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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
2
Local items include visits by residents to Sioux City Hawarden and Des Moines. Events feature Union Creek Extension club, Akron Band concert, and a Young Democrats meeting in Des Moines. Several residents travel, attend reunions, and report health, farming, and weather updates across the region.
Beresford wins six of seven games against the Bluffers in a Sunday on neutral ground at Spink. Final scores show Beresford at 366 to Bluffers 241 with majority points 125. Bluffers and Nielson's team schedule a rematch at Frank Sayles grounds next Sunday week.
A returning Akron teacher, who has taught several years in Akron schools, recently wed in a fall ceremony. The groom, Ericson, is the eldest son of Mrs. L. D. Ericson and has farmed locally, described as a man of sterling character. Guests at the announcement party included numerous relatives from Hawarden and nearby towns. After a social afternoon, x rays and nursing visits followed, with health authorities and the Christmas Seal Committee collaborating on a program funded equally by the State Health Department and Christmas Seals sales.
Public health nurse Miss Alice Miller leads a Plymouth county effort to find undiagnosed tuberculosis among close contacts of known cases. Examinations are arranged through family physicians for those exposed, with tuberculin skin tests at doctors’ offices and chest x rays for positives, to prevent hidden disease from advancing.
The town council warns water users to reduce sprinkling by about half as city pumps cannot meet demand. If not heeded, regular rates will apply starting July 1. By order of Town Council.
The Women’s Extension clubs of Union County will hold their annual Achievement Day at Elk Point on Saturday June 10. Judging of exhibits in storefront windows starts the day with a picnic lunch in the city park at noon. An afternoon program in the high school auditorium begins at 1 15 with reports, singing, a pageant Pioneer Women and a speaker from Get Together Spink club Miss Wilder and L V Ausman will award ribbons and lead community singing before adjournment. Family and friends are invited.
A series of births across the Akron area reported in early June 1939. Families named include Van Hofwegan, Dewey, Frederick, Willer, Gronemeyer, Mann, and Bringman. Babies born at Akron Hospital or nearby locations, with locations described as north west east and south of town. The dates span June 2 through June 8, 1939.
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