Rabies Outbreak Suspected In Rural Area Between Westfield and Adaville
A suspected rabies outbreak in animals is reported in the rural area between Westfield and Adaville by Dr. BR E Garvin with five or more suspected cases. Dogs should stay close to home and owners report any suspicious animal behavior. Samples have been sent to the state lab. The American Legion Auxiliary meeting May 4 featured a Mother’s Day program and a $50 donation to the Community Hospital. The county meeting is set for May 13 in Akron with officer elections, and the district convention on May 19 at Marcus. The unit reports Iowa third in national membership. several members thanked the Star Mothers.
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Westfield
Adaville
BR. E. Garvin
Garvin
R.e.brundige
Jos, Trotzig
R. E. Garvin
State Laboratory
American Legion Auxiliary
Arlene Johnson
Marilyn Huebner
Judy Dirks
Carol Boe
Akron
Aken
Marcus
Mable Port
Iowa
Edith Gant
Poppy
Soyce Port
Papritz
Trene ‘Vous
Legion and Auxiliary
Spo Soren
Ida’ Grove
Robert E. Lounsberry
McCallsburg
Wil
American Legion
F. L. Goodburn
Legion Auxiliary
John B. Young
Marshalltown
Blanche C. Allbee
Des Moines
Department of Iowa
Iowa National Guard
Art B. Thomas
Tractor Square
Marcus Post
Wayne Baldner
Ray Gates
Akron High School Graduation Plans For 1954
Plans completed for Akron High School graduation week events. Baccalaureate on Sunday May 23 at 8:00 pm in the School Auditorium with Rev. W. C. Yeager speaker. Commencement on Monday May 24 at 8:00 pm with Superintendent Allen P Burkhardt speaker. Includes scholarships awards valedictorian salutatorian talks and music by the department. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron High School
Allen P. Burkhardt
Norfolk
Nebraska
Akron voters to decide on telephone franchise May 20
Akron residents head to the polls on Thursday May 20 for a special election to grant Northwestern Bell Telephone Company a franchise to use streets and alleys for lines and poles. The vote runs 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Town Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cormission
M. E. Hermon
Church Schedule and Notices at Pleasant Hill Eldo Kirkus
First Baptist Church lists 10:00 Sunday school and 11:00 worship led by Rev. Palmer Swenson from Sioux Falls with junior and senior B Y F events and choir practices through May 21. Pleasant Hill Evangelical United Brethren notes 10:00 Sunday school and 11:00 worship with Ladies Aid May 19. Eldo Kirkus, pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Swenson
Sioux Falls
Sano
D.V.B.S
Pleasant Hill
Local News Notes From Clearwater to Humboldt
Community updates list visitors from Florida Iowa and Nebraska with trips to relatives in Humboldt Sioux City and Greeley including a US Navy Marine Corps leave and a Germany based address. Open house at Ak ron Community Hospital May 15 supports bake sale for auxiliary projects. Wesleyan youth attend District Junior-Hi Rally led by Rev Lyle Lieder with several local participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Searls
Lavonne Kay
Oakland
Calif
Howard Searls
Dorothy
Carolyn Searls
Anita
Sioux
Falls
Walter Bogenrief
Charlotte Nesbit
Sioux City
Willis “Morse
Edk Point
Ray Dale
Aropson
Hawarden
Herb Johnson
Akron
Akron Community Hospital
Jenson
Wesley'Methodist Church
Correctionville Methodist Church
Lyle Lieder
Morningside ‘College
Mary ‘Ellen Hebeler
Carolyn, Maynayd
Dick Hohlfeld
Dennis ‘Silkebakken
Allan Huygens
HL James
Immanuel Lutheran Church hosts illustrated messages by the Larson Sisters
Signe and Elvira Larson of Lindsborg Kansas present an illustrated program at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Friday May 21 at 8:00 p m. The sisters use pastel pictures lighting and song to reveal Christ. No charge but a free will offering is invited and attendees speak of the program as inspiring and challenging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Larson
Signe
Elvira
Lindsborg
Kansas
Lutheran Church
Bethany College
Christ
United States
Immanuel Lutheran
Brule Creek Lutheran Church Service and Calendar
Brule Creek Lutheran Church schedule lists Sunday worship at 11:00 am with Sunday school and 1:00 pm service, Luther League program, hostesses Mrs. Carl Nelgon and Mrs. Hugo Granstrom, leaders Rob Abraham and Gorman Nygard. Other events include teachers meeting Tuesday at 8:00 pm at Roy Abraham’s home, Ladies Aid Thursday 2:30 pm with hostesses Mrs. A. O. Klopstad and Miss Ida Johnson, Bible study by Mrs. Paul Quam Jr, and confirmation class at 4:15 pm. LG Hastad pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Carl Nelgon
Hugo Granstrom
Rob ‘Abraham
and Gorman
Nygard
Roy Abraham
Ladies Aid
A. O. Klopstad
Ida Johnson
Paul Quam, Jr
Lg, Hastad
Singing in the Cart and Bad Horse Each Week at Norka
The Norka Theatre features two programs next week a Judy Can n on Allen Jenkins comedy Singing in the Cart on May 14 and 15 and an emotional drama Bad for Each Other starring Charlton Heston and Lizabeth Scott showing May 17 and 18. The drama follows a Korean War veteran who resigns to become a partner in a society doctor’s practice, seeks true love, and faces a mine disaster that alters his path.
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Norka Theatre
Talking Picture
Judy Cannon
Allen Jenkins
Charlton Heston
Lizabeth ‘Scott
Rhys Williams
Coalville
Heston
Miss Scott
Local Notables and Community Notes from Hawarden Area
Ed Blum visits Leeds and Sioux City relatives. Wm Josten from Sioux Falls visits Arthur Huebner home. Freedom Lodge No 434, ACT and A M holds regular meeting May 17. Santa Ana visitors to McConville Aalfs families. Russell Clark hosts dinner in Brungville. Warm week with plowing and corn planting. Draft board member attends national selective service meeting in Storm Lake. Rural Home Culture Club meets at Mrs Oren Harris. Mother's Day reflections shared. Out-of-town visitors include Richards Wayne and Mardeer Aalfs and others. Precinct caucuses called for May 19 by Henry Dirks. Atlanta trip for Mrs J D Davis and daughters. Akron couple celebrates 25th anniversary open house May 28. Lt Charles Adams visits from Korea. Spring Luncheon of Home Culture Club features slides from Walter Dirks trip south. J T Johnson seeks state representative seat. nine two-year terms previously served. Highway Commission discusses Primary 12 paving Akron to Westfield. Kenneth Klemme and Barbara Jane visit Hawarden relatives. Kenneth to return to American Airlines in San Francisco.
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Ed. Blum
Leeds
Sioux City
Wm. Josten Cum
Sioux Falls
Arthur Huebner
Freedom Lodge
Act
A. M
Pat Beden
Santa Ana
Calif
McConville
Aalfs
Russell Clark
Emery Oltmanns
Brungville
I. A. Stryzewski
County Draft Board
National Selective Service
Storm Lake
Rural Home Culture Club
Oren Harris
Clarence Aalfs
Richard
Wayne
Mardeer
Omaha
L. A. Harmon
J. D. Davis
Shurman
Susan
H. E. Bradley
Atlanta
Georgia
John E. Siebens
Akron
Charles Adams
Korea
W.G. Adams
Johnson
State Highway Commission
Westfield
Kenneth Klemme
Barbara Jane
San Fran‘cesaco
Emery Klemme
New York
Kenneth
American Airlines
San Francisco
Buyers warned on wheat purchases in 1954 55
In 1954 55 buyers face liability for the marketing quota penalty on excess 1954 crop wheat. Henry C. Baldes of Plymouth County ASC urges buyers to verify sellers have marketing cards or certificates. Penalty is 1.12 per bushel. liens attach on noncompliant producers. intermediate buyers may deduct penalties if proof of satisfaction is shown.
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Henry C. Bades
Plymouth County
ASC
Baldes
Biyar
Trans ‘Feree
Trinity American Lutheran Church Weekly Schedule
Lutheran church notices list services and events for Trinity American Lutheran and Immanuel churchs. Describes Sunday worship at 10 30 a m and 8 30 a m for different Sundays, Sunday school times, council meetings at LeMars and staff meetings, Ladies Aid Junior choir and Mission Band activities, confirmation classes, Vacation Bible School starts May 26, and a cornerstone laying service on May 238 8 00 p m. Also cites quotes about education and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMars
Ladies’ Aid
Herman Andresen
Larson
Immanuel Church
Chatsworth
Area Church Council
John Moller
Larson Sisters
Immauel
Boy Scouts Attend Conservation Camp in Peterson Iowa
Thirteen Boy Scouts and John Daniels attended the Conservation Camporee at Peterson Iowa last Friday and Saturday with 1,056 Scouts in attendance. All camped and cooked outdoors. Burton Swift injured his foot but was well cared for by those in charge. All reported a good time and worthwhile experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daniels
Peterson
Iowa
Burton Swift
Dennis Silkebakken
Wesley Methodist Church Activities in Akron Iowa Service Notes
The notice outlines morning worship at 11:00 with a sermon titled If Christ Came to Akron, text Matthew 28 20, nursery for preschoolers. It lists Sunday school at 10:00, junior choir rehearsals, a High School band concert on Friday May 14 at 8:00 p.m., Women’s Society activities, and upcoming meetings and pledges due May 20. Special Immanuel Lutheran service May 21, and church board on May 26 plus Vacation Church School starting May 27.
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Wesley Methodist Church
Donald H. James
Akron
Harry 4. Nelson
Women’s Society
Richard Prussing
L. K. Burker
Iowa
Immanuel Lutheran
Word of God
Larson
Community Notes From Akron and Surroundings
Weekend visitors include Mrs Gladys Schoen of Beresford and the Schoen family. Delights include Wayne State Teachers College graduate Dorothy Snyder and several teaching placements. Miss Barbara Rausch’s marriage to Dick Dimmick is announced with plans in Laverne Minnesota. Local church delegates and mission pledges highlight community activity.
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Wm. Schoen
Gladys Schoen
Beresford
D. G. Ross
Leslie, Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Dorothy Snyder
Wayne Snyder
Wayne State ‘Teachers College
Wayne
Nebr
Barbara Rausch
Akron
Dick G. Dimmick
Chatsworth
Methodist Church
Laverne, Minc
Carl H. Linden
Donna Schneider
Ed Andresen
Akron High School spring band concert Friday night
Akron High School music department presents its annual spring band concert Friday May 14 at 8:00 pm in the School Auditorium directed by Karl Rogosch. Senior and Junior bands perform. It is Rogosch’s final Akron program before moving to the University of South Dakota. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents students. The program features works by Bach Finlayson Gershwin and others plus a baton exhibition and a May God Bless and Keep You finale. Notes from Akron Community Hospital report three local patients and a birth: a daughter born May 9, 1954 to Mr and Mrs Ford Hansen of Akron.
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Akron High School
Karl’ Rogosch
Rogosch
Akron
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
Farm Bureau Calendar May Meetings and Times
May 18 Portland Preston 4 H club meets at Frank Rolfes home at 8 00 p m May 13 Liberty 4 H club meets at the school at 7 00 p m
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Farm Bureau
Portland
Akron Hopesful Baseball Team Trials Draw Local Interest
About twenty five hopefuls turned out at the ball park for tryouts and practice as Akron moves toward forming a town baseball team this summer. Players split into sides, warmed up, and set the stage for a fuller workout next Sunday if weather allows. Local interest grows along with neighboring towns showing renewed support for the national pastime.
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Akron
The
Nueleus
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Legion Auxiliary News
First Baptist Church
Paul Papritz
S. S
Eldo Kirkus
Herman Stewart
Clearwater
Florida
Clara Ziegler
H. A. Stryzewski
Coon Rapids
Jack Rogers
Robert Richer
Blair, Nebr
H. J. Behmer
John Papritz
Avery Small
Dirks
Greeley, Colo
John H. Dirks
Henry Dirks
Fred Haage
Donald
Germany
Pvt
Haage
Frankfurt
Donald G. Haage
F. A
APO
Akron Church
Brule, Creek Luth
Churce
Norka
Trinity American Lutheran * Church
Luther A. Meyer
BOY Scout News
Joan Breitbarth
Evansville
Ind
Fred Breitbarth
H. L. Smith
Onawa
B. James
Robert James
Chariton
Mel
Smith
Emery James
Betty Kiemme
Westmar College
Spirit Lake
Betty
Walmer Post Drum and Bugle Corps
Ed. H. Willer
Wm. L. Mitchell
D. H. James
North Iowa
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Mason City
Woman's Society
Randall Beaitbarth
Glen Breitbarth
Merrill
Gerald Lechnier
Thurston
Jean Breitbarth
Evarsville
Betty Borchers
John Williams
B. J. Borchers
LeMara
Jesse Kallsen
Wendell Borchers
LeMary
Storm King
Finlayson
Addinsell
Gershwin Marian Johnson
United Nations March
Ring
Star Band
Hummell
Clown Bard
Hummell Golden Gate
Senor Hand
Kine
Morrissey
I Mareh
Slippery Gentlemen
Walters Trombone
Marlene McVay
Jim Scranton
Three Bears
Janice Robbins
Gillette Bie Blade
Pat McLane
Seeeey King
Good Lord
Willson
Margaret Harris
Lillian Buehre
Warren Rogers
Los Angeles
Ford Hansen
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