Goings Comings Doings Local News
Local notes list visitors and travels from Hawarden to Sioux City and beyond. People include August Lundgren seeking tires, Dr Gerdes of Hawarden, and several families visiting relatives in Sioux City, Colman and Long Beach Calif. Social visits, train disruptions, and farm equipment ads fill the page along with weather notes and local sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Lundgren
McDonald
Dirks Hardware
Dr. Gerdes
Hawarden
Kartels
Sioux Falls
Fay Port
Lowell Nall
Alan Arkin
Sioux City
Phileco
Deloris McCue
Mattie Jean Greenwood
Kathryn Burig
Rogell Harness Shop
Akron
Misa
Bertie
O'Rielly
Winner
Grace Keane
Local boy gets big thrill in first airplane ride
Victor Johnson, visiting relatives in North Dakota, returned to Finley then rode a train to Minneapolis and flew to Sioux City in his first airplane ride. He described the experience as thrilling, noting ear pressure at 8,000 feet over Minnesota to Sioux Falls and 6,000 feet to Sioux City. He landed at 2:15 p.m. and plans to fly again at the first opportunity. Buy U. S. Defense Stamps Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Sweeney
R. V. Sweeney
Alguna
Iowa
Consoletta
Virginette
Templeton
Mary Sweeney
Isadora Sweeney
Sioux City
J. R. Sweeney
Camp Pickett
Virginia
Leonard Lamoureux
Ahd
P. W.farrington
C. B. Boden
Long Beach
Calif
Frank Simeon
San Diego
Earl Harrington
St. Louis
Paul Sandan
Yankton
S. D
Sandan
U.S. N
Bermuda
Clifford Johnson and Son
Oakland
Nebr
Nap Lamoureux
Pat
Pvt
Dick Lamoureus
Victor Johnson
Hetor Johnson
Darrell Johnson
Finley
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Register-Teibune
Sioux Malls
Vietor
Obilley Weds Cedar Rapids Man
Mrs. Johnson longtime South Side grade school principal in Oelwein and the Cedar Rapids groom, a former Pekin speech head now with Iowa Engineering, wed with out of town guests including the Johnsons of Waterloo and Cedar Falls and Jo Dee McIntyre of Vinton in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Johnson
South Side
Oelwein
Towa State Teachers College
Pekin
Iowa Engineering Corporation
Northwestern University
Riley Johnson
Waterloo
Walter Ceilley
Cedar Falls
George Johnson
Vernon McIntyre
Jo Dee McIntyre
Vinton
Akron Ball Team to Meet Real Competition Sunday
Akron baseball fans will see a real game Sunday afternoon as the Sioux City All-Stars visit Akron. The All-Stars feature seasoned players led by pitcher Kistner, facing Emery Tucker and Akron on a 2:30 start. The matchup promises a solid contest with strong arms and teams eager for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Sioux City All-Stars
Ed Hennessey
Hibby Spencer
Doug Bogenrief
Crippen
Cole
Sioux City Cowboys
Kistner
Emery Tucker
George Van Allen Former Akron Resident Dies
George Van Allen of Huron Iowa a former Hawarden resident died suddenly on Wednesday morning from a heart attack. He had gone to the home of his daughter in law Mrs Lela Van Allen on an errand and was stricken there. Mrs Orin was present at the time and assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawarden
George van Allen
Huron
van Allen
Lela van Allen
Orin
Harris of Akron to Hawarden Funeral Details
Harris of Akron, with Mrs. Van Allen and Kenneth Bennett, went to Huron on Wednesday. They will accompany the remains to Hawarden Friday. Funeral services are set for 2:00 PM Friday at Ross Funeral Home.
New Akron School Superintendent Moves In
M. R. Finley named Akron public schools superintendent moved with his family from Laurelwood Iowa and settled in a residence bought from Mrs C Willer. Finley has two children a son aged night and a daughter aged three years. He will begin his eighteenth year as a school instructor next fall and has served as superintendent in several South Dakota towns and Laurelwood in the past three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Finley
Akron
Larchwood
Iowa
C. Willer
Finley
Big Springs Baptist Church Sunday Schedule and News
Sunday services at Big Springs Baptist Church are set for 10:15 prayer gathering 10:30 morning worship 11:30 Sunday school and 8:00 evening service with a Tuesday mid week meeting on June 27 at 8:30. Also notes a milk and cream subsidy deadline June 30 for March and April sales and instructions to file receipts with the AAA Office in LeMars Iowa. Karl Ronne travels to Sisseton with family. Try a Want Ad for results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Springs Baptist Church
AAA
LeMars
Iowa
Public Hearings on Floyd Big Sioux Flood Control
Congressman Charles B Hoeven announces War Department hearings July 18 19 1944 to gather views on Floyd and Big Sioux flood control plans in Sioux City Iowa and Sioux Falls South Dakota. Hearings aim to build a comprehensive flood control program. inclusion of Moyd river and Big Sioux depends on meeting outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Big Sioux
Charles B. Hoeven
War Department
Floyd and
Big Sioux
Sioux City
Iowa
Sioux Falls
Hoeven
Moyd
Mayd River
Postpone Annual Meeting of Farmers Co-Operative
Unfavorable weather forces postponement of the Farmers Co-Operative annual meeting. The event, slated for June 13, moves to Tuesday, June 27, 1944, at 2:00 p.m. Plymouth County notes 2,500 tractors on 633,591 acres, ranking fifth in tractor counts among town counties. Ben ton Clinton Tama Woodbury and Linn follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Co-Operative
Farmers’. Co-Operative
Stoutenburg
Plymouth
Benton
Clinton
Tama
Woodbury
Linn
Catholic Church Services at St Patrick's Akron
Webster, Kossuth, Pottaivattamid and Sioux parishioners hear Holy Mass at St Patrick's Akron on the first, third and fifth Sundays at 8:00 pm and on the second and fourth Sundays at 9:30 am Confessions are held one half hour before Mass on preceding Saturdays and before the first, third and fifth Sunday masses. Father C Ernst pastor. Lost water tank in flood Sunday night. telegrams to Morris Miller Akron Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick's
Akron
C. Ernst
Morris
Miller
Towa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jean Culpepper
Adeline Burris
Joyce
Clarence Boden
Lefk
TheMars
Otto
Walter Torsen
Ead Oll
TL. H. Larsen
Newton
Colman
Boston
Mesa
John Nelsson
Westfield
Harry Nelson
Milwaukee Railroad
Hiawatha
Arrow
Lso
A. J. Claeys
Farmers Co-Op
Ethel Westover
Manilla
Margaret Brunner
Ford
Tnsquire
Walter
Arthur Horton
Victor Clark
Baby Eane
State College
Pennsylvania
U. S. Marine Corps
Blue Square
Ross Grain Co
J. R. James
James Smith
Onawa
H. T. Smith
K. C. Decker
Danghter
Pella
B.A. Ziegler
Wm. Rademacher
Heeger’s Fine Foods
Armour
Morrell’s Pride
California Juice
Pride of the Rockies
Fleischmann
Heeger’s Market
U. S
Obilley
Cedar Rapids
Geo. van Allen
Johnson’s
Armour’s Star
THE
GM CO
Karl Ronne
Sisseton, S. D
Marcella
California
Per. Peck
Harvest Moon
St. Catharine’s
J. E. Akin
Rhodes Building
First National Bank
Lloyd Port
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