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Akron Register Tribune

Location

Akron, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1950

Page

6

Akron Ball Team Beats Rockets In Opening Game

Akron opened the season with a rain delayed win over the Omaha Rockets a traveling colored team at the local park. Mayor Adams tossed the first ball as Ray Louthen pitched and Ed Carlson caught. Akron scored in the second inning on a Cosia hit and Louthen grounder error.

Akron Omaha Rockets Rockets Darkies W. G. Adams Ray Red Louthen Ed. Carlson Bishop Cosia

Pleasant Hill Evangelical United Brethren Church Service Info

Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. Mrs. Paul Papritz superintendent. Morning worship at 11:00. Sermon by the pastor. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday June 7 with Mrs. Fred Hanson in charge. Miss Carolyn Searls visited her sister Dorothy in Sioux Falls who is teaching there.

Paul Papritz Ladies’Aid Fred Hanson Russell ‘A. Pffifer Carolyn Searls Sioux Falls Dorothy

King of Kings to Be Shown by Akron Ministers

The Akron Ministers Association screens Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings Sunday June 4 in the High School assembly room. The film presents Jesus life with Mary of Magdala, focusing on betrayal, trial, and crucifixion with suitable music. Proceeds above expenses go to the New Hospital Fund.

Akron Ministers Association Cecil B. DeMille Jesus Mary of

Memorial Day Exercises Crowd Local Cemeteries

Large turnout attended Memorial Day events Monday forenoon at Catholic and Riverside cemeteries. Legion color bearers and guard Akron High School Band led the parade followed by ex service men, auxiliary color bearers, Girl and Boy Scouts, and Gold Star mothers. Fire department units brought up the rear as the procession traveled to the river bridge amid clear spring weather.

Catholic Riverside Legion Akron High School Auxiliary Fire Department

Immanuel Lutheran Church Weekly Schedule Details

Immanuel Lutheran Church announces a packed week starting Friday June 2 with a Vacation Bible School program at 8 00 pm. Sunday features 10 15 am Sunday school and Bible class 11 20 am morning worship and 8 00 pm King of Kings screening at High School Assembly Hall hosted by Akron Ministers with offerings above expenses. Weekday events include 8 30 pm Monday Board of Trustees meet in church parlors 8 00 pm Tuesday public examination of 1950 Confirmation class 2 30 pm Wednesday Women s Missionary Society in church parlors hostess Mrs Mollie Oake program Through the Christian Family 8 30 pm Wednesday Sunday school teachers meet at Mrs H Shoulberg home 7 30 pm Choir rehearsal 8 00 pm YoMaCo Club meets in Immanuel parlors hosts Donald Connelly and Harry Hilts.

Immanuel Eng LUTH Churck David J. Roy King of Kings High School Akron New Hospital Fund Board of Trustees Women’s Missionary Society Mollie Oake August Lundgren H. Shoulberg YoMaCo Club Donald Connelly Harry Hilts

Immanuel Church Weekly Schedule and Events

Friday 8:00 p.m. Bible School program at Immanuel church all welcome. Sunday 9:55 a.m. Morning worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday school and Bible classes. Sunday 8:00 p.m. King of Kings shown at High school assembly hall all welcome. Monday 8:00 p.m. Bethphage Night film by Winston Hoog. Wednesday 8:00 p.m. Choir practice. Thursday 3:00 p.m. Ladies Aid in church parlors hostess Mrs Walfrid Forslund and Mrs Signe Westin. 8:00 p.m. YoMaCo Club meets at Immanuel church parlors.

Immanuel Church King of Kings High School Bethphage Winston Hoog Bethphage Mission

Local News Notes From Akron and Nearby Visits

Miss Jacquelin Claassen left for Cedar Falls and Reinbeck Iowa for a visit. Regular meeting of Vesper chapter No 61 C E S on Friday will be Past Matrons and Past Patrons Night. Local residents visit out of town relatives and friends during Memorial Day and week. Several visitors include Leon Johnson and sister from California, Arthur Meether on leave from Albuquerque, and Harold Pollock and family from Riverton Wyoming. Guests at various homes include Viola Bourret and Walter Tresler from Montana and South Dakota, with religious confirmations at Trinity Lutheran. A Luther League rally in Alta featured Hans Mueller of Bremen as speaker. Dr and Mrs Harper H Kerr of Omaha visited Akron before departing for Ann Arbor Michigan for chest surgery work.

Jacquelin Claassen Cedar Falls Reinbeck Iowa Vesper Leon Johnson Ocheyedan J.H. Baker California Arthur Meether Albuquerque New Mexico Edwin Meether Harold Pollock Riverton Wyo Max Pollock Harold Russell Pollock Viola Bourret Sunburst Mont Walter Tresler Canton S. D Ira Tresler Trinity Lutheran Church Fred W. Earl Robert Sacramento Calif Borus Smith Oakley Hawarden Akron Doris Jacobs Charlotte Prinsen Helen Lewison Ruth Stoutenburg Patricia Dirks Dorothy Peters Wayne Stoutenburg John Willis Dwight Wakeman David Roy Harper H. Kerr Omaha Nebr Ann Arbor Mich Kerr University of Michigan Bisgaard Mrs. Kerr M. Newman Lindy Ruth Thatcher Sioux City Chas, Linderkamp Eugene and Shirley Rockford H. A. Stryzewski C. Lehmann Mollie Campbell Grand Island Patricia Waterloo John I. S. Batchelder Henry Schroeder Milford Wash. Timmons Carol Lyn Everly Ed. Wilson Lake Park Aug. Osterthun E. I. Conner Pomona Frank F. Kerr Fay Kerr Conner Alcester Chas. L. Wynna Venice Clifford Vermillion S. C Minnesota Wynia West Bend

Summer Music Program At Akron High Enrolls Many Youth

Akron High School begins a six week summer music program led by Miss Virgie Piesold with individual instruction, band rehearsals, and a Wednesday street concert. The schedule lists daily lessons for numerous students, a full week of band sessions, and a prominent emphasis on punctuality to keep the program on track.

Virgie Piesold Akron Sousa Panis Angelicus Franck “Precision Bennett Marco Polo Overture Scarmolin Stardust Carmichael DeLamater Merry Men Max Thomas Washington Post Piesold Ramona Rosenbaums Eula Marienau Stanley Willer Clark Gassman John Dirks Donna Schneider Connie "Gabel Gayland Small Karen Lias Patricia Dirks Eileen Barinsky Connie Meeves Don Hummel Norman Bellwood Willis Crow Norma Husman Helen Lewison Paul Peterson Stanley Taylor Haroldine Peck Barbara Rausch Richard Pannkuk Donald Rausch Nadine Dirks Sammy Philips Robert Pannkuk Jerry Kloucek Mary McLane Norma McLane Jerry Hoefle Roger Kerr Dick Jacoby Jim Kennedy Marjorie Morehead Joan Breitbarth Mary Bringman Sylvia Johnson Mary Ellen Wetzeler Eunice Hillrichs Judy Dirks Sandra Pollock Patty McLane Sylvia Adams Marlene McVay Tommy Lias Shirley Jacobs Harvey Kroepel Virginia Whitaker Daryl Siebens Frank Lucken

TALKIE CHATTER Norka Theatre Features For The Coming Week

The Norka Theatre plans a week of talking pictures: a western Roll Thunder Roll on June 2 and 8, a comedy Mother Didn't Tell Me on June 4 and 5, and a drama Whirlpool on June 7. Red Ryder actor Jim Bannon stars in the western. Dorothy McGuire leads the comedy alongside William Lundigan. Whirlpool stars Gene Tierney Richard Conte and Jose Ferrer in a suspenseful tale of hypnosis and murder.

Norka Theatre Talking Picture Red Ryder Jim Bannon Little Beaver Dorothy McGuire William Lundigan June Havoc Gary Merrill Leif Erickson Jessie Royce Landis Joyce Mackenzie Erickson Miss McGuire Gene Tierney Richard Conte Jose Ferrer

Methodist Church Notes Schedule for Sunday

Methodist Church notes list morning services at 10:00 with church school led by Marvin Kerr, 11:00 a.m. program by Vacation Bible School children, and 2:00 p.m. youth picnic at Stone Park. Evening events include a 7:30 p.m. youth fellowship, 3:00 p.m. W S C S meeting, and 8:00 p.m. Official Board meeting. Ladies asked to bring pot luck. Attend church somewhere this sunny.

Marvin Kerr Stone Park

Summer swimming program registration deadline announced

Notice urges all interested children to submit registration cards to Supt Brown by Saturday June 3 with no registrations after that date.

Brown

Marriage License Issued to Akron Pair in Sioux City

John F. Howard and Miss Mary J. Knecht both of Akron received a marriage license in Sioux City last Thursday. Other local items note a Hamilton Local No. 490 meeting at Alfred Sommervold home on Monday June 5 with Harry Day reporting on a Washington trip, and various visits. Dennis Klauer and Ronald Hull will attend Boys Hawkeye State in Des Moines as American Legion guests from June 4 to 11, an event for over 700 Iowa high school students. A Yokohama voyage news brief reports Mrs H R Woudenberg and children joining her husband in army service. Brule Creek Lutheran Spring Festival by Ladies Aid set for June 8 at 8:00 pm with musical numbers and a film The Salt of the Earth, followed by lunch. public invited.

John F. Howard Mary J. Knecht Akron Sioux City J. D. Davis Sharman Atlanta Georgia H. E. Bradley Hamilton Alfred Sommervold Harry Day Washington Earl J. Hamilton Sec J. P. Coleman Sgt James Coleman U. S. Marine Corps St. Louis Z. R. Mills Bethany Dennis Klauer Ronald Hull Hawkeye State Des Moines American Legion Iowa Roy Patrick H. R.woudenberg Yokohama Japan M. Set H. R. Woudenberg

Akron Nine Rips Sibley Majors by Score of 10 to 2

Akron pounds Sibley Iowa 10 to 2 before a holiday crowd in Memorial Day action. Lefty Swift worked five innings, Ford homered for Sibley, and Akron added five runs in the fifth aided by two walks and errors. Ed Carlsen, O’Grady, and Louthen drove key blows as Akron routs Sibley, with Feuker pitching final frames for the win.

Akron Sibley Iowa Swift Ford Weberg O'Grady B. Tucker Cliff Miller Lefty Feauto Bob Tucker Louthen Costa Ed Carlsén Egon Feuker Johe Akron Feuker Carlson Feauto Greves Twitch Femuto Groves Femito L. Crippen F. Share

First Baptist Church Weekly Activities Plan

The church schedules 10:00 a.m. Sunday School, 11:00 a.m. Union D V B School achievement program, 7:00 p.m. Baptist Youth Fellowship, 8:00 p.m. Union services, a film King of Kings, 7:30 p.m. choir rehearsal, and 7:45 p.m. Hour of Power. Pastor Dan J. Peterson urges all to help and attend next Sunday.

Union D. V The Methodist Church Baptist Youth Fellowship King of Kings Dan J. Peterson

Adaville Evangelical United Brethren Church Services Notice

Adaville Evangelical United Brethren Church invites attendance this Sunday with church school at 10:00 a.m. morning worship at 11:00, youth fellowship at 7:80 p.m., and evening worship at 8:00. Prayer service Wednesdays at 7:45, choir practice after. Vacation Bible School June 5-10 for children. minister Virgil E Shickell announces.

Clark Tindall Virgil E. Shickell

Births At Akron Hospital In Akron Area Various

A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Lesley Anderson south of town at Akron Hospital on May 27 1950 A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Robert Pollock of Akron at Akron Hospital on May 27 1965 A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Vernon Howard of Sioux City at Akron Hospital on June 1 1960

Lesley Anderson Town Akron Hospital Robert Pollock Akron Vernon Howard Sioux City

Trinity Lutheran Church Service Plan and Camp Dates

Sunday school and Bible class at 10:00 a m Divine worship 10 30 a m Holy Communion will be celebrated Sunday Bible Camp at Okoboji June 4 8 Iowa District Convention of the American Lutheran church at Wartburg College Waverly June 6 to 9 Pastor and Mr Henry Hitzemann attend as delegates There will be no services at Trinity on Sunday June 11 Mission Festival services at Chatsworth Worship invitation

Okoboji Iowa American Lutheran Church Wartburg College Waverly Henry Hitzemann Trinity Lutheran Church Trinity Chatsworth

Hartmann Memorial Dedication at St Mathew Luth Society

St Mathew Lutheran Chatsworth announces Sunday services on June 4 with 7:00 p m worship and 8:00 p m dedication of the Hartmann Memorial and new communion vessels. Mission Festival opens with guest speakers Larry Reyelts and Pastor E Beckman inviting worshippers.

Brule Creek Lutheran Church Plans Vacation Bible School

Brule Creek Lutheran Church announces a worship service at 11:00 a.m. on Monday and 8:00 a.m. to noon for Vacation Bible School kickoff at Pleasant Hill school on Thursday June 8 at 8:00 p.m. The Brule Creek Spring Festival, sponsored by the Ladies' Aid, features a moving picture program and lunch. I. G. Hastad, Pastor.

Brule Creek Luth Pleasant Hill School Brule Creek The Ladies’ Aid I. G. Hastad

Public Library Hours This Summer Akron

The Akron public library will be open Tuesdays and Fridays from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 7:30 to 9:80 p.m. during June July and August.

Public Library Akron Public Library

Akron area social and farm meeting notices June 3

Mrs. M. Newman and grandson Lindy visit Hawarden while Ruth Thatcher seeks secretarial work in Sioux City. Residents from Rockford to Milford visit Akron friends as a corn borer control meeting with Lure-N-Kill demo is planned for Akron public school gym Saturday at 8:30 p.m. The Akron Variety Store sponsors and invites all farmers to attend.

Akron Akron Variety Store

Pretty Wedding Solemnized at St Patrick's Akron

A spring wedding took place Tuesday May 23 1950 at St Patrick's Catholic Church Akron. Miss Patricia Lee Montagne married Phillip Joseph Bernard Jr son of Jefferson South Dakota in a ceremony officiated by Rev Charles Ernst. Attendants included Margene Ralfs and Patricia Bernard. The couple will reside in Jefferson after a Black Hills honeymoon.

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Akron Patricia Lee Montagne Arthur Montagne Phillip Joseph Bernard, Jr Phillip J. Bernard Jefferson Chas Ernst Margene Ralfs Patricia Bernard Kathleen Boden Joyce Markus Henry Bernard Norman Gary John Dalton Dennis Klauer Bernard Markus Ben Bernard James.Klauer Akron High School St. Mary’s College Notre Dame Ind Jefferson High School Black Hills

Akron youth baseball plans Junior and Midget teams

Akron youths will form Junior Legion and Midget baseball squads this summer, with sessions led by Rodney Hakeman. Boys 17 and under should report Friday June 2 at 6:00 PM at the Akron ball park for the first workout before the Legion Juniors open on June 4 at LeMars in the county round robin.

Akron Junior Legion Rodney Pinkey Hakeman Legion LeMars Westfield Ball Park

Also Mentioned on This Page

Pleasant. Hill Evangelical United ‘Brethren Church Union Creek Lath David J. Roy Vermillion Eagles Paullina Kingsley Remsen Hawks First Baptist Church Adaville Evangelical United Brethren Church J. A. Pannkuk Hartmann Memorial New Communion Larry Reyelts E.beckman Patricia Montagne Philip Bernard, Jr
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