Accidental shotgun death shocks Westfield area
A Sioux City youth Karl Smith, 20, was killed instantly on a Pat Gant farm south of Westfield when a 12 gauge shotgun discharged around ten feet away. Francis Lydon, 21, was near collapse and gave a statement. Coroner S H Luken ruled the death accidental and no inquest was needed. The two men had traveled from Sioux City in Donald Zimmerman’s pickup to hunt on the Gant farm. Smith, born November 18, 1918, attended Sacred Heart school and Central high, survived by parents, a brother Thomas, and sister Irene. Funeral arrangements and notices followed in Akron and Sioux City.
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Register-Tribune
Karl Smith
Sioux City
Gant
Westfield
LeMars Globs-Post
Harry Ei, Smith
Military Road
Pat Gant
Francis Lydon
S. H. Luken
Luken
Smith
Young Lydon
Lydon
Donald Zimmerman
Earl
Bill Gant
al. Banks
Akron
Mr. Lilly
Buck
W. J. Brunner
Mattison
Rossow
Sacred Heart School
Central High School
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Thomas
Irene
Neighbors Husk Corn for Union County Farmer
Eight neighbors held a corn husking bee at William Skinner's home northwest of town to husk 1068 bushels for Mr Skinner who is convalescing from an operation. Fifteen Indies served dinner and area stores contributed bread wieners butter and milk.
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William Skinner
Akron Register-Tribune Adds Pathfinder Subscription Offer
The Akron Register-Tribune announces Pathfinder, the national weekly magazine, as an added feature. Readers can get a one year subscription to both publications for 2.35 dollars, available for a limited time by sending orders to the office. Patronize home merchants.
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Wadsworth
Akron Register-Tribune
Pathfinder
Register-Tribune
Crosss Celebrate Silver Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Jesse Cross marked their silver wedding anniversary at their Mallard Iowa home on Sunday November 27 1938 with a multi table dinner open house for 40 guests. Relatives from Westfield Vermilion S D Des Moines Sioux City and beyond attended as music readings and a Chatter-Box reading entertained guests. Open house featured pink and white decorations and an angel food cake centerpiece.
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Jesse Cross
Mallard
Iowa
Cross
Alfred Fry
Milnerville
Blanche Comer
Lavon
Mrs. Schuller
Donald White
Keith
Eileen Cross
Mavis Fry
Frank Helm
Hinton
C. P. Knapp
Westfield
Walden Fry
Vermillion
S. D
Lee Strobel
Town
Joe Easton
Sardis
British Columbia
Canada
O. F. Gustafson
Blomkest
Minn
Mark Anderson
Minneapolis, Minn
Glen Cross
Dorothy Gilchrist
Des Moines
Priscilla Alden
Sioux City
Akron Students Headline in Nebraska University Enrollment
Three Akron students are enrolled among the 6,180 at the University of Nebraska this semester. Leonard F. Dirks is a freshman in the law college, Harold Harper Kerr a sophomore in medicine, and Gordon R. Pollock a senior in business administration. Dirks is a second captain in ROTC and affiliated with Sigma Nu.
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Disputch
Lincoln
Nebr
Akron
University of Nebraska
Leonard F. Dirks
Law College
Harold Harper Kerr
College of Medicine
Gordon R. Pollock
Business Administration
Dirks
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Sigma Nu Social
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Herman Ahrens
Rev. Puckett
August Huebner
Mr. Winquist
John Frisk
Bill Vrengdenhil
Andrew Bredall
Lester Seeley
Albin Carlson
Stanley Johnson
Win. Olson
Julius Ball
Ha. Walstad
Fay Oaks
Merle Fiekbohm
Dwight Nyhind
Fritz Jacobs
Eddie Anderson
Eilert Bercher
Wyatt Heyl
Harvey Welch
Ole Sommervold
Melvin Hanson
Puckett
Minnie Anderson
Dick Hamilton
Kenneth Ludwig
Verga Buseh
Hubert Thompson
Art Cole
Ruth Ivickson
Chicago
E. G. Svensson
O. G. Johnson
Fred Claesson
Harry Bueke
Merrill
Marion J. Robbins
Miss Erickson
August G. Erickson
Union County
Christmea
L. K. Burket
Akron Jeweler
Cornhusker
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Germany
China
Chile
State University
Plymouth
Commodity Credit Corporation
Cates
Plymouth County
Eriest Risley
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Savannah, Ga
Marx Bros
NEA Service
Ing
New York
Iwo
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Arkansas Traveler
John Deere Model
John Deere Day
Empress Theatre
MR. Sheppard
John Deere
Moir Implement CO
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iver Johnson
Eve
Gamble’s
Jenson & Koch
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