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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1958
Page
3
A school publication lists staff editors reporters and participants across grades and departments. It notes an upcoming senior class play Around the World in Eighty Days, with cast members and roles, plus details on art shows concerts and class activities at the school in South Dakota.
Twenty Commercial students took Town Merit Tests with fifteen passing and potential placement on the employment register. Bookkeeping covers four weeks of fictitious Patton and Bond sets including journals and ledgers. Typing uses dictionary and columnists. Shorthand reaches 60 wpm aiming for 80. Office Practice drafts an executive itinerary for business trips. Advanced Algebra students took a math test at the university.
Mrs Winifred Scranton born in Wapello Iowa taught in Preston township now teaching Fourth grade in Akron. She graduates from University of South Dakota upcoming summer and has traveled to Canada Yellowstone Rocky Mountains Missouri and Arkansas. Her hobbies include reading nature study and swimming. May baskets and spring projects will guide Third through Sixth grades with art lessons on pens ink and lettering.
Six week honor roll includes Janice Jans Lin da Rosenbaum Annette Small Ste ven Borchers Vicki Drake Dennis Henrich Sue Horton Debbie Kjose Debbie Meinnis Richard Oetken and Susan Anderson. Janice Jans and Sunsan Anderson win ribbons in the art exhibit. The Elephants begin reading Many Surprises while the Bluebirds start Over a City Bridge. Janice Jans celebrates a birthday.
The first grade explores a circus unit with a clown, balloons, and an elephant for peanut feeding once reading words are learned. Students count by tens in Numbers, create new words in Phonics by changing initial letters, sing songs, and participate in a talent show.
Notice states association under Chapter 491 of the 1954 Iowa Code forming Akron Produce Company of Akron Iowa Incorporated in Plymouth County. It will purchase sell process and package eggs and poultry with broad corporate powers including real and personal property, borrowing, and operations outside Iowa. Capital stock nine thousand dollars in shares of par one hundred dollars. Commences April 3 1958 for twenty years.
The Plymouth Soil Conservation District Commissioners met April 23 at the LeMars office with attendees including Walter Muecke Harold Johnson Don Litzmann Don Banks Arlie Pierson Bob Abels Jim Warder Allan Eich Elmer Feusner. They discussed the annual meeting and election and plan a barbecue at the Girls 4-H Building with Jesse Scholl of Iowa State College invited to speak. Terraces and waterways were staked and miles of terraces completed for numerous farms across Plymouth County including Lyle Stephens Walter Held and Vin cent Feauto among others. numerous acres of contour and basin terraces were laid for many farms in multiple townships.
The Preston Park Bureau women met at Mrs Elmer Philips home April 15 with 12 present. Ella Frerichs led Neighbors Near and Far while Lois Voss spoke on Conservation. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs Anna Gabel with Cora Johnson and Loris Gabel to present lessons.
Fresh supply of Typewriter Rib bons for different makes of machines Adding Machine ribbons and carbon available at the Register Tribune office for quick purchase and use.
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