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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
5
Mrs Wiberg and her husband were present when he collapsed after noon. A doctor from Akron declared he died of a heart attack likely while driving off the animals. Wiberg, respected by many, passed away Monday afternoon after a period of declining health. Funeral services are today at Union Creek Lutheran church with interment in the church cemetery.
In Spink vicinity a well known Union County farmer died by suicide after attempting to offer services for a fee. Authorities or local response noted the person could not be revived and the incident underscores concern within the community about such acts and the circumstances leading to them.
The note from Springs Baptist Church lists Pastor R.A. Dahlquist announcing December programs including Sunday school and evening services. It references a Bible program and fellowship activities with dates in December and ongoing parish activities.
Evangelistic meetings at the Methodist church began last Sunday and will continue through this week and next. Services are held each day with attendance noted. Children up to sixth grade participate in a program accompanying the revival, and a special night program is planned for Sunday.
Utile Duleé meets with Mrs. Ziegler after church Tuesday night. A Christmas party at 8:80 is planned and a social hour with pot luck lunch at 6:00. Epworth Teague social hour. Sunday school and youth welcome. Worship at 7:30 and evangelistic meetings nightly all week. All are invited regardless of church lines.
Pleasant Hill U B Church schedule includes Sunday school at 10 a m and morning service at 10 o elock. Ladies Aid meets in the church basement with all members serving. Choir practice Wednesday at 7:30 p m. Social Ladies Aid gathering Friday evening December 6 at Mrs. Herbert Swanson’s home.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Pratt northeast of town on December 4 1940 and another son to Mr and Mrs Chris Beech east of town on the same date December 4 1940.
Local residents and visitors from Hawarden and nearby towns gathered for Thanksgiving. Families from Primghar to Sioux City visited relatives, with several members moving or retracing paths home. Akror High School to stage The Crazy Smith Family December 12. Local students and staff welcomed guests from Aberdeen and other colleges during the holiday period.
A dispatch from Chicago announces the Midwest Hiawatha, a new streamlined daylight train between Omaha and Chicago with eight stops, including Sioux City and Sioux Falls. It covers 488 miles in 480 minutes, departs Chicago at 12 45 p.m., and arrives in Omaha at 8 45 p.m., with eastbound and westbound schedules noted.
Farmers cooperating with this year’s AAA control program are assured of 61 cents per bushel for stored corn, via federal loans from Washington. Loans run December 16, 1940 to September 30, 1941 at 3 percent interest. mixed corn loans at 59 cents. No. 3 or better white or yellow corn qualifies for 61 cents. Mortgage terms may allow end-of-year options. loans require sealing on the farm.
The Norka presents a double feature with Hot Steel and Calling All Husbands featuring Er nest Truex Lucile Fairbanks Florence Bates and George Tobias. Sea Hawk stars Bird Flynn Brenda Marshall and Claude Rains with matinees Sunday at 2 30. Tuesday December 10 new Take One Nights special at Bargain prices then Thursday repeats with a physician hero tale and a thrilling Wyatt history of a United court case drama.
Mr K Barker and Mrs CW Campbell visit relatives in Sioux City at the home of a daughter and Mr and Mrs Win Clementon. James Gleason Jr and James Gleason visit from Nes deline and Son. Minn man Lundberg visiting relatives. Lyndberg family moved to Hayfield for blacksmith welding and auto repair. Thanksgiving snow brief, temperature fluctuated from 6 below to chinook wind, by Thursday clear and pleasant.
Akron High School boys and girls played a split doubleheader in LeMars with the Akron seconds defeating St Joseph 19 to 16 in overtime and the Akron regulars tying 17 all after two overtimes. LeMars won 19 to 17 in the second OT. Akron heads home Friday for three games including Remsen contests. first game 7 15 pm. Next Tuesday Akron to face South Sioux City in Neb. on the road.
Sunday schedule includes Bible school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11. Advisory Board meets at 9:30 a.m. to nominate pulpit committee. business meeting after worship to elect committee and vote on new members. Wednesday December 11 Ladies Association hosted by Mrs. Lake with devotions by Mrs. Shoulberg. Prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the parsonage, then Methodist meeting. Choir rehearsal for Christmas cantata at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. revival meetings planned at the Methodist church. Pastor Leslie G. Williams.
Markus and Geary, proprietors of the Akron and Hawarden bakeries, will commence baking here next week per the Hawarden Independent. A prior delay followed Marcus burns from an automobile accident. Mike Millage will head baking, Ralph Finch will operate a delivery truck in the territory.
First Church of Christ schedules Sunday school at 10 o'clock and morning service at 11 o'clock. Also mentions Christian Endeavor for juniors and seniors in the afternoon.
Saturday evening service at 7 includes confirmation class in church. Sunday school and rehearsal for Christmas program at 2 pm and 10 am for Sunday school. Morning worship at 11 with sermon Let Us Keep Our Lamps Burning. Evening service at 8 led by Brotherhood. Choir rehearsals and social hour planned. Mission Society meets Wednesday at Mrs Aug Lundgren's.
Union Creek Church announces services on Sunday December 8 at 11 am with Sunday school at 10 am. Sunday school children meet Saturday December 7 at 1 pm to practice for the Christmas program. Luther League meets Tuesday December 10 in the hall for the annual meeting and Christmas party. All members to serve and bring a 10cc gift for exchange. Pastor J H Larson.
Trinity Lutheran Church schedules Sunday school at 10 a.m. English service and Lord's Supper at 10:30 a.m. Luther League will meet Thursday evening December 12 in the church basement with Herman Jacobs serving. Pastor Fred A. Mesike.
Joy Deane and relatives spent the weekend in Sioux City. The Union Creek Extension club meets Monday December 9 at Mrs Esther Hultgren’s home. Agnes Gale of Sioux City Thanksgiving with the Gales. Vesper chapter No 61 holds its December 13 meeting with officer elections. Sadie Stinton visited Hawarden for Thanksgiving with Evah Sylvester. Clarence Heppe of Sioux City visited relatives Frank Coyle and Willard Keane. E P Klauer and wife visited Thanksgiving with daughter Mrs P B Vance in Storm Lake. Peter Heeger and nieces Rose and Marian Meyers from Omaha joined Thanksgiving relatives. Kenneth Smith underwent an operation at Akron Hospital. George Veidt of Merrill is a patient at the hospital. A Christmas program at Searls School on December 17 at 8 pm, admission 10c, lunch free. Mayor R W Brown fell on post office steps Saturday, bruised and homebound with hiccups. Arnold Kuester and friends visited Riplinger Wis and Oshkosh Wis over Thanksgiving. William A Bonney, longtime Akron resident and violinist, died in Roseland Calif at 80. body returned to Sioux City for burial at Graceland Park. Hawarden Independent notes Orlando Harvey of Akron visiting relatives. Dorothy Jensen of Alcester in Hawarden en route to Akron. Mrs E A Larson spent Monday afternoon with Akron friends. Helmuth Schwiesow and family and Mont Fullerton visited Missouri and Des Moines.
Akron area resident Lt. T. Jones, a World War I veteran, died November 20 at Veterans Hospital Des Moines after years of asthma and complications. He served in France with AE F in 1918 19 and lived with his mother in Akron. He is survived by his mother three sisters and five brothers with services held at the Christian church and Riverside cemetery with American Legion burial honors.
St Patrick's Akron holds services on the first, third, and fifth Sundays at 9:00 a.m., and the second and fourth Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Confessions are heard Saturdays before the first, third, and fifth Sundays at 4:00 p.m. St Catharine's Westfield offers Mass on the first, third, and fifth Sundays at 10:30 a.m., and on the second and fourth Sundays at 9:00 a.m., an hour before the early Mass. Father C Ernst, pastor, notes Thanksgiving reflections and local mood.
Lawrence Ericson reported a theft Monday evening of a car parked before his sister Mrs. Robert Knockson’s home. The vehicle was found upside down in a dry creek near Frerichs auto salvage yard after an apparent push or roll down a ten foot bank. Investigators offered no clue, radiator hood and top badly crushed. Nearby residents heard the crash but surface sighting was nil. Tulsa attorney Arden E. Ross in town for Thanksgiving visited Mrs. Youngstrom Hobart and Donald Regs and Orlan C. Moore homes. Ross is brother to Mrs. Youngstrom and Mrs. Moore’s sister.
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