Death comes to Pioneer Akron farmer Friday
Walter W. Ross a longtime Port land township resident died Friday evening at his home age 45 years 9 months 16 days after a year long heart condition He was born in 1862 at Owatonna Minnesota and moved to the community as a child He married Myrtle Taggart in 1887 they had one daughter and four sons Surviving are his wife five children 13 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren a brother and a sister The family says funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm in the Methodist church conducted by Rev Orville Nelson with a male quartet and organist pallbearers listed The deceased was active in farming stock raising and local civic duties and a member of Freedom lodge Ak on He will be missed by many friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter W. Ross
Port*land Township
Dan Smith
Akron
Walter William Ross
Owatonna
Minnesota
Duncan Ross
Myrtle Taggart
Myrtle
Vera Jacobson
Guy
Westfield
Earl
Ted
Richmond
Calif
Robert
Susan Hardy
Ontario
California
Ross
Portland Township
Freedom Lodge
Lodge
Methodist
Orville Nelson
Arden Johnson
J. R. Shoulberg
Clifford Johnson
Harry B. Nelson
H. Shoulberg
Max Pollock
Orlan ©. Moore
Ernest Lucken
Porter Maynerd
Frank F. McElhaney
Portand Township
A. N. Williams
Bethany
Dubuque
Town
Albert Newell Williams
John
Isabel Hull Williams
Batavia
Jefferson County
Iowa
Ak‘ron
Williams
Edna Callaghan
Elsie
Sioux City
Vesper
Order of the Eastern Star
H. ©. Koch
Donald
Ruth Mary Koch
Edna
Norman J
William D
Avis Williams
Bethany Home
Rossow
First Baptist Church
L. G. Williams
Goldfield
Ellis L. Jackson
Masonic Fraternity
Riverside Cemetery
Eugene Lias
Death comes to Mrs. D. C. Strong in Sioux City
Minnie May Strong, 80, former Akron woman, died Monday in a Sioux City hospital. She was born in Constantine, Michigan, and married D. C. Strong in Akron in 1888. Survived by three sons, five grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at Christy chapel, interment Riverside cemetery Akron.
Emmanuel Church Service and Activities Highlight
Emmanuel Lutheran Church led by Pastor David J. Rey holds Sunday school and Young People's Bible class at 10:15 a.m. and morning worship at 11:20 a.m. An air cooled church shows three short films in the evening at 8:00 p.m. on Abraham and Isaac Go Forth Way of Peace. Ladies Aid meets Thursday at 3:00 p.m. in church parlors hosted by Rozelle Finzen and Clifford Johnson.
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Abraham and
Isaac
Baptist Church
Ladies’ Aid
Rozelle Finzen
Clifford Johnson
Sunday church activities and film showings schedule
Sunday morning worship with air cooled church, 11:00 a m Sunday school and Bible classes for all. 8:00 p m Abraham and Isaac color film, Way off Peace and Go Forth shown at Baptist church all welcome. Tuesday 8:00 p m Luther League in church parlors hosts August Anderson Elmer Hultgren Emil Koch Arthur Wilcox. Robert Ericson shows Europe scenes colored pictures. Friday 3:00 p m Women's Missionary Society home of Mrs Kenneth Hultgren program led by Mrs Esther Hultgren Mrs Frank Willms Mrs Lawrence Ericson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Isaac
The
Baptist Church
Luther League
August Anderson
Elmer Hultgren
Emil Koch
Arthur Wilcox
Robert Ericson
Europe
Women’s Missionary Society
Kenneth Hultgren
Esther Hultgren
Frank Willms
Lawrence Ericson
Brutle Creek Late Church Schedule Details
Sunday worship at 11:00 a m with services on July 11. Luther League program July 16 at 8:00 p m hosted by Mrs Gust Abraham and Mrs Everett Peterson led by Agnes Klemme. Ladies' Aid meeting July 22 at 2:30 p m hosted by Mrs William Lockey and Mrs Albert Anderson on Radio topic led by Mrs Alfred Krose. No services July 25 and August 1. Pastor I G Hastad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Gust. Abraham
Everett Peterson
Agnes Klemme
Ladies’ Aid
William Lockey
Albert Anderson
Alfred Krose
I. G. Hastad
Local Residents Visit Hawarden and Nearby Towns
Mrs. Freda Popken visited Hawarden yesterday while Mrs. Clifford Pike and children from Sioux Falls came Tuesday to visit relatives. Mrs. Gust Oaks of Elk Point visited daughter Mrs. Lester Parker and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Davis of Atlanta, Georgia arrived Sunday to stay with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Popken
Hawarden
Clifford Pike
Sioux Falls
Gust. Oaks
Arthur Huebner
Wilma T. Woodbury
Siser
H. H. Kerry
New York City
Henry Nannen
Emery
Richard Frerichs
Eleanor
Mary Lou Frerichs
Evelyn Steller
Grace Crill
Vern Smith
Riversioux Park
Washington, D.C
Steller
California
Victor Anderson
Spirit Lake
Town
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
B. L. Burgess
Yankton
Louis Tasler
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Fred W. Burnett
Burnett
Frank Pearson
Paul Weisgerber
Sioux City
A. Gunderson
Burnetta
Elk Point
Akron Nine Falls to Remsen Club 6 to 1 in Season Rout
Lefty Jacek Bruner of the Remsen Hawks held Akron to one run as the crowd watched Bruner strike out the side repeatedly. Akron's lone tally came on an error and a passed ball in the fourth, while Remsen added three in the third and two more late to seal a 6 to 1 victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Jacek Bruner
Remsen Hawks
Remsen
Burton Swift
Matejka
Cliff Miller
Sehon
Matgen
Harmon
Tucker
Bruner
Brown
Miller
Kelly
Peek
Bob Tucker
Wetzeler
Vanderloch
Swift
McArdle
Becker
Selon
B. Tucker
Vanderloo
Jeff
Schon
Peck
Billy Knockson
Lennon
Hardall
el. Tucker
Lefty Bruner
The
Talkie Chatter Norka Theatre Features For The Coming Week
Norka Theatre announces a week of talking pictures including a jungle drama Blonde Savage, a novelty film Bill and Cop with Love Birds, a musical Campus Honeymoon with Lyn and Lee Wilde, and the melodrama Riff Raff set in tropical Panama with Pat O’Brien. shows run Friday through Wednesday with a double bill on July 18 and 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norka
Talking Picture
Africa
Tracolor
George Burton
Curley Twifard
Jimmy
Crow
Lyn
Lee Wilde
Adele Mara
Riff Raff
Panama
Pat O'Brien
Akron Clips Elk Point In Close Tilt Last Evening
Akron's baseball team posted its fourteenth win by defeating Elk Point 6 to 3. Knockson pitched well into the eighth, with Swift finishing, while Landes allowed three runs in the first and closed strong. Brown led Akron at the plate with four hits in five trips, Dugan adding three for four in Cherokee catcher duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Elk Point
Knockson
Lefty Swift
Meyers
Marges
Landes
Miler
Brown
Harmon
Miller
Dugan
Cherokee
Harold Peck
Remsen
Bertrand
Swft
Akron foes Kingsley to spark July 22 baseball clash
Mrs Vern Swift visits Worthington relatives this week while Akron prepares for July 22 baseball at Akron grounds against Kingsley. S J Lauters and son Bud visited Adaville friends. A flurry of family travel and engagements follows, with Lois Schneider announces engagement to Herschel Berner and Lenore Brundige visiting Dr. R E Brundige amid fashion notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Swift
Worthington
Minn
Akron
Kingsley
S. J. Lauters
Duane
Bud
San Diego
Calif
Adaville
L. M. Krenz
San Francisco
Elizabeth Heebner
Oklahoma City
Okla
Frances Voss
Last Rites Held for A N Williams in Akron Port
A N Williams aged 78 died July 7 1948 at Bethany Home for the Aged Dubuque. He was a longtime Portland township farmer and educator, belonged to First Baptist Akron and several Masonic bodies. Funeral held Saturday at 10 am at First Baptist Akron with Masons attending and interment at Riverside.
Adaville Evangelical United Brethren Church Notice
Adaville Evangelical United Brethren Church invites worshipers for Church School at 10:00 AM and Morning Worship at 11:00 AM. U P Fellowship at 7:30 PM. Evening Worship at 8:15 PM. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:45 PM with choir after. Minister Virgile Shickell.
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U. P
Virgile
Shickell
Pleasant Hill Evangelical Sunday Services Notice
Services for Sunday July 18 include Sunday school at 10 00 am Inspiration service at 11 00 am My and Mrs Arthur Peters to lead at 11 00 am Verse Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do do it with thy might Heel 9 20 Jesse Withee Pastor A Want Ad will get results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
United Brethren
Arthur Peters
Jesse Withee
Methodist Church Notes and Orville Nelson Schedule
Church notes list Sunday services at Methodist Church including 10:00 a.m. church school led by Mrs Karl Silkebakken, 11:00 a.m. morning worship with the theme We Worship Thee O God, and 8:00 p.m. Protestant Union service at the Baptist church with Paul Snyder of Sioux City performing solos. Afternoon youth trip to Lake Okoboji for M Y Camp. Midweek choir rehearsal and Women’s Society meeting details follow with leaders and hostesses named. Also Orville Nelson schedule shows 10:00 a.m. church school Alvin Peterson supervisor 11:00 a.m. morning worship The Lost Christ, 8:00 p.m. Sunday films at First Baptist Abraham and Isaac Go Forth The Way of Peace. Wednesdays service at 8:00 p.m. prayer and praise. Pastor Ellis L Jackson requests church calls for any service.
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Methodist Church
M. Y
W. S.C
W. J. Brunner
Vernon Sayles
Clarence Uhummel
Orvillen
Nelson
Alvin Peterson
Clair McCor Kel
Abraham and
Isaac
Wirst Baptist
Ellis L. Jackson
Big Springs Baptist Church Weekly Schedule
The Big Springs Baptist Church plans morning worship at 10 30 and Sunday school at 11 30. The church will host the Alcester bandshell service. Midweek Bible study and prayers begin Wednesday at 8 15 p m with choir rehearsal at 9 00. D A Miller, Minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Springs
Visiting kin and hospital notes fill Akron area social page
Waterloo Ta Garvis Barr visits with parents in town and many relatives are noted in a string of visits. Miss Helen Jones from Sioux City arrives to visit relatives while Maud McVay of Huson visits her son and family. Franes Voss with cousins from Pocahontas and Remsen enjoy early week visits. Manda Price Miller of Hyattsville and Mrs GC Brady of Riverside visit Otis Maynard’s family with other relatives. Some travelers board the Hiawatha to Chicago. Clarence H Scott returns from Merchant Marine duty for a visit with relatives. Drex Tanning and daughters Linda and Dianne of Hanford Calif visit Weston Barr and other kin. Tanning’s sister is Mrs Barr’s wife. Brusseau Barr and son Roger of Evanston visit. They also see Mrs Barr’s parents Harley Small in Sioux City. Akron Hospital updates: Edwin Baack undergoes appendectomy. Mrs Besse Lias and Chas Steele plus Mrs Arthur Wilcox are patients. Bernice Caskey also has an appendectomy in LeMars. Mrs Harry B Nelson and Marel Bennett host a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Spencer Olsen of Omaha and Mrs Curtis Lewison Jr of Akron. Olsen leaves to work in pediatrics at Omaha Methodist Hospital. she is a May graduate from a three-year program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garvis Barr
Waterloo
Grant Barr
Akron
Kingsley
Helen Jones
Sioux City
Maud McVay
Huson
J. F
Frances Voss
Chas. Albrecht
Pocahontas
Ziemann
Remsen
Manda Price Miller
Hyattsville
Maryland
GC. A. Brady
Riverside
Cal
Otis Maynard
Fred England and Sons
Max Ackert
Andrew Olson
Beresford
Hiawatha
Chicaga
Clarence H. Scott
Merchant Marine
Clarence
Robert F. Harris
I Brunswick
Nebr
Drex
Tanning
Linda
Dianne
Hanford
Calif
Weston Barr
Annetta Pike
Barr
Brusseau Barr
Roger
Evanston, Ill
LeMars
Harry B. Nelson
Marel Bennett
Nelson Home
Spencer Olsen
Omaha
Curtis Lewison, Jr
Olsen
Dorothy Lewison
Omaha Methodist Hospital
Akron Ball Team Mauls Rock Rapids 10 to 5
Akron routs Rock Rapids 10 to 5 in a Thursday game after a 7 to 3 loss earlier in the week. Emery Tucker pitched for Akron as Rock Rapids fought back with homers by Holstrom and Protexor, but Akron rallied in the fifth with a string of hits and a pair of runs, ending Rock Rapids' lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AKRON
Rock Rapids
Emery Tucker
The
Rocks
Jerman
Holstoin
Jammer
Miller
B. Tucker
Peck
el. Tucker
Protexor
Morningside College
Peek
Harmon
Bob Tucker
Jon A Bobbie
Wetzeler
Vanderloo
Shorstop
Tucker
Herman
Brown
Har
Des Moines Visit Noted for Rev. D. J. Roy
Continued on inside page. Rev. D. J. Roy was a visitor in Des Moines last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Roy
Des Moines
Akron Merchants Host Farmers Get-Together at Ball Park
The Akron Commercial club invites all farmers and families to a Friday July 16 event at the Akron Ball Park starting 8 30 p m. Free movies titled The Progress of Sioux City will be shown, followed by a soil conservation talk by a leading expert. A free lunch will be served after the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Commercial Club
Akron Ball Park
Akron
Akron Trade
Sioux City
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. C. Strong
Minnie May Strong
Grace Reformed Church
Vesper Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Christy Chapel
Harry Burns
Whitfield Methodist Church
Union Creek Luth
David J. Roy
Brutle Creek
Remsen Club
Norka Theatre
Lois
Wm. Schneider
Herschel A
Ralph Berner
Merrill
Lenore Brundige
Pittsburgh
Furniture Mart
Chicago
Guy D. Fulton
Peoria
Ill
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Kingsley Hero
Akron Merchants
Commercial Club
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