11 Jul 1957
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1957
Page
1
Community notes report a July Fourth birth Kathy Thacker in Missouri Valley. many relatives and visitors listed across Sioux City Akron and Denison. Illinois visitors hosted at a large Fourth picnic near Lake Okoboji. lengthy thanks card for bereavement and aid in Thompson home.
The Dirks family reunion at McKennon Park Sioux Falls S D drew 67 attendees on a pleasant day with a bountiful chicken dinner. Highlights included Margaret Hart Shann as oldest at 75 and Lorin Wohley as youngest at 3 months, spanning four generations with Harrisburg and Akron connections. Also present were relatives from Verdi Pipestone Tyler Minnesota and even Don Sechmeyer visiting from California. Arrangements were led by Mr and Mrs Thomas Risty and the Hartmann family of Akron was named for the 1957 year.
Church notices list Immanuel Elk Point and Brule Creek worship services and Ladies Aid meetings with hostesses and program leaders. Includes reminder to bring TV envelopes and names of local organizers. Also notes Selmer Hilmo as pastor and a brief commentary by R L Caswell on national charity response. Brule Creek and Elk Point services occur July 17 and 18 respectively.
Iowa State entomologist Harold Gunderson reports spring grasshopper counts warn of potential outbreaks. Fence rows and road sides show about 40 hoppers per square foot. clover and alfalfa around 20 per square foot. Weather will largely determine actual damage this season. Intensified corn borer activity also noted in Iowa fields.
State college entomologist Gunderson reported Wednesday that pupation of the earworm moths has reached 100 percent across the state. Each female moth lays about 600 eggs in two weeks. eggs hatch in one to two days. Farmers should monitor fields now as treatments will begin the first of next week. Northern Iowa farmers may see intensified leaf feeding around early duty.
Subscribers to the Register Tribune are urged to notify publishers in advance of any change in post office or street address or route number so the update can be made efficiently.
The letter says mail delays occur if notices of change are not sent to the post office. It notes the Register-Tribune must pay 8 cents per notification, a sum accumulating yearly. Readers are urged to send advance change cards and contact the office for ribbons and carbon for typewriters and adding machines.
A notice from Ralph, chairman of the Union County ASC, states nurses must clip green crops and leave them on land. Failure to comply will be treated as breach of contract.
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