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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
2
Plymouth county's six American Legion Posts and Auxiliary Units will visit Preper Post and Auxiliary at Remsen for a county business meeting. A large attendance is expected with election of county officers for the ensuing year. Entertainment and refreshments will follow the sessions.
Mr and Mrs Fred Ownen mourn the loss of their infant son Leo Fred who died Friday June 17 1938 aged 2 months 2 days Funeral services were conducted by Rev J F Moore Saturday afternoon at the Rossow funeral home Interment followed at Riverside cemetery The community offers sympathy in this bereavement
A slice of small town life lists a special sale on Hay Rope at Akron Variety Store. The notes include visitors to area residents, a leg injury from a horse incident near Conrad Gerrietts, and family gatherings, plus farm equipment ads and a church Ladies' Aid meeting set for June 29.
Riversioux Park plans a four day event from July 1 to July 4 with dances by Rollo Sissel and King Solomon and His Hill Billies, roller skating all day on July 3 and 4, ball games Hawarden Elk Point and Hawarden Alcester CCC, prizes in horseshoe pitching, boys and girls foot races, an Independence Day dance at 9 p m with Bill Royn and His Orchestra, and appearances by Edwin J Bunce with wild horse demonstrations plus free ice cream for kids. Public invited. items can be submitted to the Register Tribune office.
Local notes report greatly reduced prices on chicks at Nelson Hatchery to balance the season. Multiple community updates cover visits, family gatherings, and local events across Akron Iowa with numerous named residents and nearby towns. A Sioux City Journal item notes a fine suspended for driving without license.
The seventeenth annual Cedar Falls Interdenominational Bible conference runs July 31 to August 7 at Riverview Park. Rev. Earle A. Baker announces a program featuring Rev. Burris Atkins Jenkins, Dr. J. C. Kinman, Dr. David Bryn Jones, and others. Sessions are open to the public with no registration fee. cottages and camp sites in the park offer economical accommodations.
A detective tests an office boy about Mr Jones and his partner with a looping time riddle. The boy traces a shifting order where Jones alternates last to first then back, noting ongoing changes and predicting an endless cycle. Then a plug for Akron Feed Mill promotes quality ingredients and low prices with courteous service and a phone number.
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