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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
2
Special correspondence item lists many local residents visiting relatives across several states over the holiday. It notes arrivals from Minneapolis and Green Bay, hospital stays, births, and numerous social visits, plus address changes for two residents.
San Diego to Corpus Christi journeys mark a weekend of visits and travel. Riordan stopped by his sister in Sioux City while Howard Rose and family stayed overnight with Ned Spaulding and Bert Wilcox en route to Jackson Hole for a vacation. Visitors from Sioux City attended a kitchen shower for Mrs Helen Parkins of Eagle Grove, who will wed Wendell Snow of Akron.
Special correspondent reports a July 4 gathering in Akron City Park where rain drove attendees indoors to eat lunch baskets. People played cards, Chinese checkers, and canasta as families and friends from Sioux City, Dell Rapids, Hawarden, Ireton, and Lawton shared visits. Sympathy extended to Mrs Waterbury after the death of her mother, Mrs Osterbuhr, at Sacred Heart Hospital.
Multiple used and new items offered including a 7 cu ft Philco refrigerator two years old at a fair price a Wayne air compressor with 13 hp motor 250 lb capacity ideal for farm use priced at 100 Dalton Import Co Akron and a 1938 Ford V 8 Fordor sedan with a nearly new motor very good tires low mileage a solid buy inquire at the Register-Tribune Akron office
Visitors from Seattle, Kenneth Mosher and Ceila Harding, stayed in Sioux City and southwest Plymouth for a week en route to Montana and Idaho. The Liberty and Perry townships baby beef club plans a July 38 picnic at Pavlik lake with sixty-one calves, aiming for LeMars in August. Local officials attended the Republican county convention in LeMars, electing Dale Hunter as chairman and supporting cuts in federal spending. Will Harding, longtime farmer in southwest Plymouth, is ill. neighbors plan to visit Akron home.
Feed and supplies promotion touts Nutrena 40 percent hog nuggets at six dollars per ton with a July 1 to July 8 sale. Includes Pax hog feeders, Aureomycin notes, and additional Nutrena and Farm Belt products. Emphasizes protein vitamin content and special discounts ending July 8.
Preston 4 H girls gathered for a June 28 picnic in Hawarden park. Members reported on health examinations and discussed a district camp and a demonstration team. Reports on the State 4 H convention at Ames were given by Mary Milbrodt district president Donna Schneider and Edith Milbrodt. Talks covered courtesy to parents hanging up clothes laundering and sewing on buttons. Skating capped the evening. Next meeting set with Betty Crow on Friday July 14. Navy enlistments are open. see Navy Recruiter in Room 202 Post Office Building Sioux City Iowa. Want Ad urged for quick results.
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