Graduation Week Activities Honor Akron High Class of 1958
Graduation week events honor Akron High School Class of 1958 with Baccalaureate services at the School Auditorium on May 20 and commencement exercises on May 21. Eighteen young ladies and twelve young men will receive diplomas in a program featuring brass ensemble performances and addresses by Rev. Charles Kriss and Rev. Lloyd Musser.
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Akron
Wayne Williams
Sharon Harvey Siatilian
See
Paul
Roger
Kerr
Nadire
Dirka
Adidiress
Wiseman
Sioux City Holds Hearing Over Rail Line Discontinuance
Sioux City held a hearing on the discontinuance of the Milwaukee Hiawatha passenger trains connecting Sioux Falls and Sioux City with Manilla and other points. Attorneys for the railroad faced 10 protesting witnesses while a dozen observers supported the cut. The commission gave 20 days to file written questions, with a decision expected in about 60 days.
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Sioux City
Milwaukee
Hiawatha
Sioux “Falls
Sioux
Manilla
Torneys
John Tallman
Join Ropes
Heard
Ttance
Pred Lindelaugel
South Dakotapublic Utilities
Comaion
Bat
Immanuel and Union Creek Lutheran Churches Activities
Church notices list events for Immanuel and Union Creek Lutherans led by Pastor David J. Roy. Activities include confirmation class Saturday at 7 00 p m Sunday worship at 9 46 a m and 11 00 a m Sunday school 10 30 a m vacation Bible school opens Thursday at 8 30 am for children 2 to 14, plus Luther League, Ladies Aid, choir rehearsals, and Bible camp program.
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Immanuel
Union Creek
David J. Roy
Ida
UC Vadition Bible School
UC Luther League
Lawrence
Ericson
Raymond
Ericgon
Adina
Huttgren
Clayton Huttgren
Wayne Waterman
IMM Ladies Aid
Milton Anderson
Elmer Dimiiick
Alfred
Anna Klemme
IMM Luther League
Deanna Dirks
Ernzie Dirks
Claudia Willis
IMM Vacation Bible School
Pleasant Hill Evangelical United Brethren Church Event
Pleasant Hill Evangelical United Brethren Church announces Sunday school at 7:00 p.m. Worship service at 8:00 p.m. A social gathering is planned for May 25 at 8:00 p.m. Westmar College Male Quartet will present a sacred concert with a free will offering and lunch served afterward. Public invited. Mrs. Paul Papritz, Sept. 8. Lavern Adelmann, Pastor.
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Annements
Westmar College
Paul Papritz
Laven R. Adelmann
Local News Notes From Elk Point Area
Miss Hilma Johnson of Sioux City visits her brother Orville in Elk Point weekend. Donald Johnson, also of Sioux City, has taken a position as linotype operator at the Register-Tribune office. Bake sale Saturday May 19 sponsored by the WSB in Jenson store building. Mrs. Earnest Knecht and Laurlle Jean visit Earl Hewitt and family in Elk Point. Burnight family from Omaha visit relatives here. Hammerly family from Newton visit parents Dr. and Mrs. Brunner. Home Culture Club met at Mrs. Ed Willer for a 1 PM luncheon closing the year. film on fine china and talk by Mrs. Dean Rowe of LeMars. Annabelle Lennon of LeMars visits friends. Lennon family to move to Akron where she’ll manage Town Public Service Co. Mrs. Lennon’s mother Mayme Harter returns June 1 from Seattle. Charlene Betcher of Sioux City and Herman Beckman of Akron unite in marriage at Laverne Minnesota. couple to live in LeMars. VFW Auxiliary post 8696 meets. report from Bonnie Von Hagel on Cherokee district meeting. Henrietta Hoschler given VFW ring. 27 members attend. Installation noted. draping of charter and Memorial services held. Haz Blake Pub Chair.
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Hilma Johnson
Sioux City
Orville
Donald Johnson
Register-Tribune
Jenson
Ceca
Earnest Knecht
Lauellajean
Earl Hewitt
Elk Point
T. Robert Burnight
Susan
Kathy
Omaha
Nebr
Ray Hammerly
Newton
Iowa
Dr. v
W. Q Brunner
Ed. H. Willer
Dean Rowe
LeMars
England
Annabelle Lennon
Lennon
Akron
Mayme ‘Harter
Seattle
Wash
Laverne, Minn
Charlene Betcher
Herman Beckman
Zion Lutheran Church
Russell. J. Quanbeck
Walter Dirks
Iver Pollock
LeMara
Dena
Herman’s Tavern
V.F.W
James Russell Montagne Post
V.F.W. Hall
Bonnie von Hagel
Cherokée
Henrietta Hoschler
V F.W
Helen Sliquiberg
Haz Blake
Akron High Track Team Crowned Siouxland Champions
The Akron High Red Raiders won the Siouxland Conference track meet in Sioux Falls, scoring 551% points to claim the league title. Rock Rapids 43, Hawarden 83, Canton Auguata nia Academy 2914, LeMars Gehlen 174%, Orange City 8%. Akron earned a handsome trophy alongside football and basketball wins.
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Akron High Red Raiders
Siouxland
Sioux Falls
Akron
Rock Rapids
Hawarden
Canton Auguatania Academy
LeMars Gehlen
Orange City
Akron High
Local Men Appeal to Senate Subcommittee for Flood Plan
Two Towans testified before a Washington subcommittee seeking 25 000 for flood control project planning on the lower Big Sioux River. Organizers of the Lower Big Sioux River Watershed association said floods have damaged crops land and property totaling nearly three million dollars in the past four years across South Dakota Iowa and Minnesota mainly in South Dakota. Senators Mundt and Case both backed the request calling it the logical time to act.
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Washington
D. C
Senate Appropriations
Lower
Big Sioux
Victor Clark
Akron
Robert Michael
Westfield
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Big ‘Sioux River
Mundt
Case
Westfield Cong Church Dedication Sunday Service
Westfield Congregational Church marks Dedication Sunday May 20 with 9 30 a m worship led by Rev Jud son Fiebigey of Grinnell Ia at 10 80 am follow ed by church school a noon potluck for all friends and 2 00 pm dedicatory services featuring Rev Albert 0 Walker and Rev O F Elbe speaking Albert Walker pastor
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Judson Fiebigey
Grinnell
All Friends of the Church
Albert 0. Walker
O.F. Elbe
Albert Walker
Poppy Day Proclamation and Shower News
Akron mayor proclaims Poppy Day on Saturday the 26th 1986 urging all citizens to wear a poppy to honor war dead. The article also reports on Isabel Baum’s engagement shower for Miss Isabel Baum to be wed June 9 to Al Chalmer Onnen with local families, church events, and a buffet reception. Also includes farming notes from Iowa State College on moisture conservation and soybean seed testing.
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Akron
America
Gassman
American Legion
Ican Legion Auxiliary
Gisdbled
V. A
Iowa State College
Iowa
Leroy Everson
Everson
Ames
First Church Dinner Memorial Day at the church
First Church of Christ will serve a Dinner Memorial Day at the church. Visitors in Sioux Falls Monday include Peter Bay and Herman Axelson. Vesper Club No. 4 will meet Friday evening May 11 at 0 ESB with their son and daughter in law and Mrs. William Neal traveling from Des Moines. Bernard Harwig Jr and Mrs. Lillian Crow and Myrtl visited Willis Crow in Inwood Iowa. Vesper Club to meet May 24 at 8:00 p.m. Bring needle, thread, and thimble. Ernest Boetger and son in law and daughter Daryl McCormick left Sunday for Tacoma to visit Boetger's sister.
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First Church of Christ
Peter ‘Bay
Herman Axelson
Sioux Falls
Vesper Chapter
Wm. Neal
Des Moines
Byer
Bernard Harwig
Lillian ‘Crow
Myrtl
Willis Crow
Inwood
Vesper Club
Marvin Klemme
Ernest Boetger
Daryl McCormick
Tacoma
Wash
Rites Held for Esteemed Ak ron Resident Mrs Herman Jacobs
Obituary notes the death of Mrs. Herman Jacobs, longtime Akron Union County resident born 1864 in Holstein Germany. She emigrated 1887, married 1890, raised nine children, lived in Akron and Beresford SD, active in Trinity American Lutheran Church, and died May 9, 1956 at age 91. Funeral services were held May 12 in Akron with pastor Luther A Meyer presiding.
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Herman Jacobs
Akron
Union County
S. D
Beresford
Wilhelmine Kathering "Jacobs (Ley
Pat Eckertfoorde
Holstein
Germany
Fone
Martin and
Margaretha Ley
América
Peter Mohr
Lyons
South Dakota
Elk Point
Frits Herman
Jacobs
Sioux Valley Township
Iowa
Hfe
Trinity American Luhheran Church
Peace Lutheran Church
Alcester
Trinity ‘Ladies’ Aid
Lilly Jacobs
William Jacobs
Eritz Herman Jacobs
Luther A. Meyer
Lyle
Wen‘all
Russel
Milton
Ronald
Donald Jacobs
Flowers
Charles Jurgensen
August Osterthunishes
Florence Papritz
Osther Hitzemann
Fillingsness
Rossing
Cancer Crusade Active This Month in Akron
The Cancer Crusade is being carried on in Akron this month with downtown coverage led by Wilbur Tucker. Contributions may be left at First National Bank if not contacted. A group of local women and businessmen organize residential district efforts and praise donors and volunteers.
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Caron
Akron
First National Bank
Wilbur Tucker
Avery Hall
Wilfred Dirks
Gary Hartmann
Carl Hartmann
Ken Peters
Clifford Kennedy
Carl Weidenfeller
Frank Simeon
Harvey Taylor
Steve Gant
Robert Tucker
Clark Arnott
Kennth Hultgren
Ida Smith
American Legion Auxiliary Hosts Mother's Day Program
On May 1 the American Legion Auxiliary unit held its annual Mother’s Day program with Gold Star Mothers as special guests who received corsages. Performers included Mrs. Chester Guinn and Mrs. Hugh Swift in solos, the focal high school Mixed Quartet, and readers Sue Mason and Colleen Kelly. Hosts were Mrs. Florence Jacobs and Mrs. Lois Lias. Local Poppy poster contest winners were announced: senior division Marlin Campbell first and Marianne Vruegdenhil second. junior division Joyce Small first, Norma Sieben second, Jo Lynn Tucker third. Each recipient received a $3 monetary award.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Focal
Gold Star
Chester, Guinn
Hugh Swift
Focal High School
Sue Mason
Colleen Kelly
Plorence Jacobs
Lois Lias
First Church Bible School Sermon and Youth Meeting
The First Church of Christ hosts a Bible school at 10:00 a.m. Communion service at 11:00 a.m. Chi Rho youth meet at 7:00 p.m. Evening church service at 8:00 p.m. Bible study Wednesday night. May 26 Rebecca Circle meeting Thursday afternoon. Vacation Bible School starts June 18. Co Y F election officers: President Carrie Adams, vice president Besse Elliot, secretary Frances Rotenberg, corresponding secretary Ida Searls. Supt. G. W. Swan, Minister.
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Chi Rho
Rebecca Cirtla
Hostass
Mildred Klemme
Co. Y. F
Carrie Adams
Besse Elliot
Frances Rotenbaum
Ida Searls
Harold Peck
G. W. Swan
Brule Creek Luth Church May Sunday Services
Brute Creek Lutheran Church announces Sunday School at 10 and worship at 11 on May 20 with Luther League at 8 pm. The Roberts Petersen program features hosts Mrs. Selma Abraham and Mrs. Delmer Abraham.
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Luther League
Roberta ‘Petersen
Rzadiv
Selma Abraham
Delmer Abraham
Community notices from Waterloo and area events
Mrs. W. L. Mitchell attended a convention of the WSC in Waterloo, Iowa last week where a bake sale was held Saturday May 19 sponsored by the WS 6 8 in Jenson. Miss Lovellajean Knecht announces engagement to Woodrow H. Thacker of Missouri Valley Iowa pending date. Lt and Mrs Henry C Koch and family visiting relatives in Waterloo before returning to Milton Florida. Plymouth County 4-H camp set for June 6 to 8 at Lake Okoboji with two delegates per club. workshop topics include leadership training, crafts, recreation, outdoor cookery and camp management.
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W. L. Mitchell
W.S.C
Waterloo
Iowa
Sale
Jenson
John “Arnott
Clark ‘T. Arnott
Otto Larsen
Artesian
Earnest Knecht
Akron
Woodrow H. Thacker
Albert Thacker
Missori Valley
H. J. Behmer
Harold Adams
Mike
Robert Richer
Mary Beth
Sioux City
Albert Richer
Jefferson
S. D
Harry Engelbrecht
Blair
Nebr
Engelbrecht
Behmer
Henry C. Koch
Barry
Charles
Milton
Florida
John Koch
Koch
Lowell A. Koch
Bernard W. Harwig Jr
Massillon
Ohio
Harwig
Plymouth County
Lake Okoboji
Pretty spring wedding at St Patrick's Church
Miss Doris Clare Wakeman wed Gene G Miller at St Patrick's Catholic Church in a May 5 nuptial mass. The ceremony featured a double ring rite with organist Miss Josephine Weidenfeller. The couple plans a wedding trip to the Black Hills and Minneapolis before settling in Sioux City.
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Doris Clare Wakeman
Glenn Wakeman
Gene G. Miller
K. W. Miller
17Th Street
Sioux City
Iowa
St. Patrick's “Catholic Church
J. G.skahill
Josephine Weidenfeller
Mary McCarthy
David Miller
Hestman
William Miller
Samuel Morgan
Eagle's Hall
Wayie Miller
Gail Grimsley
Lloyd Wakeman
Sioux
Falls
Gilbert Wakeman
Akigny
Lester Wakeman
Curtis van Haden
Winnebago
Nebr
al Thomaz
Sian Sait
Cat Waltenfeller
Clifford Lamoureux
Akron
James Wakeman
Cleland Miller
10Th Street
Black Hills
Minneavolig
Kron Banks to Pay Higher Interest Rates
Directors of the local banks passed resolutions at recent meetings to increase the rate of interest on time and aging deposits from 4 percent to 2 percent, effective on their next respective interest paying periods.
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Kron Banks
H ’Ocal
Vacation Bible School Plans Across Akron Churches
Akron churches map start dates for Vacation Bible School with mixed formats. Opening days include Union Creek Lutheran May 21, Trinity Lath Away May 23, Emmanuel Lutheran May 24, First Baptist and Wesley Methodist May 28, Adaville EUB June 4, Plymouth Presbyterian, St. Johns Lutheran and First Church of Christ soon after. Westside Church of Christ has not fixed a date.
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Akron
Ding
Union Creek Luthran
Trinity
Lathaway
Immauel -Lutharin
First Baptist
Wesley
Adaville
Plymouth Presbyterian
St. John’s Lutheran
First Church of Christ
Westside
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Ity
Railroad
George ‘Spencer
Pleasant Hill
AHS
Siouxland Loop
Root
Bradley
Akron High School
Aurelia
Alta
Hartley
Spirit Lake
Dick Root
Dennis Bradley
Akron High Studen
Jack Lucken
Bill Scraton
Delvin Dimmick
Charles Gant
LeRoy Borchers
Dennis Wilken
Jerome Adams
Larry Boe
Jack Fara
Alan Lucken
Gayland Small
Bill Scranton
Richard Thomas
Gayland
Small
Senate
Westfield Cong's
Church
Isabel Baum
A-Le'chalmer Onnen
Lowege
Rosent
Melvin Akland
James Newton
Wavit
Judin Solbue
Ashjeld
Pians Solo
Ning
Tsabél
Fred R.claesson
Mrs. Delperdang
Brutle Creek Luth
Doris Wakeman
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