08 Dec 1966
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
1
Akron Register-Tribune serves Akron Iowa with weekly issues dated September 24, 1901. Subscription rates list 32.80 per year, 1.25 for six months in Plymouth Sioux and Woodbury Counties Iowa and Union County South Dakota, 3.00 per year elsewhere.
Westfield community notices report St Catherine's Guild Christmas party at Nora Banks home with a turkey supper and songs by Pat Bernard and Josephine Weidenfeller. PTA and Congregational Ladies Aid announce December meetings and hostess details. Local scores and names appear in the fragmented text.
The Raub party elected with Valerie Philips serving as vice president reporter. The fragment notes a local election year 1967 and mentions Bard themed groups and a reporting role.
The Home Economics Committees of Plymouth County Extension Service and the State Extension Service sponsor a laundry fair to explore laundry equipment water softeners fabric care and home appliances. The event, with local merchants and county residents invited, features demonstrations and door prizes.
Volume seven Raider Review from Akron cites editorials and staff listings for a Christmas program at Akron Elementary School. The event, December 16 at 7 30 pm in the school auditorium, features songs living pictures verse and carols with fifth and sixth graders performing instrumental pieces and scenes including Snowflakes The Nativity Old Fashioned Christmas Frosty the Snowmen Shepherds O Tanennebaun and Music for Christmas attendance extended to the public.
AHS senior Karen, her younger brother Mey ling a junior, attends Catholic Alwon church and serves as CYO treasurer. She studies government English bookkeeping and office practice, works at Otis Radio Shop in Hawarden, and enjoys Student Council. The article also recaps fifth to sixth grade projects on science and space, Central America, New England trips, library visits, and a general praise of attendance and school activities.
John Robert Dowling son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Dowling was born Neves 7 Amon He attends Emanuel Lutheran Church and is member of its Lutheran League He studies bookkeeping one as subjects this year works at Hawardem Tyet his favorite color is blue and he enjoys Star Trek TV show and videos His plans after high school are undecided possibly journalism military service or farming Best wishes to him in whichever path he chooses.
The Missouri senator after White House talks urged direct controls and higher taxes as quicker means to fight inflation, citing balance of payments and gold reserves risks. He hinted at price guidelines amid debate, noting voluntary restraints may fail longer term. The piece also mentions Mrs J B Walker of Rodman celebrating her 100th birthday and wedding anniversary on Nov 24.
Items of interest gleaned from the files of the Hice Tribune office include old sports results from 20 years ago with AJH.S. and Westfield High Akron, marriages such as Matried Lois and Bernard Spenkelink with service details, births announcements, and garden variety notices. The fragmentary text lists names, dates, and places like Plymouth Presbyterian church Sioux Center Akron Methodist church Fort Belvoir Alberta Bakker and Faulkner, plus Arden Johnson injuries at Farmers Co op.
A fragmented item recalls a WPA proposed ice skating project amid cooler, dusty conditions and early winter weather for Thanksgiving. The column also notes obituaries, births, marriages, and community events including Masonic honors for Wilson WN. Cooley and various life events tied to Akron and nearby towns, with dates spanning 1916 to 1986.
Funeral services for a longtime Union County resident were held at a German Lutheran church with Rev. Fred A. Meske officiating and burial beside her husband in Riverside cemetery. The notice lists surviving children and extended family, with multiple dated family events and a farewell reception for a Baptist pastor who served five years before moving to Sac City, Iowa.
The Town Society for Crippled Children and Adults runs a program to revitalize donated hearing aids. Old devices are repaired and distributed to those who cannot afford amplification. People with unused aids can send them to the Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults in Des Moines.
Iowa farmers have cut corn harvest accidents by 4 percent and corn picker incidents by 88 percent over 14 years says county extension director Lyle Mackey. Safety tips from Iowa State expert Norval Wardle stress keeping equipment in repair, shutting off power before work, using shields, and carrying a fire extinguisher during harvest.
Fragmented notices report stray Roan calf 800 pounds notify Wayns Horton and a Cub Scouts meeting at Marvin K Zinn theme with drawings and models. Also a card of appreciation thanks relatives neighbors and Rev Eyres for prayers after a bereavement. mentions dressed geese sale and home contact numbers.
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