Akron Feed Mill Destroyed by Fire in Morning Blaze
The Akron Feed Mill was destroyed by a rapid morning fire discovered near 2:00 a.m. by night watch. Firemen fought four water streams but the frame building collapsed within about an hour, leaving a flaming pile of grain. Estimated loss $75,000 to $80,000 with 3090 bushels of government corn involved. The mill, once rebuilt after a 1898 fire, was owned by J. H. Earnest and insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Hawarden
J. H. Earnest
Fields & Slaughter
Birth notices from Akron and Hawarden area hospitals
Two daughters and two sons were born to local families at Akron Hospital and Hawarden Hospital between June 1 and June 6 1951. Recipients include Mr and Mrs James Appley Mrs War ren Beebe Mr and Mrs Wayne Baum Mr and Mrs Clifford Green and Mr and Mrs Marlo Waterbury. Several relatives visited J J Ralfs in St Louis where Lester Raish is ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Appley
Akron Hospital
Warren Beebe
Wayne Baum
Sioux City
Clifford Green
Marlo Waterbury
Hawarden Hospital
Carrie Simeon
John Dirks
Marlys
John Willer
Belva
St. Louis
Lester Raish
Lester
Local merchants offer varied weekend sales and auctions
Advertisers announce weekend and week long sales across stores. Colling Sinclair Service Station opens with a grand announcement this Saturday. Jenson Electric runs a two week stock clearance. Ole Silkebakken features a dollar food sale. K and K Co. highlights summer clothing sale. George's Food Market GM Co W and W Market K and K Co Council Oak Store offer weekend food specials. Hawks Hardware in Westfield advertises a cut price sale on hardware appliances and sporting goods. Sophie Buehre Estate to auction household goods Wednesday June 18. Read ers advised to review ads for substantial savings amid high prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register- Tribune
Colling Sinclair
Jenson Electric Service
Ole Silkebakken
Sophie Buehre
Srinity Lutheran Church Service and Activities Schedule
Sunday worship at 11:00 a m with Sunday school at 10:00 a m Religious picture at Methodist church Sunday evening at 8:00 Mission Circle meets Tuesday hosted by Mrs Albert Huebner Luther League Wednesday hosted by Bernice Meske Choir practice Friday Adult Confirmation class announced Vacation Bible School Monday to Friday 9:00 to 12:00 We welcome you to worship with us
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srinity Lutheran Church
A. Pannkok
Methodist Church
Mission Circle
Albert Huebner
Luther League
Bernice Meske
Vivine
Methodist Church Announces Sunday Services and Events
Divine worship at 11:00 each Sunday with Sunday school at 10:00. The sermon will be by Mr. Charles W Kern, recently granted local preacher's license and expected to enter seminary next fall. Evening shows by the Ministerial Association start at 8:00 with Tibet and The Way of Peace. Vacation Church School runs next week 9:00 to 11:30 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
H. Myron Braun
Charles W. ‘Kern
Kern
Ministerial Association
Tibet
Way of Peace
Local notes center on visits and events in Akron area
Marilyn Trometer visited Hawar warden to see her sister and family. Leona Kluver from Sioux City stayed with her sister Mrs Clifford Boetger. Mrs G T Snyder and daughter Mrs Elmer Hammer visited Memorial Day. The Lund siblings from Bruce, 8 D, visited over Memorial Day. J M Yttreness of Beresford will hold open house for 50th wedding anniversary at Romsdal church. Akron Farmerette Club to be heard on WNAX June 13. Mrs Edmund Blum will be on air June 9 advertising for Arden Brown. Sgt Waterbury has been in service. A W Johnson and Mrs Alberta Matkin plan a month-long California trip. Plymouth county swimming program starts June 25. Akron youths to participate. bus to LeMars at 9:00 am. Swimming cards from Harry Hills required. Clifford E Johnson resigns as Farmers Cooperative manager to lead Farmers Co-Op Elevator Sheldon June mid. Replacement not yet chosen. Johnson active in civic life. town council member. family to be missed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Trometer
Hawarwarden
Leona Kluver
Sioux City
Clifford Boetger
G. T. Snyder
Elmer Hammer
Sheldon
Iowa
Arthur
Oscar Lund
Anna Lund
Bruce
J. M. Yttreness
Beresford
M. D
Romsdal
Akron Farmerette Club
WNAX
George B. German
Edmund Blum
Akron
Natronal
Arden Brown
Jack Waterbury
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas
O. W. Harvey
Alice Waterbury
Sgt. Waterbury
Chico
Chas. Johnson
Los Angeles
Plymouth County
LeMars
Harry Hills
Clifford E. Johnson
Farmers Co-Operative
Farmers Co-Op
Johnson
Farmers Co- Op
Liens Filed Against New Akron Hospital in Friendly Suit
A friendly suit seeks to establish mechanics’ liens totaling 61,270 against Akron Community Hospital, with architects and contractors from Sioux City arguing for senior lien status and a receiver to assure payment. The hospital opened four months ago and has raised about 175,000 of its 250,000 construction cost. two earlier liens exist for materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
LeMars. Sentinel
Akron Community Hospital
Sioux City
the Sentinel
K. E. Westerlind
F. P. Sulzbach
Electrical Engineering Co., Inc
Scott Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc
Interstate Sheet Metal Works
Gaynor Bagstad Co, Inc
Farmers Co-Operative
Last Rites At Vermillion For Former Akron Man
Harold C. Ferris died May 25 at 9 15 p m in Custer S D after about a year of illness. Born February 2 1905 in Akron Iowa he was Lutheran. He married Julia Erickson August 27 1937 at Bergen Lutheran church. He belonged to Trinity Lutheran In cense Lodge 2 A F and A M Vermillion Chapter 21 R A M Vermillion Commandery 16 K T and Juno Chapter 44 OBS. He worked at Anderson Bros service station about ten years then Gunderson Hardware. Survived by wife Julia son Eldon in the Marines in Alaska mother Mary Ferris Los Angeles sisters Mrs Clifford Lamoureux Akron and Mrs Evelyn Goold Los Angeles. Services Friday at 2 00 p m at Trinity Lutheran church interment Bluff View Cemetery. Clyde Ross treated in a Sioux City hospital this week for an eye infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Ferris
S. D
Harold C. Ferris
Custer
Akron
Iowa
Julia Erickson
Bergen Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Incense Lodge
Gunderson Hardware Company
Julia
Eldon Ferris
Marines
Alaska
Mary Ferris
Los Angeles
Calif
Clifford Lamoureux
Evelyn Goold
Bluff View Cemetery
Norka Theatre Week Features Western, Comedy Drama and Musical
The Norka Theatre will show a western drama in technicolor titled Wyoming Mall on June 8 and 9, a comedy drama Born Yesterday with Judy Holliday, William Holden and Broderick Crawford on June 10–11–12, and a musical I’ll Get By in technicolor from June 13–14 with Harry James, Dan Dailey, Jane Haver and Gloria DeHaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norka Theatre
Norka ‘Theater
Judy Holliday
William Holden
Broderick Crawford
Wilmfare
20Th Fox
Harry James
Dan Dailey
Jane Haver
Gloria DeHaven
Dennis Day
Akron DuLuth game postponed to Saturday evening
The baseball game on the Akron grounds between Akron and the Duluth Travelers, a colored team, is postponed due to rain and wet grounds. It will start at 8 30 Saturday. Akron also schedules Yankton at Vermillion Friday and Vermillion at Akron Thursday June 14 in a Tri State League week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Duluth Travelers
Yankton
Vermillion
Local notes on gatherings and visitors in Vesper area
Regular meeting of Vesper chapter No 61 OQE Friday evening features initiation. Many locals travel to visit relatives in El Paso Texas and Sioux City. Community members attend Bible Camp at Okoboji, visit hospitals, plane trips to Dansville and Sioux City. Alvira Tremaine dies at 95 in Sioux City. funeral Friday at Rossow Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesper
Mrav Héiman
Dirks
el Paso
Texas
Ivy] Small
Dennis
Diana
Harley Small
Sioux City
Margie Dimmick
Ross Root
Trinity Lutheran Church
Okoboji
Ardin Hitzemann
John Pannhuk
Joyce Jungensen
Adell Rozell
Avery Small
Gayland
Akron Community Hospital
Rescent
Arthur Ludwig
Hawarden
Jerry Voss
Natalie
Arnold Amundson
Vern Woodworth
Dansville
N. Y
Ethel Daniels
John
Woodworth
Clara Barton
American
Red Cross
Fred Richters
Avon
Dick Richters
David Beegk
Joe Graff
Orange City
Alvira Tremaine
W. R. Tremaine
Agon
F. W
Last Rites Held For Former Akron Teacher Sunday
Funeral services for Marian Louise Larson Fricke of Newell Iowa were held Sunday at Immanuel Lutheran Church Pomeroy with Rev E Tolch officiating. She died from injuries in a Memorial Day auto crash near Alta Iowa. Interment at Union Cemetery. Her survivor list includes parents Lars and Marian Larson and siblings. Her husband Paul Fricke survived with injuries, former Akron schools teacher in 1949 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Fricke
Newell
Iowa
Alta
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Pomeroy
E. Tolch
Union Gegimeters
Lars Larson
Henry Rowell
Spink
Louis Kaelke
Akron
Howard A. Bentin
Bellwood
Ill
Ags
Register-Tribune
Fricke
Marian Larson
Highway 6
Sims
Cherokee
Marian Louise Larson
Union County
M. D
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
Religious Films On Sunday Evening At Akron
The Akron Ministerial Association will present a second Sunday program of religious films at 8:00 p.m. in the Methodist Church focusing on international relations. The first film Tibet offers insider views of the country, while The Way of Peace discusses Christian principles in world affairs. A free-will offering supports expenses. series runs through June and July in cooperating churches. June 17 is reserved for Immanuel Lu Pfe organ dedication. Also reported, Jack Brodie, 19, Marine Corps, died of wounds in Korea, first LeMars casualty in Plymouth County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Ministerial Association
Methodist Church
Tibet
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Pfe
Jack Brodie
Marine Corps
Korea
Wm. Brodie
LeMars
Plymouth County
Akron and Big Springs Baptist Church Notices
Church and library notices outline sermons and activities at Akron First Baptist and Big Springs Baptist Churches plus summer library hours. Events include Sunday worship, Bible school, a mission meeting, and evening programs, with dates in June and July and a family story quote. Public library hours extend to Tuesday Friday 3 to 5 pm and Saturday 7 30 to 9 30 pm.
Local notices and visiting relatives fill Union Creek area
Janice Tammen of Craig visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Aig Osterthun this week. Union Creek Extension Club meets at Esther Hultgren home Monday. Election of officers. Mrs Richard Beasley traveled to Columbus Georgia after a three week visit with grandmother Mrs Clara B Raish. Several families from Leeds Sioux City Primghar Mount Pleasant and Des Moines attend Memorial Day visitations. A new Baldwin Organ installed at Immanuel Lutheran church with dedication service June 17. Families take trips and attend weddings and workshops across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Tammen
Craig
Aig. Osterthun
Union Creek Extension Club
Esther Hultgren
Richard Beasley
Columbus
Georgia
Clara B. Raish
Cora Bauerly
Leeds
H. D. Small
Roger Barr
Lyle Grenier
Sioux City
Avery Small
Baldwin
Immanuel Lutheran Church
H. Myron Braun
R. B. Brown
Raymond Brown
Mollie Jean Brown
California
BR. B. Brown
Frank McMillan
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Akron Priest Is Honored Sunday On Anniversary
The Rev. Bathers Ernst of Akron and Westfield parishes was celebrated for his silver jubilee with a mass at St Patrick's and a dinner party at Akron public school auditorium. Attending priests from nearby towns participated, with Msgr Fisch and Father Vollmer among speakers. Ernst plans to depart June 13 for Germany for about two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bather Guartes Ernst
Akron Public School
St. Patrick's Ehuren
Richard V. Sweeney
Sioux City
Walner Raymond Wieling
le Mars
Father Edward Vollmer
Father Vollmer
St. Patrick
Akron
Westfield
George Theobald
Remsen
Megr
J. D. Fisch
LeMars
Ernst
St. John’s Church
Bancroft
Iowa
Carl Ernst
Whittemore
Father Ernst
Msgr
Linus J. LaVelle
Raymond Wieling
H. A. Janse
Kingsley
E. V. Vollmer
Edward Hoffmann
E. F. Casey
Denison
St. Patrick’s Church
Akron High to Start Summer Band Program Next Week
More than forty youths from Akron and surrounding areas signed up for free summer band instruction under Karl A. Rogosch, new Akron High School music director. Space remains for others to join and contact the music room at the school. The summer band will give its first street concert Wednesday, June 13 at 8:00 p.m. Regular Tuesday evening rehearsals begin June 12 at 7:30 p.m. Open to those with band experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Karl A. Rogosch
Rofosch
Rogosch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lester Aalfs
Watertown
Edna Trindle
Cheyenne
Wyo
Philip Aalfs
Aberdean
J. J. Ralfs
Luth
Chatsworth
J. A. Pannhuk
Clyde Ross
First Baptist Church
Lisve U. m
Akron Baptist Ladies Association
Storm Lake Bible Camp
Dan J. Peterson
Big Springs
Bernard Perlman
Alan
Primghar
George Shindler
Perlman
K & K Company
Arvin Finzen
Arden Johnson
David Roy
Kiron
Marian Hawkinson
Stella Bindwall
Ray Downing
Ludwig Sommervold
Elk Point
Mr. Sommervold
Here
Ilinois
Indiana
Halverson
Evan Harris
Town
Robert Palmer
Roger
Larry
Des Moines
Wesley McCorkell
Lois Jean and
Raymond
Canistota
Joyea Harria
Harlan W. Hummel
Charles Ernst
Jacqueline Claaasen
Long Beach
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!