Westfield News Special Correspondence Notes Local Visits
Miss Elizabeth Tracy of Hollywood and sister Mary Sprague of Sioux City were Sunday visitors in the James Tracy home. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welch and daughter Allison Marie of Excelsior Springs Missouri visited relatives before flying to Phoenix to see Herman Harbeck family in Arizona. Town election set for November 2nd.
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Elizabeth Tracy
Hollywood
Calif
Mary Sprague
Sioux City
James Tracy
Robert Welch
Allison Marie
Excelsior Springs
Pender
Nebr
Phoenix
Herman Harbeck
Fort Collins
Thank you for your kindness after our loss Nielsen family
The Nielsen family expresses gratitude for sympathy from relatives and friends in the death of their father and grandfather. They thank Akron Nursing Home and Hospital staff for Grandpa’s care, Pastor Rye for visiting and comforting words, and all who sent flowers, cards, memorials, and food. A luncheon followed at Norman and Elvira Nielsen’s home and Brule Creek LCW after the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandfather Nielsen
Akron
Grandpa
Rye
Norman
Elvira Nielsen
Brule Creek
Niels Peter Nielsen
Library notes and wage price rent freeze advisory
The selection highlights include Never Let Her Go by John Crosby and The Ghosts that walk in Washington by Hans Holzen, with stories ranging from prophecy and laughter to parapsychology encounters in Washington. Also praised is The Only Yankee by Richard B. Wathen set in rural Indiana in the 1920s. A wage price rent freeze advisory offers local guidance from Plymouth County ASCS and Social Security contacts in Iowa with phone numbers and addresses for inquiries and filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crosby
Washington
Hans Holzen
Lincoln
Wilson
Kennedy
Washington, D.C
Richard B. Wathen
Vietnam
Chatsworth Chats special correspondence social notes
Jack Lake of Sioux City was a Wednesday afternoon caller in the Henry Collmiant home. The Mollers visited in Hawarden and Le Mars. Lynette Sheriden wed Anthony Tooley at Beresford, attended by Mrs. G Moller. Various visitors and callers from Hawarden Ponca Akron Sioux City Akron Santa Marta and Akron were noted along with local lunches and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lake
Sioux City
Henry Collmiant
G. Moller
Gary
Henry Collmann
Beresford
M.D
Lynette Sheriden
Anthony Tooley
George Moehlman
George Hendricks
Ponca
Oklahoma
Jack Erks
Akron
Eilene
Lena Schuester
Hawarden
Nora Skogman
Virgil Swift
Santa Marta
California
Dennis Bultman
Otto Meins
Marsha Brown
John Bultman
Philip Dowling
Leslie Sorensen
Charles Hendricks
Repp
Nellie Burnight
Jessie Hendricks
P.C.C
Tim Repp
Mr. Repp
H. Collmann
Clara Satthoff
J. D. Frerichs
Home Culture Club Meeting and Book Reviews
Members met at Mrs. Robert Tucker's home on October 19 with Mrs. Walter Dirks reviewing Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. The group planned thrift sale details and by law revisions, while Arden Johnson presented slides on the United Fund Campaign and Daryl Siebens reviewed Black Elk Speaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Culture Club
Robert Tucker
Walter Dirks
Wounded Knee
Dee Brown
Book and Thimble Club
Penny Bryant
Arden Johnson
United Fund
Daryl Siebens
John G. Niehardt
Akron
Wage-Price-Rent Freeze Info From ASCS Office
Plymouth County ASCS Office provides wage price rent freeze guidance via 546-4178. Located at 211 First Ave NE Le Mars, hours 8 12 to 1 5 on weekdays, with Cost of Living Council rulings and answers. IRS offices offer info. complaints sent to IRS regional offices. Akron Register-Tribune.
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Plymouth County Ascs
IRS
le Mars
ASCS
Plymouth County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
William J. Ahlers
1St Ave
N.E
Cost of Living Council
Washington
Way Back Yonder Tretax of interest Gleaned from the Files
Akron Tribune’s nostalgia column compiles decades of mini notices from 1964 to 1911. It recalls weddings births deaths and weather notes with terse items about local churches farms and stores and even a weather balloon sighting near Akron. The piece preserves names places and dates from the community’s history.
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Akron Register-Tribune
Service Man James Snow completes training and moves to Fort Gordon
Pvt. E2 James T. Snow finished basic training at Fort Leonard Wood on September 24. After two weeks with his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. Wendell Snow he proceeded to Army Securities School at Fort Gordon Georgia. Address listed as Pvt. E2 James T. Snow 480-66-2070 Coward BH Sch Bidg 1st Platoon USASEE Fort Gordon 30905. It Doesn't Cost To Advertise.
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James T. Snow
Fort Leonardwood
C. Wendell Snow
Army Securities School
Fort Gordon
Georgia
Coward
H. Sch
U-S
Westfield School News highlights and events notice
The Westfield school newspaper notes the staff's celebration for Debbie Miller and team, upcoming district meetings, a guest talk on smoking and health for grades 4 through 8, and band auditions at Le Mars with Jules Banks Kirk Banks and Liz Wilbeck. It also promotes the Junior Class Play Room For One More on October 29, plus a new school bus expected by March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield
Debbie Miller
Area XII Resource Center
Teachers Association
Heber Hostetter
le Mars
Jules Banks
Kirk Banks
Liz Wilbeck
Anama
Eighth Grade News Highlights From Hawarden Visit
At the start of the year the class numbered 36 students. Susan Davis moved Friday to Hawarden and the eighth grade wishes her luck. Mr Seipp led seventh and eighth graders to Akron to tour the Opera house and the class enjoyed the trip. Friday the cheerleaders were selected Diane Hoffman Luanne Rohmiller Debbie Kroksh and Julie Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Davis
Hawarden
Mr. Seipp
Akron
Diane Hoffman
Luanne Rohmiller
Debbie Kroksh
Julie Banks
Veterans Day 1971 Observed On October 25
The nation observes Veterans Day on October 25 honoring all service members. It recalls Armistice Day marking World War I and urges renewed respect for the armed forces amid Vietnam-era tensions and economic concerns. The Ind. News Review urges patriotic remembrance and the promotion of values like liberty, law, and home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
United States
Ind. News Review
C.M.S
Final. Row Crop Production Survey and Farm News
South Dakota farmers receive the Acreage and Production survey during the first week of November 1971 to determine final row crop acreage and production. About half the county farmers are sampled. results affect county projected yields and farm program funding. Also reports on 4H recognition, cattle grub control research, new farm wiring publication, and a Farm Bureau banquet with elected officers and delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
South Dakota
Harold Wilcox
Union County
ASCS
Harold
State Agricultural Statistician
Sioux Falls
SDSU
Obituary Mrs. James Traut 84 Akron resident dies at home
Mrs. James Traut aged 84 of Akron dies at her home on Monday October 11. Funeral at St. Patrick's Catholic Church Akron at 10:30 a.m. officiated by Rev. Stanley R. Stone. Pallbearers listed and distant relatives attended. She was born Anna Gleason July 5 1887 in Plymouth County and married James Trautt October 6 1909. Survivors include husband two daughters seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery Alvon. She served on Akron library board for 45 years and taught in Akron. Also member of Catholic Daughters of America American Legion auxiliary and Catholic Woman's League. Recent note about drinking and driving awareness from Liberty Mutual follows.
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Roseni Lutheran Church
Janice Stone
Ronald Erkes
N. P. Nielsen
Akron Hospital
Weather Bureau
Elwood Winquist
Wayne McCrill
Stanley R. Anderson
Akron
James Traut
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Stanley R. Stone
Conrad Heider
Timothy Blum
Steve Utech
Doug Utech
Eddie Utech
Richard Moon
Fay Trautt
Tucson
Arizona
Sioux City
Yankton
St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
Alvon
Schroeder
Floyd Heider
Francis Blum
Westfield
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Commerce Building
Chatsworth
Akron Register- Tribune
St. John's Lutheran Church
Craig
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Merlyn R. Miller
Marcella Gale
LeRoy Pick
Cathedral of the Epiphany
H. Gusman
Gamble
Roy Warnsing
G. M. Ca
Mervin Oetken
Phyllis Dewey
Lyle J. Brewer
E. F. Cobb
Cobb & Greenleaf
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Cobb
Fred Waterbury
Legion Hall
Russell Crowther
Marvin Klemme
Jorris Holte
Ralph Huebner
Ernest Boetger
John Molten
Clark Lily
Marel Bradley
Harmon Boyd
Junius, S. D
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Chas
Waterbury
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Billy
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Earl Smith
Elsie Anderson
Elk Point
Philip EB. Beaubien
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Service Men News
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Dawn Easton
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Teresa
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Ronnette
Karen
Sandra
Mary
Zane
Northwest Rain Forest
Oregon
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Jeff Buryanek
T Cte
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Akrot
Vernon Meyer
ISU Extension
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Iowa State Universy Ames
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Alcester City Auditorium
Ladies Society of the Church of Christ
Milton Albin
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Carla Anderson
Gary Enright
Robert Ofstehage
Harold Ballinger
Henry Knockenmus
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Lewla Heller
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Young Farmers and Ranchera
Roger Nylund
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Prea
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Steven Ericson
Financial Sec'y
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Clarence Carlson
Craig Eidam
Huron
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Russell Hanson
Wendell Leafstedt
Elmer Swanson
Lloyd Johnson
Alcester
Church of Christ
Chuck Morley
Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies
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The
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