Westfield Club Activities and Community Plans
The Tuesday Club met in the Congregational Church social rooms with fifteen members present. They arranged gifts for the State Mental Health Institute and planned the December 10 Christmas party. Book Week features a Paperback Book Fair at the library. Evelyn Banks and Shirley Banks reviewed Education Week and Care Literacy with Mexico as the focus. further discussion to come. Rae Marie and Bobby Jordan visited from Sioux City, plus dinners with relatives and birthday celebrations for twins. St Catherine's Guild met to finalize plans for a Youth Banquet at the American Legion Hall. A Swiss Steak dinner was served by L'Trio Catering. Judge George Rawlings spoke on school problems and cooperative roles of student, parent, and teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Bank spent the weekend with Frank Loetz. The Ladies Aid Christmas meeting is planned for December. The Junior class will present “Take Your Medicine” on November 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the school auditorium. Sharon Welch stayed with Colleen Welch. Pilgrim Fellowship meets November 24 at 7:30 p.m. Evelyn Banks is Youth Leader. A chimney spark caused a roof fire at Roy Warnsing’s home. Akron fire department contained it with extinguishers.
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Congregational Church
State Mental Health Institute
Evelyn Banks
Shirley Banks
Mexico
Rae Marie
Bobby Jordan
Sioux City
Ray Welch
Herman Harbeck
Tony
Timmy
Kathy
Kristy
Terry Devine
Robert Jordan
Julia
Wm. Byars
Ray Hamel
Mapes
Hawarden
St. Catherine’s Guild
Tom Martin
American Legion Hall
L’trio
Sheldon
Carol Gant
Karen Wise
Wanda Muth
Sandy Sypherd
George Rawlings
Rudy Bank
McGregor
Iowa
Frank Loetz
Ladies Aid Society
Sharon Welch
Colleen Welch
Pilgrim Fellowship of
The
Roy Warnsing
Akron Fire Department
Westfield Cloverettes Hold Nov Meeting at Worley Home
Westfield Cloverettes met November 6 at Wanda Worley’s home. Six members answered roll call with a clothing care or storage tip. They discussed the Christmas party and the 4-H Banquet. A delicious lunch was served by Wanda and Mrs. Worley. Brenda Boetger, Reporter.
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Westfield Cloverettes
Wanda Worley
Wanda
Akron reminiscences recall town events from 20 years ago
Way Back Yonder items from the Akron Register Tribune recount a 1948 liquor store break in with 26 cases of whiskey stolen, a rear entry entry, a night watchman alerting the sheriff, plus local notes on council appointments, high school games, births, marriages, deaths, and weather events. The column preserves names such as Bernard Markus, O W Halvorsen, and Lawrence H Lemon, along with data on Akron, Iowa, and nearby towns, reflecting community life across decades.
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Bernard Markus
O. W. Halvorsen
Casper
Wyo
Arthur
Hartley
Akron
Wm. L. Ericson
Lloyd Anderson
Donald Dunham
Edwin Hartman
Fred Meins
Neva Pollock
Johnson M. Karch
Sioux City
Akron Methodist Parsonage
A. A. Howe
Margaret
Nelle Ritchie
Prairie City
Arnold L
Elmer J. Klemme
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Sacramento
Calif
Lawrence H. Lemon
Denver
Colp
LeMars
Henry Busch
Here
Union County
S. D
Jack Gleason
Elk Point
Plymouth County Goes Dry in 1913 Election
Under an option canvass by the board of supervisors all of Plymouth county went dry on November 29 1913 at 9 00 p m The petition of consent was defeated by 180 names and all saloons in the county went out of business The notice is dated November 19 1913 and mentions the event along with brief community notes including a December marriage in Westfield. Reacts to local weather with moderate temperatures and fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Plymouth County
Arthur L. Rozell
M. H. Jans
Akron
le Mars
Shoemaker
Hawarden
Akron High School calendar and afterschool notes
The issue outlines November activities for Akron High School including junior high basketball with LeMars, Fall Band Concert, Future Teachers Day at Vermillion, Thanksgiving vacation, and upcoming All-state Music Festival events with games against Hinton West Sioux and George. It also highlights a football banquet, FFA and FHA activities, and details on English and typing classes, student projects in shop class, and a focus on early December events, with notes on Parent-Teacher conferences and December workloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMars
Vermillion
Hinton
West Sioux
George
Akron High School
Murrell
Rock Valley
Canton
Sunflower of Unusual Size Raised in Rural Monmouth
Charles Elsner of rural Monmouth raised a giant sunflower measuring four feet in circumference and 16 inches in diameter and weighing 73 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Elsner
Monmouth
Akron High School student named Co ed Correspondent
Norma Siebens, senior at Akron High School, is named Co ed Correspondent for 1963 64 by Co ed Magazine editor Margaret Harser. She will serve as junior advisor to the editors and relay Akron activities. a Co ed pin and card will accompany the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Siebens
Margaret Harser
Norma
John Siebens
Akron High School
Hedges
Akron
United States
Canada
R-R
A Club forms with officers and new constitution
The A Club elects Roger Nielsen president Joe Smith vice president and Myron Dirks secretary and treasurer. About thirty members draft a constitution addressing training rule enforcement and restricting sweater letters to earners. Dues are 50 cents per semester as activities are planned including a Christmas party and spring letterman picnic. Senior band members receive a first semester assignment to play eight memorized scales to improve technical facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Nielsen
Joe Smith
Myron Dirks
Neighbors Help Harvest Corn At Moller Farm
Neighbors and friends gathered at the Robert Moller farm northeast of Akron to harvest the corn crop using twelve pickers while the Mollers were away in Iowa City for a serious operation. The list names many local residents who did the picking hauling and food service along with Hartmann Bros. supplying gasoline for tractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moller
Akron
Moller
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Ray A. and
Gerald F. Smith
Plymouth
Sioux
Woodbury Counties
Westfield
MDA
Akron Register- Tribune
Akron High Eleven
Philip Rembe
Johnson Township
Vilas
Alta
Bill Siebens
John W. Johnson
Preston Township
Midwest
John Molten
Eugene Dalgliesh
Chatsworth
Wm. H. Morse
Wolsey
B. Cunningham
Paige
Nebr
Robert
Fred W. Burnett
Akron Opera House
W. C. Anderson
N. J. Brown
Sperling
Carl Anderson
Jesse Brown
Geo. W. Ellis
Salem
Ore
Lois
O. C. Moore
Raider Review
Akron Community School
Oliver Cromwell
John Milton
John Bunyan
Coffee
London
Office iPractice
F.H.A
F.F.A
Biltmore
Akron Ffa
FFA
Kurt Appley
Merlin Buys
Richard Dewey
Kenny Frerichs
Alan Hemmingsen
Bob Hebeler
Winston Huebner
Larry Klemme
Bob Lawrence
Terry Stinton
Clark van Donge
Bob Wych
FHA
Miller
Akron High
W.F.W
America
Contest Department Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. 34Th St
Kansas City
Sharon Fletcher
Kathy Kenny
JoLyn Tucker
Cindy Murrell
d’Alesso
Hester Harkaway
Friends
Register-Tribune
Riviera
Betty O’donnell
New City, N.Y
New Jersey
Oconomowoc
Wis
Palmer
Herman York
Council of America
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