Westfield Homecoming Crowns New King and Queen
Westfield Community School celebrated homecoming with a coronation on December 20 in Alcester South Dakota where the B team defeated the A team. Flower and streamer carriers were named along with a list of court attendants and the crowned king and queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield Comm
Alcester
S. Dak
Westfield
Visa ‘Banks
Clayton Bye
Lisa An@reeszen
Billi Hummel
Julie Buryanek
Zane Berkley
Viola Lias
Vincent Welch
Melinda Dion
Kurt ‘Young
Diane Rusk
Robert Kelley
Russell Brown
Rita Dewey
Rose Ann Hoffman
Bradley Banks
Sharon Welch
John Jort
Larry Faust
Carla Husk
David Moffatt
Sue Morehead
Apd
Iid
Nelsons
Ai Lutheran Church
Akron
Norbert
Highland
Ill
Santa
Bowling Stokes Tuesday Coffee League Final First Half
On December 17 the Stokes league results show Joy Birds 29 over Cardinals 23 with Mina Birds 22 and Woodpeckers 22, Parakeets 15 vs Canaries 11. High games: Eunice Klemme 197, Joy Dirks 178, Rita Foley 171. High series: Eunice Klemme 530, Joy Dirks 474, Xaveris Kelley 465.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Birds
Cardinals
Mina Birds
Woodpeckers
Parakeets
Canaries
Eunice Klemme
Joy Dirks
Rita Foley
Xaveris Kelley
Obituary and regional notices from Westfield Iowa area
Miss Mary R. Tracy of Westfield Iowa died December 19 in a Sioux City hospital after a brief illness. Born March 30 1884 she taught local schools and belonged to St Catherine s Church and Guild. Survivors include four brothers Dr John Tracy Sioux City James Tracy Westfield Frank Tracy Elk Point SD and Emmett Tracy Jefferson SD. Funeral at Blessed Sacrament Sioux City and burial at Calvary Cemetery. Also note funeral of Mrs Ann Wohilrabe in Mankato Minnesota with local relatives attending. State Conservation Commission accepted projects for final review including two bay tennis court near Sidney and Hickory Hills Park near Waterloo, funding and cost details. Agricultural price support loan rates increased to 6.0 percent from December 8 1968 with staggered previous rates for financial institutions.
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Mary R. Tracy
Westfield
Iowa
Sioux City
Miss Tracy
St. Catherine's Catholic Church
St. Catherine's Guild
John Tracy
James Tracy
Frank Tracy
Elk Point
Emmett Tracy
Jefferson, S.D
Blessed “Sacrament Catholic Church
Jom G. Schissel
Calvary Cemetery
John Popken
Ann Wohilrabe
Mankato
Minn
Our Saviors Lutheran
Gene Gabel
Allen Vander Helm
Fred Gronemeyer
Wendell Gronemeyer
Black Hawk County Conservation Board
Hickory Hills Park
Waterloo
Tama County
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
The
Conservation Commission
Concrete pole line trial signals East River upgrade
East River Electric Power Cooperative built thirty eight prestressed concrete poles for an experimental line west of Howard. The Salem manufactured poles, poured in molds, will test strength and cost competitiveness over a two year period carrying a 69,000 volt transmission line as part of a 1500 mile system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East River Electric Power Cooperative
Howard
Salem
East River
East River Guardian
Paul Sjoberg
Sioux Falls
F & W Concrete Products
Feters Manufacturing Co
Sjoberg
Snowmobiles and winter weather in the West and local notices
The piece notes heavy snow in Akron and praises city snow removal efforts. It then cites The Christian Science Monitor on snowmobiles opening western winter areas like Yellowstone. Local items promote January weed and insect meetings in Sioux City area led by ISU specialists, 4-H weight slip deadline, conservation practice deadlines, and Wool Growers marketing year cutoff at December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
The
Christian Science Monitor
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Montana
ASCS
The Old Timer Says Sunday Drivers Belong in Church
In a wry aside, the Old Timer comments on the way some Sunday drivers operate on the road, joking that such behavior would fit better in church than on highways. The quip reflects a lighthearted take on cautious driving and social manners.
Iowa Highway Commission Sets Meeting in Council Bluffs
The Iowa State Highway Commission will meet at 4:00 p m on Monday December 30 1968 at the resident maintenance engineer's office 3540 South Fourth Street Council Bluffs to approve the fiscal five year construction program 1970 1974 and the calendar year construction accomplishments 1969. The session coincides with a legislative briefing for southwest Iowa legislators amid federal cutbacks and scheduling changes due to holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Highway Commission
Commission
South Fourth Street
Council Bluffs
Highway Commission
Iowa
American Association of State Highway Officials
Local notices list farm sales and locations
An aged clipping lists livestock and farm machinery sales near Akron and Craigla. On Monday, December 30, Searls site lies 34 miles northeast of Akron. On Wednesday, January 8, Elma Kapfer sale occurs 5 miles west and 1/2 mile south of Craigla.
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Akron
Elma Kapfer
Craigla
Livestog
Craig
le Mars
Akron Riverside Cemetery
U Iowa Specialists to Speak at Le Mars Meeting
Iowa State University specialists Kyle Peterson Harvey Hirping and Minoru Amemiya will present at Hammer's Restaurant Le Mars on Thursday January 9 from 9 30 to 3 30. The discussion covers minimum tillage systems using large equipment on terraced rolling land with photos of machines seed bed and crop growth from the Ida County Minimum Tillage Field Day. Topics include farm size acres of row crops and machinery size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Harold
Tiny) Gunderson
E. P
Dutch) Sylvester
Iowa State University
Lyle R. Mackey
Plymouth County
Odebolt-Arthur School
Odebolt
K. C. Hall
le Mars
Kyle Peterson
Harvey Hirping
Minoru Amemiya
Hammer
P le Mars
Ida County
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Akron Register-Tribune
Gerald F. Smith
Ray A. Smith
Plymouth
Sioux
Woodbury Counties
Union County
lasGpeffry
Scott Anderson
Ed Nelson
Susan
Clifferne
Eber Waterman
Kingsley
Erga Strobel
Bowling Stokes
Akron Women's Commercial
Pepsi-Cola Gassman's
Falcons
Small's
Trucking
Kay's
Klip
Karl Thorson
First National Bank
Harvey's Hardware
Paul
IGA
Nielsen's Service
Akron Bowl
McPherson's Variety Hospital
Farmers' Co-op
Kay Klemme
la von Maynard
Betty Klemme
Jean Martin
Commodity Credit Corporation
U. S. Department of Agriculture
CCC
East River Power Coop
Plymouth County Extension Service
Iowa Farm
Allan Rahn
Rahn
Veterans Administration
C. M.S
Ardyce Roehr
State Highway Commission
Hawarden
John Deere
Allis Chalmers
John Deere van Brunt
International
Allis Chalmeers
New Holland
Deidrich
P.T.O. Wood Brothers
Jamesway
Lise Sharpener
Maytag
Elmer Kapfer
First National Bank OF Akron
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