30 Jun 1966
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1966
Page
1
Akon Register-Tribune editors and proprietors Ray A. and Gerald F.P. Smith publish weekly in Plymouth County Iowa. The notice lists postal registration dates and renewal rates for Plymouth Sioux Woodbury and Union counties with annual and six month prices.
Special correspondence reports no meetings for the Congregational Ladies Aid Society in July and August. Salvation Army collection details will be announced September 1. Harvest Supper set for September 29. Catholic Daughters of America meet Monday July 11, not July 4.
Mrs Edward McDougall a long time Westfield resident died at home Sunday June 1 thus aged 78 years 6 months born December 14 1887 married February 24 1908 to Edward McDougall survivors include four daughters two sons 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Westfield Congregational church with Rev David J Rey officiating Interment was at Ada ville ULB cemetery
A deer was killed when it crossed a county road about 11 30 pm Saturday, 1 miles west of Burbank. Jay Zea 20 of Sioux Falls driving west at 50 mph hit the deer, his 1963 Ford skidding into a north ditch. The driver and a female passenger escaped with minor injuries. Front of the car sustained about 200 in damage. Vermillion game warden Ronald P Catlin investigated.
Howard E. Morehead 66 of Sioux City died after a heart attack on June 23. Born June 11 1900 in Plymouth County he married LaVina Hoffman in 1919 and farmed near Westfield before moving to Sioux City thirty years ago. Surviving are a son a daughter two brothers a sister four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral was at Rutledge Funeral Home with Rev Donald Roberts officiating. burial in Memorial Park LeMars.
Twenty years ago in Akron a key baseball game saw the team beat Remsen 12 to 4 securing a place in the Northwest Iowa league standings. Mad den from Akton replacedPitcher Swanley who resigned. Also noted are town notices, weddings, deaths, births, and local events from June 1946 and earlier, including community movements, illnesses, and a speech on union rights tied to national politics.
Plymouth Farmers Mutual Insurance Association and 81 county mutuals in Iowa intervene in a Des Moines suit against Commissioner William E. Timmons. The action seeks to force a $56 windstorm and hail deductible on town dwelling claims, while a temporary injunction blocks policy forms missing a $50 deductible. The mutuals, self governed and locally operated, differ from Independent Agents bodies led by Cyril B. Friedman and E. Stewart Ulrich.
A special town council meeting on June 20 1966 chaired by Mayor W G Adams elected to issue cigarette permits for multiple establishments including Bill's Tavern Nielsen Service Bernard's Tap and others. The council approved paying abatrant costs and issuing a permit to move a trailer on a property. Liquor permits granted to Bill's Tavern and Bay's Tavern. Discussion on Akron Disposal Plant groundwork with engineers and attorney Day, aiming to start work this fall. Various municipal expenses listed and the meeting adjourned.
A sincere thank you note expresses gratitude for help cards and gifts received while hospitalized at Akron Hospital. Special thanks go to Pastor Roy and the doctors nurses and staff for the wonderful care.
The Vreugdenhil Jones picnic at Legion Mall on June 2 is noted with many attendees from Akron Plainview Sioux Center LeMars Rock Valley Canton and other areas. July 1 is the last day for county residents to file homestead tax credit or military exemption applications per Plymouth County Assessor Ed Kehrberg. those who moved since July 1 1965 must file by July 1 1968.
John R. Goldman outlines that individuals with a 65th birthday in 1968 must enroll during the three months before turning 66 to secure Medicare coverage starting the month they reach 65. Early filers gain full hospital and medical insurance from the first day of the birth month, not earlier than July 5, 1966.
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