27 May 1937
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1937
Page
1
Subscription terms list one year at two dollars six months for one dollar and a three month option unspecified. Published every Thursday at Akron Iowa and entered as second class mail matter on September 26 1901.
Westfield weekend visits include Lillys in Lamont and Rollins relatives. Community news covers guild events, school funding debates, free talkies set for June 1, and local club and school year conclusions, with a long obituary for Rose Shearer detailing her life and family.
The Sunday school group sang in tribute to a beloved community figure. Remains laid to rest at Riverside Cemetery in Akron. Pallbearers included Walden Fry Philip Beaubien Sr. Thos Brucy C B Lilly Duke Spaulding and M W Conway. Dozens of floral offerings reflected the community’s sympathy.
We wish to sincerely thank neighbors and friends for kindness assistance and sympathy during illness and after the death of our beloved daughter mother sister and grandmother Mrs Rose Shearer also for the beautiful floral offerings. Thomas Warren and Family.
Mr and Mrs Albert Witt and their sons Richard and Robert along with Mrs Mary Witt were Sunday dinner guests at the Jesse Kallsen home. Inez Jacobs birthday celebration attendees included Henry Helmrichs and daughter Arlene LaVerne Hartman and son Ben Hartman and daughter Bernadine and son Walter Alfred Witt and daughters Dorothy Marlys attended other gatherings at Klemme Frerichs Jacobs and Borchers homes with various relatives. Additional visitors included Amos Hoeck P C Kallsen of LeMars at the John Kallsen home.
Special correspondence notes weekend visits among Garland residents. Melvin Hanson and son LaRue visited William Skinner. Joel Gatewood and Wyatt Heyl with families traveled from Sioux City to C A Hamilton and Wallace Beeler homes. Richard Ball and son at Henry Busch home. Dick Hamilton, William Skinner, Roy Skinner, Ed Thormodsgaard and Elven Beeler visited Ed Lewison. Lever Sommervold and Ed Lewison also visited a nephew in a Sioux City hospital after serious facial and hand burns.
A case against A L Mathwig in Milnerville and Plymouth county was dismissed. he keeps operating in Sioux City. Carol Mathwig graduated from South Sioux City High. Birth announced for a son to Mr and Mrs Earl Williams on May 19. Mrs Frank Helm and Miss Ursula Fry visited the city. Rural schools visited the Sioux City Journal and aired cheerleaders on noon broadcasts. Carl Erickson returns to Fry home for the season. Farmers report ongoing planting with limited moisture. Richard Milner entertained relatives from Sioux City. Bonnie Milner earned a Girl Scout silver stripe. W W Logan travels from the west for business changes. his company sold out. Milner and Milner family outings noted. Liberty Consolidated School closes.
A bustle of departures and visits fills this week as families finalize plans for early summer moves. Mrs. Ernie Luce of Mejook prepares to leave for San Diego with relatives visiting Sioux City friends. Miss Lucille Briggs and sister Grace wrap up school weeks. Local losses are noted with the passing of Mrs. Stanley Lynam in Rock Rapids, and social events mark the calendar with birthdays, showers, and auxiliary meetings. Neighbors plan travel with Mrs. Cl ara Maloney and Lu cille Maloney to Denver, and a River school basket social enjoys modest turnout despite rain. Local helpers and farmers report steady activity as Milnerville residents reflect on community ties and upcoming gatherings.
Six townships Portland Hunger ford Union Preston Liberty and Sioux received high marks at the annual Home Project Achievement Day held May 13 in LeMars. Liberty township led with the best orange exhibit showing sizes and costs for juice. Hunger ford placed second for label reading. Sioux featured trade routes and world imports. Ten townships exhibited while 65 participants joined a Pearl Sims pageant on Better Homes Through Better Management.
A rural alert warns farmers that pervasive weeds like Field Bindweed Leafy Spurge and Canada Thistle threaten Central and Western farms. Deeply rooted perennials spread underground and seeds travel, making early removal crucial to avoid mortgage-like losses. Authors urge rapid patch cleanup despite some weeds being valued as forage in certain regions.
An editor's note warns that poisons damage weed roots but are costly over large fields. It urges early action to clean up small patches, previews a 16 page circular on combating weeds and identifying invasive species, and mentions a weed book inquiry to Harvester Company for more information.
The District Court of Plymouth County Iowa appoints Christ Lucht as administrator of the estate of Wbeth and Johnson Licht, deceased. Creditors must pay debts to the administrator and present claims to the court for allowance. Publish dates May 27 June 3 10 1937.
A fragmented legal notice references a district county and estate probate in May dated records. It mentions Rains B. P. Murray as attorney and a publication date around May 27. The text shows garbling and missing details but implies estate actions and distribution filings.
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