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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
2
The passage states The Akron Ohio newspaper published weekly on Thursdays with subscription rates of 1 year two dollars six months one dollar and three months in 1901. It lists Ray A. Smith as publisher and notes second class mail status and postal entry September 26, 1901.
Westfield notes small town life with visits among Beaubien and Stevens families in Sioux City and Vermillion, a packed schedule of free Tuesday movies, circle meetings, camping trips, and upcoming local church and club activities. Residents travel for family, hospital, and convention events while flood control and crop damage discussions loom at Sioux Falls meeting.
Mrs Wm Connolly of Elk Point entertained at a birthday dinner for her mother Mrs T A Dennison. A huge birthday cake with lighted candies served as the centerpiece while guests included Mr and Mrs M A Whitead and Mr and Mrs Robi Trobaugh and daughter of Sioux City.
Joseph Boyle, killed in action in Italy, kin to Mrs. Ray Wiese of Westfield. Beaulien farm bridge washed out in Perry creek flood. Funeral notices for Edward Mathwig and Charles Hoffman. Engagements and local market reports accompany social notes. several residents visit Sioux City and Portland.
Lisle Weber petitions for divorce from his wife. couple wed in Dakota City Nebraska in March 1943. Mrs Pike recovers from a serious illness and resumes household duties, a welcome sign to friends active in community affairs for years.
Mr and Mrs Rudy Klave and son Harlan visited relatives in Hawarden on Sunday Phyllis and Joyce Erka hosted Preston Pearls 4H club on Tuesday July 11 Mr and Mrs Chris Beech Sr and daughters from LeMars were Sunday visitors in Ed Frerichs home. Several families near Merrill joined Henry T Meyer birthday celebration Sunday. Virgil Gabel returned Tuesday from Canistota SD where he visited relatives.
Mrs. Russell Hultgren returns to Ida Grove after a visit at Elmer Hultgren home. Howard Manning arrives for furlough with his parents. Local families host dinners and attend Sioux City events. Union Creek extension club picnic at Milford Anderson home. Esther Hultgren hosts relatives for D C Vick. Grover Vick visit with Naomi Selmweiderheinz. Donald Olson from Sioux Falls visits Milford Anderson home.
Third quarter gasoline applications must be made at the OPA office before July 31, 1944. The ODT will not supply CVN-17 operating and tire inspection forms. Operators must keep records of miles traveled loads carried gasoline used and tire inspections. Tires require inspection every 5,000 miles or six months. Operating expenses may be logged daily weekly or monthly and records must be available for inspection by authorized Office of Defense Transportation personnel. R. L. Weidauer, County Chairman Farm Transportation Committee.
Farmers surveyed nationally show interest in Jeep ownership after the war. A recent study estimates postwar rehabilitation savings of about 573196 dollars if farmers use scout cars four sided personality. Accredited farm experts and Agriculture Department officials confirm the Jeep carries strong farm utility, with engineers proving its soil-tested effectiveness for farm work.
An office in the Rhodes Building serves as the host for the First National Bank in Akron. The location centers on the bank’s local presence and operations within the Rhodes Building.
N E Dodd head of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency announces a new $12.5 million fund to boost legume and grass seed harvesting. The plan waives acreage limits, offers $3.50 an acre plus 3% cents per pound for red clover and 2% cents for alfalfa and alsike clover, with no total payment cap. Weather and war demand have cut seed harvests, and aid may be shared with liberated nations.
War era guidance from OPA announces June 22 validity for Crisaline AJ1 seed crops and legume seed preparations. It lists footwear assistance and airplane shoes No 1 and 2, available indefinitely at County AAA offices in LeMars Iowa, with expiration tied to county programs.
Farmers face a labor shortage during harvest and volunteers are urged to work evenings or spare time to save crops. Iowa volunteers previously saved thousands of tons. this year quotas are higher and farm labor is scarcer. Register with Offord Johnson at the Parmers Co-Operative in Akron to help with harvesting tasks. Farmers with surplus labor should share with neighbors. Volunteers are paid the going wage for all services.
Rationing calendar lists blue stamps AS through V8 Book 4 ten points each for processed foods good indefinitely. Meats cheese butter margarine and canned milk use red stamps AS through V8 Hook 4 ten points each. Sugar stamps 30 and 31 Book 4 five pounds each good indefinitely with extra stamp 37 for canning. Sugar stamp 40 five pounds for canning expires February 28 1945. Waste fats each pound worth additional rationing rules pending local board guidance.
The Town Council of Akron Plymouth County will meet August 1 at 8:00 p m at Town Hall. Taxpayers may speak for or against the proposed expenditures for the year starting April 1 1945. A detailed receipts and disbursements statement will be available at the hearing. Frank Jacobs Town Clerk.
The Westfield Consolidated School District will meet July 31 1944 at 8 00 p m at School House to consider the 1944 46 budget including receipts and disbursements past and anticipated. District Secretary Katherine McMahon lists net unencumbered balance 1200 00 taxable valuation 1943 659 851 and school house fund 3046 40 with moneys and credits 8780 00.
Dr George Williston Nash longtime South Dakota resident died July 7 at his home in Bellingham Washington at age 76. He once co edited the Sioux Valley News at Cantor with his father and later served in journalism roles variously.
The former Yankton College president, who led from 1925 to 1941, suffered paralysis in August 1942 leaving him blind and an invalid. Survived by his wife, a daughter and a son, the obituary notes his long decline and family. The piece ends with a light aside about an advertising Want Ad and Defense Bonds promotion.
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