Akron's Big Fall Celebration Planned for August 14
Akron Commercial Club announces a large annual celebration set for Thursday August 14 featuring a livestock exposition cake baking canning sewing displays and merchandise prizes for winners. The program includes street parade balloon ascension parachute drop six free acts a pavement dance kittenball under lights and a busy midway with rides and cat stands.
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Akron
Akron Commercial Club
Akron Ball Park
Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday services and bake sale notice
Trinity Lutheran Church schedules a Sunday service at 7 p.m., with preaching at 7:45 p.m. Luther League follows the evening sermon, Reinhold Witt to serve. A bake sale will be held at Weidenfeller's market on Saturday July 19. Patronage requested.
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Luther League
Reinhold Witt
Weidenfeller’s Market
Akron Couple Take Vows of Marriage in Quiet Nuptials
Akron couple Gladys Johnson and Kenneth Nygard were married Wednesday July 2 1941 in a quiet ceremony at Roseni Lutheran church parsonage Union county South Dakota. Rev OM Ensberg officiated with only close family present. The couple will honeymoon in the Black Hills and Yellowstone National Park before settling in Akron.
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Roseni Lutheran Church
Here
Union County
Gladys Johnson
Kenneth Nygard
OM. Ensberg
Clifford Nygard
Akron
Black Hills
Yellowstone National Park
Olaf Johnson
Shoulberg & Gansman
Ford
Otto Nygard
Agar Beresford
Soscong Oil, Co. Mobilgas
Union Park Sunday Night Union Services in Akron
Four Akron churches Lutheran Baptist Methodist and Christian unite for Sunday night services in City Park during July and August starting at 8 pm. Local pastors lead with special music by Immanuel Lutheran Choir and Kenneth Shoulberg directing instrumental pieces. Free will offerings fund outside talent with the remainder shared by the four churches.
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Union
Akron
John §. Meyer
W. J. Zane
EB. G. Svenson
Immanuel Lutheran Choir
Kenneth Shoulberg
Methodist Church Notes Sunday Services and Meeting
Services as usual Sunday July 13 with Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m The W C T U will meet in church parlors Wednesday July 16 at 2 o'clock to help tie a comfort for Bundles for Britain hosted by Mrs J J Ralfs and Miss Hattie Sayles
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Methodist Church
J. J. Ralfs
Hattie Sayles
Britain
Local News Notes Highlight Town and County Visits
Dr W J Brimner visited relatives in Prairie City over the weekend while Mr and Mrs Frank Simeon of Sioux Falls spent Sunday here. Emil Burr joined relatives in Sioux Falls for the Fourth. I A Baley went to Des Moines to enter Veterans hospital for stomach trouble. Venita Appley taught nearby then visited Bryant MD. A J Claeys joined the International Feed Co road crew in St Paul. Russell Ross and children from Spencer visited his parents. Ewald Harkness, training at Fort Meade, spent the weekend with his parents. Mrs Frank Hastings Louise Jean DeJong visited Anoka Nebraska. Frank Waterbury ill after fishing trip. First Lieut Fay Kerr of Camp Leonard Wood visited with family. H J Vanderham topped lamb market in Sioux City. August Meake and Ernest Meske visited Barinsky and Jacobsen households. crops and grain looked good. Walter Young family called to Webster SD by death of uncle Myron Kanago. funeral attended.
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W. J. Brimner
Prairie City
Frank Simeon
Sioux Falls
Emil Burr
Clara Port
I. A. Baley
Des
Fay Kerr
Camp Leonard Wood
Rolla
Frank Kerr
Lieut. Kerr
H. J. Vanderham
Akron
Death Comes to Mrs E Shoulberg July 2 1941
Mrs Elsa Didrick Shoulberg dies at Akron Hospital after a three weeks illness from a fractured hip at age 89 years 7 months. Born in Sweden she emigrated in 1870, lived on a Dakota farm, retired to Akron Iowa, survived by two sons Bertil Henning and daughter Hilma Fredell, funeral at Union Creek church officiated by Rev Ernest Swenson with relatives present. Funeral home handled arrangements with pallbearers named.
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South Dakota
Union Creek
Elsa Didrick Shoulberg
Choris‘tianstads Ian
Skone
Sweden
Akron Hospital
Akron
Iowa
America
Cadillac
Michigan
Peter Shoubberg
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Union County
Dakota Territory
W. Fredell
Hjersos
Henning
Bertil Bhoulberg
Hilma Fredell
Shéulberg
Ernest G. Swenson
Chester Johnson
Union Creek Church
Kenneth Shoulberg
Lee Stoutenburg
Grant Gassman
H. Shoulberg
Albert Anderson
Alve Erickson
Emil Koch
Wm. Ericson
Martin Ericson
Nels Lee
Yale
Victor Leo
Frank Anderson
Chicago
Ill
Albin Trotzig
Howard
C. G. Fredell
EB. E. Aronson
H. R. Anderson
Sioux City
A. L. Bennett
S. W. Harker
Balcom
Morey Balcom
Hawarden
Ross Funeral Home
Grandmother Shoulberg
Onion Creek Church Notes
Morning worship is Sunday at 11 o clock with Sunday school at 10. The Ladies Aid meets at Luther Hall on Thursday July 17. Union Creek Picnic on August 7 on church grounds with details to follow. Catechetical instruction for Confirmation age on Wednesday at 1 pm. Chester Johnson, student pastor.
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Ladies’ Aid
Luther Hall
Union Creek
Chester Johnson
Big Springs Baptist Church Sunday Services and Visiting Family
Sunday morning worship at 10 30 with Sunday school at 11 45. Mrs Al Thomas and Mrs Carl Weidenfeller and families host visiting relatives Betty and Agnes Jean Jomlin, Norma and Jean Leibbert of Brookings South Dakota.
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Big Springs Baptist Church
R. A. Dahlquist
al. Thomas
Carl Weidenfeller
Betty
Agnes Jean Jomlin
Norma
Jean Leibbert
Brookings,South Dakota
Norka Theatre Chatter For Week Features Western and Musical Tales
Action and comedy dominate the Norka program starting Friday July 11 and 12 with Trail of the Vigilantes a parody on Western pictures starring Franchot Tone Warren William Broderick Crawford Andy Devine and Mischa Auer The story follows an investigator sent West to probe cattle rustling with ranchers aiding to round up the thieves On Sunday and Monday July 13 and 14 Sis Hopkins stars Judy Canova Bob Crosby and Charles Butterworth as a country cousin whose college adventures fuel college musical competition Jerry Colonna leads the supporting cast Remember the matinee Sunday at 2 30 On Tuesday July 15 Take A Chance continues Then Back In the Saddle with Gene Autry Smiley Burnette and Mary Lee July 16 and 17 a Western musical about copper miners versus cattlemen over poisoned water with Autry action fans sure to enjoy It keeps a period film note and local theater cadence
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Norka
Talking Picture Entertainment
Western Pictures
Franchot Tone
Warren William
Broderick Crawford
Andy Devine
Mischa Auer
Sis Hopkins
Judy Canova
Bob Crosby
Charles Butterworth
Jerry Colonna
Thei Norka
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Mary Lee
Immanuel Lutheran Church Service Schedule and Meetings
The Immanuel Lutheran Church announces an executive meeting of the Ladies Aid and the L Brotherhood at 8 p.m. in the church. Sunday features Sunday school at 10 a.m., morning worship at 11 with the sermon What Seek Ye based on John 1 35 51, choir selections by Miss Smikahl, and an 8 p.m. park service with Akron band music and a sermon Heroes of Faith. The Junior Mission Band gathers Saturday with a sermon and epistle readings. Wednesday W M meets at 8.
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Ladies’ Aid
L. Brotherhood
Trinity
Local News Notes From Freedom Lodge and Nearby Folks
Freedom lodge No. 434 A F P A M will suspend regular meetings during July and August. Larry Mcfue visited relatives in Sioux Falls last week. Donald McCarthy vacationing with grandmother in Minneapolis. Mrs M McCarthy and children went to Webster City Iowa for a relatives visit. Miss Mary Long Elk Point hired as bookkeeper and stenographer at Shoulberg Gassman garage. Miss Jean Culpepper returned from Blair Nebraska three weeks with uncle Tom Meredith family. Mr and Mrs H S Hawkins near LeMars visited Ernest Meske home. Mr and Mrs Lowell Swift son Barrie Ray and Mrs Ethel Tiborghien of Sioux City visited Ruth Swift. Frank Schutt and Wm Hamilton motor trip to North Dakota. crop reports good. Mrs Ed Cheever Waterloo Iowa returned home after visit with Wistor Anderson and relatives. sister Mrs Edward Adams accompanied. Sunday guests at Joe Tontinger home were Ralph Schrooten Le Mars. W C Daniels and grandson Billy LaCroix Bronson Iowa. John Miller and Jack Miller and friend Sioux City.
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Freedom Lodge
A. M
Larry Mcfue
Sioux Falls
Donald McCarthy
Minneapolis
M. McCarthy
Webster City
Iowa
Mary Long
Elk Point
Shoulberg & Gassman
Jean’ Culpepper
Tom Meredith
Blair
Nebr
H. 8
Hawkins
Near LeMars
Ernest Meske
Lowell Swift
Barrie Ray
Ethel Tiberghien
Sioux City
Edward Adams
Joe Tontinger
Town
Ralph Schrooten
le Mars
W. C. Daniels
Billy LaCroix
Brongon
John Miller
Jack Miller
Siouxity
J C Wade Called By Death In California
J Clarence Wade a former Akon merchant and pioneer Buick dealer died of a heart attack Friday in California. He was born 1870 in South Dakota and built Wade Buick with T L Burnight, later expanding to Sioux City. Survived by two daughters, sister, and three grandchildren. services in Morningside, graves at Graceland.
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J. H. Kerr
Los Angeles
Calif
J. C. Wade
Akon
Pioneer
J. Clarence Wade
Strawberry Point
Elk Point
Union County
S. D
Wade
Hawarden
Mr. Wade
Elsie B. Wade
Sioux Falls
Akron
Buick
T. L. Burnight, Jr
Wade & Burnight
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Buick Cars
Sioux City
Wade Buick
Weat Seventh Street
Cora Holton
Wade Kingsbury
Long Beach
Jack Pfenning
Mary Louise Pfenning
W. Harry’ Christy
Morningside
Akron Band Street Concert July 16 Program
Akron Band under Ken Shoub berg presents a street concert next Wednesday evening featuring Young Comrades March Rossi Dress Parade Caprice McCaughey Southern Belles Navigator March Rosenkrans Valeria Overture Rosenkrans Cardinal March Moonlight on the Meadow Scoutmaster March Jewell Evening Lofty Serenade See New Frontier March Spirit of the Sioux Guthrie National Anthem will be performed.
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Akron
Ken. Shoubberg
Young Comrades
R. Rossi
McCaughey Southern Belles
McCaughey Navigator
Rosenkrans Valeria
Rosenkrans Cardinal
Meadow
Jewell
New Frontier
Spirit of the Sioux
Guthrie
Foundations of Rock and Sand in Sermon Talk
A church bulletin notes Bible school at 10 a.m. and Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. A sermon at 11 a.m. discusses foundations of houses with parable of Christ. Rock foundation versus sand, and the coming test of life against rains floods and winds.
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Church OF Christ Bible School
Christ
Standings See Nighthawks and Orioles in Ak Ron Kittenball League
Ak ron Kittenball League standings show Nighthawks and Orioles tied for first with 1.000 records after recent games. Orioles beat Cardinals 20 to 1. Owls edged Canaries 17 to 16. possible new team may join this week, with games June 11 and 14 to catch up before redraw of schedule next week.
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THAMS
AKRON
Nighthawks
Orioles
Cardinals
Owls
Canaries
Pleasant Hill Church Weekly Schedule and Social Meeting
Pleasant Hill church announces Sunday school at 7 30 p m and evening services at 8 30 p m Pastor Carl Leb leads. The Ladies Aid holds a social meeting Friday evening July 11 at the church featuring a musical program.
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Pleasant Hill Church
Ladies’ Aid
Yonkers Birth Notices for July 1941 Readied
A daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Henriec of Akron on July 0 1941 and a son born to Mr and Mrs Owen Quail near Alcester on July 8 1941.
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Bob
John Henriec
Akron
Owen Quail
Alcester
Community visitors and trips around Sioux City area
Mrs Mary Brownmiller of Sioux City hosted relatives and friends during a busy week. Visitors include Mrs Ernest Allen traveling to Minneapolis to see sister, Mrs Anna Barnes. Multiple locals spent the Fourth with kin near Lake Okoboji and at Arnold's Park with trips to Minneapolis and Clear Lake. Several residents were noted for recent medical procedures. ongoing recoveries at Akron Hospital include tonsillectomies and minor surgical operations on several patients.
Akron Juniors Victors In One Of Three Contests
The Akron Junior Legion team went 1-2 during the Fourth of July weekend. They beat LeMars Juniors 5 to 3 at LeMars, with Ellis Tucker delivering a key three bagger and a third inning triple play by Akron’s infield. Barney Swift and A Robinette pitched strong, both fanning ten.
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Akron Junior Legion
Hawarden
LeMars
Akron
Ellis Tucker
Barney Swift
A. Robinette
Robinette
Swift
Vermillion
Bohlken
Pollinsky
Divorces Granted in District Court in LeMars
A LeMars district court session presided by Judge C. Thomas granted two divorces to aggrieved wives Edna Johanson Milton and Emma Margaret Kain. Milton obtained a separation from Raymond Milton, married in 1939, ending 1940, after his felony conviction and penitentiary time in Sioux Falls. Kain sought divorce from Edward Leo Kain on grounds of non support and desertion. they married in 1917 and she has supported herself for seven years with a daughter married, husband employed as a farm hand in Grant township. Heirs of Charles E. Flaugher, prominent LeMars businessman, filed will probate matters continued on last page.
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LeMars
C. 3 Thomas
Rock Rapids
Edna Johanson
Milton
Raymond Milton
Dakota City
Nebi
Sioux Falls
Emma Margaret Kain
Akron
Edward Leo Kain
Grant Township
Charles E. Flaugher
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Union Park
E. Shoulberg
Onion Creek
J.C. Wade
California
Carl Leb
Mary Brownmiller
Ernest Allen
Anna Barnes
Minn
J. J. Arkin
Joy Dean
Allan
Lake Okoboji
Alpha Bell
Victor Neal
Lester Raish
St. Louis
Wm. Simeon
Willard Johnson
Odebolt
Bessia Wilcox
George Johnson
Hlmer Greenleaf
Margaret Kerr
Utah
Harper Kerr
Helen Hicks
Edgemont
Akron Hight
Herman Andresen
Harlan
Clarence Hommel
Carol Lilly
Westfield, Surgical
James McKettrick
Surgical
David Lilly
Albert Harrington
Westield
Bart Null
Akron Juniors
Vermillion and
Rock Valley
Peters
Charles Flaugher
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