20 Oct 1966
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1966
Page
1
The Akron Register-Tribune editors and proprietors announce subscription rates for the Plymouth County and surrounding areas in Iowa. Rates listed include 2.50 per year, six months 1.26, and 4.00 for elsewhere, with regional distribution across Plymouth Sioux Woodbury and Union counties.
The P T A sponsors a Hootenanny on Friday November 4 at 7 30 pm open to the public admission is 75 cents or 1 25 a couple Any talent wishing to perform should contact Mrs Peterson of the Westfield School by October 22 Basketball practice is underway and the first game with Hinton is set for November The Junior Class Play Saved By the Bell directed by Mr Ed Newman will be presented the first week of November by the entire Junior Class Dates pending State Teachers Convention attendance October 20 21 A regular meeting of the Westfield Community School Board of Education was held October 12 1966 four members present Minutes and bills approved Joe Caskey earned a diploma and it was issued The board issued a new policy requiring board approval before awarding credits for diplomas Repair work for furnaces steam pipes and heating was to be completed or repaired.
The County Convention held September 3, 1966 named W. W. Lyle and Beresford officials to three year terms as Regular Members. Ralph Smith as Chairman Akron Iowa and others from Elk Point Beemsfield and South Dakota areas elected to positions. Details list township chairmen vice chairs regular members and alternates for Big Springs Brole Richland Sioux Valley Spink Townships and notes changes due to Lyle’s prior county post.
Senior Richard Carl Bates is profiled born September 3, 1949 in Eldora Iowa with a sister Joanne. He engages in chorus boy s glee participates in Pops Concert attends M ethugst Church and is MYF vice president. Rich studies government English French and home living while working on cars and enjoying friends. He advises students to study hard but leave time for fun and plans to attend college after high school.
In upper grades the Social Studies class explores Mexico with Mrs Steeckman teaching Mexican songs. Students write explorer stories and study products, surface, and cities. Fiveth graders master long division while classrooms gain new items including a large aquarium and six guppies. Tim Hernhardt celebrates a birthday with treats as Homecoming plans begin and Halloween preparations loom.
Fifth and sixth grade students have been busy this month exploring engines. They studied types including piston engines and various domestic engines, applying hands on observations and discussions to understand how engines convert fuel into motion.
The class plans a science unit on earth atmosphere with lessons on lithosphere and other spheres and cloud types. Students announce 25 new puppies and report a mysterious disappearance solved by removing a large nutfish from the aquarium.
Campfire Girls begin door to door candy sales Tuesday November 26 1986 with 140000 boxes of parity distributed to Hawkeye Council groups headquartered in Des Moines. Proceeds fund Camp Hates for 1967 season, camp equipment, girl programs and year round activities. Marthe Weshingtor associates chocolate sells for 1.00 a box. many will earn to Camp Hunts. Look for red white and blue service costume and Butter Logo. Drive runs through November 21. Schools report near half a million students can borrow under National Defense Student Loan program for 1987 academic year with $179 million in federal funds covering 90 percent of loans.
Items from the Algon Register office date back twenty years. Highlights include Akron football results, marriages and births, homecoming reflections, and obituaries. Notable names: Gale, Kolzen, McCormick, Campbell, Arkin, Dalton, Roselle, Peterson, Anderson, Papritz, and more. Memorials note Army service and community events at Emanuel Lutheran Church. Funeral rites and local church services are listed with survivors and dates.
The Akron Country Club arranged for a new golf course to open next year after leasing a 20 acre tract northeast of Riverside Cemetery for ten years. Pleasant weather and a good corn crop outlook accompanied the report. Akron Red Cross donated 200 to the national Red Cross. Local business activity included The Big Sioux Gravel Co. employing five or six workers.
Notes from town records cover staff changes at Mummers with Chas Allen succeeding George Muninty and Mrs Mabringr named district manager for Hawarden. The Hartman family home on Koehler farm burned and will be rebuilt. Overcrowding in Grammer and Sixth grades forces relocation to Majestic Theatre with one extra teacher and reorganized grades. Marriages include Katie Beetty and John Borchert on Oct 10 1906 near town. George N. Putnam buys Wargagon renteuaint business. Lyceum plans advance for 1906. Wm Blick sentenced for criminal assault at Annamasia reform vatony. Dr B A Gee sells veterinary practice to Dr Nelson J Brown of Rock Valley. Died William Koch, 22, due to multiple sclerosis. funeral at German Lutheran Church Johnson Township.
Married Della Hoffman daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Hoffman and Geo attr of Sioux Valley Township Union County BC October 1908 with Rev R D McCance officiating They will reside Northwest of town Born Twin sons to Dr and
A series of brief birth announcements dated October 14, 1999 and October 12, 1997 note a daughter born to Mr and Mrs with names Cronin Hesch and Hemmer, alongside earlier 1900 and 1908 entries for Conway Koch and others. The items read as typical era local notices with dates and parental names.
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