08 Sep 1938
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1938
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR lists a Notice of publication for Akron with weekly updates and a weekly posting schedule. It mentions the post office and a mall matter dated September 26, 1901, with references to names Raya Smith and a publisher. The readable details are sparse.
Extensive notes from Westfield detail social visits, hosting duties, and club activities. Community members attend dinners, bridge events, and gatherings in Sioux City Yankton and Akron, with school preparations, teacher assignments, and bus readiness noted as classes begin.
Guidance suggests writing or visiting the local telephone office when without a phone to obtain information about service. The note emphasizes in town visits for assistance and directs to the service information source.
Mildred Bertrand Trefren, 28, died at home Friday September 2 1938 after a life in the Westfield vicinity. Born October 22 1909 near Milnerville Iowa she was a Westfield High School graduate and active church and community worker. She was married to Robert Trefren and is survived by her husband, parents Mr and Mrs John Bertrand, a brother Spencer and sister Mrs Arthur Kuntz. Funeral services were at St Patrick's Akron with Rev Father Chas Ernst. interment in Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers named John Martin James Martin Philip Beaubien Dan Welch Ray Gibbons Milton Conway.
Neighbors and friends express sincere thanks for kindness and sympathy shown during illness and after the death of Mildred Trefren beloved wife daughter and sister Floral tributes and support noted by Robert Trefren John Bertrand and family
The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society will present a program at the services Sunday evening, September 11, at 8 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson and daughters were Sioux City visitors Friday. The Luther League will meet at the Hall, Tuesday evening, September 13. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ericson will
Special correspondence covers silage efforts after heavy rains, Labor Day picnic impact, and Liberty Consolidated School opening. It notes the Pike family reunion at Riverside Park with attendees from Westfield Akron Sioux City Elk Point and Union township, plus a church supper, a Catholic wedding in Milnerville, and a local illness update on Jack Cagson.
The column outlines local movements and health updates. Mrs Milner and family planned to visit Mrs Hathaway in Sioux City before Minnesota departure. Hathaways travel to Verndale Minnesota. Mrs Craswell to Minneapolis. Miss Buys returns from Honolulu and heads to Washington DC to teach. Mrs Mulheron remains bedridden but improving. Local farming and social events highlight week. An evangelist arrives in Adaville for two weeks as F L G club hosts a party for girls leaving for college. Heavy rain boosts week’s precipitation. Broken Kettle floods.
The Sioux Township Busy Bees 4-H Club met at Lucille Moffatt's home on August 27 after a short business session. Members played games and sang club songs. Three guests attended: Meesle, Jaane, and Lois Moffatt. Next meeting will be at Elaine Hughes's house on September 10.
At the Elk Point Old Settlers’ picnic on Tuesday last week four teams entered the horseshoe meet Sayles Bluffers Nielsen’s Regulars Spink and Elk Point Nielsen’s Regulars won first prize Sayles Bluffers took second Elk Point finished third Hees led the first round with Nielsen’s Regulars 54 36 64 scores and second round shows Nielsen’s Regulars 65 52 while Sayles Bluffers and Elk Point posted lower totals with Spink trailing the field.
A brief line suggests readers search the Register-Tribune for a specific want ad. The note implies a targeted inquiry or hidden item within the classifieds. No other details are provided in the readable text.
Heavy rain soaked the local diamond forces cancellation of the Moose Lodge of Sioux City versus Akron game on Labor Day. Banks closed all day and most businesses shut at noon for the holiday observance. A few residents attended limited Labor Day events amid the damp weather.
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