592 Families Sign for Canning Sugar at Registration
The Akron Deputy Sugar Rationing Board and volunteers registered 592 Plymouth county families at Akron public school for canning sugar. Five pounds per person issued with War Ration Books. basis 36 quarts fruit equals nine pounds sugar. Office hours 8 to 10 p m Wednesdays for additional certificates and adjustments. Weather noted as warm and muggy with rainfall and crops progressing normally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Plymouth County
Akron Public School
James Foster
Akron Board
Harry Nelson
Charles Allen
Vocational Agriculture
Mrs Ingeborg Wolden Dies in Union County
Mrs. Ingeborg Wolden died at her home west of town Union County May 28 1942 at age 81 1 16 10. Born July 11 1860 in Trondshem Norway she came to the United States at nine with her parents and was the last survivor of her Rosens Lutheran church class. She married Ole Wolden January 2 1880. he died in 1920. Survived by daughter Rena Ashjeld of Philip two sons Anton and Severin and many grandchildren great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Funeral conducted by Rev D L Taschsen Tuesday at 1 p m from Brule Creek Lutheran Church. Burial Brule Creek Cemetery beside her husband. Pallbearers listed. She will be mourned by community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingeborg Wolden
Union County
Ingeborg Solem
Arndt Solem
Trondshem
Norway
Rosens Lutheran Church
Ole Wolden
Wolden
Philip
Thomas
Sollem
D. L. Taschsen
Brule’ Creek
Obiuired
Pall Beaters
Wera Loud
Giferdans
John Solem
Albert” Moberg
Herbert Wiberg
Edwi ‘Hormodagard
Albert “Abraham
Waa
Brule Creek
Canning Sugar Certification Plan Grows Local
James R. Foster reports a widened effort to issue canning sugar certificates for residents near Akron. After initial resistance from Alcester and Beresford, state officials ordered no cross county registrations. A new schedule lets Union county residents in Garry Owen 44 North Spink 69 and others register at West Union school and Alcester events for convenient county-adjacent access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Foster
Akron
Akron Board
Akron Commercial Club
Charles Allen
Elk Point
South Dakota
Alcester
Beresford
Pierre
Plymouth County
Union County
Lawless
Spink
Garryowen
North Spink
West Union School
Paul Erickson
Decort Hamumitt
Erickson
Shell
Alcaster
Akron area notes describe visits and a new Akron High physics course
Local items outline Mrs W M Neary visiting Sioux City and many relatives visiting Akron residents. Social calls include Mr and Mrs Robi Greensea visiting Des Moines and Sadie Stinton hosting relatives. Baseball Akron vs Hudson Sunday at 2 30 p m. Memorial Day visits by C E Robinson and W H McDonald and sister from California. Lola Barinsky to LeMars for Western Union college summer program. DeCelle Barr and son Jerry, and Grant Barr with family, visit from Kenosha and Sioux City. Cleah Mellen returns from Sioux Falls college for summer term. Wm Lundberg and L K Burket families host and travel. Akron High School to offer a new physics course under Able Government, requiring new text for next fall.
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Wm. H. Neary
Sioux City
Robi. Greensea
Des Moines
Akron
Hudson
Nettie Robinson
Gray
Sadie Stinton
Alpha Bell
Sioux Falls
Vistor Neal
C. E. Robinson
H. Shoulberg
W.H. McDonald
Crosley
California
A. J. Claeys
B. L. Daley
Nolan Gering
Casper
Wyo
Daley
Claeys
Lola Barinsky
Bease Lias
LeMars
Western Union College
DeCelle Barr
Jerry
Kenosha
Wis
Grant Barr
DeCelle
Cleah Mellen
Akron Beaten by Dell Rapids Nine in Memorial Day Tilt
Akron fell 13 to 5 to Dell Rapids in a Memorial Day baseball game before a sizable crowd. Dell Rapids, last year’s state amateur champions, showcased a steady attack with timely hits and solid pitching while Akron struggled to halt the visitors’ offense.
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Akron
Dell Rapids
Emery Tucker
Woolheater
Arm
Brown
Shortstop
Tucker
Kendall
Weinberg
Talima
DeVany
Johnson
Flannery
Peck
Beaubien
C. Miller
Gale
Talsma
Peek
Miller
Nelson
Honkamp
Schogdt
Schegdt
D. R
C.' Miller
Gale Fanning
de Vang
J. Beaudieu
DeVang
Swift
Flan
Music Memory Contest Winners Named by Akron Pupils
A music memory contest was held at Akron public school before term end. Winners by grade were Second Janet McCarthy, Third Helen Lewison, Fourth Joanne Steel, Fifth Donna Robertson, Sixth Marian Robertson, Seventh Norma Lee Rossow, Eighth Marian Marienau. In finals Donna Robertson won. Marian Marienau and Norma Lee Rossow tied for second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Janet McCarthy
Helen Lewison
Joanne Steel
Donna Robertson
Marian Robertson
Norma Lee Rossow
Marian Marienau
Marian Marienan
Memorial Day Happenings and Local Encounters
James Gleason visiting Sioux City folks over Memorial Day. Mr and Mrs H A Stryzewski visited Oshkosh Wisconsin relatives last week. Mr and Mrs J C Kennedy and children visited Lake Okoboji parents Burnights over Memorial Day. Clifton N Ogden of Otoe Nebraska visited with Arta Ogden and relatives. Ogden formerly lived here. Bluffers open horse shoe season vs Westfield stake-ringers next Sunday at 2 p m on Frank Sayles grounds. Westfield beat Vermillion recently. Union Creek Extension club meets Monday June 8 at 2 p m with nutrition and sugarless baking demos. home agent Mrs Leslie Smith will attend with officer elections. Local rationing board appointed at retail merchants meeting: Mrs Harry Nelson chair, Chas M Allen and James R Poster. to handle future rationing. Set Wilson C Burker in Medical Dept at Camp Leonard Wood Missouri to visit home. five years in army, first return home in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gleason
Sioux City
H. A. Stryzewski
Oshkagh
Wisconsin
J. C. Kennedy
T. L. Burnight
Lake Okoboji
Clifton N. Ogden
Otoe
Nebr
Hare
Arta Ogden
Ogden
Bluffers
Westfield
Pioneer Union County Woman June Davis Dies at 76
June Violet Whitney Davis, long-time Union County resident and pioneer, died May 27 1942 at her home west of Akron at age 76. She and husband George W. Davis raised a large family after early years in a dug-out, living near Pleasant Hill United Brethren Church. Funeral services were held at the home and church, with burial in the family lot beside her husband. Pallbearers included Adolph Abraham and George Carlson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Davis
Union County
Akron
June Violet Whitney
J. G. Whitney
Floyd County
Nora Springs
Garland
Union On County
George W. Davis
George Davis
Bilton
Floyd
Robert
Bertram
Josie
Sarah Beach
Frank J
Randolph Davis
Gertrude Folan
North Bend
Neb
Nellie Mann
Stevens
Lillian Offerdahl
Beresford
I. D
Janet Overby
Alcester
Pleasant Hill
Harvey Welch
William Bubs, Sr
Eric Offerdahl
Sigvold Sommervold
Flooding Big Sioux Ruins Crops Across River Bottoms
Heavy rains across South Dakota Minnesota and northwest Iowa push the Big Sioux to 19.35 feet flooding thousands of acres of grain and corn. The Hawarden area sent extra floodwaters via Dry Creek damaging business and residential districts while roads bridges between Akron and the Dakota side were cut off.
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Big Sioux
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Hawarden
Dry Creek
Akron
Dakota Side
Legion and Auxiliary thank donors for Poppy Day sale
The Albert Hoschler Post No 186 and American Legion Auxiliary thank all who bought poppies on Poppy Day. It was the largest sale yet, with one fourth of proceeds to Des Moines Veterans Hospital and the rest staying to aid local veterans and families. Appreciation for rooms, window display space, and loaned items is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion and Auxiliary
Albert Hoschler
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterana
Des Boines
FE. Heider
Thorson
Birth Notice for Sat Ster Son northwest of town
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Wayne Saster northwest of town on May 29, 1942. The birth adds a new member to the Sat ster family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Satster
Town
Missionary Society Meets Tuesday June 9 At 2 30
First Church of Christ schedules a Bible school at 10 am and communion at 11 am followed by a board meeting after services. The Missionary Society will meet with Mrs. Pearl Scots on Tuesday June 9 at 2 30 pm with program by Mrs. Harvey. June 30 closes the missionary year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FIRST
Church OF Christ Bible School
Missionary Society
Pearl Scots
Harvey
Tolstoi
W. J. Zane
St. Paul’s Brule Creek Sunday School Schedule and Event Reminders
St. Paul’s Lutheran announces Sunday school at 9 45 a m with no service but welcome to Brule Creek. Thursday Ladies Aid meets 2 30 p m with service by Mrs Sigri Kalstad Mrs Otto Olson and Mrs W P Soleglad. Friday June 5 Father-Son Banquet at 7 p m. Worship at 11 a m. Parish events listed in Brule Creek parish rooms led by Rev Douglas L Jacobson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HE Lutheran
St. Paul's
Brule Creek
Ladies’ Aid
Sigri Kalstad
Otto Olson
W.P. Soleglad
St. Paul’s Church
Douglas L, Jacobson
Pleasant Hill church services announced for June and September
Pleasant Hill church schedules Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am. A Quarterly Conference will be held at the church on Sunday June 7, with A P Vannice conducting. Pastor Carl W. Lee invites the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Vannice
Carl W. Lee
Akron area social notes and improvements loom large
Miss Marie Degen spent Sunday in Hawarden with relatives and friends. Mrs. George Mattison and daughter Sally visited Memorial Day at Webster City. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Smith and Barbara traced kin in Mt. Vernon, S. D. Crescent train trouble and Clarence Miller fire call affected local life. welding study in Cleveland for West Union linotype operator. Grinnell College graduation for Kenneth Shoulberg. Akron Bakery unveils fresh interior upgrades and new display fixtures.
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Marie
Degen
Hawarden
Anna Johnson
Sioux City
Akron
Hudson
Bay
George Mattison
Sally
Webster City
Gerald F. Smith
Barbara
Mt. Vernon
S. D
A. L. Seamands
Keith
Casper
Wyo
Claude Seamands
Arrow
Clarence Miller
Glenn Wood
West Union
Iowa
Lak. Burker
Wood
West Union Argo-Gazette
Cleveland
Ohio
H. Shoulberg
Grinnell Lawn
Kenneth
Grinnell College
Myr
Berger Graves
St. Louis
Memorial Day Observed With Parades and Remembrance
A Memorial Day program in Akron began with a march from the Legion Hall led by color guards and the Akron High School band. Ceremonies at the Big Sioux river bridge honored sailors with flowers in the water, volleys, and taps, then moved to City Park for a monument program and a sermon by Rev. A A Howe, followed by songs and the memorial poem In Flanders Fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Sioux River Bridge
Legion Hall
American Legion
Akron High School
Hoschler Post
Legion Auxiliary
Girl Scouta
Boy Scouts
River Bridge
J. A. Pannhuk
Legion. Auxiliary
Flanders Fields
A. A. Howe
America
Legion
Panukuk
Immanuel Lutheran Church Services and Wedding Info
Immanuel Lutheran Church presents Sunday services with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Sermon titled The Value of 2 Human Soul based on Matthew 16 24 27. Evening service at 8 p.m. with Brotherhood. refreshments follow. Daily Bible School continues for another week. A wedding occurred quietly Wednesday at Dakota City Meth odial parsonage, Phyllis Ross and Lester Bellwood wed.
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Trinity
Brotherhood
Phyllis. Ross
L. D. Ross
Lester Bellwood
Dalton Bellwood
Dakota City
Nebr
Akron Soldier Weds LeMars Girl In South Sioux City
The marriage of Private Alfred E. Tone of Akron to Miss Dorothy L. Weis of LeMars occurred Friday May 5 1942 at the Methodist parsonage in South Sioux City Nebraska with Darlene Robertson and Donald Lueken as attendants. Attending were Mr and Mrs Sieben Siebens. The bride a teacher in Plymouth county will resume teaching in the fall. Tone is in the army stationed at Fort Jackson South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred EB. Tone
Akron
Dorothy
L. Weis
Lpeer
LeMars
Methodist Puar
Sioux City
Nebr
Misa Darlene Robertson
Donald Lueken
Sieben Siebens
Plymouth County
Ed. Jans
Sieben Sie
Bens
Jone
Regular meeting of Vesper chapter No. 61 C B S
Vesper chapter No 61 C B S holds a regular meeting Friday evening June 12 with initiation led by officers from Sioux City Hawarden and LeMars. A special program is planned and the Worthy Matron asks chapter officers to be present at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesper Chapter
C. B.S
Sioux City
Hawarden
LeMars
Also Mentioned on This Page
I. Wolden
Pioneer Union
Norka Theatre
Talking Picture Entertainment
Cheyenne
Roy Rogers
Gabby Hayes
Sally Payne
Rogers
Albert Dekker
Joan Davis
Eddie Way, Jr
Eddie Poy, Jr
Hollywood
Martin Eden
Glen Ford
Claire Trevor
Ian MacDonald
Norka
Jack London
England
John Garfield
Nancy Coleman
Raymond Masney
Pleasant Hill Church
Immanuel Eng
Luth
Ernest G. Svenson
LE Mars
Alfred E. Tone
Dorothy Weis
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