Local News Briefs From Akron Area Markets And Tales
Local notices report seed corn and field seeds for sale at Farmers Co-Op plus garden and bloom plants for Memorial Day. Community items note visits, family happenings, and upcoming bake sale of the Akron West Porters 4-11 club on May 20 at Weiden feller Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Co-Op
A. W. Huygens
Sioux City
Ross Grain Co
H. A. Stryzewski
Akron West Porters
Weidenfeller Market
Jack Tindall
LeMuers
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
For Sale Early Ohio Potatoes and Seeds
Classified notes list various items for sale and visitors. Mrs. P. Garvin advertises Westfield potatoes and seed corn. ads mention a small wooden ice box sale. Local names include Mrs. Vine, Betty Adams, Harold, Mary Larkin, Win Goold, and others visiting Sioux City, Hawarden, Bondurant, Des Moines, and Sutherland. Furniture, seeds, and greetings appear amid scattered personal notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
P. Garvin
Westfield
Farmers Co-Op
Register-Tribune
Vine
Kelly
Sioux City
Gerdes
Hawarden
Betty Adams
Sutherand
Harold
Mary Larkin
Win, Goold
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Probate Notice of Lena Von Hagel Will Hearing
Probate notice in Plymouth County Iowa states Lena Von Hagel died. A will is filed May 16 1944 with final proof and hearing set for June 1 1944 at 10:00 a m. Attorney for Estate is John F Stecker. Clerk E F P Remer presiding. Publish dates May 18 25 June 1 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Plymouth County
District Court of
Lena von Hagel
Big Springs Baptist Church May Programs and Services
The Big Springs Baptist Church lists events for May including Friday 8:30 p.m. Young People program and social, Sunday 10:15 a.m. prayer gathering, 10:30 a.m. morning worship with sermon and choir, 11:30 a.m. Sunday school, 8:00 p.m. evening service, and Tuesday 8:30 p.m. midweek meeting. The note invites all to the white church on the hill and promotes United States Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps with a victory shout.
Help Wanted to Aid Farmers with Tractor Work in Akron
Due to labor shortages and heavy spring rains growers face delays and short crop quotas in Plymouth County. County Extension Director Bruce Clampitt appeals for high school students who can operate tractors and asks businesses and professionals to donate hours after work to plow, disc, and harrow. Farmers Grain Co. in Akron can match helpers with farms and keep a file of volunteers reporting their names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County
Bruce Clampitt
Akron
Farmers Grain Co
Clifford Johnson
Iowa
Iowa War Hero Making Talks on Corn Program
Lieut. Floyd B. Drake, a War hero and Legion of Merit recipient, tours northwest Iowa counties to share overseas experiences and how corn products support war efforts in about 50 essential items. He spoke Monday at Denison with Army speakers and war films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd RB. Drake
Towa
Africa
Italy
Drake
Denison
Amy
War Department
Tarawa
Ida Grove
Sloan
Cherokee
Primzhar
Sioux Center
Lyon
Plymouth
Clay Counties
AAA
Drake’s War Valor Wins Highest Honors in Italy and Africa
Lieut. Drake, wounded twice in action on the Italian front, received the Purple Heart and was commissioned on the battlefield in Veneto last Christmas Day for heroism. He earned the Legion of Merit for outstanding achievement during the African campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
Veneto
Italy
Births Reported At Akron Hospital And Nearby Areas
Arson births listed for May 15 to 17 1944 include a Caesarean section delivery of a son to Mr and Mrs Harvey Borchers east of town at Akron Hospital May 15 1944 another son to Mr and Mrs Harold Johnson east of town at Akron Hospital May 16 1944 a son to Mr and Mrs Richard Tague south of town at Akron A son to Mr and Mrs Sylvester Schoenfelder west of town at Akron Hospital May 17 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Tague
Akron Hospital
Sioux City
Memorial Park Cemetery
LeMars
Thomas
Adrian L. Bowers
Th Farmers Co-Op
King
Akron
Orville
Vinnie Foster
Co-Operative Company
Harvey Borchers
Harold Johnson
Sylvester Schoenfelder
Names Added to the Akron Honor Roll List
Burke Duane Johnson Donald J. McDoneall Donald F. Powell Archie Pleasant Hill L B Church announces names added to the Akron honor roll list. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m and morning worship at 11 o'clock led by Pastor Donald Thissell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Burke
Duane Johnson
Donald J. McDoneall
Donald F. Powell
Archie
Pleasant Hill L. B
Donald Thissell
New Fiction and Nonfiction Titles at Akron Public Library
Akron Public Library lists new fiction including Island of Fear and The Old Battle Ax, plus Tomorrow Is Forever and Indigo among many others by notable authors. Nonfiction includes On Being a Real Person and The Making of Modern China, with juvenile titles such as Katy and the Big Snow and Caddie Woodlawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsnia Parrott
Given Bristow
Elisabeth Holding
Frances Keyes
Lora Karen
Roman MacDougeld
Edward Havill
Ursula Parrott
Elizabeth Heath
Elizabeth Seifert
Helen T. Miller
Elizabeth Foster
Janes Aldridge
Helen Reilly
Xiernan Abbey
Amy Ferraby
Lizabeth Ford
Jundy
Leslie Ford
Harry Fosdick
Kaneis Spellman
Louis Adamic
Arvid Fredberg
China
Qwen Lattimore
John Gunther
U. S
Catholic Church Services Akron Westfield Schedule
St Patrick s Akron holds Holy Mass on the first third and fifth Sundays at 6 00 p m and the second and fourth Sundays at 9 30 a m Confessions are heard at 4 00 p m and 8 00 p m on Saturdays before the first third and fifth Sundays St Catharine s Westfield offers Mass on the first third and fifth Sundays at 9 40 a m and 8 00 a m on the month with confessions on Saturdays prior Father C Ernst pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholigo
St. Patrick's
Akron
Father C. Ernst
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Sudan
Ling and Condition
Delia Burnight
Soux City
Idelline Simeon
Jerry Wright
Hol
Jans
Harry Hubbs
Omaha
Nebr
Jos. Crook
Leona Mouw
Alton
Rass, Qrain Co
Lowell Koch
Wartburg College
Waverly
Wartburg
Cpl
Alfred Jacobs
Texas
Army Air Field
Win
Jacobs
Kerns
Utah
Holger Bee
Nebru
Navy
Burton E. Parriott
Donald R. Haack
Donald Wnitaselike
Remsen
Alfred Chiers
Fort Dodge
Naval Service
Heeger’s Fine Foods
Morrell’s Pride
Sunkist
North Dakota
Triumph
Robin Hood
Pride of the Rockies
Folger's Coffee
Land-o-Lakes
Lipton
Fleischmann
Heeger's Market
Reid
A. E. Feanta
Sadie Stinton
Nettie Robertson
Bondurant
Des Moines
H. J. Behmer
A. J. Butler
Stevens Point
Wis
Effie Butler
Sutherland
James Wiffany
Marathon
Lara Jensen
Big Springs
Baptist Church
United States Defense
Folger’s Coffee
Carton
Omega
Graham Crax
Thompson
HAM
THE
GM CO
J. E. Akin
Rhodes Building
First National Bank
Akron Public Library
Katy and the
Virginia
St. Catharine's, Westfield
GALL
Lloyd Port
E ‘ Ronin
Boston Butts
Crisco
Marmaide
Lush US
Oma
NSTC
Flhischmann's Yeast
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