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Akron Register-Tribune
October 19, 1939

BORN.
A daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Nyland west of town, at Akron Hospital, October 13, 1939.

A son, to Mr. and Mrs. Orin Blake, of Akron, October 13, 1939.

A daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Emery Gagner, of Jefferson, S.D., October 13, 1939.

LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. Clara Nall and her brother, Clarence Welch, of Santa Monica, Calif., came the last of the week for a visit with relatives, friends and former neighbors.

Mrs. Lizzie Erickson and her brothers, Wm. Schneiderheinze and Chas. Kroksh, east of Westfield, are leaving in a few days to again spend the fall and winter at Laguna Beach, Calif.

Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Kerr are expected home next Monday from a hunting trip in the mountains of Utah. Dr. Kerr and his brother, Dr. T. J. Kerr, of North Platte, Nebr., bagged a couple of mountain lions.

A Hallowe’en program will be held in the Stony Point school, Portland township, No. 3, Friday, October 27. A box of groceries will be given away. Admission, 10c. Lunch free—Lucille Bellwood, Teacher.

Friends of Mrs. Gunhild Johnson are glad to hear she has left the hospital and is now staying with her sister, Mrs. H. R. Anderson, in Sioux City.

Miss Joyce Vreugdenhil is staying with her mother, Mrs. John Fredell, of Akron.

Mr. and Mrs. George Farrin, of California, visited here the latter part of last week in the homes of his sister, Mrs. Henry Munn, and his brother, Dudley Farrin, northwest of town. Mr. Farrin formerly lived here and he renewed a number of acquaintances.

Akron Register-Tribune
October 26, 1939

LOCAL NEWS NOTES

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Davidson were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. March in Vermillion, Sunday.

The Vesper Club will meet with Mrs. E. Thorson on Friday, October 27. All O.E.S. women urged to be present.

N. LaCroix, of Sioux Falls, S.D., came Monday to visit in the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Montagne.

The Book and Thimble Club will join in the National Art Week sponsored by the Federation of Women’s Clubs, with a special Art program on November 7.

A program and carnival will be given in the Garland school Friday evening, November 3, at 8 o’clock. A turkey will be given away.—Lorraine Ruble, Teacher.

Somewhat cooler weather has prevailed this week. There was a light rain last evening, but the predicted severe drop in temperature—down into the 20s, the weather man said—has not yet arrived.

A Hallowe’en program will be held in the Stony Point school, Portland township, No. 3, Friday, October 27. A box of groceries will be given away. Admission, 10c. Lunch free—Lucille Bellwood, Teacher.

Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Lease enjoyed a weekend visit from their son, Howard, principal of schools at Kingsley, and their daughters, Ione, music supervisor at Britt, Iowa, and Margaret, music supervisor in the school at Milford, Iowa.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schuster, of Dyersville, Iowa, are the proud parents of an eight-pound baby boy, born Sunday, October 22. Mrs. Schuster, before her marriage, was Miss Betty Snyder, a former Akron girl, and a niece of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Earnest.



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