Akron history notes from the Akron Register-Tribune
Way Back Yonder items show 70 years ago June 1 1905 furniture prices iron beds 1750 and dining chairs 60 cents plus a note on a new opera house. Other years list births deaths marriages school plans and local events through 1965 including gas franchise vote and library donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Johnson
Akron
Busy
Barr
Westfield
Eastwood
Town Public Service Company
Pat Larson
Willis Crow
Charles C. Zalanka
Elizabeth Byrnes
Rey
Harris Hontager
Robert Lias
Margaret Ellen Heider
Richard Allen Moon
Alfred Raby
R. J. Baker
Akron Community School Seeks Bids for Sports Field Lighting
Public notice announces invitation to bid for Akron Iowa sports field lighting. sealed proposals due 7 30 pm June 17 1975 with 5 percent bid bond, 100 percent performance and payment bonds, and 21 day bid withdrawal prohibition. architects Foss Engelstad Heil Sioux City listed. hearings at 7 15 pm June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Community School
Akron
Iowa
Foss, Engelstad, Heil, Architects & Engineers
406 Home Federal Building
Sioux City
Notice of Probate of Will in Jesse I Kallsen Estate
In Plymouth County Iowa the will of Jesse H Kallsen dated July 27 1970 was admitted to probate on May 13 1975 with Clarence Kallsen and Violet Helmrichs appointed executors. Creditors are to file claims within six months from the second publication, or be barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse H. Kallsen
Clarence Kallsen
Violet Helmrichs
le Mars
Iowa
Ireton
Le Mars student wins PCA scholarship to ISU
David Klave son of Kenneth and Mrs Klave Route 5 Le Mars received a Sioux City Production Credit Association scholarship on awards day at Le Mars High School. He will study agricultural education at Iowa State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Klave
Kenneth Klave
Route 5
le Mars
Iowa State University
Sioux City
Home economics tips on vegetables and energy saving shades
Practical notes encourage planting vitamin rich vegetables like spinach carrots and kale for Vitamin A and tomatoes cauliflower and peppers for Vitamin C. Advice covers using window shades to cut heat by about 20 percent and save energy, plus kitchen trials to reduce calories by substituting water for milk in sour cream mixes and related dairy substitutions with approximate calorie differences per cup.
Farm Bureau board to meet June 2
Plymouth county Farm Bureau board of directors will hold their next monthly meeting on Monday June 2. The meeting will be in the Farm Bureau meeting room beginning at 8 pm. This will be the combined May June meeting. The May meeting was canceled because of the lateness of the busy spring season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Herman Kijuver
Farm Bureau
Akron Iowa Atlas and Early County History Feature
Atlas notes list Akron's new opera house built in 1906 with $18,000 cost, brick construction, acetylene lighting, and local merchants and banks. It recounts Plymouth County history from 1851 to 1905, with population growth to 22,818 by 1905, and mentions early brick schools in Le Mars and Akron.
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Harley Lewison
Plymouth County
Iowa
Akron
Opera House
John A. Huxtable
le Mars
Union County Investment Co
First National Bank
Town Capital
James F. Tex
M. A. Agnes
Geo. C. Eyland, Jr
J. B. Alexander
J. D. Parnham
Fred Peterson
Frank Wakeman
E. F. Cobb
P. H. Dunn
A. Baker
T. Ly Burnight
Plymouth
Massachusetts
Wahkaw
Woodbury County
Floyd
Sioux
Westfield
Student Council Honored For Leadership At Local High School
Mr Hock praises the high school student council sponsored by History teacher and advised by the principal. Members include President Steve Green and Secretary Cindy Toben with several others. The group organized Homecoming activities Spirit Week dances and a school carnival while refining the student handbook and promoting positive attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Annamall
Steve Green
Cindy Toben
Brad Vreugdenhil
Teresa Hansen
Bruce Ericson
Bob Robertson
Pam Boyd
Joel Easton
Jeanne Pridie
Steve Kilstrom
Cheryl Toben
Chace Anderson
Brenda Osterbuhr
Greta Philips
Gail Port
Hock
Hoff
Psychology class visits Hope Haven from Rock Valley
On Friday May 9 a psychology class from Rock Valley visited the Hope Haven school for the handicapped with 12 students and their teacher Mr Basarich. The group was impressed by the workers patience and the worthwhile work observed, and they enjoyed the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wysvanidy Kueger
Rock Valley
Hope Haven
Basarich
Library club elects 1975 76 officers at party
Carolyn Siebens was elected president and Susan Beech as vice president. Ramona Dowling becomes secretary and Susan Davis acts as treasurer. Claudia Lewison is historian and Debbie Henke reporter. Members gathered for a pizza party at Miss Hednefield's apartment with sausages pepperoni hamburger Canadian bacon and homemade pizza and soft drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Siebens
Miss Hednefield
Susan Beech
Ramona Dowling
Susan Davis
Claudia Lewison
Debbie Henke
Biology Day At Vin cent Pavik Farm For 540 Students
Approximately 540 sixth grade students from area schools attended Biology Day on May 8 and 9. Half went Thursday and half Friday, each bringing a sack lunch. Sessions ran 10 to 12 with a 4 hour lunch break, then 12:30 to 2:30 led by instructors Ron Wilmot and others in topics Water and Aquatic Biology Wildlife Conservation Forestry and Soil and Waters. Wilmot hopes to invite the High School Biology I class next year to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Horton
Akron
Vincent Paviik
Liberty Township
Merrill
Ron Wilmot
Douglas Herman
Roger Klopp
Tom Neal
Less Licklider
Douglas Harr
Warren Betts
Barry Goodwin
Duane Bedford
Wayne Larsen
Wilmot
Thespians elect officers for 1975 76 year
The Thespians elected Mark Eye as president Jill Tindall as vice president Becky Appley as secretary treasurer and historian with Gene Knudsen as troupe sponsor for the 1975 1976 school year The International Thespian Society promotes theatre arts in secondary schools and assigns troupes to schools Parents report lost clothing items from the 1974 75 year including coats sweaters jackets and hats.
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Thespians
Mark Eye
Jill Tindall
Becky Appley
Gene Knudsen
The
Thespian Organization
International Thespian Society
Cheerleader tryouts held at high school commons
Lou Ann Small organized after school cheerleading tryouts on Monday May 19 with twenty four girls auditioning. Selected squads include Football Roxanne Benda Julie Harris Lou Ann Small Mary Thorson Lori Heeren and alternates Marjane Taylor for basketball with one squad of six due to fewer games. Pam Boyd Jeanne Pridie Monica Powell Robin Benda Sheila Kota named for wrestling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Ann Small
Roxanne Benda
Julie Harris
Mary Thorson
Lori Heeren
Becky Appley
Marjane Taylor
Pam Boyd
Jeanne Pridie
Monica Powell
Robin Benda
Sheila Kota
Students Speed on Typewriters Speed Tests In Grade
Speed tests have been given in the second nine weeks of sth grade typing with a choice between art or typing. The typing teacher is Mrs. Philips. The best speed test records are listed, including ne Fallauree ap wana, among others.
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Philips
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Maurice McEltigott
Homer Powers
Moeller
Louis Krose
C.S. McKibben
Henry Hull
Kate Stoddard
Orlan C. Moore
W. C. Anderson
Hudson
Mohan Bros
Ruble
Rita Gant
Ralph Kirby
Akron High School
Fred Hummel
Francis Hoffman
Leslie Ross
John Kraakmo
Tony Bockelman
Elaine Rawson
Daryl Williams
Raymond Welch
Wm. Rademacher
Chas. L. Waterbury
Gerhard Lucken
Myrthe Morris
Leonard F. Dirks
Marion Allan Holloway
F. E. Schutt
Kilsyth
Scotland
Mrs
Wm. C. Anderson
Richard Bean
Akron Cleaners
Wilmar Tucker
Said Place
Architect's Office
Builders Exchange
Lincoln
Omaha
Nebraska
Minneapolis and
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Minnesota
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Superintendent of Schools
Board of Education
Joyce Port
Akron Register
Tribune
State OF
Jesse I. Kallsen
R. A. Bauerly Roseberry
Down & Bauerly
Central Avenue N.E. le Mars
Akron Register- Tribune
PCA
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Tri-State
College of Agriculture
Woodbury
Monona
Dixon
Dakota
Thurston
Union County
Cones Caro
Farm Bureau Board
Code of Iowa
Board of Directors
Board of Supervisors
Council
Westfield Community
Plymouth Westfield
H. W. Redmond
Notary Public
J. Redmond
Redmond Brothers
Old Reliable Land Dealers
Akron Savings Bank
D. V. Vanderham
R.F.D
A. H. Snutg
Johnson and Yeaton
A. S. Sheed
Hill Dale Stock Farm
Portland
Mr. Hock
Mr. Wilmot
Sears
Penney'’s
Ap Wana
Janelle Dirks
Wendi Sheveland
Joni Jacobs Sonja Hansen
Darla Stotz
Chuck Toben
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