19 Aug 1971
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1971
Page
1
Gerald F. Smith is named owner and publisher of the Akron Register-Tribune, indicating leadership at the newspaper. No other details are provided in the fragment.
Westfield news notes open house at St Josephs Salix for Seth wedding anniversary. Congratulations to Bernard and Rose Peck on their newborn. Families relocate to Dodge City Kansas and Sioux City visits. Community members endure health events and hospital stays. Harvest supper planned and Congregational Ladies aid meeting scheduled.
The State Services for Crippled Children will hold a diagnostic clinic for children under 21 with chronic or congenital conditions at Saint John's Lutheran Church in Storm Lake on Wednesday September 15. Eligible counties include Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, O'Brien, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, and Woodbury. Examinations by pediatricians orthopedists psychologists speech and hearing specialists and therapists are free. Referrals should be sent to the SSCC office 14 days before the clinic date. Medical director Dr. Sohn C. MacQueen and university associates oversee the program, which operates nondiscriminatorily under Title VI.
Special correspondence from Chatsworth notes numerous social calls and visits around town. A large list recounts kinship and friendship ties with residents from Hawarden Le Mars Sioux City and Ireton alongside trips to Sioux City and Chanutte Kansas.
The Adventurers Travel Club of Sioux City.Bean 35 members will travel by chartered bus to Winnipeg Canada August 23 to August 27. They will tour the Legislative Building parks zoo conservatory planetarium Lower Fort Garry Paddle wheel Riverboat harness races and return Friday night. Miss Neil Melheim leads arrangements. Write to Miss Melheim for details.
Items from Akron Register-Tribune files note weather, open house by Simla Brick, births in 1961, and community moves. Entries from 1951 to 1911 recount graduates, farm shows, festival plans, rain, and local obituaries, with ongoing community updates on schools, licenses, and public events in Akron and surrounding areas.
The Merrill school board will add two more grades the 11th and 12th to its high school curriculum at the opening of the coming fall term. Born a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Larson on August 27, 1911. Wm. Degan died at his Chatsworth home after a long illness on August 25, 1911.
Wayne Seipp, superintendent, outlines student and parent manuals, registration for high school on August 18 and 19, teacher workshops August 23 and 24, with a 6:30 p.m. pot luck for staff and families. Upcoming events include Open Houses, Board election, band display, assembly with Victor Onstad chalk artist, and first day of school August 25.
Herman B. Beckman 56 of Akron died August 12 at Veterans Hospital Omaha from injuries suffered August 1 in a one car crash near Missouri Valley Iowa. He was born September 25 1916 in Akron and married Charlene Pollock in 1956. He was a World War II veteran wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. He leaves four sons two brothers three sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Trinity Lutheran Akron with Akron American Legion post graveside rites conducted.
The 1971 Clay County Fair runs September 11 with sulky harness racing at 2 p.m. on September 14 for a $3,000 purse. September 15–16 feature chuck wagon, thoroughbred, chariot and pony races. Bob Barnes Rodeo of Cherokee performs Wednesday and Thursday evenings. A free horse show starts 1 p.m. September 17. premium money totals $2,630 across horse, pony and draft classes. Superintendent is Bob Cuttell. judges are Mike Ulicki and Lester Good.
Western Iowa Tech Adult Education offers a twelve week course on bookkeeping for automobile dealers and related agencies starting Tuesday September 7 with classes Tuesday and Thursday 7 to 9 pm. John Rickert leads the 48 hour program at 909 Gordon Drive. Fees are 12 dollars for Iowa residents, 24 dollars for nonresidents, plus 16 dollars for materials. Contact 239-2622 for details.
Theda Nelle Scott explains family cooperation for cost controlled cooling including routine cleaning doors closed and sun control. Tips cover venting, scheduling hot-weather chores outdoors, air filter care and scheduling central AC service, plus a feature on UL symbol safety testing and how to spot UL approval on appliances.
A health brief notes that minimal tar reduction could lower lung cancer risk for long term smokers using filtered low tar cigarettes, though evidence is inconclusive. Nicotine still sustains addiction and may offset any tar benefits, while carbon monoxide and other chemicals remain harmful. The piece cites Dr. Ernest L. Wyndery and a September JAMA report as context.
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