Watermelon Day Schedule Promises Big Akron Celebration
With one week left, Akron prepares the Watermelon Day program featuring a 10 40 a m kittensball game between Hill Rats and Akron All Stars, a 1 p m Grand Street Parade with floats from nearly every business, a 2 p m Westfield vs Akron baseball game, and a horseshoe tournament. Farmers and merchants are invited to enter floats with cash prizes for top places and separate prizes for children in parade categories. Local mail carriers distribute parade details and prize information.
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Akron
The
Hill Rats
All Stars
Westfield
Is Arrested on Charge of Fraud
A Chicago man known as officer of Central City Corporation is jailed in Sioux City on a Plymouth County charge of defrauding Rev. J. A. Roder of 12 000 in stock, an automobile, a house and lot, and cash in a land deal tied to a Rochester hospital. The case alleges misrepresentation in stock exchange and failed oil ventures across Iowa and Minnesota, with extradition sought.
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Akron
S. A
Plymouth County
Ward
Central City Corporation of
Chicago
Towa
Father Roder
Rochester
Minn
Sioux Falls
Gary
Ind
Father Rodar
Oklahoma
Study Center Saturday for Plymouth County Rural Schools
A study center for Plymouth county rural and two room village schools will be held at the court house in LeMars on Saturday September 2 starting at 9 am. State inspector R A Griffin from Des Moines Iowa will be the principal speaker. The agenda includes management and discipline plans for the new school year and health and scheduling talks.
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Plymouth County
Court Honge
LeMars
R.A. Griffin
Miss Petersen
Mr. Griffin
Miss Roberts
Sunday and Tuesday church events announced
Morning services Sunday September 3 at 11 o clock with Sunday school at 10. The Luther League literary meeting will be held at Luther Hall Tuesday September 5 with Herbert and Walter Swanson and Violet Anderson entertaining. A program committee includes Arthur Wilcox John Ericson August Huebner Willie Huebner Hugo Granstrom Teckla Anderson. The Junior Mission Band meets at Luther Hall Saturday September 2 and all members are asked to invite their mothers. A towel and toy shower for Foreign Mission will be held at this meeting. D J Edward Pastor.
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Luther League
Luther Hall
Herbert
Walter Swanson
Violet Anderson
Arthur Wilcox
John Ericson
Willie Huebner
Hugo Granstrom
Teckla Anderson
Foreign Mission
D. J. Edward
Pretty Wedding Solemnized Here
Miss Margaret Blum and Leo Henrich were wed at St Patrick's church in Akron on Tuesday morning August 22 1933 in a ceremony led by Rev Father J A Roder. The bride wore white satin with pink crepe brides maid gown, bouquet of pink roses, and lace veil. Best man Paul Henrich. Reception followed. couple to reside on a farm near Akron.
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Margaret. Blum
Peter Blum
Akron
Leo Henrich
Martin Henrich
LeMars
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
J. A. Roder
Catherine Blum
Paul Henrich
Methodist Church Notes Defiant Faith and When the Whistle Blows
Next Sunday services include subjects Defiant Faith and When the Whistle Blows with Sunday school and Epworth League at regular times. A welcome awaits worshippers. District Conference meets Tuesday at LeMars starting 9:30 a.m. Annual Conference set for Humboldt from September 26 to October 2.
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Epworth League
LeMars
Humboldt
Public Library Notes Open Dates and Remodeling Change
The library will be open to the public on Tuesday September 5 and Friday September 8 with regular hours resuming next week on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday from 3 to 5. Remodeling now provides ample space for books and new titles will be added frequently. Dorothy Cross librarian.
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Dorothy Cross
Watermelon Day Akron Church Notice
First Baptist Church announces Sunday school for all ages at 10 am and morning worship at 11. Sermon by the pastor R. E. Brown with the theme My Father Worketh Hitherto and I Work. Watermelon Day event noted for Akron on September 7.
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R. E. Brown
Akron Public Schools Prepare for Opening Day 1933
Akron public schools set to open Monday September 4 at 9 am with an afternoon Labor Day break and a noon dismissal. New faculty include Superintendent Forest Greenwood High School Laurence Drew Ms Grace Schroeder and Miss Harriet Thurston. Grade assignments list teachers and addresses across Akron and nearby towns.
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Akron Public School
Forest Greenwood High School
Laurence Drew
Ninth Avenue
DeWitt
Iowa
Charles TH. Konarska
California Street
Omaha
Nebr
Catherine TH. Carr
Onawa
Mary Reidy
Graettinger
Vera Reisser
Correctionville Road
Sioux City
Grace Schroeder
Fairbury
Harriet Thurston
Akron Public
Forest Greenwood
Pleasant Birthday Party for Leonard Welch and Emmett Welch
Twenty four friends and relatives gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welch’s home south of town to celebrate the birthdays of young Leonard James Welch and Uncle Emmett Welch. A chicken dinner was served at noon, horseshoes were played in the afternoon, and ice cream and cake followed at four o’clock. Leonard received many gifts as guests departed wishing the celebrants many happy returns. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. William Welch Sr and family, Miss Jewel and Miss Ela Welch, Mr. and Mrs. Nels Beaubien and Mary Catherine, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Dahl, Mike and Pat Foley and Sam Claassen, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Thompson and daughter Tima, Mrs. Vera Thompson, Harold Thompson, and others from Westfield, Elk Point, Akron, and Sioux City.
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Frank Welch
Leonard James
Welch
Emmett
Leonard
William Welch
Jess
Bill
Robert Welch
Jewel
Ela Welch
Nels Beaubien
Mary Catherine
Westfield
Adolph Dahl
Elk Point
Mike
Pat Foley
Sam Claassen
Akron
C. H. Thompson
Tima
Vera Thompson
Sioux City
Harold Thompson
Omaha
Seek Federal Relief Funds for County Road Projects
County Engineer M. B. Starr seeks federal aid to fund a two year program of road improvements in LeMars area by issuing anticipation warrants backed by gasoline tax receipts. Plan calls for 30 percent federal donation and 70 percent county share with work prioritized for fall and winter completion. federal funds depend on strict use of hand labor and project approvals pending.
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M. B. Starr
Des Moines
Ames
LeMars Sentinel
State Highway Commission
Starr
Shower news for bride Rose Hilton and more
Miss Rose Hilton received a multiple shower at the home of Mrs. Harvey Welch west of town on Monday afternoon hosted by Mrs. EB I Conner and Mrs. Welch. Verla Busch read and a talk on Africa preceded gifts brought by two Darkie boys. A two course lunch followed as guests wished her happiness. An earlier shower in the Eleeson home honored Miss Hilton featured a mock wedding and a wagon of gifts presented by Delores Anderson, with a blue and white theme and a lunch.
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Ilith Eleeson
Clint Anderson
Rose Hilton
Eleeson
Clint
Delores Anderson
Akron Baseball Week Promises Busy Schedule
Akron’s team could not schedule last Sunday but held a practice with a pickup squad. Over the next ten days they have several games including a Saturday match with Washington township Farm Bureau at Brunsville carnival, a Sunday game against Sioux City Canaries, and Labor Day clash with Westfield at Riversioux Park in a purse division. Also Sioux City Independents visit on September 10. Group Two of the Christian church to host a weekend rummage sale at the former Marian Rhodes building, with Group Three offering pie doughnuts and coffee. Dr and Mrs J H Kerr Harper and Robert Greenleaf returned from Colorado. hunters found few lion game. Mrs Grover Vick and son D C returned from a Greenville Ky trip and Chicago’s Century of Progress.
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Akron
Washington Township
Brunsville
Sioux City Canaries
Westfield
Riversioux Park
Sioux City Independents
The
Christian Church
Marian Rhodes
J. H. Kerr
Harper
Robert . Greenleaf
Colorado
Dr. Kerr
Grover Vick and Son
D. C
Greenville
Chicago
Feauto Child Born Near Town on August 27 1933
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Ambrose Feauto northeast of town on August 27 1933. The notice records a family birth with location and date.
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Ambrose Feauto
Final Rites Held for Chas M Hilliker Akron Pioneer
Longtime Akron resident Chas M Hilliker 77 died August 23 1933 after liver trouble. Burial and funeral were held at the M E church with Rev F F Robinson presiding. Survived by widow three sons one daughter and six grandchildren. memory rich with Plymouth county history.
Akron men receive degrees from Cedar Falls college
Akron men Cather Cummins and Bartley Ogden graduated from Town State Teachers College Cedar Falls in the summer term exercises held last Thursday evening August 24. Both earned Bachelor of Arts degrees among 185 graduates. U S congressman F C Gilchrist delivered the address. Dr O R Latham conferred the degrees. Other events included the president's reception August 20 and graduation dinner August 23.
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Cather Cummins
Bartley G. Ogden
Akron
Lutheran Churches Joint Services and Plans
The Lutherans announce joint parish services at So. St. Paul Lutheran Church Sunday at 11 a.m. St. Paul L D R will hold a Candle Light service at So. St. Paul Sunday at 8 15 p.m with speaker Miss Thomasgaard of Alcester. Sunday schools meet at So. St. Paul 9 45 a.m. Brule Creek 9 30 a.m. Bring children. Brule Creek Ladies Aid meets Friday September 8 at Mrs. Carl Peterson home. Feature meeting Tuesday September at 2 p.m. at the new building led by Pastor Walter I Aamoth.
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St. Paul Lutheran Church
St. Paul
Spink School
Brule Creek Ladies’ Aid
Carl Peterson
Brule Creek Shurch
Feature
Walter I Aamoth
Highway No. 12 to Be Improved in Northwest Iowa
Northwest Town gets a sizable share of a 10 million federal public works grant for highway improvements. In Woodbury county 7.7 miles on highway 75 from Sioux City to Sarecant Bluz plus 230000. Other paving and grading planned on highways 75 243 33 and 12 across Sioux Plymouth Lyon and LeMars Sheldon Rock Rapids and Akron areas with multiple cost figures.
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Northwest Town
National Employment Service
Federal Bureau of Roads
Washington, D. C
Woodbury County
Sioux City
Sarecant Bluz
Northwestern Railway
Pierson
Sioux
Lyon Counties
Sioux County
Plymouth County
Sioux Center
Lyon County
Rock Rapids
Alton
Sheldon
LeMars
Sibley
Omaha
Akron
Pleasant Hill U B Church Announces New Officers
At a recent meeting Mrs Josie Welch was elected Sunday school superintendent Verga Buseh secretary treasurer and Dorothy Jacobson organist The church finance committee includes Mr and Mrs F B Kerr and Mrs Josie Welch A unanimous vote named Mrs J H Conner as delegate to the annual conference services Sunday September 3 include Sunday school at 2 pm worship at 3 pm with sermon A Gospel of Certainty Pastor and Mrs Conner plan to travel to Seward Nebraska for the annual conference where Mrs Conner will be on the program.
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Pleasant Hill U. B
Josie Welch
Verga Buseh
Dorothy Jacobson
F. FB. Kerr
JH. T. Conner
J. I. Conner
Seward
Nebr
Annul Sunday Trains Here In Milwaukee Division
The post office reports that after September 1 there will be no Sunday passenger train and mail service on this division of the Milwaukee railroad. The economy move may cause occasional public inconvenience, especially in winter. Plan to celebrate Watermelon Day in Akron, Thursday, September 7.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Akron
Dr N J Brown Wins Local Golf Club Championship
Dr N J Brown defeated Henry Rossbach 36 holes to claim the local club championship and the silver loving cup after a season ending final. The match featured Brown taking leads with strong drives and steady putting, building a 1 up margin after eight holes.
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Dr. N. J. Brown
Henry Rossbach
C. C. Moore
P. J. Siert
J. A. Jenson
Clifford Johnson
Claude Anderson
Chas. M. Allen
N. J. Brown
Brown
Rossbach
Rosshaeh
Rosshbach
Green
Rossbachi
Rossh
Ross
Woman Injured in Auto Accident Near Preston Township
Mrs. Fred Van Schepen of Preston township was badly injured when a tire blew near the Perry Creek Craig roads causing a rollover. Her arm required immediate elbow amputation at Hawardéa hospital the same evening while her husband and three children escaped with minor injuries.
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Fred van Schepen
Preston Township
van Schepen
Sioux City
Perry Creek
Craig
Hawardéa Hospita
Thei
Trinity Lutheran Church Annual Mission Festival Announcement
Trinity Lutheran Church schedules its Annual Mission Festival for Sunday in September. German service at 10 30 a m and high service at 2 30 p m followed by Low German service. Rev Fred Hein of Boyden Ia assists with services. Dinner at noon and all invited. Fred A Meske pastor.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Fred. Hein
Boyden
Fred. A. Meske
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Union Creek
Margaret Blum
Methodist Church
F. F. Robinson
Public Library Notes
First Baptist Church
C. M. Hilliker
Chas. M. Hilliker
Charles Mahlon Hilliker
Old Empire State
Buffalo
N. Y
James QO
Adeline Frances (Williams) Hilliker
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Johnson Township
South Dakota
Mary J. Houghton
Big Sioux
Akrona
My. Hilliker
Tie
United Brethren Church
Adaville
Methodist Episcopal
Masonic Order
Freedom Lodge
Vesper Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Register-Tribune
M.ef
Lutheran Churches
Federal
Public Works Fund
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