Akron opens 1947 season under new floodlights
Akron hosts the Omaha Rockets in Friday night baseball debut under floodlights installed last week. Lefty Swift to start for Akron with Mayor Adams delivering the first ball. Crowd expected large. prior May 26 exhibition vs Sportland of Sioux City. Memorial Day May 30 features Schal ler of Iowa under lights. Ballpark upgrades include 1000-seat capacity, new fences, and leveled diamond.
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Akron
Omaha Rockets
Swift
W. G. Adams
Sportland
Sioux City
Schaller
Iowa
Ball Park
New Hospital Committee Reports on Donations
The Akron Hospital fund committee announces gifts for the building total 56080.64 paid in full with 8489.20 in unpaid pledges. They plan to publish donor names and pledge lists and invite further contributions at Akron banks or with committee members, with proper acknowledgment.
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Akron
Adaville Evangelical United Brethren Church Schedule
Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m with Memorial Sunday sermon What Mean You By This Service Exodus 12 26 Youth Fellowship and Adult Bible study at 7 30 p m followed by preaching LB Foster pastor
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Foster
Rural Church Wedding Brings Simple Rural Joy
Quiet simplicity marked the Monday May 19 wedding of Darlene Eunice Guy of Elk Point South Dakota and Everett Marple of Akron. The ceremony at Brule Creek Lutheran church was conducted by Rev. J J Hastad. The couple will live on a farm northwest of Akron. Out of town guests included Mrs Hermanagon Dora Guy Louis Watts Carl Guy Doris Guy Viole Guy Florence Amenl and others from Sioux City Soldier Iowa Turin Iowa Stevens South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Eunice Guy
Elmer Guy
Elk Point
S. D
Everett Marple
Marple
Akron
Brule Creek Lutheran Church
J. J. Hastad
Doris
Carl Guy
George Wilken
Doris Guy
Mrs. Wilken
Card
Hic Point
Marie Anderson
Marvin Meske
Hermanagon
Dora Guy
Louis Watts
Viole Guy
Florence. Amenl
Sioux City
Fred Amundson
Soldier
Iowa
LeRoy Wagner
Pete Peterson
Turin
Harry Hammond
Memorial Sunday and World Service Day Observed
Methodist church notes call Memorial Sunday on May 26 and World Service Day with the sermon The Place Whereon Thou Standest Is Holy Ground Ex 3 6. A special prayer day for guidance in fighting liquor evils is set for June 1. Women’s Society meets May 28. final Youth Rally May 26 at 6 30 p m in Ireton or church basement if rain. Sunday school starts at 10 a m. Pastor Albert A Howe.
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Methodist Church
America
Women’s Society
B. A. Adama
J. F. McVay
Ireton
Albert A, Howe
Memorial Day Observances Planned in Akron
Memorial Day events in Akron will start with a 9:30 a.m. assembly at the Masonic Temple corner. The parade, led by the Akron High School band and American Legion color bearers, proceeds to the Big Sioux river bridge for ceremonies honoring sailors. Additional services will be held at Riverside and Catholic cemeteries to honor all fallen service members.
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Akron
Masonic Temple
Ak~ron
American Legion
Big Sioux River
Rivergside
Memorial Poppy Day Reminders And Local Visits
Local notes remind residents to buy and wear a Memorial Poppy on Saturday. Sioux City visitors included Miss Joan and Barbara Lamoureux and George Tucker on a prior weekend. Several families traveled for visits, graduations, and relatives, with activities ranging from a semi formal dance to high school commencement. The Farmers Co-Operative announced major grain storage upgrades, remodeling the old coal bins for grain drying and loading, plus construction of a driveway and dump pit to double storage capacity.
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Missis Joan
Barbara Lamoureux
Sioux City
George Tucker
H. BE
Bradley
Lennox
S. C
Orpha Murphey
Lucille. Wells
Freeport, Sr
H. L. Port
Jim Fields
Alcester
George's
Arnold Nall
Wm. Nall
Lowell
Ernest
Allen
Remsen
Yvonne M. Reilly
Edna Anderson
Idelline Simeon
Legion Hall
John Knecht
Larrylee
Alvin Port
Archis
Alfred Knecht and Sons
Akron
Lillie Pritchett
Erven Smid
LeMars
Wm. Smid
Kingsley
Marvid Smid
W. E. Mellen
Iowa
Christine Mellen
Farmers Co-Operative
Rural fire truck fund urged to protect Ak ron farmers
Contributions toward a new rural fire truck and companion equipment for farm fires around Akron exceed 2400 dollars, about one third of a 7000 dollar goal. An Akron town fire truck serves town fires, but lacks effectiveness for rural blazes, risking delays and damage. A 35 dollar contribution covers ten years of protection. payments accepted at local banks, Register-Tribune office, or by Fire Chief Lowell Burrill. List shows donors including Carl R. Moir and Sed H Willer among others.
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Akron
Frank Coyle
Coyle
Register-Tribune
Lowell L. Burrill
Akron Fire
Carl R. Moir
Sed
H. Willer
J. Clark Tindall
Bertsel Brown
Nelson Brown
Wm. B. Philips
Elmer Brown
Thomas Kenny
Foley Bros
Herbert A. Johnson
Boyson Ross
Oscar Kapfer
Marvin Cast
Harry R. Smith
Ross Root
Arden Brown
L. H. Boetger
Ernest Lucken
Aug. A. Anderson
E. Schoenfelsder
Theodore Willer
Frank Thomas
Cecil
Virgil Harris
Thorpe & Company
Arthur Hasenbank
Norka Theatre Weekly Lineup Brings Comedies Westerns and Ramrod
The Norka Theatre will show a comedy Little Iodine with Jo Ann Marlow, Irene Ryan and others, a Red Ryder western Sheriff of Redwood Valley, and the western drama Ramrod starring Veronica Lake and Joel McCrae. A mystery Blind Spot with Chester Morris plays Wednesday night May 28.
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Talking Picture
Norka Theatre
Iedine
Lfe
Horace
Tremble
Jo Ann Marlows
Howard Cavanaugh
Larry Rees
Emory Parnell
Redwood Valley
Reno Kid
Kid
Red Ryder
Little Beaver
Norka Screen
Sherman
Veronica
Lake
Joel McCrae
Ian McDonald
Charles Ruggles
Preston Foster
Aileen Wheelan
I Lloyd Bridges
Donald Crisp
Chester Morris
Memorial Poppy weekend and local social notices
Community events and personal notices list Memorial Poppy activities, visits, hospitalizations, and gatherings. Mrs Estella McCorkell visits Sioux City relatives. Dr J H Kerr hospitalized as surgical patient. Vesper club meets at Erma Hummel home. Henry Hillrichs Silver Wedding anniversary with open house May 25. Francis Mackey to Detroit for Kaiser-Frazer training. Marian Marlenau visits with classmates. Henry Koch family visit from Corpus Christi. Henry T Elbacker Akron resident dies May 19 at 72, funeral at St Patrick’s Church with Catholic cemetery burial. obituary to follow.
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Estella McCorkell
Sioux City
J. H. Kerr
Vesper Club
Erma Hummel
Lucille Ross
Henry Hillrichs
Henry Koch
Corpus Christi
Tex
Navy Aviation Corps
John Koch
Henry
North Carolina
Henry T. Elbacker
Akron
Akron Hospital
Born at Akron and St Josephs hospitals in May 1947
A series of births: a son to Alden Pollock and wife at St Josephs Hospital Sioux City on May 16 1947. a son to Lesley Anderson near Akron Hospital on May 17 1947. a son to Orville Helgergen by C section at Akron Hospital on May 19 1947. a daughter to Robert Greenleaf and wife at Akron Hospital also on May 19 1947. Also visitors from Brush Colorado, Mr and Mrs Robert Stinton, for graduation of their grand-niece Ramona Small.
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Alden Pollock
Sergeant Bluff
Iowa
St. Stoseph's Hospital
Sioux City
Lesley Anderson
Akron Hospital
Orville Helgergen
Robert Greenleaf
Akron
Robert Stinton
Brush, Colo
Avery Small
Ramona Small
Akron church wedding unites Miss Horton and Emral Oloff
Miss Dorothy Horton and Emral F. Oloff wed at Akron Methodist Church in a candlelit ceremony May 15 1947 attended by about 150 guests. Bride wore white rayon faille gown with pearl jewelry and a net veil. groom in grey gabardine suit. The couple, after a Denver trip, will reside in Sioux City.
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Dorothy Horton
Walter Horton
Akron
Emral F. Oloft
Fred Oloft
Craig
Albert A. Howe
Dennace
Philips
Violet Kallsen
Norma Lee Rossow
Dorothy Bellmer
Lohengrin
Evelyn Bappe
Margaret Powell
Coleen Luschen
Shirley Ann
Patty Jean Horton
Marvin Neunaber
Norman Ronalek
Bereyat
Lloyd Kallsen
Wendell Hanstein
Cecil Horton
Jack Behmer
Deloris Oltmanns
Sally Amundsen
Frances Collman
Paula Schnepf
Helen Stevertsen
Howard Powell
Ivan Frahm
Clair McConnell
le Mars High School
Royal Schools
Sioux City
Sioux City Metal Products Company
Ireton High School
Paper to be issued a day earlier next week
Memorial Day schedule causes the Regis ter Tribune to print on Wednesday instead of Thursday. All copy for advertising and news must be in the office by Tuesday noon to ensure publication. The publisher asks for cooperation and notes an ad will bring results.
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Register-Tribute
Obituary for Sister Mary Marcella Roessler and Akron life
Sister Mary Marcella Roessler, Clinton native and Franciscan nun, died of a heart attack at St Joseph's convent Akron. Requiem high mass followed by burial in Mt. St. Clare cemetery. Survived by one sister and several nieces and nephews. many out of town mourners listed. Funeral details include 1902 vow, years in mission schools, and Akron assignment. Also notices of a Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary meeting in Akron and a Ladies Aid social at Pleasant Hill Evangelical United Brethren Church on May 23.
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Mary Marcella Roessler
Clinton
Iowa
Mary Martella Roessler
St. Joseph's Convent
Akron
Mt. St. Clare Chapel
Edward A. Taylor
Mt. St. Clare
I. D. Smith
Arnold Burken
William West
Richard Hallinan
Kenneth Sullivan
Edward Walsh
Ida Blen Tein
Marvin Hart
Bernard Opheim
J. A. Roessler
Viola Gerber
Margaret Wolf
Ashton
A. Roessler
Freeport
Carl Malm
Dayton
Ohio
Lee Ramsbottom
Huntington
W. Va
Arnold Dierks
Rock Island
Frank Duncalf
Celbert Duncalf
van Horne
Paul Terrock
Paul Terrock, Jr
Sterling, Ill
Franciscan Sisters
Akron Mission
Pleasant Hill
Community Frolics and Visits Highlight Week
Mead Art Huebner Thomas and Carl Weidenfeller visited relatives in Sioux Falls last Thursday. Miss Oda Jenkins traveled to Sioux Falls for a several day stay with her brother Zane and family. Raymond Smith and son Kenneth of Sioux City visited HW Smiths for the weekend. Andrew Tremeter resigned as Iowa Liquor Store manager. Harvey Dewey succeeds him. Myron Waterbury and others left for Canada on a fishing trip. Charlotte Groethe returned to Chicago after a weekend with her parents. John W. Hedges, in failing health, was moved to Sacred Heart hospital in LeMars for treatment. Cyril Larsen, studying dairying in Durham, NC, will resume at Town State College, Ames, next fall. Dr and Mrs Robi L. Stuart of Upland, Indiana, were guests of Mr and Mrs W. L. Mitchell. Mrs Fern Henley of Chicago visited the Ross home. her son-in-law Leslie Mitchell is a student at the University of Vermillion. Mrs Alice Heeger honored at farewell party with a Sessions electric clock. P. & O. Chapter 1C officers attended the State P. E. convention in Des Moines with plans to stay with Col. and Mrs. Obye. Brooke Army Medical Center reports Arnold C. Lamoureux ordered to Separation Center at Fort Sam Houston for discharge. He was formerly at Brooke Army Medical Center, a major medical installation.
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Raymond Smith
Kenneth
Sioux City
HW. L. Smith
Andrew Tremeter
Iowa
Harvey Dewey
L. L. Burrill
Myron Waterbury
George Ross
Arthur Montagne
Martin Hearth
Hawks Brothers
Westfield
Lust Priady
Canada
Charlotte Groethe
Chicago
G. Groethe
John W. Hedges
Sacred Heart Hospital
LeMars
Cyril Larsen
State College
Durham
North Carolina
Otto Larsen
Town State College
Ames
Robi. L. Stuart
Upland
Indiana
W. L. Mitchell
Stuart
The
Methodist Church
Upland University
Fern Henley
D. G. Ross
Des Moines
Mitchell
Kinser
Obye
Register-Tribune
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Pfe
Arnold C. Lamoureux
Akron
Graduation Week Activities Mark End Of School In Akron
Akron high school wrapped graduation week with Baccalaureate services at Boho Auditorium led by Rev. Ellis L. Jackson subject Terminals or Guide Posts. Rev. David J. Roy gave the Invocation and Rev. A. A. Howe the Benediction. Music by Miss Marjorie Oleson and U. S. mixed chorus and quartet accompanied two hymns. Banquet in the Auditorium hosted by the Akron Commercial Club drew about two hundred attendees with awards to athletes and students. Commencement exercises followed midweek in the School Auditorium, with a detailed report next week. Hospital notes list appendectomy for Frank Crow and several surgical cases. a Want Column ad is noted.
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Akron
Boho
Ellis L. Jackson
The
Baptist Church
U. S
Akron Commercial Club
Trinity Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
H. H. Kerr
Commercial Club
Gridiron Quartet
L. L. Jenklins
A. M. Kuester
Jake LaFay
Storm [Bar High School
Storm Lake
Iowa
A. H. S. Mixed Chorus
le Music Awards
Marjorie Olekon
Helen Hicks
Ruth WM. Colby
Sunt
R. B. Brown
Akron High
Jerry Smith
Ac~ Geblom Emrem Regen O
Poppy Day Observed May 24 in Akron and Nation
On Saturday May 24 Poppy Day will be observed in Akron and nationwide to honor World War dead and support disabled veterans and their families. American Legion Auxiliary volunteers will distribute handmade crepe paper poppies with Mrs. Anna Traul in charge, covering the city to aid living veterans and families. Buy a Poppy Saturday.
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Akron
American Legion Auxiliary
Anna Truatt
Auxiliary
Plains
Belgium
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NEW Hospital Committee
Adaville
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Darlene Guy
Talbie Chatter Norkas
Francis Mackey
Detroit
Michi
Kaiser - Frazer
Francis
Kaiser-Frazer
Marian Marlenau
Wayne
Nebr
Fred Marlenau
State Teachers’ College
Rosemary Sick
Mary Lou Miller
Akron Church
Emral F. Oloff
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
American Legion Hall
Earith
Mead
Art Huebner
Thomas
Carl Weidenfeller
Sioux Falls
Oda Jenkins
Zane
Frank
Wm. Crow
Lois Adams
Charles
Fred Dirks
James
James Gabel
Carl Oden
Nora
Walter Johnson
Joel Weinblom
James Porter
Winterset
Towa
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