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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1945
Page
2
The Register-Tribune announces Bay A Smith as publisher for the Alcon weekly edition. Published every Thursday, it is entered at the local post office as second class mail matter since September 26, 1901.
Mrs Arnold Hamman and family reside at Riverside Sioux City. Tuesday club hostesses and readers discuss Indigo next year Reader's Digest study and plans for a picnic. Various visits, art exhibit prizes, and class play Spooks and Spasms noted. Baccalaureate and commencement for Westfield Class of 1945 held at the high school.
Tr R D Falk from the University of South Dakota Vermillion gave a strong address to graduates. Betty Jean Willer was valedictorian and Joyce Hummel salutatorian. The program included songs, solos by Doreas Knapp and Larry Michael, diploma presentations, and the chorus song God Bless America.
The U S Navy issued a call for 1,090 skilled tradesmen from Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and the Dakotas for west coast naval yards and over 500 laborers for the Hastings Nebraska ammunition depot. War Manpower’s John P Bowler directs the area program with a May 30 deadline and immediate needs for 390 stenographers clerks and draftsmen for Washington D C.
Kindergarten students learned the word airplane and drew related pictures while making May baskets and starting an Animal booklet. First graders focus on spelling with two to three words per lesson and high scores. Reading groups prepared dog reports with drawings, and English class featured original poems by Karen Johnson and Dennis Boe. Perfect spelling scores were achieved by Sandra.
Burris, Lloyd Bichacker and Jimmy McVay are mentioned with reporter Dennis Boe. Lavonne Lamoureux Eula Marie Jnan and Mary Lou Pollock mapped relatives in the services from Akron. The Art Appreciation Group received twenty seven miniature paintings and will test on artists and nationalities. Eula Marienau made fine notebooks. Sixth graders finish Geography and Arithmetic while reviewing completed textbooks and wrapping up the two books.
School students now working part time must clear under the Priority and Ceiling Program when available for full time work. Every student 16 years and over must clear through the United States Employment Service at year end. There are 1,015 jobs now available for students and others seeking summer work.
In Sioux City Iowa the United States Employment Service operates from 341 Commerce Building. Details on services, hours, and eligibility are provided locally for job seekers and employers seeking labor information and workforce resources.
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