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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1937
Page
2
An editorial warns that Fourth of July celebrations will draw huge traffic, urging drivers to slow down, ensure vehicle safety, and drive carefully to prevent deaths. It emphasizes that death knows no holiday and accidents will occur if safe practices are ignored.
A compilation of brief items includes a wanted column plug for Register-Tribune readers, a Fort Dodge pastor Rev Edward Masterson’s death at 63, and details on the Tri-State race meet at Sioux City July 8 to 11 with pari mutuel betting. It notes old age pensions in the county, widows pensions, and the welfare commission setup under Social Security rules with two supervisors from opposing parties.
A new County Social Security Commission was appointed by the supervisors to take over duties under state social security laws. Members are D. S. Twogood of Hinton Mrs. Harry Cannon of LeMars and J. E. Altmann of Remsen. They assume July 1 with pay not to exceed 90 annually. The panel handles old age widows blind and child welfare pensions. prior work was done by existing local officials.
City seeks public help to develop the park along Primary 12 into a beauty spot with outdoor store and picnic tables. Ruth Hays Mitchell coordinates volunteers to enlist community and youth participation. Fireworks sale set for July 3 4 5 at Akron Variety Store.
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Town council met in regular session with Mayor Bohlken presiding. Bills totaling 584.88 were approved for payment to listed individuals and firms. A survey proposal by TL Winters of Buell Winter Co. Sioux City was authorized to assess street paving and drainage costs. Then council adjourned.
Lost Brown billfold. If found, money to be kept. contents to be returned with no questions asked. Leonard Miller. For sale wagon and hay rack and an eight piece dining room set in good as new condition. Perry Vanderbeek. Lost auto tire on rim between Cornelius Hanson place northwest and Akron, June 29. James Trautt.
A transcription of a town meeting record shows various payments to vendors including Warren Hleetrie Co 548.00 Diesel Service Co 822.14 R.A. Hyde Oil Co 95.60 Fairbanks Morse Co 36.47 Line Material Co 10.71 Fredell 122.60 Shoalsberg Gassman 1.16 Dirks Hardware 3.86. A motion to adjourn prevailed. Clerk J T Clayton.
About 1,400 Plymouth county farmers received 68,960 pounds of grasshopper poison bait by Monday morning. The LeMars mixing plant runs about twenty-four tours behind with orders as supply lines hold, while arsenic orders placed last week are arriving. County Agent Jones notes intense demand and expects this to be the busiest week yet.
A scout writes from the Taft Hotel in New York on June 29 describing a swell trip to the jamboree. He notes tours of New York, Niagara Falls photos, sightings of foreign scouts, the Statue of Liberty, a Rockefeller Center visit, and views of the RCA building, with plans for supper and letters home.
The fragment describes a group visit through New York locations including the Nat Boy Scout Headquarters and mentions Bermuda and France. It recalls travel timing, a noon meal, and an impending close of the note.
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