
The second annual Sioux Valley Farm Show and Harvest Celebration drew a sizable crowd Tuesday with fair entries across departments notably in the women’s and 4H girls’ division. Weather was perfect and Akron beat Yankton 7 to 6 in a baseball exhibition amid rides, street acts, and a bowery dance headlined by Johnny Koch and his Sioux City band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Valley
Feldman Ment Co
Canton
Akron
Johnny Koch
Sioux City
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Patal
Vanderham
Johnson ‘Township
Plymouth, Presbyterian Church
R. I. Aneee
BIG Junk
St. Catharine’s
Westfield
Norka Theatre
Norkal ‘Theatre
Brazil
Africa
Irene Dunne
Patri Knowles
Ralph Bellamy
Norka Screen
New York
Norka
Lew Ayres
Laraine Day
Basil Rathbone
Ayres
Miss Day
Methodist Church
Yankton
Stem Savage
Yankton Merchants
Peron Swailey
Paterka
Swailey
Ricai
Mueller
W. Brimmer
Wetzeler
Engle
Brown
Em. Tucker
Peck
Ard
Talsma
Arm
Eagle
Kostel
Tabor
D. el
Tucker
Hartman
Swalley
Merchants
Horacek
Ricci
el. Tucker
Ireland
Stanicek
K. Brimmer
Short
Gateher
Row
Hansen
Floracek
Ard’ Brown
St. Paul’s
Pleasant Hill Church
Bor
Rinity Lutheran Church
J. A. Pannkuk
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