Watertown Man Killed in Auto Crash Near Here
A fatal two-vehicle wreck occurred at a highway intersection five miles west of town at the Olof Nygard farm corner. Vernon Krose, 23, escaped unhurt. Id J Nelson, 47, of Watertown, died at the scene. Mrs Alpha Nelson, 44, and Karlene Nelson, 16 months, seriously injured. Mrs Nelson and child hospitalized in Akron. coroners inquest to be held. Nelsons were en route from Watertown to Akron to spend Christmas with Victor Neal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olof Nygard
Vernon Krose
Id. J. ‘Nelson
Watertown
Nelson
Alpha Nelson
Akron Hospital
Akron
Victor Neal
German born Westfield elder dies after lingering illness
Anton Toben of Westfield township dies at St Josephs Hospital Sioux City Iowa December 28 1946 aged 80 years 8 months 10 days born April 13 1866 in East Friesland Germany baptized and confirmed Lutheran in United States since 1890 married Anna Eden in 1896 farmed in Plymouth County South Dakota moved to Wessington Springs South Dakota Wagner South Dakota then Pierce City Missouri and finally near Westfield Iowa with brother Carl family Funeral services scheduled Carl Tobens residence east of Westfield and Lutheran church in Wagner Interment in Wagner cemetery Also a Dakota highway fire truck call reported nearby this week resulting in an auto fire incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Toben
Westfield Township
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sioux City
Iowa
Mr. Toben
East Friesland
Germany
United States
Anna Eden
Plymouth County
Wessington Springs
S. C
Wagner
Pierce City
Carl
Westfield
Tony
Mitchell
Fred
Sioux Falls
Dak
Henry
Reinbeck
Mary Gruise
Aberdeen
Washington
Johanna Thayer
Toledo
Ohio
Eda Grimm
Missouri
Carl Toben
Wertfield
Mainert To
Stars and Masons Elect Officers in December Meeting
Vesper chapter and Freedom lodge elected new officers for 1947 at December meetings. Hastern Star officers include W M Hattie Sayres and W P Paul Steel among others. Masonic officers list Koelth Knapp as W M and Clarence Hur d as W and several line officers named. Joint installation set for Friday January 9, 1947 at 8 o'clock with a social hour and invitation extended to all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesper Chapter
Order of Hastern
Star
Freedom Lodge
A. F
A. M
Hastern
W. M
Hattie Sayres
Eunica Burker
Erma Hummel
Gladys Johnson
Masonic Order
W. M—Koelth
K. ‘Knapp
W.—Clarence, Hurd
Gerald I Simi Tyler
George Hummel
A. A. Hows
Vesper Chapter and Freedom
Onion Order Luther Church Events Schedule
David J. Roy pastor leads Sunday worship at 10:00 am followed by an 11:00 am Junior Mission Band program White Gifts for the King of Kings. Sunday school classes Tuesday 9:00 pm New Year wake in Luther Hall social hour Immanuel. Thursday 8:00 pm church membership class in parsonage. Saturday January 4 1:00 pm annual business meeting. every member should be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King of Kings
Luther Hall
Immanuel
Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church Service Notice
David J. Roy, pastor leads Sunday 10 15 a m Junior Mission Band program and Sunday school at 11 16 Morning worship follows. Board of Trustees meeting Monday 8 00 p m at Union Creek Luther Hall. Thursday 8 00 p m church meeting. Everyone invited.
Plymouth Plymouth Church December 29 Sermon and New Year Sacrament
Plymouth church schedule notes Sunday worship with subject The Old Year Fades but He Shines Brighter. Sunday school at 10. The New Year begins with the Lord's Supper on January 6. Also listed are pastor Theo C Seibert and Les son by John Siebens. Big Springs Baptist Church announces December gy Worship at 10:30 a m Bible school 11:30 a m U P meeting 7:30 p m Special musical service 8:00 p m by Alcester Baptist choir. Minister D A Miller invites public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Presb
Old Plymouth
Plymouth
John Siebens
Plymouth Church
Theo. C. Seibert
Unday
Alcester Baptist Church
D. A. Miller
Local News Notes Flow of Holiday Visits Across Region
Mrs Earl Gale visited relatives in Sioux City last Friday. L L Jenkins and sons visited Round Lake Minnesota. Arnold Morehead and baby from Sioux City spent the weekend here. Vivian Hansen came from Sioux City for a visit at her parents home. Dorothy Searls from Rock Valley returned for holiday time. Harry R Hubbs left for holiday visit with Robi Scott family. Esther Stryzewski came from Manning Iowa for Christmas with home folks. Jack Baker and daughter Pamela left for Washington DC for a month. Henry Dirks planned trips to Galveston New Orleans and Paris Texas. Cleah Mellen teaching in Virginia Beach visited her parents. Wm B Dilly of Worthington Minnesota visited with Bernard Lucken and Lawrence Dilly, also Sioux City. Westfield Boosters and Macy Indians to play basketball. Buck Dellers will play. Thomas Snyder and wife visiting Madison Wisconsin and Cadillac Michigan until March. Students arriving for holidays from colleges: Marian Mena u from Wayne. Ralph and Phyllis Stryzewski from St Olaf. Maybelle Burrill from Iowa State Teachers. Kenneth Hasenbank from Nebraska. Lee Roy Burker Claude Burrill Lester Bellwood Glenn Sayres Jack Marion Gusman from Iowa. Elsie Mae Larsen William Krose from Morningside Sioux City. Kathleen Kennedy Phyllis Stace Dorothy Gant Lloyd Grawemeyer from University of South Dakota Vermillion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Gale
Sioux City
L.‘L. Jenkins and
Round Lake
Minn
Arnold Morehead
Vivian Hansen
N. M. Hansen
Dorothy Searls
Rock Valley
Iowa
Harry R. Hubbs
Robi
Scott
Esther Stryzewski
Manning
Jack Baker
Pamela
Robert Burnight
Washington, D. C
Burnight
Jack
Henry Dirks
Galveston
Texas
New Orleans
Leonard
Paris
Cleah Mellen
Virginia Beach
W. E. Mellen
Wm. B. Dilly
Worthington
Bernard Lucken
Lawrence Dilly
Westfield Boosters
Macy
Nebraska
Wis
Ross Snyder
Cadillac
Mich
Snyder
Ole Kjose Eighty
Marian Marienau
State Teachers College
Wayne
Nebr
Ralph and
Phyllis Stryzewski
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Maybelle Burrill
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Kenneth Hasenbank
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Lee Roy Burker
Claude Burrill
Lester Bellwood
Glenn Sayres
Jack and
Marion Gusman
University of Iown
Iowa City
Elsie Mae Larsen
William Krose
Morningside College
Kathleen Kennedy
Phyllis Stace
Dorothy Gant
Lloyd Grawemeyer
University of ‘South Dakota
Vermillion
Akron High cagers split pre holiday tilt with Remsen
Akron High School boys beat Remsen 47 to 30 while the girls fell 40 to 30. Akron totals show 10 wins in 17 games for the season, with the boys’ varsity at 5-3 and the reserves at 4-0. Remaining schedule features nine varsity games and six home contests.
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Akron High School
Remsen
Girts
Remsen High
Akron High
Akron
Hawarden
Jefferson and Merrill
Akron Boys
Hawarden High Quint
Merrill
Akron Quint
Westfield
Jefferson
Ireton
Hartley
Superior High
Maples
Akron Girls
Lester
Cleghorn
Meriden
Norks Theatre Week: Western Drama And War Time Films
The Norks Theatre offers a western with music In Old Sacramento starring William Elliott Constance Moore and supporting cast, followed by a war time drama Young Widow with Jane Russell Louis Hayward and Penny Singleton. New Years night presents A Stolen Life with Bette Davis Glenn Ford and Charles Ruggles in a complex love triangle amid a storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norks Theater
Talking Picture
Norks Theatre
Old
Sacramento
William Elliott
Constance Moore
William Hilliott
Miss Moore
Grant Withers
Hank Daniels
Withers
Oitott
Jack LaRue
Hank
Sherrif Gene Pallette
Constance
Norka Screen
Jane Russell
Louis Hayward
Penny Singleton
Marie Wison
Miss Singleton
America
Japan
Pacific
The
Norka
Patricia
Kate
Glenn
Charles Ruggles
Numerous Sioux City Visitors Over Christmas Week
Names and locations of people visiting relatives in Sioux City and nearby towns over the Christmas period. Includes Mrs. Alice Heeger and son Alan, Mrs. Florence and Mrs. Seoree Dalgliesh, Maud McVay of Hudson South Dakota, Lawrence Fletcher family, Ralph Rasmussen and relatives in Graettinger, George and Sherwood Shindler, Miss Lucille Sorensen, Orrie Sparks family, Pastor David Roy household, Clayton Manning from Washington DC, Marlene Nelson, local patients, L. J. Cross family, Chas Tripp and Patricia Tripp, Asa Harkness, and Vermillion and Iowa City connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Heeger
Alan
Sioux City
Florence Dalgliesh
Seoree Dalgliesh
Maud McVay
Hudson
J. S. McVay
Lawrence Fletcher
Palatine and Desplaines
Ralph W. Rasmussen
Sherwood Wendt
Vermillion
Lucille Sorensen
Peoria
Orrie Sparks
David J. Roy
Axel Hallin
Mildred Johnson
Andrew Olson
Clayton Manning
Washington, D. C
Wm. Manning
Marlene
Carl Nelson
Burbank
S. D
Akron Hospital
John Smith
Sam’ Gilliland
Jefferson
L. J. Cross
Boone
Town
Donald Cross
Harold Crain
Utile
Iowa City
Chas. Tripp
Patricia
Bnohomish
Wash
Tripp
Asa Harkness
Lillian Deaney
Mrs. Carolyn Bliesner Dies at 74 After Stroke
Mrs. Carolyn Adeline Heyl Bliesner died Saturday December 21 1946 at her sister-in-law’s home after a four year illness from a stroke She was 74 years eight months seven days old Born April 14 1862 near Dixon Illinois her family moved to Sac County Iowa and Ida Grove Iowa She married Gus A Bliesner February 19 1891 They had six children Survivors include three daughters Elizabeth Bladen Cuba Marin and Margaretha Taylor and son Edward Bliesner plus 13 grandchildren six great grandchildren and three brothers Funeral services were held December 24 1946 at Immanuel Lutheran Church with interment in Riverside Cemetery Also notes of visitors and relatives in the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Bliesner
Sophia Hey
Carolyn Adeline Heyl
Dixon
Illinois
Sac County
Iowa
Ida Grove
Gus. A. Bliesner
Newcastle
Nebr
Regina
Sask
Canada
Bliesner
Lve
Walter Heyl
Russell Heyl
Clark Heyl
Lester Heyl
Ralph Heyl
Ivan Frahm
Riverside Cemetery
Highway Location Meeting Topics Yankton Monday
Akron business leaders and county officials met in Yankton to discuss the Chicago Black Hills Highway’s state line crossing. Proposals favored routing the highway north through Akron and over the Reed Street bridge to join South Dakota’s system near Spink, with a follow up Akron meeting in February 1947. Delegations from Wagner, Yankton and Vermillion were to participate.
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Spink
Union County
Yankton
Akron
State Line
Wagner
Vermillion
Methodist Church Notes Christmas Service and Events
The Methodist Church notes a Student Recognition Service next Sunday with college students home for holidays as speakers. Sunday school is at 10:00 AM. Youth Fellowship and Sioux City District Youth Fellowship plan a skating party at Rigadon Rink on Monday evening Dec 30. Pastor Albert A. Hown wishes readers a Happy New Year 1947.
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Methodist Church
The
Christian Advocate
Sioux City
Rigadon
Albert A, Hown
Church notices promote New Year church program and World Crusade
Sunday schedule shows church school at 10:00 with Supt Mrs John Winquist and a new quarter starting next Sunday. Morning worship features a sermon on Bethlehem. January begins a Church World Crusade to aid rebuilding at home and abroad. No midweek service. Adaville Evangelical United Brethren reports 10:60 Sunday school and 11:00 preaching with 8:00 p m New Year program and social worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church School
John Winquist
God of Bethlehem
Bethlehem
Ellis L. Jackson
Adaville
Holiday visitor notes and school closure in Akron area
Local notes recount Christmas visits by Mr and Mrs Chaos Johnson and others to relatives in Des Moines Ohio Sioux City and California. Akron schools closed for holiday break resuming January 2. Rural Home Culture Club held Christmas luncheon raising funds for Akron Hospital. Weather hit 55.7 degrees Christmas Day, a record since 1922. Community events include Book and Thimble Club Christmas party with Town Centennial program and musical numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaos. R. Johnson
Des Moines
Matthew Deaton
Ohio
Rural Home Culture Club
Walter Young
Akron
Chas. A. Seamands
Hettinger
N. C
A. L. Seamands
Max Hock
Seamands
Torrington
Wyoming
Sioux City
W. G. Adams
Harold Adams
Weld
Hinton
Plymouth County
Iowa Women's Federated Clubs
G. Je. Weld
Leo Tangerman
Lowa
Helen V. Vernon
Obervance
Joanne Steel
Dorothy Peters
Mary Lou Pollock
Misa Oleson
Trinity Lutheran Church Calendar and Services
Trinity Lutheran Church led by Pastor J A Pannhuk schedules Sunday school and Bible class at 10:00 a m worship at 11:00 a m December 27 Luther League Christmas party with gift exchange no Confirmation class Saturday Luther League Youth Service at Trinity on Sylvester Eve December 31 at 8:00 p m including films from Ames convention divine service New Year’s Day January 1 at 10:30 a m annual congregation meeting January 6 at 1:30 p m Luke 2 quotes open the piece urging attendance and reflection
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Trinity
Sylvester Lave
International Luther League
Ames
Church
Mary
Israel
Pannhuk to Lead St Mathews Chatsworth Service
Saint Mathias Lutheran Church Chatsworth presents a New Year schedule with divine worship at 9 a.m. and Sunday school at 10 a.m. on New Year’s Day. The Ladies Aid meets Friday January 3 in church parlors, and the congregation’s annual meeting is set for Sunday evening January 6. Luke 2 Quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
John’s American Lutheran Church Events
Preston Township church schedules annual Lutheran League Christmas party December 27 at 7:30 p m Sunday school and adult Bible class December 28 at 10 a m divine services with Holy Communion 11 a m and Brotherhood Family Social 7:30 p m New Year’s Eve services December 31 at 11:30 p m upcoming January events include Brotherhood January 2 at 8 p m choir rehearsal January 3 at 8 p m catechetical classes January 4 at 9 a m and Sunday services January 5 at 10 a m Sunday school 11 a m divine services led by Pastor H B Stibf.
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Stibf
Esteemed Akron Woman Called by Death Last Week
Caroline White a longtime Akron resident died at home Thursday December 19 1946 at age 80 years 10 months 13 days. Born February 6 1866 in Germany she lived in Apple River Wisconsin Scales Mound Iowa Union County and Akron since 1896. Survived by daughter Catherine Johnson daughter-in-law Charlotte White five grandchildren three great grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at First Baptist Church with Rev Ellis L Jackson officiating. Interment was in Akron.
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Caroline White
Akron
United States
Apple River
Wisconsin
Benjamin White
Scales Mound
Iowa
Plymouth County
Union County
Edwin
Freeman
California
Catherine
Charles Johnson
White
Charlotte White
South Gate
Calif
Carolyn Morse
Mecking
3. D
Charlotte Johnson
Sioux City
Town
Irene Towner
Vermillion
Gretchen White
First Baptist Church
Mr. White
First ‘Baptist Church
Ellis L. Jackson
Riverside Cemetery
Death Summons Mrs Leonard Lamoureux
Mrs Leonard Lamoureux a longtime Akron resident died at Akron Hospital Saturday evening December 21 1946 after several weeks illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at St Patrick Catholic church with Rev Fr Chas Ernst officiating. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery. Mr and Mrs Jack Behmer and Dorothy spent Christmas with friends in Sioux City. Mrs John Atterbury and baby of Sioux City came to spend Christmas with grandparents Mr and Mrs Wm Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Lamoureux
Akron
St. Patrick’'s’ Catholic Church
Chas
Ernst
John Atterbury
Baby
Sioux City
Death comes to Karvin Waterbury in Akron area
Karvin Charles Waterbury died Monday morning at age 6 months after pulmonary pneumonia. Son of Fay and Luceen Waterbury he is survived by two brothers and two sisters Marlin Janiece Joan and Larry Lee and grandparents Roy Stinehart and Albert Waterbury. Funeral held at Akron Methodist Church with interment in Riverside cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Waterbury
Karvin
Kelvin Charles Waterbury
Fay and
Luceen
Akron
Town
Marlin
Janiece
Joan
Larry Lee
Roy Stinehart
Toppenish
Wash
Albert Waterbury
Akron Methodist Church
A. A. Howe
Dorothy Behmer
Riverside Cemetery
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Dakota Highway
Stars and Masons
Onion Orber Luth
Union Creek
Big Springs
Baptist Church
A.H.S. Cagers
Carol Johnson
Gary
Ind
Clifford Johnson
Karl Silkebakken
Song
Orange City
Wm. van ,Benthem
Chicago- Black Hills
Ore
J. F. Stecker
Martin Conway
H. Meinen
Emery S. D
Richard Frerichs
B. A. Adams
San Jose
San Diego
Calfornia
Reuben Bullig
Flandreau
J. L. Smith
Eileen Keaveny
New York
Trinity Lutheran Church
J. A. Pannhuk
Jack Behmer
Dorothy
Kervin
Waterbury
Jake Dague
Crane
Milwaukee
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