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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1927
Page
7
Health commissioner Henry Albert urges daily sun exposure for all ages to prevent rickets and tuberculosis. He notes ultraviolet rays aid vitamin D production for bone development, warns sunlight does not pass through glass or clothing, and recommends gradual sun exposure with eye and skin protection.
Eighth grade graduates from Plymouth county rural schools will perform at 2 34 p m Tuesday July 12 in LeMars high school auditorium. The 1927 class lists 173 graduates with a large turnout. Program includes processional invocation violin solo address diploma presentation and singing America. An informal reception will follow.
Albert Ringsrud, 47, living west of town, was found dead in a corncrib on the Ringsrud farm after being last seen at 4 PM Thursday. He was born October 22, 1879, and survived by his mother Anna and siblings Randine, Thomas, Carl, Carrie, Olive, and Tilda. Funeral at St Paul Lutheran Church June 27.
Miss Catherine Scott, daughter of Mr and Mrs J T Scott of Hemet California, formerly of Akron, wed Alvin P Bly on Wednesday evening at Methodist church South Third Street Linden Avenue. The ceremony, read by Rev Joel Hedgepeth, featured soloist Mrs Joseph Riddick and Mr Riddick on piano. The couple honeymooned along the Pacific Highway to Vancouver and back via Yosemite and San Francisco and will live at 617 Dawson Avenue. The bride, a church soloist heard on KFPKQ radio, wore a blue and tan ensemble with pink tea rose corsage. Bly, USC graduate, is a chemist for Union Oil at Wilmington.
A. L. MacMillan led seven Pioneer club members on a four day camping trip to McCook Lake this week. Participants were George March Kenneth Koch Gordon Pollock Robert Pollock Raymond Spears Lowell Swift and Feddy Batchelder with Louis Koch assisting in transport to the M C A camp.
The Akron Country Club launches its annual championship with 36 holes of medal play for qualifying on July 8 to determine the field for the 86 hole contest. Thirty-two players advance from medal scores to 18 holes on July 11 12 and 13. sixteen enter the Championship Flight and sixteen the Presidents Flight.
Westfield beat Craig 10 to 0 after taking a first inning lead and holding the other team scoreless. On July 4 Milnerville faced Westfield with a 14 to 0 loss as Whitaker pitched strongly and field support was solid. Next Sunday Westfield meets Alcester at Riversioux Park for a likely tough game.
At a June 7 1927 meeting Town of Akron Plymouth County Iowa council presided by M W Redmond passes Resolution No 60 establishing a heat rate schedule. Rates start five cents per kilowatt hour for the first fifty KW and four and a half cents for the next fifty KW four cents over one hundred KW minimum $2 50 with appliance requirements to qualify. City clerk Donald Ross notes the vote was unanimous with Mayor Redmond signing.
John Pierson and children thank neighbors and friends for kindness sympathy during illness and after the death of their wife and mother and for the floral offerings.
J D Billings, nearly ninety, returned from Mapleton and Leeda after a painful accident. While helping move chairs at his son Frank Billings home, he opened a doorway he thought led to a dining room but fell into a cellar. He suffered severe scalp lacerations and chest pains, remained unconscious for about an hour, and spent three weeks recovery with lingering pain.
Sunday school members plan the annual Baptist picnic on Friday July 15 at Riversioux. The church group will depart at 2 30 p m to pick up those without transportation and bring lunches and dishes. Attendees were reminded that swimming is not permitted and should follow this rule.
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