Akron Community Week Brims With Events and Sports
Shorty highlights a busy week in Akron with Tri-State Theatre Day featuring about 200 students and a special Of Mice and Men showing. The ye olde opera theatre opens its season in Akron celebrating five years of local talent and large crowds. Akron High hosts homecoming Thursday September 19 with queen crowning and Friday games versus Sioux Center. Booster coffee after the game invites all members to the Commons of the new high school where location details will be announced. Also mentions Leonard's ad in the Akron Bowl and notes results of the school election will appear next issue. UFO sighting chatter and a local football wish for a win against Sioux Center conclude.
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Akron
Ye Olde Opera Theatre
Akron Community High School
Sioux Center
Booster Club
Boosters
Akron Register-Tribune masthead entry and rates
The Akron Register-Tribune from Akron Iowa lists Good News Inc as owners and publishers with Shorty Hazel as manager. Published weekly on Thursdays, it notes subscriptions at 5 per year or 3 for six months in local counties and 6 per year elsewhere, with postal entry as second class matter since September 26 1901.
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Good News, Inc. Owners & Publishers
Shorty" Hazel
Akron
Plymouth County
Iowa
Plymouth
Sioux
Vigo
Union County
S. C
Social round of visits and birthday celebrations in Chatsworth
A large crowd attended a sale at the Henry Moller residence followed by weekend visits and birthday celebrations. Numerous relatives from Iowa and Kansas visited or hosted in Chatsworth area homes including the Collmanns, Mollers, Ludwigs, DeRaads, Repps, and Moehmanns, with guests from Sioux City Hawarden Omaha Akron Alcester Richland and Boone.
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Henry Moller
Colin Collmann
Ron
Tena
Craig
H. Collmann
G. Moller
Gary
Ken Johnson
Shawnee Mission
Kansas
Woody Smith
Sioux City
Arnie Utesch
Spencer
John Ludwigs
Carl Hitzemann
Akron
Wes Crow
Omaha
Neb
Jim Moller
Stan Harris
Hawarden
Ames
Iowa
Gary A. Moller
Boone
Jack Lake
Collmann
Dennis Lowell
Charles Hendricks
Jennifer
Kellie Sue Lowell
Bonnie Bonnema
California
A. DeRaad
Tim Repp
Ed Repp
Frank Hemmerrick
Lewis Strand
Larry Strand
Adrian
Richland
S.D
Evelyn Renken
Hannah Seeley
Elsie Jacobs
Alcester
Frank
Henry Specht
George Moehlmann
Birth of Twins for Bosche Family in Medina North Dakota
Mr and Mrs Eugene Bosche of Medina North Dakota welcome twins a boy and a girl born August 15 Mrs Deanna Bernhardt of Westfield is the mother. Community notes include social visits, wedding congratulations, and local events with many named residents and towns like Westfield Sioux City Brunsville Spencer Elk Point Richland and Jefferson.
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Eugene Bosche
Medina
N. D
Rita Faust
Texas
Steve Welch
Westfield
Brunsville
Iowa
Larry Davis
St. Carolina
Joan
Mary Ellen Trude
Hope Benton
Sergeant Bluff
David Faust
Andy Neal
Minnesota
W. B. Neal
Jack Mattson
Ed Nelson
Lucille Tullis
St. Luke's Hospital
Sioux City
Federated Woman's
Robert Hummel
Ronalee
Randy
Ronald Klein
Sophornia
Tony
Erika
Richland
Elwood Klapprodt
Jefferson
S. D
Michael Trudo
Clifford Trudo
Elk Point
S.D
Westfield council session approves Knotty Key license
Westfield Mayor W. B. Neal led the September 3 meeting with full board. Minutes and reports were approved. the Knotty Key beer and liquor license gained full council approval. A landfilling plan was rejected and will be revised. a contract with Bernard Peck for municipal dump facilities was discussed. Three residents will study garbage collection with Akron. dog complaints will be addressed. an old well pump hazard was noted. Francis Blum and Keith Knapp, active Akron Community Theatre members, discussed stage pasts and future appearances with interview details.
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Ann Trude
Westfield
W. B. Neal
County
Neal
Bernard Peck
Dreeszen
Trude
Hagenbank
Akron
L. Welch
V. Ross
Ron Trude
Francis Blum
Keith Knapp
Community Theatre
A.C.T. Board of Directors
Keith
Theatre Interest In Westfield Grows Through Involvement
In Westfield the theatre draws strong local interest tied to Roger Banks and community involvement. Cast members Francis and Keith discuss enjoyment, personal growth, and the social benefits of performing, noting age diversity and interactions with townspeople. Production dates are September 20 to 22 with a matinee, and local contributors are credited for posters, backdrops, and photography.
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A.C.T
Francis
Keith
Roger Banks
Westfield
Community notes on weddings and visits at Akron nursing home
A long runners of social happenings at the Akron nursing home includes the LaNay Klemme-Steve Welch wedding at Trinity Lutheran Church on August 30, visits by Barbara Bagenstos and family, and numerous callers from Westfield Merrill Akron Des Moines and Des Moines area. The piece lists outings, birthdays, bingo days, a film titled A Fable and plans for a pig roast picnic and Tri-State Theatre Day greetings. It also notes Labor Day dinner, Septembers birthdays, and forthcoming interviews with leading men in Of Mice and Men for the theater day with preparation to welcome visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerold Dykstra
Marel Bennett
LaNay Klemme
Steve Welch
Trinity Lutheran Church
Betty Miller
Oda Jenkins
le Mars
Bob Anderson
Ponca
Nebraska
Roy Postlewaite
Westfield
Minnie Postlewaite
Russell Daniel
Merrill
Will Daniel
John Daniel
Virgil Ross
Gertrude Ross
Arnold Hunstler
Julie
David
Red Wing
Minn
Margaret Hartmann
Cathy Lewison
Sioux City
Cynthia Lewison
Akron
Sarah Chambers
Ernest Anderson
Charlotte
Don Anderson
Forest City
Jane
Marlow Hansen
Alton
Iowa
Milton Anderson
Evelyn Claesson
Marge Dykstra
Friendship and Service Club
Little Red School
Welch
Agnes Toben
Richard Welch
Laverne
Minnesota
Marc Bennett
Ed Nelson
Lizzie Tindall
Mark Brown
Adaville
Union Creek
Alfred Hawks
Lucille Paskett
Remsen
Lizzie Gibbons
Ben J. Borchers
Fred Brietbarth
Gerd Satthoff
Leora Laughton
Dale Schnier
Moville
Fred Breitbarth
Marcel Marceau
Obituaries for Mrs Carl Toben and Velma Ross
Two long obituary notices for Westfield and Akron residents. Agnes Mary Welch Toben, born 1907, dies Sept 5 1974 in Akron after a long illness. funeral Sept 9 at St Patrick Akron with burial Riverside cemetery. Survivors include husband Carl and six children, 24 grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Velma Susan Ross, born 1903, dies Sept 9 1974 in Akron after a long illness. services Sept 12 at St Patrick Akron, burial Adaville cemetery. Survivors include husband Lorne, one son Marvin Kroksh, four daughters and 21 grandchildren with 15 great grandchildren.
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Carl Toben
Westfield
Akron
St. Patrick
Stanley Stone
Riverside
Schroeder Funeral Home
Toben
Agnes Mary Welch
le Mars
Larry Welch
Louis Welch
Mike Toben
Jack Toben
Ed Wegner
Jim Wegner
Lyle Wegner
Sioux Falls
Loren Hansen
Pierson
John
Gene
Marvin
Carl
Ida Grove
Daryl Taylor
Mike
Matthew
Sioux City
Lorne
Velma) Ross
Ervices
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Adaville
Iowa
Schroeder
Harold Adams
Orel Banks
Vernal Bye
Arden Boetger
Frank Rollins
Bud Bernhardt
Velma Susan Ross
Charles Kroksh
Lorne Ross
Marvin Kroksh
Lavern Jensen
Elko
Nevada
Florelice'Gallop
Torrence
California
Dorothy ‘Gagnon
Byers
Colorado
Ruth Hoffman
Lawton
le Roy
Hawar
Residents and visitors join Akron events and hospital admits
Mrs. Mary E. Boetger and Mrs. Grace M. Beck were admitted to Sioux City hospitals on Sept 3. Archie Rozell and Mrs. Margaret Tracy joined area residents at St Vincent and St. Joseph Mercy. Senior Citizens met Sept 3 at Akron Legion hall with 65 members and two guests. Knecht family reunion drew 77 relatives Aug 25, with many Akron Elk Point Westfield and out-of-state attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Thacker from Missouri Valley and Jerry Semple of New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Boetger
Akron
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Sioux City
Grace M. Beck
Chatsworth
St. Vincent Hospital
Archie Rozell
Margaret Tracy
Westfield
Akron Legion Hall
Knecht
Akron City Park
John Knecht
Anglea Harkness
Dale Harkness
Bill Knecht
Larry Knecht
Lisa
Pat
Alva Port and
Denny
Earnest Knecht
John Toben
George
Ella) Beeler
Elk Point
Roy Knecht
Guy Harkness
Dean
Donald Knecht
Wayne Knecht
Freeman Howard
Steve Schoenberner
Dennis Powell
Wilbur Hasenbank
Martin L. Toben
Jeff
Kim
Darrell Toben
Renee
Christina
Allison
Angela
Dennis Harkiess
Denyce
Devon
Hawarden
Arthur
Josephine) DeRaad
Clarence Andrews
Beresford
Gordon Peterson
Alcesterg
Ronald Marshall
Jamie
Meckling
S.D
Woodrow Thacker
Kathy Jo
Connie Jean
Mike
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Dale Huettman
Chris
Jerry Semple
New York City
Way Back Yonder Akron Register-Tribune items of interest
Items from the Akron Register-Tribune files recount births marriages and deaths across decades. Entries note anniversaries and local happenings including bank gauges pigeon races golf results and school sports scores from 1904 to 1964 with notices urging readers to submit news by noon Mondays.
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Akron Register-Tribune
Akron Register
Tribune
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Yankton, S. D
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City Park
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F. L. Rice
Mami Lenderink
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Fred Sargent
D.J Miller
Erickson
Ridge Road
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J. C. Rogers
Anna McGinnis
Akron Savings Bank
A. R. Whitney
Waterloo
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Russell M. McWhorter
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Fred Larkin
Wells Oil Co
Will Anderson
Geo. Mattison
Boyson Ross
Ford Day Seelerive
Riversioux Park
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Ralph Offerdahl
Ayson
Wallace Lilly
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W.A. Melius
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First St
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Katherine Stinton
Harlan R. Klave
Merlin Nielsen
Chamber of Commerce
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Dave Nelson
Alvin
Duke) Henrich
Central High
Jill Tindall
Plymouth County Farm Bureau
Jill
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Rollin Tindall
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