Christmas church services listed in multiple Akron area parishes
Christmas worship details from several churches include schedules for services on December 22 to 28. St Patrick's High Mass, confessions, and Holy Communion. Trinity Lutheran and Lutheran-Chatsworth offerings with Christmas pageants. Plymouth Church Old Plymouth program and sermon. and Onion Creek Lutheran Midnight and Christmas Day services. Names include Father C Ernst, J A Pannhuk, and Theophilus Seibert, among others.
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Bt. Patrick
Akron Cagers Split With Hartley And Hawarden Teams
Akron high school basketball teams split two doubleheaders with Hartley and Hawarden. Girls lost 29 12 at Hartley while the Akron boys upset Hartley 24 16. Tuesday at home Akron seconds defeated Hawarden 25 19 but Hawarden varsity edged Akron 43 41.
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Akron
Hartley
Hawarden
Akron Boys
Hawarden Comets
Akron Seconds
Comet
Hawarden Varsity
Atug
Hawardenites
New V F W Post Organized Here in Akron
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 698 was instituted in Akron on December 10 at the Legion Hall with Dr J B McVitty of Council Bluffs Iowa as instituting officer. A VFW degree team from Spencer Iowa performed the ritual and Math Diederich Deputy Chief of Staff Iowa VFW organized the post. Officers elected include Commander Dr H H Kerr Sr Vice Commander Ernest G Lucken Jr Vice Commander Neal G McLane Quartermaster Victor Neal Chaplain John A Gronemeyer Post Advocate Charles R Fletcher Surgeon Dr Ralph H Brundige Three year Trustee Thomas F Weber Two year Trustee Lee Stoutenburg One year Trustee Dr J H Kerr. The post to meet first and third Tuesdays monthly with location to be decided. Post named James Russell Montagne Post 8696 honoring a deceased WWII veteran. Institutions represented Remsen Spencer Council Bluffs LeMars Sioux City and Algona. Instituting Officer Dr McVitty from Council Bluffs Chief of Staff H Montgomery Algona Deputy Chief of Staff Math Diederich Remsen. Victor Neal Quartermaster.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Akron
Legion Hall
J. 3. McVitty
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Spencer
Diederich
Department of Iowa
H. S. Montgomery
H. H. Kerr
Ernest G.lucken, Jr
Neal G. McLane
Victor Neal
John A. Gronemeyer
Charles R. Fletcher
Ralph H. Brundige
Thomas F.weber
Lee Stoutenburg
J. H., Kerr
Kerr
James Russell Montagne
Candle Light Service at St John s Christmas Observance
St Johns American Lutheran Church Preston township invites all to a December 22 Candle Light service starting with a 6 45 p m prelude Tower Music a 7 10 p m organ prelude and a 7 15 to 7 30 p m choir carols and meditations Pastor Stief presents I Am the Light of the World with candle lighting as the climax. Girl Scouts held a Christmas party at the schoolhouse with gifts and thanks to leaders.
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ST. John's St. John's American Lutheran Church
Preston Township
H. Stlef
Glen Gabel
St. John’s Choir
Pastor Stief
St. John’s
House of God
Akron Stores to Close One Christmas Day
Most Akron stores and business houses will be closed all day Christmas December 25 with several shops open briefly in the morning and afternoon for essential business. Pvt Theodore A Weidenfeller, recently at Fort Knox, arrived on transfer leave to visit his parents and relatives before heading to Camp Stoneman California for overseas service.
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Akron
Theodore A. Weidenfeller
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Carl Weidenfeller
Ted
Stoneman
California
Local News Notes From Akron Area Visitors and Christmas Programs
Local notes report visits to Sioux City by Jack Lake Carl Anden and several Mrs Andrew Trometer Mrs Kenneth Harvey and Mrs C W Harvey Hoyt school to stage Christmas program December 20 at 8 pm public invited Mrs Carrie Janzig Monticello I Ilona visited in the Pannahuk home Rev and Mrs J A Pannhuk and Mr and Mrs J J Arkin left for Los Angeles for weeks of visits Tucker school Christmas program December 23 Lole Adams teacher John Lykken returned to Chicago after a visit with Emil Klemme family Christmas greetings from the Register Tribune publisher and staff Leo Trautt and Allen Vander Heim attending sulfa drug training in Sioux City Karl Patrick a former Akron pharmacist died in Hull Iowa services in Omaha Mrs Margaret Gilmore former Akron resident died December 2 in Lawrence Kansas funeral at St Josephs Sioux City interment Calvary cemetery Des Moines dash
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Jack Lake
Sioux City
Carl Anden
Myra Bengston
Andrew Trometer
Kenneth Harvey
C. W. Harvey
Hoyt School
Carrie Janzig
Monticello
I Ilona
John ‘Lykken
Chicago
Emil Klemme
Register- Tribune
Leo Trautt
Allen Vander Heim
Nelson Hatchery
Lederls Laboratory
Martin Hotel
Karl Patrick
Akron
Thorson
Hull
Iowa
Omaha
Nebi
Little Rock
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Christmas Week Schedule
Ellis L. Jackson, pastor, invites all to Christmas Week activities at the First Baptist Church. Church School led by Mrs. Winquist starts a new January quarter. Christmas morning service features a meditation sermon, children's tale, and special music. A Christmas Tree program Tuesday at 7 30. Reserve Sunday December 29 for the final Bethlehem sermon. Call 2301 with service needs.
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First Baptist Church
John Winquist
Our
Bethlehem
Ellis L. Jackson
Christmas church services scheduled across two faiths
B1¢ Springs Baptist Church outlines worships and Bible school times for December 25. Brawny list includes Christmas programs, Juletta service, and New Year’s Eve midnight services. Bristle Creek Lutheran Church promotes Advent events and weekly schedule with special caroling and Holy Communion. Pleasant Hill Evangelical advertises a Christmas program at 5:00 p.m. and invites all to attend.
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Trinity. Lutheran Church
J. A. Pannkuk
Church Council
Springs Baptist Church
D. A. Miller
Luther League and Choir
H. F. Stief
Pleasant Hill
Christmas Sermon By Rev Geo Worley At 11 A M
The First Cburoch of Christ will preach at 11:00 a.m. led by Rev. Geo Worley of Sioux City. The sermon titled What Christ's Coming Should Mean to the World Today offers a Christmas message and will be illustrated with charts.
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Cburoch OF Christ
Geo. Worley
Sioux City
Methodist Church Notes Christmas Program and Party
The Methodist Church announces Sunday service at eleven with the theme What It Means for Christmas to Come and text Unto you a born Saviour. The Open Forum class hosts its annual Christmas Party for young families Friday at the church. The Christmas Eve Program begins Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. The pastor Albert A. Howe wishes the community a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
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Methodist Church
Saviour
Albert A. Howe
Norka Theatre Chatter For The Coming Week
The Norka Theatre schedules a week of talking pictures including murder mysteries, a western, another murder mystery and a comedy. Featured are The French Key with Albert Dekker and Evelyn Ankera, Alias Billy the Kid with Sunset Carson, The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and No Time for Comedy with Rosalind Russell and James Stewart.
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Talking Picture Entertainment
Norka Theatre
Johnny, Fletcher
Albert Dekker
Mike Mazurki
Evelyn Ankera
Fletcher
Wletcher
Billy the Kid
Sunset Carson
Peggy Stewart
Carson
Peggy Carson
Norka Screen
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Raymond Chandler
Bogart
Philip Merlowe
Miss Bacall
James Stewant
Rosalind Russell
Christmas Postal Rush and Local Travels Across Towns
Local residents report visits to Sioux City Richmond Breckenridge and Fairfield as winter travel slows and barbers close early for Christmas Eve. Donations push the New Hospital Fund past 30000 while Akron post office handles record Christmas mail amid cold, fog and light snow.
Mrs John Nelson Called by Death in 1946 Plymouth County
Mrs. John Nelson of near Akron Iowa died December 12 1946 after a long illness at age 74. Born Ida Carlson in Limared Sweden she came to the U S at 22 and married John Nelson in Middletown Connecticut. They lived in Connecticut and Ivoryton before moving to Plymouth County in 1917. Survived by seven children two brothers two sisters in Sweden and many grandchildren great grandchildren. Funeral in Akron at Lewison Funeral Home and English Lutheran Church. Interment Riverside Cemetery.
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John Nelson
Westfield
Plymouth County
Ida Carlson
Limared
Westergotland
Sweden
John Melson
Middletown
Connecticut
Ivoryton
Iowa
Akron
Harry
Ernest
Boston
Mass
Edwin
Santa Monica
Calif
Brier Waterman
Kingsley
Lester Lee
Milwaukee
Wis
Ernest Anderson
Amandus Anderson
Conn
Freddie
Lewison Funeral Home
English Lutheran Church
David J. Roy
Fred Classeon
John Frisk
Emil Johnson
Oscar Oakes
Harry Johnson
Arthur Brundeen
Riverside Cemetery
Ernest Nelson
John F. Davis
Mason City
Carl Switzer
Sioux City
Eber Waterman
Kingaley
Local Couple Wed In Sioux City Ceremony 1946
Merle McMillan and Lois Heyl wed Saturday December 14 1946 in Sioux City Iowa at Rev W J Zane home officiating pastor of Akron Church of Christ. The bride is daughter of Lester Hey and the groom son of Ed McMillan both of Akron. Couple receives many friends congratulations and best wishes.
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Merle McMillan
Lois Heyl
Sioux City
Iowa
W. J. Zane
Akron Church of Christ
Lester Hey
Ed. McMillan
Akron
Free Christmas movie and treats planned for Akron kids
The Akron Commercial Club hosts a free movie and Christmas treat for children twelve and under at the Norka Theatre next Tuesday afternoon December 24. A full hour of talking cartoons and comedies will entertain the young audience, with the showing starting at 4:00 pm. Parents are urged to bring country children to Akron early to ensure they can be seated at the start.
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Akron Commercial Club
Norka Theatre
Akron
Lin
Births and subscription offer in Akron area notices
A sequence of birth announcements lists a son for Jasper Lawrence and wife at Akron Hospital on December 14 1948 followed by a son for Milton Wagner and wife at Akron Hospital on December 14 1948 and a daughter for Arnold Amundson and wife by caesarean section on December 16 1946 plus a son for Melvin Nielsen and wife at Akron Hospital on December 18 1944. Also a note offers a one year subscription to the Register Tribune for 3.00 as a gift idea.
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Jasper Lawrence
Town
Akron Hospital
Milton Wagner
Sfith
Arnold Amundson
Melvin Nielsen
Register- Tribune
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Fairfield
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