15 Aug 1968
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
1
Akron Register-Tribune details editors Ray A and Gerald F Smith proprietors and printing notes. Describes publication cadence Thursday issues and postal designation entered as second class mail September 26 1901 Akron Plymouth County Iowa.
The notice lists yearly rates with options six months at $1.25 and full year at $2.50. It cites Plymouth, Bronx and Woodbury Counties, Jews and Union County, and mentions a $3.00 yearly rate elsewhere.
The Westfield Study group will meet at the Westfield school on Tuesday August 20 at 8 00 p m Weekend guests at Lost Island Lake included Mr and Mrs Roland Macklem Kelley Lisa and Amy of Davenport Ind Mr and Mrs Jim Rosacher and Melissa Laurens In Sue Mansfield Kathleen and Marlene Welch of Des Moines Mr and Mrs George Berns hosted visitors from LeMars and Chicago Christy Moffatt attended a family birthday dinner Harold Moffatt home Others hosted visits by Mr and Mrs Harry Nelson and Mr and Mrs Had Nelson. Westfield cheerleaders will take up work across August 15 to 23 with wages applied toward new uniforms. A reception for Kill Josephs at Congregational church Aug 17 from 8 to 10 p m and many local families attended.
A public safety message urges seat belt use by all drivers and passengers. It emphasizes life saving benefits, noting many crashes could result in fatalities prevented by belt use and honors the Department of Public Safety for recognizing these value.
Special Correspondent reports Burt County Fair entries in Oakland Nebraska with grandchildren showing four 4-H calves. Many local visitors and extended family travel between Chatsworth Sioux City and Omaha. A Friday wedding in Chatsworth united Sharon Bultman and Roger Uteeh. Numerous weekend visits and family gatherings noted across the area.
A Sunday gathering at Akron city park celebrated Mr. Harvey Heath with a birthday dinner. Many friends and distant relatives attended from Sioux City Madison Seattle and elsewhere, totaling fifty attendees. A festive backdrop and warm social hour marked the event.
The fragment presents a quotation about leadership comparing following to leading with a dialectal phrasing. It hints at a value placed on guidance versus initiative without additional context or identifiable persons or organizations.
The report covers urinary calculi in feedlot lambs linked to high phosphorous rations, and prevention via calcium or lime and forming salts. It cites 1967 export acreage about 70 million acres, compares to Ohio through Louisiana crop areas, notes four major export commodities exceeding 40 percent of farm-sale values, and exports averaging 16 cents per dollar. It lists top wholesale cut flower growers and California leads, notes rising salad greens and soybean oil use, and describes SDSU swine testing of purebred boars with an auction set for August 28 in Brookings County 4-H Barn at 7 p.m.
Chester O Mills 74 of Whit tier California formerly of Westfield Iowa died Monday at Carroll Iowa hospital after a heart attack while visiting a daughter in Scranton Iowa Funeral services and burial will be in Sioux City His body was taken to Nelson Berger Funeral Home in Morningside He was born April 9 1894 at Westfield He married Olive Vermillion at Morningside December 26 1923 He was a retired gardener He belonged to Congregational Church Masonic Lodge Akron Eagles and Barracks 2064 Veterans of World War I Survivors include his widow two sons Spencer of Whit tier Donald of Laverne Minnesota three daughters Mrs Lou Hills of Scranton Iowa Mrs Caroly Nichols of Westwood California and Mrs Anne Saavedra of Cypress California a brother Fred of Council Bluffs Iowa three sisters Mrs Harley B Small and Mrs Nina Wittie both of Sioux City and Mrs Frances Patterson of Oskaloosa Iowa and 18 grandchildren
An experienced cook uses sugar beyond sweetness to save time and boost flavor. It browns broiled steaks without overcooking, smooths vegetable cooking water flavors, and keeps gelatin from clumping when dry mixed with sugar before dissolving.
Alcester golfer L K Dietrich received a head cut after being struck by a ball during a league match. he was treated and suffered no lasting effects. Ken Goecke of Remsen awaits a kidney transplant in Denver. Elk Point Leader Courier reports 21 city and seven justice court cases from Aug 13 to Aug 2 with fines from 15 to 100. University of South Dakota Vermillion awarded 376 degrees. Gerrit Ter Wee of Inwood lost a hand in a hay baler accident. West Lyon High won the Siouxland Conference baseball title with 11–3. Ha ward en’s committee considers a mall plan for the business district. Wendell Lentstedt nominated for SD State Senate. Two brothers from Sleepy Eye were arrested for allegedly taking antiques from a barn. Dordt College’s FM stereo station aims to air after FCC license. Ground-breaking for a Battle Creek nursing home project. Cattle and hog numbers surged in heat. one Manville farmer lost 24 fat cattle. Vandals damaged LeMars cemetery stones. four men sentenced to jail and work details.
Items from Akron area news include Akron schools opening August 30 under Coach Fritz Hail, marriages such as Miss Margaret Brunner and Raymond Hammerly, births of children in early August, and local visits by families. The town baseball club defeated Vermillion Eagles 3 to 1 in a tight game, plus notes on funeral trade exam, new teachers, and a platform siren installation at the power plant.
Jesse Mack a traveling humorist was to appear at M E church as he toured from Chicago with crayon drawings. Rev F Meske helped lay the cornerstone for a new German Lutheran church in LeMars. Relatives were informed of Chas Tillotson’s death after an accident while building a house in Lansing Indiana. Births announced for Ferris, Hammer, Frerichs, Dirks, and Oaks in August 1908. A fire destroyed a farm at Westfield, beginning in a hay stack and spreading to barns and grainary.
Forty years ago a blaze at the T. L. Fate farm near Richland D. D. consumed the home and a valuable library with Union county historical data and pioneer relics once owned by W. H. Fate. Evelyn Lawrence and Chris Huls wed on August 15 1928 at the English Lutheran church as relatives gathered.
After harvest on his parents farm northeast of town, Leslie McCorkell left for Pensacola to resume training as a mechanic in the Naval Air Service. Miss Laura Keane of Akron wed H. Tage of Pocatello on Aug 7, 1918. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Chris Jensen on Aug 9, 1918, another to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson on Aug 11, 1918, and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Welch on Aug 13, 1918. M Talbots bought the old Christian church building, sold at auction, the new Christian...
The Rainbow Girls hold a large fundraising sale at the Masonic Temple with a bake sale and homemade pie sale on August 17 from 3 to 8 30 p m. The event runs August 16 from 9 a m to 6 p m and August 17 from 9 a m to 8 30 p m with patronage appreciated.
Notice invites anyone seeking information about Riverside Cemetery to call phone numbers 1611 in Akron or 8652 1010 at Hawarden. Secretary is Mrs. Clarence Hummel. Patronize your home town merchants.
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