Akron week buzz Bows to store opening and community events
Shorty previews a busy Akron week headlined by the McPhersons grand opening on Saturday December 6 with door prizes and in-store specials. Catholic ladies host a bazaar and soup dinner, a Community Christmas Sing at Trinity Lutheran Sunday, and a rural-town meeting Wednesday December 3. Also noted are a 50th anniversary open house under blizzard conditions for John and wife Popken, Christmas decoration efforts, and a plug for gift subscriptions to the Akron Register-Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
McPherson's
Trinity Lutheran Church
Akron Ministerial Association
John Popken
Akron Iowa Newspaper Ownership and Publication Details
The Akron Register-Tribune lists owners and publishers for Good News Inc in Akron Iowa. F Shorty Hazel Velgene Hazel Fran Miller share ownership percentages and publication terms. The paper is published Thursdays, with rates $6 yearly in Akron Plymouth Sioux Woodbury counties and Union County South Dakota. $7 elsewhere.
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Good News, Inc. Owners & Publishers
Shorty" Hazel
Velgene Hazel
Fran Miller
Plymouth
Sioux
Woodbury
Iowa
Union County
S.D
Community Rural Town Meeting and Dec events in Akro
A series of December community events are listed for Akron area including Rural Town Meeting at the school auditorium on Dec 3 at 7:30 p.m. and a lineup of Dec 4 gatherings such as Chicken Little at 6:15 p.m. Embroidery club Christmas party at 3 p.m. and multiple church circles at 1:30 p.m. on Dec 4. Additional items include American Legion at 8 p.m. Dec 5, Rural Home Culture at 2 p.m. Dec 5, Sioux Valley Extension club at 2 p.m. Dec 7, Community Christmas Sing at 7:30 p.m. Dec 7, Eastern Star pot-luck at 6:30 p.m. Dec 8 with a $1 gift exchange, Johnson Jr. Farmers 4-H at 7:30 p.m. Dec 9, St John’s Lutheran ALCW Love circle at 8 p.m. Dec 9, Wesley UMW Christmas luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Dec 10, Trinity Lutheran Study group at 2 p.m. Dec 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Adaville
United Methodist Women Circle
St. John's Lutheran Hope Circle
L.C.W. Immanuel Lutheran
American Legion
Sioux Valley Extension Club
Trinity Lutheran Church
Eastern Star
Loyal Neighbors Club
Esther Swanson
Johnson Jr. Farmers
St. John's Lutheran A.L.C.W. Love Circle
Wesley U.M. Womens General Meeting
Trinity Lutheran Study Group
Plymouth County Names Easter Seal Chairman for 1975 76
Mike Mikkelsen of Easter Seals Northwest Iowa announces Jill Wick of Le Mars as Plymouth County 1975 76 Easter Seal chairwoman. Wick will coordinate services for the physically handicapped, manage the 1976 campaign, and lead county volunteers for the Iowa Easter Seal Society chapter offering equipment loans camping training scholarships therapy and information services. Residents may contact Wick at 712 546 5462 to request assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Mikkelsen
Easter Seals
Northwest
Iowa
Jill Wick
le Mars
Plymouth County
Wick
Easter Seal Society For Crippled Children and Adults of Iowa, Inc
Chatsworth area Thanksgiving dinner guest lists many names
Chatsworth news lists numerous Thanksgiving and Sunday dinner guests in Chatsworth and nearby towns. Names include Henry Collmann, Charles Hendricks, Harley Small, G Moller, Kyle and Kara Johnson, Gary A. Moller, Jack Lake, Scott Lake, Tom Day, Evelyn Renken, Myron Coon, Chuck Renken, Rich Renken, Harold Puffer, H Liston, Doug Liston, F Hemmerick, John Ludwigs, A DeRaad, Ed Repp, Wm Meins, Gus Beech, Fanny McKee, Henry DeVries, Guy Bakker, Lizzie Anderson, Dennis Bullman, Hugh Dowling, George Moehlmann, Violet Moehlmann, Clara Satthoff, Leslie Ludwigs, Laurence Ludwigs, Des Moines, Edythe Moehlmann, Herb Frerichs, Tim Repp, Violet Moehlmann, Jake Mangelson, Merle Sorlien. A bottle find dates 65 to 70 years old including Fellows Syrup of Hypophosphites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Lake
Sioux City
Henry Collmann
Charles Hendricks
Harley Small
Leads
G. Moller
Omaha
Nebr
Ken Johnson
Kyle
Kara Johnson
Moller
Gary A. Moller
Boone
Iowa
Jack Lake
Scott
Tom Day
Independence
Town
Evelyn Renken
Myron Coon
Ireton
Chuck Renken
Rich Renken
Harold Puffer
Minneapolis
H. Liston
Doug Liston
F. Hemmerrick
John Ludwigs
A. DeRaad
Ed Repp
Wm. Meins
Dakota City
Gus Beech
Fanny McKee
Henry DeVries
Hudson
Guy Bakker
Fairview
Lizzie Anderson
Hawarden
Dennis Bullman
Hugh Dowling
George Moehlmann
Edythe
Gary Moehlmann
Harold Buchman
Violet Moehlmann
Clara Satthoff
Herb Frerichs
Leslie Ludwigs
Laurence Ludwigs
Des Moines
Henry Ludwigs
Tim Repp
John Hammit
David Keiser
Kim
Charles Hammitt
Rose Jamtgaard
Alcester
Charles Graves
Chad
Bruce
S.D
Jake Mangelson
Thanksgiving Visitors Scatter Across Midwest Families
Local residents hosted and hosted again as Thanksgiving week saw visits from families across Minnesota Iowa South Dakota California Wyoming and Nebraska. Notable names include Reynolds Jacobs Trotzig Lamoureux Rozell McLane Burris Souhrada Haan Claesson Boetger Bliss and Port with gatherings in Akron Hawarden Ruthven Sioux City Webster City and Sioux Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil McLane
Charles Burris
Julie Souhrada
Judy
Ruthven
Car Haan
Berk
Sioux Falls
Eastern Star potluck supper scheduled
The Vespers chapter of Eastern Star will hold a 6:30 potluck supper at the Masonic Temple on Monday December 8. Past matrons and patrons will be honored after the meal and members are asked to bring a $1 gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Home Culture club reviews book at Durwood Clauson home
The Home Culture club met on Tuesday November 25 at Mrs Durwood Clauson s residence. Mrs Walter Dirks led a discussion of You Can Get There From Here by Shirley MacLaine with attendees sharing impressions and reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Culture Club
Durwood Clauson
Walter Dirks
Shirley McLaine
Andersons welcome first child Amy Lynn in Sioux City
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Anderson of Sioux City announce the birth of their daughter Amy Lynn on Thursday November 27 1975 at St Joseph hospital Sioux City. She weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces. Grandparents are Wayne McCrill Akron and Stanley Anderson west Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Anderson
Sioux City
Amy Lynn
St. Joseph Hospital
Wayne McCrill
Akron
Stanley Anderson
West Akron
Jim Renken
Rock Rapids
Timothy James Arthur
Art Friske
Walter Renken
le Mars
Ray Hoffman
Westfield
Garreith Renken
Brentwood Good Smarttan Center
Former resident to give food demonstration at Christian Womens club
Iola Frerichs, former Kraft Foods home economist, will present festive holiday serving ideas at the Le Mars Christian Women’s Club brunch Festive Food with a Flare on Tuesday December 16 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Kalas Room at Westmar College. Mary Dee Roberts of Lincoln will be guest speaker. Ruth Parkinson provides music. Tickets 1.75. reservations due December 11 to Sheila Anderson or Nancy Johnson. cancellations required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars Christian
Kalas
Westmar College
Iola Frerichs
le Mars
Iola
Kraft Foods
Chicago
Frerichs
Iola Blum
Edmund Blum
Akron
Robert Frerichs
Iowa State
Ames
Mary Dee Roberts
Lincoln
Nebr
Ruth Parkinson
Betty Lou Larson
Sheila Anderson
Nancy Johnson
Town and Country Champs Club Meeting Notes 1975
The Town and Country Champs 4-H club met at Norman Lias residence on November 26, 1975 with one leader and 12 members present. They discussed 4-H Awards Night from November 15, 1975 and approved enrollment and re enrollment cards. Randy Kroksh was welcomed as a new member. Plans were made for a tobogganing party at Daryl Smith residence on November 30 and a Christmas party at Mike Vrana's on December 20. Patricia Clifton served as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town and Country Champs
Norman Lias
Randy Kroksh
Daryl Smith
Mike Vrana
Oetken to head Plymouth environmental committee
Richard Oetken named chairman of the Plymouth county Farm Bureau environmental resources committee. Ralph Niehus Glen Schlotman Philip Schoenrock Larry McMillen Tom Kenny Lee Harris Kenneth Maas Ron Loutsch Don Riemenschneider Ralph Klemme Don Konopasek also named to the panel. The group aims to help farmers protect the environment and bolster agriculture's public image, focusing on animal waste management soil and water conservation land use planning and chemical use. Members met November 25 at the Biltmore in Sioux City to discuss duties and plan the year's program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Oetken
Akron
Environmental Resources Committee
Plymouth County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Ralph Niehus
Glen Schlotman
Philip Schoenrock
Larry McMillen
Tom Kenny
Lee Harris
Kenneth Maas
Ron Loutsch
Don Riemenschneider
Ralph Klemme
Don Konopasek
Biltmore
Sioux City
Time to Run shown by Akron FCA at high school
The Akron chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes will show the film Time to Run on Sunday December 7 at 2 00 p m in the high school auditorium. The feature stars Ed Nelson Randall Carver Barbara Sigiel Joan Winmill and Gordon Rigs and follows an engineer whose work overinvolvement strains family life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
The
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Southern
California
Ed Nelson
Randall Carver
Barbara Sigel
Joan Winmill
Gordon Rigs
Nelson
Warren Cole
Fran
Jeff
Michelle
Jesus People
Mr Scrooge musical edges toward final week of practice
The curtain nears on the London 1843 set musical comedy Mr Scrooge directed by Pat Klemme and Ira Hultgren. Cast struggles with weather, costumes, and props as Marilyn Taylor plays Mrs Cratchit and Terri Root sings Very Long Ago while Arlin Milbrodt leads The Fastest Polka In The World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Scrooge
Pat Klemme
Ira Hultgren
Old Man Winter
London
LaVon Maynard
Lois Klemme
Brian Brost
Marilyn Taylor
Mrs. Cratchit
Arlin Milbrodt
Isabel
Terri Root
Scrooge
Undertaker
Vance Philips
Roger
ISU diploma winner Joan Hebeler Tindall noted
Iowa State University awarded diplomas to 702 students at fall quarter commencement on November 22. Joan Hebeler Tindall of Akron earned a bachelor of science in horticulture with distinction and a GPA of at least 3.5. President W. Robert Parks presided as 105 bachelor of arts, 399 bachelor of science, 130 master, and 66 doctorates were conferred, plus two two year technical agriculture certificates. Graduation closed the fall term as students began a brief break with classes resuming December 2.
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Iowa State University
Joan Hebeler Tindall
Akron
Tindall
Raymond Hebeler
W. Robert Parks
Iowa State
Births and visitors share a nurse home note
The nursing home notes births and long lists of visitors and family ties. It recalls Sarah Rose Julia Jammerthal born June 5 1891 with siblings and in laws in Akron Oregon Indiana and Iowa. Roy Robinson born August 25 1891 in Cherokee Iowa shares large family and many grandchildren. Several residents receive visits auctions and gifts, with Thanksgiving plans and thanks to staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Rose Julia Jammerthal
Harold Jammerthal
Akron
Sarah
William Chambers
Indiana
Fay
Lavina
Richard) Lewison
Oregon
Roy Robinson
Cherokee County
Iowa
Washta
Bloomfield
Nebraska
Pearl Johnson
Richland Township
Maxine Harding
Wanda McCrill
Ruby Towler
Los Altos
California
Gale Robinson
Jefferson
South Dakota
Vernon Robinson
le Mars
Roy
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Shorty
Kansas City
Akron Register-Tribune
Register-Tribune
Chatsworth News
Towa
Merle Sorlien
Bradgate
Charles Reynolds
Russell and
Richard
St. Paul, Minn
Gerald F. Smith
Terry Jacobs
Minn
Julie Jacobs
Rochester, Minn
Lyle F. Jacobs
Elmo Fletcher
J. P. Trotzig
Marta
Iowa City
Matt
Red Oak
Joey
Vermillion, S.D
Arnold Lamoureux
Westchester
Calif
Dennis Lamoureux
Casper
Wyo
Clifford Lamoureux
Allen Clarey
San Francisco
Lamoureux
Arvil Rozell
Alva Rozell
Arthur Rozell
Arden Rozell
Niel McLane
Dawn
John
Neil McKenzie
Neil McLane Jr
Steve
Nancy Tonkin
Webster City
Fred Claesson Jr
Larry Eilers and Sons
Dorothy Hope
Craig Boetger
Arden Boetger
Kevin
Winnie Bliss
Ella Boetger
Casey John Port
Gene Knudsen
Anderson
Renken
Christian Womens Club
Town & Country Champs
Oetken
ISU
Tucker
Mrs. Dilber
Jill Tindall
Albert
Keith Knapp
Craig Tindall
Tiny Tim
Tiny
Tim
Ye Olde Opera House
Nursing Home News
Sarah Chambers
Richard Zimmerman
Christine Marienau
Colorado
Glen Horton
Helen Horton
Arnold Helseth
Percy Smiter
Roy Postlewait
Jim Hey
Minnie Postlewait
Melvin Johnson
Leona Dewey
Elsie Anderson
Relatives
Carrie Whiting
Harold Whiting, Jr
Lizzie Gibbons
al Hawks
Lizzie Tindall
Wm. Feverhelm's
Merrill
Cecil Horton
Anna Meyer
Chatsworth
Dick Tentinger
Mare
Lizzie Haage
Brunsville
Jim Hartmann
Sheldon
Ben Hartmann
Evanston
Illinois
Ray Hartmann
Boulder
Anne Hunstad
Red Wing
Minnesota
Margaret Hartmann
Mae Rawlings
Marie Larson
Judy Johnson
Russell Anderson
Minnie Johnson
Ernest Anderson
Virgil Ross
Loren Ross
Gertrude Ross
Russell Daniel
John Daniel
Fred Lucken
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