18 Aug 1938
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
1
The She Register-Tribune publishes subscription rates: four years for $2, six months for $1, and three months for 60 cents. Published every Thursday in Akron, Iowa, with mail matter entered as second class at the post office on Sept 26, 1901.
Special Correspondence from Milnerville describes a heat splashed Stone Park gathering of F L G girls with former members and friends, mixed in with village notices. The column covers health, farm incidents, visits, travel plans, school prep, and social events through late summer, including a typhoid flare and a crash on a Goode farm in South Dakota.
Union Creek News notes Sunday worship at 11 a m and Sunday school at 10. The Ladies Aid plans a Luther Hall meeting Thursday August 25 with Mrs Arthur Wilcox as hostess. Invitations extended to all. Names Mrs Olof Ericson Martin Ericson Mrs Hanson Akron Mrs Esther Larson Sioux City Hannah.
Westfield social items report visits from the Seyler families and Mrs Hall of Kansas, a St Catharine Guild meeting with a canceled August 25 session due to a Catholic picnic, a bake sale planned for August 27, and multiple family trips and wedding announcements including Mike Welch and Dorothy Johnson. Attendees include the Anderson and Michael families, plus Des Moines and Vermillion connections. The Lakes outing and Rural Mail Carriers convention trip to Washington are noted among local happenings.
Sorensen family reunion gathered at Riverside in Sioux City with Mr and Mrs Frank Smith and many relatives including Robert Virgil Melvin Johnson Clifford Russell Ward Smith Dwaine Daryl. Harry Smith undergoing treatment at Methodist Hospital Sioux City. 4-H girls attended Achievement Day in LeMars and Peggy Taylor visits near Oskaloosa Iowa.
To whom it may concern, due to damages on my property all trespassers must stop. Anyone wishing to swim must obtain a written permit from the undersigned. ee A. Baker. Readers are invited to phone or bring news items to the Register-Tribune office.
Delegation from Akron plus fifty golfers competed in the Big Sioux tournament held last Sunday. The article lists scores for all entrants, detailing championship flight results and notingPattern Tracing Carbon Paper for sale at the Register-Tribune office with large sheets available, urging local patronage.
A columnist urges drivers to trust their own skills over others and to practice courtesy behind the wheel. The piece argues many accidents could be prevented if drivers stop relying on others or on law and etiquette to act safely, stressing that courtesy pays in driving today.
Residents are warned not to burn garbage dumped north of town as dry grass and weeds could ignite. The notice, supervised by collector F. P. Sahutt, urges careful observance of this safety request by order of the Town Council.
Readers are urged to cultivate the habit of studying Akron merchants advertisements in the Register-Tribune to discover ways to save money by spending dollars locally at home.
A note of gratitude expresses heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance during Catherine Coyle’s illness and after her passing. The message thanks relatives for flowers and support and mentions the publication’s printing services.
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