Spring rains lift spirits as Dracula leaks threaten Akron show
The first spring rain brings cheer and new green as robins return. A leaky roof at the opera house threatens Dracula with water pouring through the ceiling while Darrell Boetger and Mac Thorson perform soaked onstage. Staff cover leaks with plastic, continuing the 8:15 show amid drips. March 26 hosts Shee Haw in Akron with Vernon Price, Minnie Pearl, and local talent to raise funds for playground equipment. Fire department dance follows, with tickets on sale via volunteers and Thorson Drug and the Akron Register-Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mother Earth
Robins
Meadowlarks
Opera House Board
Darrell Boetger
Mac Thorson
Steve Welch
Rich Jacobs
Shee Haw
Akron
Vernon Price
Friendship and Service Club
Minnie Pearl
Thorson Drug
Akron Register-Tribune
Akron Volunteer Fire Department
Eek
Akron Register Tribune header and pricing notice
Akron Register Tribune of Akron Iowa lists Good News Inc and staff Francis Shorty Hazel manager Vergene Hazel editor. Publication is weekly on Thursdays with postal details and subscription rates: 00 per year in Plymouth Sioux Woodbury counties and Union county SD. 8.00 elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis “Shorty” Hazel
Vergene Hazel
Eas A Nee Wees
Akron
Plymouth County
Iowa
Plymouth
Sioux
Woodbury
Union County
S.D
Thursday March 17 and beyond community meeting notices
A compact list of local group meetings and events from March 17 to March 24 including church circles, study groups, club activities, council sessions, and a commercial gathering at The Other Place with times ranging from 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Local organizations include Adaville United Methodist Women Immanuel Lutheran Westfield Congregational Ladies Aid and Akron City Council among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Wit
Sithursday
Adaville United Methodist Women
Immanuel Lutheran Bible Study
Embroidery Club
Westfield Congreational Ladies Aid
Christianamen Fellowship
Akron Industrial Elopment Corp
Catholic Ladies of J. Joseph
Senior Citizens Group
Freedom Lodge
AB & AM
Akron City Council
Chicken Little
First Baptist Mary Circle
Wesley United Methodist Women
Hope Circle
Tops Club
Friendship and Service Club
YoMaCo
New Arrival Jason Matthew Solomon Born in Akron
A son was born March 9 1977 to Mr and Mrs Rodney Solomon at the Akron hospital weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Bob Peck Mrs Mary Schierling of Westfield and Donald Solomon of Ontario Calif. Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Charles Solomon of Sioux City and Mrs Gladys Beaubien of Westfield. Liberty Johnson Farm Bureau ladies met March 8 at Mrs Bedford Newberg’s home with chairman Cleo Tindall presiding. The program covered soil conservation legislature and land agriculture. Gertie Brown reported on home safety and pesticide prevention. Ruth Morehead led music and recreation and read a poem. The next meeting is April 12 at 1 30 p m in the home of Mrs Elmer Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Solomon
Rebecca St
Sioux City
Akron Hospital
Jason Matthew
Bob Peck
Mary Schierling
Westfield
Donald Solomon
Ontario
Calif
Charles Solomon
Gladys Beaubien
Liberty Johnson Farm Bureau
Bedford Newberg
Our
Farm Bureau
Cleo Tindall
Farm Bureau Safety
Gertie Brown
Ruth Morehead
Helen Griffiths
Elmer Brown
Scattered 4-H Club March Meeting Held at Audrey Ericson Home
The Scattered 4-H club met March 7 at 8 p.m. at Audrey Ericson's home. Rodney Anderson led the pledge to the American flag. Ten members attended and were checked in. Minutes and the financial report were read and approved. Old business covered yearly goals and distribution of materials. Allen Beech moved to adjourn, Matt Swoyer seconded. Cynthia Anderson led the pledge to the 4-H flag. A lunch was served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Ericson
Rodney Anderson
Allen Beech
Matt Swoyer
Cynthia Anderson
Birthday greetings and visits across Akron area churches
The Akron community shares numerous visits to relatives and friends including Margaret Hartmann’s 86th birthday party with Mae Neunacher, Marge Willer, Mona Smith as hostesses and angel food cake. Many residents travel to see kin in Sioux City Hawarden and Beresford while donations and prayers are exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Knapp
Maude Knapp
Ursula Strobel
Murel Bennett
Edna Frerichs
Akron
Margaret Hartmann
Immanuel Lutheran
Alice Hanson
Esther Popken
Phyllis Frisk
Lorna Easton
Darlene Johnson
Leona Dewey
Westfield
Elsie Anderson
Ann Maynard
Albert Harrington
Margaret Krenz
Mae Neunacher
Marge Willer
Mona Smith
Margaret
Bob
Art Voss
Ann Willer
Mickey Jespersen
Alice Eichacker
Minnie Johnson
Sioux City
Harry Johnson
Darwin Johnson
Normandy
Dale Klemme
Daryl Klemme
Freda Klemme
Akron Ministers Association thanks Akron Register-Tribune staff
In a morning meeting the Akron Ministers Association unanimously expressed gratitude for the newspaper's public service and cooperation. Dean R. Orris notes ministers will submit brief weekly devotionals aligned with radio ministry, starting April, with scripture and a brief message.
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Shorty
Akron Ministerial Association
Akron Register- Tribune
Akron Ministers Association
Klem
Dean R. Orris
Sec’y. Akron
Ass’n
Akron couple commends Hope Haven supporters in Iowa
A Siouxland couple from Akron, Ron and Dew Ann Elkin, praise Hope Haven in Rock Valley, Iowa, for remaining a Christian education facility and refusing state education funds. They acknowledge church splits but urge financial support to keep the school open and serving handicapped children, adolescents, and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reform Church Society
Hope Haven School For the
Rock Valley
Iowa
Hope Haven
Siouxland
Ron and
Dew Ann Elkin
Akron
Fall wedding announced for Rochelle Ann Caskey and Stuart Eisma
Mr and Mrs Richard Caskey of Akron announce the engagement of their daughter Rochelle Ann to Stuart Eisma son of Mr and Mrs Alan Eisma of Ireton A late fall wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Caskey
Akron
Rochelle Ann
Stuart Eisma
Alan Eisma
Ireton
Dracula stage rain fuels eerie show in dry gulch community
Rain did not dampen a Friday night performance of Dracula at the opera house. The crowd enjoyed special effects amid wet floors and a batslike scent, while the cast led by Jim and Cynthia Hayes impressed with Keith Knapp, Francis Blum, and Debbie Lewison. Board directors, staff, and volunteers were thanked, with plans hinted for future productions and budget hearings set for March 21 at the courthouse. Paul Friske to Norman Grasz recorded in the minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera
Jim
Cynthia’ Hayes
Keith Knapp
Francis Blum
Debbie Lewison
Akron
Debbie
Curt
Mildred Baker
Harold
Dracula
Tim Kelley
Renfield
Opera House Board
Jim Henriksen
Curt Lewison
Richard Jacobs
Mickey Jespersen
Mac Thorson
Steve Welch
Curtis Lewison
Authentic Irish Recipes for St Patrick Day Delights
A nostalgic column shares Irish themed treats including BROONIE Irish Gingerbread Velvety Lime Squares and Irish Coffee. The writer recalls school St Patrick days and provides step by step instructions, ingredients, and serving tips plus notes on childhood cooking.
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St. Patrick’s Day
St. Pat’s
Unicef
Sale ends six generations of Braaks blacksmith lineage
After 91 years of service in Ireton the Braaks brothers sell the family blacksmith shop to Gerrit Lammers of Boyden. Lammers, married to Karen Koopsmans, has worked as a Sheldon mechanic and will operate the shop with ongoing help from Louis Braaks and Hans Braaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireton
Braaks
Carl
Louis
Hans
Louie
Gerrit Lammers
Boyden
Mr. Lammers
Karen Koopmans
William Koopsmans
Shelia
Lammers
Sheldon
Habben Braaks
United States
Henry
Henry Braaks
Louis Braaks
Iréton
Visit to Knoxville Families Explores Oak Ridge
Mr and Mrs Ted Willer with daughters Kaye and Lynn Nordsiden and granddaughter Kelly spent several days in Knoxville Tennessee with Mr and Mrs Vernon Hueser and family. They toured the Smoky mountains and visited the American Museum of Atomic Energy in Oak Ridge Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Willer
Kaye
Lynn Nordsiden
Kelly
Vernon Hueser
Knoxville
Tenn
Smokey Mountains
American Museum of Atomic Energy
Oak Ridge
New Photography Division at Plymouth County Fair Art Show
During the 1977 Plymouth county fair in Le Mars from August 7 to 10 a photography division will debut in both professional and nonprofessional classes. Phil Bradbury of Akron Community High School will judge the entire art show on Monday morning August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars
Phil Bradbury
Akron
Dorothy Klemme Wins Consumer Education Fellowship
Dorothy Klemme former Akron resident and Remsen Union elementary teacher was among twenty five teachers from northwest Iowa and surrounding states awarded United States Office of Consumer Education fellowships to attend a regional summer institute in consumer economics June 8 30 1977 at the University of South Dakota Vermillion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Klemme
le Mars
Akron
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
United States Office of Consumer Education
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
Klemme
Remsen- Union
Remsen
Devin Jones Receives ISU Award for Fall Enrollment
Devin M Jones of Westfield Community High School son of Mr and Mrs Duane Jones will study animal science pre vet at Iowa State University Ames under a recognition and award program giving top five percent graduates a certificate and $100 scholarship. Additional names will be announced by the university admissions office.
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Town State University
Ames
Devin M. Jones
Westfield Community High School
Duane Jones
Devin
University
Office of Admissions and Records
Seven local citizens complete BLS course
Seven Akron area residents Ed Beech Dave Ericson Brenda Green Jerry Green Jim Harvey Dale Huettmann and Alan Huygens completed 12 hours of Basic Life Support training to certify them in recognizing respiratory or cardiac arrest and applying CPR until advanced care arrives. Instructor Marge Dykstra led the session with helpers Karen Willer and Arlin Milbrodt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Beech
Dave Ericson
Brenda Green
Jerry Green
Jim Harvey
Dale Huettmann
Alan Huygens
Marge Dykstra
Karen Willer
Arlin Milbrodt
Dara Marie Beck Engaged to Jeffrey Jammerthal
Grace Beck of Chatsworth announces the engagement of her daughter Dara Marie to Jeffrey Michael Jammerthal son of Mr and Mrs Harold Jammerthal of Akron. A June 4 wedding is set. Willy Beckman of Akron was among 614 Iowa State University students who joined the fifth annual Dance for Those Who Can t Strive to raise 30000 for muscular dystrophy research in the Hilton Coliseum March 11 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Beck
Chatsworth
Dara Marie
Jeffrey Michael Jammerthal
Harold
Bud) Jammerthal
Akron
Willy Beckman
Iowa State University
Hilton Coliseum
Iowa State Center
County Porkettes Luncheon Hosted by Plymouth County
The Plymouth county Porkettes and Le Mars Chamber of Commerce invite to a noon luncheon on Iowa agriculture day Monday March 21 1977. Lunch starts at 12 at the Eagles club Le Mars address 104 1st Ave SW. Cost 2.25 per person. Reservations by Friday March 18 1977 at 5465306. Program includes pork and pigskin information.
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Plymouth County Porkettes
le Mars Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Eagles Club
1St Ave
le Mars
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Robert Kerr
Ruth Sawyer
Hawarden
Courtney Mowery
Claude Anderson
Mollie Campbell
Lorna Whiting
Carrie Whiting
Anna Long
Elma Anderson
Beresford
Dennis Wilken
Donald Neumaber
Gerald Haldeen
Kirk
Jay
Harry Pausch
Robert Salge
Merrill
Matie Hitzeman
Helen Hitzeman
Minnie Pollock
Lois Clark
Oda Jenkins
Rosie Whiting
Boyson Apartments
Pat Bernard
Ed Faust
Clifford Faust
Kathy Schmitz
Teresa
Larry
Danny
Ricky
Joe
Elk Point
Diana Brown
Michelle
Stacy
Cherokee
Helen Faust
Tom Buryanek
Lucille Paskett
Marcella Hawks
Lizzie Gibbons
Hope
Rochelle Caskey
Ye Olde Opera House
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Paul Friske
Norman Grasz
Consumer
Devin Jones
ISU
Beta Sigma Psi Fraternity
Hilton
County Porkettes
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