Local News Notes and Social Roundup Across Akron Area
Local items recount weekend visits by Mrs. Richard Phelps and family of Costa Rica Cal to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kaelke, travel by families to Columbus and Chicago, wedding attendances in Grand Junction and Odebolt, and a Register Tribune advertise your wares pitch. Also covered are N F O district farming meeting in Remsen, Camp Ripley returnees, Vermillion 100th anniversary events, birthday party for Nancy Klemme, and numerous family reunions and many scattered visitations. The piece closes urging 4 H record books due September 5 as school nears.
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Register- Tribune
Richard Phelps
Costa Rica
Calif
Louis Kaelke
Earline Westadt
Harold Hardy
Columbus
Nebr
Garland Akers
Milwaukee
Wis
Vivian Waterbury
Herman Borchers
John Borchers
Richard
Chicago
Herman
Bonnie Frerichs
United Air Lines
Louis Frerichs
Marcille
D. G. Ross
Sharon Brady
Robert Glidden
Grand Junction
Iowa
Eldon Brady
C. G. Brady
Register-Tribune
Otto L. Stibral
Vern Swift
Washington, D. C
N.F.O
Remsen
Oren Lee Staley
National N.F.O
Phil Allen
Bill Miller
Fred Larson
Linda
Charlotte
Janet
Mark
Alcester
S. D
al Schuette
Akron
Freeman Hansen
Bothell
Wash
Gordon Beier
Margaret
Mike
Missoula
Mont
Camp Ripley
Vicinity
Larry Brown
Lee Harris
Dennis Wilken
James Small
Ralph Klemme
Larry Plueger
Bill Renken
Iowa National Guard
Co. A
Little Falls
Minn
Vermillion
Old Settlers
Nancy Klemme
Wendy
Fay Lucken
Linda Sargent
Angela
Roxanne
Cayla Klemme
Deniece Jeffers
Nancy
Gene Ogden
Battle Creek
Mich
Ray B. Ogden
Judy Ogden
Bartley Ogden
Charles G. Mandernach
OQ Odebolt
Ray Ogden
Grant Gassman
Humboldt, Iown
Iowa State Fair Opens With Record Attendance Expected
The Iowa State Fair opens in Des Moines with a projected half million visitors and a record 10,000 plus entries in the national livestock show. Highlights include Children’s Day with car races and a thrill show, jalopy and stock car races, and 4-H and FFA competitions attracting over 3,000 youth. The fair runs from Friday through September 6, officials said.
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Iowa
Des Moines
L. B. Cunningham
Coast Guard recruiting opens in Omaha Nebraska
The Coast Guard recruiting station in Omaha announces openings across aviation engineering electronics clerical medical and more. Applicants must show a birth certificate pass a mental and physical exam and those with prior honorable service may enlist. Enlist in Stay With Your Buddy to receive basic training together. Write to room 217 Post Office Building Omaha Nebraska.
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United State Coast Guard
Omaha
Nebr
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Post Office
Omaha 2
Nebraska
4-H Record Book Deadline Approaches
The Plymouth County Fair showcased 4-H projects from August 10 to 12 with the girls’ home furnishings focus. Members completed hard work and earned recognition as the 4-H year ends with a September 5 deadline for record books.
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Plymouth County Fair
Border Belles 4-H Club Workshop and Meeting
Border Belles 4-H held a workshop at Karen Johnson's home with roll call “My finished projects.” Ruth Dowling spoke on convention as girls varnished, sanded, and sewed projects. A picnic lunch followed by more work. later a Local Achievement at Trinity American Lutheran Church featured a skit “Border Belles in Review” and a questions session with Mrs. Lund. Reporter Caroline Hasenbank.
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Karen Johnson
Ruth Dowling
Border Belles
Trinity American Lutheran Church
Mrs. Lund
Helen Davis
Don Cunningham Recalls An Iowa Visitor And American Opportunity
Don Cunningham reflects on a Northwest Iowa visitor of Scandinavian descent who came to America in 1898. The man possessed rugged strength and will, bought his first farm in 1904 on raw land, and his example inspired appreciation for what Americans can achieve with determination and resourcefulness.
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Northwest
Iowa
America
Man builds a life of work and security on land
The speaker recalls a man who spent years planting trees and erecting buildings, placing a personal mark on each acre. He forged a bulwark against the future while embodying an ideal. The reflection notes such achievements are common but opportunities to do them seem isolated in America.
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America
Iowa Feeders OK 10-Cent Beef Checkoff Plan
Nearly 100 beef feeders signed agreements agreeing to a 10 cent per head deduction on all cattle marketed to fund beef promotion. The group, handling about 55 000 cattle annually, aims to form a Mid West Regional Beef Council covering Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and the Dakotas. Ralph Hallstrom led the meeting with National Beef Council officials praising the move as key to a national beef promotion program.
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Cherokee
Ralph Hallstrom
Iowa
St. Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
National Beef Council
Don Bartlett
Come Miss
Bud Brandenburg
Denver
Brandenburg
Bartlett
National, Livestock and Meat Board
Mid-West Council
Ralph Olsen
Ellsworth
National Council
North Dakota
Joe Milton
McLeod
Place in the world today where a fellow could get it done
A reflective line notes that people take blessings for granted and avoid differences that could threaten them. It urges valuing what we have and not risking loss through indifference. The speaker emphasizes cautious gratitude and prudent action to preserve benefits.
Allan Rich County Extension Youth Assistant
Co winners Darrel Gerrietts and Wendell Renken of the Portland Preston 4-H club tied with the same total score in the Junior Feeder Cattle show at Sioux City Stock Yards. Nineteen 4-H and FFA pens included 122 head exhibited. A summary sheet will be printed and sent to project members. pick up after September 15. To complete a 4-H project a full record book is due by September 8.
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Darrel Gerrietts
Wendell Renken
Portland Preston Club
Sioux City
Importance of name and aim in student guidance
This piece argues for identifying the right occupation for youths through guidance counseling. It urges using professional counselors when possible and, otherwise, well crafted materials and active involvement by teachers and parents to steer students toward suitable paths and self understanding.
4-H Record Keeping Emphasized for Members
An accurate record of a 4-H project is essential. Members with more than one year in 4-H maintain prior year records, as good records aid farming business. The Register-Tribune offers typewriter and copying paper for sale through Want Ads, promoting quick, low-cost sales.
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Register- Tribune
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Lawrence Frisch
Delmer Andresen
Springfield
Herman Andresen
Frank Nienke
Kansas
Wendall Klemme
Cheryl
Terri
Michael
Darwyn Klemme
Lynette and
LaNay
Hannah Osterthun
Walter H. Klemme
Vernold Olson
Michael Lee
Hawarden Hospital
Akron Riverside Cemetery
D. J. Roy
Elmer Hoffman
Velma Kroksh
Ira
Our Savior’s Lutheran
Flandreau
F. O. M. Westby
Augustana College
South Dakota State College
East St. Louis
Ill
Hawarden
Stanley Harris
Lakewood
Lee Gulberg
Evan Harris
Gaynor Harris
Orin Harris
Stuart Harris
Gail Hemmingsen
Clarence Hummel
Margaret Adams
Harlan Hummel
James Dawson
Harley Marshall
Hudson, S. D
Helen David
Iowa State Fair
CLUB
Don Cunningham
L. D. Vangeness
Kenyon
Minnesota
Vangeness
F.F.A
N. W. Iowa
Ducers
Allan Allan Rich
Rolan M. Blake
Farm Bureau
A Bureau Insurance CC
Edward C. Roeber
Jeorneshes
scHot
Enioy Slollege
Business College
Nik
First National Agency
Lyle F. Jacoby
John Uhlenhake
Wowa
Farmers’ Co-op
HARDY
K. D
Sherwin Williams
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