Westfield social notes and weekend travels recap
Lucille Welch cared for Norman Weber at his home. Debbie Lake and Harley Holmes wed at John's Lutheran Church in Merrill. Gladys Beaubien flew in from Riverside Calif. Bernard Welch and Emma Dahl hosted visitors. George Bern and Ed Reimers visited Lake Park with Lunquist couple. Ed Nelson attended 75th Lutheran anniversary. Congregational Ladies thanked for church supper. Vernon and Pauline Lias fished Osaki Lake. George Bern attended 50th anniversary in Orange City. Lester Boyd visiting Montana relatives. Robert Jordan and family guests of Ray Welch. Mary Lee Dennison stayed weekend. Senior class bus trip to Kansas via Elmwood Independence and Abilene. Ed and Daryl Nelson visited Sioux City friends. Jeff Farks’ grandson birthday party at Ida Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Welch
Norman Weber
Tom Ross
Debbie Lake
Hinton
Harley Holmes
Sioux City
John’s Lutheran Church
Merrill
Gladys Beaubien
Margie
Riverside
Calif
Bernard Welch
Emma Dahl
George Bern
Ed Reimers
Lake Park
Clarence Lunquist
Ed Nelson
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Vernon Lias
Pauline Lias
Mary Lee Dennison
Chatsworth
Rae Marie
Welch
Mr. Seipp
Kansas
Elmwood
Idependence
Abilene
Bob Johnson
Elsie Warenhorst
St. Joseph Hospital
Bullock
Daryl Taylor
Lilian
Marjane
Jeff
Jerry Farks
Ida Grove
Dorothy Lewis
Frank Welch
Review of Recent Books And Wedding Line Offers
The Akrot Register-Tribune highlights Sylvia Ashton Warner's London based novel Three and praises Elsie Gibson Stella Hershaw and works of Hal Falcon PhD. It notes ecumenical themes and a shift toward a less clerical church. The paper also advertises a complete wedding line with attendant gifts and wedding supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Ashton Warner
Miss Ashton Warner
New Zealand
London
Elsie Gibson
Gibson
Stella K. Hershaw
Hal Falcon
Akrot Register-Tribune
Chatsworth Chats Special Correspondence News Roundup
Mr and Mrs Colin Collmann were Wednesday morning callers in the Gerhard Motler home. Mrs Hendricks visited Sioux City to see their new great grandson Eric Jon son of Lynn and Mrs Carlson Leeds Iowa. Several locals hosted and visited across the week with family birthdays sales and gatherings. A large crowd attended a sale at Henry Burnight home and many relatives joined meals and luncheons at various houses including Moehlmans Ludwigs and Beeler households. Douglas Liston and Vermillion students spent the weekend with family, while neighbors hosted dinners and lunches across Leeds and Hudson S D areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Collmann
Gerhard Motler
Charles Hendricks
Sioux City
Eric Jonson
Lynn Carlson
Leeds
Iowa
IF. Hemmerrick
John Ludwigs
G. Moller
Sioux Falls
Ed Repp
Jack Lake
Scott
H. Collmann
Gerhard Moller
Moller
L. Carlson
Jim Moller
Henry Collmann
Cindy Collmann
Iowa City
Henry Burnight
Harold Buchman
George Moehlman
Eilene
Lois Moehlman
Jerry Kelly
Alfred Jacobs
Akron
Russell Paulson
Alcester
S.D
F. Hommerrick
Douglas Liston
Vermillion
Hy Liston
Pete Anderson
Jack de Vos
Herman Weyen
D. Packard
Ashland
Nebr
A. Moehlman
Gary
Henry Moller
Lester Vetes
Darlene Powell
Cambridge
Minn
Andersons Thank Relatives for 50th Anniversary Joy
Elmer and Alice Anderson express gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for helping celebrate their 50th anniversary a special day remembered with a warm thanks to Pastor Hopp and the A L C W for kitchen help and blessings to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopp
Elmer
Alice Anderson
Veterans Affairs pension and benefits Q and A with local veteran
A veteran aged 65 asks about VA pension eligibility and income limits. The exchange covers housing loan rules for mobiles not new, educational GI Bill tax status, loan guaranty limits, and beneficiary designation for GI insurance. It notes baker John Yelsley retiring after 46 years in Mt. Vernon with ties to local schools Cornell College and a 1942 Naval Air Unit there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.A. News
Veterans Administration
Internal Revenue Service
John Yelsley
Mt. Vernon
Cornell College
Naval Air Unit
Westfield School News roundup and visitors notes
Westfield students heard Sgt Gene Bateman discuss staying in school at a World themed talk. Visitors from Ghana and Sioux City shared international education insights, seniors had school photos, and ribbon winners were named in the School Physical Conditional races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Bateman
Army
Sioux City
Bateman
Morningside College
National School
Westfield
Sampson Ocran
Gana
Africa
Ocran
mid-America
Woodrow Heyer
Swartz
Genelli
Randy Soloman
Rick Pearson
Dan Young
Tom Dennison
Bernice Porter
Liz Robak
Cindy Miller
Marsha Porter
Cathy Buryanek
Deanna Dennison
Karen Young
Julie Banks
Beresford school bond vote planned for October
The Beresford Independent School District schedules a special election on October 12 to decide a 380000 bond to fund a new ten room elementary building for grades five through eight, to be built around an existing library area. Hawarden club hosts teachers reception October 6 at West Sioux High School and Alcester ladies golfers hold a after 4 pm string tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beresford
S. D
Hawarden Women's Club
West Sioux
Hawarden
Alcester Ladies Golf Association
Alcester Lady Golf
Remsen
Remeen
Elk Point
Mitchell
Orange City
United States
Iowa Lions Light Conservation Foundation
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Board of Education
Sioux Center Community School District
Jake Vande Brake
9Th Street N.E
Hudson Parents Teachers Association
Martin Anderson
Kingsley Home
Federated Garden Club
Model Market
Inwood
Way Back Yonder Items of interest from the Akron files
A retro feature lists notable Akron items from 1961 1951 1941 and earlier. It notes obituaries births marriages church events and local weather milestones with names places and dates across decades. The column marks anniversaries school sports and community moments from decades past and references World Communion observances and local happenings.
Record Grain Receipts Highlight Farmers Elevator Day
The Farmers' Elevator set a new record last Wednesday, receiving 125 loads of grain as blossom and garden work continued. Beans and onions were being set on the table while flowers bloomed in the yard.
National Newspaper Week theme and message
The piece proclaims October 10-16 as National Newspaper Week with the theme Newspapers Growing With America. It urges editors to forgive and rebut cynics, stresses newspapers as the ordinary record of community life, and calls them the breath of life and voices of freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ind. News Review
C.M.S
Death of Erven R. Smid at 63 on Akron farm
Erven R. Smid 63 died suddenly at his Akron area farm home on September 16. Funeral conducted September 18 at the First Church of Christ Akron with Rev. Richard Brown. burial in Riverside cemetery directed by Schroeder Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife Bertha M. Knecht two brothers William of Kingsley and Marvin of Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Barker
Akron
Hawarden Hospital
Elaine Forslund
Charles N. Caskey
Union Creek Lutheran Church
William Onnen
Richland
Wilbur Hasenbank
Hugh Dowling
Melvin Dowdy
Westfield
Charles Reffer
Jefferson, S. D
Fredrick Fick
Erven R. Smid
First Church of Christ
Richard Brown
Riverside Cemetery
Schroeder
Frank
Lucy Smid
Erven Smid
Bertha M. Knecht
Struble
Iowa
Smid
Bertha
William
Kingsley
Marvin
Sioux City
Letters to the Editor on Plymouth County valuation protest
A reader defends the Plymouth County Board of Supervisors over the state ordered residential property valuation increase. The letter notes ample publicity since Sept 15 1971 and urges taxpayers to consult attorneys about appealing to the Iowa State Board of Review within thirty days. It praises local officials while outlining available protest procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mara
Plymouth County Board of Supervisors
State Director of Revenue
Board of Supervisors
le Mars
Iowa State Board of Review
Board of Review
Remark of thanks after loss of husband Erven
A note of gratitude to Rev Hicke and Rev Brown and First Church of Christ members for lunch memorials flowers and help after the death of Erven. Also Social Security News explains disability provisions for the blind including eligibility for a disability freeze and potential monthly benefits for disabled workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicke
Brown
the First Church of Christ
Erven
Social Security News
John R. Goldman
Social Security Administration
Social Security
Plymouth County Board of Education Election Results
The Plymouth County Board of Education met September 27 1974 to count Area One and Area Three votes. Robert Phelps received 328 votes in Area One and Dr W B Rozeboom 927 in Area Three with 27 write ins and 5 spoiled ballots. Both take three year terms beginning October 4 1971. The board also noted adherence to Nixon wage price freeze rules and urged attendance at the Iowa Association of School Boards meeting in Cherokee October 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Register-Tribune
County Board OF Education
Plymouth County Board of Education
Andvunas
Plymouth County
Kingsley-Pierson
Remsen-Union
Robert Phelps
Kingsley
City
le Mars
Central Avenue
Brunsville
Craigs and Merrill
Americ Township
Grant ‘Township
Preston
Johnson Township
Washington
Liberty Township
Plymouth Township
W. B. Rozeboom
Phelps
Razeboor
Sazeboom
Fire Prevention Week Urges Caution to Farm Families
Dennis V. Benna, county supervisor in Le Mars, warns that careless storage and delayed furnace repairs lead to deadly house fires. NFPA notes 34 lives and vast property losses daily, totaling 12,200 deaths yearly and $2.65 billion in damage. Fire safety rules at home, on farms, and at work could change this record year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Home Administration
Dennis V. Benna
le Mars
United States
National Fire Protection Association
Plymouth County 4-H Winners to National Congress
Iowa 4-H winners Brunkhorat Wilde and Welsh named, Carla in Veterinary Science, Richard in Agriculture. They join 28 Plymouth County delegates to the 1971 National 4-H Congress in Chicago November 28 to December 2. Richard Wales, 18, is ISU student and son of Kenneth and Mrs. Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County
Piane Brunkhorat
Carla Wilde
Richard Wales
Iowa
Diane
Carla
Richard
Chicago
Kenneth Wales
Akron
Swestirk
Iowa State University
International Harvester
Puerto Rico
Canada
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Towa
Gerald F. Smith
NE Weaver Association
Westfield News
Westfield School News
Swinging Tops Club
Darlene Dewey
Marie Spire
Joyce Seipp
Sargent's Add
Akron Lumber Co
John Frazier
Eva Frazier
J. H. Kerr
Floyd Davis
William Vanderham
Walter Henke
Iva Port
Akron Community Hospital
Eugene H. Lias
Aurelia
Tod
Harold Bringman
John Ignacson
Earl Burnight
Wm. C. Kelley
George Ross
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Mies Alma G. Osterthun
Walter H. Klemme
Joseph Smith
M. E
Richard Onnen
Wm. Wreugdenhil
Roy Blumer
Walter Galer
Akron Country Club
Henry Dirks
Walter A. Larsen
Herman A. Renken
Akron High School
Beresford High
Frank Kerr
Minnesota
South Dakota
Union Creek
Rosent Lutheran Church
Stanton
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