Fire destroys barber shop on Christmas Eve
A blaze about 4:30 Sunday gutted the Montagne and Boden barber shop, with smoke from the roof. Firefighters fought attic flames, saved adjacent property, but stock and chairs were ruined. Building owner A Weidenfeller insured for 1500. Fire also sparked a Crepe paper display and a toy train fire in nearby stores. all incidents tied to insurance coverage and cold conditions. Daisy B Bennett, Akron High School graduate, named student assistant in Butler University Health Department in Indianapolis.
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Montagne
Montagne & Boden
A. Weidenfeller
Grisman
Indianapolis
Ind
T Hig
Daisy B. Bennett
Akron
Akron High ‘School
Atudent
Butler University
Miss Bennett
University
Atudents
Miss” ‘Bennett i
Émore
Frank , Bennett
Cold Wave Hits Deep Freeze Across Holiday Weekend
A severe cold spell gripped the region from last Thursday through Wednesday. Readings plunged from near zero to 20 below zero by Tuesday morning with additional light snow and biting winds. Temperatures then eased slightly by Wednesday morning as a brief moderation followed the extreme cold.
Westfield Home Project Joint Meeting on Bread Making
Westfield township Home Project workers meet January 5 at Mrs. Clark Tindall's home for a joint session with Portland ladies. Bread making lesson includes baking a batch during the meeting. Starts 10 a.m. A hot dinner will be served at noon.
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Westfield Township Home Project
Clark“Tindall
Portland
L.C. Huebseh
New Year Church Services Invite Congregation
Begin the New Year by attending church as Pastor J. F. Moore invites worshippers to Sunday morning services on The Empty House and Sunday evening Watch Night at 10. The first part is led by the youth, followed by music, songs, and a sermon titled The Gospel of the New, with a cordial welcome for all.
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J. F. Moore
Union Creek Church Notes
Morning services at 11 on Sunday December 31 with Sunday school at 10. The yearly church business meeting for members is at Luther Hall Thursday January 4 starting 1 30 p m. Ladies Aid will serve lunch. all members urged to attend. No choir practice this week.
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Luther Hall
Ladies’ Aid
Akron High Opens 1933 34 Basketball Season
Akron High school basketball opened the 1933 34 season by splitting a doubleheader with Remsen. Akron’s seconds won 19 to 4 while Remsen’s first team edged Akron 12 to 9. Akron girls beat the Alumni in the curtain raiser and Akron’s regulars struggled in the first half but rallied within three points late. Upcoming games include a January 12 trip to LeMars and a full schedule through February 23.
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Akron High School
Remsen
Akron
Akron High
Akron Seconds
LeMars
Liberty
Hawarden
Westfield
Sioux Center
East High
Sioux: City
Alcester
Jefferson
High
Sioux City
Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday services and New Year events
Trinity Lutheran Church offers Sunday school at 10 a.m. and English services at 11 a.m. on Sundays. A New Year’s Day English service is also at 11 a.m., and St Math. Lutheran Church in Chatsworth Heights lists a New Year’s Day service at 2 p.m. Ladies’ Aid will meet at Mrs. Paul Lubben’s home on Friday, January 6. Local students home from college for holidays include Dorothy Klauer Ames State College, Grinnell College students Elizabeth Shoulberg, Frances Stecker, Jo Hannah Harwig, Lois Hitze man. Wayne, Neb. State Teachers College. Lester Rausch, Robert Pollock, Raymond, and Richard Port from Morningside College, Sioux City.
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Math. Luth
Chatsworth
Paul Lubben
Freda, Meske
College
Dorothy Klauer
State ‘College
Robinson
Elizabeth Shoulberg
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Town
Frances Stecker
Johanna Harwig
Lois Hitzeman
State’ Teachers’ College
Wayne
Nebr
Lester Rausch
Robert Pollock
Raymond
Richard Port
Morningside College
Sioux City
Plymouth County C W A quota reached with 417 workers
Last Saturday 397 men and 20 women were at work under the Civil Works administration in Plymouth county. Six more men were assigned to a federal project at Akron but lacked equipment. The county’s quota is met, though several hundred more have registered hoping for an increase. Weather aids outdoor work. roads progress, Western Union athletic field grows, a skating rink at Franklin school finished, and gravel laid on LeMars streets. About 2,000 Plymouth residents are employed, with over $6,000 in weekly payroll expected.
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Civil Works Administration
Plymouth County
LeMars Sentinel
Akron
Western Union College
Franklin School
LeMars
Missing World War veteran may have suffered breakdown
Sioux City Journal reports T M Shawhan secretary of Hosehler post 186 Akron seeks Glenn C McCune, a World War I veteran feared to have a nervous breakdown from financial trouble. He is married with two children and vanished December 5, possibly seen in Sioux City. He is about six feet tall, 40, curly dark red hair, blue eyes, right index finger missing at second joint, upper teeth false. He was gassed and shell shocked. Shawhan has arranged work if found. Patronize home merchants.
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Sioux City Journal
T. M. Shawhan
Hosehler ‘Post
Akron
Glenn C. McCune
Shawhan
Sioux City
Farm Bureau Holds Annual Meeting in Le Mars
At the Plym outh County Farm Bureau annual meeting in Le Mars the officers were re elected for the coming year. President R L Weid auier, vice president Andrew Bogh, secretary and treasurer Evan Pay, with Mrs H G Warner as Home Project chairman. About 1000 members heard farm economist John Galloway of Ames analyze the farm situation and discuss relief plans. Galloway noted causes of low hog prices and explained government programs, aided by L R Combs, extension editor. Reports showed bureau active in 23 of 24 townships, strong home project work, boys and girls clubs, and continued county agents’ service.
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Farm Bureau
Plymouth County Fair
Union Hotel
le Mars
Andrew Bogh
Ames
Galloway
Washington
L R. Combs
Iowa
Plymouth County
Board’ of
New Year's Eve at First Baptist Promises Social, Candle Light Service
The pastor invites all members and friends to join a Bible school at 10 a.m. and an evening program at 7 with a fellowship supper, no charge. A special New Year’s Eve program follows at the dining hall tables then a Candle Light Service. Royal Ambassadors meet Saturday at 3 p.m. Ladies Association assembly Wednesday at Mrs. W. J. Davidson’s home.
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at-ouir-Bible School
Paul
Society of Christian People
Royal Ambassadors
Ladies’ Association
W. J. Davidson
Mildred. Wakeman
Week of Union Services Across Four Churches
Four Protestant congregations Baptist Christian English Lutheran and Methodist plan a Week of Prayer January 2–5 with nightly 7 30 pm services. Theme Christ in You the Hope of Glory Col 1 27. Each church hosts a program of singing devotional periods and addresses led by Rev W H McDonald Rev J F Moore Rev R E Brown Rev C W Samuelson, inviting public participation.
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Christian Church
W. H. McDonald
R. EB
Brown
Christ
J. F. Moore
C. W. Samuelson
Lutheran Church
J. FB. Moore
BR. E. Brown
Pleasant Hill U B Church Christmas Thanks and Schedule
Pastor A J Jacobson expresses gratitude for gifts during Christmas and outlines services for December 31 with First Things First as sermon theme. Worship at 11:00. The 1933 year adds an extra Sunday. Ladies Aid meets January 11 at George Carlson home with hostesses Mrs Harley Goodroad and Mrs Earl Brubaker. Men urged to attend. a man-sized lunch will be served.
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George Carlson
Harley Goodroad
Earl Brubaker
SS. A. Jacobson
Immanuel Eng Lutheran Church News and New Year Plans
Pastor C W Samuelson announces Christmas season services on Sunday December 31 with no Sunday school or Bible classes. Morning service at 10 o'clock with Chester Samuelson delivering the sermon. New Year's Eve program at 9 o'clock and a midnight farewell to the old year. Regular morning service January 1 at 11 o'clock. Junior Bible class presents the play Searching for the Christ Child. Refreshments served. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Ed Dirks’s home next Thursday at 2 30 with Mrs Gust Granquist assisting. Annual congregational meeting January 10 at 8 o'clock. All qualified voters urged to attend. The church extends Happy New Year greetings and thanks Mr Smith of the Register-Tribune for publishing announcements.
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Immanuel Eng. Luth
C. W. Samuelson
Jesus
Chester Samuelson
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ed. Dirks
Gust. Granquist
Dirks
Immanuel Church
Smith
The
Register-Tribune
Births Reported in Akron Area in December 1933
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Lars Larson of Burbank on December 22 1933. A daughter arrived for Mr and Mrs Win Bohlen west of town at Akron Hospital on December 25 1933.
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Lars Larson
Burbank
8. D
Win. Bohlen
Akron Hospital
Akron Cagers Form Independent Club
A.B.C. cagers formed an independent Akron basketball club and held initial practices in the school gym. No further sessions until January 8 due to painting. A meeting at 7:30 p.m. January 8 invites all interested. a four-team City League may start, with a 25 cent membership fee and about ten scheduled intercity games.
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Akron Basketball
Ion
Corn loans speeding up in Plymouth county facing lag
Plymouth county increases corn loan activity as sealers stay busy sealing with adequate supplies. Cherokee remains leader, about two to one, while state highs are far away. Government forty five cent advance price attracts farmers, check disbursements improving to four or five days. Court house closure for holidays slowed recording, but Saturday totals show 350000 bushels and 160000 to 170000 dollars in loans. More counties expect growth as plan gains traction. patronize home merchants.
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Plymouth
Goodwin Plan Aims To Use 140000 Neighb orhood Workers
Adolph O Goodwin of Chicago announces a national publicity plan backed by newspaper advertising. The scheme mobilizes a field force claimed to be the largest direct sales network, coordinating with mass newspaper ads to stimulate purchases nationwide from gum to automobiles.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Adolph.o. Goodwin
Chicago
Goodwin
Goodwin Corporation
Mather Tower
Vertisi
Singh
SAEES
Old Year Ends with Mixed Fortunes and New Year Hope
The year 1933 is recalled for weather and crops as well as privations and heartaches. The message looks toward 1934 with improved business, some employment gains, and renewed confidence. The Register-Tribune offers a cheerful greeting for a happy and prosperous New Year.
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The
Register-Tribune
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Westfield Home Project
Methodist Church
Union Creek
Trinity Lutheran Church
C.W.A
First Baptist Church
Pleasant Hill
U. B. Church
A.B.C. Cagers
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