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Akron Register Tribune

Location

Akron, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1960

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Akron Register-Tribune publication details and rates

Akron Register-Tribune editors and proprietors Ray A. and Gerald P. F. Smith publish every Thursday in Akron Iowa. Subscription rates are $2.50 per year, six months $1.26 in Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury Counties Iowa and Union County South Dakota. $3.00 per year elsewhere. Entered at the Akron post office as second class mail matter September 26, 1901.

Akron Register-Tribune Ray A. and Gerald PF. Smith Plymouth Sioux Woodburs Iowa Union County S. D Akron Plymouth County

Westfield Write Ups Highlight Local Activities and Deaths

Mrs. Frank Mackey is in an Iowa City hospital and well wishes are offered. Guild Circle serves dinner at Welch's Cafe on Sunday February 14 at 11, with proceeds to help. Thanks are given for Christmas Seal Sale contributions. The Goodwill truck will visit Westfield February 18. Vic Brundeen, a former Westfield garage man and car salesman, died February 4 in Denver, remembered as a good friend. Congregational Ladies' Aid meets February 18 at 2 pm. Clinic notes describe multidisciplinary field clinics and penicillin distribution for rheumatic fever prevention. Death of Mrs. Ethel Colley Wilson, 74, former Sloan pastor's wife, in Cherokee, Iowa, with funeral in Sloan. Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow test winners named Carla Johnson in Westfield class. Hilite staff list and campus notes.

Frank Mackey Iowa City Circle Three Guild Welch’s Cafe A. W. Hummel Westfield Dewey Carter Vivian Hill Sioux City Congregational Ladies’ Aid Viola Lilly Grace Lilly Lena Lilly Blanche Roush SSCC John C. MacQueen SUI College of Medicine Ethel Colley Wilson William Wilson Sloan Cherokee Wilson Yorkshire Eny Canada United States Ellen Wilson R. E. Mason Anthon Lawrence Fennama Quimby Congregational Church Ebertz Willam Wilson Westfield Congregational Church Betty Crocker Westfield High School Ruth Ann Mackey Kay Mansfield Madonna Trobaugh Glenna Williams Gabby Patty Thayer Kathy McGoniele P.T.A Betty Taylor Alyce Swanson

Deadline March 1 for new wheat allotments

A spring wheat grower may obtain a 1960 acreage allotment by applying at the county ASC office by March 1. A new farm is defined as one with no wheat seeded for grain in 1957 1958 or 1959 and with no 1959 wheat allotment established. Chair man Schnepf notes past growers losing farms or new entrants may qualify for allotments.

County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office Wm. M. Schnepf ASC Schnepf

Akron Iowa Town Council Minutes January 1960

Regular meeting January 19 1960 in Akron Iowa with Mayor C R Mason presiding. Council members Hummel Barwick Nielsen Trotzig present. Vander Helm absent. Authority retained for one year for Town Attorney Spencer M Day. Health Officer Dr J M Gacusana and Health Inspector Dr R E Garvin appointed. Bills approved for Sewer labor Sand ers Sanitary Heetland Electric and others totaling numerous payments. Meeting adjourned.

C. R. Mason Clarence Hummel Verle Barwick Roy Nielsen Joseph Trotzig Allen Vander Helm Spencer M. Day Ic. R. Mason J. M. Gacusana R. E. Garvin Akron Iowa Sanders Sanitary Co Heetland Electric Co Buell & Winters Engr. Co Floyd Davis Hansen Plumbing Co Searls Tropical Paint Co General Stores Office Egypt Vivies First National Bank Safety Deposit Box Lloyd Meyers Ees Cae Mobil Oil Co Lube Oil Northwestern Bell Treanor Corporation Elec Akron Register - Tribune Adams Implement Co Dirks Hardware Store Max Hermon Mgr N. W. Bell Buffalo Meter Co Epee Eee Iowa Electric Supply Co State Hygienic Lab McDonald Mfg. Co Westinghouse Elec. Co W.H. Tax Washington Nat. Ins. Co Group Insurance Clarence Wummel BR. Mason Rh. D. Clark

State clinics for crippled children reach 35 Iowa towns

Field clinics of the State Services for Crippled Children will operate in 35 Iowa communities from March 1 to November 16 providing diagnostic and evaluation services for crippled youngsters. Plymouth county dates are March 8-10 in Sac City, May 24-25 in Spencer, July 7-28 in Cherokee, and September 9-12 in Storm Lake. one day clinics serve patients under 21 with chronic conditions.

Iowa Plymouth County Sac City Spencer Cherokee Storm Lake

Principal Speaker at Plymouth Soil District Meeting

Charles Ballantyne an Extension Soil Conservationist from Iowa State University will be the main speaker at the Plymouth Soil Conservation District Biennial Meeting and Election set for February 17 at 6 30 p.m. at the E U B Church in LeMars.

Charles Ballantyne Iowa State University Plymouth Soil Conservation District E.U.B LeMars

Donald Offerdahl Recovers From Farm Burns

Friends of Donald Offerdahl of near Spink South Dakota report a steady recovery after severe burns from a farm accident on May 28 last year. He spent months in Akron Hospital and returned home just before Christmas for convalescence. A home talent play in Alcester Elk Point Akron raised 261.71, net 186.71 donated to Donald to help cover medical costs.

Donald Offerdahl Spink Akron Donald Alcester Elk Point

ASC Reserve Contracts To Become Effective April 15

Farmers in Plymouth County with soil bank conservation reserve contracts from 1960 were reminded that such contracts become effective no later than April 15, 1960. ASC chairman Wm. M. Schnepf explained that 1960 contracts auto start on April 15 unless the participant begins before that date to establish vegetative cover or other approved practice, which then becomes the contract’s effective date.

Plymouth County Soil Bank Conservation Reserve Wm. M. Schnepf ASC

No Grazing Rule Tightens on Reserved Land Contracts

Chairman Schnepf said the contract becomes effective on April 15 and after that date the reserved land may not be grazed or harvested at any time during the contract life. He noted there are no grace periods for pasturing under both old and new contracts, and the no grazing rule applies to both new and old land on the farm without interruption.

Ing Schnepf

Herman Jacobs Seeks Reelection as State Senator

Alcester farmer Herman Jacobs announced he will seek another term in the South Dakota state senate from district one serving Clay and Union counties on the Democratic ticket. He lives near Alcester and has a history in the 1959 session on several committees including assessment and taxation education public health welfare transportation and communications highway and chairs the apportionment committee.

Herman Jacobs Alcester South Dakota Clay Union Counties Mr. Jacobs Union County

Harlem Globetrotters to Play in Sioux City

The Harlem Globetrotters No 1 unit will appear in Sioux City at the auditorium on February 16 at 8 p m This is their sole local engagement in the area The notice also mentions typewriter ribbons adding machine ribbons and carbon paper for sale at the Register Tribune office.

Harlem Trotters Sioux City Harlem Globetrotters Globetrotters Sioux City Auditorium Register-Tribune

Fresh typewriter paper sale and gift subscriptions

Fresh supply of typewriter and copying paper for sale at Register Tribune office. A gift subscription to the Register Tribune is a lasting and acceptable gift.

Register- Tribune

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