Westfield Special Correspondence Social Highlights
Westfield news item recounts numerous Sunday visits and family gatherings involving the Ross, Nelson, Buryanek, Tindall, Caskey, and Mans field families, plus a June carnival, church events, and local visits to Des Moines and Le Mars. Mentions include Mrs Myron Brower talk and a May Fellowship Day at Plymouth Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Ross
Tom Ross
Virgil Ross
Ed Nelson
Rpuilock
Sioux City
Bessie Buryanek
Jim Buryanek
Leonard Buryanek
Frank Buryanek
Adam Tindall
Diedker
Mary Graves
Debbie Zales
Kim Ross
Bill Fischer
Hinton
First Baptist Church
Daother
Loraine Bullock
Don Dion
Jim Marienau
Des Moines
Philip Beaubien
Bill Fuseton
Louie Hoffman
the Mars
Helen Faust
Ed Faust
Marie Caskey
Joe Caskey
Darius Smith
Jim Peck
Aarm House
Akron
George Henke
Ray Welch
Lloyd Crouch
Jim Mansfield
Mary Lenz
Briar Cliff College
Phil Lenz
Brend
Iowa
Marcella Wahl
Myron Brower
Anna Klemme
le Mars
Lucille Welch
St. Joseph Hospital
Jim Roscher
Laurens
John Crosby
Lake Park
Colleen Welch Elected to National Sigma Tau Delta Office
Westmar College attendees at the Sigma Tau Delta National Convention in Kearney Nebraska report that Colleen Welch was elected one of five student advisors for the national office. The correspondents include faculty Alice Kruse and Darlene Balm and students Gay Steckleberg. Welch, a Akron native and Westfield High School graduate, will serve at national meetings in Minneapolis this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleen Welch
Alice Kruse
Darlene Balm
Gay Steckleberg
Westmar College
Sigma Tau Delta
Kearney
Nebraska
Mildred Bennett
Willa Cather
John Ciardi
Westmar
United States
Canada
Minneapolis
Colleen
Akron
Westfield High School
Butter Consumption Gap Highlights NZ and US Diets
Per capita butter consumption in New Zealand runs about 45 pounds annually, far above the six to seven pounds typical in the United States, drawing attention to differing dietary patterns and agricultural policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
U.S
AP News
Westfield School Awards Highlight Night and Commencement
Westfield Community School honors valedictorian April Nystrup and salutatorian Becky Banks at awards night alongside graduates Robert Kelley Darla Jones Deborah Miller. National Honor Society names include Delores Martin Robert Kelley April Nystrup Darla Jones Allen Heyer Jules Banks Steve McInnis Donna Leckley Liz Robak Verle Heyer. Multiple craft and subject awards list recipients across grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield Community School
April Nystrup
Becky Banks
Robert Kelley
Darla Jones
Deborah Miller
American Legion
Mike Burke
Jules Banks
Liz Robak
Kirk Banks
Timm Banks
Julie Banks
Devin
David Jones
Deanna Dennison
Jeff Robak
Blane Smith
Delores Martin
Allen Heyer
Steve McInnis
Donna Leckley
Verle Heyer
Liz
Robak
Iven Banks
Eric Banks
Vance Birkley
Thank you for kind words to friends and pastor Roy
A heartfelt note expressing gratitude for cards calls and acts of kindness during a hospital stay and after returning home Special thanks to Pastor Roy for visits and prayers from grateful friends and family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastor Roy
Thanks for kindness after our mother and grandmother’s loss
We express sincere thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for kindness shown after the death of our mother and grandmother. Gratitude for cards memorials flowers plants and food. Special thanks to Pastor Roy Dr Trotzig hospital staff Union Creek Church Ladies for lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastor Roy
Trotzig
Union Creek Church
Edward Willis
Wilfred Hebert
Henry Willms
Clark Heyland
Frank Willms
Chatsworth Social News Roundup of Local Visits and Mother's Day Gatherings
Local notes record numerous Sunday and weekend visits across Chatsworth and nearby towns. Names include Hitzemann, Crow, Buchman, Gueriske, De Raad, Eilers, Miller, Lundberg, Repp, Liston, Van Wyhe, Kaufman, Weyen, Frerichs, Collmann, Lake, Hendricks, Rasmussen, Pleuger, Moehlmann, Hemmelrich, Jacobs, and others. Events center on Mother's Day dinners, afternoon calls, and luncheon gatherings at homes in Hawarden, Sioux City, Ireton, Akron, Alcester, Le Mars, and Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hitzemann
Akron
Wes Crow
Reuben Buchman
Freeman, S. D
Arthur Gueriske
Arthur de Raad
Bill Eilers
Hawarden
Ken Miller
Fanny McKee
Lundberg
Alcester
Dorothy Kaufman
Sioux City
Herman Weyen
Dean Weyen
Raymond Weyen
Sioux Center
Willis Frank
Brenda
Marlene Smith
G. Moller
Clara Satthoff
Albert Frerichs
Ireton
Russell Marshall
Colin Collmann
Henry Collmann
Jack Lake
Scott
Charles Hendricks
Shirley Rasmussen
Richard Pleuger
Craig
Henry Ludwigs
George Moehlmann
Eilene
le Mars
Richard Packard
Ashland
Nebr
G. Moehlmann
A. Moehlmann
Gary
Harold Buchman
Lois Moehlmann
Jerry Kelly
Lena Schuester
Dean Belluit
Obituary for Charles Morehead of San Diego California
Charles Morehead aged 53 of San Diego California died May 4 1972 after a brief illness. A Requiem Mass was held May 8 at St Didacus Romas Catholic Church San Diego where he was a member. He was born in Akron Iowa lived in San Diego 30 years owned an auto agency 22 years, and was World War II Army veteran. Survived by widow Patricia two sons David and Terry two grandchildren six sisters in California and Akron. Entombment in Holy Cross Mausoleum San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Morehead
San Diego
Calif
Terry
Alta Korthals
Dorothy Miller
Madge Kellogg
Joy McCorkell
Lodi
Alma Port
Hope Lucken
Akron
Holy Cross Mausoleum
Golden anniversary thanks and benediction tribute
A couple expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for their kindness on their gold wedding anniversary with a traditional benediction. Anna and Alve Ericson extend sincere thanks to all who shared in their celebration and good wishes. The Plymouth county chapter of the American Cancer Society met May 8 at Westmar commons with eleven board members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Alve Ericson
Cancer Mobile
Merrill
Peter Schumacher
le Mars
Royal Theater
Elks Club
Elmer Bogh
Plymouth County Crusade
George Dunn
County Crusade
FP. J. Becker
South Central
Plymouth
Stanton
Hungerford
Lincoln
Hinton and Merrill
Kingsley
Garfield Farm Bureau
Virgil Jastram
S. E
Dunn
Irene Tatman
Biltmore
Sioux
Virginia Barkley
New York City
R. J. Becker
Elvin Held
Don Faber
Don Peters
M. E. Atkinson
Crusade
Peters
Roger Easton
Dale Drum
Remsen
HJ. Becker
Hinton
R. C. Hodgson
Arnold Imbrock
Dean Rowe
Spirit Lake
Akron Area Bowlers Among Winners in IFBF Tournament
Plymouth county bowlers earned cash prizes at the Iowa Farm Bureau bowling tournament in Des Moines. Winners in men s doubles include Gerd Moeller Chatsworth Leonard Klemme Akron Ernie Maack Hinton and Steve Stubbs Moville. Vernon Robinson Le Mars Don Neunaber and Ray Jespersen Akron won men s singles. Twenty six Akron area bowlers started at Spencer district tournament in January with some bowling in all Farm Bureau district and state events to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Area
IFBF
Plymouth County
Iowa Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Gerd Moeller
Chatsworth
Leonard Klemme
Akron
Ernie
Farm Bureau
Spencer
Friendship and Service Club year end meeting report
The Friendship and Service Club held its final gathering at Evelyn Claesson’s home with Peg McLane co hosting. Twenty members contributed gifts to the Cherokee hospital as Marge Dykstra led the Federation News Flash and others led vacation-planning discussions. New officers were installed during a candle light ceremony followed by a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship and Service Club
Evelyn Claesson
Peg McLane
Cherokee Hospital
Marge Dykstra
Federation
Marion Kilstrom
Joyce Thorson
Elvira Nielsen
Caryl Siebens
Gwen Jurgens
Vivian McPherson
Sue Mortensen
Marge Snater
Donna Luken
Lorna Easton
Inez Little
Ruth Mitchell
Way Back Yonder Items of Interest From 1902 to 1962
A compact historical recap from 70 to 10 years ago traces Akron area events and milestones. It notes a dam washout resuming mill operations in 1902, band concerts, marriages, births, deaths, and local sports results across decades, including booster club activities, golf club organization, diplomas, and community notices. The column also highlights school sports results, graduation figures, and local civic notices with numerous named residents and groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
A.G. A. Palm
H. B. Palm
Zella
Dorothy Scott
Kenneth C. Sailor
Richard Ball
Mahlon Hanson
Edna M. Gale
Gerald Gale
Akron High School
Anthon High School
Harold Peck
Arden Brown
Armand Brown
Emery Tucker
Ray Talgma
Cliff Miller
Chuck Wetzeler
Orval Bengston
Barney Swift
Darrell Bohlken
Ellis Tucker
Jack Gale
Bob Tucker
Robert Lias
Frank Rollins
Francis Mackey
Samuel Philips
George Milbredt
LeRoy Carlson
Kenny Milbrodt
Scott Swift
Yellow Flag system aids Leafy Spurge control in Union County
Union County Weed Board adopts a Yellow Flag identification system for fields infested with Leafy Spurge. The notice urges spring and fall spraying of 2.4-T at 12 lbs per acre and warns farmers to follow recommended rates. It lists noxious weeds and urges vigilant scouting, with contacts for guidance and free spray signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County Weed Board
Union County
Spink Co-op
Truck Towne
Beresford
Pete's Produce
Alcester
County Extension Office
South Dakota
State Weed Commission
South Dakota State University
Card of Thanks for farm help and graduates 1972
Card thanks relatives friends and neighbors who helped with spring farm work. Special mentions Clifford Haines Orvie Anderson Clarence Staum Glenn Groethe Percivel Peterson Robert Ofstehage Jasper Lawrence Ed Sand Eric Olund Darmon Staum Ernest Petty Gaynor Harris Merle Fickbohm and Raymond Weinblom. Also congratulates the 1972 graduates wishing them success in future endeavors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Haines
Orvie Anderson
Clarence Staum
Glenn Groethe
Percivel Peterson
Robert Ofstehage
Jasper Lawrence
Ed Sand
Eric Olund
Darmon Staum
Ernest Petty
Gaynor Harris
Merle Fickbohm
Raymond Weinblom
Plant and Animal Pests on Earth’s Space Habitat
An Environmental series from Ohio State University notes that billions of pests travel with us in space. In the U S alone about 10 000 insect species 600 weed types 1500 plant diseases and 1500 nematodes and microscopic worms compete for sustenance, all striving to survive within life’s small confines as Earth spins through space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Ohio State University
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Swinging Tops Club
Swinging Tops
Jean Anderson
Virginia Searls
Pat Bernard
Bette Wolkoff
Joy Dirks
Wilma Lockwood
Corrine Horton
Joe Moffatt
Dew Ann Elkin
Dotty Larsen
Joni Jacobs
y¢Lisa Bride
Bonnie Caskey
Brenda Erks
Dlues
Theresa Loetz
Lisa Bride
Cindy Anderson
Joni Fodness
Joni
Sioux Viking Sons of Norway Lodge No. 494
ICOF
Norway
Ver Nore
Florence Hustrulid
Curtis Hustrulid
Everett Peterson
Ragna Abrahamson
Edroy Flom
Hayne Thompson
Dennis Hultgren
Gordon Mydland
U.S. Senate
Elk Point
Marvin Ole
Reynold Ballinger
Margaret Klemme
Beeman Mullinix
Brookings
Mydland
Iowa Conservation Commission
Aktor Register-Tribune
Mary Agnes
Edward F. Neary
Dena Meilette
Leo Mansfield
Lizzie Bockelman
George Burnight
John Porsch
Benjamin Bilks
J. L. VanBuskirk
Cecil Walston
Riversioux
Jack Johnson
Louis Mann
Anna Peatry
Ernie Luce
Ed McMillan
Curtis Streeter
Clifton Waterbury
Ole Blasmo
Florence B. Huckett
Akron Booster Club
Golf Club
Opera House
E. F. Casey
E. 0. Thorson
T. L. Burnight
C. G. Brady
A. L. Yeaton
Walter Klemme
Otto Kroepel
Albert S. Wagner
Alexander Card
Ed Sands
Melvin Ross
Caroline
Janet Anderson
Joyce Markus
Goodwill Industries
Goodwill
Unie
Chuck Norby
Carrol Staum
Arthur Staum
C.M.S
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