Young Couple Weds in Akron Community Nuptials
Miss Helen Seguin daughter of Mr and Mrs George Seguin and Tillman Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Petit Anderson both of Akron Iowa were married Thursday morning June 8 Rev J J OBrien officiating The couple left for a short wedding trip and will reside on the Anderson farm near Akron Attendants were Dolores Seguin and Bernard Cohen The ceremony included Ave Maria Mother Beloved and other hymns sung by local choir members A wedding breakfast followed at the bride's home The bride wore a white dress with fingertip veil and carried a white prayer book The couple plan to live in Kingsley and both have ties to local schools and Air Base at McCook Nebraska
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Seguin
George Seguin
Tilliman
Anderson
Petét Anderson
Akron
Iowa
Gardenia
Mary Agee
Leo Limoges
Frances Twitchell
Anita Seguin
Elmer Twitchell
Home Service Committee Named in Plymouth County
Red Cross held its final LeMars meeting on Wednesday June 14. Eleven residents from across Plymouth County completed a 50 hour Home Service study to assist service members and families with inquiries regulations and aid. Members include Mrs H H Thomas and Mrs Gale Fort Kingsley Mrs Clarence Frank Remsen Mrs W A Aitken Morrill Rev A A Howe and Mrs Dick Bohiken Akron Mrs Fred Ute sohn Miss Rosemary Sartori and Rev W M Hubbard LeMars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home “Service
Plymouth
Red Cross
LeMars
H. H. Thomas
Gale Fort
Kingsley
Clarence Frank
Remsen
W. A. Aitken
Morrill
Ralph Brehm
Hinton
A. A.howe
Dick Bohiken
Akron
Fred. Utesoh
Rosemary Sartori
W. M. Hubbard
Home Service
International Mesa Service of the Red. Cross
Trinity Lutheran Church and St Mathias Lutheran Notes
Trinity Lutheran Church led by Pastor J A Pannhuk holds Sunday school at 1 pm and divine worship at 11 am. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday, sponsors bake sale at Weidenfeller Market Saturday, Vacation Bible School ends Friday after three weeks, Mission Rally at Craig Sunday afternoon. St Mathias Lutheran in Chatsworth offers divine service at 9 am and Sunday school at 10 am with a 2:30 pm Mission Rally at Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
J. A. Pannhuk
Ladies’ Aid
Henry Kleibauer
Weidenfeller Market
Bible School
Striday
Craig
Simday
Christ
Baptist Church Notes June Schedule and Meetings
Friday June 16 Ladies Bible class meets Sunday June 18 United Service of Worship at 10 30 a m followed by Sunday school classes Tuesday and Wednesday June 20 21 Sioux Valley Baptist Association meets at LeMars Thursday 8 00 p m Prayer and Bible study at the parsonage J Olen Kennell Pastor
Pleasant Hill A B Church Vacation Bible School Program
Children of the Daily Vacation Bible School will present a program at Sunday school at 10 a m Gospel services follow at 11 a m The Ladies Aid social meeting is set for Friday evening June 23 at the Herbert Swanson home Rev J E Tracy pastor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
A. B. Church
Children of the Daily Vacation Bible School
Ladies’ Aid
Herbert Swanson
J. E. Tracy
Local News Notes From Sioux Walla Area
Local items note visits and travel including Mrs Wm Bengston and daughter Myra to Watertown South Dakota Mrs Cluett Chamberlain and children to Scotland Iowa Dr H W Reynolds attends centennial Iowa Masonic grand lodge Cedar Rapids Miss Muriel Rozell visits Clinton Iowa Corporal Clarence Bockelman at Schick General Hospital Visitors at the Anderson home include Mr and Mrs Paul Bratt Mrs Olof Anderson and Miss Augusta Peterson of Sioux City Mr and Mrs Hugh Dowling and children Mrs Kathryn Knerler arrives from Asheville Nor Carolina Mrs Larry Germaine and son Michael visit Grace Keane Akron baseball team to play at Sioux Falls U S Legion Pvt Ralph Adams returns from Italy furlough Catherine Electric Club meets Kathleen Boden hosts next at Coyle home June 1b Mrs W H Hunter and son Billy visit Dirks familyCapt W R Hunter stationed New Guinea Lloyd and Wayne
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ployd Adregen
Sioux Walla
Wm. Bengston
Myra
Watertown
Trinity
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
Weidenfeller Market
Freedom
Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Muriel Rozell
Clinton
Iowa
Cpl
Clarence Bockelman
Schick General Hospital
Ernest Anderson
Paul Bratt
Olof Anderson
Augusta Peterson
Sioux City
Hugh Dowling
Kathryn Knerler
Asheville
North Carolina
Larry Germaine
Michael
Love Field
Dallas
Texas
Grace Keane
Akron
Sioux Falls
American Legion
Ralph Adams
U. S. Field Artillery
Italy
Arthur Adams
Pvt. Adams
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Miss Embroidery Club
Kathleen Boden
Ché
Coyle
Shirley
Claire Dalton
W. H.hunter
Billy
Fof Woodward
Okla
Land
John. H. Dirks
Camp Haan
California
Tornado wrecks farm buildings near Akron on Sunday
A tornado-like wind storm struck the James P. Coleman farm three miles south of town after 6 pm causing the destruction of a large barn cattle shed machine sheds and smaller buildings. Trees damaged bicycles damaged ice and power lines and a number of nearby farms reported losses. Electric service was restored by Monday after poles were reset and lines repaired. The Big Sioux river rose causing flooding and crop damage overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Coleman
Coleman
Richard
Eugene Lias
Coleman’s
Emery Tucker
Wallace Brown
Eugene Lins
Will Agsderson
Bud Pike
Coleman Place
al. Grant
Akron
Reed
Akron- Westfield
Westfield
J. F. Brown
Big Sioux
Dakota
First Church of Christ Morning Services
Relatives were notified of the birth of a son Gary Ernest to Pte and Mrs Russell Anderson at Fresno California Thursday morning June 16 1944 Pte Anderson is stationed at Hammer Air Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ernest
Russell Anderson
Fresno
Calif
Pte. Anderson
Hammer Air Field
Norka Theatre Week Offers Thunder Birds Buffalo Bill and Lost Angel
The Norka Theatre lines up a week of film and drama headlined by Thunder Birds on June 16 and 17 with Preston Foster and Gene Tierney. Buffalo Bill follows for three nights June 18–20 starring Joel McCrea Maureen O Hara and more. Lost Angel features Margaret OBrien and James Craig with a strong supporting cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norka
Buffalo. Bill
William S. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Joel McCrea
Maureen O'Hara
Dinda Darnell
Thomas Mitchell
Edger Buchanan
Anthony Quinn
Moroni Olsen
Guide
Hunter
Washington
Margaret O’brien
Margaret
Maralee
Oithars
James Craig
Marsha Hunt
Philip Merivale
Henry O’neill
Donald, Meek
Keenan Wynn
Visits and promotions fill week in this city
Mrs Arthur Wilcox and Miss Net tie Wilcox visited Canton D D yesterday. Mrs Emma King of LeMars and son Leighton from California were guests last week at the Peter Braun home. A marriage license was issued in LeMars to Edna Fletcher and Naomi Steinert of Akron. CPL Ruben A PF Huebner visited home folks during leave from Camp Phillips Kansas. Mr and Mrs Henry Stump and son Henry of Sherman SD visited the Jans family. Sgt Robert Sweeney spent a ten day furlough from Camp Pickett Virginia with his parents and relatives. Sgt Raymond Thatcher from Camp McKain near Grenada Miss came to visit relatives. John N Thatcher also joined. Carroll Davis Navy motor mechanic stationed at Norfolk VA visited. He saw his parents Dr and Mrs Art M Davis at Des Moines and an aunt at Anthon Town. Mrs Emma Reemis of Jacksonville Florida requests her son Richard be placed on the local service men's honor roll. Richard attends pre flight school at Athens Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wilcox
Nettie Wilcox
Canton
D. D
Emma King
LeMars
Leighton
California
Peter Braun
Edna Fletcher
Naomi Steinert
Akron
Cpl
Ruben A. PF. Huebner
Phillips
Kansas
Wm. ¥. Huebner
Henry Stump
Henry
Sherman, S. D
Charles Jans
Elenry Slump
Jans
Sgt
Robert Sweeney
Thos
Sweeney
Camp Pickett
Virginia
Raymond Thatcher
Camp McKain
Granada
Miss
John N. Thatcher
Fort Snelling
Minn
Carroll Davis
Emma Reemis
Pearl Street
Jacksonville
Florida
Register-Tribune
Richard
Athens
Georgia
Sunday Rains Halt Milwaukee Line Traffic
Heavy Sunday rain loosened earth near Riverside cemetery causing a slide onto the Milwaukee railroad track for 40 50 feet and depths of 3 5 feet. Crews cleared the line enough for passenger trains by 11 am but a larger washout near Chatsworth halted service for over a day with bridge repairs and detours continuing until Tuesday afternoon. Agent C P Kinser remained on duty through the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Cemetery
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
Here
Chatsworth
Hiawatha
Sioux City
Heral
Hawarden
C. P. Kinser
Pvt Kenneth Zierath Receives Purple Heart
Mr and Mrs Winerath show a clipping from Clinton Iowa of Pvt Kenneth Zierath and two other soldiers at a public ceremony in the Sehick Base Hospital USO center. The men were wounded in overseas action and Zierath, home on furlough, was severely wounded in southern Italy and still uses crutches from a leg injury and other body wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win.ierath
Clinton
Iowa
Pvt
Kenneth Ierath
Sehick Base
USO Center
Zierath
Sehiek
Italy
Tax Stamps For Auto Use Tax On Sale In Post Offices
The Internal Revenue department announced auto use tax stamps of five dollars go on sale Saturday June 10 at post offices and IRS offices. The stamps verify payment of the tax for the fiscal year starting July 1 and must be bought by every motor vehicle owner. They are serially numbered and gum on the face with space on the back to record the vehicle make model serial and state license number. A record of the stamp’s serial number should be kept for loss protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Department
Collectors of
Internal Revenue
Methodist Church Notes Promising Welcome and Growth
In this community church update Paster Albery A Howm notes open doors with a warm welcome and a Daily Vacation Church School program has 30 enrolled. The Sunday worship theme will be TA Great Love Letter and there is hope for better road access to reach services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Albery A
Howm
Paster
Former Union County Woman Summoned for Son Born Akron Hospital
Immense sadness swept the Union County community over the sudden death of Mrs. Imey Heyl on June 6 1944 in a Sioux City hospital following a brief illness. Born Lucy Groth in Garnaville Iowa December 3 1873 she married Henry C Heyl October 13 1894 and raised six children all survivors include Walter Wyatt Heyl Mrs Leo Burk Mrs Elgin Huston and Russell Heyl along with eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Peace Lutheran Church near Alcester, with interment at the church cemetery. Donald W Lueken U S N joined relatives for the visit from Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Imey Heyl
Sioux City
Towa
Mra. Heyl
Big Springs Baptist Church Weekend Schedule
Sunday services include prayer gathering at 10 15 a m worship at 10 30 a m Sunday school tour at 11 30 a m and evening service at 8 00 p m followed by the Lord s Supper. Mid week meeting is set for Tuesday at 8 30 p m and the Mission Circle meets Thursday at 2 00 p m. Union Creek Lutheran Church announces Luther League District convention June 16 17 and 18 led by Pastor Leslie Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Springs Baptist Church
Mission Circle
Union Creek Luth
Luther “League District
Leslie Olson
Local Relatives Visit Far-Flung Partners Across States
Dake and Dague excursions to Milwaukee and Watertown in Wisconsin and Minnesota relatives near Canby. Julia Ceilley leaves for Ma tion Town. Mrs. Hummel visits Clarence Hummel home west of town. Lorensen family travels to Peoria Illinois region. Puerner from Minneapolis visits cousins. Golden wedding anniversary for Henry and Mrs. Rossbach near town with open house. Kenneth Meade and wife depart for Vallejo California after family hosting. Hinkielis returns from Italy service, moves to army camp in North Carolina. Harris family from Sioux City. Guy Harkness furlough and overseas prospects. Kenneth Howe of Baltimore visits Sioux City. Bendix Radio engineer in wax production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dake
Dague
Milwaukee
Wis
Raymond Burizisky
Watertown
5. C
Canby
Minn
Julia Ceilley
R. J. Baker
Mation
Kenneth Hummel
Des Moines
Clarence Hummel
Henrietta Lorensen
Orville
Pearl Sorensen
Peoria
Illinois
Fred Puerner
Minneapolis
Wm. Zierath
Vern Swift
Henry Rossbach
Kenneth Meade
S2k
Dick Riehters
Vallejo
Calif
Meade
Geo. Richiters
Wilmington
Gilbert Hinkielis
U. S
Italy
Klemme
North Carolina
Death notices of Horatio W. Nelson and Herman F. Ludwig
Horatio William Nelson 86 of Sioux City died Thursday June 1944 in Grand Rapids Minnesota while visiting his sons Ralph and Lloyd. survived by wife Pannie H five sons Miles Floyd Leslie Ralph and Lloyd. funeral in Sioux City conducted by Rev Harry M. Burns with interment at Graceland Park cemetery. Herman F. Ludwig 59 of Craig died Sunday evening June 11 1944 at Hawarden hospital after illness. survived by aged mother one son a daughter two sisters and nine brothers. funeral at St Johns Lutheran church Craig conducted by Rev F H Joelker with interment at Craig cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Horatio William Nelson
Grand Rapids
Minn
Ralph
Lloyd Nelson
H. W. Nelson
Akron
C. J. Thompson
Pannie H
Miles
Floyd
Haydon Lake
Idaho
Leslie
Baltimore, Md
Lloyd
Perisso
Harry M
Herman F. Ludwig
Craig
Hawarden Hospital
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tilman Anderson
Phyllis Waterman
Sgt. C. Switzer
Arriage
Phyllis War Spghter
Ian
Alton
New Ook
Elock
Wynn
Gardenias
Rose
New York
Appeat
Esrembny
Mie
Homie
Mni
Igh
Radio Electronic
Omaha
McCook
Freedom ‘Lodge
Home Service Committee
County Red Cross
Service
Meri
First Church OF Christ Sunday Bible School
C. R. Dayton
Kenneth Zierath
Union County Woman 'S Summoned
Lucy Heyl
Alcester
Clifton Waddell
Akron Hospital
Donald W. Lueken
U.8. N
Philadelphia
J. Henry Lueken
Robert Harris
Harris
Metz Bakery Co
Bob Harris
Ted Miller
Metz Bakery
Guy Jr. Harkness
Camp Fannin
Guy
Harkness
St. Louis
Kenneth Howe
Baltimore
Army
Navy
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