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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
5
Classified blurbs include a purebred Duroc boar for sale in Akron with contact details, a community Holiday Hop with Don Oliver’s Orchestra at the old school gym, and a John Deere Day event sponsored by Moir Implement Co. Also notes a fatal train collision near Hawarden and a funeral with a family obituary verse for Joyce Harkness.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness, floral offerings, and pantry supplies in our bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Harkness and Family. Mr. and Mrs. James McKettrick visited relatives in Emery during Christmas. Miss Muriel Rozell of Denver visited her mother Mrs. A L Rozell and relatives over the holidays. Sioux Valley Extension Club meets with Mrs. Dorothy Wakeman on Friday January 5, with Mrs. Elna Lambert assisting. A Nutrition demonstration is planned. Christmas Eve programs across churches were well attended and many family gatherings occurred on Christmas Day.
Miss Polly Maritz visits home folks in Elkton Maryland over Christmas. H J Behmer family hosts Christmas guests from Iowa and Minnesota. Harold Dowling undergoes tonsil surgery at Akron Hospital. Behmers travel to Sutherland for granddaughter Claudia Willis wedding. John Deere Day in Akron January 6 with free films and lunch. Holiday Hop danced at old school gym with Don Oliver's orchestra. Gerald Goodread enlists in Army Air Force ground crew December 6 and trains in San Antonio after 21 months service including Korea.
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