Watermelon Day committees finalize plans in Akron
City committees map events for Akron Watermelon Day on September 7. Chas Nall will supply home grown melons, while Lawrence Schroeder eyes aerial stunts for crowd thrills. Westfield and Akron baseball contest adds a purse, plus six man horseshoe tourney with first and second prizes of 6 and 3 dollars. Parade at 1 p.m. features nearly all businesses and midway concessions. Night pavement dance with Akron Old-Time Orchestra promises lively entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Chas. Nall
Lawrence Schroeder
Merrill
Westfield
F. E. Burke
Plymouth county seeks exemption for emergency fund tax
Supervisor D 8 Twogood and Assistant County Auditor LeRoy Crowley won state comptroller approval for a $20,000 emergency fund to be exempt from Beatty Bennett tax reduction. They met in Des Moines on August 17 and also secured an $18,043 cattle valuation reduction and a $7,314 dairy cow valuation cut after prior increases. About seventy five attended Akron High School Alumni picnic at Nearys Park the preceding Friday, with a brief program and picnic lunch followed by Akron Firemen’s dance in the pavilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twogood
LeRoy Crowley
Plymouth County Board
Wogood
Crowley
Des Moines
Plymouth County
State Board of Assessment and Review
Akron High School
Neary’s Park
Akron Firemen
Akron pioneer C M Hilliker dies at 77
Charles M Hilliker oldest Akron businessman and Plymouth county pioneer died at his home Wednesday August 23 1933 at 10 25 pm after a ten day illness of liver cancer He settled in Johnson township in 1871 and lived in Akron since 1887 He was 77 years 4 months and 12 days Survived by wife three sons W J S B and Waldo and daughter Mrs John Hanson Funeral Saturday 2 30 pm at Akron M B church with services at home Burial at Riverside cemetery under charge of Freedom lodge A B P A M members
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Hilliker
Akron
Plymouth County
Hilliker
Johnson Township
Searoa
W. J
Waldo
John Hanson
Akron M. B
Freedom Lodge
A. B P
A.M
Riverside Cemetery
Ditto Speaks On Northwest Iowa Road Plan
State Highway Commissioner C. J. Ditto told the Lions club in Le Mars about the primary road program for northwest Iowa. He said contracts for paving No 76, graveling No 12, grading No 33 and other improvements would be let soon, with $10,000,000 federal road funds likely to be used in the county later this month. Uncertainty remains on secondary road projects and Plymouth county town plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Ditto
Lions Club
LéMars
Plymouth County
Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday Services and Events
Trinity Lutheran Church speakers and services listed for Sunday. Clarence Steinert, student at Capitol University Columbus Ohio, will conduct the morning service and preach. Rev Meske to assist in Mission Festival at George Iowa. Chatsworth Ladies Aid meet Friday September 1 at Mrs Ben Hartman home. Fred A Meske Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Steinert
Capitol University
Columbus
Ohio
Meske
George
Iowa
St. Math. Luth
Chatsworth
Ladies’ Aid
Ben Hartman
Fred A. Meskes
Filing Cases for October Court at LeMars
County Clerk E F Remer reports a steady October docket with many note and attachment suits. Franklin Life Insurance seeks 14456.43 and foreclosure. First Joint Stock Land Bank sues Ernest Kramer for 20531.69. Lampert Lumber sues Tony Friedman for 21.55. Ed Jans sues Nora Mowers for 107.10 for labor in Akron in October 1931. Union Central Life Insurance sues F I Badden for 5000 with mortgage foreclosure in Westfield Township. Depositors from Merrill and Hinton banks propose consolidating receiverships. judge delays ruling to August 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMars
E. F. Remer
The
Franklin Life Insurance Co
Henry W.brosamle
Amelia Brosamle
First Joint Stock Land Bank
Ernest Kramer
Lampert Lumber Company
Hinton
Tony Friedman
Ed. Jans
District Court
Nora F. Mowers
Akron
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
F. I. Badden
Westfield Township
C. W. Pitts
Merrill and Hinton
M. A. Cass, Sr
Security Bank of
Union Creek Church Notes Program and Meetings
The Woman's Home and Foreign Mission of the Nathaniel Lutheran church will present a program Sunday evening August 27 at 8 o'clock with refreshments served. A cordial invitation is extended to all. The Ladies' Aid will meet at Luther Hall Thursday August 31 hosted by Mrs. Lester Seeley and Mrs. Gordy Green. All are invited. Luther League program planning for Tuesday September 5 includes Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilcox John Ericson August and Willie Huebner Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Granstrom and Teckla Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Neil Robertson of Miller S D visiting in the L F Taylor and John Robertson homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Nathaniel
Lutheran Church
Luther Hall
Lester Seeley
Gordy Green
Luther League
Arthur Wilcox
John Ericson
August
Willie Huebner
Hugo Granstrom
Teckla Anderson
Plymouth County 4-H Girls Showcase Achievement Day
Plymouth county 4-H girls held Achievement Day at First Methodist church in LeMars with seven townships participating. Demonstrations by Johnson county girls placed first for Pillow making from scraps, wardrobe for a girl’s room, marbered décor items, and wall shelves. Ruth Hoyt and Phyllis Morton earned second for orange crate storage. The event featured a picture memory contest and a musical program, with Ella Loughran judging exhibits for state fair selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County
First Methodist
LeMars
Dorothy Lueken
Leona Gabel
Johnson Township
Des Moines
Johnson
Ruth Hoyt
Phyllis Morton
Union Township
Hungerford
Lois Jauer
Carol Held
Evelyn Baldwin
Sylvia Bogh
Fredonia
Agnes Beaulieu
Viola Mansfield
Liberty
Liberty Township
Marjorie Koenig
Frances Rainhboth
Janet Hamilton
Mildred Hamilton
Thelma Dempster
Verda Wetrosky
Ella Loughran
Woodbury County
Old Settlers Picnic Set for Elk Point Tuesday
The forty seventh annual Union County Old Settlers Picnic will be in Elk Point on Tuesday August 29. U S attorney Olaf Bidem will speak, then a morning program from 10 to noon followed by an afternoon schedule with numbers, contests, kittenball and baseball games, rides, and dances for visitors. All are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Old Settlers
Elk Point
Olaf Bidem
United States
South Dakota
Lutheran Fall Festival and church notices
The Lutheran churches announce a Fall Festival and dedication of the Bethesda Homes new addition on Sunday August 27 at 10:30 a.m. Bring lunch and enjoy speakers and music. Brule Creek Luther League devotional at Ahlsboro Lutheran church Sunday at 8:15 p.m. Life of Moses shown. St Paul Ladies Aid meets August 31. hosted by Mrs Sigri Kalstad and Mrs W Soleglad. St Paul Luther League meets August 31 with a good program. Special meeting September 5 at 2 p.m. to discuss building committee report. Pastor Walter I Aamoth urges attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethesda
Creek Luther League
Ahlsboro Lutheran Church
St. Paul
W. Soleglad
St. Paul Luther League
Brile Creek
Walter I. Aamoth
Pleasant Hill Church Ladies' Aid Meet At Alcester
Pleasant Hill A B reports that over 100 members attended Wednesday’s Ladies' Aid meeting at Alcester hosted by Mrs. EH S Conner. Seven Aid Societies represented. Services planned for Sunday August 27 include Sunday school at 10 am and worship at 11 am with elections for church and Sunday school officers and a conference delegate. S A Jacobson, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EH. S. Conner
Alcester
S. A. Jacobson
First Baptist Church Weekly Schedule and Meeting
Sunday school meets at 10 a m worship at 11 a m with the sermon We Do Our Part Evening services at 8 o clock Sermon on A Doctor of the First Century Ladies Association meets next Wednesday at Mrs Youngstroms home Mrs Wm Anderson assisting hostess program to be a surprise Reverend R E Brown pastor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Association
Death comes to prominent Akron farmer Saturday
Edward Lamoureux 64 dies of heart attack at home on Saturday August 19 1933 in Akron after years of farming near Salix Iowa and Alton Ta. He leaves a large family including 13 children and 20 grandchildren. Funeral held at St Patrick's Catholic church with relatives from Shoshoni Salix Sioux City Alta Merrill Whiting Sloan and Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lamoureux
Akron
Montreal
Canada
Salix
Iowa
Amelia G. Rush
Alton
Lamoureux
Victoria Eva
Nap
Sioux City
Vetal
Shoshoni
Wyo
Milford
Sloan
Leonard
Clifford, Loray
Clifford, Loray, Loyd, William and Walter, of Akron; Mrs. Steve Gant
Westfield
Hdna
Madalin
Arthur
Theodore
J. A. Roder
Fr. Conway
Hawarden
Chas. McConville
Rick Boden
John Boden
Wm. Simeon
P. A. Foley
Wm. Hosehler
Vetal Lamoureux
Theodore Lamoureux
Alta
Merrill, Whiting and Sloan
Jefferson
8. D
LOAN BANK NAMES APPRAISERS FOR SIXTEEN COUNTIES
Geis Botsford state manager announces new Home Owners' Loan Bank appraisers under Sioux City district office. Named appraisers include John Jenkinson Cherokee Eli Kraft Monona Mert McLaughlin Lyons Charles Dougherty O'Brien H R Schultz Plymouth J F Yeager Dickinson J A Murphy Ida William Brower Sioux A J Salland Osceola C W Norris Harrison Tom Delaney Pottawattamie. The Sioux City office personnel: John Hertert Harlan manager Thomas Harrington appraiser Ray R Blankenheim New Hampton attorney Cyril Farr Cherokee secretary and Sarah H White Ida Grove Ellen M Carney Storm Lake application clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Owners’ Loan Bank
Northwest Town
Sioux City
Geis Botsford
John Jenkinson
Cherokee
Eli Kraft
Monona
Mert McLaughlin
Lyons
Charles Dougherty
O’brien
H.R. Schultz
Plymouth
J. F. Yeager
Dickinson
J. A. Murphy
Ida
William Brower
Sioux
Immanuel Lutheran Church Service Notice
Immanuel Lutheran Church led by Pastor C W Samuelson invites Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am on Sunday August 27 the eleventh Sunday after Trinity The Lutheran Brotherhood meets at 8 pm with committee Chester Samuelson Frank Johnson George Bultman and Harry Johnson Rev and Mrs W H McDonald and children returned last Friday from a week with relatives in Sloan and Whiting Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tl Heme
eTrne
W. H. McDonald
Sloan and Whiting
Towa
Union County 4-H Show Highlighted By Winners
The Union County 4-H show at Spink on August 14 drew 17 animals. Chester Lundgren won grand championship with Hereford baby beef, Marvin Stanm reserve with Hereford, while Llewellyn Salem's Angus and Alfred Huls Shorthorn placed third and fourth. Breed results list Hereford and Shorthorn champions, with Angus champions and runners up named. Judges were Alan Boone, D E Cass, and C H Robinson. Showmanship winner was Chester Lundgren. Health contest led by Ru Adene Kulvik, healthiest 4 H member, with Harold Boyd second and Charles Jernberg third. A talk by Alan Bogue on calf feeding closed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Spink
Chester Lundgren
Marvin Stanm
Llewellyn Salem
Angus
Alfred Huls
Arnold Klemme
Harold Boyd
Marie Anderson
Alfred Hull
Merlyn Peterson
Ru Adene Kulvik
Alan Boone
Canton
8. D
D. E. Cass
Brookings
S. D
C. H. Robinson
Sioux City
Dr. Bright
Elk Point
Huron
Llarold Boyd
Charles Jernberg
Alan Bogue
Lincoln County
Pastor Returns to Duty at First Church of Christ
The pastor resumes duties after a week away with renewed zeal. Sunday topics are Obedience Better Than Sacrifice and The Uncertainty of Times. Services at 10 a.m. Bible school, 7 p.m. CE, 8 p.m. evening. A church gathering Friday Aug 25 will include program, lunch, and social. Rev W H McDonald and Rev F Bunge lead. Grant township1 Lutheran pastor Rev F Bunge arrives with wife and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis McDonald
W. H. McDonald
F. Bunge
Christ Lutheran Church
Grant Township
County
Grimes
Iowa
Rev. Bunge
Esther
Des Moines
Victor
Martin
Roland
Martha
Akron Ball Team Loses First Game in Tournament
Akron, entering Vermilion South Dakota action with eight opponents listed, fell to Tabor 10 to 8 in a high scoring opener. Akron led 8 to 4 before a late Tabor surge produced four two baggers and an eighth inning rally. Hartman held late innings for Akron as two-base hits fueled the comeback. Westfield advanced to the next round by beating Vermillion Outlaws 15 to 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Vermillion
S. D
Winnebago Indians
Tyndall
Stevens
Gayville
Vermillion Outlaws
Westfield
Tabor
Vermillion Red Sox
Plymouth
Arden Brown
G. Hartman
Heider
Claassen
R. Metz
Tucker
Kostal
Vetek
B. Hartman
Hartman
C. Kortan
T. Hadky
Petrek
B. Hladky
Toczek
Peek
Metz
Johnson
Hills
Methodist Church Notes Evening and Morning Subjects
The note lists morning subject Imperfection's Aspiration and evening subject Saying It With Flowers at the Methodist church with Sabbath School and Epworth League at the usual time. Pastor F F Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth
Daughters Born to Two Local Families in 1933
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Eidem northwest of town on August 22, 1933, followed by a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Vogelzang northeast of town on August 24, 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Eidem
Frank F. Vogelzang
Officers elected at Plymouth county American Legion and Auxiliary meeting
At the Plymouth county joint American Legion and Auxiliary meeting in LeMars last Thursday officers were elected. Legion: Elmer E. Young county commander Remsen John Raveling vice commander W G Adams adjutant and finance officer A E H Lake retiring county commander. Auxiliary: Mrs John Reemis chairman Mrs Ed Tentinger vice chairman Mrs Frank Beguin secretary Mrs Mary Moeller treasurer Mrs Edw in Flaltgreve Remsen historian Mabel Larson Kingsley chaplain. Reports were given by Clarence Roseberry LeMars and Mike Fisch Dubuque on the state judiciary committee and recent Legion convention. October county meeting set for Morrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County
Joint American Legion and Auxiliary
LeeMars
Legion
Elmer E. Young
Hinton
John Raveling
Remsen
W. G. Adams
Akron
A. E H. Lake
John Reemis
Ed. Tentinger
LeMars
Frank Beguin
Mary Moeller
Edwin Flaltgreve
Tag Mabel Larson
Kingsley
Chapain
State Judiciary Committee
Clarence Roseberry
Dubuque
Mike Fisch
M. @. Trwin
Morrill
Morvill
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. M. Hilliker
Ditto
LE Mars
Trinity Lutheran Church
Union Creek
D. J. Edward
Neil Robertson
Miller, 8. D
L. F. i Taylor
John Robertson
LeMars Methodist Church
Pleasant Hill
A. B
Church
First Baptist Church
Maggie Wise
Arnold’s Park
A. Armstrong
Lake View
West Okoboji Lake
Wise
First Church OF Christ
Akron Ball
Methodist Church
Legion and Auxiliary Units
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