19 Nov 1964
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1964
Page
1
Subscription rates published for the Akron Register-Tribune show six month and annual terms. Local Plymouth Sioux and Woodbury Counties Iowa entries include Plymouth and surrounding counties with specified regional pricing. The paper is issued weekly on Thursdays from Akron Iowa with postal registration noted.
Regular Westfield Community School Board of Education meeting on November 12 1964 at 7 30 pm with all members present. Minutes approved. Vera Austin hired to escort Kindergarten students home by school car. garage rental planned for after hours. Auto Mechanics equipment price checks planned. Five Marshall recommendations read. Sewing machines to be motorized. St Catherine’s Guild to meet November 19 at Tom Martin home. Youth Banquet November 22 in Legion Hall with speaker Rob ert Tarbox of Fort Dodge. Catholic high school students and parents urged to attend. Weekend guests include Sidney Zylstra and family, Emmetsburg Iowa. Several football and basketball schedules noted along with community notices. Local area announcements include postal route consolidations, highway contracts, births, obituaries, and local events.
Items from the Akron Register Tribune files highlight notable decades and events, preserving local history. The column recalls people, places, and moments that shaped Akron, offering readers a concise glimpse into archival notes and community memory.
A local 20 year old, Gene Bay, injured when his car left the road and struck a cement culvert east of River Side cemetery. Nearby obituaries note the death of 67 year old Nettie Case of Tabor South Dakota on November 11 1944 following illness in Yankton hospital. Funeral at Akron Baptist Church with Riverside Cemetery burial. Marriage anniversaries and births are listed alongside weather and farm yields reports for Union County. County Agent Harmon Boyd reports corn yields of 40 to 85 bushels per acre, among the heaviest in history.
A varied late obituary and probate section notes Floy Moore Hedges probate filing with Arlene Griller named executor, plus notices of debts and six month claims. Open house announced for Sioux City Production Credit and Federal Land Banc Association building with Mr. Ross Heilman as manager and a slate of directors. Community updates include births, marriages, and local business activity across Akron and LeMars areas with river conditions and seasonal hints.
The article lists Castana resident C L Hall of Hornick and Ponca Nebraska resident Dan H Rush among board members. Max W Jacobson is manager of the Federal Land Bank Association with directors including Walter Muecke Clif ford Steinhoff Paul Hummel Maurice B Jensen Clarence Keffeler Virgil A Newberg and Herbert W Pike. The brick building is noted as easily accessible from main highways into Sioux City encouraging patrons to support home merchants.
State of Iowa announces a probate hearing for Anna S Frederickson deceased. Probate No. 8952 set for November 27, 1964 at 10:00 a.m. in Le Mare County Court House to prove the December 12, 1960 will. If opposed, show cause at the hearing. Avlan H. Beebeck, Clerk. Velma C. Dreckman, Deputy.
50 Years Ago Akron High fell 13 to 0 to Elk Point High School in a rough game. Charley Swift sustained a severe head injury. In basketball Akron High beat National Business Training of Sioux City 67 to 6, with rough tactics by visitors. A Milwaukee depot fire in Chatsworth destroyed the freight house, office records saved. Olive Smith and Fern Adams, local students, took county teachers' exams and re-
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