Jerry Smith Night honors Akron high school scorekeeper
Shorty Jerry Smith was celebrated for 44 years as Akron high school scorekeeper. Paul Krohn presented a plaque as Smith’s athletic coverage and belief in local sports were praised. The community applauds his dedication, writing for the Akron Register-Tribune and missing few games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Smith
Jerry
Akron High School
Paul Krohn
Akron Register-Tribune
Akron Money
Akron Register-Tribune masthead notice
The Akron Register-Tribune publish date and rate notice lists Akron Iowa as the paper location with publisher Shorty Hazel and Good News, Inc. managers. Subscription rates are shown as 5.00 per year, 2.50 for six months in surrounding counties, 6.00 per year elsewhere.
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Good News, Inc. Owners & Publishers
Shorty" Hazel
Plymouth
Sioux
Woodbury
Town
Union County
Chatsworth Chats Special Correspondence
Visitors to the Ludwigs home included Richard Pleuger of Le Mars and Henry Beech of Maurice. Local social rounds feature in Sioux Center and Akron areas with relatives from Sioux City Hawarden and Hudson frequenting homes, churches, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ludwigs
Richard Pleuger
le Mars
Henry Beech
Maurice
H. Ludwigs
Ed Repp
Sioux Center
Albert Frerichs
Clara Satthoff
R. Tentinger
Russ Vander Schauf
Sioux City
Tom Tentinger
Akron
Joe Tentinger
Hawarden
Ladies Aid
Peggy Frerichs
Tim Repp
F. Hemmerrick
G. Moller
Cal Robertson
A. DeRaad
George Beeler
Clay McKee
Hudson, S. D
Bill Eilers
Fanny McKee
Westfield Socials and Kitchen Notes Roundup
Westfield residents share dinner visits among families including Bill and Esther Moffatt and guests from Sioux City and Jefferson Minnesota. A pre nup shower for Dianna Moffatt, hosted by Esther Moffatt and others, highlights local social ties. Also contained are kitchen tips and a 25th anniversary thanks from Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Faust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mentin
Jeffers
Minn
Esther Moffatt
Esther
Bessie Elliott
Tahequah
Okla
Dianna Moffatt
Frank Moffatt
Allen Moffatt
Everett Harkness
Dimmicks to mark 40th anniversary with open house
Married 40 years Mr and Mrs Clifford Ted Dimmick of Hawarden will be honored with an open house from 2 to 4 p m on December 16 at Trinity Lutheran Church Hawarden They wed December 20 1933 at Akron Hosts are their children Don Dimmick Berg Cain and families no gifts requested
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford
Ted) Dimmick
Hawarden
Trinity Lutheran Church
Akron
Don Dimmick
John
Margaret) Berg
Sioux City
Kenneth
Barbara) Cain
Clifford Faust
Akron Legion Hall
Annie Evelyn Jeffers
Irvine Boyer
Maggie Christenson
Chauncey Splitel
A.L. Roetman
Frank A. Edgar
Bradley
Cole
J.C. Mellen
Wm. Medaliff
Peter Erickson
Edward Klemme
Nick Willer
John Kluver
Ernest, Ostrom
George Carlson
John F. Rohrman
Ernest Anderson
C.E. Hill
German Lutheran Church
Frank Thomas
Stephen Gant
Jos. Lersith
Roy Abraham
John Erks
Fred Hartwig
Johanna Andreson
James Clifford Dimmick
Roy Patrick
Dora Woudenberg
Marie Johnson
Frederick Elsen
Jack Cole
Wayne Bancroft
Alvin
Roach
Ben Frerichs
Fan Plueger
Arthur Horton
Hazel Hofstad
Ervin’ Rowell
Clifford Green
Mary J. Redmond
Josephine Stansberry
Holly Springs
Akron High
Christmas party and visits at nursing home
Lizzie Tindall attended Gold Star Mothers Christmas party at the Legion Hall with Mrs. Roy Postlewait and Elsa Strobel from Westfield visiting Minnie Postlewait. Rev. Larry Vallery and church members visited, had dinner, and delivered a season’s message. Theodore circle of Union Creek church hosted with sandwiches coffee bingo and fresh fruit prizes. The Sarah circle of Immanuel Lutheran served ice cream cookies and coffee while presenting the film A Time For Singing Birth of Jesus. Red slippers and bibs given to the home. Visitors included Mrs Forest Williams Ida Johnson Spink SD Bertina Williams. Albert Osterbuhr visited his sister and family on the Brunsville farm. Virgil Ross Westfield visited his mother Gertrude Ross. Gene Dewey and son from Westfield called on Elsie Anderson. Ed Nelson and Lois Nelson from Westfield attended the Trinity Lutheran program. Jerold Dykstra hosted hospital and home employees for a Christmas dinner at Trinity Lutheran. Lyle Wegner and son of Sioux Falls visited Agnes Toben. Community Christmas program heard over the intercom. visitors from West Wing Nursing Home attended. The home reports few visitors recently due to cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore
Union Creek Church
Sarah Circle
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Jesus
Sarah
Forest Williams
Ida Johnson
Spink
S. D
Bertina Williams
Bertina
Albert Osterbuhr
Otto Altmanns
Brunsville
Virgil Ross
Westfield
Gertrude Ross
Gene Dewey
Elsie Anderson
Ed Nelson
Lois Nelson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Jerold Dykstra
Mrs Donald Rev Wedding at Trinity Lutheran Akron
Marilyn Ruth Andresen daughter of Ray and Mrs Andresen of Akron and Donald Renken son of Herman and Mrs Renken of Akron exchanged wedding vows at 2 pm November 24 at Trinity Lutheran Church Akron with Rev Durwood Clauson officiating. The service featured orange and green altar candles, a ivory satin gown, apricot fuju mums bouquet, and a double ring ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilynf Ruth Andresen
Ray Andresen
Akron
Donald Renken
Herman Renken
Trinity Lutheran Church
Durwood Clauson
Paulette Hitzemann
Pam Boyd
Roxanne Jurgensen
Ruth Stoutenburg
Mary Beth Andresen
Phillip Jurgensen
Jane Andresen
Jeanne Huls
Sandra Johnson
Scouts Christmas tree sale on Main Street Akron
Local brief notes a Scouts Christmas tree sale on Main Street next to the Akron Saving Bank. Several families hosted visits and meals including the Millers and Hortons, Lewisons and Eidems, and a large multi-generation pre Christmas dinner at the Biltmore in Sioux City with attendees from ONeill and nearby towns. Mary Beth Andresen recuperates from appendectomy at St Luke's Sioux City.
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Scouts
Main Street
Akron Saving Bank
Mary Beth Andresen
Ray Andresen
St. Luke's Hospital
Sioux City
Various club events and meetings around town
Akron Gun club will hold a Sunday shoot on December 15 at 1 30 PM with officer elections. Cub Scouts parents meet Wednesday at 7 PM for merit badges and awards. Freedom Lodge No 434 AF and AM plans its December 17 meeting with officer elections. The Book and Thimble Club met December 4 with 20 members. talk on nuisance calls. Christmas luncheon planned for December 18 at Inez Little’s home. Sioux Viking Lodge 494 Christmas party December 15 at 6 30 PM at Odd Fellows Hall featuring carols, Santa, and laid out by several host families. Liberty Johnson Homemakers Farm Bureau Club assembled December 4 to pack a Christmas box. Hawaii study next year. January 8 meeting planned.
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Bess Lias
Mallet
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bright of America
Sue Mortensen
Inez Little
Sioux Viking Lodge No. 494
Odd Fellows Hall
18Th St
Santa Claus
Leo Butler
Gus Bryne
Julius Warburg
Eleanor Benson
Robert McCline
Liberty-Johnson Homemakers Farm Bureau Club
Esther Brown
Marjorie Jelken
Hawaii
Ethel Brown
Thanking Friends for Hospital Support and Kind Visits
Mary Beth Andresen expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for cards gifts visits and flowers during hospitalization and recovery. Special thanks go to St. Luke's Hospital staff Dr Trotzig Dr Leafstead and Rev Durwood Clausen for visits and prayers.
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St. Luke's
Trotzig
Leafstead
Durwood Clausen
Pat Stanley Receives Iowa Lakes Scholarship
Pat Stanley of Akron is awarded a scholarship by the Towa Lakes Community College Music Scholarship Association. The group formed last year to aid talented local graduates attending Iowa Lakes Community College in music, now seeks donations for the 1973-74 fund. Urchie Green will lead an April 1 campus clinic and concert to benefit the scholarship fund, with proceeds supporting the fund and donors admitted free.
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Pat Stanley
Akron
Towa Lakes Community College Music Scholarship Association
Iowa Lakes Community College
Urchie Green
Green
The Picture and Gesture Praised by Amy Agnes
Mrs Amy Agnes thanks for the picture write up and the red rose noting the gesture was greatly appreciated.
Thank You for Kindness in Our Sorrow Card Message
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Dirks express gratitude to everyone who sent cards and kindnesses during their recent sorrow.
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Clifford Faust
Mr. and
Mrs
Dick Dirks
Gratitude for Support After Accident
The writer thanks family and friends for flowers cards calls and sympathy since an accident. Special thanks are extended to Pastor and Mrs R T Ritzhaupt for their visit and prayers and for the thoughtful support received.
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R.T. Ritzhaupt
Energy crisis bites Iowa jobs and wages
The Iowa Employment Security Commission reports 594 workers idle statewide during the week of November 26 due to energy shortages. Forest City plant laid off 400 indefinitely. Grinnell firm closed with 35 idled. Keokuk component shortage idled 50. two Waterloo employers cut 80. Algona 29 temporarily terminated. Retail hours trimmed, especially large Des Moines area supermarkets. Weekly report will track labor market impacts.
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Iowa
Iowa Employment Security Commission
State Employment Service
Forest City
Grinnell
Keokuk
Waterloo
Algona
State
Des Moines
Veterans VA benefits questions and local nostalgia notes
A December 13 1973 Akron Register-Tribune column answers veterans questions on a $150 clothing allowance and disability-related aid, plus notes on eligibility for loans and dependent benefits. The page also features a long retrospective of Akron history from 1903 to 1983 with births marriages deaths local events and upcoming Santa appearances and community plans.
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U.S
Veterans Administration
Small Business Administration
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Shorty
The
Plymouth County
Chatsworth
Westfield News
Bill Joseph
Helen Joseph
Clem Heather
Lenna Mae
Bob Johnson
Nursing Home News
Lizzie Tindall
Legion Hall
Roy Postlewait
Elsa Strobel
Minnie Postlewait
Larry Vallery
Adaville and
Merrill
Lyle Wegner and Son
Sioux Falls
Agnes Toben
Wayne Hall
Bertha Bouvin
John Axelson
West Wing Nursing Home
Donald
Trinity Lutheran
Hilda Andresen
Wendell Renken
Bruce Jurgensen
Mahlon Dirks
Arlin Beech
Dale Dirks
Alan Oetken
Bonnie Liston
Rick Sorensen
Opal Schmidt
Anna Harms
Dorothy Dirks
Jean Andresen
Lisa Renken
Mary Renken
Aken
Bill Miller
Cindy
Cecil Horton
H. C. Lewison
Weatherford, Oklahoma
Joe Eidem
Doug Rosenbaum
Minot
North Dakota
Art Rosenbaum
Ruth Pokety
Frank Smith
Biltmore
O'Neill
Nebr
Bronson
Club News
Akron Gun Club
Cub Scouts
Freedom Lodge
A.F
A.M
Iowa Lakes College
Amy Agnes
Yonder
J.A. Jenson
Ruth Margaret Waterman
Floyd L. Ogden
Laura Snyder
Elmer Hammer
Akron H.S
Ireton H.S
Third
Reed Streets
Hospital Hill
Reed Street
Santa
Bettie Rieken
Walter Erickson
Bernard Markus
Daniel Ryan
William Pittman
Bernard Kanage
New York City
Hinton
Dalton Bellwood
Arnold Klemme
Minnie A. Dahl
Alansor Baker
Marcille Frerichs
John L. Curti
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