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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
2
Milnerville notes detail kindergarten and grade activities, student achievements, and class topics. Mentions Miss Buckley, Miss Manz, Miss Mason, and Miss Petersen. coverage includes attendance, self-testing drills, geography, and arithmetic studies. Local civic updates from the board of education and community events appear alongside farmer rain relief and social notices.
Akron holds 4 to 3 win over Le Mars in a tight opener. Jas Martin belts a three base hit and John Martin clears a towering two base blow as Akron rallies from early deficits. Prochaska allows hits but keeps Le Mars bats in check with key double plays and timely fielding errors by Le Mars.
English students reviewed punctuation capitalization and spelling for the state exam next week. Miss Mitchem and Mrs Murphy commend the class on recalling the first part of the course. General Science prepares for academic test this week on division of light. Industrial Arts finishes projects with working shop drawings. Algebra studies solving second degree equations by factoring completing the square and graphing. General Mathematics covers buying and selling bonds. Home Economics thanks Akron and nearby residents for costumes borrowed for the style show.
High school notes show Latin students engaging in extensive study and vocabulary drills ahead of the State Latin Test. A speech meet at Union featured a choral reading group, but Joyce Vreigdenhil’s name was omitted from the program.
The Junior-Senior Banquet occurred Tuesday May 9 at the Warrior Hotel in Sioux City. The program featured toasts to seniors and faculty, musical performances, solos by Thelma Bohlken Mary Ann Earnest Lois Moir, and a note that more details will be published in the next edition.
Senior class baccalaureate services will be held in the high school auditorium Sunday May 21 at 8 o clock. Rev Father Charles Burnet will be the speaker.
The annual commencement exercises occur Thursday evening May 25 in the school auditorium. The main speaker is Dr. T. M. By Risk of the University of South Dakota School of Education. His subject will be What Shall I Do With Tomorrow.
Kennethi Trometer, son of Mr and Mrs Martin Trometer and grandson of Jonas Fursee, underwent an appendectomy at a Sioux City hospital. C L Knapp, a county official, is mentioned in connection with the brief item.
The council presents new definitions for driving terms. A pedestrian is defined as a man whose wife has learned to drive the car. A one way street means a street where the motorist is bumped from behind only. The family circle becomes the steering wheel.
The piece urges drivers to value careful driving, contrasts millions of good drivers with thousands of reckless ones, and invites readers to share news items with the Register-Tribune, promoting loyalty to local dealers.
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