Akron Golf Club Opens Its Season With A Dinner
The Akron Golf club opened its season with a two ball mixed foursome won by Mrs. T. L. Burnight and Forest Greenwood. A seven o'clock dinner followed, then bridge. Men’s first tournament is Sunday at 2 p m, 18 holes with prizes for low medal, low handicap, and most 3s 4s and 5s. New members, new power mower, greens rebuilt and tile drained. Tournament dates booked with several matches planned. Local obits and notices follow.
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Akron Golf Club
T. L. Burnight
Forest Greenwood
Bridge
Golf Club
LeMars
Hawarden
Vermillion
Paullina
Akron High School Ends Year With Commencement Plans
Akron High closes its year with graduation for twenty eight twenty eight girls and eight boys, to be held at the opera house Friday evening where Rev Joseph P Hoge of Sheldon Iowa will give the commencement address on the theme Truth Everlasting. The senior class play Anne Whats Her Name runs Wednesday and Thursday under Miss Henna Rude. Due to scarlet fever cases, grades from Junior High down were dismissed to halt spread. eighth grade graduation occurred Monday with Miss Paternan delivering the address and presenting diplomas to twenty six graduates.
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Akron High‘school
Opera House
Joseph P. Hoge
Sheldon
Iowa
Anne
Henna Rude
Paternen
Laborer badly hurt in fall near railroad drainage ditch
Milwaukee laborer Hugh Roach, 27, fell into a five to six foot hole in a drainage ditch beside the railroad in the south part of town. He suffered four fractured ribs and severe bruising to the lower limbs and was taken to Akron Hospital by freight crew after being found by a train crew.
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Hugh Road
Milwaukee
Wis
J. H. Kerr
Roach
Akron
Rifle Club Builds New Range With Community Effort
The Sioux Valley Rifle Club worked on its new range last Sunday with limited turnout and plans to finish next Sunday morning. Members urged to attend, as the club gears up for a July team match with LeMars Rifle Club and tightens ammunition rules for members in good standing. Community events include Bible school, church services, and a World Broadcast of Churches of Christ.
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Sioux Valley Rifle Club
LeMars Rifle Club
LeMara Rifle Club
Civil Bend
The
Christian Church
World Broadcast
Churches of Christ
Columbia
New York
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Geo. Knepper
High Street
Church of Christ
Akron
Ohio
WJID
KMRC
WMT
WCCO
Keyes
Baccalaureate Service Honors Akron High School Class
The Akron High School baccalaureate service filled Immanuel Lutheran Church, with chairs in the aisles. Junior girls led ushers. Alberta Johnson escorted graduates to front seats. Rev. Samuelson and Rev. Gow directed prayers and remarks. The program featured the Glees Club, a sermon by Rev. Miller on Striving for a Crown, and a quintet performance of Going Home.
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Akron High School
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Alberta Johnson
Samuelson
Keyes
Gow
Dorothy Lee
A. G. Miller
Bob Shoulberg
Kenneth Hultgren
Mervin Oetkin
Gordon Davidson
Paul Snyder
Miss Lee
Rev. Samuelson
Track Laying Crew Reaches Canton Route In South Carolina
Milwaukee track laying crew of nearly two hundred men arrived last Friday after starting from Elk Point. They replace 60-pound rails with 85-pound steel, creating a smoother ride as they move north toward Canton. The crew uses a small crane for rail handling while men spike ties by hand. Local officials reported some trouble with workers at Chatsworth before moving on. A regraveling and surfacing gang will soon overhaul the roadbed. Community notices mention church events, Vacation Bible School postponement, Epworth League activities, and local Lutheran services and socials in several nearby towns. Emmett Neal of Bradley, SD, has returned home after asthma treatment and plans a health trip to the Black Hills.
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Milwaukee
Elk Point
Canton
S.C
Chatsworth
Marshal Barr
Akron Band to Stage First Street Concert June 4
The Akron Band under Prof A T Ireland prepares its first street concert of the season on Wednesday June 4 with a full program including marches overtures waltzes and band pieces. The list features The Scoutmaster March Overture The Royal Highway Festal Overture and more, directed by Ireland with a full roster of instrumentalists.
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Akron
A. T. Ireland
Vermillion
Keifer
Alford
Loos
Hazel
Chevrette
Akron Band
Prof
Raymond Gable
Carl Hasenbank
Berlen Clark
Lambert Thomas
BM Ludwigs
August Koch
Arya
Victor Neal
J. @. Brady
Loyd Johnson
Alvin Anderson
Eric Pearson
Walden Johnson
Arthur Hasenbank
Strawberry Shortcake Supper Planned by Ladies Aid
The First Presbyterian Ladies' Aid will host a strawberry shortcake supper next Tuesday, June 3, at Brunsvilla Hall starting 6:00 PM until served. Menu includes mashed potatoes creamed chicken carrots peas spring salad pickles jelly floss strawberry shortcake. Prices 50 and 25 cents. Patronage appreciated. Read the Want Ad. Column.
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First Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid
Brunsvilla Tali
Elk Point Bank Robbed by Lone Bandit After Daytime Hold Up
The First National Bank of Elk Point was robbed of 1460 dollars by a single bandit who forced the president H W Freeman and cashier Milton Johnson into the vault then escaped in an automobile. A posse pursued north to Davis South Dakota where track was lost. A man named Elliott was arrested in Sioux City identified as the robber and later jailed after a near mob scene. A primary election notice follows with polling details for Town June 2 and local election arrangements.
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Elk Point
First National Bank
H. W. Freeman
Milton Johnson
Elk-Point
Davis
Elliott
Sioux City
Hilk Paint
Union County Woman Dies After Stroke at 64 in 1930
Mrs. Bertha Michalske Wang of Union County South Dakota passed away at home west of Ak ron on Tuesday May 20 1930 after a paralytic stroke suffered the prior Friday She was born November 11 1865 in Germany and lived in Cleveland Ohio before moving to Union County in 1892 She married Fred Wang in 1884 and had eight children seven surviving Funeral services were held May 22 at the Trusted Brethren church in Alcester with interment at the same church Relations note relatives from Cleveland attended
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Fred Wang
Union County
Akron
Bertha Michalske
Germany
Cleveland
Ohio
Wd* Wang
Charles
Arthur
George
Imma Wang
Minnie Anderson
Spink
S. D
August
Herman
William Michalake
Albert Bubs
Tfisted Brethren Church
Senne
Alcester Lutheran Church
Chas. Michalske
Waag
Romance at Oakdale Sanatorium Ends in City Wedding
A pretty romance of the state sanitarium at Oakdale culminated Monday in the marriage of Barton Tone of this city and Mildred I Bradley of Unalakleet Alaska. The ceremony was performed by a minister in Sioux City. The couple visited Tone’s mother and relatives here before Tone returned to Oakdale for a paper route. The bride will stay a few days then return to Alaska to visit her parents, planning to settle in Oakdale next spring.
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Oakdale
Barton Tone
Mildred I. Bradley
Unalakleet
Alaska
Sioux City
Grace Tone
Barton
Iowa
Local man is new light plant superintendent
Council met May 20 1980 with Mayor Morse presiding. Jack Mahr resigned as Akron Light and Waterworks superintendent effective immediately. Jesse Brown appointed at 110 per month. Wm Zierath salary raised 10 monthly. Audited bills totaling 807.21 approved. Clerk A L Seamands signs.
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W. H. Morse
Read
Jack Mahr
Akron Light and Waterworks
Davidson
Kanage
Mahr
Yeas
Kanago
Ericson
Jenson
Jesse Brown
Wm. Zierath
Remington Rand Business Service
Warren Electric Co
Worbert S. Martin
Westfield
Ikennedy & Parsons
D. C. Strong
Westinghouse Electric Supply Co
Sioux City Iron Co
A.W. Swenson
Perry Vanderbeek
A. L
Bruce Mahr
John von Hagel
Jack Gale
J. B. Cunningham & Son
India
Kendall Hotel
Dirks Motor Co
Andy Wepars
Has
G. “Hays
Chas
Wise
Standard Ol! Co
Farmers Grain Co
A. L. Seamands
First Baptist Church Announces Weekly Services
Bible School at 10 a.m. Sermon at 11 a.m. Theme Preparing for Pentecost. B P U at 7 15 p.m. Evening sermon at 8 p.m. Theme Is a personal question Am I Wrong The mid week prayer and Bible study Thursday at 7 p.m. Sioux Valley Association meets Friday June 6 at 7 30 and on the 7th and 8th All services open to the public Pastor U G Millgr
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Sioux Valley Association
Akron Woman Injured In Highland Highway Crash
Mrs. Hugh N. Chamberlain suffered painful injuries when a car with four men, speeding about sixty mph in the center of the road, struck her vehicle east of town, tipped it into a ditch, and fled. She was treated by a physician and later resting.
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Hugh N. Chamberlain
Two Fires In Quick Succession In Local Neighborhood
The fire department answered two calls within about thirty minutes Saturday morning. At Dr W J Brunner's home sparks from the furnace ignited the shingle roof and were mostly extinguished before arrival. A second blaze struck a small ice storage building owned by Harry G Clark, which was also quickly put out with slight damage.
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Henry Hillrichs
Town
Philip “Beaubien
Anthony Weidenfeller
Son
Basil Hoffman
Joseph Beach
A. G. A. Palm
Theo, Hemmig
Hartley
Harold
Roy Dingledine
Slowx City
Fred H. Milbrodt
Fred Dirks
Coleridge
Nebraska
Tug
Fred Milbrodt
Herman -Milbrodt
John Koch
John’ Milbrodt
Adaville
Helen Smith
Mt.Vernon
Gerald Smith
Miss Smith
Kimball
Raymond Port’ Ia
Charlotte Willer
G. Girstein
Whittier
Calif
Kirstein
California
Rifle Club
le Mars Rifle Club
Christian Church Notes
Skelly Oil Company
Altyon
Sioux Falls
Skelly
Skelgas
H. A. Stryzewski
Union Memorial
Baptist Church
Women’s Relief Corps
American Legion and Auxiliary
W. A. Morée
A. B. Kenaston
Miller
Methodist Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mesdames Grace
Janet Cunningham
Bible School
Epworth League
Epworth
BeMars
Lutheran
South Church
Apm
South
Curch
Lather League
Brule Creek
Immanuel
Co. B
Runsvold
D. J. Edward
Emmett Neal
Bradley, $. D
Bradley
Black Hills
T. C. Parker
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Parker
Presbyterian
Ralla
Cafton
Martha
W. M
Vylnee
Ed. Stinton
Martin Tricson
Josie Weidenfeller
Judgea
F. W. Burnett
Olive Agnes
Jclerka
H. H. Wetzeler
G. Kanago
Wm. Simeon
Ja. Klauer
A. L. Beamands
Clara Raish
Long Beach
Fred E. Wa‘terbury
Fred Lower
Blanche McIntosh
Perry Sharpe
Congregational Church
Here
Merle Irwin
Alcester
Dorothy Richters
Edwin EL Anderson
Martha EB. Carlson
Henry Rogsgbach
Emmetsburg
Pearl Noble
Plo‘vec
Mra. Olander
Primghar
Sioux Rapids
Beatta Urdahl
NEW Light Plant
Mahyr
First Baptist Church
U. G Millgr
H. N. Chamberlain
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