Chatsworth social notes honor Hawarden graduate Chuck Renken
Chatsworth scene records numerous luncheon and visit events in honor of Chuck Renken and other locals. Guests visit from Hawarden Akron Ireton Ames Sioux City Cherokee Wisconsin and Minnesota while family celebrations and showers pepper weekend recollections of birthdays weddings and college departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Renken
Chuck
Hawarden High School
Nellie Burnight
Rich Renken
Greg
Adina
Minnesota
Raymond Barr
Beresford
S.D
Myron Coons
Ireton
Rose Johnson
Hawarden
Tim Repp
H. Collmann
Cynthia Collmann
Iowa City
Fred Schroeder
Ralph Collmann
Hartley
Iowa
Colin Collmann
G. Moller
Henry Collmann
Jack
Lake
Chris
Friend
Ames
Jom Gronemeyer
Cherokee
Clara Sattoff
F. McKee
Lizzie Anderson
Anna Mae Rep
Charles Hendricks
Hughy Jackson
Vermillion
M.D
Steve Lowell
Sioux City
E. Repp
John
Wisconsin Falls
Wisconsin
Sam Jones
H. Liston
Deloris Friske
Akron
Raymond Weyen
Sioux Center
Herman Weyen
Beverly Friske
Chatsworth
Connie Green
Gerhard Moller
Omaha
Nebraska
Ken Johnson
Harold Buchman
Albert Moehlmann
Gary Moehlmann
Ellene Moehlmann
Brian
John Bultman
Dennis Bultman
Akron Nursing Home
Hallie Bultman
Donald Boetger
25th anniversary thanks note from Bere Floyd and Ann Lennon
Bere Floyd and Ann Lennon express gratitude for support on their 25th anniversary. They thank everyone for cards gifts and coffee along with special thanks to Peg Searls Delores Kathy and Linda Buryanek for their hard work. The couple cherishes the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peg Searls
Delores
Kathy
Linda Buryanek
Birthday wishes and hospital notes from Westfield
Westfield News notes Olive Sanford's 98th birthday on May 26 while hospitalized at Akron Hospital after a fall. Other items include Harold Vrana and Gladys Faust as surgical patients, Helen Faust's 78th birthday, and visits from Nancy McCarthy, Chuck, and others. Also mention Jerry Mount in Marine Boot Camp with mailing info and local sympathy for Dee Ross's death. Joe Schrerer's 50th anniversary events and other local visits noted. Kitchen Chatters share a children’s birthday cone cake craft and a cookie dough tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Sanford
Olive
Akron Hospital
Harold Vrana
St. Joseph Hospital
Sioux City
Gladys Faust
Helen Faust
Nancy McCarthy
Chuck
Dorothy Dewey
Rita Faust
Jerry Mount
Marine Boot Camp
San Diego
California
Peggy Neal
North Dakota
Guy Rosa, Sr
Dee Ross
Akron
George Bern
Joe Schrerer
Remsen
Casper Patton
Beth Dailey
Ron Trude
Grateful thanks for help during illness and recovery
George E. Hitzemann expresses deep gratitude to family, friends, and neighbors for support during a hospital stay and two months of recuperation. Special thanks go to Tom Kenny for the ride home, Donald Neunacher, Richard Oetken, Arnold Hitzemann for livestock care, Pastor Clausen for visits, and the men who helped with the May 15 crops. God bless you all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Kenny
Donald Neunacher
Richard Oetken
Arnold Hitzemann
Pastor Clausen
George E. Hitzemann
Summer Reading Program Returns with Read Pass It On theme
The library announces this summer’s program for Grades 1 through 6 starting Monday June 11. It lasts six weeks with rewards for reading 20 books and a surprise gift. New adult titles include The Bitter Tea The Lady of Quality Diddakoi Whats Right With Us Parents The Betty Tree Return the Innocent Earth Love and Laughter On the Banks of Plum Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Heyer
Diddakoi
Rumer Godden
Grace Fletcher
Ryan
Wilma Dykeman
Marjorie Holmes
Plum Creek
Wilder
Ladies Golf Corner June 13-Pat Bernard, Jan Boyd
About 45 attendees joined the Akron Golf Club May luncheon on May 30 hosted by Lillian Adams and others. Pat Bernard announced the August 8 Ladies Invitational Tournament with advance handicap setup. Card chairman Evelyn Waterman led, pot luck luncheons weekly, and a July 4 supper planned by Fred Claesson and Ed Hartmann committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Bernard
Jan Boyd
Akron Golf Club
Lillian Adams
Doris Brundeen
Helen Dirks
Marjorie Lucken
Shirley Miller
Ladies Golf Assoc
Evelyn Waterman
Fred Claesson
Ed Hartmann
Betty Heyl
Karen Willer
Joy Dirks
Kathy Clausen
Irene Smith
Lois Klemme
Barb Coyle
Marge Dykstra
Obituary: Mrs Welton Barr Former Akron Resident
Mildred Pike Barr born April 4 1902 in Akron died May 29 in Fresno California after an extended illness. She married Welton Barr October 2 1922 in Elk Point South Carolina. Survivors include her widower a foster daughter and siblings. Funeral services were held May 31 in California and June 2 in Akron. Interment Riverside Cemetery Akron community offers condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welton
Mildred) Barr
Akron
Fresno
Calif
Barr
Mildred Pike
Charles and
Grace
Neal) Pike
Elk Point
S.C
Phyllis Hasenbank
Minneapolis, Minn
Clifford Pike
Essie Beard
Hazel Raney
Valley City
Annetta Thoring
Nappa
Cloris Funeral Chapel
Cloris
Schroeder
Robert Hamilton
Leslie Mitchell
Lucile Ross
Ed Hartmann
R. D. Clark
Arthur Hasenbank
W. B. Neal
Ed Willer
John VonHagel
Riverside Cemetery
Kenneth Hasenbank
Daughers Debra
Chrisenda
Garvis Barr
DeCele Barr
Bruce Barr
Oscar Lundeen
Kenneth and
Lyle
Vincent Squires
Neva Neal
Beryl Neal
Barbara
Former Akron girl accepted at UCLA
Colleen Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Hall of Santa Ana California and former Akron residents graduates Saddle Back High School Santa Ana ranked fourth in a 540 student class and completed 9 college units. She earned a scholarship from the local union and a merit award from the Orange County Pan-Hellenic Association and will attend UCLA to study anthropology with plans to teach at the college level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleen Hall
Bill Hall
Santa Ana
Calif
Akron
Saddle Back High School
Colleen
Orange County Pan-Hellenic Association
American Legion Auxiliary of
Girls’ State
Girls Athletic Association of
Saddle Back High
University of California At
Los Angeles
U.C.L.A
Hall
Planting Bee Held at Geo Hitzemann Farm
Neighbors and friends hosted a planting bee at George Hitzemann’s farm on May 15 as he recuperates from hospitalization. Six tractors with wheel discs, three minimum till planters, three row planters, and two drugs aided the effort while numerous locals assisted in planting and kitchen duties. The Hitzemann family thanks all who helped during this difficult time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hitzemann
Hitzemann
Rev. Clauson
Rennie Witt
Leonard Dirks
Fred Andresen
Mervin Oetken
Donald Neunaber
Carl Hitzemann
Virgil Willer
Darrell Siebens
Delmar Gerrietts
Elmer Anderson
Richard Oetken
Arnold Hitzemann
Alan Oetken
Darwin Klemme
Earl Oetken
Gaylen Tapper
Dennis Wilken
Henry Kleihauer
Tom Kenny
Iver Pollock
Don Neunaber
Fred Andregen
Vernon Jurgensen
Henry Hitzemann
Paul Meske
Mervin Ooetken
Boy's Dream Trip Contest Winner Thanks Voters
The presenter expresses gratitude to all who voted, noting anticipation of winning the trip and looking forward to the prize from Paul's 1.G.A.
Cancer crusade holds regular board meeting in Plymouth county
Plymouth county chapter of the American Cancer Society held a regular board meeting at Westmar commons. Mrs. Don Peters presided, education report read by Mrs. M. E. Atkinson, with 15 films and 580 viewers last quarter and 2,000 pamphlets distributed. Total crusade funds reached 6,381 toward a 9,428 goal. 52 percent reports in. Election of officers and directors announced. attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County
American Cancer Society
Westmar Commons
Don Peters
M. E. Atkinson
Arlie Pierson
County Crusade
Herman Schulz
North Central Area
R. J. Becker
South Central Area
Virgil Jastram
Southeast Area
Crusade
Pierson
Dean Rowe
Joe Easton
Roger
Curtis J. E. Johnsons to observe silver wedding
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis J. E. Johnson request the honor of your presence at their parents 25th wedding anniversary open house. It will be held June 10, 1973, from 2 to 5 PM at the Messiah Lutheran Church fellowship hall in rural Trent, South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis J. E. Johnson
Lora Fletcher
Messiah Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
Trent
S.D
Richard Richters
Hawarden
Dick Richters
Akron
Fred Richters
Tripp
Jack Popken
Fred Popken
Randolph
Nebr
August Krueger
Plymouth County
le Mars
Kenneth Brown
Adaville United Methodist Church
Ellen Jelken
Lori Less
Mary Kay Allen
Krista Heeren
Steve Nielson
Karen Kroksh
Kathy Nilsson
Lori Heeren
Miriam Small
Debbie K
Birthday Celebrations at Le Mars Nursing Home Highlight June Festivities
Alfred Wilken and Art Dahlman visit John Wilken as families call on the Le Mars home. Hattie Bultman, aged 83, is feted with ice cream cake and songs by daughters and sons on Saturday June 2. Relatives drop by for rides and chats, while neighbors and church groups serve sandwiches and coffee in a busy week of visits and greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Wilken
Art Dahlman
le Mars
John Wilken
Meta Bockelman
Hawarden
Herbert Anderson
Trent
S.D
Mare Bennett
Madeline Vanderham
Anne Jurgertsen
Sioux City
Lizzie Gibbons
Friends
John Bultman
Chatsworth
Hattie Bultman
Walter Huebner
Hattie
William. van Wyhe
Russell Daniel
Merrill
John Daniel
Russell
Gordon Bryant
Sutherland
Alice Bryant
Glen Horton
Helen Horton
Anne Meyer
Lois Nelson
Edith Buron
Naomi Circle Women's Society of Baptist Church
Dorothy Brown
Helen Adams
Chester Campbell
Lillian Swanson
Eber Waterman
Kingsley
Ed Nelson
Westfield
Lois
Harry Nelson
Roy Postlewait
Minnie Postlewait
Lizzie Tindall
Adaville
Grace Fruerhelm
Lizzie
Donna Allen
Dennis Roghair
Adaville United Methodist Church
Ralph Allen
West Mar Calvary Church
Art Pahl
Brunsville
Minnie Clark
Albert Osterbuhr
Harold Johnson
Elsie Anderson
Gertrude Ross
Cliff Anderson
Virgil Anderson
Centerville
Local Rainbow Girls bake sale set for Saturday at Dr Garvin's
Community notices list bake sales by Rainbow Girls and United Methodist Women at Dr Garvin's office on June 9 and June 16, plus lunch service by Ladies of St Joseph during Gay 90s Days. Memorial Day weekend visits from Denver residents and many local gatherings are noted, including a Klemme reunion at Akron City Park and Vesper Chapter 61 meeting honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Girls
Dr. Garvin
Klemme
Akron
United Methodist
Ladies of
Benjamin Noggle obituary in Elk Point history
Benjamin Franklin Noggle, 79, lifelong Elk Point resident, died Sunday in an Akron Iowa hospital after a long illness. Born Oct. 13, 1893 in Union County South Carolina, he was a truck gardener and a Methodist Church member. Surviving are his sister Mrs. Gladys Lewison of Sioux City and seven nieces and nephews. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Anderson Funeral Home Elk Point. Rev. William J. Steele officiating. Burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers: Gary Hoklin Merle DeBuhr Jr Elmer Ruger Donald Dunham Gale Agee Patrick Chiefen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin Noggle
Elk Point
Akron
Iowa
Mr. Noggle
Union County
S.C
Methodist Church
Gladys Lewison
Sioux City
Anderson
William J. Steele
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Gary Hoklin
Merle DeBuhr, Jr
Elmer Ruger
Donald Dunham
Gale Agee
Fatrick Chiefen
Way Back Yonder Akron Register-Tribune 1903 1913 1923 notes
Highlights from Akron Register-Tribune files recount early 1900s progress on electric light plans, deaths and births, and school diplomas. It covers 1903 1913 1923 milestones including a large graduating class, river flooding impacts, and local business notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Register-Tribune
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Nencap
Bere
Floyd and
Ann Lennon
Westfield News
Welton Barr
Geo Hitzemann
Cancer Crusade
Arnold Imbrock
H. W. Sibley
Dale Drum
Fletcher West
Bertsel Brown
Donald Banks
Elmer Bogh
Nursing Home News
Norman Warenhorst
Patsy
Herman Haage
Lubben
Calvin Robertson
Nancy
Ruth Robertson
Howard Dean
Don Boden
Denver, Colo
H. P. Anderson
Vesper Chapter
Sibyl Campbell
Helen Neary
Sioux Falls
Fort Dodge
Milwaukee
Wisc
Glen Kask
Minneapolis
Bill Chambers
Carroll, Iowa
Stryewski
Arlo Rozell
al Hoepner
Hancock
Devin Lynn
Dennis Sorensen
Gayville
Kenneth Port
Neal Seipp
Ellengray
Morgantown
West Virginia
Joyce Seipp
Francis Spire
Vermillion, M.D
Paul
LGA
Gary Horton
Benjamin. Noggle
Mahlon Gore
Cyrus Knapp
Henry Carpenter
Will Oaks
Olaf
Lawrence
M. E. Church
Board of Supervisors
Ita
Peter Kallsen
Leo Gable
Frank Carr
Verlan Bedient
Reinhardt Kiewel
C. M. Hilliker
Hilliker & Son
Bernard Anton Henke
James F. Kennedy
Laura Snyder
W. J. Brunner
C. P. Buswell
Empress Theater
Gerald Smith
Lynn Booth
Albert Lewison
O. F. Bohman
Minnie E. Richters
Everett C. Johnson
Mildred Richards
Howard Featherston
Dorothy Louise Clark
Courtney William Morford
Akron Tennis Club
le Mars High School
Leonard Swanson
Chas. Yoerger
Louis Frerichs
John Henrich
Merle Tool
Agnes Newman
Quinton Nielson
Etta Tieden
Russell Huff
Lawrence Feauto
Carl A. Carlson
Kenneth Wales
Robert Pollock
Jay D. Robertson
Donald J. Gabel
Malcolm Brodie
Ralph Stryzewski
Kathleen Knotz
Robert Utesch
Jo Ann Muir
Alfred Janssen
Norman Anderson
Masonic Temple
J. R. Dewey
American Canter Society
Paul Rossbach
Eva Calhoon
Oscar G. Jansson
Dona Jean Liebrich
Patrick F. Lennon
Roger Nielsen
Gary Hillrichs
Dens Goodrich
Roger Frerichs
Clark van Donge
Alan Hemmingsen
FFA
Fullerton
George
West Sioux
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