Local News Highlights and Visits from Sioux City
Sioux City visitors appear frequently in Akron area notes including Mrs. Orin Blake, Mrs. Nettie McConkey, Mrs. Louis Heeger, and Mrs. Minnie Johnson. Local events mention book club plans, church drives, school fund quotas, and bake sales. Military family moves involve Lt. Ronald Dirks and service members from Camp Hood and Sioux Falls Army Air Base.
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Orin Blake
Sioux City
Nettie McConkey
Thorson Drug
Gerdes
Hawarden
Louis Heeger
Peter Heeger
Minnie Johnson
James Klaner
Rose Burke
Chas, Brown
Henry Dirks
Ronald Dirks
Malden
Missouri
Sioux City Air Base
Army Air Force
Dirks
Ames
Iowa State College
Akron
A. W. Lundberg
Merrill
Jalie Dague
Jos
Ruba
Union Creek Extension Club
Henry Smith
J. R. Marple
Peterson and Sutherland
Iowa
John Koplin
Jack
Minong
Wisconsin
Baptist ‘Indies
Benet
Pvt
Phil. Schutt
Camp Hood
Texas
Frank Schutt
Anna Moller
John Moller
Pfc
Elroy Huebner
Marvin Fischer
Sioux Falls Army Air Base
H. A
Ross Grain Co
Chas. Griswald
Rockford
Henry P. Willer
Dhrs. Willer
Self-Propelled Combines Aid Nation in Harvest Drive
A veteran of the Sarlel War joins the Harvest Brigade pledging at least 3,000 acres. J B Wilde of Muenster Texas and daughter Laura Lee Wilde aid the effort with a 14 foot self propelled combine and truck delivery. Massey Harris supplied 500 machines to pledged cutters to boost the national food harvest during wartime. The brigade reports rapid gains across Texas and Oklahoma with record single day yields of 3,200 bushels by the Skinner brothers near Gruber.
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Wwith
J. B. Wilde
Muenster
Texas
Laura Lee’ Wilde
Laura Lee
Wildes
Massey-Harris Co
Racine
Wis
R. Ewing Thomason
Valley View
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Harvest Brigade
Gruber
New Books in Akron Public Library
Public library lists new fiction nonfiction and juvenile titles. Authors include Margaret Scott Anne Lindberg Zane Grey Earl Silvers and others. Items span mystery adventure biography and children’s literature with works such as The Case of the Crooked Candle and Secret of Wildcat Cave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron Public Library
Margaret Scott
Anne Lindberg
Zane Grey
Margaret Runbeck
Norman Hall
Katharine Burt
Anna Brooks
Ben Williams
Earl Silvers
Sylvia Dannett
Sara Bassett
Erle Gardner
Grace Hester
Margaret Sangster
Robert Nathan
Eisenhower
Francis Miller
Ellen Gatti
Suroner Welles
Wildcat Cave
Maristan Chapman
Jeanette
Everitt Proctor
Card of Thanks and Help Wanted Ad Note
Card of thanks extends sincere sympathy for loss of their son from Mr. and Mrs. I C Treiber and Family. A girl is wanted for grocery work at Heegers Store. Apply there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Treiber
Heeger 'S Store
Adaville A. B. Church Sunday Services and Invitation
Sunday school begins at 10 a m with preaching at 11 a m The sermon topic is The Right Way Scripture text Psalm 107 7th verse A special invitation to attend marks the last Sunday of the conference year Christian Endeavor gathers at 7 30 p m Evening services follow at 8 00 o clock Pastor L B Foster delivers the messages
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Adaville A. B
Christian Endeavor
L. B. Foster
The Fourth Word Of Jesus A Meditation On Loneliness
A pastor reflects on the cross word My God My God why hast thou forsaken me rendering loneliness as part of the crucifixion. The piece cites biblical passages and biblical figures to explore isolation from God and moral consequences of sin. It discusses Jesus bearing evil and the resulting spiritual death and separation from God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Foster
Adagille U. B
Jesus
God
Moses
Israel
Elijahi
Mt. Carmel
William Skeath
Hell
Nurse
Voltaire
Christ
Scape goat theology and local notices blend in fragment
A religious meditation on the Day of Atonement compares Jesus to the scape goat and laments loneliness on the cross. The clipping then shifts to local briefs including rental and sale notices, a baby stroller request, a dance event, and brief community notices about residents and visitors.
Paper shortage becomes top wartime concern in Iowa
Herbert C. Plagman of the WPB warns waste paper is a vital wartime resource. Aiming to save at least five pounds per person monthly, county salvage chairmen will lead drives across Iowa. Brown paper is most needed for shell casings and cartons, but all paper including wastebasket scraps should be bundled for curbside pickup on designated days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert C. Plagman
Iowa
General Salvage Branch
WPB
War Production Board
Plagman
Pleasant Hill Va Baptist Church Sunday services
Pleasant Hill Va Baptist Church schedules Sunday School at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am. An aid social gathering will be held at the Paul Papritz home. A All are invited. Friday evening September 8. Rev. J. E. Tracy, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Papritz
J. E. Tracy
Catholic Church Services at St Patrick Akron
St Patrick's Akron offers Holy Mass on the first, third and fifth Sundays at 9 00 pm and on the second and fourth Sundays at 10 30 am Confessions are heard Saturdays at 4 and 8 pm before the first third and fifth Sundays Mass Confessions precede the second and fourth Sundays at 8 30 am Father C Ernst pastor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s
Akron
C, Ernst
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