Light vote cast in Iowa primary election here Monday
Iowa voters backed Republicans L J Dickingen for U S senator and George Wilson for governor while Mrs Henry Wood led secretary of state nominees. On the Democratic side Clyde L Herring won the U S senate nomination with Nelson Kraschel leading for governor. Plymouth county saw light turnout with close sheriff and county races as results trickled in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
L. J. Dickingen
U. S
Smith W. Brookhart
George Wilson
John M. Grimes
Osceola
Geo. R. Call
Sioux City
Plymouth County
Dickinson
Brookhart
Call
Grimes
Wilson
Hilton
Wolf
DeWolf
Russell Pollock
Akron
Albert Crabtree
LeMars
Mark DeForce
A. P. McMaster
Church to Observe 40th Anniversary
St Paul Lutheran Church in Johnson township will mark its fortieth anniversary with three Sunday services at 10 am 2 30 pm and 7 30 pm. The event includes a community dinner and supper and a planned dedication of a new electric light plant to improve the church property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Lecture on Foreign Travel at Brule Creek Church
A travel lecture on Life Among the Mohammedans will be presented at Brule Creek Lutheran Church next Sunday evening June 7 at 8 o clock. Speakers Mr and Mrs Gerald Giving of Madison 8 D Myr will share experiences from travels across Asia Europe and the Orient including trips to Nazareth and Bethlehem with colored motion pictures in a new color process.
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Brule Creek Lutheran Church
Gerald Giving
Madison
Europe
Mrs. Giving
Orient
Turkey
Russia
Finland
Scandinavian
England
Giving
Bethlehem
Damascus
Beirut
Nazareth
Lebanon
Birth notices from Akron area in early June 1936
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Clifford Jurgenson of Akron on June 2 1936. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Reuben Tague south of town on June 3 1936.
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Clifford Jurgenson
Akron
Reuben Tague
Stand Crash at City Park Leaves Several Injured
A Memorial Day grandstand collapse at the City Park ball grounds left 150 to 175 spectators in a tangled heap. No one was seriously hurt. mayor and others injured lightly. Bracing planks removed earlier winter likely caused the failure. town council plans a safer rebuild.
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City Park
John Hamman
Hamman
Dick Ballken
Hog market report from Sioux City auction
Dr. N J Brown of this city offered 31 head of mixed hogs weighing around 200 pounds each at the Sioux City market last week. The lot brought the day's top price of 9.70 dollars per hundredweight.
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N. J. Brown
Sioux City
Akron Ball Team Wins Third Loop Contest Sunday
The Akron baseball team defeated Alcester CCC 4 to 3 at Alcester Sunday to seize undisputed lead in the Interstate league after a tight, error-influenced battle. Hertz pitched well for Alcester, while Tucker and Hartman powered Akron with a late two-base hit, as Akron pulled ahead in the seventh and held off a late push. Next schedule shows Akron hosting Alcester Town at Alcester on Sunday, June 7.
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Akron
Alcester CCC
Alcester
Hertz
Emory Tucker
Metz
Peck
Johnston
B. Tucker
I. Tucker
A. Johnson
Lelina
Tibbets
Nitz
Frerking
Selina
Reed
G.hartman
C. Swift
B. Hartman
Hartman
Tommerson
Hammond
Andy Johnson
Lafferty
Lehna
Lelna
O ‘Peek
E. Tucker
G. Hartman
Ceenes
Hertz, P
Tucker
Peeck
Alcester Town
Hudson
Beresford
Alsen
Empress Theater Offers Varied Week of Films
Empress theater schedules a week starting Friday June 5 with Tough Guy starring Jackie Cooper Jean Hersholt and Rin Tin Tin Jr a dramatic tale of a gang leader reforming then dying. Audioscopiks a 3D short with special red and green glasses accompanies the program. June 7 9 features The Ex Mrs Bradford starring William Powell and Jean Arthur a detective drama about race track gamblers. June 10 11 presents My Marriage a melodrama with Claire Trevor and Edward Taylor. Comedies cartoons travelogues sportlights and musical shorts round out Empress offerings.
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Talking Picture
Empress Theater
Jackie Cooper
Jean Hersholt
Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr
Empress
William Powell
Jean Arthur
Bradford
Claire Trevor
Ent Taylor
Wall Street
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Sunday School and Classes
Pastor C W Samuelson announces Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 a m There will be no morning or evening service as the pastor is away at Rush City Minn attending the sixtieth anniversary of that first Lutheran church There he will address former members at a Confirmation Reunion on Sunday afternoon The Confirmation class meets Wednesday at 8 p m
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Rush City
Minn
Vesper regular meeting notes and local happenings
Local items report the Vesper chapter meeting set for Friday night June 12. Readers note visits by Margaret Wise to Lake View Iowa and by J J Arkin family from Sioux City. Hospital procedures include a tonsillectomy and a surgery at Akron Hospital. Several trips and visits unfold among local families including cross and Dorothy, Stranks and Leland, Kirstein relatives, and Book and Thimble club Garden Tour plans for week of June 16. Recent weather brought 1.12 inches of rain after 90 degree weekend heat, boosting crops as temperatures cooled.
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O. E
Margaret Wise
Lake View
Iowa
Armstrong
J. J. Arkin
Brodkey
Sioux City
Akron Hospital
Joe Ridem
Town
Albert von Hagel
Akron
Surgical
Wm. Page
A. Metz
L. J. Cross
Dorothy
Donald Cross
Buena Vista
Colo
G. Kirstein
Charlotte Willer
Whittier
Calif
H. A. Stryzewski
Weeck
John Hedges
Westfield Triumphs 6-3 In Memorial Day Baseball Duel
Westfield outhit and outbattled Akron 6 to 3 before a 500 strong crowd on Memorial Day. Key moments included John Martin stealing second after a bobbled ball, Beaubien and Kapfer delivering runs, and a fifth inning burst that put Westfield ahead for good. Akron threatened late but Westfield held firm, finalizing the win.
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Westfield
Akron
Westfeld
Levi Kapfer
Swift
John Martin
Jas
Martin
Maele
Beaubien
Metz
Peck
Johnston
Kapfer
V. Bogenkief
Johmson
Tucker
Claassen
Treider
Brown
Lilly
Jas. Martin
Engle
Akronna
Hartman
B. Hartman
B. Swift
Bogentief
Johnson
Peek
B. Tucker
Thapfer
Bogenrief
G. Hartman
Kupfer
Meta
Bleider
S. Metz
Bob Tucker
Heider
Methodist Church Notes Inspire Personal Surrender and Sermons
A church notes urges inner prayer and surrender to Christ as the source of life and strength. The pastor invites all to Sunday services and notes that Rev. W. I. Smith of Plymouth Presbyterian will preach Sunday night. Ladies' Aid meets Wednesday June 10 with Mrs. Pearl Pollock and Mrs. Neva Pollock aiding.
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Methodist Church
W. I. Smith
Plymouth Presbyterian Church
Pearl Pollock
Neva Pollock
Mookk
Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday services and meeting note
Trinity Lutheran Church schedules Sunday school at 10 and English service at 11. Ladies' Aid to meet at Mrs. Herman Jacobs Sr. northwest of town on Thursday afternoon June 11. Bt Math Lutheran Church Chatsworth holds Sunday school at 9 and German service at 9 30. Fred A Meske is the pastor.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Aid
Herman Jacobs
Math. Luth
Chatsworth
Fred A. Meske
Auxiliary Meeting Seeks Seventeen Members
The Auxiliary will sew and meet with Mrs. Pearl Shawhan on Friday June 12. All Auxiliary members are urged to attend.
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Pearl Shawhan
Akron Country Club hosts 9 hole charity golf breakfast plan
Members enjoyed a nine hole tourney at the new course with T. V. Dalton low medalist at 46. The event determines who will serve the first Golf Breakfast on Sunday June 7, with four players from the losing team helping serve flapjacks and coffee.
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Akron Country Club
T. V. Dalton
J. A. Jenson
Frank R. Hastings
C. M. Allen
Fred Claesson
J. E. Brady
Clifford Metz
Pleasant Hill U. B. Church Services and Vacation Bible School
Pleasant Hill United Church of Brethren holds services Sunday at 9 45 a m with Sunday school at 10 45 a m Daily Vacation Bible School for all children starts Monday June 8 at 2 p m and runs to June 26 no fees Rev J L Gorman is pastor An enjoyable family reunion at Waldo Hilliker home Sunday May 31 featured H E Hilliker Earlham Iowa Marvin Fliher Oakland Calif Bert Hilliker C M Hilliker J A Hansen Mahlon Hansen Akron visitors shared a meal and stories
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J. Lee Gorman
Waldo Hilliker
HE. B. Hilliker
Earlham
Iowa
Marvin Filliker
Oakland
Calif
Bert Hilliker
C. M. Hilliker
J. A. Hansen
Mahlon
Akron
Memorial Day Observance Draws Large Akron Crowd
Memorial Day services in Akron drew unusually strong attendance under ideal weather. The procession started at the Masonic Temple and moved to the Big Sioux river bridge for a water-side tribute, then proceeded to Riverside and Catholic cemeteries for veterans’ graves ceremonies. Attorney Clarence D. Roseberry of LeMars delivered a patriotic address, praising the Grand Army of the Republic and urging national preparedness. rituals by the Women’s Relief Corps and Legion followed, with song, poetry, and a final salute and taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion, Auxiliary and
Legion Heirs
Boy Scouts
Masonic ‘Temple Corner
Big Sioux River Bridge
Catholic
Riverside
Riverside Cemetery
J. J. Arkin
J. FB. Moore
Women’s Relief Corps
The
Auxiliary
Legion
Flanders Fields
T. M. Shawhan
J. H. Kerr
UNION CREEK CHURCH NOTES
Church notes announce Sunday services on June 7 with Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11. Luther League meets June 9 at Luther Hall. Serving duties assigned to Mr and Mrs Henry Fickbohm and Mr and Mrs Wm Mrieson. Program committee led by Mr and Mrs Lloyd Fickbohm Mr and Mrs Milton Hinson and Mrs Esther Hultgren. UD d HOWARD Pastor.
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Union Creek
Luther League
Luther Hall
Henry Fickbohm
Lloyd Fickbohm
Milton Hinson
Esther Hultgren
UD. d. Howard
County F B Picnic to Be Held June 12
The Plymouth County Farm Bureau will stage a county wide picnic on Tuesday June 12 at the new recreational park at the northeast edge of LeMars. G Rubinow director of information for the American Farm Bureau Federation will speak at 2 pm. Free coffee at noon. A sports program including races swimming horseshoe pitching and kittenball is planned. Entertainment by George Manz and his burro Bara and the LeMars high school band will follow the meal. Mr and Mrs J C Kennedy and children left for West Okoboji Lake cottage.
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Plymouth County Farm Bureau
LeMars
G. Rubinow
Department of Information
American Farm Bureau. Federation
George Manz
Bara
LeMars High School
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Paul Lutheran Church
TOFS
HOG Market
GOLF
Pleasant Hill
U. B. Church
C. D. Roseberry
F.B
J. C. Kennedy
T. L. Burnight
West Okoboji Lake
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