Akron News Highlights and Community Updates
Shorty jokes about time change and outdoor work while cautioning about tall dead poplar trees near power wires. Mother's Day gift ideas abound as Akron stores offer wide selections. City crews will assist Sorensen Refuse in leaf and debris pickup May 2 through May 14, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gene Kadinger joins Dirks Motor Co. as sales manager from Canton SD, with six children and plans to move to Akron. Gay 90s festival slated June 9–11 with parade and float participation urged. Friendship and Service club baby contest funds support opera house roof repairs and park equipment.
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Akron
Sorensen Refuse Service
Dirks Motor Co
Gene Kadinger
le Mars
Gene
Canton
S.D
Chevrolet
Pat
Debbie
Arizona
Sheryl
Mark
David
Terry
Melinda
Ramona VanderHelm
Darrell Easton
John Hultgren
Friendship and Service Club
Opera House
Akron Register Tribune postal and subscription notice
Akron Register-Tribune details publication date and pricing. It lists publisher Francis Shorty Hazel and Hazel Velgene, notes publication every Thursday in Akron Plymouth County Iowa, with post office entry as second class mail matter since September 1901. Annual rates are 7 dollars, six months 4 dollars in local counties. elsewhere 8 dollars per year.
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Akron
Plymouth County
Iowa
Plymouth
Sioux
Woodbury
Union County
S.D
Calendar of church meetings and club events in Akron
A May schedule lists multiple church circle meetings in the Akron area with dates from May 5 to May 11, plus club, Legion, and 4-H events. The notes include gift subscription reminders for the Akron Tribune.
New Books at Akron Public Library Highlight Classics and Biographies
Akron readers can explore Joni by Joni Eareckson, Bubbles by Beverly Sills, Life After Life by Raymond Moody, On Death and Dying by Kubler-Ross, Women in the American Revolution by Paul Engle, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor, Shotgunning by Bob Brister, and three mysteries The Coconut Killings, The Slippery Step, and Starring Miss Marple. A booster club thank you and a cookbook fundraiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation are also noted.
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Akron Public Library
Joni
Joni Eareckson
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Paul Engle
Iowa City
Mildred Taylor
Mississippi
Bob Brister
Patricia Moyes
Rae Foley
Miss Marple
Agatha Christie
May baskets and visits mark Akron social day
Sunday residents shared May flowers and mints at dinner from the Catholic Daughters. Home Culture club members Roberta Dirks Alice Willer and Jeannette Hill served sandwiches and coffee then led bingo. Various relatives and neighbors visited, including Mrs Richard Dirks and Bessie Dirks from Harrisburg South Dakota and 99 year old Minnie Postlewait celebrated April 26 with family.
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Home Culture Club
Roberta Dirks
Alice Willer
Jeannette Hill
Richard Dirks
Bessie Dirks
Harrisburg
S.D
Margaret Hartmann
Minnie Postlewait
Ora Bringman
Ed Blum
Marel Bennett
Ed Utesch
le Mars
William Utesch
Akron
Maud Knapp
Walter Nelson
Ursula Strobel
Gladys Nygard
Marie Larson
Beverly Hey
Sioux City
Sioux Valley Extension Club Meets May Sixth
Mr and Mrs W L Mitchell return from vacation in Arkansas. Sioux Valley Extension club set to meet May 6 at Mrs Glenn Wakemans home. SDSU president Laurel Loftsgard to address SDSU commencement May 7 at Frost Arena. over 835 degrees to be awarded. Monica Vreugdenhil of Akron seeks bachelor degree.
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Sioux Valley Extension Club
Glenn Wakeman
North Dakota State University
Laurel Loftsgard
South Dakota State University
Frost Arena
SDSU
Monica Vreugdenhil
Max Vreugdenhil
Akron
Engagement of Vicky Ludwigs to John Hohlbaugh
Mr and Mrs Gerd Ludwigs of Akron announce the engagement of their daughter Vicky to John Hohlbaugh, son of Mr and Mrs Don Hohlbaugh of Sioux City. Vicky works for Zenith Radio Corp in Sioux City and John works for Feld Truck Leading in Lincoln Nebraska. No date set.
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Gerd Ludwigs
Akron
Vicky
John Hohlbaugh
Don Hohlbaugh
Sioux City
Zenith Radio Corp
John
Feld Truck Leading
Lincoln
Neb
Plymouth County Cowbelles Honor Mother of First Baby
Plymouth county group invites attention to Mother's Day on May 8. They will honor the mother of Plymouth county’s first baby born after midnight with a $10 beef dinner certificate. Parents must reside in Plymouth county and notify Mrs. Jennie Vos, Kingsley, 944-5118.
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Plymouth County
Jennie Vos
Kingsley
Akron Opera House faces decision on outside college productions
The Akron Opera House weighs ending seven year policy of inviting area colleges to use its stage after poor turnout for a Sioux Empire College show from Hawarden. Directors cite audience size as measure of success and invite residents to express views at Box 431, Akron, Iowa.
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Sioux Empire College
Hawarden
SECO
Theatre Board
Yankton College
Fantasticks
Morningside College
Creamery Theatre
Akron
Box
Iowa
New Arrivals Frerichs and Moller Babies Reported
A son, Ryan Patrick, was born April 27, 1977 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frerichs of Le Mars at St. Luke's Medical Center in Sioux City. He weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and has a sister Nicole and a brother Darin. Grandparents are Edmund Blum and Alvin Frerichs of Akron. A daughter, Rhiannon Lynn, was born April 14, 1977 to Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Moller of Carroll at St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll. She weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces and is 21 inches long. Grandparents are Gerhard Moiler of Chatsworth and great-grandparents Henry Collmann of Plymouth Manor Care Center in Le Mars.
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Ryan Patrick
Robert Frerichs
le Mars
St. Luke’s Medical Center
Sioux City
Hothe
Nicole
Darin
Edmund Blum
Alvin Frerichs
Akron
Gary A. Moller
Carroll
Iowa
St. Anthony Hospital
Rhiannon Lynn
Gerhard Moiler
Chatsworth
Henry Collmann
Plymouth Manor Care Center
Book and Thimble Club Meets for April Roundup
Book and Thimble club members met April 26 with Lorna Easton hosting. Fourteen members named a state flower and bird. topics included a gas tax hike in Iowa, potential Saturday mail suspension, conservation, Bible knowledge among college entrants, and an art share by James Bama. Awards for international affairs and family living were given. Next meeting May 10 at Penny Bryant’s home.
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Lorna Easton
Vivian McPherson
Iowa
Mildred Steel
Dorothy Finzen
James Bama
Velma Coon
Bess Lias
Time Magazine
Cuba
Doris Brundeen
Federation
America
Penny Bryant
Wanda Philips
Asparagus and Plant Food Recipes For Diabetics And Gardens
A column offers an asparagus casserole and a spring asparagus bake with eggs, plus a pantry plant food recipe using baking powder, epsom salts, saltpeter and household ammonia. Also shared are hot biscuit sandwich for diabetics, baking powder biscuits, cooking steps, and calorie notes. Ends with teaser for desserts and a Mother’s Day salute.
Future Akron teacher named student of the year
Kathy Yakle a Central college senior in Pella has been named Iowa Home Economics Student of the Year by the Iowa Home Economics Association She is the daughter of Bill and Mrs Yakle of Wapella and will teach home economics at Akron Community High School next fall The honor was announced at the IHEA spring conference in Clear Lake.
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Kathy Yakle
Central College
Pella
Iowa Home Economics
Iowa Home Economics Association
Bill Yakle
Wapella
Wapello High School
Akron Community High School
Yakle
Association
Clear Lake
Intersection collision injures two
Two persons were injured in a two vehicle crash at 5 55 p m Wednesday April 27 ten miles east and three miles north of Le Mars Heath George Dumas 81 month old son of Carol and Charles Dumas Akron was treated at Akron hospital and dismissed Melvin Schwiesow 27 Ireton was admitted with bruises and abrasions Carol Dumas Akron driving a 1967 Olds stopped at the intersection of K 22 and C 16 pulled out not seeing Schwiesow in a 1976 Ford pickup causing about 4000 damage to the pickup and 900 to the car Dumas was cited for entering a stop intersection.
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le Mars
Sheriff's Office
Heath George Dumas
Carol
Charles Dumas
Akron
Melvin Schwiesow
Ireton
Carol Dumas
Schwiesow
Dumas
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