Eleven Churches to Meet in Akron Baptist Association
Eleven churches in the Sioux Valley Baptist Association will meet at Akron Baptist Church on Tuesday afternoon June 13 at 2 oclock and continue sessions through Wednesday evening June 14. The program emphasizes business and Baptist concerns with evening inspirational services at 7 30 both Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday night features Austrian violinist William Wesenauer and Rev George Siemers will speak on witnessing for Christ. All are welcome regardless of church membership.
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Sioux Valley
Baptist Association
Akron Baptist Elurch
Baptist Church
Akron
William Wesenauer
Wesenauer
George Siemers
Baptist Ministers of
Iowa
Christ
First Church Schedule and Junior Endeavorers Bake Sale
The First Church of Christ Bible school begins at 10 a.m. with amominion and preaching services. Senior C E meets Sunday at 6 30 p m while Junior Endeavorers gather June 18 for a picnic and bake sale on Saturday June 10. Jean Culpepper reports a bake sale to support the Junior Endeavorers.
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Arial
Jean Culpepper
Sunday services and bake sale at Peasant Hill church
At Peasant Hill U B Church Sunday school starts at 10 am with worship at 11 am and evening service at 8 pm led by Rev A P Vannice who is planned to attend. The Junior Endeavorers will hold a bake sale Saturday June 10 and invite patronage.
Varenhorst Franz of Plymouth County Dies After Illness
Franz Varenhorst longtime Plymouth county resident and farmer in Johnson and Grant townships died May 30 after a brief illness. Born May 4 1858 in Etzel Germany he married Anna Koster in 1884. They came to the United States in 1891 lived in Nebraska briefly then settled in Plymouth county farming land. Survived by son H W Varenhorst eight grandchildren and a widow and two deceased children Joph and Mrs Paul Schulz. Funeral held Friday at Hautheran church Johnson township with Rev F Bunge officiating and burial in Grant township cemetery. Pallbearers were George Borchers August Herzberg Edwin Klemme Fred Kuehn Otto Kuehn and Jos Pollock.
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Ai Franz
Varenhorst
Plymouth County
Jolingon
Peel
Fritz B. Warenhorst
Etzel
Germany
Anna Anna
Koster
United States
Nebraska
Preston
Grant Town
Warenhorst
Joph
Paul Schulz
H. ‘W. Varenhorst
Lutherorm
Hautheran
Johnson Township
F ‘Bunge
Christchurch
Mammen
Grant Township
George Borchers
August Herzberg
Edwin Klemme
Fred Kuehn
Otto Kuehn
Jos. Pollock
Legion and Auxiliary notes Plymouth county visit Cherokees
The American Legion Auxiliary Units of Plymouth county will entertain the Veterans at the Cherokee hospital next Sunday afternoon June 11. A program will be presented by each Unit contributing one number and treats will be given to Veterans. Program begins at 1:45 p.m. followed by a hospital tour. Members urged to attend especially Legionaires.
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Legion and Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Plymouth County
Cherokee Hospital
Legionaires
Plymouth County Association of the Legion and Auxiliary
Remsen
Gladys Krose
Anna Reemis
Ruth Larsen
Neva Pollock
Berniece Dirks
Ida Smith
Anna Hasenbank
Nettie Anderson
Frinity Lutheran Church Mission Festival at Chatsworth
The Frinity Lutheran Church announces a Sunday schedule with no services this week. Children’s Mission practice Saturday at 8 p.m. Ladies’ Aid meets Thursday June 15 in church parlors with Mrs. Chas Jurgensen hosting. The Annual Mission Festival will be at Chatsworth church Sunday June 11 with German service at 10:30 a.m. and English service at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Fred A. Meske Jr. of Morris Minn. will speak. dinner will be served.
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Ladies’ Aid
Chas. Jurgensen
Chatsworth
Fred A. Meske, Jr
Morris, Minn
Fred A. Meser
Former Akron Man Called by Death
Peter J. Siert, 55, Blair native and longtime baker, died after a half year illness. He had lived in Blair, George and Akron, Iowa, and Walt Hill Nebraska. Survived by wife Myrtle Day, two daughters, mother Anna Siert, sisters Kate and Margaret, four brothers Frank Paul Chris Fred, and four grandchildren. Funeral at Campbell's Mortuary with Rev. Arthur Mitchell officiating.
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E.’P. Klauer
Edward
W.F. Keane
Blair
Nebr
P.'J. Siert
Akron
Blair Pilot-Tribune
Peter J. Siert
Anna Siert
West
Washington Street
Iowa
Siert
George
Walthill
Nebraska
Mr. Siert
Henry
Kate
Margaret
Frank
Paul
Chrie
Fred Siert
Campbell’s Mortuary
Arthur, F. Mitchell
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Blair Cemetery
Akron Young Man and Hawarden Girl Wed
Theodore Burnight of Akron and Miss Marjorie Wheeler of Hawarden were married last Thursday morning June 1 at logo Rev Fr Chas Ernst officiating. Attended by Mr and Mrs Sylvester Vanderham. Bride daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Wheeler of Hawarden. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Chas Burnight of Akron and a Akron High School graduate employed at Lundgren garage. The couple will reside in Akron and are popular with friends who offer congratulations and best wishes. Patronize your home merchants.
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Theodore Burnight
Akron
Marjorie’ Wheeler
Hawarden
Chas, Ernst
Sylvester “Vanderham
Albert ‘L. Wheeler
L. R. Ball
Chas. Burnight
Akron High School
Lundgren
Rock Valley Nines Defeat Akron In Night Game
Rock Valley won 7 to 0 under lights as Akron failed to score, despite bases loaded threats and solid pitching by George Zahn. Joe Blair produced two key two base hits, Danish struck out 12 for Rock Valley, while Akron left runners stranded in crucial innings. The two teams meet again in Hinton next Sunday.
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Rock Valley
Akron
Fast Valley
George Zahn
Sioux City
Jones
Tucker
Joe Blair
Blair
Danish
Brown
Zahn
van Citters
Long
Motion Picture Programs of Unusual Interest at Empress Theater
The Empress shows Dawn Patrol with Errol Flynn and a new cast June 9 and 10, The Story of Alexander Graham Bell with Don Ameche and Loretta Young June 11–13, Going Places with Dick Powell June 14–15, plus a Flying G-Men second episode. Matinee Sunday at 2:30. Also notes war thriller and romance comedy appeal.
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Empress Theater
Errol Flynn
Basil Rathbone
David Niven
Donald Crisp
Jay
Alexander Graham Bell
Don Ameche
Loretta Young
Henry Fonda
Charles Coburn
Gene Lockhart
Spring’ Byington
Bell
Dick Powell
Anita Louise
Allen Jenkins
Ronald Reagan
Walter Catlett
Douglas McLean
Dick ‘Powell
Armstrong
Diels Powell
Onion Creek Church Notes
No church services Sunday evening June 11 due to confirmation at Nathaniel Lutheran Church in Alcester. Junior Mission Society meets Luther Hall Wednesday June 14 at 1 30. Luther League meets Tuesday evening June 13 at Luther Hall. hosts Mr and Mrs Arthur Wilcox and Mr and Mrs Harold Stinehart. D Do Edward Pastor.
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Nathaniel Lutheran
Alcester
Junior Mission Society
Luther Hall
Luther League
Arthur’ Wilcox
Harold Stinehart
D. Do Edward
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Calendar and Summer School
Ernest G. Svenson, pastor, announces a junior choir at 2 p m Saturday and Trinity Sunday services at 10 a m Sunday School and 11 a m morning worship with sermon The Value of a Human Soul. No evening service. Summer Vacation School runs June 12 to 24 from 9 to 12 with a picnic finale. Pantry improvements include repainting floor covering and seat upholstering.
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Trinity
Baptist Church Notes Special service in new auditorium
Sunday Bible school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m mark a dedication service with special music. B Y P U meets at 7 p m for plans for Wednesday banquet. Evening worship at 8 p m. Choir practice Saturday at 8 p m. Leslie G Williams, Pastor.
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Bible School
B. Y
Leslie G. Williams
Notes from Local Club and Visits Highlight Week
Regular meeting of Vesper chapter No 61 O E S Friday evening June 9. Dr Geo Mattison Dr C R Mason and Harry Hubbs motored to Omaha to attend horse races. Mr and Mrs J J Arkin and children visited relatives in Omaha and attended his cousin’s wedding there. W C Anderson and Sons prep footings for a 12 foot one story tile addition to the Arkin Store for extra storage space. Mrs E Talsma returned to Alton after visiting her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs M McCarthy. Grandson Donald McCarthy visited. Will Halvorsen hosted a weekend visit from Simon Lutz and Mrs Lutz of Faith SD. Mrs Lutz formerly Julia Kelly Elk Point. Dr G A Leonard of Pawnee City arrived to take over the veterinary practice of Dr Art M Davis. Leonard is Iowa State College veterinary graduate and has practiced the past year. Friends of Mrs Clifford Metz mourn the loss of her father Dr Mathew J Reidy aged 65 a Palo Alto county dentist for thirty years who died in Mallard Iowa last Thursday. Metz family attended funeral there Saturday.
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Vesper
Geo. Mattison
C. R. Mason
Harry Hubbs
Omaha
J. J. Arkin
Nebr
W. C. Anderson & Sons
Arkin
E. Talsma
Alton
M. McCarthy
Donald McCarthy
Will Halvorsen
Simon Lutz
Faith
S. D
Lutz
Julia Kelly
Elk Point
G. A. Leonard
Pawnee City
Art M. Davis
Leonard
Iowa State College
Ames
Clifford Metz
Mathew J. Reidy
Palo Alto
County
Mallard
Iowa
Henke Estate Ordered to Pay Omitted Taxes in Five Year Hurdle
L. B. Crowley, Plymouth county collector of omitted taxes, collected 1862.03 on moneys and credits due for the past five years from Clement Henke's estate. Henke, an Akron centenarian, died earlier this spring after a shooting incident during a botched robbery. He hoarded cash at home, with about 54,000 in 1935 and cash rising yearly, while withholding large sums from banks. One sixth of the total goes to soldiers' bonus. the rest to various funds, with Akron Independent School District the principal beneficiary. Taxes accrue at 6 mills for omitted payments and 6 percent interest, but can be collected for five years. The settlement may not bar later collections if more money is found.
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L. BE. Crowley
Plymouth County
Clement Henke
Akron
Henke
Akron Independent
Catholic Church Services and Communion Schedule
Catholic church announces Holy Mass at 8:00 a.m. and late Mass at 10:00 a.m. Children will receive First Solemn Communion at 8:00 a.m. Confessions Saturdays 4 p.m. before the first third and fifth Sundays. St Catharine's Westfield has no Mass Sunday June 11 and confessions at 8 p.m. on Saturdays before the second and fourth Sundays. Father C Ernst, Pastor. Try a Want Ad for quick results.
Lutheran Churches Brule Creek Ju ne church notices and events
Sunday school at 10 with service at 11. Ladies Aid picnic June 22 at Brule Creek. St Paul Sunday school 9 45 Luther League 8 15. Ladies Aid Homecoming June 16 at 8 00. Kittenball game and social by Luther League at St Paul grounds June 12 at 6. Proceeds fund a delegate to the Luther League convention in Los Angeles. Pastor Walter I Aamoth invites all.
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Ladies’ Aid
Brule Creek
Luther League
Ole Haug
Alfred Erickson
Magnus Hanson
St. St. Paul
Los Angeles
Calif
Walter I. Aamoth
Methodist Church Notes Children Day Program at 10 30
Sunday plans include a Children's Day program at 10 30 with a sermon at 11 00. Parents with children to be baptized should see the pastor before Sunday. Daily Vacation Bible School continues through next week ending with a program Sunday evening June 18. J Moore, Pastor.
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J. #. MOORE
Sioux Busy Bees Meet at Donlin Home
The Sioux Busy Bees 4-H club met at Esther Donlin's home on Thursday June 1 with Doris McNaughton and Esther Donlin as hostesses. Members planned fundraising ideas and rehearsed songs for Rally Day on Friday June 9.
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Bioux Township
Busy Bees
Sioux Busy Bees
4-H
Esther Donlin
Doris McNaughton
Damages Awarded in Federal Court Battle Near Hawarden
A Sioux City jury awarded damages totaling 750 to Albert C. Wallace and Just Frank Wallace in two cases against Jesse Westergaard, a Chatsworth farmer. The youths, represented by guardian H. J. Brown, alleged injuries from a State Highway 12 crash near Hawarden last August 13. Albert Wallace received 500 and Just Frank Wallace 250. The trial featured Westergaard as a principal witness in the first federal court action at the term.
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Sioux City
Jesse Westergaard
Chatsworth
Westergaard
Plymouth
Sioux
Frank Wallace
Albert C. Wallace
Albert Wallace
H. J. Brown
Western Guard
Hawarden
Harold Port to Wed Adeline Lutz in Java June 11
Vermillion Republican announces the engagement of Adeline Lutz of Java Iowa to Harold Port of Akron Iowa. He is a University of Iowa senior and Sigma Alpha Epsilon member. she Delta Delta Delta alumna. After a June 11 ceremony in Java they will reside in New York state. A party honored the couple with a pink and white theme and a linen shower hosted by Tri Delt sisters.
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Vermillion Republican
Adeline Lutz
Java
Harold Port
Akron
Iowa
Miss Lutz
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Tri Delt
Carla Sorenson
Regulars defeat Spink in horseshoe contest
In a horseshoe contest last Sunday afternoon the Nielsen Regulars defeated Spink 6 of 7 games. Game scores show Regulars with 56 60 27 52 52 54 53 totaling 354 to Spink 34 40 59 38 8 35 totaling 222.
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Nielsen
Wakeman Couple Attend Funeral North of Town
Mr and Mrs George Wakeman and Mr and Mrs Glenn Wakeman traveled to Sioux Falls last week to attend the funeral of Mrs George Lennard, mother-in-law to Lester Wakeman, who died of a heart attack on Monday of last week.
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George Wakeman
Glenn. Wakeman
Sioux Falls
Lester Wakeman
George Lennard
Akron Loses Hard Fought Game to LeMars Orioles
Under high wind and dust the Akron baseball team dropped a tight contest to the LeMars Orioles on their diamond. Akron totaled thirteen hits but failed to convert in key moments as LeMars pulled ahead in the fourth and George Zahn replaced Kapfer in the fifth. Ard Brown, Tucker, Beaubien, and Martin produced early runs for Akron while LeMars mounted a late comeback and held on for the win.
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Akron
LeMars Orioles
LeMars
Orioles
Essig
Sioux City
Kapfer
George Zahn
Kapter
Brown
Tucker
Beaubien
Lantaff
Jas
Martin
Honnold
Larson
Wittgen
Jao
Higgins
Peck
Reuter
Meyers
Burns
Grant
Ard
University of Iowa students return home after year of study
Albert Lea Lemen and LeRoy Burker returned home Saturday from Iowa City after completing a year's work as ag students at the University of Iowa. Albert Lee plans to attend the Reserve Officers Training Corps camp at Fort Snelling Minnesota this summer.
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Albert Lea Lemen
LeRoy Burker
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Albert Lee
Reserve Officers’ ‘Training Corps
Fort Snelling
Minn
Akron Teacher Weds Last Fall in Hawarden
Miss Alice Cooper and Milo Ericson were married August 6, 1938, at the Methodist parsonage in Pender Nebraska. Attendants Wm Rembe and a dinner followed at the Rembe home. The bride, from the Cooper family in Washington township, wore her mother’s ivory satin gown. She is a Hawarden native who studied at Cedar Falls and later taught in Sioux County rural schools and Chatsworth.
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Hawarden
Milo. Ericson
Wm. Rembe
Rembe Home
Ericson
I. F. Cooper
Washington Township
Hawarden High School
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Sioux County
Chatsworth
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First Church OF Christ
Hill
U. B
P. Vannice
Bible
Sve
Franz
Frinity Lutheran Church
Rock Valley Nine
Hinton
Motion Picture
Onion Creek
Henke Estate
Akron Savings Bank
First National
Algteare le Ai
Tn House
First National Akron
Akron Savings ‘Bank
Akron Oe
South Dakota
Catholic Church Services
St. Patrick's
St. Paul
Methodist Church
Spink
Alice Cooper
Milo Ericson
Pender, Nebraska
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