04 Nov 1976
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1976
Page
1
After a heated campaign the season ends with Akron Red Raiders needing a win on Friday night at home to reach the state playoffs. Also, DEQ approves disposal of diseased trees and leaves at the west dump site with Wednesday and Saturday hours 8 am to 5 pm starting Nov 7. bags must be removed.
Akron Register-Tribune lists GOOD NEWS INC owners and publishers F Shorty Hazel as manager. Published every Thursday in Akron Iowa Plymouth County. Rates: $7 yearly, $4 six months in Plymouth Sioux Woodbury counties. Union County S.D. $8 yearly elsewhere.
November events listing across Le Mars Iowa include Chicken Little performances at 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays, and multiple circle, study, and club meetings from American Legion to World Community Day. Notable items: Northwest Chapter of the Iowa Genealogical Society meets Nov 7 at Presbyterian United Church of Christ, open to the public. Veterans Day observed Nov 11 with various gatherings.
The musical comedy set in early 1900s Oxford is practiced with all roles filled. Cast callers seek loaned period clothing and backstage helpers as December 3 4 or 5 dates approach. chorus includes Linda Meyer Dixie Port Gina Roman Merrilee Anderson and others with pianist Carol Harris.
Book and Thimble club met at Mrs. Bess Liss on Oct 26 with 15 members present. Eldon Bryant led a slide program from a summer England tour. Lunch followed. Next meeting planned for Nov 9 at Helen Adams. Home Culture group met Nov 2 at Sonna Trotzig's home with book reviews by Harriet Tucker and Evelyn Claesson.
The Akron Public Library announces new adult books including Women of Courage by Margaret Truman, Blind Ambition by John Dean, and Domestic Life in England by Nora Lofts. Also listed are My Parents A Different View by James Roosevelt, Sorcerer of Bolinas Reef by Charles Reich, The Race by Kate Holt, Founder's Praise by Joanne Greenberg, and The Silver Leopard by Zoe Cass among others. Due to Roots popularity the library now has two copies available.
A long list of Akron and nearby residents visited Margaret Hartmann of Hartmann home in Westfield and attended her 94th birthday celebration with cake and a song. The November bulletin board was decorated by Mary Ellen Caskey and Evelyn Claesson of Friendship and Service club. Several families from Le Mars Akron Sioux City Vermillion and Brookings visited others and shared Halloween notes and tricks.
Mrs Dennis Carlson thanks Shelly Mortensen Teresa Nelson Toni Nelson Kris Larsen Lisa Osterbuhr Kim Waterbury Tina Hoff Todd Hoff Mike Mortensen Jeff Huygens Hal Schuchard and Brian Osterbuhr plus many contributors for a successful UNICEF drive. A total of 120.47 dollars was sent to the U S committee for UNICEF.
The Cub Scouts met at the Akron Legion hall on Oct. 28 for a Halloween costume party. They played games like balloon darts peanut games relay races and bobbing for apples. Den 2 and their mothers served treats as the pack met.
Union county Farm Bureau officers and directors met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Wiksen on Monday Oct. 25. President Steven Ericson conducted the business meeting. Plans were made for the annual banquet and election of officers to be held November 20 at the Alcester auditorium. Tickets will be $2.75. Guest speaker will be Michael Held.
Navy mess management specialist third class Mark A. Olson of Elk Point, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen A. Olson, will take part aboard the USS Blue Ridge in Kangaroo II, a three week tri nation exercise with ANZUS forces. More than 32,000 personnel from the United States Australia and New Zealand participate in 40 ships and 250 aircraft testing combined operation plans in Tasman and Coral seas and eastern Australia. Olson joined the Navy in January 1974 after attending Elk Point high school.
Yankton College will host its annual Senior Days November 12 to 14 on campus in Yankton South Dakota. Area juniors and seniors with parents are invited to visit, meet students and staff, learn about financial aid, and enjoy football tickets, a Friday movie, and a Saturday dance. A $5 registration applies, with contact details for the admissions office provided. John Campbell of Belmond marked his 100th birthday recently in the Belmond Independent.
SOT Mrs Etta Huff and family visited in Sullian Missouri with granddaughter and husband Larry James. Hoschler Post Akron will serve broast ed chicken dinner at the American Legion hall Thursday November 11 from 11 30 a.m. Dinners 250 adults 150 for under 12. Public welcome. Mrs Frank Smith of Akron guests of honor 85th birthday at Normandy Sioux City hosted by family. 59 attending from multiple towns. Engagement announced Garnet Ann Westfield to Gary Alan Baum Akron. both with local ties. Wedding licenses issued Arlan Beech to Jerry Barwick and Marianne Eskra Akron. Hospital staff attended Iowa HIEFSS fall meeting at Brooks Lodge Okoboji. Booth food show attended by Jéan Kots and Louise Martin in Sioux City. Both employed at Akron hospital.
Mr and Mrs Francis C Blum of Westfield announce their daughter Mary is engaged to Paul Skelton son of Mr and Mrs Richard J Skelton of Sioux City The bride elect is a Westfield high school graduate attending Western Iowa Tech school of practical nursing Her fiancé a Central high school and Briar Cliff college graduate works as a chemist at Iowa Beef Processors Inc No wedding date has been set
World Community Day services led by Church Women United gather at 2 p.m. Friday at Wesley United Methodist Church Akron to emphasize interdependence and new systems for a world community. Area churches join in worship and prayer. Akron residents urged to save newspapers as Akron FFA collects papers first and third Fridays to aid energy conservation.
The production lists cast members in three rows: first row shows Pat Fletcher John Phillips Craig Tindall Kelly Krohn Karen Trotzig. Second row lists Becky Appley Terri Root Marjane Taylor Teresa Small. Third row features Reed Henrich Brian Knapp Beth Schroeder and Mary Andresen. Photo credit goes to Morey Anderson.
Plymouth county Farm Bureau women met October 14 for an all day workshop drawing 45 attendees. New officers and township chairs were installed for 1977, with plans for a November country store fundraiser at Koenig Armory Le Mars. The event featured health insurance, unemployment coverage, a new Iowa Farm Business magazine, and a slideshow on Farm Bureau history and philosophy.
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