25 Jul 1968
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1968
Page
1
The Akron Register-Tribune from Akron Iowa lists RAY A and GERALD F. SMITH as editors and proprietors. The paper is published each Thursday in Plymouth County Iowa and entered as second class mail matter since September 26 1901.
The notice states subscription pricing at 2.50 per year and 1.495 for six months in Plymouth Sioux and Woodbury Counties Iowa and Union County 8 D, with 3.00 per year charged elsewhere.
Westfield reports include visits to Gavins Point and Cherokee by families led by Donald Tianks and Kaythleen Banks, while Rev Milward Mans presided at Cone Recreational Church. Local school and community notes cover district meetings, plays, and recent game results for Westfield Little League and related teams.
A District Technical Action Panel is established with Arden H. Newoerk as chairman. Counties included are Lyon Sioux Plymouth Cher okee Ida Woodbury and Moswan with Plymouth represented by Robert G Anegele. The TAP meets bi monthly on the second Tuesday starting September with first meetings in LeMars and expansion to other towns later.
Special Correspondent reports a string of visits in Chatsworth and nearby towns including Montivella and Le Mars. Families attend the Albert Olhuada funeral in Le Mars while others host relatives from Otterbein and Sioux City. A spirited Chatsworth dam ball game featured Westfield girls against local teams, drawing a large crowd.
Janet M. Swenson, SU teacher from Arex XIT districts, joins six county educators in Woodbury Elementary School Developmental Mathematics Program. The six week in service runs July 36 to August 2 at Morningside College, chosen for academic and professional qualifications in elementary mathematics.
A column items file notes births including a Ross son on July 20 1948 and a Hansen son on July 16 1948. Announces engagement of Doroth y Dixon to Cyril Larsen. Akron Commercial Club hosted an entertainment evening for farmers at the school auditorium on Spin Conservation with film and speaker followed by lunch. Akron baseball team beat Hawarden 7 to 2 with Lefty Swift pitching. Miss Ormas Cooper a former New York instructor visited Akron High School friends.
The article recalls a hot clear workday, late crops, and a temporary ending. It reports the death of Arthur Finzen from appendicitis, survived by his wife and five children, with services at Eng Yeh Lath church. Visitors Edith Nelson and family are noted, plus Akorn Golf Club results, births to Gerhardt Johnson and Charles Avecy, and Arden Ross of Tulsa visiting relatives.
Fifty years ago J M Replogle of Jocalail attended a stockholders meeting in Omaha for reorganizing Miller Cereal Mills Akron into Miller Milling Co. Mrs Zieruth and children visited Worthington Minnesota, Miss Meske and Henry Stryzewski traveled to St Paul to buy goods for Variety Store then Oshkosh Wisconsin to visit relatives. Birth notices include a Burns on July 20 1918 and a daughter July 22 1918 to the Hull and a marriage on July 91 1918 of Neva Williams and Hernia Koel at the brides home. A want ad offered a nearly new Chevrolet touring car for sale at 500.
Akron town beat Chatsworth 7 to 2 with Pitcher Yor for Akron and Baker and Meyers on the Chatsworth mound. Wheat harvests shifted Akron Milling Co to grind winter wheat as fields yield about 38 bushels per acre. birth notices list several newborns and relatives visiting in Iowa City.
A local farmer near Akron, George Byrne, sold seventy hogs to Farmer's Grain Co. He had bought the hogs at an average price of 2.02 dollars last fall and sold them for 6.25 dollars. Akron offered higher hog prices than nearby towns.
A 1908 letter from T. C. Button urges the town to install a lighting plant. He argues that good lighting elevates schools, business, and civic pride, warns a dark town seems dead, and suggests even placing insects in street lamps as a playful remedy until a proper system is found.
Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Jack M. Fulton urged May Day be used as a safety reminder. He cited rising traffic deaths in 1968 and said belt use could prevent about 30 percent of fatalities. He urged drivers to adopt May Day as a protection message for themselves and passengers.
Want Ads list a 1946 Ford tractor for 20 dollars at Gassmen Motor Co and a stray black and white face steer weighing about 700 pounds with Lazy K brand on the left hip reported by Leo Henrich FK 1028. Also advertised is a Singer sewing machine 1967 walnut console with Dial A Stitch, two payment options or cash discount, and home trial. Credit Manager address provided at 315 W 46th St Minneapolis MN 55409.
Iowa officials announce doubled payments for farmers who set aside corner plots at field intersections to improve visibility. Eligible plots must be at least 210 feet on each side, with a half acre sufficient. program runs to reduce fatal collisions at blind intersections.
Advertisers seek measurable outcomes and turn to the Register Tribune and Shopper Swapper for results. The notice emphasizes results driven advertising across local print platforms.
Citizens blame officials for errors yet ignore a larger danger. Many drivers ignore intoxicated operators, and rarely intervene. The piece urges personal responsibility as innocent bystanders often become the last contact before a fatal crash.
Pred A. Priewert, director of the Town Conservation Commission, urged residents at recreation areas to take litter home or use proper containers. He stressed Town has many scenic outdoor areas and called on all to help keep them pristine. No one wants the scenery spoiled.
The director urged residents to stop littering as debris like cans and paper waste pollutes land water and air. State law allows fines up to 200 for littering offenses and cleanup costs run into thousands.
The caption notes a history making commercial flight from the United States to the Soviet Union aboard the John P Adams. It highlights the milestone event and frames it as a notable achievement in transcontinental air transport during the era.
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