09 Dec 1971
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1971
Page
1
The Akron Register-Tribune of Akron Iowa notes Ray A Smith serves as Publisher Emeritus. Details are minimal in this brief notice.
Special Westfield correspondence reports the death of Emma Dahl mother of correspondent Mrs Frank Welch, prompting no weekly Westfield write up this week. Northwestern Bell plans a statewide rate increase December 1, the first since 1957, bonded pending Iowa State Commission decision.
The Sioux City social security office, designated as a nursing home listening post, will collect complaints about substandard conditions. Names may be kept confidential and forwarded to federal, state, or local authorities. Ombudsmen plans aim to direct issues to proper channels and explore options to keep older people in familiar surroundings. Medicare actions show many facilities failing health standards. several facilities face termination or loss of funds, while thousands of surveys corrected deficiencies.
Special correspondence notes various social visits in Chatsworth and nearby towns. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Colin Collmann, the Moller and De Raad families, and multiple extended family gatherings at the Collmann, Popken, Kenny, Hemmelrick, and Carlson homes. A St Matthews Lutheran open house honored Miss Marie Degen for 50 years of service with about 200 attendees.
The Lennon family Floyd Ann and Bruce Lennon thank everyone for cards Masses memorials and pantry supplies after the death of their son and brother Richard Jahnson services in Elk Point were attended and appreciated by the family and friends.
Everett Coyle, 67, lifelong Akron farmer and Union County native, died Tuesday at Akron hospital following a long illness. A concelebrated Mass at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church featured present and former priests and his son Rev. Jerome Coyle. Burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery under Schroeder funeral direction. Rosaries were held at the funeral home with Catholic Daughters honors and multiple pallbearers named. He was born November 13, 1904, in Union County, SD, and married Cordelia Trudeau in 1926 at Hawarden. Survivors include his wife, three sons Richard, Jerome, and Tom, three daughters, a sister, and 25 grandchildren.
Readers are urged to mail cards and packages early as busy shopping and mailing peak. A retro orange cake recipe is shared with steps for mixing butter sugar ground raisins and orange peel, baked, with a citrus frosting.
Mr and Mrs Bill Faulkner express heartfelt thanks for the gifts cards flowers and letters received on their 25th anniversary They say the day was made very happy by the thoughtful gestures from friends and family
Iowa farmers can access a record 839 million in fiscal year 1972 through a cooperative loan program between the Farmers Home Administration and private lenders. The plan pairs private lending with FHA guarantees, aiming for 23 million in farm ownership and 16 million for operating loans, with private funds contributing substantial matched totals. President Nixon boosted national funding to 350 million for farm ownership and operating loans, potentially insured via a new mechanism if Congress passes the needed legislation.
Snowfall draped Akron area as readers note 60 years ago and 50 40 30 20 10 years back milestones. Births marriages deaths and local progress shaped yearend recollections from 1911 to 1971 with weather, unions, and community changes noted.
Iowa State University economist Gene Futrell says hog prices have held up better than expected and may not fall as much this fall. Southern Minnesota prices ranged from 18.75 to 19.50 for 200-280 pound hogs, with forecasts of continued pressure in November. Prices are seen bottoming in a month and then rising modestly through year end, aided by lower corn costs and a smaller fall pig crop.
Swine producers are invited to a free one day hog college at Southwestern College in Creston on December 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program is sponsored by Midcrest Extension Area and local producer associations with ISU specialists presenting six sessions on nutrition reproduction housing marketing and health. Educational displays, a buffet dinner, and talks by area experts including Emmatt Stevermer Ferris Gray and Marvin Skadborg accompany demonstrations on low cost finishing barns waste disposal and sow herd health.
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