Akron Wedding Bells for Aloysius Thorhas and Miss Maxine Byrnes
The wedding took place at St Patrick's Catholic Church in Akron at 8 o clock Thursday morning December 28. Rev Father Chas Ernst officiated. Relatives and friends attended as Mia Weidenfeller and Lambert Thomas stood as attendants. The bride wore rose with light aqua and green, a three course breakfast followed for twenty five guests, and a three tier cake was centerpiece with Christmas decor. The couple will honeymoon near Sioux Falls then reside on a farm southeast of Akron after March first. Relatives from Brookings and Elkton attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aloysius Thorhas
Maxine Byrnes
Akron
St.Patrick’s Catholic
Chas
Ernst Offici
Cheir
Mia
Carl ‘Weidenfeller
Lambert "Thomas
Isses Viola
Laynda Gale
Sioux Falls
Margaret Byrnes
Brookings
Sioux City
Frank Thomas
Ak‘yon
Leonard Jorlin
S. D
Edd. O'Leary
Elkton
8. D
Postoffice Force Dines at Pantry Lunch
Postmaster A J Claeys hosted a steak dinner last Thursday for postoffice staff including his son Robert J C Kennedy Rural Carriers Frank Burke Arvel Lake Clair McCorkell and Vern Swift It was a enjoyable event for all concerned The local office posted its busiest Christmas season yet handling over 18000 outgoing cards plus numerous gift packages and other mail during the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Claeys
Robert
Frank Burke
Arvel Lake
Clair McCorkell
Vern Swift
Claeys
Sealing of Corn Making Progress in Le Mars Office
The soil conservation office in Le Mars handles about one hundred corn loans completed locally with moisture tests and processing. The committee expects total corn sealed this year near 1,700,000 bushels, similar to last year, amid more corn grown but more stock feeding and less marketable corn. Plymouth county participates. nearly 2,300 farmers are eligible, average seal around 1,000 bushels, and sealing likely continues two more months. Parity payments arrive, 186 checks worth 31,599.85, plus ten wheat parity payments 144.26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Office
LeMars
Plymouth County
Week of Prayer at Baptist Church Notes
Sunday services list Bible school at 10 a m worship at 11 a m and evening at 7 30 p m A week of prayer runs each evening at 8 p m from Tuesday January 9 through Friday January 12 Watch for full program The Ladies Association meets January 10 at Ada Kinser's home Devotions by Mrs Ross and study book chapter by Mrs Warner Members urged to donate 26 cents W W G girls meet January 6 at 3 p m at Phyllis McCorkell's home Quarterly business meeting follows Thursday prayer meeting at the W E Mellen home Lord teach us to pray Luke 11
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Association
Ada Kinser
Lake
Robert Ross
Warner
Phyllis McCorkell
W. E. Mellen
Solving Furnishing Problems in Rural Homes
An December meeting at Mrs Elmer Philips home united Johnson and Preston township ladies with Miss Rathke to discuss Home Furnishing project. They covered built in features lacking, reconditioning furnishings, floor coverings and care tips. Several helpful home comfort topics were raised and two songs were sung during the music period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Philips
Johnson and Preston Townships
Rathke
Legion Card Party Opens Series at Legion Hall
The Legion and Auxiliary announce the first in a series of card parties at the Legion Hall on Wednesday evening January 10. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Local News Notes From Hawarden Area
Local notes list visits and travels of residents with relatives in Sioux City Meckling Onawa Madison Vermillion and other towns. Mentions Marilyn Wedmark and Corrine Huntington Jackson broadcasting on WNAX. Ends with apology for misidentifying a goose as a baby at the depot.
Alwon High and Akron Alumni split two basketball games
The Alwon High School and Akron High Alumni teams split a doubleheader on home court last Friday. Alumni girls overwhelmed Alwon 92 to 20 while Alumni boys edged Alwon 19 to 15 on a tough defense driven night.
Catholic Church Services And Confession Times
The parish schedules Mass on the first, third and fifth Sundays at 9 a.m. and the second and fourth Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Confessions are heard on Saturdays preceding those Sundays at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Holy Mass times precede confessions on the 9 o'clock Mass. Father C Ernst, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father C. Ernst
First Church Services and Sioux Valley Club Meeting
The First Church of Christ holds Communion and preaching at 12 a.m. The Sioux Valley Extension club meets at Mr. Wm. F. Huebner’s home Friday afternoon January 12, with Mrs. Wm. Ericson as assistant hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Valley Extension Club
Wm. F. Huebner
Wm. Ericson
Empress Week Program Features Heritage of the Desert
The Empress Theater schedules a western action adventure Heritage of the Desert starring Evelyn Venable and Donald Woods for January 5 6, along with Unexpected Father starring Baby Sandy on January 7 8. The program also includes Fake a Chance Night January 9 and Dancing Co ed January 10, with Lana Turner Artie Shaw and others in a campus star contest tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talking Picture
Empress Theater
Desert
Zane Grey
Evelyn Venable
Donald Woods
Baby Sandy
Empress Screen
Mischa Auer
Shirley Ross
Joy Hodges
Lana Turner
Artie Shaw
Richard Carlson
Ann Rutherford
Former Akron Instructor Soloist in Messiah Tonight
Miss Irma Cooper soprano soloist in Handel Messiah presented by Union Church of Hinsdale at 5 pm. Cooper, former Akron public schools instructor and 1939 Chicagoland Music Festival award winner, resides at 1223 Astor Street. Choir of 110 voices directed by Herman F. Larson. other soloists Trista Powers and Howard Dill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Tribune
Cooper
Akron Public
Union Church of
Chicago Tribune Charities, Inc
Herman FB. Larson
Trista Powers
Howard Dill
Local 4-H meeting notes and community updates
The C W L 4 H club will meet at Mrs Ed Willer's home on Saturday January 6. Harold Blades, who clerks in the Arkin Store, left Sunday for a week with his mother in Aberdeen SD. Lorraine and Hope Jans visited from Hawarden with relatives. A shower honored Miss Maxine Byrnes at the Weidenfeller home. many gifts were given. Rev F A Meske hosted guests from Hawarden and LeMars. Home Extension club in Sayles district meets January 5 at 2 p.m. New members urged to attend. Arthur Talbott of Adaville had a tonsillectomy at Akron Hospital. Mrs Muir of Hinton and Joann Clemenson are ill. Mrs Muir seriously so. Albert Wendt, east of town, injured when wagon and car tipped into ditch. several ribs broken. convalescing at home. Akron Alumni girls beat Westfield Town girls 20 to 14 in basketball at Westfield last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Willer
Harold Blades
Arkin
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Lorraine
Hope Jans
Hawarden
Ed. Heeren
Maxine Byrnes
Carl Weidenfeller
F. A. Meske
Chas. Burkhart and Family
Bruno Wilken
LeMars
Home Extension Club
Sayles
Fred Waterbury
Clarence Hummel
Arthur Talbott
Adaville
Akron
Wm. Muir
Hinton
Joann Clemenson
John Schmidt
Muir
Lula Claassen
Westfield Town
Westfield
Westfield Shows Strong Red Cross Drive in 26 Percent Rise
Westfield community reports a 26 percent increase in Red Cross memberships and 61 members with 31 contributors. Co chairs Mrs Dorothy Sanford and Mrs Keith Knapp led canvassing in Sioux township. total funds raised amount to $73.25 with extensive participation from local residents and contributors across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield
Dorothy Sanford
Keith Knapp
Sioux Township
Red Cross
LeMars
Evelyn Banks
Art Hasenbank
Robert Michael
Lee L. Jordan
Elizabeth van Vleck
Ruth McCorkell
Tom Bruce
Miles Spaulding
H. A. Miller
H. Holm
Will
Nancy Pike
Eldon Pike
Emil Johnson
Edith Spaulding
Wilcox
G. Hummel
R. Michael
J. Wester
Lois Bilks
Rebecca March
Anna Lyle
Andra Boylan
Lyla Sanders
Lee Jordan
D. Weeks
E. W. Homer
Elizabeth Welch
Robert Ward
Ray Welch
John Sykes
John Toben
Marcella Wahl
Barbara Greenwood
Ole Moe
C. C. Montagne
Fred Beck
Barton Tone
Tom Clarey
A. Kilstrom
Lloyd Huebsch
Clyde Ream
Carl Toben
Fern Boyd
Jim Lawrence
Albert Harrington
Emmet Welch
Dennison
Cecil Harrington
Albert Grant
C. A. Swanson
Red Cross Roll Call For Sioux Valley Township 1939
The Sioux Valley township Red Cross roll call for Union county 8. D. lists memberships and contributors from school districts 33 36 and 47. Notable canvassers include Mrs Ed Willer Opal Sommervold and Alve Ericson with thanks to others for district canvassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Sioux Valley Township
Union County
Alfred Sommervold
Esther Hultgren
Lester Seely
W. C. Vreugdenhil
John Lindberg
Albert Anderson
H. J. Bradley
HE. A. Hultgren
Lloyd Johnson
August Anderson
John Joustra
Arthur Wilcox
Ross Root
Wm. Manning
Wm. Olson
Bequest of 75000 For a Hospital at Kingsley
A bequest from the Geo E Loring estate grants Kingsley 75000 for a modern community hospital. The town must provide land equal to one city block and build the hospital within two years, named the George E. Loring Hospital. Loring lived in Plymouth County since 1887 and worked with M A Moore in Kingsley before moving to Sioux City and later California, where he died last November 18. A small ad in our Want Column will sell it for you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. E. Loring
Kingsley
George HE. Loring
Mr. Loring
Plymouth County
M. A. Moore
LeMars
Moore- Loring Lumber Company
Sioux City
California
Methodist Church Notes Weekly Prayer and Union Services
The mid week prayer at the parsonage is set for Thursday at 7 30 PM. Union services will be held for four nights starting Tuesday at the Christian church and continuing Wednesday at the Methodist church Thursday at the Baptist church and Friday at Immanuel Lutheran church. Each service begins at 8 PM. The first church year quarter ends and a new Honor Roll will be displayed Sunday morning. The Utile Duke meets Tuesday evening with Mrs Brunner. The County School of Religious Education offers five courses starting next Monday at the LeMars Methodist church. Courses include The Old Testament Its Contents and Values The Church Through the Centuries The Childs Approach to Religion Understanding Ourselves Guidance in Christian Home Making. Beginning Sunday morning we will discuss Prayer from various angles through January. Evening worship will feature organizational leadership. The Womens Missionary Society leads next Sunday night with the Standard Bearers for the choir. WH Lease, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onur
Christian Church
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Women’s Missionary Society
Lease
Pleasant Hill A B Church Sunday School and Reading
Pleasant Hill A B Church announces Sunday school at 10 a m with no morning service. Two children have received their Testament for reading the Gospel of John and answering questions. Rev v Puckett is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bk. v. Puckett
Local notes describe visitors and holiday travel
Darlene Smith visited Fay Smith at the home of Betty and Dorothy Smith. Jacob Dague returned from Milwaukee to visit family. Lloyd Pratt and sons visited Mt. Vernon relatives. L. J. Schoennoehl of Portland stayed with Miss Benita Voss. Margaret Krenz visited sister Mrs. L. Heebner in Marcus Iowa. Anita and Nevella McDonald came from Sioux City to visit. Milgred Eshelman went to Omaha for a holiday visit with Reisser. Raymond Thatcher, formerly a Denver chauffeur, visited family over holidays. The office thanks Westfield Willing Toilers 4 H club for goodies. Lloyd Lemen and Harold Peek left for Durham Me and Quincy Ia. accompanied by Albert Lemen and LeRoy Burker to resume studies at Iowa State University. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Smith hosted visitors from Alexandria La and Baton Rouge La. Winter continues with snow and record lows. temperatures from 2 to 12 above before New Year, dipping to 12 below and rising to 5 above with clouds and more snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Smith
Fay Smith
Betty
Dorothy Smith
Jacob Dague
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lloyd Pratt and Sons
Mt. Vernon
South Dakota
L. J. Schoennoehl
Portland
Ore
Benita Voss
Margaret Krenz
L. Heebner
Marcus
Iowa
Anita
Nevella McDonald
Sioux City
W. H. McDonald
Milgred Eshelman
Omaha
Miss Reisser
Raymond Thatcher
Denver
Colo
J. N. Thatcher
Register-Tribune
Westfield Willing Toilers
Lloyd Lemen
Harold Peek
Durham
Quincy
Iowa City
Albert Lee Lemen
LeRoy Burker
State University
M. W. Smith
John Spielman
Alexandria
Wesley .Chambers
Baton Rouge
University of Minnesota At
Minneapolis
Death summons former Akron man last Thursday
A. E. Peters, a longtime Akron resident who later lived near Stratham New Hampshire, died December 28 1839 in Exeter New Hampshire hospital from a blood clot after injuries from a fall. He was 70. Peters married Daisy Kennedy of Akron Iowa in 1892 and had roles at Akron Savings Bank and local stores. He leaves Daisy Melvin Peters an adopted son and sister Emma. Known as Gus Peters he was a jovial devoted husband and father with many friends. Sympathy extends to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minn
Stratham
N. H
Peters
Daisy
Melvin Peters
California
Emma
F. W. Burnett
Gus
Legion
Gasoline Water Contamination Warns Merrill Residents
Mayor E L Wilson and Health Officer Dr T G Knox warn Merrill residents not to drink city water after tests show gasoline contaminating the well. A leak at Norton Garage likely allowed gasoline to seep into the supply, making water unsafe until repaired. The report also notes a Christmas party hosted by Mrs Alfred Kjose and a lunch served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
E. L. Wilson
T. G. Knox
Norton Garage
Mrs John Lindberg Called by Death in Sioux Valley
Mrs. John Lindberg of Sioux Valley township Union county South Dakota died Sunday December 31 1939 at 8 p m at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Adolph Wiberg northwest of town after a two year illness aged 71 years 10 months and 3 days She is survived by her husband John Lindberg and one daughter The obituary will be continued next week Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Big Springs Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lindberg
Sioux Valley Township
Union County
S.D
Adolph Wiberg
Big Springs Baptist Church
Trinity Lutheran Church Meeting Notices
Trinity Lutheran Church announces an English service at 11 a m. The Ladies Aid will meet at Mrs Mary Beckmanns home on Thursday afternoon January 11. Matth Luth Church Chatsworth hosted by Mrs William Gerrietts on Friday afternoon January 5. Fred A Mesker pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Union Creek Church Notes
Union Creek Church announces services on Sunday evening January 7 at 8 o clock. The notice indicates worship or gathering details for parishioners and locals.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Asius Thomas
Leslie G. Williams
Legion and Auxiliary Notes
Iane Hendricks
Chas. Inglebretson
Meckling
S. C
Ora Rush
Ada Lamoureux
Wm. Hosehler
Cheney
Onawa
Thos. Smith
Madison
Fred Guerin
H. Witte
Harley Small
Clarice Wynia
Malvern
Chas. L. Wynia
B. O. Searles
Arlene
Searles
J. W. Hedges
Orlan C. Moore
Mary
Eunice
LeRoy Burket
Lester Bellwood
Burket
Guy Burket
F. H. Wayne
Rock Island, Ill
Frank B. Bonney
Marilyn Jane Wedmark
Eric Wedmark
Corrine Huntington Jackson
Vermillion
Yankton
WNAX
Homemakers
The
A.H.S
HL. S
Alumni
Alwon High School
Akron High
Stars
Yesteryear
Harriet Moore
Thelma Bohlken
Evelyn van Court
Lois Swift
Mildred Lemen
Elizabeth Shhoulberg- Graves
High School
Ray Port
Robert Tucker
Bud Moore
Kenneth Shoulberg
Harold Gillespie
Art Horton
Cleghorn
Union Consolidated
Akron High Boys
Catholic Church Services
St. Patrick's
St. Catharine’s Westfield
First Church OF Christ
W.J. Zane
Empress
Want
Pleasant Hill
A. B. Church
Death
A. E. Peters
Exeter
Alfred
Kjose
Union Creek
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