Ash Fatality Involving Bakery Truck Crash Near Hawarden
Bernard Markus Gibbons, 25, Akron Hawarden Bakery proprietor, died after a Sunday morning crash six miles southeast of Hawarden when a panel delivery truck veered off a county road, rolled three times, and caught fire. Gibbons and Thomas Law rance Gibbons, 10 year old son of Mrs. Lawrence Gibbons, suffered severe burns. Markus survived temporarily before succumbing as bystanders and a farmer aided, with Robert Vincent and Junior Muth aiding in rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Gibbons
Lawrance ‘Gibbons
Big City
Bernard
Markus
Hawarden
Robert
Vincent
Junior Muth
Élock
Muth
SF Collishory
Ocal
Wynia Marries C L Meredith in California Ceremony
Marie Wynia eldest daughter of Mrs Sidney Wynia of Akron area married C L Meredith son of Mrs alle Meredith of Auburn California on Sunday July 27 1940 The couple began housekeeping in Palo Alto California Meredith manages a store Their life together spans eight years since Wynia left Bronx City for the union Modern details of attendants and post wedding plans are noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
Wynia
Sidney
S. Wynia
Resida
Akron
C.L. Meredith
Alle. Meredith
Auburn
Cali
Vada
Alto
Calife
Senge Tal Bret Auborn
Califi
Palo
Alta
Owey
Areery
Plymouth
Aix
Bronx City
Wvbom
Immanuel Lutheran Church Weekend Services and Meetings
Saturday afternoon events include Junior Band meeting at the church. Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Sermon on The Good Neighbor from Luke 10 123.37. Park service possible weather permitting. rain location is Methodist church. Laurens Iowa Teachers Institute Monday August 19 at 10 a.m. Rev D Verne Swanson of Gowrie will be guest speaker. Congregational Picnic Thursday August 22 at Robert Anderson farm west of Akron Spink road with family activities.
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Lease
Yillspredch
Methodist Church
Laurens
Iowa
D. Verne Swanson
Gowrie
Robert Anderson
Akron
Spink Road
Baptist Church Notes Sunday Services and Meeting
Sunday Bible school at 10 a.m and morning worship. Evening union service in City Park led by Rev. W. H. Lease. Baptist Ladies Association meets in church parlors Wednesday August 21 with Mrs. Clarence Kjose as hostess. Program on poetry by Mrs. Helen Adams. LESLIE G. WILLIAMS, Pastor.
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Baptist ‘Church
W. H. Lease
Baptist Ladies
Clarence Kxjose
Helen Adams
Leslie G. Williams
St Paul Lutheran Church Announces Sunday Services
St Paul Lutheran Church schedules worship Sunday at 11 a.m. at St Paul location. Ladies Aid meets Thursday August 22 at 2 30 p m with Mrs Ed Johnson and Mrs Joseph Appley serving. Pastor Walter I Aamoth issues a cordial invitation to all.
Local Notes Spotlight Visits and City Social Scenes
Local notes report Mrs Clifford Kellogg and son Gary left for San Diego after visiting here. Waterbury picnic moved to Sarpent’s Lake August 18. Anita McDonald visited from Chicago. Clarice Shawhan and Phyllis Stace guests. Stryzewskis toured Oshkosh. Burnetts back from Raymond and Portland. Williamses to Bryno. Elliott linked to Butler University. Casey jailed for drunken act. Jean Akers observed 11th birthday with family and friends. cousins Stinton and Sawyer among guests.
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Clifford
Kellogg
Gary
San Diego
Calif
Waterbury
Sarpent’s Lake
Akron
Riverside Park
Sioux City
Anita McDonald
Chicago
W. H. McDonald
Minnesota
Bryno
Shirley
Kenneth Starch
E. Elliott and Son
Indianapolis
Ind
Elliott
Butler
Barr
Casey
Zechmann
Costa
Brown’s
Jean Akers
Jean
Virginia Stinton
Mary Ellen ‘Sawyer
Hawarden
Home stretch in SUB campaign with $10 prizes
Contestants race toward final period of the Good Will Circulation Campaign. Miss Anna Jenking won $10 for renewals and Wm C Vreugden $10 for new subscriptions. A 300.00 first prize hinges on Friday night votes, with a 1,000,000 vote offer per $20 club through the next four report nights. Subscriptions now could swing outcome as slow entrants surge to catch up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Jenking
Wm. C
Vreugden
Catholic Church Services Akron and Westfield Parish Schedule
The bulletin details St Patrick’s Akron masses on the first, third and fifth Sundays at 8:00 a.m. and on the second and fourth Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Confessions occur on Saturdays before the first, third and fifth Sundays at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. St Catharine’s Westfield Masses on the first, third and fifth Sundays at 9:30 a.m. and on the second and fourth Sundays at 8:00 a.m. Confessions precede the second and fourth Sundays at 8:00 p.m. Father C Ernst is pastor.
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St. Patrick’s
Akron
St. Catharine’s
Westfield Mans
C. Ernst
Pajama Birthday Party For Geraldine Nilson
A pajama birthday surprise party was held for Geraldine Nilson on August 9 and 10 north of town. Guests arrived Friday evening and gathered for games a puzzle bed reveal and pillow stunts before a late luncheon and cake. Geraldine received gifts including a memory book and heartful wishes for yearly pajama parties. Attendees included Arlene and Helen Wendel Margaret Holkamp Erma Mae Peterson Betty Lou Williams Dona Jean Conway Delores Hercher Elaine Green Katherine Wendel and Mia Geraldine’s grandmother.
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Sigmund Nilson
Geraldine
Grace
Arlene
Helen Wendel
Margaret Holkamp
Erma Mae Peterson
Betty Lou Williams
Dona Jean Conway
Delores Hercher
Elaine Green
Katherine Wendel
Géraldine
Mia
Carsie Peck
Empress Theatre Screenings Highlight Western Wartime Drama
A weekly program at the Empress Theatre features a western style plot with a hero winning the Phoenix Handicap to save a ranch, paired with a wartime drama Water loo Bridge starring Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor. The lineup includes Little Old New York with Alice Faye and Fred MacMurray, and Take A Chance nights with low admission, plus church notes from Union Creek.
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Talking Picture
Empress Theatre
Arizona
Phoenix
Waterloo ‘ Bridge
London
Ag Atiteans
Vivien Leigh
Robert Taylor
Aubrey Smith
Steffi
Dana
Virginia
Field
Empress
New York
Alice Faye
Fred MacMurray
Richard Greene
Andy Devine
Brenda Joyce
Robert Fulton
Soil fertility meetings to discuss with Mr Farlow in Plymouth county
Agricultural agent Paul A Farlow from the Illinois Central railroad assists county officials in a series of August meetings across Plymouth county to discuss soil fertility, test soil samples for calcium and phosphorus, and provide fertilizer and limestone recommendations. Sessions will be held at the Albert Schmitz farm, Laurel Paulin farm, Farm Bureau office LeMars, Henry Lucken farm, Raymond Anderson farm. attendees may bring soil samples for analysis.
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Plymouth
Paul A.farlow
Sinois Central Railroad
Albert Schmitz
Highway No. 6
Remsen
Laurel Paulin Farm
Union Consolidated School
Farm Bureau Alfice
LeMars
Henry Lucken
Jahmson Township
Ruble
Raymond Anderson
Methodist Church Notes Woman's Missionary Society Meet Friday
The Methodist Church notes invite members of the Woman's Missionary Society to meet at the church Friday afternoon. Regular services are Sunday morning with Sunday school at 10:00 and worship at 11:00. People on vacation are invited to worship with us. Pastor WH Leases invites all to attend.
Campaign quilt nears finish in neck to neck standings
Side Line NEWS of the CAMPAIGN reports five contestants tied in subscription counts with a narrow margin. Standings list Anna Jenkins, Venita Appley, W G Vreugdenhil, Lois Hitzemann, Idelline Simeon among leaders as campaigns pause until the August 24 close. Votes and effort determine the winner at $300 prize.
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Anna Jenkins
Akron
Venita Appley
Eae
W. G. Vreugdenhil
AEGON
Olof Hofstad
Elk Point
Berthe Erickson
Akvon
Flash Tube Developed by Former Akron Boy
Thomas Robert Burnight, son of Mr and Mrs TL Burnight of Okoboji Iowa, a former Akron resident and new Master of Science from Iowa State College Ames, developed a flash tube in his graduate work. Prof G W Fox reports the device attracts considerable attention and will be used to photograph fast action and projectiles in flight, capable of stopping action in a millionth of a second.
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Thomas
Robert Burnight
TL. Burnight
Okoboji
Iowa
Akron
Iowa State College
Ames
G. W. Fox
Births Report from Akron Area in August 1940
A series of birth notices from Akron area families in August 1940. Daughters born to Metz, Nordling, Beaulieu, with locations Akron Hospital or near town, and sons born to Swanson, Herman, Schmacher, all listed with birth dates from August 10 to August 16, 1940.
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Myr
Clifford Metz
Akron
Roland Swanson
Akron Hospital
Emil Nordling
Harvey Herman
Bernard Beaulieu
Geo Schumacher
Pleasant Hill U B Church Sunday Schedule and Social
Pleasant Hill United Baptist Church holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. No evening service. A social gathering will be at Mrs. R. H. Ball’s home on Thursday evening August 22. Pastor Rev. E. V. Puckett.
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R. HE. Ball
E. V. Puckett
Trinity Lutheran Church to skip services for two Sundays
There will be no services at Trinity Lutheran Church Ak ron Chatsworth for the next two Sundays due to the pastor's absence. Fred A. Meske, pastor.
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Akron
Chatsworth
Fred A. Meske
Akron and area notes and upcoming events
Village residents hosted visitors from Sioux Falls Sioux City and Evanston with relatives from Beresford and Akron. Local surgeries included appendectomy and tonsillectomy. Akron Junior baseball lost 6 to 5 in Sioux City while winning a 14 to 6 tournament game in Cherokee. An Emanuel Lutheran church picnic August 22 at Robert Anderson farm is announced with moving pictures possible.
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Anine Jouh Ramoureux
Sioux
Falla
Ea Aa
Frank
Simeon
Joyce Halvorsen
Darrell Claussen
Beresford
S. D
Sioux’ Falls
Lorraine ,Fleege
Sioux City
Wm. Halvorsen
John
Iph Newmann
Betty Jane
Evanston
August Falk
Axel, Kilstrom
Akron Hospital
Dorothy
Ed. Hovland
Dorothy Hofling
Shirley
Kenneth Starch
Bruno
Minn
Floyd Richey
Town
Ida. Ross
Flora
Mason City
Iowa
Rapid City
Erma ‘Ross
Thermopolis
Wyo
Akron
Watson
Cherokee
Holstein Boys
Hugh Swift
Paulina
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Robert Anderson
Spink Road
South Dakota
Last Rites for Thomas Gibbons Held Tuesday
Thomas Gibbons born February 6 1940 in Akron Iowa died August 11 1940 from burns after an auto crash. He was 19 years 6 months 6 days old and a Akron High School 1940 graduate. Survived by parents Lawrence and Mrs Gibbons a brother Raymond and sisters Lucille and Mrs Al Hawks. Funeral at St Patrick's Catholic Church with Rev Charls Ernst. pallbearers Lynn Arkin Donald Boden Wayne Burris Jack Gyle Henry Koch Leo Trautt. Interment Catholic Cemetery. Relatives and friends from Sioux City and nearby towns attended the services.
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Thomas Gibbons
Akron
Iowa
Hawarden
Lawrence Gibbons
Akron High School
Tommy
Arkin
Akron-Hawarden
Raymond
Lucille
Mra al. Hawks
Westfield
St. Patrick’s. Catholic Church
Chas
Ernst
Lynn Arkin
Donald Boden
Wayne Burris
Jack . Gyle
Henry Koch
Leo
Trautt
Legion and Auxiliary attend Plymouth county picnic in LeMars
Mr and Mrs Otto Larsen and family Mr and Mrs Henry Lueken and family Mr and Mrs Ji Arkin and family Mr and Mrs Arthur Hasenbank and son with Miss Viola and Edna Gale attended the Plymouth county picnic of the Legion and Auxiliary in LeMars on Sunday August 11 L L Burrill attended a reunion of the 34th Division in Sioux Falls SD on Sunday August 11
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Otto. Larsen
Henry.Lueken
Ji Arkin
Arthur ‘Hasenbank
Viola
Edna Gale
Plymouth
Sioux
Falls
St Patrick's Bazaar Set for Tuesday August 27
The annual bazaar of St Patrick's Catholic parish will be held Tuesday August 27 at Legion Hall. Activities include a ball game races and contests with usual entertainment features. Plan to attend this community event.
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St. Patrick’s
Legion ‘Halli
First Church Bible School and Service Schedule
The First Church of Christ announces Bible School at 10 a.m. Communion and preaching at 11 a.m. Junior C. Ei meets at 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Pastor Dane delivers message.
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First Church OF Christ
Bible School
Dane
Heavy Rainfall Drenches Akron Area This Week
Heavy rains delivered 3.18 inches over four days from Sunday to Wednesday, nearly matching July totals. The event slowed threshing but aided pastures and fall grains. some areas nearby saw much lighter rainfall. Mr and Mrs Charles Swift attended a Kallsen family reunion at Lake View Iowa.
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Akron
Iziah
Chas. Swift
Kallsen
Lake View
Iowa
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Totti Gibbons
Burneéd
Sarrist
Marie Wynia
Meredith
Nev
Immanuel Eng
Luth
Ernest.g. Svenson
ST. Paul Lutheran Church
Quaker
Dirks Hardware
Catholic Church ‘Services
UNION
Creek
The
Luther
League
Lloyd
Fickbohm
Henry Fickbohm
Junior Mission Society
Luther Hall
Paul A. Farlow
Jones
Walt. Reinsch
Akron Boy
Pleasant Hill
U. B. Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
ST. Patrick’s. Bazaar
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