27 Aug 1936
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
1
Westfield residents attend picnics and visits across Iowa and nearby states. Local socials include Ladies Aid and St. Catharine's Guild events, upcoming school opening preparations, and a baseball loss to Vermillion with Kapfer pitching. Families travel, births noted, and weddings celebrated with community coverage.
Go on leave to attend school at St Catharine's academy at Jackson Nebraska. Mr and Mrs Clifford Schaff of Denver Colorado visited in the home of his aunt Mrs Anna Onke last week.
Sunday services planned for August 30 at 8 pm. Luther League to meet September 1 at Luther Hall with hosts Mr and Mrs George Adamson and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Ericson. John Ericson and Mrs Selma Willequist visited Mrs Mary Larson in Sioux City. Mrs Larson and Miss Hannah Sellberg will spend a week in the city. Selina Lillequist left for Denver Colorado for employment. Several residents, including Mr and Mrs Arthur Wilcox, Mrs Bessie Wilcox and son Lloyd, and Mr and Mrs Willard Johnson, traveled to Canton South Dakota to visit Ed Wilcox. A Riverside Park picnic was enjoyed by C A Hamilton, Lillian, and others.
Local social notes list visits and gatherings around West LeMars including the Molten family, Walter Klemme birthday party, and multiple calls between farms. Names include Herman Frerichs Leonard Miller Arlene Milbrodt Jess Kallsen John Kallsen Clarence Braun and families, with trips to West Bend Sioux City Shenandoah and Spink in South Dakota.
Fred Klemme, treated for appendicitis at Akron hospital, returned home on Wednesday. Elmer Hoffman, a Sioux City businessman, was a local caller in Akron on Wednesday.
A new Midwest wide marketing plan for poultry introduces three quality grades No 1 No 2 and rejects. The scheme, approved by agricultural colleges state agriculture departments and the Department of Agriculture and Inspection, seeks higher prices for No 1 birds by standardizing quality across producers and shippers. It has been active in Kansas and now extends to other states including the region this article covers.
Farmers will be paid for poultry quality and not just quantity as grade standards become the norm. Meetings have informed buyers nationwide, with descriptive and illustrated posters aiding producers to meet No 1 quality. Read Akron Merchants ads in the Register Tribune to save money at home.
Officials announce another CCC enrollment in October. Applications should be filed at the County Welfare office in Elk Point. Eligible boys include those in WPA employment or with loans or grants from the Resettlement Administration, county aid, or a mother's pension.
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