07 Nov 1968
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1968
Page
1
Special correspondent reports visits by Herbert Ross and relatives from Sacramento and Sioux City. Social items include bake sale and doughnut sale November 9 for the church school, plus various local calls, meetings, and a card of thanks to neighbors and nurses.
Ray Heeren thanks all for cards visits and care during his Akron Hospital stay and after returning home. Menga Wilken expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for cards visits and support and notes kindness will be long remembered.
The Akron Hospital Auxiliary Board acknowledges the Akron Community ladies for strong support in the annual membership drive. Arden Banks, president, and Ralph Allen, who farms west of Le Mars, grew a two pound potato this year.
Mrs Ethel Lyle and Mrs Cecilia Moller visited friends at Climbing Hill on Monday. Henry Collmann stayed in Sioux City Tuesday and Wednesday. L Morgan called on business in Sioux City Thursday. Mrs E Erickson visited Hawarden Friday. Mrs Henry Sidwigs visited sister Mrs Mulzen in Brangville. Milo Picks and Scott of Granville dined with Evelyn Renken. Elmer Beeck family of Wentworth SD visited Mrs Chris Beeck in Akron Hospital. D. Packard staying in Sargent Bluffs. they spent the weekend here. Glenn Harvey and family joined Herman Weyen for a trip to Sioux City and theatre. E Repp attended Marvin Jamtgaard and wife 25th anniversary at Immanuel Lutheran Beresford SD. Chas Hendricks visited Harley Small in Leeds Saturday. Mrs Clara Satthoff spent days in Akron with her father Dick Frerichs. Charles Pleuger and Brunsville guests visited Hendricks residence. Clara Satthoff and Albert Frerichs visited Bessie Fara and family. Wes Crow was in Ireton last Wednesday on business. Albert Moehlman hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for son Gary before he ships to Camp Meade MD. Relatives gathered for the occasion. Wes Crow joined Romar Whitney and family near Milnerville for Sunday dinner.
Iowa's 1968 pheasant season opens Saturday November 9 and runs through December 31 from 8 AM to 4 30 PM daily. Most of the state is open except a southeast area bounded by Highways 60 92 218 and 34. Birds wintered well and nesting was strong with high production in good cover. Last year hunters bagged about 1 212 000 cock pheasants, keeping Iowa among top states for ringneck harvests. Best populations lie in west central and parts of southwest Iowa, with east central also good. Hunters should arrange hunting places beforehand and obtain landowner permission. Weather and cover will impact opening weekend. Also open Nov 9 through Dec 31 is Hungarian partridge with the same hours and a two bird daily limit. The partridge range is northwest and north-central Iowa west of Hwy 65 from the Minnesota line to Hwy 30 and north of 30 to 141 and north of 141 to Sioux City. Partridges are a bonus bird for pheasant hunters. GUARD Daniel Kuempel of Guttenberg reported a large garden gourds harvest this year, including an 85 inch long, eight and one-half pound gourd.
Grade 5A covers social studies science and math with films on the desert, multiplication and division, book reports using dictionaries and encyclopedias, health on cell growth, and a Hallowe'en party. Grade 6A discusses Wide Horizons reading, Tide in the Attic illustrations, Central America and Mexico maps, Southeastern states reports, and a seventeenth century unit with a shared Hallowe'en celebration.
A one day management workshop will be held in Sioux City at the Biltmore Water Highway 20 East on November 14 1968. SCORE in the workshop date the Chamber of Commerce the SBA and State University Extension Service cooperate. Reservations may be made with Pat Creighton at the Chamber of Commerce Office 204 Commerce Building. The registration which includes luncheon costs 2.50. Speakers include Rudolph Schindler and Lawrence Slotsky. Thomas Horn will address the noon luncheon. The afternoon features Gaylord Smith Don Simpson and Dr Richard Maxon on various topics. All Northwestern businessmen are invited. The session runs 830 a m to 430 p m.
Seven year old Johnny Smith cannot hear well and struggles in class. The Easter Seal Society of Iowa with Des Moines Speech and Hearing Center seeks used hearing aids, to be repaired and distributed to those unable to afford them. Donors are asked to mail unused aids to Box 4002 Des Moines 50333.
The Master Seat Society of Iowa announces an annual Handcraft Sale in Sioux City at Younker Davidson Department Store on November 6 7 and 8. Proceeds support handicapped workers trained at Camp Sunnyside in sewing weaving ceramics and wandworking with proceeds funding further training and equipment.
Reflection saves lives in a U S Public Health Service campaign urging night workers to wear reflective garments to reduce pedestrian deaths. The piece shifts to Iowa State University extension economist Hob Wisner discussing marketing options for high moisture shelled corn, including selling, drying, storing, and the influence of local moisture discounts on profitability.
Lead poisoning in children from dilapidated housing is discussed with prevalence, symptoms, and outcomes, noting a link to poor housing and urban nonwhite populations. Separately, USDA announces national standards for free and reduced price school meals, aiming for uniform eligibility, anonymity protection, and local adoption by February 1, 1969, with $50 million extra funds for implementation.
Estimates of 1968 U S corn and soybean crops were lowered from last month by Iowa State University economist Bob Wisner. Corn at 4.587 billion bushels, soybeans about 1.066 billion. Domestic use seen rising modestly with strong livestock, exports uncertain but potentially near or above last year. Prices expected around 86-89 cents early Oct. loan activity likely to lift central Iowa prices to about 1.03 to 1.08 by mid 1969.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at Schroeder Funeral Home for Mrs Daisy Bertrand who died Sunday at Akron Hospital after a long illness. Rev Edward Mays officiated and burial followed in Riverside Cemetery. Born August 15 1881 in Hawarden Iowa she married Charles Bertrand July 26 1900 and lived in Akron and Spink areas. Survived by several nieces and nephews.
Mrs Ullyses Fate born Mary H Ellston September 21, 1971 in Hastings Minnesota. She married Fate in 1900 at Hastings. The couple lived in Spencer and near Richland. Her husband died in 1931. Survived by daughter Mrs Floyd Miller of Bik Point and a granddaughter. Funeral last Saturday at Richland United Methodist Church. Rev James Parker officiated. Burial Riverside Cemetery Akron.
Funeral services were held at St Patrick s Catholic Church in Akron for Neva Nason Dennison a lifelong Westfield resident who died in Sioux City on October 22. Rev J G Schissel presided. She was born July 23 1900 and married John Dennison February 12 1924. Surviving are her husband two sons James and Gerald two daughters Lee Gasperino and Andy Neal two brothers Clayton Nason and M H Nason and twelve grandchildren.
The State Conservation Commission reminds that seven Iowa trapping seasons start November 9 with short haired furbearers mink and muskrat from noon Nov 9 to midnight Dec 31 1968. Long haired furbearers raccoon badger skunk opossum civet cat run until midnight Feb 28 1969. Beaver trapping from noon Dec 14 to midnight Feb 28 1969. Special regulations apply on state game management areas and federal refuges with permit only harvest quotas set by the Commission and the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.
Manufacturing payrolls in Iowa amount to 1.487 billion dollars in 1967 with 223,900 workers. J S Craiger of the Iowa Manufacturers Association notes these workers spend millions weekly on groceries restaurants cars and fuel while paying taxes and mortgages. He cites detailed per year expenditures across food housing transportation clothing recreation insurance gifts and health care as a reflection of how payrolls circulate in retail communities.
Mrs. Fannie Getken Oetken Washar, longtime Akron resident and first Baptist Church member, died November 9 after a brief illness. She married Henr Oetken in 1897, lived on a farm east of Akron, moved to Akron fifty years ago, and was survived by son Mervin, daughter Mrs Arthur Wachtmann, sister Mrs Hie Hulls, seven grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren. Funeral at First Baptist Church Akron Monday with Rev. Richard Milne officiating. burial Riverside Cemetery.
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