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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1965
Page
1
Akron Register-Tribune published weekly on Thursdays in Plymouth County Iowa. Entry records indicate post office filing as second class mail matter dated September 26, 1901.
Special correspondence notes the Congregational Ladies' Aid Society meeting on July 1 at 2 00 pm in the church with hostesses Bessie Buryanek and Elsie Nelson and program on Protestantism's appeal to Spanish Americans led by Helen Lias and Evelyn Banks. It also recounts Fathers' Day picnics at Roy Bliss and Lowell Morehead residences with several families attending and Camp plans to raise funds.
The Let Us Learn Club met on Tuesday in June at the Russell Abraham home with co hostesses Mrs Russell Abraham and Mrs Delmar Abraham. Fourteen members attended. A Creed opening followed by outdoor cookery hints during roll call. Plans were made for a picnic at Akron Park on Sunday July 11 with food demonstrations enjoyed by all.
The Iowa State Department of Health promotes rescue breathing as a life saving technique. It outlines head tilt neck lift airway clear, mouth to mouth or nose as needed, and giving about 12 breaths per minute for adults. Emphasizes watching chest rise and repeating breaths, with airway clearing and jaw support steps.
U S Office of Education provides over 4.7 million dollars for 1965 66 to 152 colleges and universities to train teachers of mentally retarded children. In Iowa Drake University State College of Iowa and State University of Iowa participate. Grants fund fellowships and program development plus 146000 for supervisors across nine colleges and universities. Names of Iowa recipients include Robert Gelhart Thomas Fangman Munro Shintani R David Nelson Cecil E Leonard with future summer traineeships planned.
Educational Testing Service surveyed 13 000 freshmen at 23 colleges finding six in ten intend graduate or professional school, one in four seek a doctoral degree, and nine in ten chose a major. Women foresee marriage and family emphasize while many plan careers in engineering medicine education or business.
The Ford Motor Company Fund announced a $2000 grant to the Iowa College Foundation. Benson Ford presented the check to Wayne Liljegren, executive director of the foundation, via E. J. Pritchard, chair of Ford’s Des Moines community relations committee. The Iowa list includes Briar Cliff, Buena Vista, Central, Clarke, Cornell, Graceland, Grinnell, Iowa Wesleyan, Loras, Luther, Marycrest, Morningside, Mount Mercy, Northwestern, Parsons, Simpson, University of Dubuque, Wartburg and others. The grant is part of 39 awards totaling $87,500 nationwide to educational associations.
Student and graduate nurses may qualify for options in the Army Choice Not Chance program. Army Nurse Corps offers advantages over civilian nursing including hospitals, equipment, worldwide travel, advanced training, pay, and recreation facilities. Financial assistance available for accredited three to four year courses and BS or MS studies. For information contact Ssgt. Carl A. Roger, U S Army Career Counselor, Room 214 P.O. Bidg., Sioux City Iowa 20854.
Memorial Day honor extends to American Red Cross service of aid counsel and finance. One thousand two hundred field directors, about a quarter overseas, supported 80 000 servicemen monthly and 118 000 veterans and families through military and Veteran Affairs channels. Red Cross funded 11.6 million in financial aid and 401 thousand to veterans dependents, plus claims help. Overseas clubs and 50 young women in Korea, and 505 000 communications last year between posts and households. Red Cross expenditures near 40 percent of a near 100 million dollar budget for armed forces welfare remains planned for 1965. Tommy DeWitt of Worthington Maine reels an 18 pound northern pike at Big Spirit Lake.
SCS soil scientists mapped Henry Township this spring and began Port land Township work in Plymouth County as part of a nationwide survey. John Vorster of Sioux City says the project partners with agricultural colleges and agencies to map all U.S. land. Soil reviews in counties, including Woodbury and Union, ensure consistent naming and classification across regions.
Soil experts explain Moody silty clay loam as a model for cross state soil mapping. The study covers Iowa South Dakota Nebraska Minnesota and Iowa boundaries aim to set definite ranges for Moody features so the soil type remains consistent across states. Doon Moody Farm experiments illustrate practical applications for contour listing and planting methods benefiting farmers with Moody soils.
A note of thanks is given to Mrs. Michael Strom Mrs. Doris Stoeckmann Mrs. H Schoulberg and Mr Wayne Seipp for assisting in a recent recital. The remark about English cities being called boroughs appears as a stray sentence.
Michael Strom pastor leads service at First Baptist Church with guest Rev. Harold French chaplain at Westmar College. Church school at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Special music planned for Sunday service.
A note of gratitude from TOS preeie T. S. Leekley thanking Dr Samoni nurses aides and visiting friends and relatives including Rev Roberts and Rev Hostager for support during a recent illness or hospital stay.
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