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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
5
The 1944 45 school year opens with renewed study and new experiences. Principal note on enrollment shows Senior High at 118 with 28 Seniors, 135 Juniors, 50 Sophomores. Junior High 83 with 47 Freshmen, 19 Eighth, and WW Seventh. lower grades 90 with 25 Kindergarten pupils. Superintendent M R Finley urges cooperation for a productive year.
A Sunday family picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peterson near Alcester in South Dakota honored Rosa Boden on her birthday before her departure for Venice California. Attendees included Etta Klauer Oscar Nystrom Charles Hummel John Ross Bernard Beaubien and many relatives from Sioux City Hudsen Beresford Hawarden Westfield Riverside Akron and Jefferson.
Saturday bake sale by the Ladies' Association in the Burnett building east of the post office. Sunday services include Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. guest speaker Rev Harman Crawford of Storm Lake. Women’s Association meets September 13 in the Primary room hosted by Mrs V Anderson and Mrs Ei Adams. Friday September 16 Women’s Bible class with Mrs Ben White. Thursday prayer and Bible study at the parsonage. J Olen Kennell, Pastor.
Lieut Alma D Verlinden daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Verlinden 1523 Nebraska street married Sgt Charles Thomas Fitz Gibbon son of Mrs Alice Fitz Gibbon Brooklyn NY on August 9 in Sioux City. Verlinden a nurse served 13 months in the Aleutians and five on the Alaskan mainland will report to Fort Sheridan Illinois then a foreign post after her fifteen day leave. She is a St Vincents College of Nursing graduate and has served thirty months in the army. She saw her brother Sgt Charles Verlinden stationed at Field Kampag recently for the first time since enlisting.
The church outlines its fiftieth anniversary on October 8 inviting Old Timers and members to submit names and addresses. Upcoming activities include Sunday school at 10, worship at 11, Youth Fellowship Sundays at 3, and a study on the American Indian. A Sunday sermon theme and a trustee meeting painting fund are noted. The Utile Dulce club meets September 12 at Nettie Hilliker's home under Pastor Albert A How.
The Onion Creek Lutheran Church announces regular morning worship on Sunday September 10 at 11 oclock with Sunday school at 10 oclock. Ladies Aid meets September 14 at 3 p.m. Hostess Ms Arthur Wilcox. Luther League gathers September 12 at 8 p.m. Woman s Missionary Society meets Sunday evening September 10 at 8. Leslie Olson pastor.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs John Ingvold Johnson at Akron Hospital on September 3, 1944.
Francis reports Blum was a passenger to Mitchell and Huron. Vesper chapter No. 61 O E meets Friday. The Utile Dulee club to meet Sept 12 at Mrs. Nettie Hilliker’s. Mrs. Arthur Waddle returns to Waubay S D. First Sgt. Claesson on furlough from Camp Pickett with family. Akron Hospital operations include mastoidectomy and tonsillectomy for local patients. Pvt. Zierath returns to Schwein General for Italy injuries. Lawrence Fletcher moves to Akron. son Elmo and wife stay on farm. Several relatives visit from California. Weather warm with cool nights. corn nearing maturity. Funeral of Edward W. Mowery at Hendrick. Mowery formerly near Akron. Family to visit in Hedrick and Oakland.
In a near perfect baseball display, Akron defeated the Sioux City All-Stars 1–0 on Labor Day. Cpl. Adolph Hartman pitched a shutout duel against Ray Talsma as Akron overcame lineup gaps. Dashed with late-inning drama, Akron left nine in the field and relied on two imported players, Pat Schiefen and Ed Freidel, to fill gaps.
The Norka Theatre schedules a week of entertainment including a burlesque comedy Casanova in Burlesque, a technicolor drama and a Dr Kildare style film Three Men in White. Standout cast includes Joe S. Brown and June Havoc with Lionel Barrymore Van Johnson Alma Kruger and Keye Luke. Additional Sunday Monday screenings feature Fame in Indiana with Lon Mel Callister Walter Brennan and Jeanne Crain.
L L Burrill visited Des Moines while Henry Beckman of Chicago stayed with his mother Mrs Mary Beckman. Thelma Bohlken taught in Sergeant Bluff again and visited home. Cpl R D Clark on furlough from Buckley Field joined Mrs Nine Gunderson and Karen. Walter Nannen hosted Carl Schwieger and sons George and Herbert in Hinsdale before their return to Illinois. John H Dirks bought the Eldon Brady home and the Bradys plan a Mapleton move. Pvt Norman F Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Smith, reported missing in action in France.
Miss Betty Jean Dirks and William K. DeRoos wed at 2:30 p m Sunday September 3 1944 in the Dirks home Sioux City officiated by Rev Carl P Everett. Bride wore white silk marquisette over satin with seed pearl yoke and Juliet cap. They left for a wedding trip to Chicago Benton Harbor and Milwaukee and will reside at Fourteenth Street Sioux City after September 20. She is Akron High School graduate and alumna of University of Nebraska. he works on the Sioux City Journal advertising staff. Congratulations and best wishes.
Milo Walter Jacobs of Akron has received his Staff Sergeant stripes in the China Burma India Air Service Command. He enlisted in 1941 and spent the last year in the CBI theater under Major General Thomas J Hanley Jr. He completed high school in Akron and attended a business college in Sioux City Iowa before joining the Army Air Forces Administration School in Denver Colorado.
Community notice calls residents to bundle scrap paper with heavy cord for Cub Scout pickup from Wednesdays after school and Saturdays through September 15. County trucks will collect in one load to credit Plym outh county. Separate magazines from newspapers if possible. Rural schools may bring papers Sept 4 or 13 for payment over trucking costs. Also announces Akron stores closing on Wednesday evenings after next Wednesday September 13 along with Want Column ad tip.
Sunday School and Bible Class at 10:00 a m. Divine worship at 11:00 a m. Mission Circle meets in parish hall Tuesday evening, hostess Mrs John Witken. Ladies Aid meets in church parlors Thursday, hostess Mrs J A Pannkuk. Luther League meets in church parlors next Thursday evening with Rev and Mrs Pannkuk. Invitation to 1943 44 confirmation classes and parents. Financial drive for Church Improvement fund starts next week. Come to Church.
Pannhuk pastor leads 9:00 a.m. divine services and 10:00 a.m. Sunday school at the parish hall on Tuesday with Mrs. John Wilken as hostess. Akron parlor meeting Thursday evening invites the 1843-44 confirmation class and their parents.
Sunday Bible school begins at 10 a m with preaching at 11 a m The Bi County Convention will meet at our church next Sunday afternoon and evening Church parlors are open Thursday September 14 with Mrs Cummins and Mrs A Brundeen as hostesses C RB Dayton minister
Mrs ECGstinn was a visitor in Sioux City last Friday. Mrs Cam Smith of Sioux City visited here yesterday. John Thatcher left for Fort Morgan to see ill siblings. Akron stores will close Wednesday evenings for the season. Dr and Mrs W J Brunner and Margaret returned from Lake Hubert Minnesota. First Sgt and Mrs Woudenberg and son visited relatives. Sgt Woudenberg is stationed at Fort Warren Wyoming. Welton Barr drove to Cherokee with wife and Phyllis Stace visiting Nora Lewis. Helen Harris returned from Oakland to Ames. Cpl Kenneth Anderson spent a twelve day furlough with family. stationed at Portland AAB and moving to Kern Wicks near Salt Lake City. Families hosted in Moore home include A Post S D Post Margaret Moore and others from LeMars. Cleah Mellen returns from Wayne Michigan after Bible school and Missionary Training School in Chicago. will attend Gordon College in Boston. Mrs Arthur Johnson of Phoenix came for a week visit. she lived here in youth and has held music posts in Phoenix and Chicago.
County salvage chairman Charles B. Plummer outlined a September waste paper drive across Plymouth County at a LeMars meeting attended by civic groups. J H Sheldon and Lowell Negley urged nationwide effort to ease shipping container shortages, aiming to collect at least 50 tons. Schools, Legion posts, Boy Scouts, 4 H clubs, Farm Bureau, and commercial clubs will lead drives with central collection centers and county wide weighings.
The Confirmation Service will be held Sunday afternoon September 16 at 3 00 o clock. Fifteen young people will make their confirmation vows. Student Pastor Roger Carlson will address the class. Holy Communion will be celebrated with Rev. Carl P. Everett of Sioux City officiating. No Sunday school or morning service this Sunday. Will meet at the home of Mrs. Ernest Anderson on Friday September 13. Roger E H Carlson Student Pastor Augustana Seminary R 1 UL
Pleasant Labor Day weather marked the Eagles club festival with a Dalesbury band concert, a 1–0 Akron win over Sioux City All-Staggs in baseball, a water fight by Hudson and Akron departments, and a large bowery dance with Brownie Walters orchestra entertaining the crowd along Reed street.
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