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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1954
Page
4
Akron schedules a full day event on Wednesday July 21 starting at 10 am with a parade featuring the Akron High Band visiting bands from Little Rock and Hawarden Iowa plus Akron Saddle Club and other clubs. The day includes 4 H demonstrations a horse show cooking school and door prizes with an evening free band concert and a Don Ferrar dance band finale.
Mrs Maud Van Court 62 longtime resident died Tuesday in her apartment above the Sypherd Variety She likely passed away hours before her son Robert returned from work at about 6 pm She had been ill since hospitalization months earlier She is survived by two sons Robert and Eugene of this city The community offers sympathy in their bereavement Finer services were held Thursday at 2 pm at the Rossow Funeral Home Elks Point Riverside cemetery was the final resting place James Foley and Walter Schluter of Eagle Lake Minn arrived this week to oversee bridge repairs on the former's farm southeast of town
Mrs. QO. D. Hart, Plymouth county American Red Cross chairman, reports 1,100 children and 975 adults enrolled for free swimming lessons at New Deal Park LeMars this summer. Classes meet three days a week with morning and evening sessions taught by Mary Moore Pill Sturges and others. a team of qualified First Aid swimmers from a National aquatic school leads the morning classes. Local aides include junior lifeguards Jackie Hoffman Linda Neumeyer Judy Gunther Gary Riebsamen and bath-house staff Carol Eyser Virginia Down Mike Hawbaker Kayen Kruwel. Participants span Plymouth county towns Merrill Hinton Kingaley Akron Remsen Brunsville and rural LeMars areas with busloads from Sioux county towns Alton Hull Orange City.
The Wesley Methodist Church announces morning worship at 9 and 11 with a sermon on Conquest of Worry. Special speaker Jose Valencia, plus various church activities, society meetings, and programs through July and August. Pastor Donald H. James leads, with upcoming vacation and regional conference notices.
Susan Von Hagel visited Hawarden to see her grandparents. Akron Saddle Club meets at City Hall on Saturday July 15 at 8 00 a m. Club rides at arena Sunday afternoon July 11. Don Davidson becomes relief agent at Milwaukee depot during K L Everett’s vacation. Clark Gagsman travels to Cincinnati for Phi Mu Alpha convention. Fay Small on leave from Perrin AFB Texas visits home. Pvt Robert L Witt from Fort Leonard Wood MO visits family. Wendell and Cheryl Klemme and child from Salina KS take two week furlough at Walter Klemme home. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Jack Gusman of Des Moines. Grandparents H Gusman and Rosene family visit northeast of town. Three Akron students enrolled in University of South Dakota Vermillion summer school Norma Coleman Mrs Basse Lias and Mrs Robert Tiltrum study elementary education.
Miss Lorraine Mae Skinner daughter of Mr and Mrs William Skinner of Jefferson wed Leo J Deiterman son of Mrs Sophia Deiterman of Le Mars in a 9:00 am June 22 1953 ceremony at St Peters Catholic Church Jefferson conducted by Very Rev John M Braay with organist Mrs Joe La Fleur and soloists Raymond La Fleur and Mrs Philip Bernard The bridal party wore lace and nylon gowns with pink and blue accents and trailed bouquets The reception followed with a three course breakfast at the brides home and a three tier cake cut by Mrs Carol Hamilton at LeMars Eagles Club
The Norka Theatre will show a technicolor western Ride Clear of Diablo with Audie Murphy on Friday and Saturday, July 9 and 10, then present Tennessee Champs a drama with Shelley Winters Keenan Wynn and Dewey Martin on Sunday through Tuesday, July 11 12 and 18. Murphy seeks vengeance for his father and brother amid betrayals and arrests, while Dewey Martin pursues a boxing life that leads toward a church and ministering.
Mr and Mrs Mae Thorson visited friends in Chicago and Miss Dot Dyer arrived from Sioux Falls to visit Miss Barbara Smith over the Fourth. Hansin suffered a fall at home and was taken to a Sioux City hospital. The Sioux Valley Extension Club to hold annual picnic in Akron City Park on Sunday July 14 with covered dish sandwiches and pie. Akron fire department responded to a shed fire at the Lee Davis farm northwest of town. Visitors at the Methodist parsonage included Mr and Mrs Claire L James of Rochester and Mr and Mrs Paul James of Thornton. Oswin Larson left Akron Auto Clinic for a mechanic job in Sioux Falls and moved his family there last week.
Akron baseball opened with a 12 to 7 loss at Paullina as Faust shut down Emery Tucker and the home club posted six runs in the second inning. Akron later faced Vermillion in Beresford, with Porchers strong early but a seven-run six in the sixth doomed the game, while Feauto worked to limit further damage. In Elk Point, Akron and Elk Point traded blows before Elk Point pulled away in the seventh with a batting rally as Davis faced Swift in a tight pitching duel.
IMMANUEL ENG LUTH CHURCH announces no worship or Sunday school on July 11 and invites attendance elsewhere. events include a 8:00 p.m. Mas day service, a 8:00 p.m. Board of Trustees meeting, a 2:30 p.m. Women's Missionary Society gathering, and Bishop Jose Valencia speaking at the Methodist church. Union Creek Lutheran and First Baptist Church add similar service notes and post Sunday schedules with speakers and youth activities.
Sunday invites mark the golden anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith and Mr. Frack Thomas, east of Akron, with Open House at Eagles Hall from 2 to 5 pm. Visits span Sioux City to Waterloo and St. Paul, while local road work on Primary 12 progresses. Weather features 99 degree highs, weeklong heat, and a Fourth of July storm with minor injuries from a car overturn near Union County.
Miss Lois Kapfer daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Kapfer of Akron became the bride of Billy Blanchard son of Mr and Mrs Carl Blanchard of Richland South Dakota on Monday afternoon July 6 1954 at 2 00 pm at Richland Methodist church Rev Donald H James of Akron officiated A reception followed at the bride’s home with family members as hostesses The bride a Akron High School graduate works at Akron Savings Bank The groom Elk Point High School graduate and a U S Navy member left for a short honeymoon after the reception
A meeting will be held Tuesday night July 13 at 8 00 o clock in the Akron High School auditorium for all interested in advancing the Big Sioux Flood Control Plan. Representatives from Union and Plymouth counties Akron Jefferson Hawarden Elk Point and Sioux City will attend. Persons directly affected by the plan are urged to attend for complete interpretation and layout.
Big Springs Baptist Church announces Sunday worship at 10:00 morning service and 2:00 Sunday school. An evening Band Shell service at Alcester is in charge of the Big Springs church. On July 15 at 2:00 p.m. the Women’s Missionary Society meets hosted by Mrs. Dwight Nylund and Mrs. Roger Nylund with devotion chairman Mrs. Harry Petry.
Former Akron resident and businessman P. P. Smythe died in San Francisco on July 2 at age 83 after a stroke. Survived by wife Susan Rosa, son Ross, daughters Elmer Utesch and Mildrea Smythe, and a Water Valley Arkansas family connection. A jailed obituary mentions his early 1890s harness shop, marriage in 1898, and memories of his jovial, industrious character. Funeral and burial took place in San Francisco.
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