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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1942
Page
2
The notice lists a publisher and subscription rates of 1 year two dollars six months one dollar and three months, for a paper issued each Thursday in Akron. It notes postal registration as a second class mail matter and includes the date September 26, 1901.
Westfield residents stay busy with bridge gatherings, guild activities, and parties. Visitors include Patricia Malloy from Burbank and Miss Maizie Tracy hosting St Catharine's Guild. Walter Hummel returns from Colorado Springs. Art Anderson buys the Doyle house. The 4H club tours start June 8, and a children’s program plus a community picnic highlight mid June. Memorial Day visits and library summer hours set the town pace. Baccalaureate for Westfield seniors closes the school year with a Holy theme and builders’ address.
Commencement exercises at Westfield High School were held Tuesday evening May 26. The program includes processional Land of Hope and Glory a saxophone solo andante and finale from Rhapsody in Blue Gershman Shirlee Knapp awards bus drivers attendance typing athletics activities. Notable names include Shirlee Knapp Dorcas Knapp Gertrude Michael Tom Clarey and Tom Martin with John F Schmentryor director of guidance presenting scholarships and diplomas. Class motto Not Only Good But Good For Something. Class colors blue and silver. Class flower Sweet Pea. Roll of graduates lists Leone M Johnson Wilma M Bauerly Gertrude Michael Stanley D Emmick Anita J Fraser Thomas E B Clarey Kenneth C Beach Ruth L Homer Betty A Smith Dorcas A Knapp Shirlee J Knapp William D Gant Thomas L Martin Daniel E Raub Lorraine B Wagner.
Wallace McCarty is reported killed in action in the Pacific while serving as an anti aircraft gunner with the Marines. He enlisted in 1940 and was 20 years old at death on May 18 1942. He was born February 17 1922 in New Providence Iowa and lived in Westfield prior to joining the service. He leaves his parents Mr and Mrs Harry McCarty three brothers Paul Errol and Warren and grandmother Mrs Laura McCarty.
Our family expresses heartfelt appreciation for the acts of kindness and sympathy shown to us after the death of our son and brother Wallace McCarty. Your support has been a great comfort during this difficult time.
Alfred Sommervold of Akron marketed 14 head of steers last week and Herbert Wiberg had cattle and hogs on the Sioux City market. Milnerville residents and Plymouth county shippers sold cattle and hogs, with Adolph Kovarna from Liberty township, Willer Bros near Akron, and J A Easton among those active. Elsa Cassel wed John Ross of Colorado Springs. their weeklong army camp honeymoon followed. Lawrence Trometer injured in a Friday auto crash after a dance in Hinton. Milner and Milner reports of visits to Akron, with Jimmie Hathaway joining family. A heat wave followed extreme cold. windstorm felled trees but no injuries. Dr William Milner and wife in New York City for American Urological Society meeting. Mrs Elsie Shearer aiding Fry girls with house cleaning. Milner and Merlin improving. Milnerville bishop to dedicate new parsonage at Adaville next Sunday. Marie Mathwig elected secretary of the Mothersingers chorus in Sioux City PTA. Emma Webster dies in Sioux City hospital. Mrs Pavlik attends funeral in LeMars for Mrs Pavlik’s mother.
Several good used washing machines offered by Dirks Hardware in Akron. Listings note available stock and urge quick purchase. Local shoppers see value in affordable appliances and may inquire at the store.
Mrs. George Berger and her daughter Ruth were Sioux City shoppers earlier in the week. Milnerville residents attended the Westfield graduation and the school picnic on Friday. Miss Shirley Knapp was among the graduates from Westfield school.
Mr and Mrs Gust Haage welcomed a daughter born May 36. Everett Stoner and sons Dean and Rex visited relatives at Cherokee Iowa on Memorial Day. Preston township Ladies Aid met June 3. John Hillziehs marked his birthday May 31. Vera and Dorothy Milbrodt hosted the Preston Pearls 4 H club May 27. Pauline Fenske left for Des Moines to attend A I B school.
In Akron, the First National Bank site once housed a hardware store run by two Mellen brothers, with Walter Mellen now serving at the bank. Paul Wendt, a German coffee roaster on Arkin corner, and his wife Tillie, a lifelong wheelchair user, are recalled through local memories of shop life, art gardens, and community service. Tillie’s wheelchair stories show resilience and social involvement, even as helpers vie to assist her entry into homes.
The U S Navy Recruiting office in the Post Office building Sioux City announces authorization to accept men with false teeth or total color blindness for the Construction Regiment. Builders, concrete road and dock workers, painters cooks bakers pipefitters and laborers are urged to enlist at the Naval Reserve Recruiting Station Sioux City. Recruiters will answer questions and offer guidance without obligation.
We express sincere thanks to the friends in Akron for their kindness and sympathy shown during the last rites for our beloved mother Mrs E H Tryon The Childrenoffer a patriotic note urging support for government in a national emergency by purchasing Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps.
Akron battled Dell Rapids in a high tempo game, Dell Rapids pulling ahead late with hits by Weinberg and DeVany to seal a 13-5 win. Weinberg earned three hits including a triple, while Ard Brown led Akron with a double and two singles amid scattered offense from Beaubien and Johnson.
County Treasurer Alwin Becker received a $45,966.25 check from State Treasurer Bagley to retire Plymouth county’s final 1,145,000 in primary road bonds and the interest through May 1. The bonds, issued for paving or graveling the county roads, were bought by Julius Muecka’s family and have been retired from state funds without property tax levies. Remaining debt consists of 23,000 in refunding bonds and 19,000 in bond funds, with 3,000 more from the next tax half. Plymouth County stands in a strong bonded indebtedness position amid years of improved roads.
The record notes improvements funded without property tax in the county, reaffirming the foresight of those who approved the projects.
Alma E. Hartz chair announces 276 Iowa nursing school openings for summer and fall sessions. Three year training, duty in care of the sick, and a national need of 55,000 student nurses this year. Contacts: Mercedes Lind, State Nursing Council for War Service, Des Moines.
Gertrude Johnson of Sioux City laments the persistent dog problem in the Mail Bag column of the Journal. She voices concern over dogs roaming city streets and yards, damaging flowers and gardens, and calls for stricter ordinances to confine dogs and curb nuisances. The letter likens dogs to unguarded livestock threatening residents’ property and safety.
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