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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
2
The Akron Iowa publication outlines subscription prices for year two dollars six months one dollar and eight months sixty cents. Published weekly on Thursdays from Akron Iowa and entered as second class mail September 26 1901 at the Akron post office.
Mike Crane returned from Iowa City with a nephew stay in Win Leonard’s home. Billy Hummel came back from University Hospital in Iowa City. Virgil Ross family visited the Fred Ross home near Jefferson. A St Catharine’s Guild meeting occurred at Joe Tracy home with local hostesses. Various relatives and guests traveled between Vermillion Woonsocket Sioux City Sloan and Jefferson for visits and anniversaries.
Morning services Sunday July 1 at 10. Sunday school at 11. Ladies Aid meets July 5 at Luther Hall. Visitors and family gatherings fill the week with visits from Joustra, Fiekbohm, Sommervold, Wilcox, Ericson, Haltgren, and Adamson families. Defense Savings Stamps sold. Register-Tribune Want Ad Column promotes quick results.
Coxswain Leo M. Carr 20 of Hawarden former Akron resident recalls ten major actions against Japan and Tarawa first action in 1943 enlisting two years earlier. Wayne A Andersen Bronze Star cited for service in France Belgium Luxembourg Holland and Germany July 10 1944 to April 28 1945. Stanley Harris Akron native Marine Pfc returned from Iwo Jima Saipan and Tinian. wife Beverly Marshall and daughter Sonja Mae live in Akron Iowa.
Includes two buildings 16x24 and 8x16 ft for sale in Westfield with a July 15 deadline, a Model A Ford roadster with radio in Austra condition, White chicks two months old, mixed, contact 375, two keys found and claim at the Register-Tribune, a box camera and small leather folio case with ladies leather pumps, plus Life Insurance plans from C. C. Wipquist at Akron with autos and trucks insurance priced from eight dollars per thousand.
Community job notice seeks a district manager for wartime work. Requires a car and age over 26. Permanent position with good pay, aligns with Agriculture Department program. references Box 297, Akron Iowa Register-Tribune.
The Marine Corps opens enlistment to 17 year olds per Captain C F Morrison Omaha recruiting district. Recruits go to Parris Island for nine weeks boot camp then four weeks at Camp Lejeune after a 15 day furlough. Options include four years active duty or reserve through the war plus six months. Height 5 ft 4 in to 5 ft something, grammar school education required, high school graduates preferred. Write or call Marine Corps Recruiting Office at 15th and Dodge, Omaha, Nebraska.
Plymouth County Junior Red Cross under Christine L. Petersen delivered to Veterans hospitals Town Soldiers' Homes and children overseas the year’s items including 23 afghans 142 bedside table covers 7 card table covers 68 wash cloths 165 pairs bedroom slippers 100 unfilled utility kits 6 bean bags 31 writing boards 2 smoking stands 44 ash trays 13 cribbage boards 18 checker boards 3 joke books 7 comic strip books 81 scrap books 79 writing portfolios 21 flower containers 10 memorandum pads 11 picture puzzles 448 amenU covers
A ledger of donated items totals hundreds of külön goods including napkins cups games cards and toys plus 1 421 50 and other cash gifts from numerous towns and districts for first aid foods and clothing for war affected children. The fundraising names many contributors by locale and fund numbers.
Stanton No 4 and No 5 show payments of 1.22 and 1.00 dollars respectively, Washington No 4 to No 6 reported figures, Weatfield No 3 1.05, Westield No 4 3, Brnnsville Grammar Room 1, Dalton 1, LeMaria Public School 21.14, Liberty Consolidated 14, Westfield Consolidated 1.00, and St Marys Remsen 8 in a district accounting summary.
Probate notice in Plymouth County Iowa files June 1945 reports a last will of John Nelson deceased. Final proof and hearing set for July 6 1945 at 10:00 a.m. in the District Court with E F Remer Clerk and Roseberry Pitts attorneys listed.
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