Akron business man Peter Heeger dies after extended illness
Peter J Heeger prominent Akron businessman dies at 6 45 pm after nine months of illness occasioned by a complication of ailments Heeger aged 44 who came to Akron nine years ago as manager of Silverberg Bros Co general store later bought James Klauer market Survived by wife Alice two sons Alan and Jerry and brothers Louis J and Lester Heeger of Sioux City Funeral held Thursday at Shaare Zion synagogue Sioux City Rabbi H R Rabinowitz officiating Interment in Sioux City Akron shops closed during services reflecting community respect
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Peter J. Heeger
Sioux City
Mr. Heeger
Akron
Silverberg Bros. Co
James Klauer
Hmsband
Pete Heeger
Alice
Alan
Jerry
Louis J
Lester
Heeger
Shaare Zion Synagogue
H. R. Rabinowitz
Well Known Plymouth County Woman Summoned
Mrs. Frank Port, 69, of Binnsville, died Tuesday at 1 15 p.m. after a brief illness from a heart ailment. She had been well enough to visit her son Lloyd’s home Saturday. Survived by two sons and three daughters. Funeral planned Friday afternoon at Plymouth Presbyterian Church Johnson Township with interment there. An obituary will be published next week. Sympathy extended to the family by friends.
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Frank. Port
Binnsville
Lloyd
Port
Plymouth County
Plymouth Presbyterian Church
Johnson Township
Legion and Auxiliary to Install Officer on July 3
Mrs Kjose will be our installing officer at our next meeting on Tuesday evening July 3 Please attend.
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Legion and Auxiliary
Akron Postoffice Postwar Project Likely Site
Washington report notes Akron may be chosen for a new federal postoffice under a postwar building program. Congressman Charles B Heaven pressed for details from the Public Buildings Administration as surveys identify eligible sites and a proposed cost limit of 35000 for site and building remains contingent on Congress authorizing postwar construction funds.
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Register-Tribune
Washington, D. C
Postoffice
Akron
Public Buildings Administration
Federal Works Agency
Eighth Congressional District
Iowa
Congress
Postalive
Methodist Church Notes Welcome Worshipers and Camp Plans
Methodist church invites all to worship and participate in church school. Sunday service questions whether submission or overcoming will define the week. Fifteen youths plan Spirit Lake Camp July 9 to 15 and meet to finalize details. Wayside note adds a short proverb about adjustment.
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Chaurch
Spirit Lake
Pleasant Hill A M Church to Dedicate Elmred Basement
Albert A Howe pastor announces Sunday School at 10 with morning worship at 11. Dedication of the elmred basement scheduled for July 8. Bishop Wiedler of Kansas City and Superintendent Vannice of York Nebraska will preside. An all day service planned. Rev J E Tracy pastor.
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Wiedler
Kansas City
Vannice
York
Nebr
J. E, Tracy
Scout Meeting Notes at Legion Hall June 26
A Scout meeting was held Tuesday June 26 at the Legion Hall. Five boys and one assistant Scoutmaster were present. Second Class tests must be passed before a board of judges. WENZELL, BOHMAN, Scribe.
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Legion Hall
Nresent
Wenzell
Bohman
Local News Notes: Sioux City and Area Weekend Visits
Paul Rogsbach of Sioux City visited his brother Henry and family. Frank Hastings toured his former Greenfield hometown in Adair County last week. The Bluffers vs Plymouth Co-Op horseshoe contest is set for July 1 near Akron depot. Mildred Coombs of Waterdown South Dakota visited her son-in-law Clif Neuroth’s family. Staff Sgt. George Koons left for Santa Ana after ten days with the Hastings home. Charlotte Groethe and Patricia Anderson traveled from Elk Point to Chicago for work. Jean Culpepper, recent Minneapolis graduate, visited relatives while her husband serves. Mrs. and Mrs. Hunter’s daughter Barbara joins relatives while husband serves in the Navy. Mrs. Gerald F. Smith and Barbara Smith to visit from Washington and Mt. Vernon. Mr. Smith works at the Navy Research Laboratory. they plan a two-week vacation later. E. C. Treiber northwest of town shipped three cattle cars to Chicago. Treiber and Wm. Blankenburg accompanied the shipment. Treiber, former Henry Rogsbach farm owner, recently bought a 100-acre farm east of Alcaster and moved there. Henry and Mrs. Dirks welcomed Lt. Howard Burney on furlough from Hartington Nebraska. Lt. Dirks and Lt. Burney were in the same B-17 crew in the Italian theater. during a mission Burney and the co-pilot were wounded, and Dirks took control to return safely.
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Paul Rogsbach
Sioux City
Henry
Frank Hastings
Greenfield
Adair County
Iowa
The
Bluffers
Plymouth Co-Op
Akron Depot
Mildred Coombs
Watertown
Clif. Neuroth
T. L. Burnight
West Okoboj Lake
George C. Koons
Santa Ana
Calif
Charlotte Groethe
Patricia Anderson
Elk Point
Hiawatha
Chicago
Jean Culpepper
Minneapolis
Minn
Mona
Jean Meredith
Wm, Hunter
Billy
Woodward
Oklo
Hunter
John H. Dirks
Gerald F. Smith
Barbara
Washington, D. C
Mt. Vernon
S.C
Henry Rossbach
Here
Alcaster
Henry Dirks
Howard Burney
Hartington
Nebr
Burney
Ronald Dirks
U. S. Air Corps
Dirks
Akron Teams Win Both Ends of a Doubleheader
Akron junior and Vermillion Eagle teams opened the day with a doubleheader at the local park. Akron beat Sheldon Junior Legion 3 to 2 in an extra innings pitchers duel as Enockson fanned 14 for Akron and Delrai struck out six for Sheldon. The nightcap saw Akron defeat Vermillion easily as Peck pitched and Hartman singled, loading the sacks for a productive second inning.
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AKRON
Sheldon Junior Legion
Akron Junior Legion
Bill Mnockson
Debrai
Sheldon
Enockson
Hercene Sheldon
Sheldon Boys
Adkins
Heetor
Evounder
Hector
Rogers
Adams
D. Anderson
Dirks
Anderson
Dick Coyle
Coyle
Delirai
Vermillion
Eagles
Peck
Swalley
Strong
el. Tucker
Hartman
Miller
Brown
Ard
Muir
Emucker
EL Tucker
Norka Theatre Week Offers Comedy Westerns War Drama
The Norka theatre announces a coming week with a double feature of two comedy westerns and a war drama. Friday and Saturday showings include Girl Rush with Wally Brown Alan Carney and Frances Langford, plus Texas Masquerade with Hoppy, Leigh, and a stagecoach rescue. Sunday and Monday present Objective Burma starring Errol Flynn, depicting jungle warfare and paratroopers in a perilous Burma mission, concluding with a Technicolor musical comedy Up in the Air.
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Norka Theatre
Talking Picture
Carney
Boyd
Leigh
Mason Valley
Night Riders
Mady Correll
Hoppy
Flea
Burma
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Army
Navy
Marines
Ina
Local Notes From Sioux City and Nearby Towns
Mrs Edith Jenkins of Sioux City visits nieces Misses Anna and Oda Jenkins. Ed Kiewel and family host Ed Kiewel’s parents in Sioux Falls. Akron stores shift to Tuesday hours for Fourth of July. Ed Goodrich and cousins Sayles host Hattie Sayles. Elwin Conner on Navy leave from Notre Dame tours home southwest of town. Local businessmen report success on Minnesota lake fishing trip. Mrs Edith Martin and grandson Arvid Tilliker visit Norris, South Dakota. Jean Martin visits. Pvt William Rademacher on Marine leave from Parris Island welcomes wife, relatives, and a newborn son born June 6.
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Edith Jenkins
Sioux City
Anna
Oda’ Jenkins
Kiewel
Wm. Ed. Kiewel
Sioux Falls
Akron
Ed. Goodrich
Frank Sayles
Hattie Sayles
Elwin Conner
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Indiana
Home Lotks
Minnesota
Edith Martin
Arvid Tilliker
Pvt
Radewael
Ler
New Cross State Highway Ends at Akron Iowa
Iowa gains a new cross state highway designated No 3 extending from Dubuque west to the South Dakota border with Akron at the western terminus. Markers were set along the route in one day by state highway workers, linking former routes into a direct across state roadway mostly paved and slated for further surfacing after the war.
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Iowa
Iowa No. 3
Dusuque
South Dakota
Akron
Highway Commission
Luxemburg
Pocahontas
Cherokee
Dubuque
Sageville
Durango
Colesburg
Edgewood
Strawberry Point
Oelwein
Waverly
Shell Rock
Allison
Dumont
Hampton
Clarion
Goldfield
Dakota City
Humboldt
Gilmore City
Meriden
Clegthorn
Remsen
LeMars
Requests Needed to Send Papers to Men Overseas
Under a new postal regulation to become effective July 1, publishers may mail copies of newspapers to overseas service members only when definite written requests are received from the recipients. The Navy Department seeks to conserve shipping space and requires publishers to file written requests with local postmasters before mailing. An exception allows prepaid subscriptions to continue until expiration. The Register-Tribune urges service members to submit request coupons printed in the paper, or have relatives send clipping to hasten processing. A farewell party honored Mrs. Athel McClanahan as she leaves for Sioux City to manage a twelve unit apartment building.
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Navy Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Register-Tribune
Akron
Athel McClanahan
Arthur Johnson
Mrs. McClanahan
Sioux City
Grantview Boulevard
Frinity Lutheran Church Plans Summer Services and Meetings
J A Pannhuk, pastor, leads Sunday School and Bible Class at 10:00 a m and divine worship at 11:00. Ladies Aid meets in church parlors with Mrs Henry Kleibauer hostess. Church council monthly meeting next Tuesday evening July 3. Adult instruction class at 8:00 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. Invitation to worship.
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Frinity Lutheran Church
J. A. Pannhuk
Ladies’ Aid
Henry Kleibauer
Church Council
Akron
Chatsworth Church Services And Local Birth Notices
Divine worship services and Sunday school times noted for Chatsworth Akron area. Birth notices list a son for Kluver at Akron Hospital on June 24 1945 a daughter for Welch on June 26 1945 and a son for Lerseth at Hawarden Hospital on June 27 1945 with locations north south and west of town.
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Chris. Kluver
Town
Akron Hospital
John Welch
Oliver Lerseth
Hawarden Hospital
Union Creek Lath Church Seven Day Schedule
Union Creek Lath Church announces morning services on Sunday July 1 at 10 o clock and a Sunday seriour at 11 o clock. The Ladies Aid will meet at Luther Hall on Thursday July 6 with every one serving.
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Ladies’ Aid
Luther Hall
Sunday Services at First Church of Christ
The First Church of Christ schedules Sunday Bible school at 10:00 a m and preaching at 11:00 a m led by Minister C R Dayton.
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First Church OF Christ Sunday Bible School
C.R. Dayton
Sioux City visitors and local engagements noted in Akron area
Mrs D G Ross and daughter Mary Lou plus Sue Raben visited Sioux City Monday. Neighbors and relatives including Mr and Mrs Edmund Blum and twin sister Mrs Ernest Tevis from Sioux City several days. Nellye Wendt returned to Sioux City after visiting daughter Mrs Lloyd Morehead. Mrs Andrew Johnson of Emmett Nebr visited relatives including Mrs Oscar Baldwin and Mrs Andrew Andersen. Sgt Alva Rozell on furlough from Camp Shelby visited family. Sioux Valley Extension club picnic set for July 1 at Henry Claussen farm. Jules Bay on navy leave from Great Lakes visited family. Navy man Win S Johnson on leave visited Hawarden. Mrs Anna Degen visited Hawarden and grandson William Degen. Highway 12 shoulders trimmed. road ready for coating. State Highway Commission to resurface oil road No 6 to junction with Primary 29 eleven miles east. Wm Knockson from Akron in Des Moines for A S T A P training. will study at Minnesota, South Dakota, or Wyoming University.
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D. G. Ross
Mary Lou
Nisee Sue’ Raben
Sioux City
Edmund Blum
Ernest Tevis
Nellye Wendt
Lloyd Morehead
Andrew Johnson
Emmett
Nebr
Oscar Baldwin
Andrew Andersen
H. L. Smith
James
J. R. Tames
Onawa
Iowa
Alva Rozell
Art Rozell
Sgt
Rozell
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Sioux Valley Extension
Henry Claussen
Jules Bay
Navy
Great Lakes Station
Chicago
Axel Bay
Sole Win. S. Johnson
Win. S. Johnson
Hawarden
Ernest Allen
South Pacific
Anna Degen
Laura Degen
William Degen
U. S
India
Navie Degen
Jvisit
State Highway Commission
Woodbury
Wm. Knockson
Des Moines
University of Minnesota
University of South Dakota
Wyoming University
Akron High
Milwaukee Road to Install Heavy Motive Equipment
Milwaukee Road to acquire 30 additional diesel electric locomotives to boost wartime freight and passenger service between Chicago Kansas City Omaha Sioux Falls and St Paul Minneapolis. Five 4,000 hp high speed passenger units and twenty 1,000 hp switchers plus box, gondola and flat cars to be built in Milwaukee shops. Delivery starts July with full service by October. expansion aims to handle substantial future traffic with more crews and facilities.
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Milwaukee Road
Chicago
H. A. Sennikett
Truglee
Kansas City
Omaha
Sioux Malls
St.Paul- Minneapolis
Pacific Area
Rocky
Bilder Root
Cascade Mountains
Chicago - Milwaukee
St. Paul - Minneapolis
Ita
Senndrett
Local church services and Sunday school schedule
Adaville U B Church holds Sunday school at 10 a m and services at 11 a m with Christian Endeavor at 8 p m. St John’s American Luth Church Akron Rural offers Sunday school and Bible class at 9 30 a m and divine service at 10 30 a m led by H F Stied. Emanuel Eng Luth Church lists Sunday school at 10 15 a m and preaching at 11 15 a m by Dr Gundberg of Sioux Falls.
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ST. John's American Luth
Akron
F. Stied
Mmanuel Eng. Luth
Dr. Gundberg
Sioux Falls
Former prisoner of war returns home from European service
Pfc. George L. Milbrodt came home Saturday after overseas duty in the European theater. His father Herman Milbrodt had been told in January he was missing in action on December 1, 1944. A later letter revealed he was a prisoner at Stalag IV B near Muhberg, Germany, for about seven months before Allied advances freed him. Milbrodt earned the Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds and will report for further duty after a 21 day furlough. Mrs. H. Shoulberg visited Sioux City Saturday.
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George L. Milbrodt
Herman Milbrodt
War Department
Stalag Iv-B
Muhberg
Dresden
Germany
Pfe. Milbrodt
U. S
Pte
Milbrodt
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Methodist Church
Albert A. Howe
Pleasant Hill
A. B. Church
BOY Scout
RHE Akron
Sheldon Jrs
Knockson
Kjose
Boden and McCormick
iLamoureux
Gale and
Aalfs
Luth
Chatsworth
Union Creek Lath
Adaville U. B. Church
Christian Endeavor Societies
L. B. Foster
Pic
H. Shoulberg
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