Akron Harvest Festival Fastball Clash 7 6 Victory
Harold Peck leads Akron in a Harvest Festival fastball game against the Texas Black Spiders. Roy Jottes pitched for Akron with solid control as Beaubien powered Akron’s offense in a tight 7 to 6 win. The Spiders’ Bell started strong before Getting relieved, while key plays included Beaubien’s center drive and Reid’s early hits for the Spiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Harold Peck
Texas Black Spiders
Roy Jottes
Rock Valley
Bell
Spiders
Andrews
Smith
Adams
Brown
Jim Martin
Phil. Beaubien
Beaubien
Reid
Page
Hopper
Eta
Anderson Waken
Gabbie
Sock
Sored
Wallace
Peck
Tucker
Martin
J. Beaubien
Akron to Get Dial Telephone System Upgrade
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company began installing the new dial central office to serve Akron and nearby areas. The $30,000 modernization includes replacing existing telephones with dial units and modernizing both town and rural service, with operation to start this fall without interrupting current service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
R. W. Younie
Akron Exchange
Amateur Contest at Eagles Lodge on Labor Day
The Hagles and local talent to perform in an amateur contest during the Labor Day celebration Monday afternoon. Top prizes of 90 dollars for first, 40 dollars for second, and 15 dollars for third will be awarded. Registration at the Register-Tribune or Eagles club rooms before the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Eagles’ Lodge
Mateur
Tribt
Eagles’ Club
Rooma
Immanuel Lutheran Church Weekly Schedule Notes
Ernest G Svenson pastoritory announces Junior Mission Band at 2 p m Saturday Sunday school 10 a m morning worship 11 sermon The Assent That Counts based on Mat 21 28 81 evening park 8 birthday of Mrs John Nelson noted W M L meet Monday 2 p m large Immanuel youth to Lake Okoboji next Saturday three days study recreation district meeting in Akron October 12 13 Sunday evening park meetings end last Sunday in August with an Evening of Song program to be announced next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mmanuel Eng
Luth
Ernest G. Svenson
John Nelson
W. M. Louety
Lake Okoboji
Iowa
Svenson
Albert City
Akron
Legion and Auxiliary Meet For August Picnic
The Executive Board will meet Tuesday evening August 26 at Mrs. Nettie Andersons home. Legion and Auxiliary members and families plan a picnic at the Legion Hall on Tuesday evening September 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion and Auxiliary
Nettie Anderson
Legion Hall
Pleasant Hill Church Services and Social Event
Pleasant Hill Church schedules Sunday school at 7 30 p m and evening service at 8 30 p m Pastor Carl Led announces Ladies Aid social at Papritz home Friday evening August 29 in a community notice.
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Pleasant Hill
Ladies’ Aid
Papritz
Local Residents Attend Events and Visits Across States
Mrs Edna Kauffman and family visited relatives here at week’s end. A Friday night comedy Bubbling Over performs at City Park under the Little Dulee club. Local and out of town visitors travel to Minnesota and Texas with reports of dry summers in the south. A Sioux Valley hospital operation, Em manual Lutheran Home guest Peter Johnson, and education board action appointing Miss Manuel as high school instructor are noted. A shower honors Akron couple Clifford Campbell, and the Fredells head to Boulder with several companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Kauffman
Harley
Avery ‘Small
Dirks
Bobby
Spencer
Iowa
Utile Dulee Club
J. E. Brady
H. Brady
A. J. Kessler
John
Penelope Tsitouras
Woman’s Lake
Minn
Grant Gassman
Clark
Dennison
Texas
Marvin
Gassman
L. B. Darling
Cleghorn
Akron
Sioux Valley Hospital
Cherokee
Peter Johnson
Emmanuel
Omaha
Axel Johnson
Iter
Eric Pearson
Floodwood
Board of
Streeter
Sioux City
Clifford) Campbell
Toby Bertrand
Stevens
Paveras
Fern Davin
Anna Overby
Wayne Johnson
SW. Fredell
Boulder
Colo
Ida Hrnckeon
LeMars
Keith Hill
Dey
Russell Kuchel
Sin
Pra Ais
Erickson
Celebration and Farm Show Proves A Real Success
Akron's Harvest Festival and Farm Show, held Thursday last, drew a record crowd and favorable reviews. The parade featured the Hosehler Post color guard, the Akron High School band, and numerous 4-H and local entries. Prize money totaled 420 dollars with 260 awarded by the Akron Commercial Club and 150 donated by W. J. Davidson, reflecting strong community participation and planning for a larger next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Hosehler Post
American Legion
Akron High School
Sunshine Poultry Club
Joe Lambert
Frank Hastings
Kenneth Decker
Harry Nelson
H. Shoulberg
Ed. Willer
Union County
Mesdames Clark Tindall
Henry G. Warner
Edor Johnson
Plymouth County
Akron Commercial
Igiab
Sioux Valley
Akron J
TALKIE CHATTER Norka Theatre Week Schedule At A Glance
The Norka Theatre presents a week of talking pictures with a double feature starting Friday August 22. Scotland Yard follows a bank robber turned director through cosmetic surgery and a new life while Law of the Range shows John Mack Brown in another western. Sunday to Tuesday August 24 25 26 offers They Met in Bombay with Peter Lorre and Rosalind Russell, a jewel thief tale. Matinee Sunday August 24 features Thieves Fall Out with Eddie Albert and Joan Leslie. Wednesday Thursday August 27 28 screens Thieves Fall Out, a romance trapped by finances and racketeers, ending in a unexpected twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talking Pictures
Norka Theatre
Scotland Yard
Solora
Dunkirk
Johnny Mack Brown
Knight
Bombay
Clark Gabie
Rosalind Russell
China
Peter Lorre
Jessie
Ralph
Reginald Owen
Eddie Albert
Joan Leslie
Norka
Birrows
Union Park Services Sunday Evening Program
A Sunday evening service is planned for Union Park at 8 oclock in City Park with rain location in the Christian church. Rev W J Zane will deliver a message titled Excuses. Miss Carlson of Sioux City will perform marimba music and sing hymns. She is known from the radio program on station KSCJ. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
W. J. Zane
Miss Carlson
Sioux City
KSCJ
Zane
Local News Notes Highlights of Trips and Events
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Decker visited relatives in Hedrick and southern Iowa while Miss Shirley Strong and Miss Violet Melheim spent time with family in Akron area. Families Dugdale and Ealey toured Onawa for fair and rodeo as heat and dust affected crops. Walton Barr and relatives planned a ten day visit to Cheyenne and other sites. Dan Blake acted as marshal in Barrs absence. The Forget Me Not Drive August 23 aims to raise funds for disabled American war veterans across Akron Westfield Chatsworth with EH A Ealey in charge from the Register Tribune office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth
Decker
Hedrick
Southern
Iowa
Olson
Junior Legion
Sioux City
Akron
Nellis Melheim
A. Dugdale
E. A. Ealey
Onawa
Dugdale
Walton Barr
Phyllis Stace
Stace
St. Paul
Minn
Wm. Reaney
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dan Blake
Westfield
Chatsworth
EH. A. Ealey
Register-Tribune
Akron Schools Plan Open With New Faculty and Rules
Akron public schools open Monday September 1 with 10 30 a m flag raising. Pupils report by 9 am. Registration for junior and senior highs August 29 and 30. Six new teachers hired. Faculty list includes Charles C. Fowler superintendent and several subject specialists. New library and shop equipment planned. part time work credits offered. Motorist cautions urge no tar on shoes and cars parked off curb for visibility.
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Akron Public
Miss Hicks
Charles C. Fowler
Helen Hicks
Edgemont
Arnold M. Kuester
Riplinger
Wis
Angela Shebleton
Greene
Iowa
Schieps
Kenneth C. Decker
Hale J
Mary DuBois
Wallkill
N. Y
iEnglish
Dorothy Manuel
George
Donald H. Werling
Tipton
Leila Johnson
Sloan
Oda DeWinter
Pella
Lucile Locke
Primghar
Bernice Reid
Ringated
Lois Kettering
Lake View
Beatrice MacFadzen
Rolfe
Ada Roseland
Paullina
Helen Stevens
Defense
HODIST CHURCH NOTES AND UPCOMING EVENTS
The church speaks of the Forget-Me-Not drive benefiting disabled war veterans and invites all to a comedy “Bubbling Over” at City Park Friday night. W G 8 meets next Wednesday with hosting by Mesdames L D Ross and Roy Patrick. Sunday School picnic planned for next week Thursday with plans to be announced. Plymouth County Sunday School Convention is set for October 15 in Akron. Next Sunday is Bring-One-Day at Sunday school with baptism or church union offered a week later. Contributions due by end of financial year in three weeks. Regular services next Sunday include morning worship on Reasons for Going to Church and an evening Union service at Park with Pastor WH Leasr.
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Mesdames L. D. Ross
Roy Patrick
Anial
Plymouth County
Methodist Church
Akron
Union J
W H. Leasr
Sig Springs Baptist Church Vacation Bible School Closure
R A Dahlquist pastor leads closing exercises for Vacation Bible School on Friday evening. A thank offering for teachers is requested. Sunday at 10 30 morning service features the pastor's farewell sermon If I Had Only One Sermon to Preach with Sunday school at 11 45.
Social Notes and Upcoming Events Around Hawarden and Vicinity
Miss Marie Degen visited relatives in Hawarden on Sunday. Lowell Nall returned from a visit with his sister Mrs Milton Lackey in Dunlap Iowa. Dr and Mrs George Mattison drove to Webster City, visited Mrs Thomspon on her birthday. Vern Swift and son Hugh with Ray A Smith drove to Lake Okoboji to visit Genevieve Swift. J H Julian and daughter Margery traveled from Vermillion to Des Moines after a train ride. Farmers Union picnic set for August 24 at Kingsley Park with E H Eyerson SD ag secretary as speaker. Rev J P Moore and daughter Kathryn to Meriden after visiting Kanawha. Mayor R W Brown and J F Brown attended Iowa League meeting in Waterloo with Mrs J F Brown in Arnold's Park. Rev J A Pannhuk to Charles City for Iowa district Lutheran convention August 26 29. Big Sioux Aerie Eagles Labor Day events in Akron include concert by Eagles Band Sioux City, amateur contest, baseball game, and open air dance.
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Marie Degen
Hawarden
Lowell’ Nall
Milton Lackey
Dunlap
Iowa
George Mattison
Webster City
Thompson
Vern Swift
Hugh
Ray A. Smith
Lake Okoboji
Misa Genevieve Swift
Kingsley Park
E. H. Eyverson
South Dakota
J. P. Moore
Kathryn
Kanawha
Meriden
Moore
Methodist Church
R. W. Brown
J. F. Brown
Waterloo
Iowa League of Municipalities
Arnold’s Park
J. A. Pannhuk
Trinity Lutheran Church
American Lutheran Church
Charles City
St. John’s Lutheran
Walter Fritschel
Big Sioux Aerie
Order of Eagles
Akron
Eagles’ Band
Sioux City
Akron Region
Beresford Legion
Hagles’ Band
Bowery
Eagles’ Orchestra
Akron High to Hold Initial Football Practice Monday
Akron High School announces first call for 1941 football candidates. Coach Arnold Kuester schedules early practices to prepare for an eight game schedule. Equipment issue and workouts set for Monday with many returning letter winners and incoming prospects promising a strong squad.
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Akron
Arnold M. Kuester
Kuestar
Akron High
Marlo Waterbury
Harvey ‘Lins
Lowell Koch
Darrell’ Bohlken J
Barney Swift
Orville Bengtson
Bob Ericson
Gaynor Harris
Bob Hendricks
Jack
Gala
Ray Ericson
Linn
Grove, High
Local Navy Man Freeman Myers Back Home for Visit
Freeman Myers arrived Sunday from Mare Island navy yard in San Diego to spend a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. James Myers and relatives. A nine year naval veteran and petty officer first class machinist’s mate, he served on a destroyer and the submarine Salmon, with recent Pearl Harbor duty. His boat at Mare Island for overhaul made the visit possible. Freeman, seeking further promotion toward warrant officer and commission, will share information about reenlistment opportunities in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Myers
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Diego
Calif
James Myers
Freeman
U. S. Navy
Salmon
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Mare Island
Naval Service
Births and a Visit Noted in Local Area
A series of births recorded in Akron Richland Westfield and surrounding areas with dates August 14 19 20 1941. Names include Mark Kenney Olson Sayles Adams Welch and Welch families. Stella McCorkell and daughter Jean travel to Durham Missouri to visit daughter sister Mrs Chas Whitaker and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Ken ‘Ney
Akron
Jadine A. Olson
Vernon Sayles
Stella McCorkell
Jean
Durham
Chas. Whitaker
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Town
Soo Falls
Northwestern Bell Co
Hagles
Carl
Union Park
Sig Springs Baptist Church
R. A. Dahlquist
United States
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