19 Jul 1962
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1962
Page
1
The Akron Register-Tribune lists subscription rates: 2.50 per year or 1.25 for six months in Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury Counties, Iowa and Union County, South Carolina. Elsewhere the annual price is 9.00.
Westfield bake sale proceeds reached 20 dollars.络 Various locals attended gatherings at the Harrington and Lilly households in Akron and Sioux City. Clergy guest Rev George Rice spoke at Congregational church, with a three Sunday July stay. Other items note weddings, travel to Ames and Iowa City, and family visits including Lilly and Smith relatives.
The Frerichs family picnic and reunion took place in LeMars on Sunday July 16 with many relatives attending. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Claus Frerichs Ard ythe and Carol Jerry Frerichs Beverly Barbara David Mark Tommy Bryant Karen Scott Richard Frerichs Allan Joan Terry Timmy Gee Fre Tighe Jr Stanley Frerichs Harry Seibele Bernard Wiederholt Otto Krogpel Alfred Kropel Bonnie Jean Debbie Jo John Schmidt Don Schmidt Calvin Robertson Patty Becky Bobby Nancy George Frerichs Harold Voss Dianne Emma Minnie Frerichs and Charlent Roepke.
Highlights include Eisenhower Nixon nomination at GOP convention and local notes on births deaths marriages and area events. Mentions a former Akron teacher injured in an auto accident, baseball results, new pastor installed, business openings, bank moves, and various anniversary and historical items spanning decades.
Town of Akron Plymouth County Iowa holds regular meeting July 3 1962 with Mayor Pro tem VanderHelm and councilmen Barwick Hummel Trotzig Nielsen. They fix July 24 1962 at 8 p m for hearing on the budget and approve June treasurer and clerk reports. List of town bills paid including heat water main plant maintenance police clothes and supplies plus state and social security payments. Also notes garden items and local notices.
An interviewer recalls meeting a small, weathered South Dakota homesteader in March 1952. The man spoke of a hard arc from homesteading through the twenties, thirties droughts, forties fortune, and the brutal winters of 1948 and 1949, losing cattle yet persisting. His eyes held a future, and the encounter built the interviewer’s pride in knowing such resilience.
A legislative study committee led by State Senator Joe Coleman aims to draft a bill to outlaw below cost milk pricing. Attorney General Evan Hiltman reports evidence of six major processors violating state laws against monopoly-prone practices, with involvement from county attorneys across 17 counties. The probe signals broader investigations into food industry pricing. Nearby, two Guernsey cows owned by John Riley were killed by lightning under a tree. The Akron church softball schedule outlines remaining games through August with twin-header nights and a small admission fee.
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