New Plymouth County Officers Take Office
Plymouth County reorganizes with two new supervisors Irving Schulte and Dick Bohlken, plus re-elected Henry Grimjes and John Graham. Frank Wentz becomes treasurer and Morse Hoorneman county attorney as the courthouse retains deputies. changes focus on the treasurer and recorder offices with Clementine Freking retiring and replacements named.
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Iowa
Plymouth County
Board ‘of Supervisors
Irving Schulte
Dick Bohlken
Henry Grimjes
John Graham
Dave Twogood
George Miller
Henry Altmann
Frank Wentz
Remsen
Andrew Langhout
Morse Hoorneman
BE. P. Murray
Langhout
Murray
Court House
Clementine
Freking
John
Pendy
J. A. Jenson
Akron
Bertha Rentschler
LeMars
Jing
Alwin Becker
Wentz
Jenson
Study Center for Rural Teachers in Plymouth County
A rural teachers study center will meet in LeMars High School on Saturday January 7 1939 starting at 9 a.m. Dr E L Ritter of Iowa State College will lead the program analyzing the Iowa Silent Reading Test results from county fourth to sixth graders and compare reading levels across the county. The afternoon will feature a fifth grade history teaching demonstration using the county text and emphasis on assignments. Four Plymouth county rural teachers will report on the Des Moines convention highlights. All interested are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County
LeMars High School
Ell. Ritter
Iowa State College
Iowa
Petersen
Plymouth
Ritter
Des Moines
Myrne_Detlof
Lucille Muecke
Florence Timmins
Dorothea Becker
Baptist Church Notes Sunday Schedule and Meetings
The church outlines Sunday services including Bible school at 10 a.m. and morning worship with communion at 11 a.m. An evening service is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday January 11 the Ladies Association meets with Mrs Helen Shoulberg as hostess. Thursday prayer meeting and quarterly business meeting are at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs Eric Youngstrom’s home.
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Ladies’ Association
Helen Shoulberg
Mildred Wakeman
L. G. Williams
Ada Kinser
Eric H. ‘Youngstrom
Leslie G. Williams
Births Record for Akron Westfield Chatsworth Areas 1939
A series of birth notices from 1939 announce new sons and a daughter born to families in Akron Westfield Chatsworth area. Names include Claeys Lilly Pluegar and Vogelzang with locations east of town and near Chatsworth. Dates range January 1 to January 5 1939.
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Arthur Claeys, Jr
Akron
Wallace Lilly
Westfield
Chas. Pluegar
Frank Vogelzang
Chatsworth
Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday Schedule and Meeting
Sunday school at 10 a.m. English service at 11 a.m. The annual meeting will be held next Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Mary Beckman's home on Thursday afternoon January 12. HRED A Meske Pastor.
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Ladies’ Aid
Mary Beckman
Hred A. Meske
Premium Fountain Pen and Pencil Set Offer
The Register-Tribune offers a free fountain pen and pencil set with each yearly subscription renewals or new purchases. Mail orders add five cents for postage. The premium is durable, high quality, and suitable for all family members from schoolchildren to adults, with displays available at the office.
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Register-Tribune
Register- Tribune
Catholic Church Services Akron and Westfield Schedule
St Patrick's Akron and Pat Catharine's Westfield list Holy Mass on the first, third, and fifth Sundays at 9 am or 10 30 am with confessions on Saturdays before those Sundays. Father C Ernst, pastor. Also an office note about a fountain pen and pencil set gift with new or renewed subscriptions.
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St. Patrick's
Akron
Pat. Catharine
Westfield H Oly
C. Ernst
Akron Indies Lose Thrilling 70 to 28 in Sioux City
The Akron Indies dropped a hard fought home game to the T. S. Martin Co. of Sioux City 33 to 28. The contest was tight throughout with neither side leading by more than four points. After a close first half the Martins held a one point edge entering the final period and pulled away late, earning a decisive victory. The teams plan a rematch a week later on January 13 on Akron’s floor. The Indies host Liberty Independent this Friday night at 8 pm with 10 cents admission for adults and high school students and 5 cents for grade pupils, then travel to Inwood, Iowa next Tuesday to face the Inwood Independents. The club thanks fans for supporting home games and promises renewed effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Independents
T. S. Martin Co
Sioux City
Akron
Martins
Martin
McMahon
Beaubien
Akron Indies
Liberty
Liberty and Merrill
The
Indies
Inwood
Iowa
Inwood Independents
Akron High
Treton
Westfield
Shirley Anita Harding dies at 11 in Westfield area
Shirley Anita Harding died New Year's day 1939 at her parents home southeast of Westfield Town at age 11 years 3 months and 25 days after illness of several weeks. Born September 6 1927 she was cheerful and loved by schoolmates. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 pm in the LD S church with burial in Little Sioux cemetery. Pallbearers Wayne McCrill Walden Harding Marvin Morehead and William Parks.
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Shirley
Anita Harding
Bh.h. Harding
Westfield
Town
Douglas
LD. S
Little Sioux
Wayne McCrill
Walden Harding
Marvin Morehead
William Parks
Empress Theater Week’s Bill Full of Fun and Action
The Empress presents a week of action and comedy starting Friday January 6 with The Grand Roars a thrill packed boxing melodrama starring Robert Taylor Edward Arnold Frank Morgan and Maureen O Sullivan Nat Pendleton. Heart of the North the Technicolor action drama follows January 8 9 and 10 with Dick Foran Gloria Dickson Allen Jenkins and Gale Page in a Northwest frontier plot featuring the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A Wednesday Thursday matinee January 11 12 offers Three Loves Has Nancy a Metropolitan comedy starring Janet Gaynor Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone in a New York love triangle with quick witty dialogue.
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Talking Picture Entertainment
Empress Theater
Wich
Robert Taylor
Edward Arnold
Frank Morgan
William Naletoh
Maureen O'Sullivan
Nat Pendleton
Taylor
Heart of the North
Northwest
Northwoods
Dick Foran
Gloria Dickson
Allen Jenkins
Gale Page
Three Loves
Nancy
Janet Gaynor
Robert Montgomery
Franchot Tone
New York
Legion and Auxiliary Board Party This Week
The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor a board party at the Legion Hall on Wednesday night January 11. Netion bridge and pitch will be played with high score prizes for each game and a door prize. The event invites the public to attend. January focus is on supporting Legion legislative recommendations. The Legion calls for universal service law and tighter immigration and deportation laws, protections for widows and orphans, and veteran employment improvements. Total immigration restriction for ten years is urged if needed for employment balance.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Congress
Legion
Union Creek Church Notes
No services or Sunday school next Sunday January 8. The Luther League will give a program Wednesday evening January 11 at the Immanuel Eng. Lutheran Church in Akron. D. J. Edward, Pastor.
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Union Creek Church
Luther League
Immanuel. Eng. Lutheran Church
Akron
D. J. Edward
Local News Notes and Holiday Visitation in Akron
Regular meeting of Vesper chapter No. 61 O E followed by reports of visitors Miss Ora Rush from Sioux City visited her sister Mrs A Lamoureux and relatives. Miss Clara Wright left Akron Hospital for a Boston course. Local students Shirley Adams and Rose Mae Nall joined holiday gatherings. Watch parties bell ringing and whistles welcomed the new year 1939. Mr and Mrs P A Foley will winter in the southwest and Foley home awaits repair by J J Arkin family. Mrs V A Aldrich of Racine joined a family reunion at the Rhodes home over New Year and Ralph Rhodes with his wife from near Houston Texas came for twenty years reunion. local Rhodes family includes Mrs Eugene Lias and Miss Marian Rhodes.
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Ora Rush
Sioux City
A. Lamoureux
Clara Wright
Akron Hospital
Boston
Mass
Shirley Adams
State Teachers College
Madison
S. C
Rose Mae Nall
Western Union College
LeMars
P. A. Foley
New Mexico
Arizona
California
J. J. Arkin
Foley
V. A. Aldrich
Racine
Wis
A. G. Rhodes
Ralph Rhodes
Houston
Texas
Eugene Lias
Marian Rhodes
Pneumonia Campaign Emphasizes Early Reporting and Serum Therapy
Public health push in Iowa urges citizens to report pneumonia early to doctors. Advances in serum treatments reduce deaths, with 22 known pneumonia types and sera effective for several. A film at Akron Empress theater on January 26 promotes early care and widespread serum use endorsed by state health authorities.
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Iowa
Empress Theater
Akron
Iowa State Department of Health
Car plunges into ditch injuring Arthur Brundeen
Arthur Brundeen, the first auto accident victim of the year, left the Hagles lodge rooms around 4 am and drove toward Westfield. His car hit the ditch south of the Small Service Station, wrecking the front end and stretchered him to Akron Hospital with a broken nose, broken jaw, and bruises. He is improving under treatment.
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Arthur Brundeen
Hagles
Westfield
Brundeen
Akron
First Church Events Include Card Parties at Legion Hall
The First Church of Christ lists 11 a.m. communion and preaching, 6:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor, and 7:30 p.m. adult class led by Pastor W. J. Zane. Catholic Ladies' Aid hosts three Monday card parties and dances January 9, 16, 23 at Legion Hall with a $1.50 door prize at 10:30 p.m. Public urged to attend.
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Bible School
Christian Endeavor
W. J. Zane
Catholic Ladies’ Aid
Legion Hall
Scout Leaders and Parents Night at First Baptist Church
Next Monday at 8:00 PM a Scout event for parents and supporters will feature a lecture Does Scouting Pay by Fred Woolworth Sargeant Mayd area. A display of Advancement awards will be shown and Scouts may take tests with committee before the Court of Honor within three months. Refreshments will follow.
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Socouters
First Baptist Church
Fred Woolworth
Sargeant Mayd
Court of Honor
Prayer Week Ends With Union Service at Emanuel
The last of the Prayer Week union services will be held at Emanuel Chapel Friday at 8 p.m. Rev. Moore of the M E church will preach. Saturday the Confirmation class meets at 2 p.m. Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11 with sermon Baptism With Spirit and Five is the First Need of Our Generation. Anthem by choir. Evening service at 8. Board of Administration to meet after Sunday evening service. Annual congregation meeting Monday at 8 p.m.
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Immanuel Eng. Luth
Ernest G. Svenson
Tmanuel Ehuvely
Moore
M. EK
Board of Administration
Akron High Cage Teams Sweep Alumni in Double Header
The Akron High boys and girls teams defeated Alumni squads on the local floor last Friday. The girls won 28 to 20, the Alumni boys upset the HS boys 24 to 17. The HS teams extended winning streaks as the season progresses, with next home games set for January 10 against Westfield.
LeRoy Burket Earns Eagle Scout Honor At Union Service
A large crowd at the M. E. Church heard Rev. J F Moore present LeRoy Burket with the Eagle Scout merit badge and a Golden Quill for cartooning. LeRoy, a University of Town student, noted for his art, joins a line of local youths awarded Eagle in recent years.
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M. EE
J. F. Moore
LeRoy Burket
L. G. Williams
Baptist Church
Elizabeth
Kenneth Shoulberg
H. Shoulberg
LeRoy
University of Town
Bob Shoulberg
Chicago
Grinnell College
Sidney Moore
Akron High School
Regular church attendance urged in New Year note
In a Methodist Church note Pastor Moore invites readers to start the year with regular attendance to improve the present. The message stresses frequent Sunday services and reassures that the church has a place for you.
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Y. ¥. Moore
Wedding Held New Year’s Day At Akron Area Farm
A candle light ceremony united Hazel Peck and Stanley King on January 1, 1939 at 7:30 p.m. at the Peck home northwest of Akron. The couple, both with local roots, exchanged vows before an arch of royal blue and white as Marion Peck sang. Family and friends attended a buffet luncheon, with out of town guests listed from LeMars, Merrill, Elk Point, Sioux City and Burke. The bride, a 1935 Akron High graduate, will reside on a farm near Hadley, Minnesota, after the ceremony.
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Floyd Peck
Akron
Hazel Peck
Stanley King
Hadley
Minn
Warren King
Merrill
Marion Peck
Mildred Lemen
Irew. S.A
Lloyd Stinton
Marjorie Stinton
Claude Stickney
Calvin Anderson
Deloris
Marvin Klemine
Nettie Waterman
Delbert
Lavern Peek
Everett Stinton
Samily
Jones
Irene
Harry Hawkins
LeMars
Will Roggon
Baby
Burke
Elk Point
Harald Peek
Haroldine
Sioux City
Akron High School
Liberty Consolidated School
Iowa
Union County
Corn Show Set in LeMars Corn Show Returns to LeMars Armory
The 1939 LeMars corn show runs January 26 27 28 at the LeMars Armory. Organized by the Plymouth County agricultural committee with Farm Bureau funding and local business support. Iowa State College's J H Standen will demo seed treatment for small grains to combat smut and fungi. Poultry show is not included this year.
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LeMars
Agricultural Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Farmers of
Plymouth County
LeMars Armory
J. H. Standen
Iowa State College
TL. EL. Jones
George Pavlik
H. H. Jones
Chris Miller
W. R. DelKay
L. L. Meek
A. P. Meis
Jos. Walz
Ben Heller
Roy Rounds
Jim Pavlik
G. P. Simeon
R. L. Weidauer
RS. Gillespie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Study Center For Rural Teachers
E. L. Ritter
Trinity Lutheran Church
Catholic Church Services
Liberty Team
Shirley Anita Harding
Empress
Legion and Auxiliary Notes
First Church OF Christ
A.hs
Methodist Church
Country Home
Helen Harris
Cedar Falls
Evan Harris
Helen
State Teachers’ College
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