Retiring Pastor Meske Honored by Akron Congregations
Rev. Fred A. Meske longtime Akron pastor retires after 45 years of service moving to Marshfield Wisconsin. Farewell services and social events were held at Trinity Lutheran Akron and Chatsworth St Matthew's Chatsworth with gifts and tributes from church members Ladies Aid and parish groups. Various local clergymen offered remarks and led commemorations reflecting his long community ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Meske
Akron
Trinity Lutheran Church
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Chatsworth
Meske
Marshfield
Wisconsin
Aid
Trinity Lutheran
Violet Jacobs
The
Mission Society
Meake
Maryin Dirks
Luther League
BE. ‘A. Gnatzloff
Shéldon
Western Conference
Memorial Day Observance Planned in Akron
Memorial Day ceremonies set for Akron on Friday May 30 under American Legion Pobt Auxiliary Unit and Woman's Belief Corps. Ex veterans in uniform gather at Legion Hall at 9 am, parade to Mazonic Temple at 9 30 join civic groups led by Akron School Band, march to Big Sioux river bridge, then return for cemetery services with prayers by Rev Fy Chas Ernst and speaker Attorney Axel Beck Elk Point.
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Akron
Legal
American Legion Pobt
Woman’s Belief Corps
Requestia
Legion Hall
Mazonic ‘Temple
Big Sioux River Bridge
Akrona
Chas
Ernst
Riverside Cemetery
Axel Beck
Elk Point
Flinders Pields
Legion
First Church Bible School and Service at 10 and 11 A M
The First Church of Christ offers Bible school at 10 a.m. led by Mrs. Pearl Scott and communion at 11 a.m. The pastor W J Zane extends a welcoming message to worshipers and seekers, inviting prayer, praise, fellowship, guidance, rest, companionship, comfort, and service in Christ.
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FIRST
Church OF Christ Bible School
Pearl Scott
Bebe
Communion
Father
Jesus Christ
W. J. Zane
Akron Street Improvement Plan Meeting Set for June 2
The Town Council of Akron designates Monday June 2 1941 at 8:00 PM in the council room for property owners subject to assessment to object to district boundaries cost assessments financing and the proposed street improvement. Also June 2 1941 is set for passage and adoption of the resolution of necessity.
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Town Council of
Akron
Local News Notes and Community Activities
Local notes report visits by Mr and Mrs W Harry Christy and others from nearby towns. Ray Port returned from Ponca Nebraska where he coached high school football. Miss Ellen Mann visited relatives in the area. The Women's Society of Christian Service announces a 25 cent guest luncheon at the Methodist church on Wednesday June 4 at 10 am. Several locals travel for schooling and work, including Mae Johnson returning to Freeman to teach and Harold Gillespie taking a job in Sioux City. A gravel contract is awarded for Primary No 140 Kingsley to Remsen and No 12 Akron to Woodbury line. Local students visit Iowa City and Denver during breaks. Hawarden defeats House of David 12 to 8 in a Sunday baseball game, with notable plays and Beaubien homer. Hawarden to play Rock Valley on Memorial Day.
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W. Harry Christy
Piena-—- Gibey
Ray Port
Ponca
Nebr
Ellen Mann
Sioux City
Nettie Mann
Women’s Society of Christian Service
James Myers
Kenneth Swenson
Hollywood
Calif
Mae Johnson
Freeman
M. D
Olaf. Johnson
Town Highway Commission
John Schumacher
Kingsley
Remsen
Akron
Woodbury
D. L. Waterbury
Iowa City
Harold Gillespie
Lynn Arkin
Albert Lee Lemen
University of Iowa
LeRoy Burker
Iowa U
Victor
Wehde
Hawarden
David Pitcher
Northwest Park
Phil. Beaubien
Ed. Hennessey
Fast Rock Valley
Akron Church Scene Hosts Pretty May Wedding
Trinity Lutheran church in Akron saw Bruno Hartmann wed LaVonne Faulkner on May 18 1941 at 4 p m Rev Fred A Meske officiated. Attendants included Margaret Hartmann and Gary Hartmann. Bride wore powder blue redingote beige accessories and ten rose corsage. Reception followed in blue beige parlors with a three course dinner and cake from Bernard Markus. The couple will reside in the Klauer Apartments after a trip to eastern Iowa Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Akron
Bruno
Ben
J. Hartmann
LaVonne &. Faulkner
Fred A. Meske
Lohengrin
Marie Degen
Helen
Cora Ross
Margaret Hartmann
Gary E Hartmann
Bernard Markus
G. W. Faulkner
Iowa
Illinois
Klauer Apartments
Immanuel Lutheran Church confirms class of 1941
Ernest G Svenson pastor delivers Pentecost service as class of 1941 is confirmed at 11 oclock. June 8 Trinity Sunday welcomes the confirmands James Svenson Milton Anderson Richard Lewison Joanne Nygard Lula Mae King Joyce Halvorsen with Holy Communion. Junior Mission Band meets Saturday 2 pm. Sunday school 10 am. Rural Life Sunday 8 pm with 4H groups from South Dakota Iowa attending. W M S meet Wednesday 2 pm at Mrs Knudsons home. All members and friends invited.
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James Svenson
Milton Anderson
Richard Lewison
Joanne Nygard
Lula Mae King
Joyce Halvorsen
Lundgren
Cliff
Johnson
K. Knudson
Rural Life
South Dakota
Towa
Luther Leaguers
W. M
County 4-H Girls Rally Day Set for June 4
Plans for the annual eight Plymouth county girls 4 H clubs rally day are nearly complete. The event Saturday June 4 runs from 9 30 a m to 4 p m at the Junior High auditorium LeMars. Features include a song festival symposium by club presidents election of county officers and a picture memory contest. A Good Citizens Good Neighbor presentation ties 4 H activities to the National Good Neighbor policy and National Defense program. Ceremonials include leader recognition installation of officers and initiation of an honorary member.
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Plymouth County
LeMars
Norka Theatre Week Presents Classic Films and Take a Chance Night
The Norka Theatre schedules a week of entertainment featuring Male of Boy's Town Thursday through Saturday May 29 to 31 with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney in a four day encore. Penny Serenade with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne plays Sunday and Monday June 1 and 2. Take a Chance night returns Tuesday June 3 at ten cents admission. Jesse James with Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda returns Wednesday and Thursday June 4 and 5 for renewed screenings.
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Norka ‘Theatre
Edgar Buchanan
Ann’ Doran
Beulal Bondi
The
Norka
Jesse James
Tyrone Power
Henry Fonda
Akron plans junior baseball team and latest Legion link
Akron High school finished its 1941 season with an inter squad game won 10 to 7 by the Whites over the Rodeos. Plans call for forming a American Legion Junior team next week with C Fowler supervising, practice June 3 at 5 PM at Akron ball park, as the Commercial Club backs the effort. SUPT C C Fowler urges interested boys to attend, while a Memorial Day prep band schedule and church program at Plymouth Presbyterian add local events.
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Akron
Akron High Nine
American Legion
Legion
Akron’ Commercial Club
C. Fowler
Akron Public Schools
C. C. Fowler
Ball Park
Memorial Day Ode From Westfield
Memorial Day 1941 laments the dead with flowers and tears. The poem recalls lost loved ones, cherishes memories, and hopes for heavenly peace. It urges remembrance and prayer for departed souls as graves are tended and the spirit longs for a brighter tomorrow.
Methodist Church Notes Open to Public at Morningside Commencement
The church invites juniors and intermediates to meetings next Saturday with planned courses and a big party. Fellowship class hosts a party Tuesday night at the parsonage. Women’s Society serves a 25 cent guest luncheon. Sunday services at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. with no evening service next Sunday to allow churchgoers to attend other churches.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Onion Creek Church Notes
Morning services canceled for Sunday June 1. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Ladies Aid meets June 5 at Luther Hall with Mrs Wm Ericson and Mrs Milton Ericson as hostesses. Luther League district convention June 6 to 8 at Beaver Valley Lutheran Church near Sioux Falls. Rev David W Vikner of North Branch MN, returned missionary from China, speaks.
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Usnail
Ladies’ Aid
Luther ‘Hall
Ericson
Milton
Luther League
Sioux Falls
Beaver Valley Lutheran Church
David W. Vikner
North Branch
Minn
China
Birth notices list four new births around town in late May 1941
A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Lenald Danielson northwest of town on May 26 1941. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Ronald E Burke Akron on May 27 1941. A son born to Mr and Mrs Wired Rosenbaum near Jefferson SC on May 28 1941. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Art Rosenbaum south of town on May 27 1941. Memorial Day delayed rural mail delivery causes some items to carry over to next week.
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Lenald Danielson
Ronald E. Burke
Akron
Wired Rosenbaum
Jefferson
S. C
Art Rosenbaum
Register-Tribune
Union Vacation Bible School Begins June 2
Akron Methodist, Christian, and Baptist churches unite for a non denominational Vacation Bible School at the Christian church from June 2 to 13, daily 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. Grades start at age four with plans for high school helpers. Transport arranged for rural families. information from pastors and superintendents.
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Methodist
Christian, and
Baptist Churches of
Akron
Christian Church
Clausus
American Sunday School Union
Legion Auxiliary Postpones Meeting to June 10
The Auxili ary postpones its regular meeting to the evening of June 10 due to the Ninth district meeting at Rock Valley on June 3 with several members planning to attend. Hosehler Post Legion Auxiliary thanks the public for strong cooperation making Poppy Day a success, with one thousand poppies distributed.
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Rock Valley
Hosehler Post Legion Auxiliary
Local notices and weather mix in 1941 Sioux City report
Mrs John Quinlan and others visit relatives in Sioux City and Hawarden as Hamilton Local Farmers Union prepares a Monday meeting. Harper Kerr returns from Omaha medical studies to visit parents. Dr Mason receives duty call to Camp Livingston Louisiana and leaves with wife. Weather turns hot with 91 degree day followed by rain. crops benefit. Car crash injures Henning Shoulberg. partner Rasmussen unharmed.
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F. J. Ahsemmagher
Elkton
Arthur Huebner
Clarence Olson
Hawarden
Floyd Hanson
Hamilton
Farmers’ Union
Lester Seely
Violet Jacobs
Harper Kerr
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Omaha
J. H. Kerr
A. G. Langholz
Norman
Carolyn
Preston
Iowa
Camp Livingston
Akron special election approves 12600 bond for school auditorium
Akron Independent School District voters approve a 12,600 bond issue to build a municipal auditorium beside the current school. Of 290 ballots, 211 favored and 85 opposed, a 71 percent majority. The fund combines with a 22,100 government grant, with rapid work planned despite material delays. The new auditorium is expected to be worth the wait.
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Independent
Akron
Baptist Church Sunday Services Features Pageant
Sunday Bible school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m include a pageant titled Light Ahead performed by Sunday school departments during the 11 o clock hour. A missionary offering is planned and Union Vacation Bible School begins Monday at 9 a m at the Christian church with requests for help and pastors informed.
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Baptist Church
Union Vacation Bible School
John 8. Meyer
Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday Services and Meeting
Trinity Lutheran Church holds Sunday school at 1 30 p m and service at 2 30 p m led by Rev L L Belk Jot LeMars Iowa District American Lutheran church official. After the service a special meeting will unite Akron and Chatsworth congregations.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
L. L. Belk
Jot LeMars
Iowa
American Lutheran Church
Akrons
Chatsworth
Henry B Munn Called By Death
Henry B Munn died in Sioux City Iowa May 21 1941 aged 68 after three years of internal cancer. Born May 18 1873 in Southwest City Missouri he married Nora Farvin in 1887. Survived by six children and his wife who died in 1940 funeral held Friday at 2 am at the Methodist church Riverside cemetery interment followed.
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Henry B. Mann
Wim. Mann
Southwest City
Sioux City
Iowa
Mr. Munn
Nora Farvin
Akron
Wheeler
Charles Mix County
George
Washington State
Henry O’dell
St. Joseph
Philip
Cheyenne
Wyo
William
Earl
Marly
Ions
Gerald
Fort Meade
Munn
W. EH
Riverside Cemetery
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Mrs. F. Meske
Marshfield, Wis
Ber
Fred A. Meske, Sr
Akron Church
LaVotne Faulkner
B. J. Hartmann
Immanuel Eng
Luth
Ernest G. Svenson
Friendship Club of
Plymouth Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Onion Creek
Legion and Auxiliary Notes
John Quinlan
Henning Shhoulberg
Robert Anderson
Spink Road
Priday
Shoulberg
Lig
Henry B. Munn
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