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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1944
Page
5
Plymouth county lags in Sixth War Loan Drive, with only 37 percent of the $643,000 quota raised to date. Total bonds sold amount to $199,066 while county standings place it 91st among counties. The note urges residents to buy bonds before December 14 to earn credit and suggests giving bonds for Christmas. Also includes Methodist Church notes by Pastor Albert A. Howe.
The church posts a December schedule with a rehearsal on Saturday the 11th at 2:00 p m for the Christmas program. Sunday services on the 17th include 10 15 a m gathering and 10 30 a m sermon titled Things That Abide based on First Corinthians 3 1 The Lord’s Supper will follow at 11 30 a m Sunday school at 8 00 p m Evening service. A tithing meeting with the pastor occurs after the service. The mid week service is Tuesday the 19th at 8 00 p m in three groups with a brief business meeting for the church and an executive committee meeting of the B Y P U. On Thursday the 21st at 8 00 p m the Young People’s Society holds its annual meeting. All are welcome at the white church on the hill.
A meeting at West field school building Saturday evening December 16 at 8 discusses the proposed new Town school code. Farmers Bureau sponsors in Hancock Westfield Sioux and Portland townships with speaker Robert Michael, Westfield Township Farm Bureau chairman, to explain how the bill will affect taxpayers and the school system.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Lowell Stinton east of town at Akron Hospital on December 8 1944. A son born to Mr and Mrs Roy Anderson west of town at Akron Hospital on December 11 1944. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Jurgengen north of town at Akron Hospital on December 11 1944. Bay U S Defense Stamps Bonds noted.
MrsPorti visits relatives in Mitchell and Aberdeen. MrsJ L Clayton and MrsMercill visit Sioux City. MrsMark Coleman visits from Sioux City. Phyllis Stace and Jean Sanford in town from Westfield. Regular meeting of Freedom Lodge No 43 A F & A M December 18 with officer elections. Akron public schools dismiss Friday for holiday break December 22 to January 8, 1945. Breezy Hill school program December 18 at 8 PMAdmission 15 and 25 cents, lunch and bingo. Junior Class play Miss Jimmy at school auditorium Friday December 15 at 8:15 PM with intermission numbers. Christmas program December 21 Ogden school Westfield Township District 3 at 7 PM Admission 10 cents children 20 cents adults Lunch free. Russell Parker treated in Sioux City for throat growth after weeks of illness. Methodist Youth Fellowship elects officers Norman Les Rossow president Elm wood Marienau vice president Marianne Kerr secretary Beverly Tangemin treasurer etc. Portland township Farm Bureau women meet at Mrs Arthur Adams on December 11. Miss Sims leads all-day sewing machine session. Next meeting January 15 1946 at Mrs W J Devidon.
Akron public school grade children stage an operetta When Christmas Comes on December 21 at 8 pm in the Auditorium. About 50 children in festive costumes enact a story of Grandmother and Grandfather aided by a busload of children. Admission 20c grade and 8d pupils, 35c adults. Directed by Lorraine DuSard with grade teachers handling costumes and staging.
The new income tax law lets farmers with two thirds or more of gross income from farming file declarations of income by January 15 of the following year instead of December 15. Final returns may be filed by January 15, removing the need to file an estimate. The rule alters only certain farm incomes and introduces a short form with a tax table for those under 5,000 AGI. Personal exemptions remain 500 for each taxpayer, spouse, and dependents under normal and surtax rules.
A prominent LeMars businessman William Lynch died Monday December 11 at age 60 after four years seven months of bedrest from injuries in an auto accident near Vermillion Iowa. He operated in LeMars the wholesale and retail candy and tobacco trade and is survived by wife Florence three brothers and one sister. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning in LeMars.
Sunday school begins at 10 30 a m with preaching at 11 30 a m The Christian Endeavor meets at 7 30 p m Pastor L B Foster officiates Mrs Ed Willis and Oralee Mc Lane visited Sioux City today showing local social activity
The Norka Theatre will show a western Stagecoach with John Wayne and Claire Trevor, a mystery comedy It Happened Tomorrow starring Dick Powell and Linda Darnell, and the musical Three Little Sisters with Mary Lee Ruth Terry Cheryl Walker. The week runs December 16 to 20 with additional cast details and plot hints.
Mr and Mrs A J Claeys visited Sioux City with Mrs George Sawyer in the home of W C Anderson. Pvt Kenneth Blake arrived from Camp Shelby to spend a furlough with his wife and children. Gerald B Voss US Navy spent leave with his mother Frances Voss after serving in the Pacific. Christmas program at Breezy Hill school on December 20. Golden wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Elbert Siebens on December 18 with St John Preston Township Lutheran Church service at 1 pm and open house 4 to 9 pm. Pvt Jack Gusman arrived overseas and Pvt Donald Milbrodt reports service in the Philippines.
Lowell Koch son of Mr and Mrs John Kosh Akron route three has been elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. The Wartburg college student will receive the recognition in April and graduates with a BA next May. He has been active in dramatics choir Luther League baseball football and basketball and serves as vice president of the student body Luther League and Chi Rho plus member of Science Club and W-Club.
News notes from Towest Akron and Plymouth county 4-H gatherings recount Leonard Welch leading a meeting in the president's absence, calf dehorning demo by Leonard and Gene Welch, future officer elections, Akron's November 25 session with new loose leaf record books, and Plymouth County Christmas party at LeMars with contests and lunch hosted by Farm Bureau. Legion Auxiliary also reports Christmas boxes to disabled veterans and a War Bond purchase. Mrs. Paul Puckett visits in Sioux City.
Pastor J. A. Pannhuk leads Sunday School and Bible Class at 10:00 a.m. Divine worship at 11:00 a.m. Confirmation classes Saturdays 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Christmas program practice for younger children Saturdays 2:00 p.m. and older children Sundays 2:00 p.m. Church council meets Tuesday evening. last 1944 meeting. Ladies Aid Christmas party Wednesday afternoon with exchange gifts. officers elected. Welcome to worship.
8T Math Luth Chatsworth lists divine services at 9 00 am and Sunday School at 10 00 am for a Baptist congregation. December events include missionary slides of China at 7 30 pm and a World Wide Guild party on December 20.
Mrs Bruce Smith visited Sioux City while Clark Heyl battles pneumonia and improves. Visitors included Alice Irometer Neva Neal and Wilma Klemme in Sioux Falls. Hugh Chamberlain saw relatives in Sioux Falls. Mrs Wm Ross seeks recovery at Oakdale Sanatorium. Wayne Nebr resident Mrs Ernest Wossler visited Akron Hospital wife Mrs Dan Blake undergoing gallstone surgery. A 3 reel comedy Jimmy at the Auditorium Dec 15 at 8:15 p.m. Admission 40 or 50 cents. Free feed for service and ex service members at Akron Legion Hall Dec 14 at 7 p.m. Meat donated by Dr J H Kerr elk. Mrs Dan Blake near town is a surgical patient. Mrs Thos A Ross medical patient. Dak Hospital Vermillion reports a son of Harvey Dyslin of Richland SD as appendectomy patient. Akron High girls and boys basketball beat Westfield. scores not advised. Akron boys first team lost to Alcester 30 to 39. juniors won 14 to 13. Plymouth county contingent to Fort Snelling shows ten accepted for navy service. three Akron men pre induction accepted for limited service. Mrs Mary Bohlken sold residence to Calvin Andersen and plans to move to Long Beach Calif with daughters Helen and Lucille and son Darrell employed there. Thelma will teach remainder at Sergeant Bluff.
Miss Jimmy a three act farce by Joan Provence chosen as the annual Junior Class play under Miss Schramm and Miss Mangold. It will be performed Friday evening December 15 at 8 15 in the New Auditorium. Admission 40c and 30c tax included. Cast lists Louise Maybelle Burrill Florence Kathryn Granquist Catherine Susie Mae Larsen Doris Colleen Wakenau Harriet Berline Lewison Droopy Dennis Hultgren Miss Watkins Frances Anderson Jimmy Bill Krose Prof Frani Arnold Krause Prompter Virginia Sampson. Special numbers between acts.
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Grahl Iowa selective service director called for deferred farmers and farm hands to volunteer for winter work in war industries while not hindering farm duties. He said local boards would protect draft status during industry assignments and urged farm workers to enroll in Iowa packing plants to meet about 3 500 needed workers. An arrangement with selective service, Iowa State College extension service and the War Manpower Commission covers temporary industrial placements.
Emanuel Lutheran Church holds Sunday school at 10 a m and a preaching service at 11 a m conducted by Roger Carlson of Augustana Seminary Rock Island Illinois. All children urged to attend Sunday school for Christmas program rehearsal. Mrs Joe Lambert left Monday for holidays with sister Mrs Clifton Waterbury and family in Bellingham Washington.
Bruce W. Clampitt Plymouth county extension director urges farmers to cooperate with the 105th farm census to be conducted after the new year. The five year census collects data on acreage land values crops and livestock to aid national farm planning. All information is confidential and used only by the Bureau of Census for non taxation purposes.
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