Public School Graduation Activities In Akron
Akron public schools finish the year with final exams and commencement tonight in the school gymnasium. Senior class diplomas will be presented after a stage setup to seat a larger audience. Ninth grade graduates held a ceremony with certificates, salutatory, and valedictory. Senior class play Shirt Sleeves received high praise. Baccalaureate services at the MBE Church drew a large crowd with Rev. J F Moore leading. Eleven excerpts include musical selections and sermons focused on young lives entering new fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Public Schools
H. S
J. F. Moore
LeRoy Burket
Eunice Burket
H. 8
Irma Cooper
Daryl Taylor
Hazelle Cooper
M.be
Elaine Sinikahl
Evelyn van Court
Allan Vander Helm
W. H. McDonald
R. E. Brown
Enida Snyder
Dorothy Scott
Dorothy Tucker
Ruth Samuelson
Blanche Seward
Helen Anderson
Elaine Smikahl
C. W. Samuelson
Jehu
Continued rains delay farm work in May fields
Unseasonably cool weather persisted with rain and light showers delaying corn planting. Total May rainfall reached about 2.16 inches through the first three weeks, with a later 0.24 inch storm adding, while overall April's 4.08 inch mark seems unlikely to be matched.
Lutheran Churches Sunday Services and Meetings
The Lutheran Churches announce Sunday May 24 devotional services at Brule Creek Sharch at 7 p m with a pastor sermonette and League music. Sunday school at St. Paul locations 9:45 and 10:30 a m. Brule Creek L D R meets at Mrs Paul Quam’s home Saturday 8 p m. Ladies Aid meets Thursday May 30 at 2 p m. Memorial Day program planned with Dr R T Rugh speaking. Lunch served by ladies. › W I Aamoth, Pastor.
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Luther League
Brule Creek Sharch
At & P
League
St. Paul
Brule Creek
Paul Quam
Brule Creek Ladies’ Aid
Julia Abraham
Nellie Swanson
St. Paul Cemetery Association
R. T. Rugh
W. I. Aamoth
Westfield Portland Home Project Notice
All ladies taking part in the Achievement Day play are asked to be at the Trinity Czerman Lutheran church basement Saturday evening May 25 at 7 30 sharp to practice. If you cannot come please notify Mrs L C Huebsch.
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Trinity (Czerman) Lutheran Church
L. C. Huebsch
Births Recorded Near Town in May Nineteen Thirty Five
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Roy Dimmick west of town on May 16 1935. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Wm Blake of Akron on May 18 1935. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Guy Harkness west of town on May 19 1935. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Leonard Baum west of town on May 21 1935.
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Roy Dimmick
West of Town
Wm. Blake
Akron
Guy Harkness
Leonard Baum
Esteemed Akron Man is Summoned
Arnd Schluter a well known Akron resident and early Plymouth county settler died at LeMars hospital at 11 00 Wednesday morning May 22 1935 after a brief pneumonia illness aged 81 years 1 month 12 days He was born April 10 1854 in St Clair county Illinois and moved to Plymouth county Iowa about 1884 He married Wilhelmina Kaelke August 26 1885 and they later lived in Nebraska before returning to Akron farm life then moving to town Funeral services will be held Friday at 9 30 in Akron M E church with Rev J F Moore officiating Interment Riverside cemetery
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Arnd Schluter
Akron
Plymouth County
LeMars
Mr. Schluter
St. Clair County
Ilinois
Iowa
Wilhelmina Kaelke
Nebraska
Schluter
D. N. Hanover
F. P. Carr
Hawarden
A. 8. Hanover
White Bear
Minn
J. R. Walsh
Sioux City
Arnold Schluter
Volga
John J. Schiuter
Madeira
Akron M. BE
J. F. Moore
Riverside Cemetery
Anniversary Surprise for Chatsworth Couple at Osterthun Home
On May 19 Chatsworth Card club members held a surprise gathering at Mr. and Mrs. August Osterthun to honor their silver wedding anniversary. The evening featured cards and a fine lunch. The couple received a silver remembrance. guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Skogman, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Skogman, Mr. and Mrs. Will Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Scheifen, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burnight, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dalgliesh, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Klemme.
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Chatsworth Card Club
August Osterthun
Osterthun
John Skogman
Dave Skogman
Will Kelley
Chris, Seheifen
Henry Burnight
Ben Dalgliesh
Walter Klemme
LeMars Savings Bank Robbery Suspects Captured
Four Sioux City men were arrested and identified by bank staff as the daylight robbers of the LeMars Savings Bank last week. About $2,000 of the $7,000 stolen was recovered hidden in a bed at a West Side rooming house, found by the landlady who notified police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
LeMars
West Side
Memorial Day Observance Plans Set by Local Churches and Groups
Local churches and patriotic organizations outline Memorial Day activities for May 30. A union service is planned May 26 at 11 a.m. at the Christian church with Rev. R. Es. Brown delivering the sermon. A parade forms at 9:00 a.m. at the Masonic Temple and proceeds to Sacred sites for services and flower tributes to veterans and sailors.
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Union
The
Christian Church
R. Es. Brown
Baptist Church
American Legion
Women’s Relief Corps and Legion Auxiliary
Chueh
Masonic Temple
Big Sioux River Bridge
Women’s Relief Corps
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Heirs
Boy Scouts of America
Legion
Eix
Legion Auxiliary
Otto Larsen
A. E. Lake
Rural Mail Count in Ak Ron Four Rural Routes
The Ak Ron post office counted mail for four rural routes from May 1 to 15. Collected totals: Route 1 834, Route 2 823, Route 3 764, Route 4 557. Delivered totals: Route 1 6863, Route 2 5797, Route 3 8350, Route 4 5288, grand total 26298. Postmaster M W Smith estimates about 10000 pieces were first class. The mail volume was up from recent years, likely boosted by chain-letter correspondence.
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Akron
M. W. Smith
Baseball Here Next Sunday in Akron After Rainout
The opening game was canceled at Akron grounds last Sunday between Akron and Johns Lunch of Sioux City. A makeup game is scheduled next Sunday afternoon here between Eds Coast-to-Coast Store of Sioux City and Akron. Lefty Swift and F Heider will be the local battery, and fans are urged to come out and cheer the team to their first home win.
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Akron
John
Sioux City
Swift
F. Heider
Union Creek Church Notes
Union Creek Church announces Sunday evening services at 8 o clock and Cemetery Day on Tuesday May 28 at Union Creek. Supper in Luther Hall begins 5 30 and continues until all are served. Public invited. D J Edward pastor.
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Union Creek
Luther Hall
Attow
Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday Services Schedule
Trinity Lutheran Church announces Sunday school at 10 a m German service at 11 a m and Gorman service on Ascension Day eve ning May 30 at 8 o'clock Pastor Fred A Meske leads the congregation with these observances.
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Fred A. Meske
Week of Entertainment at Empress Theater May 24 25 26 28
Empress theater presents Car 99 on Friday and Saturday May 24 and 25 with Fred McMurray and Sir Guy Standing. Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell star in Traveling Saleslady May 26 to 28. Bargain Nights May 29 30 feature Pat O'Brien in I Sell Anything with a strong supporting cast. Comedies shorts and cartoons accompany all programs.
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Empress Theater
Fred McMurray
Sir Guy
Joan Blondell
Glenda Farrell
Pat O’brien
Mr. O’brien
Brannigan
The
Empress
Akron Declares May 25 Poppy Day In City Honor
Mayor Dick Bohlken proclaims Saturday May 25 Poppy Day in Akron urging citizens to wear the memorial poppy for World War dead and to donate to American Legion and Auxiliary welfare funds to aid living veterans and families. The proclamation recalls the sacrifice of Akron’s servicemen and the origin of the poppy as a memorial symbol.
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Akron
Bohlken
France
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Dick Bohlken
Yard and Garden contest by Book and Thimble club
The Book and Thimble club sponsors a Yard and Garden contest as peonies and iris bloom. Special prizes will be awarded for the finest peonies, iris, and grounds. Entries limited to all except committee members. Call Mrs. W. J. Davidson, Mrs. W. J. Brunner or Mrs. J. H. Kerr to enter. Watch the next issue for date.
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Book and Thimble Club
W. J. Davidson
W. J. Brunner
J. H. Kerr
the Register-Tribune
Mrs. C. E. Waterbury Dies in LeMars Hospital
Hudson South Dakota resident Mrs. C E Waterbury former Akron resident died at Sacred Heart hospital LeMars Tuesday after illness. Funeral services planned in Hudson Friday with interment in Riverside Akron. M E Ladies Aid to meet Wednesday afternoon May 29 with hostesses listed.
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C. BE. Waterbury
Hudson, S. D
Akron
Sacred Heart’ Hospital
LeMars
Annual Achievement Day in LeMars May 29
The LeMars Home Project Achievement Day at the M. E. church will feature a Nutrition pageant on bread from planting to loaf, a Gypsy chorus, plays from several townships, and exhibits judged by Mrs May Larson. Townships will display results, with a noon lunch and an afternoon program concluding in a Farm Bureau flag presentation.
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M. E
LeMars
Bohemian Girl Opera
May Larson
Extension
Town State College
W. G. Anderson
Hungerford Township
Marble Halls
Walter Held
Perry Township
Union Township
Fredonia
Remsen
Johnson Township
Preston
Elkhorn
Garfield
Washington
Marion
Plymouth County
Ceres
Plymouth Township
Westfield
Portland
Farm Bureau
Clover 4-H Club Holds Mother's Day Program
The Clover 4-H club met on May 11 at Mrs. A. Baker's home for a Mother's Day program with mothers present. The girls sang a song, contributed to the program, and a luncheon was served. The next meeting is scheduled for May 25 at the leader's home with Marie Graff as hostess.
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A. Baker
Mother
Marie Graff
Move Back From Chicago with Rossbach to Return Nearby
Harold Rossbach, formerly visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rossbach, plans to move back from Chicago where he bought Aylmer Peterson's trucking business northwest of town. Peterson will move to Oregon to pursue truck and fruit farming. Meanwhile, the horseshoe season at F. Sayles' grounds near town opens next Sunday with Bluffers facing Sherm Callahan's Elk Point team. spectators invited to watch pitching.
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Harold Rossbach
Henry Rossbach
Chicago
Aylmer Peterson
Peterson
Oregon
F. Sayles’ Grounds
Bluffers
Sherm
Callahan
Elk Point
First Baptist Church Union Memorial Service and Mission Circle
At 11 o clock this congregation will join in the Union Memorial service at the Christian Church. The Young People's Union meets at 7 pm with Mrs Truman Campbell entertaining the Young Ladies Mission Circle at Mrs Chas Kanago home on Wednesday afternoon May 29. Ora Talbott reviews a chapter of the Mission book. Members answer roll call with scripture verses. Ina Young leads devotional lesson.
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First Baptist Church
Union
Christian Church
Young People’s Union
Truman Campbell
Young
Chas
Kanago
Ora Talbott
Ina Young
Death summons former Akron resident Amelia Johnson
Amelia Friberg Johnson 81 9 1 died Thursday May 16 1935 at her son Ibner Johnson home in South Sioux City Nebraska. Born August 15 1853 in Sweden she emigrated 1872 and married Andrew Gustav Johnson in 1879. Survived by son Elmer Johnson and daughters Esther Hoagland and Anna Pell Wheeler. Funeral held in Sioux City and Union Creek Lutheran Church with interment at Union Creek Cemetery.
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Amelia Johnson
Akron
Ibner Johnson
Sioux City
Nebr
Amelia Friberg
Sweden
Americna
Andrew Gustav Johnson
Myr
Johnson
South Sioux City
Elmer
Lutheran Church
Elmer Johnson
Esther Caroline Hoagland
Berkeley
Calif
Anna Pell-Wheeler
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Union Creek Cemetery
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Sunday Services and Events
Pastor C. W. Samuelson leads May 26 service with the theme Prayer. Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 15 a m and morning worship at 11 a m on Unity of the Christians. Luther League to meet at 8 p m with Dr B F Zuel of Western Union College speaking on Germany. Students from LeMars to perform. Aid Society meets Thursday May 30 in church parlors hosted by Mrs Ernest Anderson and Mrs John Nelson.
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First Church OF Christ Bible School
Union Memorial
Christian Endeavor
J. H. Stidham
Board of
Church Extension of
Indianapolis
Ind
Stidham
Mr. Stidham
Ladies’ Aid
Luther League
B. F. Zuel
Western Union College
LeMars
Germany
Aid Society
Ernest Anderson
John Nelson
Poppy Day Observed Here for War Dead Memorial
Memorial Day plans are outlined by Mrs W G Adams president of the Albert Hosehler unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. Poppies will be worn Saturday May 25 to honor the dead and raise funds for veterans families and hospital relief.
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America
W. G. Adams
Albert Hosehler
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Take Marriage Vows Saturday in Canton South Dakota
A wedding was solemnized on Saturday morning May 18 1935 in Canton South Dakota uniting Doris Malmstrom daughter of Charles Malmstrom Union County South Dakota and Tobias Severtson of Inwood Iowa. Rev Nervig presided with Albert and Marie Severtson as attendants. The bride wore a rose crepe ensemble and white accessories. The groom farms near Inwood. The couple plan an extended tour of the western states after the ceremony.
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Clouk
Canton
S. D
Doris Malmstrom
Chas. Malmstrom
Union County
8. D
Tobias Severtson
Inwood
Iowa
Nervig
Albert
Marie Severtson
Akron
Garland
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Christian Church
Loa
D. J. Edward
Trinity Lutheran Church
C. E. Waterbury
M. E. Ladies’ Aid
Fay Port
Alva Port
John McInnis
4-H Club News
Auxiliary
Georgia
New York City
John McCrae
Flanders Fields
Tobias Severson
Canton, S. Oak
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