Largest Class on Record Will Graduate Here Class of 1930
The list names the largest graduating class on record for AMV C. Anderson Rach T. Anderson Francisco, Blum Mary Be Blum Buby A. Bradley B. Elizabeth A. Dugdale Woyne W. Everitt Lora F. Fletcher Lorende 2B Fletcher Lowell B. Harkness Horothy M. Hultgren Marion Eh. Hultgren Lda B. Lake Helen May Marbach Ruth A. Marbach Iszetta R. Nygard Ahvilla Meldean Oakes Mervin H. Obtkin Edna M. Olson Bernice B. Rausch Esther Eh. Reemts I. B. Shoulberg Darrell A. Simeon Earl Stanley Spears Wilma Tilotson Gidelline Wooton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amv. C. Anderson
Rach
T. Anderson
Francisco, Blum
Mary BE
Blumbuby
A. Bradley
Elizabeth A. Dugdale
Woyne W. Everitt
Lora
Fletcher Lorende
Fletcher Lowell
B. Harkness
Horothy
M. Hultgren
Marion
EH. Hultgren
LDA
B. Lake
Akron High School Commencement to Feature Record Class
The annual commencement exercises set for May 30 at 8:00 pm in the Opera House will honor Akron High School’s largest graduating class, twenty girls and eight boys. Rev. Joseph P. Hedge of Sheldon Iowa will deliver the address. baccalaureate is Sunday May 25 at English Lutheran Church.
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Akron High School
Opera House
Joséph
P. “Edge
Sheldon
Iowa
Akron
Henna Rude
Ehool
Ames
Darrell Simeon
English Lutheran Church
Miller
Christine Petersen
Anne
Joseph
P. Hdge
Gayville
Harper Kerr
Vernice
Will Milton
Ziegler
Roberta Pollock
Blair
Adams
Greenwood
Christine ‘Petersen
Rapid Progress in Track Laying for Milwaukee Division
Work trains operate on the Milwaukee division as heavier rails are laid and the roadbed resurfaced between Elk Point and Canton. About 200 men push north from Elkint with a goal of early summer completion, now reaching north of Westfield at nearly two miles per day. Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid to meet with Mrs. Wallace Beeler next Thursday, May 29.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Elk Point
Canton
Elkint
Westfield
Pleasant Hill
Wallace Beeler
Methodist Church Notes Union and District Events
Methodist church notes detail Pentecostal harmony services during June, two evening services for a baccalaureate at English Lutheran, union Memorial at Baptist church, Bible Story Telling Contest leading to District Contest at Epworth League Convention. Pleasant Hill U B Church announces Sunday school at 10:30 and sermon at 11:16, Ladies Aid gathering May 29, Star Prairie revival starting May 28 at 8 pm led by Rev A B Small, baptism at Russell Huff home for Lorraine Maxine.
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Methodist Church
Christendom
Mpnorth League
Baptist Church
Epworth
Pleasant Hill
U. B
Ladies’ Aid
Wallace Beeler
Our ‘Star Prairie Church
Laurel
Nebr
Russell Huff
Lorraine Maxine
W. EB. Huff
Gladys
Winifred
Iowa
Miss Eidem
Wm. A. Sauter
Christian Church
Samuelson
The
QO. M
Keyes
Miniater
Union Creek
Akron
John Johnson
George Adamson
Luther Hall
Alfred Swanson
Akron High Athletes Break Track Records
Alton High sent a contingent to the state district track meet at Cherokee Iowa led by Darrell Simeon who tied the district 100 yard dash record in 10.2 seconds and set a 220 yard meet mark at 32.4 seconds. Simeon also won 100 and 220 at the Big Sioux meet in Orange City posting 40.6 and 28 seconds respectively despite a windy track and leg soreness. Akron High’s Len Ross aimed for 440 and 80 yard events but missed due to illness while Central Sioux City runners Jenks Usallis and Douglas were noted as fast. The squad plans to enter the Ames state meet Saturday with hopes Simeon will recover in time.
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Len
Ross
Akron High
Spencer
Rock Rapids
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Jenkins
Central
Usallis
Hast High
Douglas
Simeon
Orange City
Cherokee
Sorenesa
Big Sioux
Ames
Tin
Akeron
Memorial Day Observances Set for Friday May 30 Akron
Memorial Day plans in Akron include Riverside cemetery ceremonies in the forenoon headlined by Comrade A B Kenaston, the last Civil War veteran in Alcon, followed by a parade via post office corner at 10 am to the Big Sioux river bridge and a program at Riverside cemetery with music, scripture, and tributes. A Union Memorial Sunday is set for May 25 at 3 pm at First Baptist church with Rev C W Samuelson delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Cemetery
Legion
Rus
Bell’ Pollock
the Legion Auxiliary
Akron
A. B. Kenaston
Alcon
Big Sioux River Bridge
Akron Band
American Legion
Woman's Relief Corps
American Legion Auxilary
Boy Scouts of America
River Bridge
America
Wilson Gow
Emories
C. W. Samuelson
Neayer
Ae Baney
U. B. Kenaston
U. G. Milter
Poppy Day Memorial Drive Encourages Donations
The Auxiliary urges residents to buy poppies on Saturday May 24 to support welfare services. Veterans and widows handcraft the poppies, each costing a cent, aiding clothing, education, and meals for disabled and needy families. A town-wide canvass will occur, with buyers reminded to wear the poppy visibly.
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Flanders
Fielga
John McCrae
Pubs
Miss Petersen Again To Head County Schools
Miss Christine Petersen is reappointed county superintendent of Plymouth County for a three year term with broad approval from 37 districts. The meeting, chaired by Gustave Alesch, praised her and cooperative directors and parents for maintaining high school standards and planned a rural eight grade efficiency plan. Local notes mention seed sales and residents visiting relatives, with a correction about a birth misstatement.
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Christine Petersen
LeMars Sentinel
T Tirty
W. H. Boyd
Gustave Alesch
Viemgen
Alesch
William Koenig
LeMars
P. J. Moran
Struble
Miss Petersen
Plymouth County
Peteram
Vera Piaffie
Petersen
Immanuel Church announces services and memorial plans
Pastor Samuelson leads morning worship at 11 with Fifth Sunday Bible teaching. Memorial Day exercises at Riverside cemetery Friday May 30 at 10 am join other congregations. High School Baccalaureate Sunday at 8 pm, class and officials meet 7:40 pm. Luther League delegates travel to Swea City for convention. Drainage ditch work progresses toward railroad ROW. ditch walls built, bridges planned over Big Sioux drainage. Plymouth county bridge crew erects steel span.
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Immanuel English Luth
C. W. Samuelson
Eastern Bible
Immanuel
Baptist Church
Our Church
Our
Luther League
Swea City
Iowa
Big Sioux
Plymouth County Bridge Craw
Baker Crossing
Rifle Club Opens New Range at Union Creek
The Sioux Valley Rifle club plans a move to a new range located on the secretary’s farm three quarters of a mile north of Johnson Range. Members are invited to a work day next Sunday to set up equipment and adopt the range in the afternoon. Lunch is requested.
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Sioux Valley Rifle Club
Johnson
Local News Snippet and Bargain Ads
White leghorn chicks six cents each at Murray's Chick Store. Kerry Tire Shop offers big sale May 24 to 31 with free tubes and guaranteed tires. H P Nielsen, Sioux City native and former shoemaker, visits town. J C Kennedy and Gerald Smiths visit Omaha on business. Oather Cummins returns from Binkesburg Iowa after coaching, to take a position in Morning Sun Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Baker
Wis
Sioux City
Fréd Attrill
West le Mars
Kerr's Tire
W. A. Morse
Milwaukee
Wm. H. Morse
Morse
Murray
Harry Attrill
the Palms
Oather
Cummins
Binkesburg
Iowa
Consolidated
Morning Sun
Plymouth County Pioneer Called to Reward
Catherine Schneider Simeon mother of William Simeon of Akron Iowa died May 17 1990 at the home of her daughter in LeMars at age 88 born January 4 1842 in Pennsylvania she and husband John Simeon transplanted to Plymouth County Iowa in the 1860s surviving children include Mary Bayerly William Simeon Peter Simeon Susan Muir Louisa Muir Clara Luken Hannah Hitzeman Barbara Brouillette Philip Simeon Joseph Simeon and many grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren funeral held at St Josephs LeMars led by Reverend W A Pape and Fr J G Gerleman interment St Josephs cemetery LeMars
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Joan Schneider
Jackson County
Iown
John Simeon
Omaha
Missouri River
Sioux City
Plymouth County
Perry Crack
Liberty Township
Plymouth Sounty
le Mars
Simeon
Liberty
Townishin
Sioux
Mr.Simeon
eMars
Anna
Jot
Margaret
Trank
John
Oscar Ruff
City
Mary.Baverly
Merrill
Towa
William Simeon
Akron
Iowa
Peter Simeon
Susan ‘Muir
Louisa Muir
Clara Luken
LeMars
Hannah Hitzeman
Long Beach
Calif
Barbara Brouil
Change in Sioux Falls to Sioux City bus schedule
Ownership of the Sioux Falls to Sioux City line has shifted from the Sioux Falls Traction System to Interstate Transit Lines, a Union Pacific and Chicago & Northwestern Railway subsidiary. Under the new timetable, two daily buses are rerouted via Vermillion South Dakota. the remaining two services still operate at 10 a.m. southbound and 5 20 p.m. northbound, subject to road conditions.
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Sioux Falls
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Mra
Burke
Union
First Baptist Church
CW. Samuelson
Immanuel i Theran Church
Legion Hall
Union Memorial
Poppy
Win
van Bustin
Lompoe
Cailt
Wi. W. ‘Keech
Shelston
Thei Mehtes
Robert Kerr
South Bend
Gamble
J. A. Jenson
Ronsbach
Burker
Hawarden
Eastern Star
Gerald Smith
Fern Baker
Vermillion
Clifford Bergeson
Peterson
Hugh Chamberlain
Elaine Smitkahl
California
Wm. Hoschler
Rosalyn
St. Joseph's Hospital
Huntting Elevator-Co
Maggie Sheets
Geo. R. Brown
L. Burker
J. M. Cooley
W. W. Burrill
Stanley
Los Angeles
Vernon Morehead
Rifle Club
Catherine Simeon
Twiis
Evan Warris
Ine
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