Milnerville News Roundup of Local Folks and Events
Special Milnerville column notes Fred Briggs buys a 165 acre tract at 4000 Stone Park Boulevard and plans home there. Reports on illnesses Colleen Lindsay and Miss Carol Blades, and Liberty township 4-H club meeting delays. Many items cover local visits, cattle shipments to Sioux City, and funerals. Mrs Fursee’s death shocks Milnerville. service led by Rev Golden Thompson with family pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Briggs
Stone Park ‘Boulevard
Fadiman
Carol Blades
Colleen Lindsay
Liberty
Sargeant Bluff
Liberty Township
Clara. Maloney
Dorothy ‘Klein
Wesley
Park
Cedar, Rapids
Iowa
Raymond
Sioux ‘City
Duke Spaulding
Westfield
Warren
International
Chicago
Sioux City
Pay Knapp
Omaha
Mary-Louise -Clair
Harry Feltis
Rapid City
S. D
Milnerville
Mary Fursee
Golden Thompson
LeMars
Ward Knapp
Hackett
Local notices reflect community loss and transfers
The passage honors a beloved, tireless Milnerville resident who welcomed all visitors and supported community life through Ladies Aid. It notes Harlan Allen’s promotion and move to Colorado with his family, and mentions Des Moines housing changes. It also reports concern for Aage Dybdahl’s mother in Denmark amid the German invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milnerville
Ursee
Ts. Fursee
Harlan Allen
Colorado
Way Back Yonder Akron News on Skating and War Memoirs
Stories recall a drowning on the Big Sioux river near Akron involving Wilbur Tripp Carlson and Arthur Carlson on November 30. Lionel Eustace escaped. Hanson Barr is highlighted for Civil War deeds and a wooden mortar exhibit at Smithsonian. Iowa tobacco limits and a cigarette ban, suspect football bill, deer round up near Avoca, and Akron’s new electric plant installation at the mill power house are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Wilbur ‘Tripp
Arthur Carlson
Big Sioux
Mill Dam
Lionel Eustace
Hanson Barr
The
National Tribune
Ohio Regiment
Barr
Third Division
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D.C
Iowa
United States Supreme Court
Susie Hamm
Warren W. Keech
Woodbury
Sioux County
Plymouth County
Nebraska
Avoca
Fort Wayne
Ind
Twenty Years Ago Local Notes From Akron Area
A 1921 license plate order is reported for Iowa. Announcements include marriages births and a 1930s births at homes near Akron, Westfield results in a 14 to 12 OT win, and railway safety signals at LeMats crossings after years of contention. Akron High School girls lose 16 to 15 to Ida Grove champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
H. H. Wetzeler
Akron
Yetta Cheely
Hornick
Iowa
A. H. Jordan
John N. Thatcher
Ferris
Akron High School
Ida Grove High
Akron High Opens Season With Split Basketball Doubleheader
In Sioux City two large banks, First National and Sioux National, closed Saturday afternoon causing furor on streets. Akron High School hosted Westfield High in a double header to open the season. girls won 51 to 5 and the boys’ game result is incomplete in the copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux
First National
Sioux National
Akron High
Westfield ‘High
Akron Girls
Plymouth County Corn and Grain Show at LeMars Armory
Agricultural committee plans Plymouth County Corn and Grain Show at LeMars Armory Iowa January 30 31 and February 1 with many harvests expected to yield high scores in all divisions. Competition limited to Plymouth county residents for 1940 crops. hybrid growers dealers invited for special classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Committee
Plymouth County
Armory
LeMars
Iowa
Plymouth ‘County
Hybrid corn show seeks entries for premium list
Growers dealers and salesmen of hybrid corn may file requests at the Farm Bureau office in Le Mars for special classes. Plymouth county hybrids will be included in the premium list with grand sweepstake eligibility for top entries. Competitions will also cover fall grains, legumes, grasses, vegetables, fruits, baked goods, canned products and clothing. Booth rentals arranged through N. J. Bolser, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Exhibit early and enter multiple classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Buréau
le Mars
Plymouth County
N. J
Bolser
Chamber of Commerce
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Register-Tribune
Ray “A. ‘Smith
AL Editorial Association
ASA
Marion Rhodes
Prop
Akron, Iowa
Register- Tribune
Firma
Want
John Orban
Merrill
Ellendale
Brunsville
Gras
McCormick-Deering
Wood Bros
Wilbur Laux
Mary Orban
Col. H. J. Ruden
Phoneme
First State Bank
Santa
Akron Register- Tribune
Imi
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