Akron Public School News Flashes
Kindergarten Christmas program and party drawn by many mothers and visitors. Absences rise from colds and influenza as students craft cotton snowmen. First graders return after vacation. Brownies finish primers and start Elson Readers. Spelling contest ends in a tie. Students share a globe from grandmother, name continents and oceans. Fourth grade enjoys vacation, basketball, new Art Stories book for art appreciation. Fifth grade optimistic for 1940. reading Hans Brinker. Sixth grade ends Hygiene. Europe History to start. birthday party for the class. Seventh grade letters and per cents quiz. Minute Men topic. US imports exports. Eighth grade A/B honor roll grants two-day vacation Jan 17-18.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Steid
Hans Brinker
Mary Mapes Dodge
Zeilman
Visitors in Junior High This Week
Ardiss Satter Dorothy Lewison Harold Lewison Bonnie Philips Elizabeth Tage Bernice Anderson Bonnie Jean Claassen Fern Plueger Jane Gunderson visit Junior High this week.
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Ardiss Satter
Dorothy Lewison
Harold Lewison
Bonnie Philips
Elizabeth Tage
Bernice Anderson
Bonnie Jean Claassen
Fern Plueger
Jane Gunderson
Semester exams mark end of first term at local schools
High school notes report next week begins second term with continued work across grades and new courses in consumer buying civics economics business law and grammar under teachers Murphy Streeter Smits and Obye. Exemption thresholds and caps and gowns for seniors also announced with the clock in the office returning to service after a Christmas vacation pause.
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Murphy
Migs Streeter
Smits
Obye
Genelli Studio
Sioux City
Mr. Young
Butter-Baked Turkey With Celery Dressing Guide
A full home cooking feature presents a butter baked turkey recipe for 14 to 16 pounds with celery dressing. It covers prep, stuffing, basting, oven timing, and garnishes, yielding a festive meal for about 12, including mashed potatoes, rolls, cranberry salad, and pumpkin pie.
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Turkey
Buying discussed at 4-H girls' club meeting
Miss Gladys Adams from Iowa State extension spoke on buymanship and fabric knowledge at Plymouth county 4-H clothing lesson. Twenty girls and women examined silk and rayon fibers, learned label meanings, and planned careful expenditure records to improve their clothing budgets.
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Gladys Adams
Iowa State College Extension Service
Plymouth County 4H
Miss Adams
County Nursing Committee Meeting in Remsen
The Central Nursing committee of Plymouth County Nursing Service will meet on January 15 at 2 30 p m in the Remsen Community building. The session opens to the public for learning about the county service and includes a business session followed by a film on Diphtheria and Its Prevention.
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Plymouth County Nursing Service
Remsen
Nursing Service
Administrator's Notice for Ella E Burrill Estate
On December 29 1939 the District Court of Plymouth County Iowa appointed Lowell L Burrill as administrator of Ella E Burrill deceased late of the county All persons indebted should pay and those with claims must present them to the court for allowance Publication dates January 4 11 and 18 1940
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District Court
Plymouth County
Iowa
Ella E. Burrill
Lowell L. Burrill
It is Smart to Drive Carefully
A plea to value human minutes over reckless highway risks. The message notes an average life has about 17 million minutes and questions the wisdom of speeding and risky driving to save a minute. It urges careful driving as prudent and sensible.
Merrill Community Club Seeks Conservation Camp
The Merrill Community Club seeks a conservation camp project to benefit local habitats. Organizers aim to engage residents in hands on environmental work and youth education activities planned for upcoming season.
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Merrill Community Club
Soil Conservation Meeting Invites Land Owners in Merrill
A Merrill city hall event Thursday evening January 11 invites every land owner and farmer to learn about soil conservation. If interest grows, organizers may locate a Plymouth county Soil Conservation camp. Leo Stehley CCC camp superintendent will explain camp work, while County Agent H. H. Jones outlines steps to secure a Plymouth county camp. Refreshments will follow.
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Merrill
Plymouth County
Leo Stehley
Moville
CCC
H. H. Jones
Merrill Community Club
Ruling on Sealed Corn Assessments Issued in Plymouth County
R. L. Weidauer, chairman of the Plymouth county A A A, receives a letter from the state committee about assessing corn under seal on farms and in storage.
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R. L. Weidauer
Plymouth County A. A. A
State Committee
State ruling on farm corn taxation and property status
The state committee holds that 1937 and 1938 corn under seal on farms should be listed as personal property and taxed as such. It states the corn is mortgaged property like any other and market value is used rather than the scaling rate. The text also urges readers to read Akron merchant advertisements in the Register-Tribune and try a Want Ad for quick results.
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State Committee
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