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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1937
Page
4
Akron baseball team returns home to face Ponca on Sunday July 11 at 2 30 p m. Ponca is said to have a strong record and will test Akron’s lineup with a real showdown. Adult admission 26 cents, children under 16 pay 10 cents.
Hub City 1 Akron 0 as M C Mahan pitched shutout nine allowing few hits. Akron pitcher Kapfer pitched well but offense stalled after early rally, with Hub City capitalizing on timely hits and strong defense to win at Alcester celebration.
The region endures the hottest summer since records began with 103 degrees and high humidity, yet grain harvesting proceeds. Winter wheat cutting began, showing good yield potential despite some black rust. Spring wheat and oat fields look strong, and hay crops are largely good though pastures dry. Farmers credit heat and dryness for rapid growth and high yields, with corn thriving under steady warmth.
Due to lack of shade the playground uses Recreation Hall from 2 to 4 pm daily starting next week. Beginning Monday July 12 the playground will be at the school house with evening play 6:30 to 9:30 pm except Saturdays. Equipment for volley ball tether ball paddle tennis and soft ball will be provided on the school playground. Community members are asked to donate croquet sets and other games. A nature study club has organized and taken three hikes learning tree species by leaves and bark. The club meets at the school grounds Friday July 9 at 5:30 pm for another hike Bring a lunch. A tennis ball club and harmonica band will be organized soon. Volunteers to staff are urged to notify any staff worker.
The Preston Pearls 4 H club met on Wednesday June 23 with Lois Hill Richs. Presidents Cora Meether and Ruth Milbredt led the meeting and discussed a trip to Ames. A canning of rhubarb demonstration was given. A lunch was served. Next meeting planned with Mrs. Lloyd Ewers on Wednesday July 7.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wakeman northwest of town on July 3, 1937.
Sidney Moore and LeRoy Burker, local scouts, attend the National Boy Scout Jamboree with about 25 000 scouts from many countries. Letters home describe camp life in Washington DC and Baltimore, including events with Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Lord Baden-Powell messages, trips to the Smithsonian, a ball game, and a view from the Washington Monument.
Two carloads of iron pipe arrived for Akron’s new natural gas system from the South Dakota Public Service Co. Construction Superintendent Barney Harman will mobilize crews to dig forty two inch trenches. The company issues rate cards with tiered pricing and plans to extend service to buildings at no cost to the consumer. Del Hutson arrives to develop new business while district manager H G Pelsue notes high demand in Alcester Beresford and Canton. Akron will receive the same low rates as those towns and gas heating increasingly replaces furnaces with automatic controls.
The young Aeron couple Koch and Miss Wilma Hastings, both of this city, wed quietly in Pend er Nebr on June 24 1937. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Hastings of this city, has worked in a LeMars beauty shop and will keep her position. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs John Koch, operates the White Eagle Oil Co truck here. Both are well regarded locally.
Edwin Palmer died Sunday evening July 4 1937 at his son in law and daughter s home eleven miles southeast of here aged 60 years 10 months He suffered a heart attack and is survived by his daughter Mrs Campbell and two sons in Sioux City Funeral services were held at Rossow funeral home Akron at 2 30 Tuesday conducted by Rev G V Serrill of the First Christian church Sioux City Interment was in Riverside cemetery.
A bustling Want-Ad column urges readers to place ads for items and services. Locals publish classifieds for household goods vehicles and jobs as the section highlights affordable listings and contact details.
A week of unusual talking pictures at the Empress theater features Nancy Steele Is Missing with Victor McLaglen Walter Connolly and Peter Lorre on Friday and Saturday July 9 and 10. Turn Off the Moon a musical comedy plays Sunday Monday and Tuesday July 11 12 and 13 with Charles Ruggles Eleanore Whitney and Johnny Downs. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy headline Bar Gain Nights Wednesday and Thursday July 14 and 16 in Our Relations a sailor twins farce. Comedies news cartoons sport highlights and musical shorts accompany all programs.
Sunday school at 10, morning worship 11 with baptismal service afterward. Evening service at 8. B Y P U at 7. Ladies Association meets July 14 in church parlors hosted by Mrs Kerr. roll call poem. Union Prayer meeting July 15 at Methodist church with Rev Williams. Bible class host Mrs H Warner July 16. Pastor Leslie G Williams signs off.
The Luther League sponsors an ice cream social at Emanuel Lutheran Church grounds on Saturday evening July 10. Everyone is invited to attend with friends for an hour of Christian fellowship.
Local notes report Miss Carrie Steel an Akron Hospital patient visits by Mr and Mrs James Kreijdl Jr of Chicago Rev Clarence Steinert from Defiance Ohio calls on Rev and Mrs F A Meske and others P J Siert returns from Hollister California aiding Akron Bakery Sunday game Akron vs Ponca Neb admission 25 cents Town council appoints W H McDonald as town clerk Burton Swift shines for Independence Kansas in Ban Johnson League pitching 3 0 win over Coffeyville with two hits. Gordon Davidson returns from Los Angeles to visit parents and friends.
Akron's strong baseball team is one of sixteen entries in the big semi pro baseball tournament at Sioux City Stockyards Park starting Monday July 19. Akron opens against Wayne Nebr Tuesday July 20 under lights. Prizes total 1200 dollars with 400 to the champion after four straight wins. Tickets are 36 cents and on sale at local shops. clubs keep proceeds from ticket sales.
First Church of Christ outlines morning Bible school at 10 with communion at 11 and special music. A postponed debate on whether Jesus Christ would be warmly welcomed today is set for Sunday, with Dorothy Scott and Albert Lee Lemen as affirmatives and Winifred Thatcher and Mildred Lemen as negatives. Evening Endeavorers plan a Sioux City visit to Morningside Christian church. transportation costs require 10 cents from each participant.
W J Davidson mourns the death of his sister Mrs M E Isherwood of Sebeka Minnesota after a crash near Missoula Montana. A drunken driver speeding over 80 mph collided with her car killing her instantly. Four others were injured but expected to recover. The drunken driver and his two companions died later in hospital. The wrecks were junked and a road patrolman witnessed the crash. Funeral held in Sebeka after the travel back home Saturday.
Immanuel Eng Luth Church lists a calendar: Confirmation class July 10 at 10 30 a m, Luther League lawn social, July 11 Sunday school seven 30 a m children worship 10 46 a m divine service 11 a m sermon Jesus Alone vesper and Brotherhood eight p m, choir July 15 eight p m, Holy Communion service and reception of new members July 18. Contact pastor or church members to join. Our church is open to Everyone.
Dr EB Stanley Jones quotes on worry as advance interest and nine tenths of troubles not coming. The church offers sermons by the pastor morning and evening, a cool basement evening service, and a Thursday Union prayer meeting led by Rev. Williams. J Moore, Pastor.
Henry Jurgenson 58 died in a field eleven miles west of Union County, after a day of cultivating corn. Found slumped from his cultivator seat, likely died hours earlier amid Wednesday’s heat. Survived by children and siblings. funeral Friday at 2 from Rossaow funeral home and 2:30 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Rev. Meske officiating. Burial Riverside cemetery.
Sunday services in Brule Creek at 11 a m and Luther League at 8 15 p m in So St Paul church. Sunday school at So St Paul 9 45 a m Brule Creek and No St Paul 10 a m. St Paul Ladies Aid meets July 15 at 2 30 p m So St Paul church. Brule Creek Luther League meets July 15 6 at 8 16 p m with program and social hour. Pastor Walter I Aamoth.
Union Creek Church notes list services Sunday at 8 p.m. Choir rehearsal Monday evening July 12. Luther League program at Luther Hall Tuesday evening July 18, with entertainment by Mrs Esther Hultgren and Mr and Mrs Albin Carlson. Ladies Aid meets at the Hall Thursday July 15, entertained by Aid members. D J Howard, Pastor.
Classified line urges readers to locate items via a want ad in the Reg inter Trib section. It highlights practical listings and encourages prompt replies through the newspaper’s advertising page.
Ak ron Golf Club keeps a busy schedule despite warm weather with a weekly breakfast event won by Koch's Krew by two points over Dalton's Dubs. Upcoming events include another nine hole match, July 11 breakfast, and a joint men and women contract bridge night on July 12 with light lunch. Junior members continue Thursday breakfasts and nine hole rounds to establish handicaps for a season tournament.
At the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary meeting on Tuesday evening July 6 a new staff of officers was installed by county chairman Mrs Emma Scholer of LeMars. Visitors included Mrs Nick Thoma and Mrs Muecke from LeMars. Scholer reported on a tour of the Veterans Hospital at Knoxville Tennessee where 934 mental cases are being treated. The August Unit meeting will be a Legion and Auxiliary family picnic. Mrs Arthur Wachtman and Mrs John Reemis attended a Fidue tea in Sioux City sponsored by Monahan Post Auxiliary. the program featured Greeks in native costume and was well received.
Trinity Lutheran Church Chatsworth and Paxtor area notes list Sunday school at 9 and 10 a.m. German service at 9:30 a.m. Tinglish service at 11 a.m. Ladies' Aid meets in church parlors Thursday, June 15, hosted by Mrs Ebbo Willis Bt Math. Church announcements attributed to Fred A Messek, Pastor.
Mrs. BE. L. Allen learns of the death of her sister Mrs. Mary Johnson at the home of her daughter in Linwood California on Wednesday noon July 7 1937 aged 64 after weeks of inflammatory rheumatism a stroke being the immediate cause. Mrs. Johnson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wim. R. Kidd pioneer Akron residents had lived most of her life nearby Her husband Solomon Johnson died near Chatsworth three years ago Survived by daughter Mrs. Mison and four sons Rev. Victor Johnson of San Diego California William Johnson west of Chatsworth Paul Johnson of Hawarden Iowa Darrell Johnson of Desmond North Carolina also two sisters Mrs. Allen of Akron and Mrs. Phil S. Barnes of Minneapolis Minnesota Funeral and interment set for Linwood California next Monday.
Fred Claesson and friend Wallace Matson traveled from Chicago to visit during the Fourth of July with Fred Claesson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claesson.
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