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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
10
The record states the publication appears every Thursday in Akron Iowa and is entered at the local post office as second class mail matter on September 26 1901.
Mrs Mary Welch travels from Blunt to attend funeral for Pelroy Patterson in Elk Point. Busy Bee club plans Christmas party December 18 at Lorne Ross home with gifts and baskets. Basketball clinic in Vermilion with ten players and coach A W Clark. Scores from Westfield Salix Vermillion and Vermillion games listed. Birth announced for Barney Whelan’s daughter. Various social gatherings, travels, and upcoming school Christmas program noted.
Union Creek announces Sunday worship at 11 a m with Sunday school canceled. An after service practice hour is scheduled for participants who should bring lunches. News notes the baby of Mr and Mrs Jay Sykes improving at Lutheran Hospital in Sioux City and visitors at Mrs Esther Larson’s home included Mrs Wayne Waterman and son Warren and Mrs Ralph Dewey.
Miss Venita Lembert returns home from a visit with the Wm Meeves. Sunday dinners host Mrs Bessie Wilcox Floyd Wilcox and Miss Hattie Sayles. Eleanor Heyl recovering from quinsy. Dorothy Heyl ill with grand trouble. Numerous local visitors and dinner guests round out the week. Fred Waterbury summoned for Elk Point jury duty. Richland Women’s Society of Christian Service plans meet with Lottie Maynard and others. Lake View Extension club met December 6 with strong attendance.
A local charity organized a Christmas grab-bag for adults and gifts for preschool children, aiming to brighten the season for families in need. The effort gathered volunteers and donations from residents, businesses, and churches, underscoring communal support during the holidays.
Alwin Becker, Plymouth county treasurer elect, announces deputies Andrew Langhout and Leon Steele and clerk Louise Wiltgen for the term starting January. Langhout, former county treasurer, begins January 1. Steele and Wiltgen start February 1. J A Jenson remains until February 1. Mrs Blanche LaBahn succeeds Becker as deputy county recorder.
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